Re-Defeat Bush '04

Iraq

Iraq - al Qaeda connection: There was no connection. We knew this before the war.
WMD: It was very unlikely that we were going to find WMD in Iraq. We knew this before the war.
"They Knew," from In These Times: Bush was not deceived into war by faulty intelligence, he deliberately deceived the American people. (text)
The PNAC: So why did we go to war in Iraq?
"These Are Their Ends," from TomPaine.com: So why did we go to war in Iraq? (text)
"The American lifestyle is not negotiable," from Perspektif Online: So why did we go to war in Iraq? (text)
"The Selling of the Iraq War" from the New Republic: a fantastic article that explains how the administration sold America a war that wasn't necessary in a country whose threat was contained. (text)
Still Selling the Iraq War: Everyone but the Bush team says there was no connection. Here's a look at the Bush administration's continued attempts to sell the lie. Also see: "Show Us the Proof," from the New York Times.
"Former diplomats call for Bush ouster," from CNN: "international respect for the United States is now 'crumbling under an administration blinded by ideology and a callous indifference to the realities of the world around it.'" (text)
"CIA insider says U.S. fighting wrong war," from MSNBC: "Iraq is bin Laden's dream come true." (text)
Losing the war on terror: "Powell: Inaccurate terror report was 'big mistake'," from CNN and "U.S. Amends Report to Show Rise in Terror," from ABC. (text)
"The Times and Iraq," from the New York Times: the NY Times apologizes for "coverage that was not as rigorous as it should have been." (text)
Presidential Letter, March 18th, 2003 (just before the invasion of Iraq): Military force against Iraq is consistent with taking necessary actions against those terrorist nations that committed or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001. (text)
"Gen. Zinni: 'They've Screwed Up'," from CBS: "In the lead up to the Iraq war and its later conduct, I saw at a minimum, true dereliction, negligence and irresponsibility, at worse, lying, incompetence and corruption." (text)
"In Anger, Ordinary Iraqis Are Joining the Insurgency," from the NY Times: we are less safe because of the Iraq war. (text)
"What about Iraq?" from the NY Times: The Iraq war isn't over! (text)

Religion

"Reaching to the Choir," from The Amerian Prospect: " Think all evangelicals are right-wingers? Don't believe everything you read. Just as many are politically moderate. Can Democrats win their votes?" (text)
"Dangerous Religion," from Sojourners Magazine: "George W. Bush's theology of empire." (text)
"Turning Point," from The Village Voice: "George Bush's global holy war threatens our Presidency and perhaps the future of our nation." (text)

Tax Cuts

"Shrink, Shift, Shaft," from Sojourners Magazine: "Bush's tax policy is aimed at drastically reducing government services and moving the tax burden to poorer wage-earners." (text)
It gets personal: What tax cuts have cost me!
"The Bush Tax: How Much Is It Costing You?"
Citizens for Tax Justice

9/11

August 6th, 2001 Presidential Daily Briefing: "Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US"
GWB, the Saudi Royal family, and the Taliban: strange bedfellows? A summary of info from Michael Moore.
"TIA now verifies flight of Saudis," from the St. Petersburg Times: "Two days after the Sept. 11 attacks, with most of the nation's air traffic still grounded, a small jet landed at Tampa International Airport, picked up three young Saudi men and left [the country]." (text)

Abu Graib

"The Gray Zone," from The New Yorker: "The roots of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal lie not in the criminal inclinations of a few Army reservists but in a decision, approved last year by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld..." (text)
"Rumsfeld Issued an Order to Hide Detainee in Iraq," from The New York Times: "deceptive, contrary to Army doctrine, and in violation of international law." (text)
June 24th, 2004 Progress Report: The Center for American Progress discusses the documents the White House claims exonerate Bush/Rumsfeld of guilt in the torture scandal.
"Torture's dark allure," from Salon.com: Torture doesn't work. It doesn't produce reliable intelligence, it destroys the people who do the torturing, recruits new insurgents from those tortured and from their friends and family, undermines the trustworthiness of the nation that approves it, and therby decreases the number of willing informants within the invaded territory. (text)

Environment

Mercury poisoning, the EPA, and Bush.

Education

No Child Left Behind is based on the Texas Miracle, which is based on a huge lie. From CBS.

Women

"W is Wrong for Women," from the DNC Women's Vote Center: top ten reasons Bush sucks on women's issues.
"Bush's Communication Problem with Women," from Common Dreams Newscenter: Bush shows distain for women by cutting women's programs and funding, lying about the extent of problems that concern women, and by appointing anti-women judges. (text)
"Women's Jobs Disappearing?," from ABC: "Statistics Show Job Insecurity Among Women Is The Worst In 40 Years." (text)

Business

"Bush all hat and no cattle when it comes to small business," from USATODAY: the numbers don't lie -- Bush is no good for small business. (text)

Bushies

Who likes Bush? Enron traders stealing from Grandma Millie!: "Enron Traders on Grandma Millie And Making Out Like Bandits," from the New York Times. Read the appalling transcripts! (text)

Non-Bushies