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[21 Aug 2004|01:26am] |
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Georgie's got some flip flops of his own I see.....
BUSH FLIP FLOPS IN PANDER TO MIDWEST VOTERS
President Bush visited Michigan this week and said, "We've got to use our resources wisely, like water. It starts with keeping the Great Lakes water in the Great Lakes Basin." He then attacked his political opponents for supposedly equivocating on the issue, and said, "My position is clear: We're never going to allow diversion of Great Lakes water."[1] This declaration, however, was a direct flip-flop from statements the President made just three years ago.
According to The Associated Press in July of 2001, "Bush said he wants to talk to Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien about piping [Great Lakes] water to parched states in the west and southwest."[2] Though experts said, "diverting any water from the Great Lakes region sets a bad precedent," the President insisted, "A lot of people don't need [the water], but when you head South and West, we do need it."[3]
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[21 Aug 2004|01:48am] |
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Two very troublesome stories.....
There They Go Again: Gop Tries To Intimidate Florida Voters. Troubling reports this week state that police officers have gone into the homes of elderly African American voters in Orlando, FL. The State police officers interrogated them as part of an "investigation" that has frightened voters and intimidated elderly volunteers.
This is the second report of voter fraud in Florida this year. Previously, the Florida Secretary of State's office tried to strike two thousand voters who had criminal convictions on their records from elections rolls, the majority of whom were registered Democrats and African Americans. These were voters who had served time for their felonies and already had their voting rights restored by the state of Florida.
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Is George Bush Afraid Of T-Shirts -- Or Feminists? You probably know that the Bush-Cheney campaign prefers to restrict attendance at their campaign rallies to the loyal and committed, in some cases asking people to sign on the dotted line in advance that they will support the President.
Now we know how far the loyalty oath tactics will go: In Saginaw, Michigan, campaign workers threatened to call secret service if 19-year-old Theresa Miller and her family didn't leave the rally before Bush began speaking. Theresa's mother had been carrying a pro-choice t-shirt that was confiscated, while Theresa was wearing a shirt that said "This is what a feminist looks like."
"I'm not an American? I can't see my president?" Theresa asked. "This is democracy under Bush," said Theresa's mother in The Saginaw News.
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