Posted on 10/29/2004 12:44:34 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
The presidential choice this year is between a believer and a thinker. Sen. John F. Kerry is clever and knows many things. George W. Bush knows one big thing. The debates were between two boxers, a jabber and a hooker Ali and Frazier, perhaps — one who floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee and a bull that bores in till he bangs a hard one to the chin.
But there were no knockouts. Mr. Kerry won on points. He was confident, smooth and articulate. He danced circles around President Bush, who awkwardly absorbed punishment untill he could finally land his big left fist. "Global test." Bang. Mr. Kerry almost went to the mat. It resounds today, and as the president's bruises and bumps heal Mr. Kerry's head still aches from the blow that came when he dropped his guard.
Question: Does America really want a commander-in-chief who subordinates security to a "global test?" What, pray, is that? Is it the United Nations, whose impotence and incompetence is exceeded only by its hypocrisy and corruption? Is that Mr. Kerry's sentry of our safety? What of George Bush? What does he propose? Everyone can see that he is truly a believer, a man of faith. He does not know as many wonderful things as the senator, but he believes a man with faith has enough, and a man without it does not. Faith is his strength, and it takes a faith to defeat a faith — an idea to defeat an idea.
In Vietnam we wondered why our enemy was so resolute and our ally was not. The answer was simple. The enemy believed, with the fervor of faith, and won.
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My family in Texas has added 4 more votes for Bush.
Great!
I keep telling folks that we need to run up the score where we can, so we don't have to listen to all that "throw out the electoral college" qa-qaa...
LOL! I think you made me disturb (woke up) the neighbors.
Yeah, I think it bothered the hippie in the next booth, too...
Who in their right mind would call Kerry a man of ideas, much less a "thinker"? Stinker is more like it.
Kerry's been "thinking" about being president all his adult life.
The WSJ pointed out that Kerry's proposed tax increase on high earners (as opposed to the super-rich like Teresa) would have the additional effect of increasing the value of tax-free munis (which -- coincidentally enough -- Teresa has by the bushelful!).
Title is incorrect; should be:
"Choices for president - A man of faith vs. a man of lies"
Bush 65%, Kerry 37%
Yes.
The liar figures how to twist the facts and fool the people.
Someone pinch him, he's dreaming. I see you are an insomniac also.=o)
Mostly just an early riser.
Exactly what evidence is there that Kerry is a "thinker"???
I know of none.
Simple cause and effect is beyond this man.
I voted for Bush yesterday afternoon after waiting in line for about 25 min. Felt good! North Carolina is Bush country!
No offense, but that's nonsense
Marx and Lennin were thinkers.. Intellectuals with no moral foundation
Ronald Reagan was a believer. He believed in America, He believed in Freedom and he believed in God.
Unfortunately there are other believers out there who can be negative - Osama for instance... It comes down to what you believe. There can be good thinkers too, George Will for instance.
Generally though, I'll stand with a good man of faith than a good thinker any day. The man who believes is the one who accomplishes great things. The thinker will almost always end up compromising away victory
Good map! My oldest son served in the first Gulf War and was mostly in Qatar. The last time I talked to him, he was confused as to why we are taking so many prisoners. Although he was not in a major combat area, he said, "If they're the enemy, just shoot them so we don't have to watch all these charges of prisoner abuse".
It's so easy for Kerry and all the other 'Monday morning quarterbacks' to criticize how the military operations are being handled. And so many Democrats that can connect dots to imagine Bush caused or could have prevented the 911 attacks CAN'T seem to connect the dots between Al Qaeda- Saddam Hussein and the oil-for-food scam.
Still, one of the MSM tv channels showed a survey of voters that indicated 48% of those voting for Kerry are voting for him because he's not Bush; while only 16% of Bush voters are voting for him because he's not Kerry.
Kerry has ideas? It seems he has different promises depending on who the audience is. Bush is running for president, while Kerry seems to be running for Mr. Universe.
***....Compassion ceases if there is nothing but compassion, and revulsion turns to insensitivity. Our “soft pity,” as Stefan Zweig calls it, is stimulated, because guilt is a convenient substitute for action where action is impossible. Without the power to do anything, sensitivity becomes our main aim, the aim is not so much to do anything, as to be judged. Salvation lies in the verdict that declares us to be wrong....salvation consists not only in a futile exchange of influences, but in the recognition of the superiority of foreign thought, in the study of their doctrines, and in conversion to their dogma. We must take on our former slaves as our models. . . . It is the duty and in the interest of the West to be made prisoner by its own barbarians. ***Source
And he can bunk with Michael Moore.
I think you're right, the left has effectively bullied most people into silence by calling them names. If you criticize their ideas or stances in any way, they immediately respond by demonizing you for daring to speak. That way they don't have to answer the charges.
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