Posted on 10/01/2004 4:56:45 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society
America will NEVER seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country!
Good morning!!
Do not let the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, nor the brave members of our Nation's military who have given their lives to protect our freedom, die in vain!!
Senator John Effin Kerry demonstrated last night why he should never be granted admittance to the White House, even as a guest, let alone as President.
First and foremost--there has to be a "global test" to protect America. Get that! If this country had information in its possession that a reasonable person (and remember that's the test that was used and its threshold exceeded for Saddam) could interpret as being a threat, this Nation would forego even the defense of its citizens with John Kerry as President!
Think about this, let it sink in. Now let's make it personal for a moment. You would not be allowed, for example, to take a different way home even if you knew on your normal route there was an individual with a weapon ready to kill you! In John Kerry's world, you would take that route--AND YOU WOULD SURELY DIE! But that's all right--you did not do anything to protect yourself, so you died nobly.
John Kerry had the unmitigated temerity to say the President didn't do every thing he could to protect our soldiers in Iraq, even accusing Mr. Bush of withholding the body armor that would make our soldiers safer under enemy small arms fire. This despite the fact that SENATOR KERRY VOTED AGAINST THE $87 BILLION PACKAGE THAT WOULD HAVE PROVIDED SUCH MATERIEL.
Senator John Effin tried to duck the word "lie" with regard to President Bush, saying he would never reach down to that level and use that term in reference to the President. An interesting show of deference that is most unusual for the Senator. In a September 2003 campaign appearance, Mr. Kerry said: This Administration has lied to us. They have misled us. And they have broken their promises to us. In the Boston Globe, Sen. Kerry was quoted as saying: Bush has lied about his reason for going to war in Iraq... [Source: Patrick Healy, "Kerry Camp Leaves N.H. Expectations Behind in Polls, Senator Now Seeks Spot in Top Two," The Boston Glove, December 18, 2003. Emphasis in original.]
And then there was the quip about the NY Subway being shut down. KERRY: That's why they had to close down the subway in New York when the Republican Convention was there. (Making a point that Bush has been inadequate in protecting America.) FACT: THE NYC SUBWAY DID NOT CLOSE AT ALL DURING THE CONVENTION!
The Senator also is geography, religiously, and ethnically challenged. He made a reference to looking at KGB records in Treblinka Square. TREBLINKA WAS ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS NAZI DEATH CAMPS!
Now some of the minor details--Sen. Kerry stated the Bush tax cut only went to the President and himself! Being fair and realizing that he was using the two of them as a metaphor for the rich, he's still wrong. The tax cut was across the board.
Kerry says we spent $200 billion on the war on Iraq. We've only spent $120 billion. Sen. Kerry only arrived at the higher number by including what has been appropriated by Congress to spend in the future if needs require!
Senator Kerry even seemed to know where Bin Laden was! He indicated he was in Tora Bora and US forces could have nailed him. Problem is, there was no evidence he was there [maybe the Senator would have known this had he bothered to make time to attend intel briefings!].
He still thinks he knows where The Evil One is, making reference several times to his being in Afghanistan--if he knows where Osama is, why doesn't he tell US military forces?
Senator Kerry talks as if bilateral negotiations would work in North Korea. Senator, they were tried. That's how they got the Bomb!
The Senator continued to vacilate on the issue of Iraq--during the 90 minutes he was saying it was the "wrong war," then the right war, then the wrong war, then the right war, then the wrong war, before finishing up with it being the right war (it's difficult counting the flips and flops). On Iraq at the beginning: And he rushed the war in Iraq without a plan to win the peace. Now, that is not the judgment that a president of the United States ought to make. On Iraq at the end: I'm not talking about leaving. I'm talking about winning.
But that statement is another lie. He wants out of Iraq in four years, and starting to pull away in six months. He said so earlier in the debate.
And that's just what can be crammed into an hour's typing this morning. There are certainly others!
Now the end was notable. President Bush respectfully solicit the listeners for their vote, just as he did in the 2000 election. Senator Kerry ended without even bothering to ask. Small point, but it shows a lack of humility on the behalf of the Senator that smakcs of arrogance.
For AMERICA - The Right Way, I remain yours in the Cause, the Chairman.
Probably she'll be getting more attention now!
The staff is going to be extra careful.
(((((DOG)))))
They were hovering around when I left.
The hospital is excellent otherwise...it was just this group of nurses today who dropped the ball. I now have the worry of her getting the proper care.
Mr. Chair, I think this comment by Kerry was another of the throw-away lines Kerry used to try and provoke the President into an unwanted discussion. Kerry's strategy was built around trying to make the President seem both weak -- Iraq and Korea, and dangerous -- Iraq and nukes.
The Prez didn't bite, and Kerry doesn't have a Bush comment on a nuclear bomb to whine about. There were many, many opportunities the President left alone. Frustrating to watch, but excellent strategery.
My personal favorite Kerry self-revealing moment was that bit about being the first U.S. Senator in to view the KGB files: you bet he was! He had a file or two to burn.
Got to go outside and wait for the older grandkids to get off the bus! Back later!
:((
Oh boy! Just heard a performance of "The Heavens are Telling..." from The Creation. It was a pedal-to-the-metal performance too! TERRIFIC! The Chicago Symphony Chorus, Solti conducting...
Starting next Jan., I'm joining our symphony chorus...can't wait.
How frustrating for you. But glad you checked in. Take care Toby, and don't overdo! You know us ATRW moms don't like that....
Okay. I am freeking out here. The youngest just came running into my room. She was choking on some food. I did the heimlich on her. Now she's listening to loud music and I'm having hysterics.
I know this sounds unreal. But I'm not kidding.
Do you need help?
You lead an exciting life!
Are you or were you in Portland now or last week? Or who was it on this thread who was going there?
She's fine. I'm the one not making sense. I think. She just dropped something and I ran upstairs to check on her. I don't normally do that.
That's something else. I'm often oblivious to things around me. I can't believe I recognized it as choking and did the right thing.
It happened so quick. And now it's over.
No. I don't. I'm as dull as ditchwater.
She's having applesauce and porridge for the rest of her life.
Your instincts served you well, Jemian. Now, relax, thank the Heavens, and put on some Haydn.
Kids just roll with these things, don't they? This summer I watched as my son tumbled on his bicycle, a bad spill on the way down Lookout Mountain. All I could do was to get in his way before he landed in traffic, and pray the scrapes weren't too bad. I see still see it frame by frame. He doesn't even think of it.
Hahaha!
Remember Raquel Welch in the Roller Derby movie?
WOW!
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