Posted on 07/22/2004 11:24:50 AM PDT by TheSmiler
I'm really having a hard time deciding who to vote for this time around. Immediately after 9/11 I strongly supported the President because I truly believed that we would be tireless in his efforts to protect this country.
However, since then I have begun to lose trust in President Bush for a number of reasons. I know this may be an unpopular topic of discussion here, but I wonder if some of you can tell me where I'm wrong.
I strongly supported the war in Afghanistan, as did most Americans, but with the invasion of Iraq I think the President overplayed his hand. I have a very hard time with what seems like a long list of exaggerations from the White House to justify the war. If we had found the massive stockpiles of WMDs that Donald Rumsfeld insisted were there, then I would have no problem whatsoever. But it's beginning to appear to me that the war had nothing to do with WMDs at all.
This is difficult for me to say, because as a lifelong Republican I have always had an unshakeable faith in the military and a belief that our soldiers would never be sent into harm's way unless it was absolutely necessary. The war in Iraq is beginning to look to me like a ruse that was perpetrated on the American people still grieving after 9/11. I believed before the war that President Bush would never squander the trust given to him by the American people to keep them safe, but it looks to me like he did exactly that, and that bothers me immensely.
Bush was elected on a platform of inclusiveness, and he promised to unite this country rather than divide it. However, any sane conservative must admit that he has done the exact opposite, and divided this country to such an extreme that I have never seen before. If I thought A truly United States of America is crucial for victory in the war on terror, and I don't believe that Bush is the man to unite us. I'm not saying John Kerry is, either, but that's the root of the quandary I find myself in.
I truly don't know who to vote for this time around. I can't bring myself to vote for a Democrat just yet, but I need to be convinced that Bush deserves another term.
Buh-bye!
You strongly supported Bush in 2000, but only registered @ FR today to tell us this? Heh.
It's troll time here at Fenway!!
Joined today just to post this?
It's the Rats who are doing the dividing, not President Bush.
Welcome?
The giveaway line.
"This is difficult for me to say, because as a lifelong Republican"
Oh oh ...
Republican to communist in a single bound.
sniff sniff ->O3
In the words of Paul McCartney, "Smile Away!"
AGAIN with that damned word.
I truly believe that Bush went to war with Iraq based on intelligence that this country was headed for an attack by Saddam. I cannot believe that any President would put our troops in harms way for nothing. As far as WMD's are concerned, every leader in the world believed that they were in Iraq. If Bush was trying to scam the American people, why wouldn't he just have some WMD's planted in Iraq. He went on good faith by word from the CIA's of several nations. It is also hard for me to believe that a man of God would ever deceive a nation on purpose. He will get my vote because I know that he cares about this country. He is a man of God, he is a man of values. He will protect me better than Kerry ever could.
Noooo! Wait, we have to consider the substance of his post instead of assuming this is a troll. Should we treat all newbies this way?
/putzhead FReepers.
I'm a lifelong baby-killing, tree-hugging, millionaire-taxing liberal, but this year I'm voting for President Bush!
go away, go far away, go away now.... troll
It seems that the DUmmie trolls decided to make FR their convention site.
Yes.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.