Republican Platform quotes from 2000 (hehehehe)

This was posted at http://www.dailykos.com/ today....I couldn't resist posting this here.


Gee, do you think this misadministration even bothered to read their Party's platform?

The following quotes are drawn from the Republican Party Platform at the 2000 convention (http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/conventions/republican/features/platform.00/#1):


"The arrogance, inconsistency, and unreliability of the administration's diplomacy have undermined American alliances, alienated friends, and emboldened our adversaries."

"Gerrymandered congressional districts are an affront to democracy and an insult to the voters. We oppose that and any other attempt to rig the electoral process."

"Nor should the intelligence community be made the scapegoat for political misjudgments. A Republican administration working with the Congress will respect the needs and quiet sacrifices of these public servants as it strengthens America's intelligence and counter-intelligence capabilities and reorients them toward the dangers of the future."

Wow that just sort of tells you at all there.

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

It doesn't really matter what is says, it's all about what they want it to say.

in some of his ads.

I guess the piggies should have burned and erased all copies of that document the minute they succeeded in stealing the election.

this is a great 'in your face' retort....

good stuff...

"An administration that lives by evasion, coverup, stonewalling, and duplicity has given us a totally discredited Department of Justice."

"Environmental regulations should be based upon the best science, peer-reviewed, and available for public consideration."

"Over a five year period, as surpluses continue to grow, we will return half a trillion dollars to the taxpayers who really own it, without touching the Social Security surplus. That’s what we mean by our Lock-Box: The Social Security surplus is off-limits, off budget, and will not be touched."

"We commit ourselves to tax reforms that will sustain our nation’s prosperity and reflect its decency. We will reduce the burden on all Americans, especially those who struggle most."

"But free trade must be fair trade, within an open, rules-based international trading system. That will depend on American leadership, which has been lacking for the last eight years...As a result, America’s trade deficit with the rest of the world has surged to record highs." (And where is it at now???)

"Democracy thrives on well-informed citizens, and now the public will have unprecedented access to the workings of government..."

"Since over 90 percent of public school funding is state and local, not federal, it is obvious that state and local governments must assume most of the responsibility to improve the schools, and the role of the federal government must be progressively limited as we return control to parents, teachers, and local school boards. Programs beginning the process by congressional Republicans to return power to the people, such as "Straight As" legislation and "Dollars to the Classroom" are a good step to reach this goal. The Republican Congress rightly opposed attempts by the Department of Education to establish federal testing that would set the stage for a national curriculum."

"The other part of the team — a president engaged in the fight against crime — has been ineffective for the last eight years." (Just kind of funny since crime fell under Clinton and has risen under Bush)

"Eight years ago, the nation was energy confident. Our standing in the Middle East was at its zenith. The oil cartel was in retreat; gasoline was affordable, even as automotive progress reduced emissions from cars. Today, gas prices have skyrocketed, and oil imports are at all-time highs." (And where are they at now???)

"The military is not a civilian police force or a political referee. We believe the military must no longer be the object of social experiments."

"Sending our military on vague, aimless, and endless missions rapidly saps morale. Even the highest morale is eventually undermined by back-to-back deployments, poor pay, shortages of spare parts and equipment, inadequate training, and rapidly declining readiness. When it comes to military health, the administration is not providing an adequate military health care system for active-duty service members and their families and for retired service members and their dependents."

"The duties of our day are different. But the values of our nation do not change. Let us reject the blinders of isolationism, just as we refuse the crown of empire. Let us not dominate others with our power — or betray them with our indifference. And let us have an American foreign policy that reflects American character. The modesty of true strength. The humility of real greatness. This is the strong heart of America. And this will be the spirit of my administration."
- Governor George W. Bush

There has to be quite a few that I missed...that is a Kerry campaign goldmine.

Thanks for the laugh