Posted on 10/22/2004 10:33:24 AM PDT by granite
The following text is posted on another website as an editorial piece in the newspaper of Smith (Very Dem) College
"To the independent mind: Friday, October 8, 2004, was the night of the second presidential debate, focusing on both foreign and domestic policy. Whether you agree with the Bush administration's policies or not, think Bush is an idiot or think that he didn't win the election in 2000, the President dominated the second debate. The President connected; the Senator scolded. Oh, and did I mention that George Bush won?
The President was articulate and factually supported his arguments, but most of all he was funny. Not only was the Texas swagger back in action, but the President had done his homework. Bush attacked Kerry's record in the Senate. Kerry said in the debate that he has had only one position regarding the war in Iraq.
Let's state the truth: Kerry voted for the war but now says it was the wrong war, at the wrong time and in the wrong place. Kerry attacked Bush for not properly funding our soldiers. Kerry even tells a story in which a mother went online and bought armor to send to her son in Iraq. Well, Senator Kerry, why did you vote against the $87 billion for supplemental support for the troops? This money would have bought the armor for that woman's son! Kerry claims that he voted against the $87 billion because he wanted this money to come from the tax cut. Excuse me? I don't think so, Senator. As Bush pointed out in the debate, Kerry voted against the $87 billion because Kerry was trailing Howard Dean in the polls and needed to appeal to the Democratic base that opposes the war in Iraq. This proves that Kerry changes his position for political gain.
Throughout the debate, Kerry stated that President Bush should have created a grand coalition of allies before entering Iraq and that Kerry would support the war if this coalition existed. Really? In the first Gulf War, the coalition consisted of 32 nations including the United States, Britain, Egypt, France, Saudi Arabia and we had UN support. However, Senator Kerry voted against it! Let me repeat this: the United States had a grand coalition and UN support, yet Senator Kerry voted against it. Why should the American people believe Kerry when he says that he would support the current war in Iraq when he voted against the first Gulf War that had this "grand coalition and UN support" that the Senator talks about?
The President did an amazing job at attacking Kerry and revealing him for what he really is, a flip-flopper. Even Howard Dean, during the Democratic nomination process, labeled Kerry as a flip-flopper and sent the Kerry campaign a pair of flip-flops for Christmas.
While I know the majority of Smithies will be voting for John Kerry, I'm asking you to reconsider. Why Kerry? If you can answer this question by listing reasons that don't involve bashing Bush, then I congratulate you. Over the past month I have heard from a variety of Smithies that they are voting for Kerry because, "Bush is stupid. Bush lied to the American people regarding weapons of mass destruction," etc.
Only a few students have said that they're voting for Kerry because of his views of health care, the environment or education. This leads me to believe that Smithies and the American public are not voting for John Kerry as a candidate but only against the other candidate. People are voting for Kerry because they hate Bush, not because they like Kerry. It is a sad day in American politics when the Democratic presidential candidate can only appeal to his radical base, cannot inspire the American public, and the average American ends up voting against a candidate and not for one."
There is one Smith student who will have a productive future
Wow. Smith is a haven for hairy-legged Birkenstock lezzies.
I don't see it either. The campus paper at Smith is The Sophian, at http://www.smithsophian.com/
I find it hard to believe that editorial came from anywhere in western Mass, much less Northampton!!
There is an interesting article on "Conservative Coming out Day"
http://www.smithsophian.com/news/2004/10/21/Features/Conservatives.Coming.Out.Day-754493.shtml
I don't know about that. During the 1st Gulf War I had a bunch of fine lasses writing me as pen pals from Smith.
They even sent a care package.
My daughter is a Smithie alumna and she is voting for Bush.
My sister is a Smithie, but she never, ever talks about it.
Thank her parents...BET she grew up with both, too...
I dunno, I once went out with a 6'2" redhead from Smith. She was plenty dangerous, but not as you describe.
Ashamed? Barbara Bush and Nancy Reagan were Smithies.
Not ashamed. But I don't think she fit in. We are just modest southerners with no connections.
No doubt!!
I'm from Massachusetts.
Commonly overheard among my friends when we were in our twenties: "I'm dating a Smith grad..." followed with indecent haste by, "but she's not like all the others!"
None of them are still married to the Smith girls. About half the time the gal left for a guy with more money, about half the time for another girl (she WAS like all the others!)
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
Kerry will not win.
Not even unfairly....rest easy, my friend...we will win!
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