No snark please - what DID Bush campaign on in 2004 - school project

[adigal]

I am trying to help my daughter with a project about the 2004 campaign, and every time I google Bush 2004 campaign, I get parodies!! I was so disgusted with the fact that I had voted for that clown in 2000, that I couldn't even bear to listen to the fool in 2004, so I need to know:

What in the hell did he campaign on??? I know the following, and I know none of it is true, but these are the things he said:

War on Terror
Tax Cuts
War in Iraq - fight them over there, blah, blah, blah
Family Values - hating gays and abortions (ok, my snark)

Can anyone else remember what the little worm campaigned on?? Much appreciation for your help.

Oh, and could you help me with Kerry's platform also? I followed him more closely, but can't pull too many things out of my brain today. Thanks

[blue cat]

1. Permanent tax cuts

for the rich. I wondered if the people voting for him realized that this would shift the tax burden down to those under 200,000 a year, permanently.

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[MsUnderstood]

6. I know there are rules about personal attacks

And I think you're on the edge of that rule friend.

[BlooInBloo]

8. I must've missed it my friend...

Where was the personal attack?

My friend.

[adigal]

10. I was asking for help with my memory

and also because DUers have more info than the average search engine.

And if you don't want to help, why don't you just mind your own business? Thanks!!

[BlooInBloo]

16. ROFL!! You're welcome!!

[wicket]

22. "also because DUers have more info than the average search engine"

Aint that the truth! Don't feel bad for asking a simple question.

[adigal]

32. Thank you - I appreciate the help! n/t

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. He'll keep you safe

That was another main theme. There hasn't been a terrorist attack on US soil since 2001, and he claimed credit for that. Rove also did an effective job of painting Kerry as being cowardly and dangerous. That, coupled with the abortion/gay marriage issue, was the main issue I heard about around here in Arkansas.

[adigal]

11. Thank you! I will pass that on

to my daughter, I remember that ad nauseum.

[MsUnderstood]

4. He campainged as not a democrat

He was strong on terror (war in Iraq)
He was steady and strong on his convictions (kerry got caught flip flopping).
He was working on Medicare reform cause we're going bankrupt (then gave us that crappy bill)
He was a man of morals (Kerry from the state where gay marriages are legal but Kerry didn't want them--double edged sword).
He provided tax cuts to all americans (I know it was only the rich but you asked his campaign, not his truth).

His campaign focused on scare tactics of "If a democrat were in the whitehouse your children will sprout horns"

[adigal]

12. Thanks! n/t

[bigtree]

5. Iraq war

war on terrorism

privatizing Social Security

Tax cuts for wealthy and corporations (caital gains and estate tax)

health care 'savings' accounts and his prescription drug plan



Kerry:

Are you sitting in the catbird seat? (Kerry resources and links)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=802213

(some links are understandably not working)

[adigal]

13. Thank you!

[blue cat]

7. Please read this PIPA study

I think it will help.

http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Pres_Election_04/html/new_9_29_04.html

Thank you for being so honest.

[adigal]

14. Thank you - I will have her read it n/t

[wellst0nev0ter]

9. I Remember "Frivolous Lawsuits"

Since they are keeping gynocologist from "practicing their love."

I wonder how he going along on that?

DOH! That was snark, sorry.

Also for Kerry, I remember him campaigning on providing health care for all children. The rest seems to be cleaning up after Bush.

[adigal]

15. That's right - health care for all kids

Gee, Americans must hate kids!

[LSK]

17. that hes a stubborn SOB who wont change his mind

Yes, people bought this line of crap.

[trotsky]

18. I remember pledging to "cut the deficit in half" by 2008.

That would be the deficit he created, by the way. :eyes:

[FloridaPat]

19. War president doing a great job on the war on terror.

Stop gay marriages.


Kerry - good question. We need a change. Help is on the way. Hope is coming. I really didn't care what he was running on. He wasn't a repub. My only qualification.

[jsamuel]

20. social security

[adigal]

21. Thanks - I am off to help her set up her research

n/t

[bunkerbuster1]

23. Want some wood?

Let me finish!

Sorry, but what the Chimp said on the stump is mostly a blur now, save for his dreadful, fumbling, embarrassing-for-the-nation appearances in all three debates.

The Bush campaign was really done by proxy, via the Shit Floaters and other hit squads.

[trotsky]

26. Rumors on the Internets!

I can't believe he didn't lose EVERY vote of the "hip" under 30 demographic with that gaffe.

[npincus]

24. 'Fixing' Social Security...

or did he spring that on us afterwards?

[seabeyond]

25. fear fear fear. all will die if i am not re elected

be afraid, very afraid always afraid. that is truly what he campaigned on. he worked peoples fear. that is all

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

27. I recall that Karl Rove admitted to that in a Washington Post article.

[windy252]

28. Fighting "frivolous lawsuits"

Whether they were actually frivolous is a different story. I remember something about malpractice reform because "doctors are leaving Illinois" in large numbers or something to that effect.

[adigal]

33. I remember that and how I thought for sure regular folks

like my friends and family would see how that was to completely protect corporations and screw all of us.

And they happily went to the voting booth and pulled the lever for their own disenfranchishment. One of the great swindles of all time.

[windy252]

39. I think part of it is still the perception given

to them. For example, most average people think a woman sued McDonald's because she accidentally spilled coffee all over herself. *sigh* long way to go.

[DanCa]

29. Fear and ignorance of the religious right .

He exploited the religious right archaics fears and played them all like a harp from hell.

[McCamy Taylor]

30. No Gay Marriage! Conservative SCOTUS. Kerry is a Waffler! That is it.

That was why it was so close.


Kerry's platform was "I ain't Bush." In otherwords, no Conservative SCOTUS, I'm a War Hero, and Why are you making me talk about gay marriage?

[Lisa]

31. Bush did go after "security moms"

I think one of the things the pundits were commenting on was how Bush retooled his strategy for going after the "soccer moms" in 2000 (by playing moderate, and claiming that he would improve things like health and education), by focusing on domestic security issues in 2004.

There should be plenty of news articles out there on this ... if your daughter has a particular interest in youth and women's issues, it might be an interesting angle to pursue. (I think the Kerry campaign got his daughters out on the campaign trail, demonstrating through personal stories how their dad was competent and able to provide security in a wider context ... I don't know how the final polling numbers may have been affected, though that might be something to check?)

[adigal]

35. That is a good idea - she is very interested in womens' issues

and I think I have a little activist-to-be on my hands.

Plus, she is fearless in speaking up to older, bigger boys!

[Initech]

34. Attacking a war veteran's record

Really - when you get right down to it, it was all the Swift Boat Veterans for "Truth". Bush's campaign had run out of steam so the only thing left to do was attack a war veteran's record while reports were surfacing that the asshole did not serve a day in the army.

[adigal]

36. This was the worst, but I don't know how she can use it

I wish she could, because we talk about this all of the time, but I would have to think of how to fit it in.
Thanks,

[Maru Kitteh]

37. Not changing Presidents in the middle of a war

Others said that for him, what he said was that he "had a job to do and wanted to be able to finish it right", or some shit like that.

[stop the bleeding]

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[adigal]

43. hahahahahahahahahahah!! Seconded.

[ScreamingMeemie]

40. He campaigned on fear. (/11 and the how the world "has changed" and

we need to give up our liberties via the Patriot Act...how forces in Iraq were a coalition and the need to "fix" social security.

Kerry campaigned on needing a definitive plan for Iraq, and acknowledging the mistake, the need to deal with the threat that is North Korea, Health Care, jobs and the economy.

[Beaverhausen]

41. Guns, God and Gays

you know, all the important stuff. :eyes:

[TheBaldyMan]

42. Helping our seniors to access a fairer prescriptions regime

believe it or not this was one of his platforms.

on edit: Check out Tom Tommorow's archive for the run up to the '04 election. He's right on target with most of Bushco's policies.