The AWB was the last holdout issue for me. I was still hanging in there with Bush. But this bill was and is my litmus test.
I can live with campaign finance reform, open borders, OPIC, the deficits and the underwriting of foreign companies. I can even live with the offshoring of every job in America worth having to fatten to coffers of Dubya's corporate handlers.
I can't live with him signing the AWB. This makes him no different than Kerry. The only difference is we know the devil in the details with the Rats.
I've had all I want of this so-called conservative President pandering to every liberal special interest group under the sun. I've had it with the Bush Kool-Aid drinkers who insist all this is perfectly all right, because, after all, GWB is a Republican. And most of all I've had it with two Bush presidents giving their collective big middle finger to the base. Bush signs this bill, and I'll vote a straight Rat ticket. What the hell's the difference. 'Bout time those pretenders in the White House finds out there are consequences for betrayal.
Why should anybody believe that you'd oppose the Rat agenda (including the AWB), when you are so willing to put the Rats in power in the first place?
'Bout time those pretenders in the White House finds out there are consequences for betrayal.
On the contrary. There is nothing on the ballot to tell Bush that you felt betrayed. And because the AWB was enacted by the Rats, voting for them instead, even if it is out of spite against Bush, tells them (assuming they win) that people like you want the AWB to remain law.
Thanks for the ping! While I agree with much of what you say, I could NEVER bring myself to vote for Kerry. He has already made it known he would put our military under the UN before ever going after terrorists in another country.
President Bush has made a LOT of mistakes and I'm VERY angry about many things he has done, but I support the way he has been fighting the war on terror, i.e. fighting them in another country. I KNOW he will go after them in Syria or Iran when they hit us again, and you KNOW it's coming. It's just a matter of time.
IF Bush gets reelected, there's a 50-50 chance that one of more of the Supremes Court Justices will either retire or die in office, allowing him to appoint a Conservative Judge to take their place. With Kerry, there is a 100% guarantee that he will appoint more Liberal Judges. I'm sure you've noticed that the Liberal Judges in your state are legislating from the bench! As far as I'm concerned, the judges are the MOST important issue that we face right now. Their "ruling" on the gun issue could ultimately sink gun owners all the way around, should they vote that we have no right to own a gun!
I live out in the country so I'm personally not in danger of a terrorist attack but I believe with Bush as our President, Americans in the big cities will live a little while longer. I think he's slowed down terrorists in America. They've seen what happened to Saddam, et al. IF Bush signs the ban, I won't give up ANY of my guns under ANY circumstances anyway, and I don't know ANYONE who will. IF they want to come for my guns, then I'm not the only one who will die. I'm NOT giving them up. And NO, I'm not a Bush bot. lol. I'm just trying to look at the BIG PICTURE and what I believe is best for America down the road! :)
Your a more forgiving person than I am. If he signs this, and because of the timing I can't honestly say which way he would go, I think he will be in for a surprise when the votes are counted. He would need a lot more than Nader running again to help him out.