On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:55:27 -0700, Jay Honeck
wrote in . com:

Don't you find it at least curious that the straight-talking, honest
politicians are those considered non-contenders for higher office?

I'm trying to remember the last straight-talker in the Presidency.
Was it:

Bush II? Yep -- but no one likes what he says.


Perhaps people don't like what baby Bush has to say, because of his
mendacity and bias toward big pharmaceutical companies, big oil
companies, and non-competitive contractors, not to mention his
irrational religious bias.

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"There ought to be limits to freedom."
- George W. Bush, May, 1999


According to Abbas, immediately thereafter Bush said: "God told me to
strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me to
strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the
problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the
elections will come and I will have to focus on them."


"We need an energy policy that encourages consumption"
George W. Bush.


"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country
and our people, and neither do we." - George W. Bush