How George Bush Stole Christmas and Lost Camelot!

• Under Bush the rich are getting much, much, much richer and middle and poorer classes are getting much, much poorer. This is not an accident. It's policy. It's planned.
  
• The nation is bogged down in a quaqmire even as the usurper responsible for it plans another one --this time with nukes;
  
• The dollar is vulnerable and may collapse when oil is traded in Euros on a Scandinavian Bourse.
• George W. Bush played guitar while New Orleans drowned;
• Bush's "No Child Left Behind" is as fraudulent as his much touted "Houston Miracle" on which it was based;
• The economy is anemic;
• Until Bush's numbers began a continual and historic slide, the nation had not been as divided since the Civil War. Now it would appear that the people have, in fact, united against the very worst President in American history;
• The Bush administration has set new standards for corruption and an expanding Halliburton probe confirms that the Bush administration is the most corrupt in US history;
  
• Just as Bush was placing himself above the law, he screams at staff and declares: "The Constitution is just a goddamned piece of paper!";

In normal times it would be obvious that there is something seriously wrong with an entire class that wishes for bad times. And wishing for bad times is bad enough; but, historically, the GOP not only wishes for bad times, it gets them. Let's take a look at the history before it gets re-written:

• Any Democratic President has presided over greater economic growth and job creation than any Republican President since World War II.


• When Bush Jr took office, job creation was worst under a Republican, Bush Sr, at 0.6% per year; best under a Democrat, Johnson, at 3.8% per year. The GOP record hasn't gotten any better over the last five years. Senior's record will either stand or be replaced by Jr.


• Economic growth under President Carter was far greater than under Reagan or Bush Sr. In fact, economic growth in general was greater under Johnson, Kennedy, Carter, and Clinton than under Reagan or Bush.


• The job creation rate under Clinton was 2.4% significantly higher Ronald Reagan's 2.1% per year.


• The "top performing Presidents" by this standard, in order from best down, were Johnson, Carter, Clinton, and Kennedy. The "worst" were Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Bush being worst with Reagan in the middle.


• Half of jobs created under Reagan were in the public sector--some 2 million jobs added to the Federal Bureaucracy. Hadn't he promised to reduce that bureaucracy?


• Reagan, though promising to reduce government and spending, tripled the national debt and left huge deficits to his successor.


• By contrast, most of the jobs created on Clinton's watch were in the private sector.


• Put another way: Any Democratic President chosen at random beats any Republican President chosen at random since World War II.

Even now, however, you will often hear a "grinch" repeat one of the most absurd lies to ever cross the lips of a Republican. That is, the Reagan tax cut of 1982 caused the Clinton prosperity of the middle to late 90's! In effect, we are asked to believe the fairy tale that the bad effects of Reagan's tax cut for the wealthy in 1982 were to be felt in the form of a 16 month recession then, but the "good" effects of the same tax cut were not to be experienced for a full generation later under Clinton! Absurd!

GOP Fairy Tales told to li'l GOP kiddies to help them sleep at night!