During WW2, some great editorial cartoons were produced by Dr. Seuss. Yeah, that Dr. Seuss. Having just recieved the book yesterday, I couldn’t help but notice how well a few could apply to our current leadership :

“People need to be aware of this talk out of Washington, D.C. that says, oh, don’t worry, we’re just going to tax the rich. That’s not the way it works in the tax code. The big rich dodge taxes, anyway. It’s companies like this who end up paying more taxes, and that would be wrong for our economy. We need to make sure these tax cuts we passed are permanent and that Congress doesn’t raise the taxes.”

- George W. Bush, July 14, 2004

“I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.”

- Dick Cheney, March 16, 2003

President Bush acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that he had miscalculated post-war conditions in Iraq, the New York Times reported.

The paper quoted Bush as saying during a 30-minute interview that he made ?a miscalculation of what the conditions would be? in post-war Iraq.

But he insisted that the 17-month-long insurgency was the unintended by-product of a ?swift victory? against Saddam Hussein?s military, the Times reported.

- Reuters, August 27, 2004

“And there?s something else we owe you and all the men and women serving right now in Iraq. We owe you the truth. True leadership is about looking people in the eye and telling the truth ? even when it?s hard to hear. And two days ago, President Bush came before you and you received him well, as you should. But I believe he failed the fundamental test of leadership. He failed to tell you the truth. You deserve better. The Commander in Chief must level with the troops and the nation. And as president, I will always be straight with you ? on the good days, and the bad days.

Two days ago, the President stood right where I?m standing and did not even acknowledge that more than 1,000 men and women have lost their lives in Iraq. He did not tell you that with each passing day, we?re seeing more chaos, more violence, more indiscriminate killings. He did not tell you that with each passing week, our enemies are getting bolder ? that Pentagon officials report that entire regions of Iraq are now in the hands of terrorists and extremists. He did not tell you that with each passing month, stability and security seem farther and farther away.

He did not tell you any of this, even though ? as the country learned today in the New York Times ? his own intelligence officials have warned him for weeks that the mission in Iraq is in serious trouble. But that is the truth ? hard as it is to hear. You deserve a president who will not play politics with national security, who will not ignore his own intelligence, while living in a fantasy world of spin, and who will give the American people the truth about the challenge our brave men and women face on the front lines.”

- John Kerry, September 16, 2004

“On Homeland Security, Democrats tried to double the number of containers at ports and airports checked for Weapons of Mass Destruction. The one billion dollar cost would have been paid for by reducing the tax cut of 200,000 millionaires by five thousand dollars each. Almost all 200,000 of us would have been glad to pay 5,000 dollars to make the nearly 300 million Americans safer?but the measure failed because the White House and the Republican leadership in the House decided my tax cut was more important- If you agree with that choice, re-elect them. If not, give John Kerry and John Edwards a chance.”

- Bill Clinton, July 26, 2004

You know what they say about people who refuse to learn from history…