Bush Blasts Democrats on Economics("We've got a record to stand on"

[sabra]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/24/national/w115824S73.DTL

Bush Blasts Democrats on Economics

President Bush, trying to regain his political footing ahead of this year's critical midterm elections, asserted Friday "the difference is clear" between the two parties on how to sustain the U.S. economic recovery.

"If you want the goverment in your pocket vote Democrat," Bush said. "If you want to keep more of your hard earned money vote Republican."

He made one of his strongest appeals yet for making permanent various tax cuts due to expire within several years.

Speaking at a fundraiser for Republican Congressman Mike Sodrel in what may be one of the closest races in the country, Bush attempted to draw a sharp contrast between the two parties' economic policies.

"We've got a record to stand on," Bush said.

[Warpy]

1. Record deficits?

Record concentration of wealth?

Record foreclosures?

Record personal debt?

How many other records is he proud of?

[xchrom]

32. record personal bankruptcies

record number of american dead in in a pre-emptive war

record numbers of innocent americans spied upon

[Donailin]

56. record number of drop-outs

record gas prices

record number of enemies around the globe

record number of veterans losing benefits

[Democrats_win]

2. Six years, two words: Republican Recession.

[SCDem]

3. that record you're standing on is mountain of deficit

what a moran

[Amonester]

39. Right on the money. AWOLiar's record:

[laylah]

40. A FAILURE of a record!

A$$HOLE!

[wicket]

4. Wow, that's just DESPERATE!

:rofl:

[reichstag911]

5. "We've got a record to stand on"

Not a leg to stand on, metaphorically speaking, but a record (of absolute profligacy with taxpayers' money).

[indie_voter]

6. Hey Patrick! What, Spongebob? It's Opposite Day! n/t

[acmavm]

7. As Bugs Bunny would say "What a maroon"! n/t

[Buck Rabbit]

33. "What an ignoranimous!" n/t

[tandot]

8. "We've got a record to stand on," how true: Deficits, wars, incompetence

what a record. Has he lost his mind? Any thinking person in his position would shut the hell up about a record like that.

[UpInArms]

27. "Has he lost his mind?" Well, that implies that he had/has one.

My opinion: He's just rabbit-assed crazy.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

9. "If you want the gov't in your children's pocket, vote Repub"

Because they spend more than Democrats but put it on your kid's tab. That's my response.

They are also in your bedroom, your death bed and your womb.:grr:

[DBoon]

12. If you want to sell your children to pay off our foreign debt

vote republican

[ginnyinWI]

10. Oh , where to begin...

First of all mr. "prez": it's "Democratic" not "Democrat"! But then your whole party does this.

Second, because of your government, my property taxes have gone way up. The feds taketh away, but the locals need to jack up taxes to make up for it!

Third, if you care about my pocket, how about doing something about energy costs? And how about not getting my GRANDCHILDREN into debt to China, before they are even conceived??

How about cracking down on CEOs who are making out like bandits and failing to provide the basics to their employees?

How about getting rid of corrupt Congresscritters who earmark the hell out of every bill and cost us, the taxpayer, way too much for their pet projects?

Once again he is using Orwellian speech: They definitely have a record to run away from!!!

[DBoon]

11. My Clinton's economic record

will beat up your Bush's record any day.

or, instead of:

"If you want the goverment in your pocket vote Democrat," Bush said. "If you want to keep more of your hard earned money vote Republican."

How about:

"If you want your income to grow and your retirement investments to grow, vote Democratic"
"If you want your job outsourced and your retirement to sink, vote Republican"

[Gidney N Cloyd]

13. And that record is...

"Would I Lie to You?" by the Eurythmics.

[dipsydoodle]

15. Excellent

Better than the one of which I thought.

[dipsydoodle]

14. Wuz his favorite C & W record

"How can you believe me when I say I love you when you know I've been I liar all my life"

[gratuitous]

16. Is he done trying to pump up Iraq already?

"Moving adroitly from one failure to the next, President Bush today dropped his defense of the Iraq debacle like a hot potato to remind everyone that his administration has run up record deficits over the past five years. Gratuitous, spokesman for the Poor College Boy Network, responded that Mr. Bush had better 'step off my nuts' or face unspecified consequences."

[Der Blaue Engel]

17. Tax cuts. That's all these people see.

How stupid do you have to be to think a few dollars cut from your taxes is worth a $9 trillion debt ceiling?

Freeper stupid. It's amazing they don't drown by forgetting to close their mouths while staring up at the rain.

[BootinUp]

24. Don't underestimate the appeal. n/t

[windy252]

18. A record to stand on

An economy doing so well all kinds of manufacturing jobs are shutting down, a president who says losing your job is good circa 2004 and 2006. corporations having to cut benefits because they're so expensive. .:sarcasm: I don't know what economy you're looking at, but it's not in this universe.

[pinniped]

19. Don't expect this Asshole to mention the deficit....

when attacking the Democratic party.

Mr. Asshole has record deficits to stand on.

[Mythsaje]

20. Keep it up, Bush...

Every time you open your mouth and say crap like this, a small segment of the population says "What?"

Pretty soon the only people who'll vote Repug this November will be the uber-rich and the perpetually clueless.

[Bonhomme Richard]

21. He should have said...............

"If you want the government in your pocket vote Democrat," Bush said. "If you want the government in the corporations pocket vote Republican."

[xxqqqzme]

28. I think that's vote republic

I don't see why we should say the whole word if they won't!

[MrPrax]

22. Too stupid for words n/t

[flyingfysh]

23. it's a broken record

Massive deficits, shift of tax burden from super-rich to middle class and poor, crippling of vital programs. Yep, that's a record, all right. Thoroughly broken.

[Demeter]

25. He Should Have Saved It For April 1st

But he's a fool every day of the year.

[leQ]

26. if i want the government in my pocket i'll buy a senator

god what a hypocrite. i was just asking the other day to some of my right-leaning friends 'what does bush have to brag about' and they couldn't think of anything. i asked them, even the economy? and they said what good is the economy when you're borrowing it.

[killbotfactory]

29. "If you want all your tax money funnelled into pork projects...

That benefit my friends, and leave you with nothing for your money. Vote republican."

[VegasWolf]

30. That is exactly it Bush, you have a record. Now defend it. You can't!!!

[liberal N proud]

31. If a republican is in the White House, it must be a recession

We frequently hire temp labor at our facility for design work. One of them who does this for a living told me once that he always prepares to be laid off when a republican gets elected president because there will be a recession.

[TriMetFan]

34. o.k. What shit is this man smoking????

[Lisa]

35. "if you want to live like a Republican, vote Democrat" (n/t)

[WePurrsevere]

36. Yeah thanks to you this "oldie" one will probably make a come back....

except they'll have to change the dime to a ten with rates of inflation now being what they are. :grr:

BROTHER, (BUDDY) CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?

Once I built a railroad, I made it run
I made it run against time
Once I built a railroad, and now it's done
Buddy, can you spare a dime?

Once I built a tower way up to the sun
Of bricks and morter and lime
Once I built a tower, and now it's done
Buddy can you spare a dime?

Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell
Full of that Yankee-Doodlee-Dum
A half-a-million boots went sloggin' through hell
And I was the kid with the drum

Say don't you remember, you called me Al
It was Al all the time
Say don't you remember, I was your pal
Buddy, can you spare a dime?

Once I built a railroad, I made it run
I made it run against time
Once I built a railroad, and now it's done
Buddy, can you spare a dime?

[Strawman]

37. Actually I want the govt in YOUR pocket, rich boy

Since you won't give others their fair share on the front end (in their paychecks), we'll just take it on the back end out of your big fat paychecks.

[Rex]

38. That is true, they do have a record to stand on.

A record of total failure and corruption. I know Bush and crew don't worry about what people will say about them in the future, but they really should think about their children and future offspring in the clan and a reputation of dishonesty and evil deeds. Politics will mark them as tainted goods until the end of time. It's ashame they don't care about stuff like this.

[buddysmellgood]

41. YES! Keep running your mouth George. Run on your record.

[leesa]

42. Funny. Why don't Democrats just laugh these fools off the stage?

[President Kerry]

43. sounds like stand-up comedy.. Coming from a "man" that's bled

America dry.

[Robeson]

44. What huge balls...

...it really boggles the mind.

[LynnTheDem]

45. Mar 25, 2006; Personal bankruptcies soar to all-time high

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2186976


bush; STUPIDEST MFer. BIGGEST LIAR.

EVER.

[WhiteTara]

46. he's got a record to be hung on n/t

[FlaGranny]

47. Record to stand on -

a deficit higher than Mt. Everest. The air sure is thin up there. Must be affecting his brain.

[against all enemies]

48. Will one DEMOCRAT stand up to this BULLSHIT and call him out.

I don't care, call him a liar and start documenting his lies, his failures and then offer a fucking plan. ANYONE?

[wordpix2]

53. Democrats in Congress: Get on your soapbox & smack this pRes down!

[against all enemies]

58. Thank You.

[Ishoutandscream2]

49. And there he goes yet AGAIN!

Record deficits, another Vietnam, infringing on personal liberties - the list goes on. All of this with a Republican controlled house, senate, judiciary, and chief executive. Oh, and can't forget a compliant press.

It's all on you, George. Good god, things get more Orwellian daily.

[Julius Civitatus]

50. Yup... a RECORD $8 Trillion deficit

He sure stands on a "record."

Idiot!

[Exiled in America]

51. WHERE IS THE DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE??

I so sick of a national democratic party that cries "please don't hurt me!" rather than actually demonstrating any sort of actual "opposition."

[wordpix2]

52. you've got a record, all right---$9 TRILLION IN DEBT after taking over

$250 billion surplus from Clinton

[sakabatou]

54. People lend me your graphs on the economy

Show us the under Dems the Econ. grows by 12% and by Rep., 2%! Or how many Reps only have deficits while Dems have surpluses!

[catmandu57]

55. More like a record to run from

for all the above reasons and the fact that he's just a stupid ugly motherfucker.

[MODemocrat]

57. Do they ever have a record to stand on! may be the worst in history

Bush has never finished anything he's started, from a youth on. This war and the deficits he's ran up, is certainly nothing to be proud of. In fact, it's downright laughable. :thumbsdown: :rofl: