Bush's Third Term

August 8th, 2008

John McCain will be George Bushes third term. That is the montra of the Democratic Party this election. They say that McCain will continue the policies of the last eight years.

It would be a surprise to me if McCain would mirror President Bushes policies. He has been at odds with President Bush and even the Republicans at times. I can remember many times McCain ran over to the Democratic side to vote against the Republicans. At times like these McCain was the Democrats favorite Republican.

So why then, is the only two campaign slogans the Democrats can come up with is, McCain will be Bushes third term, and change.

Lets look at change first. What change? No one can tell me what change. When asked what changes Obama would bring to the Country the average Obama supporter says things like He is for the people. What does that mean? Or, He is for change, ok I got that but what change? Or my personal favorite is "uhhh, uhhh, uhhh. They have no idea.

Now we will deal with, John McCain will be George Bushes third term. McCain could do a lot worse. Let's look.

I of all people have had my differences with President Bush. He was unable to stop Republicans from spending like drunken Democrats, I don't say sailors because I have nothing against sailors. He has not done enough to stop illegal imagination. To be fair He has not received much help from Republicans.

So let's look at President Bushes last eight years.

1. Signed two income tax cuts, one of which was the largest dollar-value tax cut in world history

2. 52 months of economic growth that’s four and one half years. This is a record in our country. Even with disasters like 911 and with our nation at war. Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters.

3. Lowest unemployment rate sense the seventies.

4. Freed fifty million people from Tyrone

5. Helped to set up two new democratic countries in the middle east, never before seen in our world.

6. Terrorism is down 40% world wide making the entire world safer.

7. Since the war there has been no more attacks on U.S. soil or American interests abroad. Making Americans safer.

8. Built the fence between the U.S. and Mexico in part, not the entire border but some of it. Illegal imagination in these areas has dropped 80%.

9. Reduced and is working to ultimately eliminate the estate tax for family farms and ranches.

10. Provided $20 million to states to help people with disabilities work from home

11. Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules would have shut down every home business in America

12. Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people.

13. Reduced the estate tax for family farms and ranches.

14. Created a fund to encourage technologies that help the disabled.

15. Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals.

16. The Homeless have dropped 30%.

If McCain is trying to be Bush’s third term, and clearly Mc Cain has differed many times with President Bush, He could do a lot worse.


And that's what I think!

Phil Haikey