Bush true king of Flip-Flop Hill

Philip Revard has made two very valuable contributions to BuzzFlash.com.

In the first, he lists Dubya's Top Ten National Security Flip-Flops; in the second, his Top Ten Domestic Policy Flip-Flops.

I'm going to whet your appetite by showing you the top five in each category. Follow the above links to read the rest.

A Buzzflash Guest Contribution
by Philip Revard

Bush's Top Ten Domestic Policy Flip-Flops

1. Bush opposed extension of unemployment benefits, costing more than two million workers; then he flip-flopped and supported a limited extension, but only for a limited few workers. [Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, 6/28/04; AP, 1/8/03]

2. Candidate Bush opposed providing government assistance to help automakers develop hybrid cars; now he's flip-flopped and proposed providing them money to develop them. [Chicago Sun-Times, 10/29/00; White House, 1/28/03]

3. Governor Bush opposed a patient's bill of rights; then during the 2000 campaign candidate Bush flip-flopped and said he supported it; then President Bush flip-flopped again and had his administration fight against it. [Houston Chronicle, 5/23/97; 2000
Presidential Debate, 10/17/00; LA Times, 3/24/04]

4. Candidate Bush said he supported controls on greenhouse gases to fight global warming; then, President Bush flip-flopped and opposed them, supporting only "voluntary" reductions of gases. [Business Week, 4/9/01; AFP, 2/13/03]

5. Bush said gay marriage was a state issue; then he flip-flopped and said we needed a Constitutional amendment to ban it. [Presidential primary debate, 2/15/00; Bush, 2/24/04]

Top Ten National Security Flip-Flops

1. Bush said we were winning the war on terror; then he flip-flopped and said we couldn't win the war on terror; then, a day later, he flip-flopped again and said we were and could win the war on terror. [NBC Today Show, 8/30/04; Rush Limbaugh interview, 8/31/04]

2. Bush repeatedly refused to admit he made mistakes with the Iraq war; then he flip-flopped and said he "miscalculated" and; then, flip-flopped again with the mother of all oxymorons and said the war was a "catastrophic success." [New York Times interview, 8/26/04; AP,
8/29/04]

3. Bush said catching Osama bin Laden was his "#1 priority" and "we will not rest until we have found him."; then, a year later, he flip-flopped and said he didn't know where Osama was, didn't care, and that catching Osama was not a priority. [speech, 9/13/01; White House press conference, 3/13/02]

4. Bush opposed creation of the Dept. of Homeland Security; then he flip-flopped and supported it. [White House Press Briefing, 10/24/01; New York Times, 2/28/03]

5. Bush opposed creation of the 9/11 commission; then he flip-flopped and supported it. [Statement of Administration Policy, Executive Office of the President, 7/24/02; LA Times, 11/28/02]

It's a damn shame that the mainstream media have fallen down on the job in reporting nearly every one of these flip-flops, but given that they have, it falls to each of us to get the word out. Pass these on to every swing voter you know, people.

It's crunch time.

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