Posted on 09/11/2002 7:14:25 AM PDT by RonDog
Best regards. Stay aremed ... stay safe!
That's not surprising when you were stumping for President Lamar Alexander, as Hugh was.
My father was descended from colonists, and earned a purple heart in WWII.
My father-in-law was NOT descended from colonists, but also earned a purple heart in WWII.
Two more proud American vets could not be found. FYI Americans of Mexican ancestry have served and sacrificed in wars, in greater proportion than their share of the population. I expect they saw it as a way to fully "earn" their places in American society.
Today's volunteer military ranks are made up by minorities in greater proportion than their share of the population. They are pretty good at what they do, and I suspect many of them would find your characterization of their abilities to be way off base.
Mr. Hewitt quoted Churchill suggesting that it is the pioneer heritage that gives America the cultural character to fight for liberty. Those who voted for Clinton were not people that love our nation and its heritage. (Or if so they were badly deluded.) That body of Americans clearly does NOT have the pioneer spirit. You and I may disagree as to why the "Blue State" masses don't possess American cultural character, but that problem threatens our nation's future.
Your in-laws and the others whom you laud are unquestionably capable to and AND willing to serve. And I thank them for their service.
You do a dis-service to the discussion, however when you suggest that ethnicity has anything to do with what I am saying. Surely you are not suggesting that there were no Irish colonists or that there were no African-American pioneers! There most certainly were.
So, please don't muddle this otherwise thoughtful discussion with a (perhaps unintentional) red herring racial argument.
I hope you're right about this. I don't travel in the circles of the Hollywood Left, but I do talk to my co-workers and neighbors.
Many, if not all, are of the general consensus that this (9/11) would not have happened if Bill Clinton was still in the White House.
Many blame Dubya for the "recession", Enron, Worldcom, and their latest hangnails, and long for the days Bill Clinton provided for them so nicely. (Forget about explaining to them about the Reagan tax cuts as the master stroke that made the 90s boom possible. It falls on deaf ears.)
Our company sent out a pre-9/11 directive that no American flags, red-white-and-blue ribbons, or any other patriotic displays would be tolerated in the office out of their commitment to diversity; that they are symbols of bigotry and hate, and that failure to abide by the directive would result in immediate termination with prejudice.
There are still multitudes of people who worship Clinton and his sleazoid, harpy, shrewish wife like gods, not to mention the army of soccer moms who fantasize about him day in and day out, who would do literally anything to put him back into the White House.
I believe Dubya will win re-election in 2004, no sweat. But the more I see of things -- not in the elite media, or on college campuses (which is depressing enough), or on television -- the more I think these eight years are but a respite between the tandem terrors of two Clinton regimes.
And don't expect the nation to survive eight years of Hillary. I don't know what will emerge after that carnage, but it won't be this Republic.
I hate to say it, but I have my doubts about Hugh Hewitt's outlook for the future, although I'd love to be proven wrong.
Jeepers, it sounds like you are in the "belly of the beast" where you are. Hang in there! Sometimes a word spoken now and brushed off will be remembered down the line over a cup of coffee...
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