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Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss

Here are some quotes from GW's acceptance
speech Wednesday, and I line up corresponding
quotes from the re-election speech George HW
Bush never got to give.

"In four historic years, America has been given
great tasks and faced them with strength and courage...
shown resolve and patience in a new kind of war.
Our military has brought justice to the enemy and
honor to America... defended itself and served the
freedom of all mankind."

 
    "In the first four years, we completed our policy
    of containment, engineered a peaceful displacement
    of communism, and ushered in a New World Order."


"We'll help the emerging democracies of Iraq and Afghanistan
so they can grow in strength and defend their freedom. And
then our service men and women will come home with the honor
they have earned."


    "In central america, we helped install fledgling
    democracies whose governments regularly hold free
    elections. In Panama, we rid the hemisphere of a
    dangerous demagogue; in Nicaragua, which fell under
    the control of radical-nationalists, we restored
    democracy; and in nearby Cuba, we continue to work
    toward  neutralizing Fidel Castro."


"With good allies at our side, we will fight this war on
terror with every resource of our national power so our
children can live in freedom and in peace."


    "Our task, however, is not finished. Saddam remains
    defiant despite the pummeling we gave him in Operation
    Desert Storm. Even now, he is rebuilding his army, only
    a short time ago the 3rd largest in the world., and making
    threats and thus requiring us to exercise our right to self-
    defense."


"We will continue our economic progress. We'll reform our
outdated tax code. We'll strengthen the Social Security
for the next generation."


    "perfectly clear, that if we are to reduce inequality,
    eliminate the deficit, win the war on drugs, and rebuild
    our cities, our first step must be to cut the capital gains
    tax so that those most able to help the less fortunate will
    be able to do just that."



"I'm proud to lead such an amazing country, and I'm proud to lead
it forward. Because we have done the hard work, we are entering
a season of hope... there is no limit to the greatness of America."


    "as we enter this, my second term as president, and march together,
    bound by common values, the United States of America will once again
    be an example to all the world. With God's help we will internationalize
    the thousand points of light and we will make them millions of glowing
    embers of democracy."


"There is an old saying, Do not pray for tasks equal to your
powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks."


    "Ask not what your country can do for you... (oops, wrong
    former commander in thief)"


"I will do all I can do to deserve your trust... a great day coming
for our country and I am eager for the work ahead."


    "In closing, my fellow Americans, I pledge four more years
    of the same, only better."

http://www.etext.org/Zines/ASCII/ATI/ATI117.TXT
^% 05.Nov.2004 08:11

,,,

So, give the guy some slack. He was only plagarizing his father. Or maybe his father wrote it for him. Or maybe they both stole it from somebody else.

Hollywood Scriptwriters? 05.Nov.2004 09:04

anonymous or made up

I was watching the 1998 movie "The Siege" last night and I almost spit out my drink as Bruce Willis made one of Bush's sound-bite speeches.