Proportionate Reasons to Vote Against Bush

There are two proportionate reasons for rejecting President Bush's bid for reelection. Both the United States and the world are a mess. Mr. Bush is responsible for both messes. The first president ever to claim de facto infallibility, Mr. Bush tells us that, in decision-making, he follows his instincts after praying over the decision and talking to God. He admits no mistakes--how could anyone who has a direct link to God make a mistake! In his next administration he will receive more divine inspirations which will make both the country and the world even more messy.

Consider the American economy. Mr. Bush turned the biggest budget surplus in history into the biggest deficit because he wanted to give more money to the "haves and have mores." He has presided over the largest job losses since the Great Depression. He has stood idly by while hundreds of thousands American jobs have been flown overseas. His reform of healthcare has made it more expensive and more difficult for the elderly. He declines to rein in the greed of the drug companies and thus drives many Americans to Canada--of all places-- to buy the medicines needed to stay alive. He has cast doubt on the future of Social Security. He has been on the bridge during the current absurd panic over flu vaccine; the deaths of those elderly and children who are not able to obtain flu shots are on his hands. What if one of those who die is your parent or your spouse or your child? He has not lifted a finger to help the many Americans whose pensions are being eaten up by greedy employers. Oil prices are climbing rapidly and the stock market is tanking.

We want four more years of this stuff?

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