[cripplecreek]

I think we realize that to be true. Im hammering my friends on the need to vote this time around.

[Lando Lincoln]

Here is something I wrote a few days back to our FRiends FairOpinion and gatorbait. I hope to expand on it when I have a few spare minutes. I don't wish to belabor it, but it seems germane to this article.

Lando

[Austin Willard Wright]

It is interesting how the Bush supporters are no longer making the same old excuses. They used to claim that "if only the GOP controlled the Congress and the presidency" small government would be enacted. Now....they don't even have that excuse.

[Lando Lincoln]

First rule...do not rush, do not rush, do not rush. Here is the post I referenced.

I said it was simple, not short. But, I believe history will tell us that the leadership from this administration has been remarkable in the face of incredible pressures. This president has the press/media always looking for weakness, the left and democrats are constantly undermining his efforts, many of our so-called allies abandoned the U.S. at a critical time of need, and, the UN was worse than worthless. At a time when the economy was reeling from a cyclic recession coupled with the costs of September 11. Yet, through it all, we have removed a despot, planted the seeds for democracy in the “swamp” of the Middle East, and the economy is on the upswing.

And – I think this gets overlooked sometimes – this President and his advisors understand POLITICS. Tim Russert said last nite on the Dennis Miller Show that demographics have changed considerably since the 2000 election. More elderly, more “minorities”, more urban voters, etc. Russert said that if the 2000 vote were held with today’s demographics, GWB would lose the popular vote by over 3 MILLION votes!!! That struck me. It is easy to carp from the relative security of the sidelines over GWB’s proposed immigration plan, or his changes to the prescription drug plan, or his proposed social security changes, or even the Patriot Act. But this President knows that to see his WOT through his potential 8 years in office, he must appeal to those “margin” groups that the democrats have so successfully exploited since at least FDR. To do otherwise is to surrender the 2004 election – at great peril for our nation. I believe, with all my heart that our President understands this intuitively, instinctively and intellectually. I can’t imagine a Hillary or a Gore or a Kerry or a Dean or an Edwards in charge over our very survival.

So I ask, what is the real cost of GWB’s proposed spending?

My new best FReeper FRiend has it right (apologies to all my other best FReeper Friends). This is the most important election cycle since 1940. I will vote for GWB and the republican ticket. If I were to do otherwise, I would be denying my young sons what I believe is the best shot at a secure future.

Lando

[scory]

The national security aspect of this election is, in my view, paramount. If Kerry or any dimrat gains the White House then the war is lost. Period. Any dimrat will retreat on the war allowing the terrorists and their state supporters to regroup, refit and redeploy. We cannot afford this.

It is not in the least helpful to start tearing into one another over Bush's shortcomings. He is all we have and if we don't reelect him we risk catastrophe. There has been much written about "nukes in DC" or Denver. If the Islamofascists are allowed the time we will indeed witness nukes or plagues or poisons released in our cities. This is no joke and no time to let other issues - no matter how dearly held our principles - to derail the vital need to reelect Bush.

If this were a time of peace of if the dimrat candidate was Sam Nunn or Henry Jackson I would probably sit this one out. I think Bush has put in a disappointing performance on many important domestic issues and the country is not better for it. But the dimrat candidate will undertake policies that will KILL THOUSANDS - POSSIBLY MILLIONS - OF AMERICANS AND OUR ALLIES. We cannot allow a dimrat to win. It is a matter of sheer survival.

[Afronaut]

The problem is not with Bush and his insane policy, but with the people who will vote for him no matter what he does. That’s the real problem. The people who should know better are scared and have fear instilled in them to shut-up and vote for Bush.

Bush will do anything he pleases, and you will support it with your vote. Not to mention the people who acually LIKE Bush and would change nothing.