You Might Be A Bush
Republican If . . .
January 15, 2004
You believe a popular vote for president can be set
aside by a Supreme Court which voted along political party lines to select
Bush as President..
You believe an arrest for cocaine possession in 1972
should not be public. The sweetheart legal deal made by daddy for you to
avoid jail time is just good family values. Bush even admitted working at a
center for troubled youths back then to wipe the slate clean. Done deal.
You believe it is OK not to deny the allegation
that you played air guitar to a Foghat record at a party in the late 1970s
while participating in youthful indiscretions involving alcohol and possibly
cocaine.
You believe the worth of a man is determined by the
size of his bank account and not his character. Size does matter.
You believe 15 to 20 years of drinking alcohol and
snorting cocaine was just youthful indiscretions and it is rude to ask about
them.
You believe deserting your country in the time of war
(May1972-May1973) while a member of the Guard is
honorable national service.
You believe skipping required drug tests and medical
exams is OK because they were hard to pass during those youthful
indiscretion days. Besides it never stopped Bush from flying a plane for the
Guard while indiscrete!
You believe marrying well even though as a teenager
the "little woman" killed a teenage boy in Texas because she ran a stop
sign. The incident was covered up, no investigation was conducted and to
this day, no knows why.
You believe lying about invading a country is a good
thing because its leader had it coming anyway. Besides, he tried to kill
Bush's daddy in the past.
You believe in thanking God for everything Bush has
done so this must include every lie told, the number of which only God can
count.
You believe the country should not have any budget
surpluses. Thank God the surplus from a Democratic president was quickly
spent by 2002.
You believe tax cuts for the rich are a good thing for
the country especially the poor.
You believe the 911 Commission is overreaching
when it wants the truth about what Bush knew and what he didn't do to
protect America. So lying, covering up, stonewalling and attacking anyone
seeking the truth about 911 is justified. Oh yeah, it is OK to bring up Bill
to divert attention.
You believe outing a CIA agent because her husband
exposed some Bush lies is OK. After all he was probably a Democrat AND a
liberal and had it coming.
You believe deficits are good and bigger the better.
So we have them, bigger and at historical proportions.
You believe deficits will not affect future
generations who must face significant tax increases to pay for them. And you
say you love your kids and grandchildren. Shame!
You believe in bigger government but say you are for a
smaller one to get votes.
You believe Jesus was a Republican and would stone
Democrats and liberals today.
You believe "small government" is just a campaign
slogan. Never mind that the Bush government growth rate was more than double
that of Clinton's. This excludes the War on Terror even!
You believe lying about sex in the Oval Office is
impeachable but lying about weapons of mass destruction to invade Iraq is
presidential.
You believe lying to start a war that kills and wounds
our citizens is a good thing. And never mind the civilian casualties,
Hussein would have killed that many by this time already, so they don't
really count.
You believe in giving exclusive non-competitive
contracts to business associates because it is just good business and a
great deal for everyone.
You believe repeating lies over and over will make
them true. No wonder you pray so much and are all religious for the cameras.
You believe attending funerals for our soldiers killed
in Iraq would give a wrong impression. But every president in the past
thirty years has honored our war dead at funerals, no matter what party
affiliation. They also left a good impression.
You believe "Bring it on", was a great macho statement
and struck fear into the hearts of the enemy. The result was more attacks
and more dead and wounded soldiers. Pitiful!
You believe the only true religion is Christianity,
preferably evangelical, all the rest don't really count except when
campaigning.
You believe the Constitution says Christianity is the
official religion of the United States. Are you surprised it doesn't?
You believe in quoting the Constitution and the
Bible but have read neither.
You believe others must have moral values like yours
but yours keep changing depending on politics.
You believe everything drug addicted Rush Limbaugh
says and quote him at every opportunity to support Bush.
You believe in Teddy Roosevelt's philosophy that might
makes right and war is good because it strengthens the character of a
nation.
You believe talking to God is spiritual though many
who are poor and do the same, are locked up for it or live on the streets.
You believe corporations are more important than
employees and find no problem with a jobless economic "recovery". So what
that two million people became unemployed since January 2001. They are just
an annoying statistic.
You believe anyone who disagrees with you is
un-American, a liberal or both. Free speech is only for your allies not your
opponents.
You believe an American family value is when daughters
emulate their father and become party animals and drunks just like him.
You believe in bigger government and spending
increases each year so you and your party can win elections.
You believe in rewarding illegal behavior by creating
a new work program for millions of illegal Mexicans. What next, citizenship
after Bush's re-selection in 2004?
You believe image is more important than honesty.
You believe that membership in the Skull and Cross
Bones Society is just a college thing, though to be part of it, required
oaths to false Gods in pagan rituals.
You believe is it OK to lie about Iraq, saying the
WMDs were the reason, though Bush had plans to invade in January 2001. Lying
about that is OK too.
You believe the Patriot Acts protect Americans by
removing fundamental constitutional protections for everyone. Will "they"
come for you next?
You believe companies that transfer hundreds of
thousands of jobs to India are doing good for America and our economy
because it "keeps corporate costs down" and profits up.
You believe unemployed Americans are whiners, after
all there are thousands of new part time and minimum wage jobs. They just
need to get one and deal with it!
You believe a new medicare drug plan costing billions
of dollars will benefit retired folks more than the drug and health care
companies that helped write the plan. And the Tooth Fairy lives too!
You believe in a smaller government but support the
Bush government that writes thousands of new laws and creates new agencies
and departments such as the Homeland Security Department.
You believe it is OK to pass along the costs of new
federal mandates to the states. It is OK that States must raise taxes
because the federal government overspends.
You believe rolling back environmental protection laws
is good for the environment and business.
You believe Federal unfunded mandates don't affect the
tax burden of the citizen, at least not the federal tax burden.
You believe every question for which you cannot make
up an answer requires mentioning Bill or Hillary.
You believe in "right to life" except in war or for
people who perform abortions.
You believe homosexuals can change if they want,
forgetting you have never been to able open your mind to new ideas
because of your religious or political beliefs.
You believe politics and religion should be integrated
especially if it means more votes from the "Christian Right".
You believe government should not solve personal
problems and decry social programs which try, but support spending more than
a billion dollars to encourage marriage.
You believe poverty would end if people were allowed
to keep more of their minimum wage.
You believe being a Christian makes you and yours pure
and righteous..
You believe you don't need to read newspapers or watch
TV after all, you can confidently rely on friends and associates to tell you
the truth as they see it.
You believe in conservative ideas and advice, but base
decisions on ignorance and gut reaction to the situation at hand.
You believe breaking promises is "just part of the
game." To wit, it is OK for the Department of Energy to lie and
cover-up to make Yucca Mountain in Nevada a reality for corporations in the
east which make big political contributions.
You believe it is OK to lie about WMDs, nuclear
weapons and al Qaeda links to invade a country that did not attack America.
You believe WMD programs or documents which mention
them are weapons of mass destruction.
You believe in punishing work by keeping payroll taxes
high and rewarding the wealthy by keeping taxes on dividends low.
You believe fuel cells are a good idea only if the
hydrogen they need comes from oil.
You believe humans have no direct affect on the
earth's weather and the ozone hole is just eco-hype.
You believe government should be run like a business
but it happens to be one like Enron, corrupt and bankrupt just like the Bush
government is today.
You believe pension plan protection is not a big deal.
So what if the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation had a 7 billion surplus
in 2000 and now has a 10 billion deficit. Oh well, just add that missing 17
billion dollars to the record deficit.
You believe being arrested in 1976 for drunk driving
is just a youthful indiscretion and lying about it to run for governor and
president it is OK
You believe it is rude and wrong to ask about youthful
indiscretions at any time.
You believe a DUI conviction is a badge of honor, heck
even vice-president Cheney has two DUI convictions from the early 1960s.
You believe Officers Candidate School (OCS) is for
losers. The written and drug tests were too hard in the early 1970s so a
"direct appointment" to second lieutenant was the only way to go. Oh yeah,
again it is rude and wrong to ask about this.
You believe being smart is overrated, after all,
failing the written test for OCS in 1970s doesn't mean you can't be an
officer, a pilot, become a governor or even steal a presidential election in
2000.
You believe failing the test for Flight School with a
score of 25 percent (50 percent is passing) doesn't mean you can't fly a
plane and desert the Guard to party hearty with the substances of your
choice, alcohol and cocaine. Again it is rude and wrong to ask about this.