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Lanny Grant

The DEMONcrats
June 8, 2003

These are some gems from www.democrats.com. This isn't the "official" Democratic Party website. Instead: "Democrats.com is the largest independent community of Democrats. We're the aggressive progressives!"

* On the bottom 3 rungs of hell are: Richard Nixon, 3rd from the bottom; Ronald Reagan, 2nd from hell's lowest rung; and George W. Bush, who actually doesn't have a rung, because when you're at the very bottom, you don't need one. So Smirk's a little peeved about this, so he asks Tricky Dick, "Hey, Nixon, how come you're 3rd from the bottom, I mean, with Watergate and all?" Nixon replies "Well, Watergate certainly was a scandal, and I am not a crook, but nobody, I mean nobody can say that I didn't do my own thinking. I did everybody's thinking!" So George W. says, "Well if you say so, but how 'bout you Ronnie, for sure you never did your own thinking, Nancy had to consult the Ouija board to find out if you should pick your nose or pick somebody for a cabinet post."Ronnie Ray-gun replies, "Well fella, that may be true, but at least I was elected. With a majority. Twice."

* Coincidence or Medical Miracle?: The discovery that Bush's resting heart rate is 43 has led some observers to speculate that this is the first time we've had a president with a heart rate that matches his IQ.

* Mr. Bush, you occupy the White House only because your brother Jeb, the Governor of Florida, stopped thousands of Democrats from voting - and because a narrow Republican majority of the U.S. Supreme Court prevent the counting of 180,000 uncounted votes. For the good of the nation, we therefore call upon you to immediately undertake the following actions: The resignation of Vice President Dick Cheney. The appointment of Al Gore as Vice President of the United States. Your resignation as President of the United States, followed by the swearing in of Al Gore as the next President.

* Florida voters were not treated equally. If you were black, your vote was significantly less likely to be counted. This was not because blacks were less experienced voters - this was due to institutional racism.

* Katherine Harris. We're gonna hurl! 2000 notoriety (i.e. Election Theft) gives Cruella Harris a high profile in Congress. Harris won a lottery and got the first pick of offices among 53 new House members. "All my colleagues were demanding a recount," Cruella said... "There's just so much, and so many rules," she said. "It's been a little daunting"... Pass the Pepto Bismal, please!"

* Alan Bisbort writes, "The crimes of George W. Bush ON A DAILY BASIS surpass the collective crimes of Richard Nixon's entire presidential career. So, why aren't people more outraged by the current White House's abuse of power, unprecedented in American history? What could be more criminal than to start a war by invading another country that poses no immediate threat? What could be more criminal than starting this war by using fictitious documents, photographs and threats of retaliation against countries, and longtime allies, that will not go along with this charade?... What could be more telling about this Little Caesar in the White House that, even as he needlessly puts our brave, dutiful soldiers in harm's way, he is cutting the benefits to veterans of previous wars? What could be more criminal than to loot the U.S. Treasury to conduct a blood-for-oil feud, then pass the cost on to generations unborn? ... Even Dick Nixon looks good to me now "

*Democrats.com is excited to announce our very first bumper stickers! Help us choose the stickers we should print, by telling us which stickers you would like to buy. Our nominees are:

Change the Regime / in Washington!
Fire Bush / Before He Fires You!
Honk If You Hate Bush
I Will NEVER Get Over / Stolen Election 2000
No More Bushit
Operation American Freedom
Re-defeat Bush
Regime Change Begins at Home
Take Back America

* We, the undersigned, believe George W. Bush should be prosecuted for the following war crimes:

1. George W. Bush ordered a War of Aggression against Iraq. This constitutes a - for which Nazi leaders were prosecuted at the Nuremberg Trials - and violates the UN Charter. Iraq never attacked the US or threatened an attack, so the US is not acting legally in self- defense, which is permitted under the UN Charter. Iraq played no role in the September 11, 2001 attack on the US and never provided material support to any terrorist group that attacked the US, so even the non-legal Bush doctrine of does not apply.

At the time of the US attack, Iraq was nearing full compliance with UN Resolution 1441 and prior resolutions requiring disarmament, and the majority of the Security Council believed UN inspectors should be given more time, so the US is not enforcing UN resolutions, as it claims. George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq in order to bring about a , which was never authorized by a UN resolution, and violates the .

A is defined as "planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression, or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances, or participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing." By invading Iraq, Bush has committed a Crime Against Peace.

2. George W. Bush ordered the bombing of civilian areas like Baghdad (with 5 million innocent civilians) and Basra. This resulted in the deaths of hundreds of non-combatants, in violation of . Article 3(1): The following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to [non- combatants]: (a) violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture.

* __Stop the Bush Dictatorship - Print the Democrats.com GOTV Flyer!

"On November 5, your vote will decide whether George W. Bush realizes his dream - to become America's first dictator. For the past year, the only force stopping Bush from ruling like a dictator has been a bare one-vote majority of Democrats in the Senate. If Republicans gain just one seat in the Senate, there will be nothing to stop George W. Bush from doing whatever he wants - no matter how dictatorial."

"__If Republicans Win the Senate, Abortion Will Be Outlawed

Sen. Strom Thurmond's (R-SC) retirement has created a hot race for a rare open seat. As Tim Russert made clear on Meet the Press, the choice could not be more clear. After Alex Sanders (D) declared himself pro-choice, Russert asked Lindsay Graham (R) why he was "co-sponsor of House Joint Resolution 40, a constitutional amendment [that says] 'No unborn person shall be deprived of life by any person.' You would ban abortion, period, by a constitutional amendment." Graham tried to lie by saying he would NOT to outlaw all abortion - which is exactly what his amendment would do - but rather turn the issue over to the states. Russert didn't challenge Graham's lie directly, but he did get Graham to admit that doctors could be prosecuted. But the Fetal Four (Scalia, Thomas, Rehnquist, and Kennedy) will not even wait for a Constitutional Amendment - with ONE more Bush-appointed Justice, they will simply declare the fetus a person and redefine abortion as murder. DEFEAT ALL REPUBLICANS!"

"__Bush Visits Auschwitz -- Where His Grandfather Profited from Slave Labor

George W. Bush has toured the former Nazi death camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau." No doubt, the US Media will fail to mention that Prescott Bush was a financier of the Nazis. The assets of Prescott's companies were seized in 1942, under the Trading with the Enemy Act. Given his family's history, it is surreal that Bush said, "The sites are a sobering reminder of the power of evil and the need for people to resist evil." Yes Bush, but your family participated in this evil. Your visit is a sobering reminder of the evil power of the Bush family. And now this evil has found its greatest expression -- with you as the arrogant, despotic leader of the (formerly) free World. "Mankind must come together to fight such dark impulses," he said. "May God bless the victims and their families and may we always remember.'" Except that Bush does not want us to remember that his family made their fortune financing the Nazis..."

The Democratic Party. Truly the party of tolerance and diversity of opinion.

Now, go compare what you have just read to www.republicans.org., the counterpart to www.democrats.com. No character assassinations.

No demonization. None of the vitriol, or the seething viciousness. They even post anti-Bush letters from Democrats to provide their point of view. This is true diversity of opinion.

If the Democrats would expend this much energy in developing policies that helped America and not their disparate omnibus of fringe special interest groups, they...who am I kidding..?

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