Coming of age during the plague of Reagan and Bush, watching capitalism gun down democracy, it had this funny effect on me, I guess.
-Ani Difranco, "Your Next Bold Move"
1. He was never actually elected in the first place, and has, therefore, been illegally occupying the White House, thanks to the Supreme Court's corrupt decision in 2000. G.W. Bush lost the popular vote in 2000.
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2. You are not wealthy. The Bush administration cuts the taxes of wealthy people. Is this fair?
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Common Cause Citizens Working to End Special Interest Politics
3. The administration is corrupted by the influence of corporations.
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4. You actually care about the children who were left behind. George Bush does not. He has left poor children and children with disabilities behind. He left all children behind where education is concerned.
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Our Children Left Behind read about IDEA and how the President who claimed to "leave no child behind" has left behind all children with disabilities and special needs, and why some parents are unhappy about that
5. He is no "compassionate" conservative. Listing resources to prove this would require and infinite amount of time. So please see other links here.
6. You are against the death penalty.
7. You care about your reproductive rights. The Bush administration, if it stays in power, can, and likely will attempt to reverse Roe V. Wade and make abortion illegal in the United States, taking us back to the dark ages of coat hangers.
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8. You are disabled or a senior citizen and on Medicare. Bush's plan for Medicare drug coverage benefits corporations, not people.
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Take Back Medicare -"The Bush, Drug Company, HMO Team Just Hijacked Medicare" - an excellent new activist group has the facts you should know about Bush's Medicare plan
9. All politicians lie, but G.W. Bush lies more often than he tells the truth. His lies are so extensive, entire books have been written about them. He is a dishonest, irresponsible man.
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Bush Watch: Bush Lies includes "29 Lies About Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction" and lies about many things
Bush Lied: has Bush's lies in chronological order with media references
Bush Lied, People Died - a very large collection of links to articles and websites at the Failure is Impossible site (which is dedicated to Susan B. Anthony)
10. No terrorist is coming from Iraq to get you, and none ever were.
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11. Osama Bin Laden had no connection to Saddam Hussein or Iraq, and Bush knew that all along. He used this made-up connection to convince the American people that his illegal war was justified and necessary. And people believed him.
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12. Your civil liberties are being eroded under the Bush administration, and you still believe in the Bill of Rights.
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13. The number of dead American military personnel due to the war on "terror".
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14. The numbers of dead, harmless civilians, including many children, in Afghanistan, and Iraq due to this war on "terror".
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15. You have a brain and can read. You read this far. You are too intelligent to allow an unelected, warmongering imbecile rule your country and tarnish the planet earth. You owe it to yourself, as proof that you have some ounce of self-esteem, to register to vote and vote for someone other than Bush.
16. Halliburton has more control over the foreign policy of the United States under the Bush & Co. administration than you do, or your elected officials do.
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17.Under the Bush administration, your environmental protections have been destroyed. He is a danger to the planet and all forms of life.
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18. Genetically modified foods are a danger to humankind (and your health), and Bush does not care.
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19. Nuclear weapons are a danger to your health, and the future of womankind, and Bush not only does not care, but intends to bring back the Star Wars program, while nations such as North Korea have nuclear weapons.
20. Bush has never even had a real job, much less a career, much less has he ever been qualified for any position in the government at all. He has absolutely no qualifications to be President of the United States.
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21. You do not like nepotism. If you apply for a job, you do not think the company should hire the son of the company's owner instead of hiring you, even if that son has no qualifications. G.W. Bush became President only because his father was President.
22. The United States is comprised of over 250,000 people, half of whom are female, many of whom have skin colors that do not happen to be white, and many of whom are not Christian. Yet, every single President we have ever had has been a white, Christian (and affluent) male. Is this fair? Of course not. Is a woman going to be elected in 2004. As we have seen, obviously not. But don't vote someone into office who is the greater of two evils, and could not care less about women's rights, racism, and is against affirmative action. This man himself has benefited from a reverse form of affirmative action. It got him into the Oval Office.
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23. You care about affirmative action, and don't believe that people of color from low-income areas should not have an equal opportunity to receive the same higher education.
24. You are going to be on Social Security one day. Social Security is not likely to exist much longer, under the Bush Administration. He wants to put the money into the stock market instead. Meaning your entire future retirment fund could be left in a game of capitalist chance and lost.
25. You think people who are not billionaires should be able to become President someday. Or people who are not white, affluent, Christian, heterosexual men should be able to be President some day. Or you just think corporations should not be able to control elections and the federal government's policies. That means we need campaign finance reform. There will be no campaign finance reform that ever benefits the American people under the Bush administration.
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Granny D (Dorris Haddock) is an activist and a grandmother, who walked from California to Washington D.C. -yes she really did walk - to advocate for campaign finance reform. Of course, the White House hawks did not listen, but lots of people did (and she is my heroine). You can read about her work on here website.
26. You don't plan on moving to Mars. So you might not understand the ridiculous amount of money being wasted to explore Mars by NASA, under the Bush administration, while this nation has a DEBT of trillions of dollars, and no federal healthcare system for all people.
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I do not know of an organization that is specifically addressing this issue, so read what some people think about it:
27. You believe all people have a right to get affordable, or free healthcare. This will never happen with George Bush in power.
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28. You think there is no reason to take away humanitarian aid to countries that need it simply because the agencies helping those people might provide some education on birth control. Republicans have repeatedly used that very excuse to take funding away from humanitarian organizations that desperately need and deserve funding. Also, women have a right to be educated about their own bodies.
29. Bush went AWOL from the National Guard in the 1970's and he is still lying about it today, pretending like he served his country. Funny thing is, nobody ever saw him there, and the administration cannot even produce someone who will say they did.
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30. The Bush administration lied about the events of 9/11 and many people are still trying to find out what really happened.
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31. The Cost of the War on Iraq
32. You care about people being illegally detained without lawyers just because they are immigrants.
33.You do not want to be alive to see a nuclear war. The Bush administration may lead us into one. They would rather have nuclear weapons than to follow common sense and agreements previously made to ban them.
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34. You don't like the way Bush's administration has wasted money on unnecessary things like occuping Iraq, and given tax breaks to wealthy people, while we have a poor economy, a high unemployment rate, and a horrible national debt, and Social Security is about to go bankrupt.
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35. George Bush has been accused of rape. By a woman who is now (conveniently) dead.
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36. Bush is the member of a secret society affiliated with corruption, and allegedly Naziism, called the Skull and Bones Society. They helped him get into office. His father and grandfather were member's of this same group. (note: John Kerry is also a member of Skull and Bones)
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General Resources on Why You Should Vote Bush Out:
525 Reasons to Dump Bush - a great site with lengthy details of each reason, and links to sources, put together by two women named Rhonda and Jane
Bush Watch has extensive information and updated news on many of the issues, also a great collection of Bush's lies
The Wage Slave Journal a blog (online journal) with updated links to news articles and a "scorecard of evil" on Bush
Granny D. (Dorris Haddock) is an activist and grandmother who walked across the United States - from California to Washington D.C., walking about ten miles a day - to advocate for campaign finance reform and is now working on registering voters
The Women's Bookstore on this website has many books that are great sources of information on why you should vote Bush out of office
