1. Presided over an unprecedented cut in civil liberties and now allows his government agents to spy on his citizens without warrants
1. (The Patriot Act limits the rights of citizens and allows government invasion of privacy)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C109857%2C00.html
2 Believes that God told him to lead his nation
2 (Bush has mentioned God and his belief in being chosen to lead to Fox news, right wing Christian groups and other outlets many times)
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1075950,00.html
3 Said that God told him to strike his enemies
3 (Bush told a senior Israeli official that "God told him to strike")
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A37944-2003Jun26?language=printer
4 Directed his regime to invade a sovereign nation without being attacked first
4 (Iraq did not attack the US as an instigation to the invasion beginning in 2002, furthermore it is now clear that Iraq posed no threat to the US)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/invasion/
5 In the tradition of many dictators from history, he occasionally wears a military uniform
5 (Bush wears pseudo military uniforms and flight suits such as in this official photo)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/05/images/20030501-15_d050103-2-664v.html
6 Amnesty International finds that his nation is guilty of human rights violations
6 (from the torture of prisoners to the disregard for free speech, due process and civil liberties, Bush is guilty of many wrongs)
http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/2002/world05282002.html
7 Diagnosed as paranoid, sadistic meglomanic
7 (A DC psychologist wrote an analysis of Bush that included claims that he has a sadistic history)
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_4687.shtml
8 Was the leading government official who presided over 152 executions of his own people
8 (As Governor of Texas Bush presided over many executions and had a low pardon record)
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200307/berlow
http://www.post-gazette.com/columnists/20000627tony.asp
9 Does not tolerate protestors or dissent within his proximity by threat of armed guard
9 (Bush initiated special "free speech zones" to quell protestors, Bush's tactics have been successfully sued by the ACLU)
http://www.amconmag.com/12_15_03/feature.html
10. Exercises a tight control over the media including the banning of certain networks and images
10. (Al Jazzera, a news network critical of the invasion was kicked out of Iraq for one month, Bush also has censored images from the war such as the caskets of the men he sent to die on a search for WMDs)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A55816-2003Oct20?language=printer
11. Was not elected democratically
11. (By all accounts, Gore had many more votes than Bush, under our system the most votes do not win an election, the electoral votes do - Bush was placed in power by the Supreme Court, not the citizens and it is now clear that Al Gore was the rightful winner)
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-949.ZPC.html
12. Rewards the elite class of his country and special cronies
12. (Ken Lay, Dick Cheney, Halliburton, Bechtel and other members and friends of the administration have made billions from the war)
http://www.cpa.org.au/garchve03/1165warprofits.html
13 Made his money from family connections in the oil business
13 (Bush made got his wealth from family ties and favorable deals and had business ventures that included a partnership with Ossama Bin Laden's brother)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html
14. Scraped several international treaties including the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the Biological Weapons Convention, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the Convention on the Prohibition of Land Mines, the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Kyoto Global Warming Accord, and the International Criminal Court
14. (Bush ignores the thoughts of others, even our allies)
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Articles3/Jayne_Hitler-Bush.htm
15. Has imprisoned thousands without trial or even charging them with a crime
15. (Guantanimo Bay and other detention centers hold people indefinitely if they are viewed as a threat to Bush)
http://www.hrw.org/doc?t=usa_gitmo
16. His military engages in torture and other human right violations
16. (soldiers in Iraq have tortured and killed Iraqi citizens)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0%2C3858%2C4913748-103550%2C00.html
17 Senior Official Lied to the UN
17 (Colin Powell went before the UN on Feb 5 and presented false evidence about Iraq and WMDs)
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2003/17300.htm
18 Indicted by civil tribunal in Japan for war crimes
18 (a watchdog group in Japan has indicted Bush)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20030701b3.htm
19 Indicted in Belgium for war crimes
19 (a watchdog group in Belgium has also indicted Bush)
http://www.rense.com/general38/belg.htm
http://www.motherearth.org/bushwanted/laws.php#rogue
20 His country boasts the world's highest incarceration rate, 1 in 37 adults are in prison or have served time
20 (According to prison records)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0818/p02s01-usju.html
21 Has defied the Untied Nations
21 (Bush ignored the will of the democratic body of the UN regarding his desire for an invasion of Iraq)
http://www.confrontthefacts.com/page12.htm
22 Is not only in the possession of Weapons of Mass Destruction including nuclear, biological, chemical and missile based, his country has used them
22 (The US has WMDs and has used them)
http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/wmd_state.htm
23 Declared "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."
23 See CNN transcript from 12/18/2000
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0012/18/nd.01.html37