I'm a mother of three, guess you could call me a security mom. I would vote for Bush anyway, but whenever anything dealing with terrorism comes up, my first thought is of my kids.
I think what happened in Beslan was a 'reality clincher' to moms as to the lengths terrorists will go to. Any parent, no matter the nationality can relate to the overwhelming loss those families experienced.
Mother's don't want apathy! Islamofascism is like cancer. You may know you have it, but it doesn't realy hurt, or affect your health so much, at first, so you ignore it. It grows silently, until it's reached the liver, the lungs, or the brain, a part which can not be removed and is essential to survival. By that time, it's too late. The pain is immense, and the outcome is sealed.
Okay enough analogies! I really believe that Mom's won't stand for complacence. I think most understand that this is a threat that won't go away even if Kerry is elected. It may grow silently for awhile, but then it will be worse, and likely, it will be here. I also think that not just as a mom, but as an American, ain't no terrorist gonna tell me what the heck to do. That would be surrender! I'm not raising my kids under Islamofascist rule! I won't take one step down that road. A vote for Kerry because of this threat would be just that.
I am glad this story is breaking now, and not on the eve of election. There are those who may have a fearful knee-jerk reaction. However, even if that was one's initial reaction, given a few days to think it over, I imagine the American resolve would surface.
Yes! Hugh Hewitt led his show with THIS! I don't know how many emails he got from Feepers, but I was one!
http://www2.krla870.com/listen/ His show just started.
Agreed with everything you said. My first reaction when I heard this was for my kids. Keeping them safe. My sister called after Beslan to remind me I'm on my nephew's "E" list for school.
As we spoke, the "E" list reasons were not the usual list we discuss, "in case he's sick, or school let's out early," but if there's an attack. That phone call was a sobering reality underscoring the compelling reasons my sister and most of my family are voting/or have voted for President Bush.
No flippant Kerry campaign promise to keep us safe is convincing. He is not the man George W. Bush is, nor will he ever be such a man.
I'm with you! I'm a mother and now a grandmother of a little boy. I voted already for my President Bush. I have no regrets and would vote for him over and over.
I will not be intimidated by knife welding idiots who think they can run the world.
They can take my life but they can't kill my spirit.
