Posted on 10/15/2004 8:57:05 AM PDT by AnnaSASsyFR
Security Moms Tilting Toward President Bush
ALICIA COLON acolon@nysun.com
During the 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns, the term “soccer moms” was used to describe predominantly white, suburban, middle- and upper-middle-class, college-educated women with children.The economy was a key factor in those elections, and those women tended to support the Democratic nominee. Post-9/11, those women are now being dubbed “security moms” and are leaning toward reelecting President Bush.
Wednesday night’s final presidential debate covered the domestic issues, and the focus in the swing states is still the economy, but many women are finding that their priorities have changed dramatically since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Mary Reilly, a Staten Islander, sent me an e-mail about a new grassroots group called SecurityMoms4Bush.The founder writes on its Web page, www.moms4bush.com, the reasons she decided to form a group to help reelect the president. A Westchester mother of only a few months when September 11 attacks occurred, she found her life turned upside-down by the attacks, which damaged the security of her family.
She writes: “Personally, during a normal election year, I would be right up there on my soap box. This year is so very different.The issues outside of our fight on terror are not as important in the big picture today.
“You see, if we do not take the proper steps to win this war on terror now, the domestic issues will never matter.If we do not take steps now to prevent as best we can future terrorist attacks in the U.S., who cares if we have campaign finance laws? If we don’t show these terrorists that we are the superpower, that we are now, and that they can’t mess with us now, they will win.”
The group is organizing rallies in seven states tomorrow and Sunday. Two will be in Staten Island and one will be in New Jersey. Check the Web site for locations.
Unfortunately, the site does not name the woman who founded the group, but her letter makes a point that resonates with many mothers concerned with their family’s safety. She writes:
“We cannot risk change at this time because of domestic issues. These issues will not matter one iota, if we are being attacked by terrorists. Let’s keep our country safe and then we can all come out of our respective corners and hash out those other issues we may have a passion to fight. We need to be courageous.
“We need to remember 9/11.”
As for the reason she has decided to vote for Mr. Bush and not Senator Kerry,she writes that Mr. Bush has the determination to do what is “best for our country, our future, our children’s future, his children’s future.”
There are also many voters, however, who feel that Mr. Kerry can do a better job and that his Vietnam experience, rather than his 20 years in the Senate, makes him more qualified than Mr. Bush, who served in the National Guard.
Anyone who aspires to the highest position in the country must be prepared to undergo scrutiny, but I doubt Mr. Kerry ever thought that his reputation would be sullied so thoroughly as it was by the book “Unfit for Command.” I ordered my copy from Amazon.com, since it’s hard to find in Manhattan bookstores, and it’s my opinion that the book diminished its authors, John O’Neil and Jerome Corsi, by including their doubts about Mr. Kerry’s Purple Heart honors. Whether they were deserved or, as the authors allege, they weren’t, Mr. Kerry was in harm’s way and could have been killed during the four months he was in country. By the same token, young Mr. Bush was in danger every time during the four years he flew the F-102 fighter jet. Six National Guardsmen died in accidents over the years, including one during the time Mr. Bush was in the Guard. I believe that both Mr. Kerry and Mr. Bush were brave young men.
But Mr. Kerry’s behavior after the war and his record in the Senate demonstrate that he has no real love for the military or any war. In the epilogue of the book “The New Soldier,” Mr. Kerry argues about the conditions that must be met before he would ever go to war again.The last line reads:
“I will not go unless the people of this country decide for themselves that we must all of us go.”
That is not the voice of a leader. It’s 30 years later, and Mr. Kerry is still waiting for others to decide what he should do in the middle of a war.
That’s not very reassuring to a security or a soccer mom in 2004.
Of course it's a Myth, Joe Miner and SASsyFR: (sarcasm off)
Considering that the large majority of handgun purchases, NRA Approved Safety Courses and Concealed Carry Permits nationwide have been made, taken by and given to women since Sept. 11, 2001.
Security Moms are real. I've seen them at pistol and rifle ranges. Talked to them on School Family Nights. And they are a force to be reckoned with!
Jack.
I've read at least half a dozen articles and polls by several major pollsters including gallup. Go to google and try this search and you'll turn up a bunch of them:
Thanks for the bumps!
:^D
I seriously doubt that you are an unpopular person :-)
I'm not unpopular with those who are conservative and don't mind hearing the truth even when it hurts a bit...
However, there are LOADS and oodles of liberals and amoralists in this town... and I don't hold my tongue with them either, although I do TRY to soften it a bit...
(that usually doesn't work ...)
Can someone explain to me why the 5 Widows are for Kerry? Especially in light of the information contained in the 911 report they pushed so hard for????
I spent an hour or so googling, there was two people that actually did any work, the other articles are based on their "research".
Anna Greenberg and Noam Scheiber, two leftist koolaid drinkers are the ones trying to say security moms are a myth.
If you can make sense out of their hand-waving fine, I couldn't.
Anna says the gender gap is less than normal but says it is not security related. Noam is like Kerry, throw enough numbers around and hope that people will just accept his premise.
Oh and Anna as part of her analysis narrows her results to only include white married women as possible security moms, guess she doesn't think blacks or hispanics care about their kids, go figure.
After Action Report - Moms4Bush Rally On Saturday 10/16
NJ Rally for President Bush, Never Forget – Protecting Our Homeland, October 16, 2004
Never Forget – Protecting Our Homeland
Rally
The grassroots groups that include Security Moms 4 Bush, W.I.S.P. (Women In Support of the President), Democrats 4 Bush and Vets4Bush, announce their plans for a rally in Cedar Grove, New Jersey on October 16, 2004. This rally “Never Forget – Protecting Our Homeland” will take place at the VFW Post 6255, Cedar Grove for people to show their support for President George W. Bush.
The theme of the rally is focused around the number one election year issue ~ Our National Security and the War on Terrorism. We welcome all people in the tri-state, NYC area to come and show their support for President Bush and our Military.
Special Guests Include:
Steve Malzberg – MC and Guest Speaker
WABC Radio Host / FOX News Political Analyst / 2004 NYC PBA Man Of The Year
Debra Burlingame – 9/11 Families For A Safe And Strong America
Michael “A.J.Sparxx” Illions – Executive Director of the Pro-Wrestling Republican Coalition, GOPUSA
Mike Barry – Port Authority Officer – worked to help get the WTC American Flag brought into the Olympic Stadium in Utah.
Additional speakers to be announced
Time and Location
1pm ~ October 16, 2004
Cedar Grove, NJ 07003
For additional information about this rally and reservations or to set up an interview, please e-mail nj_rally@yahoo.com Open to those who support the cause. One must RSVP and provide their full name to this e-mail, Name Tags will be given to attendees, security will be provided.
This is privately funded and not affiliated with the VFW
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I already cast my vote for Dubya !!Early voting begins in Texas today 10-18-2004
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