I'l say it again. WHAT THE HELL IS THE DIFFERENCE? Let's take a laundry list of accomplishments from this champion of "conservative" issues.
Campaign Finance Reform -- signed into law by a Republican president. Oh yeah, we all heard about how this was all part of the grand Bush strategy of gathering political capital under the lofty assumption that SCOTUS would strike down the law as unconstitutional. Only they didn't. Now there is a law on the books that says you can't talk about political issues under certain circumstances. That you will be thrown into jail if you exercise your God-given right of free speech. Tell me something? Where's that written in the Constitution? How can CFR be anything but the foundation upon which any further suppression of free speech will be built? But, hey, it's O.K., because George Bush is a Republican.
Then there's this ridiculous amnesty for illegals. Gosh, let's open the borders. Let's throw open the gates to every deadbeat who wants to live on the government dole. And those that don't can work for sub-minimum wages until they get too old, or too sick, or whatever and get thrown them away like yesterday's leftover garbage. And if some terrorists get in and blow up Long Beach harbor with a dirty nuke, well, that's just the cost of doing business. But hey, it's all right, because you see, George Bush is a Republican.
And while we're at it, let's ship off every job worth having to India, China, Russia and whatever third-world sh*thole that works cheap. Who needs to have any manufacturing base? Who needs any engineering and/or high tech skill? Because third world communist countries will be more than happy to provide us with all the infrastructure support we'll need. Besides which, you know, we're going to have so many people working as greeters at Wal-Mart or slinging hash in some greasy spoon diner that people will be busier than ever. And so what if our cheap Chinese-made DVD players are pumped out by some 10-year-old girl working in some Chinese labor gulag with a gun to her head. Communism is great so long as corporate profits are up and we all get our cheap foreign goods. But, you know, it's just peachy, because George Bush is a Republican.
Tell you what, when the Chinese drop a nuke on your city with pinpoint precision -- because they just happened to manufacture a few JDAM guidance systems for themselves while they were making them on the cheap for us -- and they show up to throw you in some labor camp, you can tell them you've got a get out of jail free card, because you supported George Bush, and everything's just fine, because he's a Republican.
Tell me something, is there anything about this country that matters to you? Is there anything about the uniqueness of this grand experiment that is important beyond cheap foreign goods and fat corporate profits? Like the right to speak about anything you damn well please, at any time, and under any circumstances. What about your right to keep and bear arms? To maintain ANY defense against tyranny, which is what the Second Amendment is all about. Or does it just matter to you that the occupant of the White House has an R after his name. Sleep tight. I'm sure you'll have nothing to worry about on Dubya's watch. Rest easy. Bush will take care of you, because after all, he's a Republican.
Drink some kool-aid and polish your autographed photo of George W. Bush. And don't talk to me about John Kerry. The only difference between the two is Kerry doesn't pretend to be something he's not.
First of all, I'm a Libertarian. I did not vote for Bush in 2000 and I do not see him as an idol. I do not approve of the CFR or the enormous waste of good money or the AWB. I just do not understand the belief that voting for a Democrat sends the message of opposition to those very things. In fact, it does quite the contrary -- it sends a message of support for them.
...Kerry doesn't pretend to be something he's not.
You cannot be serious!