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durrrty libby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:01 PM
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Has W done anything good for the not rich people in the last 5 years?
There must be something….....must not there be?

I’m not being facetious. I really want to know.


I was asking a co-worker and W supporter, what has he done for you?

He said he'd tell me when he had more time. Ha! I admit I have blind hatred of W, and see nothing that has been positive.

I'm hoping there are less emotional people out there who can tell me some things that have been accomplished.
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silverweb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:03 PM
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1. No.
Zip. Zilch. Nada.
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pinto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:03 PM
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2. No.
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ananda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:04 PM
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3. NO
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:06 PM
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4. Katrina response. If you are interested in sarcasm.
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durrrty libby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:14 PM
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7. dig deep people
There must me something????.
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acmejack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:08 PM
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5. The only thing I can think of is that he dissed Cindy.
He single handedly reinvigorated the anti-war movement. He has made a lot of working people realize some hard truths about class in America. He really has been an uniter and he has inspired many of us to become very active in the cause.

But intentionally, not a damned thing!
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BillZBubb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:12 PM
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6. Bushbots will say yes.
1. Their taxes haven't gone up like they would under a liberal.
2. They can keep their guns. A liberal would have taken them away.
3. Gays can't get married.
4. He's restored honor to the White House.
5. He kicked Arab butt. Liberals wouldn't fight them.
6. He's protected us from another terrorist attack.
7. He's putting conservatives on the bench. They'll protect our "values".

I'm sure their are many more. They are all bullshit, of course, but with rightards what do you expect?
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Dhampir Kampf Donating Member (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 10:38 PM
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19. ..Hi
2. They can keep their guns. A liberal would have taken them away.

Uhm - Bullshit?

We kept our guns under Clinton. With as much popular support, (including myself), the use of guns can't be 'done-away-with'. Maybe some restrictions on it, which I agree, are needed, but to say that a liberal president would've taken them away is wrong.
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BillZBubb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 11:28 PM
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21. Hey, don't blame me, I'm just the messenger.
The NRA has been filling these right wing fool's heads so full of bullshit, they believe anything in spite of all evidence to the contrary.
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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:14 PM
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8. We have learn to stand on our own bootstraps
living without healthcare and paying our heating/power bills.

We have also learn how to setup tents and distribute first aid, organize protests, contact the media and our representatives.
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:21 PM
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9. Lets see......Nope, can't think of any.
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SkiGuy Donating Member (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:26 PM
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10. Hmm let's see
Well I did get a little tax rebate a few years back, but I'm paying like 4x more for medical, my oil bill is way up, etc, etc. I guess my answer is NO too!
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SkiGuy Donating Member (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:29 PM
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11. Oh yeah
and lift tickets are like 33% higher than they were 5 years ago.:grr:
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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:30 PM
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12. you know the answer but you may not be letting it shine through.
Edited on Fri Dec-02-05 08:30 PM by flordehinojos
i've a cousin who, at least the last time i talked to her two or three years ago, was a true bush supporter. i don't know of anything that the bush presidency has done for her, but these might be some of her answers:

1. bush has kept america safe.
2. bush's moral values have kept unborn children from being aborted.
3. bush is a moral man.

now, her answers have nothing to do with truth, nor with what has he done for her or true blue working people, but she cannot get over the emotional impass of all of the above and this is how she usually answers.
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:34 PM
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13. Well, I must confess that I like moving the dates for Daylight Svgs Time.
But that is for my own selfish reasons, not because I believe that it will in any way affect energy consumption.
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:34 PM
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14. Nothing. Reagan didn't do anything either...
Yet, he's beloved. :shrug: :puke:
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:35 PM
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15. Made us laugh:
...and the jokes keep writing themselves:
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catmother Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:45 PM
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16. during his reelection campaign he said that he had kept us safe
from terrorists. do you believe that? i don't.
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durrrty libby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 09:03 PM
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18. I agree catmother
I don’t believe he’s kept us safe. If anything, I think he keeps ratcheting up the danger level.

I'm in awe of the stupidity of people who still support this idiot. I find it hard to believe they are smart enough to put their own shoes on.
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catmother Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 01:01 AM
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25. hi and welcome to DU. n/t
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 09:02 PM
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17. Have the rich class done anything for America in the last 5 years?
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BigYawn Donating Member (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 11:07 PM
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20. Yes, only ONE thing comes to mind...
His tax cuts have benefitted the high income people
the most, my benefit is mostly the increase in child
tax credit increasing from $500 to $1000, which has
netted extra $1000 in my pocket for the 2 kids.
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Yupster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 11:40 PM
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22. The no call list
and the 10 % income tax bracket.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 12:04 AM
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23. His flight suit prance
made the imbeciles that listen to Hannity "Proud to be mur-kin"
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peace frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 05:52 AM
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28. Stuffing the codpiece didn't hurt, either
Now THERE'S an image to make all those frigid fundie wimminfolks quiver under their bodices. :evilgrin:
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BjohnsonMN Donating Member (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 12:28 AM
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24. He has given us some good laughs...
Of course far too often those laughs have come at great expense to this country. He is truly the biggest embarassment in the history of this nation.
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ngGale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 01:03 AM
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26. Absolutely nothing...eom
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tirechewer Donating Member (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 05:04 AM
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27. Not a thing
He has done nothing for anyone who is not rich. Nothing. That is all.:wtf:
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cassiepriam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 06:22 AM
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29. He made me start praying hard. Every day.
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win_in_06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 06:22 AM
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30. I guess there are some voters who really don't expect the Feds
to "do something for them."

They suppposedly would rather live their private lives with as little government interference as possible.
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midnight armadillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 02:35 PM
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31. $1000 child tax credit
I believe this was raised to $1k in his 2000 tax cuts.
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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 02:56 PM
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32. But would Gore have done that too?
Or raised it even more?
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win_in_06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 03:02 PM
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33. Maybe not the CTC but certainly a middle class tax cut was a part
of his plan.

Same with Bill Clinton but he never delivered that one.
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corbett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 04:17 PM
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34. He Signed A Few Bills Into Law Which Helped The Middle Class And The Rich
Edited on Sat Dec-03-05 04:18 PM by corbett
For example: EGTRRA

My wife and I took our $600 advance tax rebate and reinvested it into the economy (plane ticket to Germany) but the sum of what * has done for Halliburton and others is so immense that nothing at this juncture could balance the scales.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 04:23 PM
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35. You'd think there would be something, but I'm stumped.
You can't count any money you might have gotten back on taxes because the cash was borrowed and your children and grandchildren will be paying China, Japan and Korea back for decades. Besides, the rich got a much bigger cut of the tax refund pie.
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EndElectoral Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 12:24 AM
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36. No
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MoonRiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:06 AM
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37. Only if they are fundie wackos.
Those nuts are whooping it up over the fascist anti-abortion judges * is inserting into SCOTUS. Other than that nada.
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