[Mr 5 0]

Originally posted by nickj8685

Not to jump on the political band wagon

Too late, you already have. Buckle up.

but I am a Democrat and proud of it.

How nice for you.

I am not unrepentant as Mr. 5.0 put it.

That was sarcasm.

To tell you the truth I don't think he has done that much for our country. Our economy has gone staight to hell and unemployment is up drastically.

Wrong. The U.S. economy has grown 1 to 2 % since 9/11 which even Allen Greenspan said was a 'miracle'. Unemployment is up about 2% from when Bush was elected. Nothing 'drastic' about it considering the fallout from 9/11 and the stock market tumble of this year. America is doing quite well economically, just not as well as it could be. Blaming the President foir this is absurd. No president (of any party) can 'fix' the economy, except by lowering taxes, which Bush has attempted to do, with total opposition from the Democrats in congress.

IMO if you are a minority, a woman, or a lower to middle class person and you are a Republican you are an uneducated idiot.

I love reasoned, intellectual arguments. Unfortunately, I see none here. You just insulted quite a few million people with that foolish statement. You have a lot to learn about debating civilly and rationally.

This president of ours doesn't seem to care one bit about the nation's workforce. I'm a union member and the next thing that I and all other union members are concerned about is the fact that Bush wants to get rid of prevailing wages.

'Prevailing wages' keep costs construction unnecessarily high and do nothing but put money in the pockets of one small segment of the population. The order you refer to concerns bids on federal projects, not all construction projects. Big difference.

Now that may not concern most of you but if you're career is in constuction then it should. For those of you who don't know the prevailing wage tis the wage set by union negotiations. And for those of you who don't think we need unions any more you just wait and see what happens to wages, benefits, and working hours. If you like the fact that the standard working week is 40 hours then thank the unions for that, because if the republicans had they're way we'd all be working 60 hours a week for $5 an hour. Sorry had to rant.

You are saying that President Bush is going to 'outlaw' unions, now? Nonsense on stilts! Union membership overall has been slipping over the years but they are not going to disappear. You're spouting AFL-CIO propaganda here, not making rational, factual statements.

My mom is disabled and you don't even want me to start on what this joke of a president has done for the disabled community.

Sorry about your mom but again, you're just as wrong as you can be. President Bush has proposed the New Freedom Initiative which is an enhancement to the ADA. President Bush is far from a 'joke. Most Americans are proud to have him as our President. That he doesn't hand over whatever you believe you or your family deserve from taxpayer dollars is not relevant. The President is not Santa Claus, handing out goodies from the federal government grab bag and if that is your measure of an effective President, yes, George Bush may disappoint you. For most of us, he's doing an excellent job.

A noticable majority of Americans of all walks of life give the President high marks for his job performance. He's a leader and an honest man. You are free to sit there and call him names but the facts do not support your contentions.