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Eon said:No, it's not happening - but as a European I find it scary that you think Bush is centrist with a left wobble. That's totally frightening and it makes me wonder what sort of things a "Good rightwing candidate" would do in office!
Instigated widespread tax cuts aimed at boosting the wealth of the wealthy.
Eon said:He has:
Instigated widespread tax cuts aimed at boosting the wealth of the wealthy.
Constantly acted in support of corporate interests.
Enacted police state legislation - the PATRIOT act.
Persued isolationist foreign policy
Increased government spending primarily in the areas of defence and intelligence (and I use the words ironically)
Overseen dubious elections at home through the use of family connections - both times.
Repealed the Automatic Weapons ban.
Sounds right wing (US standards) to me.
Arkanjel said:You forgot the little part about starting 2 wars, both of which are still being fought with no end in sight. Not that that is purely a right wing thing, but it just didnt make your list.
Gods_Peon said:Which two wars did President George Bush start? All wars have a history, the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts did not start with George Bush.
Gandhi said:U can't blame him for Afghanistan, america was attacked and the government of afghan was hideing the main suspect. If he didn't go in to afghan he would of lost more support. It was the right thing to do.
And I was for the war in Iraq in the beginning, they had WMDs and they had to be stopped. And I thought the people were treated unfairly. But the only thing the war in Iraq has done is make more people turn against them.
Yea I used to love discussing politics before, but with having friends coming from many different backrounds it usually doesn't end well.You do make valid points Gandhi. All in all my stance is that all this stuff happens for a reason and it will all work out in the end. Politics can be a VERY divisive issue and what I believe might not be what someone else believes. Im not the best at portraying my political beliefs in a PC sorta way so I usually come across in a bad light, so I try not express them very often.
Eon said:Let me see if I can write Tax cuts to generate wealth for the wealthy in a way that's less open to sophistry.
He had a tax refund where the richer you were the more money you got back. Not just in terms of people who paid twice as much tax got twice as much rebate either.
Eon said:Instigated widespread tax cuts aimed at boosting the wealth of the wealthy.
Eon said:Constantly acted in support of corporate interests.
Eon said:Enacted police state legislation - the PATRIOT act.
Eon said:Persued isolationist foriegn policy.
Eon said:Increased government spending primarily in the areas of defence and intelligence (and I use the words ironically)
Eon said:Overseen dubious elections at home through the use of family connections - both times.
Eon said:Repealed the Automatic Weapons ban.
Eon said:Bush allowed a firearms ban dealing with automatic weapons to expire, didn't he?
Eon said:The Elections have been dubious. I don't say fixed or twisted, but come on... Have you looked into the AutoPoll machine scandal?
Eon said:As regarding strong central government - that's a right wing thing where I come from. Left wing governements devolve powers to more local and regional assemblies.
Eon said:By the way - bombing a country is not "interacting with it". Bush has ridden roughshod over Nato and UN relationships that America had been cultivating.
Bush allowed a firearms ban dealing with automatic weapons to expire, didn't he?
Gandhi said:He did let it expire if I remember.