Promises From the 2000 Debate

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Author Message   LibraryLady(ncjanow) Citizen Username: Librarylady Post Number: 1816 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 7:51 am:        From Al Gore's Op-Ed in yesterday's NY TIMES - last time Mr. Bush stood on stage for a presidential debate. If elected, he said, he would support allowing Americans to buy prescription drugs from Canada. He promised that his tax cuts would create millions of new jobs. He vowed to end partisan bickering in Washington. Above all, he pledged that if he put American troops into combat: "The force must be strong enough so that the mission can be accomplished. And the exit strategy needs to be well defined." Why should anyone believe Bush now?   JMF Citizen Username: Jmf Post Number: 46 Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 8:15 am:        I am sure Bush wil be waiting to get those questions so he can bring up 9/11 again and talk about how the world has changed since then, and Our priorities have changed.   bobk Citizen Username: Bobk Post Number: 6221 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 8:29 am:        I don't want to minimize 911. I was there and I lost friends there. However, 911 was essentially just another attack in a war that has been going on since at least the first WTC bombing, a war Bush, Rice, etc. didn't seem to want to acknowledge when they took office. Iraq was the real danger, right? One of the best tactics in politics is to smear your opponent with your faults. Bush and his staff are masters at this. They have defined Kerry as a flip flopper (while Bush pulled the biggest flip flops in history as Nancy mentions above) and as a coward, or at least less than honorable, via the Swift Boat Veterans (Bush sat out Vietnam).   JMF Citizen Username: Jmf Post Number: 48 Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 9:19 am:        bobk, 9/11 is still in the back of everyones mind. Bush will play that to his advantage however possible, he was viewed as a strong leader by 70% of the country after the attack.