Remember Bush announcing major funding for

[Theophylact]

AIDS programs in Africa? That was front-page stuff.

This is on page 17.

Bush Scaling Back Dollars for Third World
By ELIZABETH BECKER

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 — President Bush plans to scale back requests for money to fight AIDS and poverty in the third world, putting off for several years the fulfillment of his pledges to eventually spend more than $20 billion on these programs.

Hardest hit would be the United Nations-supported Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, whose contribution from the United States would drop to $200 million in fiscal year 2005 from $550 million, according to Congressional officials who have been briefed on the president's budget proposal.

Such a familiar story: announce a program with much fanfare and promised funding; cut back quietly.

[osprey4]

Kill him for spending too much money, then kill him for not spending enough.

Woo hoo!! What a strategy!!

[whitebeard21]

say what you mean and mean what you say. If a person says they will do something and then fails to do it they have lied.
I had a neighbor that promised his kids all sorts of cool things but never came through. One day I overheard his 12 year old son say dad promised me a new Fishing reel if I got an A in math but I know he is lieing.
Some one needs to tell bush even kids catch onto a liar's tricks.

[Theophylact]

Originally posted by osprey4
Kill him for spending too much money, then kill him for not spending enough.

Woo hoo!! What a strategy!!

Who was complaining about him spending too much on this? Certainly not the Democrats. Nor on No Child Left Behind (which was fully backed by Ted Kennedy, among others). Nor on increasing support for Americorps.

The point is, he takes public credit for spending initiatives that he then quietly abandons. He gets the praise without paying for it.

[osprey4]

Originally posted by Theophylact
The point is, he takes public credit for spending initiatives that he then quietly abandons. He gets the praise without paying for it.

SHOCKING!! No president has ever done that before!!

[Aaron_J]

If you actually READ the article:

Over all, however, Mr. Bush's programs to combat AIDS and poverty to the world's poorest nations still represent a big leap from those of the Clinton administration.

"I would love to see the administration match the figures outlined in the president's speech," said Patrick Cronin, the former assistant administrator at the United States Agency for International Development."But for all of our quibbling, this is a serious commitment and these figures are still very good."

Theo, loosen up the foil hat for a second, this may shock you.

Contrary to what you may believe, the NEWSPAPER decided where to place the article. Not the president. You seem to think that the president controls the media but it has been demonstrated time and time again that it's very much the other way around.

[Epidemic]

Let them rot.

every one you save spreads more disease, and every child you save creates 2 more children in poverty.