Joseph Miranda wrote:

> 1) Bush lied about the reasons for going to war with Iraq.

Look up the definition of the word "lie", then quote the statement of Bush's
that you think both meets the definition and was essential to his case for
war.

> 2) The Bush family has business links with the bin Laden family.
> 3) Government contractors, including those linked to
> administration officials (e.g., Cheney-Halliburton),
> are making tons of money from the occupation of Iraq.

These charges are already widely answered. If you're unfamiliar with those
answers, you might start looking for them at http://Spinsanity.org,
http://BowlingforTruth.com, http://MooreLies.com, http://MooreExposed.com
and http://MooreWatch.com

> 4) US wars are not video games but actually kill
> civilians and, by American soldiers brutalizing people,
> make foreigners more mad at us -- and hence, more likely
> to support terrorism.

Your "hence" doesn't necessarily follow. U.S. soldiers killed and brutalized
civilians in WWII, without causing any terrorism against us.

> 5) [..] do not send their children to war.

It's illegal to send children to war. Adults send themselves to war.

> 6) The PATRIOT ACT has led to some egregious
> violations of civil liberties.

You needed Michael Moore to tell you that?

> 7) Florida voter rolls were illegally purged by
> Kathleen Harris who falsely identified qualified
> black voters as "felons"

That's not the whole story. You might want to check for counter-arguments to
this charge, such as
http://www.geocities.com/republican_strategist/refuting-moore.html.

Brian Holtz
LP candidate for Congress, CA14 (Silicon Valley)
http://marketliberal.org