At this point, all I can do is to express my fear in a humorous way. I hope this is not what the American people have become:
Posted on 09/30/2004 10:42:38 PM PDT by kattracks
In the cool early light of the morning after, there's a question American voters must ask themselves, a question more important than any posed last night to George W. Bush and John F. Kerry.
Who are we? Who have we become? What kind of people do we want to be? These are questions for the debate that counts.
The extrusions of that vile species (erectus porcinus) who murdered 35 of their own children yesterday in the streets of Baghdad in the name of a malignant theology of an eighth-century religion, imagine that we're no tougher, no more resilient, no more courageous than the French, who can never even defend themselves; the Germans, who can't push themselves away from a plate of sausages long enough to recognize peril; or the Spanish, who demonstrated in the aftermath of the Madrid railway bombing that when the going gets tough it's time to cut and run.[snip]
Smug and vain, John Kerry presents himself as the John Paul Jones of the Mekong, the war hero who fears no foe. Maybe he doesn't. But he can't reconcile himself to the harsh and unforgiving fact that we're at war again, and this time against an enemy more vile, more depraved and more wicked than any America has faced before. Maybe he knows that. Whatever he may think, or feel in the marrow of his bones, he cannot jettison the dead weight of the leftmost elements of his party, either now, when his candidacy falters, or later, in the unlikely event he becomes the 44th president. He must be the cut-and-run candidate, just as he would have to be the cut-and-run president.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
"..or if we are worthy of what has been given to us."
I hear ya. We are a nation of instant gratification. Remember staying up late watching our military swoop into Iraq and how high Bush's approval rating was? Then once the adrenelin rush was over and people realized that in war, soldiers die, they turned against him. One of the things that sickens me most are the relatives of fallen soldiers blaming Bush. The same families that are SO PROUD of their military sons and daughters can't fathom that they may have to give their lives for their country. And the newspapers and media just love this sort of drama...crying and screaming mothers, angry fathers. And the sheep buy into it and Bush becomes the face of evil.
I'm sick of the media portraying a decent, honorable, Godly man as a babbling idiot and warmonger. Sometimes I wonder if our own citizens aren't the real enemy. The REAL evil. I admire Bush for his optimistic view of the American people and sometimes wonder how he keeps his cool head and kind heart. America is like a little child screaming "I want it MY way..I want it NOW!!" They want someone to fix their crappy little lives without moving from the armchair. God bless President Bush for being a true leader...even for those that hate him.
Sheesh, see what your post did to me??? lol
Bump!
The Dems have been campaigning every day since the appointment of Robert Reich to the cabinet. Every word out of their mouths has been a trial balloon, and all of them are drifting in the wind. WTC911 shut them up for about six months, but otherwise it has been over a decade of Dems searching for a political philosophy. Searching, searching, searching, and not finding.
At this point, all I can do is to express my fear in a humorous way. I hope this is not what the American people have become:
Thanks for the ping! Smackdown, indeed!
I take offense to Pruden's comment about Germans pushing away from a plate of sausage................
Lots of us love sausage and NOT pushing away from the table is an "OK" thing.
Thank you so much for the ping!
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To me, this is a very important article; I printed it off and read it carefully. I was "disturbed" when I finished, to say the least.
Congressman Billybob
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Contains John Kerry's actual statements in his own voice covering both sides of major issues!
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Just outstanding!!!
Thanks for the ping, W-S. This column is the kind of prose that puts steel in one's backbone. It is soaring, inspiring. We are not only on the winning side of the election, but on the winning side of history.
Yes, the whole article is worth reading and surprising it was printed.
As Drudge said on his website....Let the spin begin. Post debate will be lots of spin by both sides on the debates. The debates did not change the mind of the decided. It is hard to believe that anyone could be undecided, but those that are will require a lot to be swayed into who they will vote for. I expect that critical undesided vote start to be divide by both parties over the next few weeks.
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Thanks for the ping.
Be sure and listen ato the link at #72!
It is disturbing, especially here in lib la-la land. I am (sadly) sure that Kerry will win in my city....but perhaps not state-wide. There is presently a campaign to split our electoral votes....brought to us by the dims. I would like to think that a majority in our country see the inherent risks of a JFnK in the White House-yet it is hard to be optimistic here in socialist land. sigh.
Gotta read this
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