I have only three words to say about this: My Pet Goat.

Three years into the war on terror, Mr. Bush still doesn't understand why the terrorists are fighting us. He says, "The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear." They are not fighting freedom. Their reasons run much deeper than that. And if our President can't understand the reasons they're against us, he will NOT be able to defeat them. Why haven't we helped the Russians with the attack on their school recently? Is this not terrorism? And what about Sudan? The U.S. has sat in silence while terrorists have killed millions there. We're not really fighting against terrorism at all are we? We're fighting to make Bush's buddies richer.

So where would the Bushman lead us over the next four years. Well, he said, "I believe every child can learn and every school must teach, so we passed the most important federal education reform in history. Because we acted, children are making sustained progress in reading and math, America's schools are getting better, and nothing will hold us back." In fact, during this convention, No Child Left Behind has been portrayed as one of the most significant pieces of legislation ever passed by Congress. The truth is, educators hate it. Because the Bush never chose to fully fund the program, few children benefited from it. We're supposed to look forward to four more years of a failed program.

"I believe we have a moral responsibility to honor America's seniors, so I brought Republicans and Democrats together to strengthen Medicare. Now seniors are getting immediate help buying medicine. Soon every senior will be able to get prescription drug coverage, and nothing will hold us back." Bushie neglected to mention the fact that this program benefits the HMO's and large pharmaceutical companies much more than it does senior citizens. It boils down to saving them the price of a movie ticket each month. And Bush had to lie to congress about the cost of this turkey in order to get it passed. We're to look forward to another failed program in the Bushie future.

"I believe in the energy and innovative spirit of America's workers, entrepreneurs, farmers and ranchers, so we unleashed that energy with the largest tax relief in a generation." I have no doubt that in the next four years under the Bush not only will the tax cuts for his rich friends be made permanent, there will be more of them, leaving the Middle Class to pick up the bill.

"Because we acted, our economy is growing again and creating jobs, and nothing will hold us back." If you believe that the jobs the Bush administration has given us are equal to those that have been lost, you're a Republican with your head pushed neatly below the sand. How a man who's policies have cost Americans more jobs than any president this century has the balls to say we should reselect him on his employment record is beyond me. This president equates a computer technician with a fast food worker. He loses the former and gains the latter and we're supposed to believe he has done something good for us? Who wants four more years of this?

"I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty or weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch." I hate to remind you Mr. President, it already HAS HAPPENED on your watch. Your policy in Iraq has done nothing more than insure it will probably happen to us again. I notice there is no mention of bin Laden in your speech either. He's the forgotten man to the Republicans. If we do not concentrate on him, we have done NOTHING to protect this country from terrorism. Four more years of the kind of "protection" that fights vehemently against the truths concerning 9-11 from coming out and when they are finally presented to the American people, does nothing concerning the recommendations to make America safer, four more years of that? I think not!!

"I am running with a compassionate conservative philosophy: that government should help people improve their lives, not try to run their lives." Yes, you're not trying to run anyone's lives are you Mr. Compassion? You not only want a Constitutional Amendment to ban gay marriages, you want it so strong that NONE of the benefits of marriage are ever given to these American citizens. If that's not running someone's life, what is?? I've read this plank in your Repubo platform, sir. It belongs in the platform of a bigoted fascist party, not the Republican party. You may not have mentioned it many times during this convention, but we know it's heavy on your soul.

"To create jobs, my plan will encourage investment and expansion by restraining federal spending, reducing regulation and making the tax relief permanent." This hasn't created any jobs yet. The CEO's are taking the tax breaks and stuffing them in their own pockets. Four more years of this? You're kidding me.

"To create jobs, we will make our country less dependent on foreign sources of energy." One way is to continue preemptive strikes on Middle Eastern Oil countries like we did in Iraq. Unfortunately the only jobs created by this have been gone to one company - Halliburton. And Americans should allow this to continue?

"To create jobs, we will expand trade and level the playing field to sell American goods and services across the globe." Oh you've done a great job with this Mr. Bushie. Our trade deficit is the worst it's been in the history of our Nation. You're not creating jobs through trade, you're destroying them. And you have the nards to ask for four more years to continue this policy??

"And we must protect small-business owners and workers from the explosion of frivolous lawsuits that threaten jobs across our country." The only thing this will accomplish is the overthrow of any chance the middle class and poor have of legal retribution against huge corporations that take them for a ride. Another plus for your big business buddies, George? It's not hard to see who this would help.

"Another drag on our economy is the current tax code, which is a complicated mess, filled with special interest loopholes, saddling our people with more than 6 billion hours of paperwork and headache every year. The American people deserve -- and our economic future demands -- a simpler, fairer, pro-growth system." While I agree in principle that this needs to be done, I stop short at giving YOU the power to do it. I shudder to think what advantages you would give to huge corporations and the already rich. I've seen what your tax cuts have done to the country. I've seen who gained from them. The idea of allowing you to tinker with the tax codes scares me to no end. You keep away from this George. This is an excellent reason NOT to vote for you.

"In this time of change, opportunity in some communities is more distant than in others. To stand with workers in poor communities and those that have lost manufacturing, textile, and other jobs, we will create American opportunity zones. In these areas, we'll provide tax relief and other incentives to attract new business and improve housing and job training to bring hope and work throughout all of America." We've heard all this from you before, sir. What good is training people for jobs that don't exist? When the jobs you're training them to do have already been exported to foreign countries? With all this "tax relief," who's going to pay for all your new programs? That's what happened to No Child Left Behind and why we have this incredible deficit. When will Repubos learn that taxes pay for programs??

"We will offer a tax credit to encourage small businesses and their employees to set up health savings accounts and provide direct help for low-income Americans to purchase them. Theseaccounts give workers the security of insurance against major illness, the opportunity to save tax-free for routine health expenses, and the freedom of knowing you can take your account with you whenever you change jobs. We will provide low-income Americans with better access to health care. In a new term, I will ensure every poor county in America has a community or rural health center." What good will they be when only people with money or insurance can use them? You say your small business thingie will help half of the uninsured to gain insurance. What about the other half? America needs a program where ALL people, especially ALL CHILDREN have health insurance. Nothing less will suffice.