Re: Tariq Ali on the US election

[Michael Hoover <hooverm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>>> furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx 08/07/04 1:27 PM >>>
Actually, Bush was a weak president until 9/11/01: a big inauguration
protest, Enron, unimpressive ratings, etc.  According to Fox, for
instance, Bush's approval rating during 1/24-25/01 was a mere 46%!
Yoshie
<<<<<>>>>>

pre-9/11: congress passed major bush tax cut, education, energy bills
(latter 2 after jeffords became ind and dems gained control of senate),
congress also passed bush's so-called 'bankruptcy reform', bush
abandoned kyoto treaty, bush signed regressive executive orders re.
abortion, labor, health care, among other things...

while 9/11 'made' bush presidency, dems and conservative media had
already allowed bush to get out from under stigma of being 'his
fraudulency 2' (rutherford hayes was called 'his fraudulency' through
term after winning 'corrupt bargain' election of 1876)...
michael hoover


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