In a rush to legitimize the necessary illusion of Election 2004, the media's cultural managers are informing us that 18 million Americans reportedly voted for President Bush because of "moral values," which "edged terrorism and the economy as the top issue" of the election. The Bush Campaign was built upon daily lies and distortions that mainstream media outlets aggressively facilitated. There is nothing divine or holy about the death, lies and fear wrought by this walking corporation, George Bush.
- POVERTY: The president let millions of kids slide into poverty while
cutting taxes for the richest Americans. In his first term, President
Bush enacted tax cuts skewed overwhelmingly towards the wealthy [more] even as
poverty, especially for children, rose for three straight years. [more] The
president has pushed to make those tax cuts permanent.
- HEALTH CARE: The president pandered to special interests instead of providing affordable health care for America's seniors. Under President Bush, five million Americans have lost their health insurance [more] and millions more have seen their premiums rise. The Bush administration backed a Medicare bill which put drug and insurance companies ahead of seniors [more]. According to the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI), President Bush's second-term health care plan would insure just 6.7 million new Americans [more], still leaving 38.3 million Americans uninsured.
- HOUSING: The president tried to dismantle Section 8 [more], the "most successful public-and-private housing partnership in the history of the United States." The president has repeatedly endorsed programs and policies that are hostile to the program [more], endangering housing for more than two million poor families nationwide. [more]
- More at the Center for American Progress [more] Photo is from Whitehouse.org