Ok so you have read this list now. Feeling a little hatred towards Bush now? Of course you are, propaganda works on most people. So lets see how we can address each of these "quotes".

1.

Q u o t e: I attacked and took over two countries.

The first country was undeniably harboring and aiding those who attacked us on 9/11. The second was perceived to be a clear and present danger to the security of the US. Also, if you're going to attack a country, you better damn well take it over. Invasion is the only time-proven method of controlling a hostile territory.

2.

Q u o t e: I spent the US surplus and bankrupted the US treasury.

I inhereted the beginnings of a recession, which turned out to be a whopper. The events of 9/11/2001 hammered the airlines, tourism, and all the business that depend on tourists for profit (restaurants, theatres, etc.). The additional economic hammering of 9/11 on top of the already underway recession took a massive chunk out of the economy, which will address a number of other points below. That being said, I could have done a better job handling the outgo of money from the US coffers, but am also severly hampered by the undeserved entitlements already inherent in the budget and Congress's complete unwillingness to stop funding anything at all.

3.

Q u o t e: I shatterd the record for the biggest annual deficit in history (not easy)

I was also the second President in history to have to respond to a foreign attack on US soil. Ramping up the security, military and intelligence agencies to be able to deal with post 9/11 problems, after both were severly crippled by the Clinton administration, took a bunch of money that the recessive economy was not able to provide.

4.

Q u o t e: I set an economic record for the most personal bankruptcies filed in any 12 month period.

I inhereted the inevitability of this "record" because of two factors: the recession that was already beginning, and the already crippled household financial situations from the tech stock crash.

5.

Q u o t e: I set all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the stock market.

A: read about the stock market crash that caused the Great Depression, then argue about "the biggest drop in the history of the stock market" from a position other than that of ignorance.
B: See the above points about the inhereted recession, the impact of 9/11 on the economy, and the required increase in government spending for security, military, and intelligence agencies.
C: I also presided over that same stock market soaring back above 10,000 - a goal that was nothing more than a dream until the late 1990's tech boom, but without the benefit of overinflated tech stocks.

6.

Q u o t e: I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.

The prisoner in question was convicted and sentenced before I took office. Do you think I would actually **pardon** Timothy McVeigh?!!?

7.

Q u o t e: I am the first president in US history to enter office with a criminal record.

A. Having a criminal record does not preclude one from running for President.

B. The criminal record in question was known before I was elected, and is therefore moot.

8.

Q u o t e: In my first year in office I set the all-time record for the most days on vacation by any president in US history (tough to beat my dad's, but I did).

At my ranch and/or at Camp David meeting with and schmoozing with other international leaders ain't as fun as it sounds. Have you ever been on a "business golf meeting?"

9.

Q u o t e: After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided over the worst security failure in US history.

After the intelligence agencies were gutted by Clinton, and with the complete lack of border enforcement on either the northern or southern borders, combined with the pure hatred and willingness to kill inherent in the attackers, do you really think **anything** I did in August would have changed the outcome whatsoever?

10.

Q u o t e: I set the record for most campaign raising trips by any president in US history.

Not because the others didn't try as hard as I did. Just 'cause I'm better at it.

11.

Q u o t e: In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their jobs.

See the answers to: 2, 3, 4, and 5 (seriously, go read them again). Then take into account the fact that in the following 2 years, 1.2 million of those have regained jobs. Obviously, my economic policies are working, or the job loss would have continued and the recession would have lasted longer.

12.

Q u o t e: I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any other president in US history.

....and only wish I had a Congress willing to let me do it to Welfare recipients instead, so those willing but unable to find work could receive benefits instead of those able but unwilling.

13.

Q u o t e: I set the all-time record for most real estate foreclosures in a 12-month period.

See the answers to 2, 3, 4, 5, and 11. Combine that with the fact that mortgage interest rates were so incredibly low, a whole heapin' helping of people who had *no business* buying a house, as they are not financially secure enough to deal with emergencies, ran out and bought a home. Emergencies/unemployment happened (again, see 2, 3, 4, 5, and 11), and those unable to handle them lost their homes.

14.

Q u o t e: I appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any other president in US history.

The criminal records were known to the public and to Congress, yet neither protested. I would also point out that I appointed more minorities to high administration positions than any other President in US history. Besides, Ted Kennedy is still a senator, so a democrat/liberal arguing against criminals in positions of power are either complete hypocrits or willfully ignorant (which amounts to the same thing).

15.

Q u o t e: I set the record for fewest press conferences of any president since the advent of TV.

Everything I do is reported by the press anyway. Need I tell them what they already know?

16.

Q u o t e: I presided over the biggest energy crisis in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed.

The Federal Government does not have the authority to intervene in California's totally screwed up energy problem (a creature of their own design). Also, I would consider times when gasoline was rationed to be a "bigger" energy crisis than Californian's going without power for a couple days, a couple times, over the course of a couple months.

17.

Q u o t e: I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any other US president in history.

I can only sign laws passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate, so point A is moot. Executive Orders are subject to judicial review, and do not become Constitutional Amendments regardless.

18.

Q u o t e: I cut health-care benefits for war veterans.

(Prof. Katz isn't going to address this one, as he doesn't think this one *is* defensible).

19.

Q u o t e: I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any one person in the history of mankind.

I would think the people Hitler murdered and their families, which total well over 15 million people, would have protested louder had they not been dead or afraid for their lives. That being said....

The opinion of the world is not my concern. The good of the US is.

20.

Q u o t e: I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.

Yay for me! Treaties that damage the US are not treaties the US should participate in.

21.

Q u o t e: I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history.

Alex, I'll take "Unfounded, Vague Conspiracy Theories for 500, please!"

22.

Q u o t e: Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US histiry (the poorest mulitmillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her).

A. Good for her.

B. All US Presidents have been multimillionaires (when converted to modern dollars). Every single one.

C. Who would you rather have presiding over the economy: people who know how to make money, or people who do not?

23.

Q u o t e: I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the union simultaneously struggle against bankruptcy.

Again, I encourage you to educate yourself about the Great Depression. That being said, the standard of "tax more, spend more than that, tax more, spend more than that" attitude that is inheret to both Federal and State legislators (of BOTH parties) needs to be seriously curbed. Fiscal Irresponsibility: It's Not Just For Democrats Anymore!

24.

Q u o t e: I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world.

Fraud that was taking place before I gained office, and was discovered while I was in office. This should instead read: "Uncovered and prosecuted the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world, fraud that my predecessor let slide!" (As I obviously had as much to do with uncovering it as my predecessor had in allowing it: which is to say, nothing at all).

25.

Q u o t e: I am the first president in US history to order a US attack and military occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did so against the will of the United Nations and the vast majority of the international community.

This statement is so rife with a lack of knowledge of history that it's painful to read. Educate thineself, then say something that is actually true for me to argue against.

26.

Q u o t e: I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the US.

If increasing the communication between the CIA, FBI, NSA, and other intelligence and law enforcement agencies on the federal, local, and state level so that they may more easily work as a cohesive force towards a common goal is what you're attacking, attack away. I'm proud of it.

27.

Q u o t e: I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any other president in US history (Reagan was hard to beat, but I did it!!!)

A. Reagan used the ecomonic might of the US to break the back of the U.S.S.R. Kudos to him! He had the ecomony to do it with, and it was done brilliantly.

B. Yeah, yeah - I know. I don't have the economy for it, and even fiscal conservatives are angry about my spending spree. That being said, I will stand by the answer to #2.

28.

Q u o t e: I am the first president in US history to compel the United Nations to remove the US from the Human Rights Commission.

I-freakin'-raq under Saddam Hussein (a man known for torturing and murdering his own people, and encouraging suicide bombers against other people), was being considered for a seat (or perhaps had already received it) on the U.N.'s Human Rights Commission. That is reason enough to completely prove the absolute illigitimacy of said Commission, and that the U.S. being involved with it would be nothing more than participating in a farce.

29.

Q u o t e: I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Elections Monitoring Board.

A bunch of non-elected dictators voting to remove the US from an "Election" ANYTHING board is a joke. Boo-hoo.

30.

Q u o t e: I removed more checks and balances and have the least congressional oversight of any presidential administration in US history.

Alex, I'll take "Unfounded, Vague Conspiracy Theories for 1000, please!"

31.

Q u o t e: I renderd the entire United Nations irrelevant.

No, they rendered themselves irrelevant. I simply pointed it out.

32.

Q u o t e: I withdrew from the World Court Of Law.

A. There is no such thing as International Law, only treaties. The World Court of Law is a joke.

B. It is against the US's interests to participate, so it was the correct thing to do.

33.

Q u o t e: I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.

The Geneva Convention is a treaty, one which our opponent does not follow. When one side doesn't follow a treaty, the other is not obligated either legally (as they never are) or morally to follow the same said treaty.

34.

Q u o t e: I am the first president in US history to refuse United Nations elections inspectors access during the 2002 elections.

The U.N. has no right or business (but a whole heapin' helpin' of WANTING) to interfere with or observe US elections.

35.

Q u o t e: I am the all-time US (and world) record holder for the most corporate campaign donations.

Yay for me! I do it better even than the #2 guy, Bill Clinton.

36.

Q u o t e: The biggest lifetime contributor to my campaign, who is also one of my best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of EnronCorporation)

I have also distanced myself from him since the discovery of his fraud. Do you not have a friend or family member that has been caught doing something illegal and/or immoral? Pretty much all of us do. When what they have done is particularly abhorrent, we distance ourselves from that person, and they cease being a friend.

37.

Q u o t e: I spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history.

Most likely because I did such an excellent job raising a ton of money for just such a purpose. Look at me go!

38.

Q u o t e: I am the first president to run and hide when the US came under attack (and then lied, saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1).

Alex, I'll take "Unfounded, Vague Conspiracy Theories for 10,000, please! Yes, you heard me! TEN THOUSAND!"

39.

Q u o t e: I am the first US president to establish a secret shadow government.

"A MILLION! A BILLION! GIMME IT ALL, ALEX, YOU FREAKY-HAIRED CANUCK!"

40.

Q u o t e: I took the world's sympathy for the US after 9/11, and in less than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history).

Let me re-state that world opinion is not even a secondary or tertiary goal of my actions. The interest of the US trumps what the world thinks of those interests every single time.

41.

Q u o t e: I am the first US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stabilty.

See #40.

42.

Q u o t e: I changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.

...and the same people who argue against these policies will be the first people to argue that prison should be more for rehabilitation than punishment.

43.

Q u o t e: I set the all-time record for the number of administration appointees who violated US laws by not selling their huge investments in corporations that later made bids for gov. contracts.

Documentation to back this up, please? Given that all financial records of elected and appointed officials are public knowledge, I'm sure you'll have no problem whatsoever in proving this claim......

44.

Q u o t e: I have removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history.

Only if you define "freedoms and civil liberties" the same way that the ACLU does, which is to say, anything that we agree with, and nothing that we disagree with.

45.

Q u o t e: I have created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided that the US has been since the Civil War.

Only because the media is portraying a completely inaccurate depiction of both the economy and the war in Iraq. Doom and Gloom sells better than truthful optimism, and journalistic integrity is a thing of the past.

46.

Q u o t e: I entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.

Entirely untrue. I entered office with an economy already in a depression, which was then compounded by 9/11 as stated above. I presided over one of the shortest major recessions in history, and all of those same economic categories have been on the upswing for well over a year, proving that my economic policies are working.

47.

Q u o t e: I have at least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available).

Yeah, but at least I didn't drown Mary Jo Kopechne while I was at it. Dumb 20 and 30 year olds do dumb things. I learned from my mistake and haven't driven drunk in 3 decades or so. Other powerful politicians took well into their golden years to learn from thiers.

48.

Q u o t e: I was AWOL from the National Guard and deserted the military during time of war. I refused to take a drug test or even answer any questions about drug use.

Unsubstantiated.

49.

Q u o t e: All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away to my father's library, sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. All records of any SEC investigation into my insider trading or bankrupted companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.

Alex? Are you still there, Alex?

50.

Q u o t e: All minutes of meetings of any public corporations for which I served on the board are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.

It is a rare corporation indeed that makes it's board meeting minutes available to public view. Hundreds of thousands of private (and therefore unavailable for public view) meetings are held every year by various elected officials and appointees, from Congressmen, Senators, Admin. Officials, Judges, and a whole heapin' helpin' of other people, on a huge variety of subjects. Stating that I have done the same and including spooky language to make it sound sinister is childish propoganda with no merit.

Well thats that folks I think it's easy to see that the only thing this list represents is a very foolish and poorly made attempt at making G.W. look bad. Of course it didn't hold up to the test when it matched wits with Prof. catz. So just to recap, if you happen to be basing your vote on this list or something similar, please dont bother voting because your opinion isn't worth its weight in the duece you dropped in the toilet yesterday. That about sums it up. Good fight! and Good Night!