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Round 1: Flip-Flopped On Iraq War
Round 2: Kerry Flip-Flopped On Eliminating Marriage Penalty For Middle Class
Round 3: Flip-Flopped On Patriot Act
Round 4: Kerry Took BOTH Sides On First Gulf War
Round 5: Flip-Flopped On Gay Marriage Amendment
Round 6: Flip-Flopped On Attacking President During Time Of War
Round 7: Flip-Flopped On Death Penalty For Terrorists
Round 8: Flip-Flopped On No Child Left Behind
Round 9: Flip-Flopped On Affirmative Action
Round 10: Flip-Flopped On Ethanol
Round 11: Flip-Flopped On Cuba Sanctions
Round 12: Flip-Flopped On NAFTA
Round 13: Flip-Flopped On Double Taxation Of Dividends
Round 14: Flip-Flopped On Raising Taxes During Economic Downturn
Round 15: Flip-Flopped On Small Business Income Taxes
Round 16: Kerry Flip-Flopped On 50-Cent Gas Tax Increase
Round 17: Flip-Flopped On Leaving Abortion Up To States
Round 18: Flip-Flopped On Litmus Tests For Judicial Nominees
Round 19: Flip-Flopped On Federal Health Benefits
Round 20: Flip-Flopped On Tax Credits For Small Business Health
Round 21: Flip-Flopped On Health Coverage
Round 22: Flip-Flopped On Welfare Reform
Round 23: Flip-Flops On Stock Options Expensing
Round 24: Flip-Flopped On Medical Marijuana
Round 25: Flip-Flopped On Burma Sanctions
Round 26: Flip-Flopped On Military Experience As Credential For Public Office
Round 27: Flip-Flopped On PACs
Round 28: Flip-Flopped On $10,000 Donation Limit To His PAC
Round 29: Flip-Flopped On Using Personal Funds In 1996 Race
Round 30: Flip-Flopped On Israel Security Fence

Now the liberals will want facts on all of these statements, but it seems to show the way this guy really is and what he doesn't stand for!

Charlie

Then there is Bush vs.Bush

Mr. Bush's broken promise to retire $2 trillion of the national debt;

Mr. Bush’s broken promise not to spend the Social Security surplus;

Mr. Bush’s violation of his alleged free trade principles by imposing tariffs on imported steel and then his lifting of those same tariffs;

Mr. Bush’s inconsistent position on stem cells and the destruction of human embryos;

Mr. Bush’s opposition to and then support of a cabinet level Homeland Security Department;

Mr. Bush’s broken promise on control of carbon dioxide emissions;

Mr. Bush’s ever changing position of negotiations with North Korea; and

Mr. Bush’s waffling between a policy of disarmament and a policy of regime change in Iraq.

Mr. Bush’s reneging on a promise to fully fund the Low Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP);

Mr. Bush’s flip flop on apologizing to China when China forced a US spy plane to land without permission; and

Mr. Bush’s flip flop on the abortion issue. Mr. Bush once said that the abortion issue should be left up to the woman and her doctor. Now, of course, Mr. Bush claims to be pro-life.

During the campaign, Mr. Bush appeared on ABC’s This Week. As reported by Rich Lowry of the National Review, George Will asked Mr. Bush a direct question:


WILL: In which case, would you veto the McCain-Feingold bill, or the Shays-Meehan bill?

BUSH: That's an interesting question. I — I — yes I would…

Once in office, Mr. Bush flipped flopped and signed the McCain-Feingold bill into law. Mr. Lowry, before the fact, noted that if Mr. Bush signed the bill:

he will be committing his first bona fide, no-doubt-about-it, can't-be-spun flip-flop and broken campaign promise.

Our second flip flop involves same sex marriage. During the 2000 campaign, Then Governor Bush appeared on Larry King Live. King asked Mr. Bush, "If a state were voting on gay marriage, you would suggest to that state not to approve it?"

Bush took the states right approach, responding “the state can do what they want to do.” Now, of course, Mr. Bush wants a constitutional amendment to make sure that states can not do anything they want.

Our third flip flop involves affirmative action. When the University of Michigan affirmative action cases were before the Supreme Court, the Bush administration filed a brief opposing the programs. Mr. Bush said that the “method used by the University of Michigan …is fundamentally flawed."

After the Supreme Court upheld the law school admissions program and reaffirmed that race can be one criterion in such decisions, CNN reported that Mr. Bush said he was “happy the nation's highest court recognized the value of diversity.”

That brings our list of Bush flip flops to a total of 14.

Let’s do four more quick Bush flip flops.

First up is the Bush position on tax credits for fuel efficient vehicles. The AP reports:


It was just two years ago that Bush mocked such a tax credit proposal when it was part of then-Vice President Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign platform. The tax credit is now part of Bush's energy plan, which is stalled in the Senate.

Next is Mr. Bush’s widely reported flip flop on the issues of same sex marriage and states rights. CNN reports that during an appearance on Larry King Live during the 2000 campaign, King asked Bush “"If a state were voting on gay marriage, you would suggest to that state not to approve it?" Bush responded “the state can do what they want to do.” Now, of course, Mr. Bush wants a constitutional amendment to make sure that states can not do anything they want.

The third flip flop concerns Mr. Bush’s position on a Texas version of a Patient’s Bill of Rights. As Governor of Texas, George W. Bush opposed such a law. Salon reports:


Bush fought such a bill tooth and nail as Texas governor, vetoing a bill coauthored by Republican state Rep. John Smithee in 1995. He had his insurance commissioner draft into law some of the less controversial bits of the bill -- like letting women choose gynecologists as their primary-care doctors -- but constantly opposed a patient's right to sue an HMO over coverage denied that resulted in adverse health effects. Faced with a vetoproof majority in 1997, he had his legislative aide, Vance McMahan, do everything he could to sabotage the bill, to the point that Republican legislators complained on the floor of the Texas Senate. Then, faced with a vetoproof majority, Bush let the bill become law without his signature.

During the 2000 Presidential campaign, Mr. Bush flip flopped, saying:

I do support a national patient's bill of rights. As a matter of fact, I brought Republicans and Democrats together to do just that in the State of Texas to get a patient's bill of rights through."

Mr. Bush really is shameless.

Today’s final flip flop has to do with the funding of the Sarbanes-Oakley bill providing for enhanced SEC oversight of corporate misdeeds. I first reported on this flip flop here.

When signing the bill, Mr. Bush said:


My administration pressed for greater corporate integrity. A united Congress has written it into law. And today I sign the most far-reaching reforms of American business practices since the time of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This new law sends very clear messages that all concerned must heed. This law says to every dishonest corporate leader: you will be exposed and punished; the era of low standards and false profits is over; no boardroom in America is above or beyond the law…

Corporate misdeeds will be found and will be punished. This law authorizes new funding for investigators and technology at the Securities and Exchange Commission to uncover wrongdoing. The SEC will now have the administrative authority to bar dishonest directors and officers from ever again serving in positions of corporate responsibility …

This law gives my administration new tools for enforcement. We will use them to the fullest…

It is now my honor to sign the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.


Once Mr. Bush had reaped the political benefit of the signing ceremony, he quickly reversed course on actually funding the measure. As I previously wrote:

The New York Times reports that the White House now opposes the increased funding of the SEC called for under Sarbanes-Oxley. That funding is necessary to accomplish the goals Mr. Bush lauded at the signing ceremony (the Times story is now behind the $ wall, the abstract of the story is here).

Even Harvey Pitt, Bush’s handpicked Chairman of the SEC, has acknowledged that the level of funding now supported by the White House would not allow for the proposed new enforcement provisions. The level of funding supported by the White House ... does not allow for new initiatives according to Mr. Pitt’s spokesman.

A very recent flipper:

Economic Report of the President for 2004--the economy will add 2.6 million jobs this year

Um, never mind.

"Opposed creation of independent 9/11 commission. Then flopped."

Then flipped back and refused to cooperate with the commission he appointed. That one counts double!

Bush sneered at Gore's small-scale solar-power incentives during the 2000 campaign, then the administration's energy task force dropped the idea into its May 2001 report. Flip-flop!

Nation Building
Bush in 2000 - Against
Bush in 2004 - Welcome to the New and improved Iraq!!!

GW Bush After calling in his State of the Union address for a $500 personal-exemption increase for families, the president has sent Congress a second proposal dropping that increase.

Flip Flop right out of your pocket!!!