From MikeHersh.com:
How has Bush failed us?
Let us count the ways.
by Mike Hersh

August 21, 2003 -- WASHINGTON (mikehersh.com) -- Anyone who reads today's headlines -- or last week's or last year's -- knows Bush's policies are wrong. Moreover, all known facts prove Bush is lying about his failed domestic and international policies. The problem is too few people have (or take) time to read. Too many believe Bush's lies.

Bush's economic chicanery failed. Where is the stimulus? Where are the new jobs? For that matter, where are the MILLIONS of jobs Bush squandered even with the most expansionist Monetarist and Fiscal and budgetary policies ever?

Bush failed in Iraq, as proven by the scores of American deaths since he declared "Mission accomplished" and underscored by the horrible events of today. Where are the WMDs? Where are the links to al Qaeda? Where is the evidence Bush, Cheney, Rice and Powell claimed they had in hand long ago?

More Americans voted against Bush than rejected anyone else in US history. As usual, Americans were correct. Bush is illegitimate and he's unqualified as he's proving by failing home and abroad. Bush's facile lies about fostering a beacon of democracy ring hollow to victims of his Patriot Act and Ashcroft's witch hunts.

Bush the "humble uniter"

Who is a worse hypocrite than Bush who promised a "humble" foreign policy based on coalitions but alienated most of the planet with the petulant arrogance of a spoiled brat instead?

Bush "the uniter" managed the impossible. He united historic rivals Russia, France and Germany ... against us. He's now uniting the Sunni and Shia in Iraq ... you guessed it.

People, nations and religious factions who can't agree on anything else, who have been at each others' throats for generations, agree on just one thing. They hate Bush enough to harm Americans.

Bush opened every Pandora's Box in sight. He threw gasoline on the fire in the Middle East, loudly walking away from the peace process. Years later, his "Roadmap" is too little too late and today's bus bombing in Israel is a part of Bush's bloody legacy, as is today's bombing in Baghdad.

Bush alienated the civilized world by siding with Libya, Iraq, and other rogue states opposing a treaty to control weapons of mass destruction. Then he lied about knowing were WMDs were in Iraq, lied claiming we had to attack NOW to prevent their use, and months later he still can't find them.

Bush is an oily liar who campaigned blaming Clinton for the Republicans blocking his energy policy. Three years later, Bush still doesn't have an energy policy himself. Instead, he has a shameful record of favoring exploitation and corporate criminals over conservation and common sense.

The recent massive electrical meltdown is just a small part of Bush's failure. He promised to fix our energy situation and hasn't even tried. Instead, he blocked Congressional efforts to upgrade the power grid.

We need to explore alternative energy, both to protect the climate and free us from entanglements with pro-terrorist states like Saudi Arabia. Instead, Bush is hyping wasteful misuse of carbon-based fuels and even invading nations to set up petrol-pawns for Halliburton and UNOCAL. See:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=UNOC AL+Afghanistan

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Hall iburton+Iraq

Instead of meeting with the Anti-Terror Task Force, Dick Cheney met with Enron to plot energy piracy several (Cheney refuses to comply with laws requiring disclosure of how many) times. Bush fired a Republican chairman of the FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) charged with preventing Enronization of our energy policy, and handed the power to Ken Lay's hand-picked chairman.

Environmental scientists unanimously warn of global warming. Bush flip flops on even admitting the global warming problem exists, and refuses to work within the flawed but functioning Kyoto Global Warming treaty process. This angers and insults our allies and jeopardizes lives.

More people died from the heat in France recently than died from terrorism on 9/11. Bush's allies on the lunatic "hypocristian" right claim this was divine punishment for French resistance against Bush's catastrophic Iraq policies.

What about our American troops suffering under the heat there? Who is punishing them? Allah? By supporting this shameful right wing vindictiveness, Bush divides us from our allies and from each other. If Bush's dishonesty weren't fatal for brave Americans and others, it might even be risible.

Is it possible to fail worse in more ways than Bush has? I can't imagine how. The oddest thing is when people try to defend failed liar Bush. Anyone with any sense, a bit of information, and an ounce of integrity predicted all of this.

Leading up to Bush's mad rush to war, several former Secretaries of State, former Generals, former intelligence officials, and former weapons inspectors disagreed with Bush. Many predicted everything that's happened. An easy "win" in the war, and the "peace" from hell.

Most economists also predicted Bush's economic policies would fail just as they've done. Millions of Americans are out of work in large part because Bush lied about his policies.

The record high surplus is gone, replaced by crushing deficits. Bush lied about this, too claiming his deficits would be small and short-term. Bush also lied claiming he would never push today's problems onto future generations. Bush has done that by neglecting infrastructure, looting trust funds, and squandering our money on lavish gifts for his corporate cronies.

Bush supporters' efforts to define people who show more courage and know more than you do only demonstrate your lack of confidence in your position. It's never credible to dodge the facts and go after people instead. While calling someone liberal is a compliment, it's still an ad hominem fallacy. No one can "win" a debate by running away from the facts and labeling the other person this way.

If they could debate with reason based on facts, they'd do so. Clearly they can't. This proves Bush and his dwindling base lack the courage of their convictions. Their clumsy ad hominem "debate" shows their contempt for the American people and the Great American Vital Center tradition. Bush is far outside that tradition, and he's betraying our proud legacy.

Exposing the fatal flaws in Bush's "positions" is almost too easy, but it remains essential. You have to tell your undecided and pro-Bush friends and relatives about this web site. An informed, intelligent voter is a Vital Center liberal voter, and a proud pro-American.