Saturday, September 11, 2004

Whatever happened to Accountability?

There is only one word that needs to be spoken during this election year...ACCOUNTABILITY!!

During the Clinton years, he was throughly accountable for everything he did and many things that he didn't do...from Troopergate, Vince Foster, WhiteWater, Paula JOnes, Monica Lewinsky, to the war in Somalia...the economy and surpluses were things that the right wingers really didn't want to give him credit for, but most people did...a president must take accountability for everything that happens or doesnt happen during his watch...

The striking difference between that and Bush is that Bush is not accountable for anything that happens on his watch...nothing...

Iraq...we launched a pre-emptive strike on Iraq because we said that they were a direct threat to us, but they weren't...where is the accountability?
Bush claimed that Iraq had WMDs...but they didn't...where is the accountability?
More than 1,000 American troops have died for reasons that were lies...where is the accountability?
Even Generals on the ground (even General Myers!) have said that the attacks by insurgents have increased to around 160 per day (at the beginning of the year, it was only 20 per day)...Bush fired the generals who initially spoke out against the small number of troops at the beginning of it...where is the accountability?

9/11...Clarke has been outspoken that AlQuida wasnt a priority, even though Clinton advised that it needed to be...where is the accountability?
The 9/11 commission has said that there were warnings...during Clinton and Bush...they should both be responsible, and I heard the right wing radio monsters spewing how responsible Clinton should be...but what about Bush...where is the accountability?

Afghanistan...the Taliban and AlQuida has taken control of many territories in Afghanistan...many experts think that it is because of the resources that went to Iraq for a war that didn't nee to be waged, and certainly didn't need to be waged now...where is the accountability?

Economy...we were running record surpluses in 2000, so much so that Bush argued that we had to give money back...now we have record deficits of almost $500 billion dollars...where is the accountability?
During the Bush administration's 3.5 years, we have lost more than 1 million jobs total...where is the accountability?

Social Security...during 2000, we were talking about putting Social Security in a "lock box"...and most economists thought that we would be able to properly fund S/S...now, we have Alan Greenspan saying that we will probably need to cut benefits because we can't afford it...4 years ago, he was saying that we had too much money...what happened...where is the accountability?

More than 70% of people, and nearly all police officers wanted the Assault Weapons Ban renewed...Bush promised that he would renew it when it came to his desk...House Republicans wont take it to a vote and Bush isn't saying a word about it...police say that it will endanger them and us...where is the accountability?

I could go on and on and on...from Prescription Drugs to the war on terror...from his young adulthood to his presidency, George W. Bush has not been accountable for ANYTHING!!

We need to hold him accountable...this is OUR country...we are not better off than we were 3.5 years ago, and George W. Bush is the reason...we MUST hold him accountable...

This election isn't about how much John Kerry bled 35 years ago on a boat in the middle of Vietnam...and for that matter, it isn't about what Bush did or didn't do in the TANG...this election is about the choices that have been made over the last 3.5 years...what has been the result of those choices, and if they were the right choices...

WE MUST HOLD GEORGE W. BUSH ACCOUNTABLE!!

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