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For Bush , the fall has been swift . America 's soft power is enhanced by the openness and energy of its society ; it is diminished by needlessly crass behavior , like Bush 's blunt assertion that the Kyoto agreement was " dead . This is the theory behind Bush 's health savings accounts , initiated during his first term : let people buy insurance from their own ( tax-sheltered ) pockets . As secretary of the California College Republicans , he built dozens of chapters in schools throughout California , helped deliver a record turnout for Bush in the state and organized a now-famous " pro-America " rally in People 's Park . " The North Koreans have been difficult for the United States to deal with , " Palais said , because " they are insulted by someone like Bush who calls them the axis of evil and refuses to show them respect . These mothers raised children to be automatons to monsters like Bush and Cheney . After voting for Carter , Clinton and Gore ( God help me , I think he might have been viable in a status quo term but thank goodness he lost prior to 9/11 ) yes , at this point I probably will vote for Bush . I ’ m sick and tired of treasonous politicians like Bush , McCain , Kennedy , Clinton and Obama who are spitting on the Constitution and kissing mexican butts . This reached its peak last week when a cleverly leaked story wound up on the front page of The New York Times on Oct. 2 , claiming that the Bush administration was ready to launch an initiative backing a Palestinian state before Sept. 11 , and would now revive it in an effort to woo more Arab support for the conflict with bin Laden . The committee 's schedule suggests Sen. Jay Rockefeller will use his new majority status and chairmanship to increase oversight and press the Bush administration on matters ranging from CIA rendition programs to the National Security Agency 's warrantless surveillance programs . But all competitive Senate races this year are in states that tilt toward Bush , putting Democrats at an immediate disadvantage - a recurrent bias , in fact , as Bush carried 60 percent of states in 2000 even while losing the national vote . " Lenard agreed the Bush administration was a " little bit disengaged the first three years [ on telecom policy ] , " but again stressed that Bush 's appointments to key administrative posts spoke well for the president 's policies . It will take courage for Bush to resist joining in the chorus of Europeans and Third World nation critics of Israel . This famous mining town has been reduced to a bitumen road leading into the bush about 55 km from Mt Isa and 62 km from Cloncurry . It took nearly a week for Bush to make a stumbling , kind-of , sort of disavowal of Lott.The sentiment that underlay the casual , and sometimes blatant , racist trash talk of top Republicans , even Republican presidents , inevitably filtered down to the troops .