Bush campaign holds rally in Va. [CLAIMS "RICH PEOPLE DODGE TAXES ANYWAY]

[truthisfreedom]

my God, this man is truly a piece of work. listen to the crap he's spewing now!

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http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--bushvisit0809aug09,0,6920595.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia

Bush campaign holds rally in Va.; Dems sense weakness


By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press Writer

Published August 9, 2004

ANNANDALE, Va. -- President Bush stumped for votes and touted tax cuts Monday in northern Virginia, drawing more than 600 supporters and a few dozen Democratic protesters who said his presence in traditionally Republican Virginia is a sign his campaign is in trouble.
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Bush also said high taxes on the rich are a failed strategy because "the really rich people figure out how to dodge taxes anyway."

Asked about that comment, Jonathan Beeton, spokesman for Kerry's campaign in Virginia, said "George Bush can speak with authority about really rich people. ... That's his base, so I'm sure he knows what he's talking about. But that doesn't make it right."
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[stevedeshazer]

1. Priceless

Now he's morphed into Leona Helmsley.

[cally]

2. He's repeating the line!!!

I posted a week or so ago that * had said that. At the time, I couldn't believe that I had heard it corectly. I can't believe he's continuiing to use it on the stump. They never cease to amaze me. :crazy:

[Skip Intro]

6. Its "trifecta" all over again...

what a dope

[bpilgrim]

10. the 'media' NEVER reported that one though...

"I remember -- I remember campaigning in Chicago, and one of the reporters said, would you ever deficit spend? I said only -- only in times of war, in times of economic insecurity as a result of a recession, or in times of national emergency. Never did I dream we'd have a trifecta. (Laughter.)"
(President Discusses Importance of Homeland Security Department June 7, 2002)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/06/20020607-4.html

more...
http://news.globalfreepress.com/trifecta

http://news.globalfreepress.com/mp3/trifecta.mp3

peace

[leftchick]

27. Please oh Please DNC or Moveon or SOMEONE USE THIS!!!!

I have hoped for a very long time someone would use "Trifecta" in this campaign. His words are damning...

[Mokito]

20. As Jon Stewart would put it;

"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?"

[iamjoy]

3. Maybe We Need To Audit Bush

see how he's dodged his taxes!

[Nite Owl]

4. So now they get to do both.

They can still dodge the taxes they should be paying but get a bonus on the side.

[olddem43]

5. Then why the hell do they need more tax cuts?

George, you're a real idiot!

[MO_Dem]

9. I guess you could say

"he's dancin' with the ones what brung him"! (And pretty brazen about it, too! Tax evaders get all the breaks!)

[aquart]

11. He's a gift to traitors looking to move money OUT of America.

There's more than one way to betray your country.

[WhereIsMyFreedom]

7. I think I have it down now...

Problem: Rich people dodge taxes.
Solution: Give them another tax cut.

Do non-rich people actually buy this crap?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

8. Or

Problem: Rich people dodge taxes.
Solution: Make poor people pay rich folk's taxes.

God bless America.

[aquart]

13. Freepers do.

[LSK]

12. heres a thought chimpy

ENFORCE THE LAW

YOU ARE THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

PROSECUTE TAX EVADERS

[louis-t]

54. Ahhh, but chimpy thinks

and I quote: "the Executive Branch is the law interpreting branch".

edit sloppy spelling.

[Jackpine Radical]

14. Yep. Them rich folks is way too smart fer a ol Texican cowboy

lahk me, so I figger as how we mayz well not be tryin ta taxem aytawl, jes leddem havallatha munny an maybe theyl giv us plainfolks a liddel ta git by on nownthen. Corse Ahm gonna give yawl a liddel tax cut too iffen yawl vote fer me.

[Memekiller]

15. Tax the honest people...

Honest people don't find ways to dodge their civic responsibilities, so punish them by taxing them more. Reward the rich for shirking theirs.

That's Bushenomics in a nutshell.

[MO_Dem]

16. Hey, I'm impressed! (NOT)

story says Boosh drew more than 600 supporters! That's pretty pathetic compared to the massive crowds that K/E are drawing!

[xxqqqzme]

18. they don't have enough volunteers

2 process those loyalty oaths. 600, that is so rich - I love it!

[Enraged_Ape]

17. This isn't the first time he's said this.

What. A. Fucking. Dumbass.

Please, if there are any lurking Freepers out there, please, PLEASE tell me what it is you see in this dumb hunk of shit you call a President. PLEASE tell me. I really MUST know.

[truthisfreedom]

19. bump

[Matilda]

21. From dumb to dumber.

What a fine thing for the President to be saying.

[Moderator]

22. Kick

Kick

[radfringe]

23. ..rich people dodge taxes anyways...

so why bother plugging loopholes, revamping the tax code -- let's just give up on the whole thing...

sounds like bush* is WHIMPING OUT on making the tax code, tax cut, tax relief FAIR for everyone

but it's not surprising - the haves and havemores, the elite and rich are his BASE and as for the rest of us - guess we can just go Cheney ourselves

[Piperay]

24. So we should just accept that

failure and not try to plug loopholes or anything. :wtf: Well what about poor people who can't be stopped from committing robbery?? With that kind of logic I guess we should just give up and hand over the keys to banks, houses, cars etc. because theft is theft and if rich people can cheat on taxes why stop the poor from committing theft either. :shrug:

[DeepModem Mom]

25. Can MoveOn get this in an ad? Can we get some billboards? nt

[kodi]

26. don't arrest me, i'm gonna' smoke pot anyway!

is that not a logical extension of that drooling idiot's remarks?

[caraher]

40. Why have laws? The criminals just break them anyway...

[ChrisK]

28. I love the "Why bother" attuide

Like "Why bother" to CHANGE the laws to better balance taxes for all Americans.

I could go on from here with a litany of "Why bother's" like looking passed the cheery picked info that was handed to him to help go to war (even though its been proven that he and his Cabal where bent on going to Iraq weather 9/11 happened or not), or why he has sort of "forgotten" to get the man behind the attacks (Bin Laden could guest star on Leno and I'll bet he would STILL not catch him), his "Land of make-believe" when it comes to the fact that this country is loosing jobs by the boat load... and on and on and on... I guess you can say I have come to my "Why bother" conclusions in dealing with what this man is doing wrong in his leadership (if you want to call it that) so I throw up hands and say Why bother?

Oh wait now I remember...because I LOVE THIS DAMN COUNTRY!!!

If your not rich or not Jerry Farwell and are STILL voteing for this man after all he has done to destory this country and its people you need to ask yourself...Why am I lying to myself? The proof is everywhere and for some reason I can't see it?

But then again "Why bother" right? :shrug:

[0007]

29. This man is a war criminal what else can one expect from him!

[Merlin]

30. Equivalent to Vietnam's: "Destroy the city in order to save it."

This is such a classic confession of the underpinnings of a flawed philosophy that it could well be the line that characterizes the Bush administration -- not unlike 41's "No new taxes"

[DFWJock]

31. Some people call you the elite..

I call you my base.

[Eurobabe]

33. some people call you the elite

I call you TAX DODGERS!

[leesa]

32. Yes. They don't pay their taxes already, so why are they getting tax

breaks. Now where are all those apologists for rich corporate whores?

[TankLV]

42. But it's their money - that they paid already in taxes

- no wait - they didn't pay any.

But it's only fair that those who pay the most in taxes get the most back

no wait - they didn't pay any in the first place so how can they get back what they never gave.

Wait, wait

I've got it somewhere here -

just need more time to find it

- no really

- I do ...

[Kukesa]

34. Another kick; this is too good to miss. n/t

[Libs Bite Back]

35. George is rewriting tax code so they don't have to dodge

The really rich right doesn't have to dodge taxes because George and the republicans are rewriting the tax code so they don't have to pay at all. Check out my article at http://www.liberalsbiteback.com entitled "A beginners guide to how the rich right is trying to become permanently mega rich and the rest of us permanently screwed"

[tanyev]

36. Okay, who slipped him the truth serum?

First he admits that his administration is doing everything it can to destroy this country, and now this. What next? "I really have no clue what I'm doing"?

[jeanmarc]

37. Great soundbite for MoveOn.org...

add this to his comments that the rich are his base, and you have a rich bastard bragging about dodging his taxes and sticking us with the bill.

[KansDem]

38. Bush and Leona Helmsley must see "eye to eye"

We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.
http://www.bartleby.com/66/43/27743.html

[MountainLaurel]

39. The gall of this man

He made this speech in front of an invitation-only audience in the gymnasium of a community college where probably 75 percent of the student population consists of immigrants and the very poor. They work their asses off trying to get an education in between multiple jobs, raising a family, or taking care of elderly relatives in order to survive this economy where everything is stacked against them, and this motherfucker has the absolute nerve to spew this shit? I've seen students here taking online exams while dealing with a cranky toddler because they can't afford daycare and he came here to discuss why this country shouldn't bother taxing the rich?

:puke:

No wonder the only people they let in were his "base."

[struggle4progress]

41. Look for the following exciting quotes in weeks to come:

"We don't need laws against election fraud. Republicans will steal the elections anyway."

"It's pointless to prohibit war-profiteering. Halliburton will get no-bid contracts anyway."

"Why bother to have a bill of rights? My government will incarcinogenerate people without trials anyway."

[Digit]

43. Great logic for kids, too!

What a great example * sets for the world.
NOT!

[ramapo]

44. Isn't there an audio/video clip of this?

Somebody must've recorded this gem...

[drscm]

45. rich people dodge taxes anyway and we're going to help them! eom

eom

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

46. I really, really can't believe he didn't retire this line after the first

time he said it on the stump. I guess they will always keep coming up with something to amaze me.

[Darranar]

47. So cut out the loopholes or raise them even higher. n/t

[AussieDave]

48. This is a terrible thing to say....

but sometimes I feel sorry for all those people who work for and defend Dumbya day after day - they don't have a lot to work with and they have to contend with pearls of wisdom such as this. It can't be easy having to glorify a brain-dead (ex?)-coke snorter and AWOL draft-dodger. Heavy drinking or drug use could dull the pain I imagine - either that or a lobotomy..........

[ElsewheresDaughter]

49. Michael Parenti....

AMERICA BESIEGED
... we are ... a nation besieged, not from without but from within, subverted not from below but from above. The moneyed class exercises a near monopoly influence over our political life, over the economy, the state, and the media.
... stop blaming the powerless and the poor and , in that good old American phrase, start " following the money." Let's keep our eye on who has too much of the real power in this country. That is the first and most important step toward lifting the siege and bringing democracy back to life.
*****
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Parenti/Michael_Paren...

[Geo55]

50. Yep...

makes sense to me....why even attempt to have an equitable distribution.....rich won't pay anyway.....so that's it then , let's move on.

[LuminousX]

51. Rich People Dodge Taxes? Then get the IRS on 'em

Jesus.

[napi21]

52. That's part of the problem, the IRS doesn't go after most of them!

OF course the main problem is congress passing laws that make avoiding taxes LEGAL! What do you think is in those 55,000 pages of tax code?

[ElementaryPenguin]

53. Repeating that line! WTF?? Perhaps Bushler WANTS Kerry to win!

Maybe the little creep is tired and wants out of this whole damn thing! How much fun can it be anyway - being the most hated man on the planet?

:shrug:
:wtf: