Bush a Dreamer (Is he drinking again?)

President Bush sought on Saturday to dispel concerns about the readiness of U.S.-trained Iraqi security forces, declaring himself “encouraged” even though his top generals say the number of battalions that can fight insurgents without help has dropped.
“I’m encouraged by the increasing size and capabilities of the Iraqi security forces…and our commanders report that Iraqi forces are serving increasing effectiveness.”
During congressional testimony on Thursday, Gen. George Casey, top U.S. commander in Iraq, and Gen. John Abizaid, top U.S. commander in the Middle East said the number of battalions has dropped from 3 to 1 since July. -- Washington (Reuters)

If I am reading this info correctly and I am, then our President is once again trying to pull a snow job on the American public. He is once again throwing around empty rhetoric and meaningless jargon. This is what Bush and the Republicans have to offer the middle and lower class. They can not offer jobs because they and their corporate allies are selling out the middle class for profits and cheap over seas labor. They can not offer healthcare because they are in bed with the insurance industry and drug manufacturers. They can not offer energy independence (or clean air or water) because they are in bed with the oil and coal industry. What can our government under the control of Republicans offer us?
-bigger less effective government
-a dept. of homeland security that has yet to secure our ports, chemical plants, airlines, or borders
-gasoline at record highs and no solution
-7.9 trillion dollars worth of debt (~$27,000 per man, woman and child) and growing
-troops spread so thin we could not fight another campaign if we had to
-over 1900 dead American boys and girls—why because Bush wanted to take out his daddy’s enemy and wanted to help the oil industry
-Osama Bin Laden still running free
-government unable to care for and protect the most vulnerable after a natural disaster

You can not believe anything that our President utters. He is all about photo ops and jargon. He is about defending the rights of corporations over real Americans.
He is about profits for corporate donors.
I guess we are seeing what the Republican leadership in congress has to offer.
-Leader of the Senate, Bill Frist, being investigated for insider trading
-House Majority Leader, Tom Delay, indicted for campaign finance violations
-Our Representative Shelley Moore Capito has taken over $35,000 of dirty money from Delay and refused to return it
If you think she is interested in the truth about anything, I’m sorry to tell you, but her votes are bought and paid for already.

2006 is not far away. Let’s just hope that the Democrats can speak to the American people and that the American people can get past the Republican spin machines jargon and attacks.