Copyright © 2001–2006 by M. E. Cowan at http://www.failureisimpossible.com/needtoknow/campaignslogans.htm#honor#honor

This page contains links only from 2004 or earlier.

·                   "I will restore honor and integrity to the White House"

·                   No decision on Yucca Mountain until research results are available

·                   Free trade

·                   "I'm a compassionate conservative"

·                   "Leave no child behind"

·                   "I'm a uniter, not a divider"

·                   "President of all the people, not just those who voted for me"

·                   "A reformer with results"

·                   "It's the people's money, not the government's"

·                   Election reform

·                   Reforming the military

·                   Reversing Course — We The People often hope Bush won't keep his promise

Longer list of links of above

"I will restore honor and integrity to the White House"

(Note: Sometimes it's 'honor and integrity' and sometimes it's 'honor and dignity.' He's such a hypocrite he can't even be consistent in his hypocrisy.)

·                   Also see The Enron Bubble (separate page)

·                   White House on Autocrats: Malaysian Sí, Cuban No
David E. Sanger, New York Times, 15 May 2002

·                   From Bush's Lips, a Vow He Could Not Renege On
Raymond Hernandez, New York Times, 10 March 2002

·                   Bush White House releases transcripts of Clinton conversations — but only the parts that make Clinton look bad
Joshua Micah Marshall, Salon, 7 February 2002

·                   Bush's Insistence of Privacy for Presidential Records Doesn't Apply to His Predecessor
Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 1 February 2002

·                   Bush overturns rule banning law-breaking business from federal contracts
Kent Hoover, Sacramento Business Journal, 11 January 2002 issue

·                   Former POWs held by Japan are betrayed by the White House
Iris Chang, New York Times, 24 December 2001

·                   U.S. Seeks New Use for Secret Evidence Against Immigrants
William Glaberson, New York Times, 9 December 2001

·                   Bush's Mocking Inaugural Address
Joyce Marcel, Albion Monitor, 29 January 2001

·                   For some, Bush loyalty is a one-way street
Paul A. Gigot, Wall Street Journal, 12 January 2001

·                   Hobbled from the start
Alan Wolfe, Salon, 15 December 2000

No decision on Yucca Mountain until research results are available

·                   Yucca Mountain's Other Story
Toby Eglund, The Gully, 28 March 2002

·                   The political fallout from a nuclear-waste decision
Abraham McLaughlin, Christian Science Monitor, 5 March 2002

·                   Energy Dept. Is Challenged Over Waste Disposal Methods
Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, 4 March 2002

·                   U.S. Technologically Unready to Store Nuclear Waste at Yucca Mountain
Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, 31 January 2002

Free trade

·                   A High-Risk, Two-Faced Trade Policy
Richard S. Dunham, Business Week, 25 March 2002

·                   Bush's Costly Meltdown on Steel
Christopher Farrell, Business Week, 18 March 2002

·                   Treasury Official Is Said to Fault Steel Tariff Move
Joseph Kahn and Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 16 March 2002

·                   US should drop steel doctrine
Victor Keegan, Guardian (UK), 7 March 2002

·                   U.S. Users of Steel Worry That Tariffs Will Be Costly
Claudia H. Deutsch, New York Times, 7 March 2002

·                   Steel Tariffs Weaken Bush's Global Hand
Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 6 March 2002

·                   Bush to Announce Steel Tariffs Amid Worries About Reaction of Allies
David E. Sanger And Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 5 March 2002

"I'm a compassionate conservative"

·                   What has George W ever done for women?
Laura Flanders, The Guardian, 26 March 2004

·                   Under New Bush Rule, Emergency Rooms May No Longer Be Required to Treat Patients
Robert Pear, New York Times, 2 September 2003

·                   Deborah Cook Is the Typical Bush Judicial Nominee — So Watch Out
Adam Cohen, New York Times, 25 February 2003

·                   Aid to Poor Faces More Scrutiny
Robert Pear, New York Times, 5 February 2003

·                   Bush vs. Women
Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times, 16 August 2002

·                   Devastated Women
Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times, 26 April 2002

·                   Budget Would Cut Medicaid Payments
Robert Pear, New York Times, 2 February 2002

·                   Bush regime may renege on Andrew Cuomo's pledge to rehabilitate housing
Terry Pristin, New York Times, 2 April 2001

·                   The Mask Comes Off
Bob Herbert, New York Times, 26 March 2001

·                   The cruelty of compassionate conservatism
Jennifer Foote Sweeney (editor of Life, Salon, 23 March 2001

·                   The 'Having It All' Lie
Marjorie Williams, Washington Post, 21 February 2001

·                   A mother's anguish - and a President's profits
Observer (UK), 17 December 2000

"Leave no child behind"

·                   Words, Actions at Odds on Children's Health Care
Ceci Connolly, Washington Post, 25 September 2004

·                   Defying Bush, Senate Increases Child Care Funds for the Poor
Robert Pear, New York Times, 31 March 2004

·                   Reauthorization Bill Contains Less Child Care Funding Than White House Claims
Sharon Parrott, Jennifer Mezey, Mark Greenberg and Shawn Fremstad, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 15 December 2003

·                   School officials slam Bush plan to eliminate school funding for military kids
CNN, 7 February 2003

·                   Thousands of Schools May Run Afoul of New Law
Sam Dillon, New York Times, 16 February 2003

·                   Bush's Plan for Head Start Worries Supporters
Diana Jean Schemo, New York Times, 12 February 2003

·                   'No Child Left Behind' Is Hit Song With Bush Team
Diana Jean Schemo, New York Times , 23 June 2002

·                   Bush Seeking to Squeeze School Loan Program
Philip Shenon, New York Times , 28 April 2002

·                   Bush's Proposal on Welfare Draws Fire From Democrats for Putting Children at Risk
Robin Toner, New York Times (requires registration to view), 13 March 2002

·                   Democrats: Bush's Education Budget Is Less Than Promised
Robert Pear, New York Times, 13 February 2002

·                   Bush's War on Children
Jonathan Rowe and Gary Ruskin, AlterNet, 3 July 2001

·                   Bush uses organizations for photo ops and then cuts funding
Jake Tapper, Salon, 13 April 2001

"I'm a uniter, not a divider"

·                   Arab-Americans were betrayed by Bush
Eric Boehlert, Salon (full article available to subscribers only), 2 April 2002

·                   Tom Daschle Isn't the Problem
editorial, New York Times, 11 December 2001

·                   W Picks Golf Over NAACP
John Nichols, Madison Capital Times (in CommonDreams), 13 July 2001

·                   Charm School Graduate in Chief
Frank Rich, New York Times, 3 February 2001

"President of all the people, not just those who voted for me"

·                   Bush jibe angers black leaders
Matthew Engel, The Guardian, 10 July 2002

·                   Bush moving to eliminate government offices that look after women's rights
Tamar Lewin, New York Times, 19 December 2001

·                   Shutting Public Out, Letting the Elite In
Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 3 November 2001

·                   Bush is restricting tour groups' access to the White House
Elaine Sciolino, New York Times, 12 May 2001

·                   Women's groups blast Bush's policies
Lyn Berry, Denver Business Journal, 13 April 2001

·                   Texas Dems get Bush-whacked
Jake Tapper, Salon, 14 December 2000

"A reformer with results"

·                   Report Disputes Bush Approach to Bridging 'Digital Divide'
John Schwartz, New York Times, 11 July 2002

·                   Critics Say Bush Broke Vow on Superfund Site in Edison
Robert Hanley, New York Times, 2 July 2002

·                   Reversing Course, Bush Signs Bill Raising Farm Subsidies
David E. Sanger, New York Times, 14 May 2002

·                   White House Ends Environmental Fellowship
New York Times, 13 April 2002

·                   Bush Budget to Seek Job Training Cut
Robert Pear, New York Times, 31 January 2002

·                   Bush's Lobbying Style Provides Little Leadership
Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 24 December 2001

·                   Prospects Dim for Medicare Drug Benefit
Robin Toner, New York Times, 5 November 2001

·                   Guns and Bitterness (all other campaign promises subjugated to the tax cut)
Paul Krugman, New York Times, 4 January 2001

Election Reform

·                   White House rejects election-reform request
Jim Drinkard, USA Today, 21 March 2001

Reforming the Military

·                   Preparing For War, Bush Spurns Veterans
Helen Thomas, The Carolina Channel, 7 January 2003

·                   Big Bucks Trip Up the Lean New Army
James Dao, New York Times, 10 February 2002

·                   Bush shifts his stand on peacekeeping
Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2001

·                   Bush Plans Modest Increase for the Pentagon
Steven Lee Myers and James Dao, New York Times, 1 February 2001

Reversing Course

Often, We the People don't want Bush to keep his promise.

·                   Bush gives in again, will endorse increased spending on renewable energy
Major Garrett, CNN, 27 June 2001

People get the politicians they deserve, for in office the average person would behave like them.