November 04, 2003
One year from today...
On this day one year from now, the first Tuesday of November, we will be going to the polls to vote George W. Bush out of office! I am sure this will be the result, because I have enough faith in the American population that we will realize the harm he has done to our nation both domestically and abroad, and the harm he has inflicted upon our repuation within the global community.
While the war in Iraq draws the most press today, the issue that will ultimately determine which lever is pulled on November 2 will be the state of the economy.
Once again, Bush jumped at the opportunity to take personal credit for the 7.2% GDP growth during a speech in Birmingham, Alabama yesterday.
However, I am pretty sure he won't be so embracing of today's report that shows U.S. job-cut announcements reached the highest levels in a year.
When it comes time to vote, one's personal economic well being will win out over the overall state of the economy. To the average voter, GDP or trade deficits are vague concepts. What matters is one's job security. Do I feel more secure in my job? Will I be able to pay my mortgage? Will I be able to provide medical care for my family? When GDP numbers are heavily influenced by currency fluctuations, war expenditures and one-time tax refunds they don't seem to have the same effect on the economy as real sustainable growth. They may get the ball rolling in that direction, but the numbers thus far clearly indicate that the economy is improving only for big business and the wealthy so far. We'll just have to wait and see about the rest of us...
Posted by blipsman at November 4, 2003 11:02 AMI think the current administration has lost the argument with regards to the war; their reasons for going to war have been shown to be suspect and they have manifestly failed to deal with the post-war situation in any coherent or convincing manner. The argument on the economy on the other hand has yet to be won or lost, so I think it is right that the opposition should focus on this, as it will indeed be the deciding factor one year from now.
Posted by: Bob Hope at November 5, 2003 10:07 AMOne thing about Dems, you guys keep bouncing back
A year ago you were going to avenge the “stolen” Bush election and punish Jeb Bush.
2 months ago you were going to defeat the recall and take 2/3 Governorships
Two weeks ago it was too close to call in either KY or MS and Blanco was up on Jindal
Maybe you are right, but I sure don’t see it.
See www.econopundit.com for some estimates of job growth (conservative site but not a conservative model).
Plus, despite how much Dems despise Bush, he remains quite popular with much of the public. Remember he campained actively in KY and MS and helped move those races to the R side. Maybe the Iraq situation will worsen, but it just may improve.
I am biased, but I have to say for a Repub, things are good and seem to be getting better all the time
Andymac
Posted by: AndyMac at November 5, 2003 06:10 PMInteresting statistic: 80,000 jobs lost on average per month in the United States since President Bush took office, according to Time magazine last month.
Posted by: Joe Stewart at November 6, 2003 05:54 PMGood for you for having so much faith. Somehow I am having trouble believing…I have a bad feeling and I am not sure why.
Posted by: Laura in DC at November 8, 2003 12:20 AMLets see….
Bush lost the popular vote
Bush ignored Clintons briefing on terrorism
Bush and the FBI let a Saudi jet pick up 24 of Bin Ladens relatives and whisk them to Paris
during no fly week post 9/11
Bush blacked out 28 pages on Congressional investigation of 9/11
Has Osama been caught?
Has Saddam been caught?
Where are the weapons of mass destruction?
Where have over 2.7 million manufacturing jobs in the U.S. gone since Bush came into office?
Has anyone from Enron been convicted or pursued by Bush’s Attorney General?
Has Bush attended one funeral of anyone killed in Iraq?
Does it bother anyone that 100 million people in this country don’t have health insurance?
Or that we spend more on incarceration than education……..
And Iraq got 87 Billion
That’s 87,000 Million
That came from me and you
And we had no say
So gas up the SUV
Lift restrictions on the biggest corporate polluters.
Drill for oil in national refuges instead of developing or giving incentive to develop alternative energy
Continue to pay farmers not to grow crops and still import all hemp
Erase our Constitutional Rights in the guise of National and or Homeland security
Spend 8 grand to cover the exposed breast on the Deco statue of Justice because Ashcroft has to stand in front of it……hmmmm
Turn a 1.4 trillion surplus into the biggest federal deficits since Reagan
Show a picture of Rumsfeld in the 80’s shaking Saddam’s hand on the nightly news.
Remember Iraq got the 87 billion
And Bush started it
(For the first time ever)
And please vote Nov. 2
Make media advertising free for all presidential candidates
Only then will all voices be heard
Please vote Nov. 2
