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Lies, Deception, Crimes, and Misdemeanors...

Bush clearly lies..this is regrettable and unfortunate for America and the rest of the
planet. This fact is not only the "opinion of the left." The entire world is aware that Bush
cannot be taken at his word. This is another reason he should be removed from office.
He has no credibility and cannot be trusted.

Here are just a few bald-faced lies...
1. Consider this statement by Mr. Bush on January 28, 2003: "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought uranium from Africa." The truth: Before Bush made this statement, the CIA had told the White House that Hussein did not try to obtain uranium from Africa. This is undoubtedly the most well-known of the false statements. The administration now acknowledges it to be untrue. http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=7377&fcategory_desc=Media%20Lies%20and%20Right%20Wing%20Bias
2. "Saddam would not let the inspectors in." Bush has now made this claim twice. It came as quite a surprise to the hundreds of U.N. inspectors that were in Iraq in 2003 and were told by the U.S. to get out or get bombed.

http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/04/02/con04079.html
3. "I'm spending less than Bill Clinton." On Meet the Press, an interview that will go down in history as one of the stupidest decisions Karl Rove has ever made, Bush claimed that government spending has actually dropped under his tenure. Even GOP stalwarts ran away from this one faster than Rush Limbaugh runs to a bowlful of Oxycontins. The truth of the matter is that federal spending has exploded under George W., just as spending exploded in Texas while he was governor.
http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/04/02/con04079.html

4. "Clear Skies legislation, when passed by Congress, will significantly reduce smog and mercury emissions, as well as stop acid rain. It will put more money directly into programs to reduce pollution, so as to meet firm national air-quality goals. ..." -- George W. Bush, Earth Day speech, April 22, 2002

Actually, the Clear Skies law doesn't do any of this. The act, in fact, delays required emission cuts by as much as 10 years, usurps the states' power to address interstate pollution problems and allows outdated industrial facilities to skirt costly pollution-control upgrades. http://www.prospect.org/print/V14/5/bennett-d.html

5. One of Bush's biggest tax-cut whoppers came when he stated, during the presidential campaign, "The vast majority of my [proposed] tax cuts go to the bottom end of the spectrum." That estimate was wildly at odds with analyses of where the money would really go. A report by Citizens for Tax Justice, a liberal outfit that specializes in distribution analysis, figured that 42.6 percent of Bush's $1.6 trillion tax package would end up in the pockets of the top 1 percent of earners. The lowest 60 percent would net 12.6 percent. The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, ABC News and NBC News all reported that Bush's package produced the results CTJ calculated http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20031013&s=corn

6. Bush said the International Atomic Energy Agency had produced a report in 1998 noting that Iraq was six months from developing a nuclear weapon; no such report existed (and the IAEA had actually reported then that there was no indication Iraq had the ability to produce weapons-grade material) http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20031013&s=corn
7. Bush lied when he said, "My jobs and growth plan would reduce tax rates for everyone who pays income tax." (The Urban Institute-Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center found 8.1 million people who pay taxes but will receive no tax cuts.) http://www.cbpp.org/5-31-03tax.htm

8. "[M]ore than 60 genetically diverse stem cell lines already exist," Bush said in his August 2001 stem-cell speech. "They were created from embryos that have already been destroyed, and they have the ability to regenerate themselves indefinitely, creating ongoing opportunities for research." Not true! Until recently, there was only one stem-cell line that researchers could use. Now there are 11.
9. Bush and White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer went out of their way... to cite a new survey by "Blue-Chip economists" that the economy would grow 3.3 percent this year if the president's tax cut proposal becomes law. That was news to the editor who assembles the economic forecast. "I don't know what he was citing," said Randell E. Moore, editor of the monthly Blue Chip Economic Forecast, a newsletter that surveys 53 of the nation's top economists each month. "I was a little upset," said Moore, who said he complained to the White House. 'It sounded like the Blue Chip Economic Forecast had endorsed the president's plan. That's simply not the case.'"
10. "When Bush was asked about [the Environmental Protection Agency's report] last week, he dismissively remarked: 'I read the report put out by the bureaucracy.' ...White House press secretary Ari Fleischer fessed up: President Bush didn't actually read that 268-page Environmental Protection Agency report on climate change, even if he said he did.

Bush is an accomplished liar. Anyone who claims otherwise is not paying attention.
One of the most recent and most despicable lies is the statement that:

"The Iraqi people are finally free."

Oh really? The country is occupied by a foreign power. Its officials are appointed by that foreign power. Its citizens must carry ID cards, and submit to searches of their persons and cars at checkpoints and roadblocks. They must be in their homes by curfew time. Many towns are ringed with barbed wire. The occupiers have imposed strict gun-control laws, preventing ordinary citizens from defending themselves — making robberies, rapes, and assaults quite common. The occupiers have decreed that certain electoral outcomes won't be permitted. Families are held hostage until they reveal the whereabouts of wanted resisters — much like the Nazis held innocent French people hostage during World War II. Public protests are outlawed. Private homes are raided or demolished — with no due process of law. Newspapers, radio stations, and TV are all supervised by the occupiers.
George Bush, Lying, & the Dogs of War by Harry Browne

12. The commission’s conclusion of no “collaborative relationship” directly contradicts President Bush’s very specific allegation that, “Iraq has sent bomb-making and document forgery experts to work with Al Qaeda. Iraq has also provided Al Qaeda with chemical and biological weapons training.” Numerous sources, in addition to the 9/11 panel, have shown those allegations to be untrue
http://www.antiwar.com/eland/?articleid=2847

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0309.mendacity-index#bush2

More lies about:

Cutting AmeriCorps.
In his 2002 State of the Union Address, President Bush made AmeriCorps the centerpiece of his new, post-9/11 service agenda, promising to expand the program's roster by 50 percent in order that Americans might serve "goals larger than self." But in 2003, he signed legislation that cut the program's operating budget by 30 percent. This year, AmeriCorps has half as many members as it did in 2001.

Going to War.
During a visit to West Virginia in January 2002, Bush joked, "I've been to war. I've raised twins. If I had a choice, I'd rather go to war." During the Vietnam War, however, Bush served with the Air National Guard in Texas, and had specifically noted on his Air Force officers test that he did not wish to serve overseas.

"Average" Tax Cuts.
Announcing his second big tax cut package in January 2003, Bush stated that "These tax reductions will bring real and immediate benefits to middle-income Americans. Ninety-two million Americans will keep an average of $1,083 more of their own money." But because the package was tilted heavily towards the very wealthy, the average tax cut for households in the middle quintile of the income spectrum was only $217, according to the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0309.mendacity-index#bush2

I am disappointed with our president,
but to pretend that he tells the truth,
would be a lie.

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