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President Bush: Why I am not voting for you in 2004

Target: President George W. Bush
Sponsored by: League of Conservation Voters
TELL BUSH: "YOU JUST LOST MY VOTE!"
Throughout his term, the Bush Administration has repeatedly said one thing to the American public, but done something very different. From speaking pro-environment while rolling back key environmental protections, to placing the interests of his polluting-industry cronies ahead of the public's interest in clean air and clean water , to misusing science for his own political objectives.

As we move closer to Election Day 2004, here are some environmental reasons we're not voting for President Bush in 2004. Have more reasons? Add your own in the comment fields below!
Environmental Reasons We Support Kerry over Bush For President:
  • Bush supports the importation and sale of some of the most endangered species in the world. History has shown that putting a price on an animal's head never serves to protect it in the long run.
  • Bush has threatened our historic Clean Water Act by telling the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers staff to stop enforcing Clean Water Act protections for many of the nation’s wetlands, ponds, and streams.
  • Bush dropped out of the Kyoto treaty, and then failed to offer alternative solutions that address and attempt to slow global warming, despite ominous warnings from scientists around the world, and even the Pentagon.
  • Bush received the first ever failing grade on the League of Conservation Voters' Presidential Report Card for his abysmal environmental record.
  • Kerry has fought to protect our environment and our health. His exceptional lifetime score of 92% on the League of Conservation Voters National EnvironmentalScorecard demonstrates his unsurpassed leadership on clean air, safe drinking water and a healthy environment.
Got more reasons to question Bush's Presidential record? Sign this petition and share them below!


deadline: 6-17-2004
goal: 50,000
 

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Dear President Bush,

As an American who loves this country, I feel lucky to be able to help pick a leader who will best protect our land and people. Election 2004 will give me a chance to vote for someone I can be proud of.

That person will not be you, Mr. President, because frankly, I am not
proud of the direction our country is headed or how we’ve forgotten about the critical issues that affect most Americans. In the last three years, your administration has launched a devastating attack on our environment and on our health.

You supported weaker controls on mercury polluting powerplants - how will this protect our mothers and children? As asthma rates increase, your administration has fought to weaken the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, and insisted on keeping air-polluting
snowmobiles in Yellowstone, even though 80% of the American public wants stronger environmental protections.

And then, there's the attack on our wilderness - opening pristine lands up to oil drilling and logging to further our dependence on antiquated energy technologies. You've done almost nothing to help develop alternative energies or utilize existing technologies that would grant us independence from foreign oil, slow global warming, and keep America clean.

Mr. President, the list goes on and on, and it's for this reason, I regret to say that I cannot vote for you in 2004. Our country is going in the wrong direction.

I care about our people, our health, and our environment, and that is why I will not vote for you in election 2004.

Sincerely,
YOUR NAME
We signed the “President Bush: Why I am not voting for you in 2004” petition!
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9:51 pm PDT, Mar 23, William Harper, Georgia
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2:45 am PDT, Mar 22, Art Deco, Maine
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12:15 am PDT, Mar 22, Jason Bowman, California
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2:01 pm PDT, Mar 15, BiLL Fowlie, Maine
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1:07 pm PDT, Mar 15, Name not displayed, Wisconsin
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9:45 pm PDT, Mar 14, Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin
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4:10 pm PST, Mar 7, Roxie Schliesmann, Wisconsin
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5:37 am PDT, Oct 6, Dogan Ozkan, Turkey
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11:34 am PDT, Sep 18, Kyna Crain, Montana
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5:38 pm PDT, Sep 11, Chris Anas, California
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4:23 am PDT, Sep 2, Kaytie Irvine, California
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2:31 pm PDT, Jul 18, Dana Szemereta, North Carolina
its 2007!!!!! anyway who would vote 4 someone who is ruining the world
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11:47 pm PDT, Jun 20, Candy Bowman-LeBlanc, California
You never had my vote, I would never vote for a republican, in any election. It's 2007, why are these petitions, keep coming up?
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6:26 pm PDT, Apr 21, Melissa Bardwell, Washington
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8:54 am PDT, Apr 17, Nicky Elizabeth, Maine
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12:42 am PDT, Apr 10, Victoria Thomas, Wyoming
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7:40 pm PST, Mar 7, Danielle Holliday, California
It appears you stand for everything evil. If it's good you're against it. You call for war on false pretenses(weapons of mass destruction, refuse to end the war, you are "pro oil drilling in Alaska"(what about the animals' habitats that will be devastated), and you refuse to listen to the scientists about global warming just to name a couple of things. I'm sure the list of your "negatives" would fill a book. I can only hope the next President is a more caring, compassionate one. All politicians should remember that the people put you in office and the people can take you out of office.
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1:21 am PST, Jan 15, Kathleen Roby, Ohio
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1:39 pm PST, Dec 28, Jessica-Dawn Drouin, Canada
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10:43 pm PST, Dec 27, Julie Kleinert, Utah
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6:13 pm PST, Dec 16, Joseph Klawiter, Virginia
I just think you're not the best man for the job!
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11:17 pm PDT, Oct 11, Danny Piccirillo, Massachusetts
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11:37 pm PDT, Oct 9, Name not displayed, Hong Kong
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8:30 pm PDT, Oct 5, Vickie Brown, North Carolina
you are a joke. You have to be the worst president in American history. If there's a bad choide, you'll make it.
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8:03 pm PDT, Oct 5, Lynne Stanford, Texas
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4:12 pm PDT, Oct 5, Melissa Dawson Chapman, Michigan
Well, this petition is outdated, but I did not vote for him in 2004 and I knew what kinds of trouble having him in office for four more years was going to do to our great country (I would have thought that the first four years would have given ALL of us a clue!). Now let's just hope we can get some replacements for the people we have in the House and Senate for 2006!
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10:59 am PDT, Oct 5, Virginia Macy, California
Since you've taken office, our country has sunk to new lows while our deficit is rising to outrageous new highs, too many of our and Iraq's men and women are dieing because of your and your cabinet’s lies while you and yours are proving yourselves to be war profiteers! It's a disgrace that you call yourself a Christian when it's clear that you are simple a dry drunk, just as mean and shallow as you were when drinking. Our Country was not built to be governed by one religion and you’re doing Christianity no good by trying to force our country to bow down to it. I could go on and on about your short comings, but that would take too long and it’s time to make changes in both Houses of Congress to bring back balance in out government! You will be out soon, not soon enough, and it’s time to start repairing the damage you’ve done to our nation and its reputation world wide.
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9:54 pm PDT, Oct 3, Rhonda Fazenbaker, Maryland
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10:48 am PDT, Sep 23, Emily MacDonald, Pennsylvania
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7:55 pm PDT, Sep 21, Jennie Boatman, Texas
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12:53 pm PDT, Aug 27, Susan P., Florida
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10:59 am PDT, Aug 1, Robin Kivett, Kansas
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9:03 am PDT, Jul 18, Crack Head, Georgia
i'm homeless and was receiving my welfare check every week. I had a good thing going...get my check...buy my crack. but BUSH wants to stop buying me drugs! can you believe this guy?! now i'm going to have to either get a job (WTF?) or stop smoking crack!!! bush is an ideot!
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4:28 pm PDT, Jul 13, Cosmic Rhino Gifts, California
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6:21 pm PDT, Jul 5, Mustang Beam, Montana
I never have, nor will I. He has failed us all miserably.
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