A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day...09-02-04..."Another reason it's Bush for Four More Years"

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Another reason it's Bush for Four More Years

by JohnHuang2

"I thought I needed to stand up for steel and I did stand up for steel," Bush told the cheering multitude in steel country, West Virginia, on Sunday. "I put in place safeguards to restore fairness to the market to help our steel folks adjust," he added. "And it worked." Delighted, the throng of 10,000 erupted. Campaigning in the Mountain State on the eve of the Republican convention in New York, Bush was introduced at the rally by a Democrat, Rick Cassini, union shop steward at a big steel firm in Wheeling. He called Bush a "man of steel," the "original promise keeper," who bucked the critics who blasted the tariffs now credited with saving jobs. At the time, some of the loudest criticism came from within his own GOP. Didn't matter one whit to Bush. He did what he promised he'd do.

Man of steel. Promise Keeper. Both are earmarks of the Texas Hombre, a man of steely resolve, a genuinely decisive leader who says what he means and does what he says he'll do.

Try affixing "Man of Steel" or "Promise Keeper" to the man Bush's running against and try not to bust a gut laughing. No Can Do. Kerry, man of steel? Pul-eeze. Isn't this the guy who's spent August melting away and begging Bush to make the Swifties turn off the klieg lights? Kerry, the Promise Keeper? Flipper changes positions faster and more often than J Lo changes husbands. If you know anything about Lurch, you know his penchant for doing 180s. Flipper has gone from voting against the first Iraq war to voting for the second Iraq war, voting to fund the war before voting against it, then saying he'd vote for the war again today and vote to defund the war. On overseas troop deployments, Lurch was gung ho in early August for major realignment. Two weeks later, Bush calls for major realignment. Lurch then comes out against major realignment as reckless. Flip-flop? No, says, Flipper. He supports major realignment -- just not this week because Bush came out for it.

Did you know how Rassman fell overboard? That happened when Kerry spun his Swiftboat 180-degrees to bug out when number three boat struck a mine. On issues, Kerry has spun his Swiftboat so many times, he's flung almost everyone overboard a la Rassman.

If Lurch hadn't noticed his boat by now was almost empty, a flurry of recent polls showing Bush surging ahead, even before his convention, underscored the point. Kerry could stop his boat right now, head back to find the missing, but it'd be too late. W. had already fished them out. Compared to Kerry, Bush is seen as the stronger leader, 54%-39%, better at leading the War on Terror, 56%-38%, better at handling the war in Iraq, 52%-44%, and more honest and trustworthy, 47%-41%, this according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, released Monday.

After the Democrat convention in Boston, Kerry was seen as more honest and trustworthy than Bush, 47%-41%, but Kerry worked feverishly through August re-polishing Bush's image as the more honest and trustworthy one, reversing the numbers. Similarly, after the Democrat convention, Kerry was seen as more qualified to be Commander-in-Chief than Bush -- by eight points. Bush needed to work at changing that, and Lurch hopped right to it, reminding voters that his idea for keeping America safe is to ban books, yank ads, bend over for Euroweenies and wage 'sensitive wars'. Kerry's effort was effective. Now Bush is seen as more qualified to be Commander-in-Chief than Gigolo by ten points, 53%-43%.

In this poll, high on the list of voter concerns is terrorism and homeland security. Before the SwiftVet ads had hurt Kerry's feelings, say, back in May, I'd wager the war in Vietnam ranked dead last on that list, probably coming in at 0.01%, tops. Eager to tap this groundswell, the Kerry geniuses framed their whole campaign around the war in Vietnam. Bush says this election is about the War on Terror. Kerry says this election is about his four months in Vietnam. (Leave it to Bush to try to sweep Vietnam under the rug!) No contest as to who's winning this, (strangely, Vietnam doesn't set people's teeth on edge quite like al-Qaeda) yet Mr. 'Reporting for Duty' wonders why the SwiftVets he slandered are beating him like a rented mule. (In Senate testimony, Kerry accused American troops of cutting off ears, lopping off noses in the manner of Genghis Khan collecting parts for Michael Jackson's face.)

Speaking of rented mules, the Democrats weren't about to lay low this GOP convention week, so out of mothball came the prancing Donkey-financed scraggly Kooks United for Peace and Justice and Naked Trotskyites for Taliban Rule rent-a-mob marching through the Big Apple. Big media call this crowd a glowing portrait of middle America. Among the pet causes of this middle America crowd is freedom for cop-killer, Mumia Abu-Jamal (someone very dear to most Americans, I'm sure), as opposed to crazy GOP fringe causes like whacking the crap out of al-Qaeda, cutting taxes and drilling for oil in ANWR so we don't have to depend on ALLAH AKBAR!! screaming nutball Mullah clerics in Iran to fuel Teresa's fleet of SUVs that Flipper says he doesn't own. The ten naked AIDS activists reminded me of what Janet Jackson said the other day. She claimed Bush used her naked left breast to divert attention from Iraq. How silly. Bush invaded Iraq to divert attention from her naked left breast.

As for events inside Madison Square Garden, the media, which paints Republicans as narrow-minded bigots, demanded to know why Republicans weren't acting like narrow-minded bigots and why the narrow-minded bigots they couldn't find weren't allowed to address the convention so that they could attack Republicans as narrow-minded bigots. The most prominent speakers, such as Rudy, Arnold and Zell Miller, are moderates who disagree with the platform that nobody ever reads. So, here you've got a hugely popular Republican governor from the largest state and a Republican ex-Mayor seen as a national hero and the media wants to know why Republicans would put them on stage when they disagree with Part III, chapter 14, section 3.6, line 7 of the platform.

The kick-off speeches on Monday gave Democrats more reasons to be filled with high dudgeon. Rudy was eloquent, forceful, riveting, funny and downright charming. And down to earth. He spoke passionately of 9/11, as one who witnessed the horror first-hand. Effusively, he saluted the President's leadership in the aftermath. Needling the Democrats further, John Kerry's first choice for running mate, John McCain, gave Hamas' Boy-toy Michael Moore a deliciously well-landed blow, making him run off crying and pledging never to return -- a move which frees up several dozens seats, maybe a whole section. With the Big Three Broadcast network cams looking on, the prime time star attraction on Tuesday was Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger. His speech electrified the place. He pumped up the crowd. Then he brought the house down. Arnold's the living embodiment of the American Dream. But he didn't toot his own horn. He thanked America, his adopted country, for the freedom he enjoys.

"Now the other party says there are two Americas," he noted. "Don't believe that either. I've visited our troops in Iraq, Kuwait, Bosnia, Germany and all over the world. I've visited our troops in California, where they train before they go overseas. And I've visited our military hospitals. And I can tell you this: Our young men and women in uniform do not believe there are two Americas. They believe we are ONE AMERICA and they are fighting for it! We are one America -- and President Bush is defending it with all his heart and soul!"

Beaming with optimism, he smoked out the Drama-Queen-Duo on the other ticket as "economic girliemen" for talking down the economy. Prolonged, rapturous applause followed. He nailed the Democrats chapter and verse. A muscular delivery as only Arnold could deliver. The biggies at NBC/CBS/ABC could barely fight back the tears. They knew the score. The only solace to them is the thought Arnold may be forced to sleep on the couch. ;-)

Capping the night was George W. Bush's not-so-secret weapon, First Lady, Laura Bush, whose deep love and devotion flowed with every word. She's a big reason it's Bush for Four More Years.

Anyway, that's...

My two cents

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[deadhead]

Welcome to the Finest, auboy. Will keep your cousin in my prayers along with all the other Finest's family and friends who are serving now or have served. Bless all of them. Just love that purple iris..beautiful picture. Purple Iris's are special to me. My Dad, who wasn't into gardening, planted bulbs one year...all purple iris's :-)

[OESY]

"The military is a rigorous culture that places a high premium on battlefield accomplishment.... In a sense, there's nothing that says more about your career than when you fought, where you fought and how you fought.... If you wind up being less than what you’re pretending to be, there is a major confrontation with value and self-esteem and your sense of how others view you.... When you are the chief of them all, it has to weigh even more heavily.” -- John F. Kerry, who received both a Silver Star and a Bronze Star with "V" pins for valor, as quoted by the Boston Herald, May 18, 1996

[Temple Owl]

Dearest Deadhead, thank you for asking, but my son is safe in California. He owns a home and a sailboat in Melbourne Beach right in the path of Frances. But sailboats and houses can be replaced.

[Aquamarine]

*Your* senator is a winner!

I can't take any credit for him having never voted for him. Would vote for him next time if there was one...he's retiring in January.

[LadyX]

(Don't ask - I won't tell - how the day went..:(

Circling the field after viewing the Convention, and would you believe what I found this week, JuanHernando, right in Madison Square Garden??

!!!!! W M D 'S !!!!!

I mean, it was volley after volley fired from the right (of course) and the left and the back and the front, but especially from the podium - -

Weapons of Mass Delight, they were,
speaker after speaker-- !!!

I shall sleep well this night. He did not lie..:))

[LadyX]

Steve is in Davie (western suburb of Ft. Lauderdale) and called today to say he had put on his storm shutters.
After Frances strikes, his DMAT Team WILL be deployed to where they are needed most.

Kevin is in an area of West Palm Beach named LakeWorth. He didn't get hurricane shutters for his two-story house, and they will leave it and go either to his wife's parents' home on Biscayne Bay, if it comes in above there - or to her office building.
Susan is an attorney for the State of Florida on environmental issues, and their office was designed to withstand just about anything other than a tornado.

Mr.Owl, I moved from Coral Gables, Florida to Melbourne at age 9 1/2, until 18 - was there again for 4 years - returned to Port Malabar (Palm Bay) for 3 - then later lived in Ft. Pierce and Panama City.

Melbourne Beach used to be quite deserted below the few blocks of the town, with plenty of parking spots..:))

Have you seen in Melbourne on New Haven Avenue the three buildings converted into the Henegar Arts Center?
It was named for my 9th grade algebra teacher and later high school principal, Ruth Henegar.
The center building used to be our grades 1 through 6 - the east one 7 through 12 - the west one the cafeteria, band room and storage.

It served *ALL* children from the Sebastian River to halfway to Cocoa - and west to the St. John's River!

Not only is this hurricane twice the size of Charley, but according to the Weather Channel twice that of Andrew - the size of TEXAS....

It will indeed be devastating, moving at slow speeds...

[LadyX]

Miss Dixie - I meant to address # 46 to you, too.....
Y'all hunker down now, you heah?

Praying we all will be spared harm - - -

[Billie]

T.G.I.Labor Day Weekend thread is posted but no hurry to get there - carry on here, FRiends!

Wasn't our President wonderful tonight! He got very emotional at the end - gotta love him for that soft heart, and equally strong will and determination.

[spotbust1]

spotbuster ........ husband

[JohnHuang2]

Dutchess, awesome, just awesome (but I've come to expect it ;-)

Thank you very, very much for the compliments, my friends -- I'm honored and humbled.

((((((((((((((((((Billie; Aquamarine; dansangel; dutchess; Mama_Bear;WVNan;Pippin;FreeTheHostages;Calpernia;Ladyx;GailA;dixie sass;Libertina;Lakeside;deadhead;JustAmy;DollyCali;kayak))))))))))))))))))))

[Temple Owl]

I love Melbourne. I even thought about retiring there, but we decided to stay put with our friends and grandkids. Hopefully, Frances will be kind.

[Temple Owl]

Another winner John. Thank you too dutchess. And good morning to FReepers everywhere. Viva Bush.

[auboy]

Thank you deadhead. Bless your Dad for his service. I love your tribute to him on your profile page. What a good looking man.

Purple Iris's are also my favorites. I am blessed to have a neighbor who has not just a green thumb, he has two of them.

I am grateful for your prayers for my cousin. We owe a tremendous debt to all those who have earned and are protecting our freedom.

[DollyCali]

We need to get you a part time position with assistance in presidential speech writing don't we? I hope you have a nice weekend John & prayers to all in path of hurricane.. their safety & peace in this storm.

[deadhead]

Thank You for your kind words. I checked out your profile page. Love the quote you have there, "The Older I get....."
I agree 100% with your sentiments. Cute pup on your page, we at the finest love our animals.

[deadhead]

"But sailboats and houses can be replaced"

Absolutely, Temple Owl! Safety for ones self and loved ones first. Will never understand how some folks stay and not take the advice to evacuate.

[spotbust1]

"ET phone home"