How am I to defend differences of opinion? You view his tax cuts as a bad thing, but really, the rich are the ones that PAY most of the taxes. Why is it there burden? Al Sharpton said that he would take away all the taxes for the lower/middle class. Is that right? Why shouldn’t everyone be responsible for their fair share? If you make the rich pay everything, it takes away the incentive to actually reach for the stars. Someone making 200,000 dollars a year, would pay less taxes than someone making 200,001 (or more) under Kerry. Is that right? Why would you show that to the young? Here kids, if you do really great, work really hard, and achieve your dreams… it won’t be worth a damn because “Big Brother” will take it all away from you. What? So, this comes down to a difference of opinion. You feel it might be better to take the legs out from under a dreamer, while I think it’s better to keep the “American Dream” alive. You think I think you’re diseased, why do you wonder why?
You guys are totally right, Bush is simple minded. That, coupled with my own personal preference to hold onto my romantic ideals, makes it hard for me to see Bush as this evil mastermind who’s done all the devious things you claim he has.
Where I see the difference, is when I see your approach to the President. At every corner, with every news story that’s released, you take the negative spin against him. Cut him down at every opportunity. The Liberal news reports “news” full of lies, easily disproved lies, on a daily basis. As soon as one story is killed, you rake another one up. You so desperately want to believe he’s this evil, oil-soaked bad-guy.
That’s why I lump you all together. Your words, and points of view are all so similar and singular that it’s almost scary to take a step back and look at the both of us. To actually believe that only 3 years ago we were standing shoulder to shoulder instead of back to back. Why? Iraq right?
At every turn of the war, it was bad news and bad forecasts consistently being a constant in the Liberal media. You’ve said it would take ten years to defeat him, that it’d be another Vietnam, and that the costs would far outweigh the value.
Anybody turn the news on lately? Hear the story about how the Russians came in and took that three-hundred tons of explosives to Syria? Hmm. Well, that’s interesting isn’t it? Let’s see, if they did that, who’s to say that some other people didn’t take the chemical weapons to be used elsewhere? This news break has established a basis for my long-held theory that weapons exited the country before we got there. If you go and read all there is to read on Iraq, all the papers on all the atrocities that were committed there under Saddam, it’s unmistakeably obvious that they possessed weapons. If they had ‘em, why would they get rid of them? Saddam was on his way out this decade, and his Sons are as bad or worse than he is. Someone who uses money that is supposed to feed the starving people of his country isn’t a likely hander-outer of expensive toys. Unless he had a purpose, which I’m sure, had he let them go, would have been to help fellow terrorists. Whichever the case, why would you guys want this man running his agenda throughout the world? Especially when the sanctions were weakening, and while the UN was being bought off by him? Ridiculous.
No, I mention Gore because he and Clinton are as much to blame for our problems today as Bush ever will be. And yet, no, they were great and we miss them. It pisses me the #### off to be quite honest with you. How you could so blatantly turn a blind eye to the fact that Clinton had a receding economy in his lap… and did nothing. Just like he did nothing to hamper Osama’s efforts taking place all around the world (and here). How they did everything to try and cut our intelligence, and told us that they were only getting rid of useless staplers. You claim I’m not seeing everything, but if we were acting in a play, you sure as #### would be playing the Pot. We see what we want to see, and parts of you just hate Bush. So you choose to see that.
I’ve spoken good things about the Democratic Party in here, and yet, for the most part… all you’ve all done is bash Bush. I just feel you’ve chosen the wrong guy, the worst guy for this time we’re living in.
There’s a lot of work to be done, and to be honest, there always will be. There are always going to be problems that need solving. What matters is how we address them, and how quickly we address them. If you really feel strongly about solving The Hunger Crisis, then goddammit go out there and do it.
Part of my fear is derived from the fact that I was in Vegas on that day of days. It was way too surreal for me, the buildings actually falling. But, being where I was at the time, I felt very scared. I thought to myself, “####, look around you, you’re visible from space for Christ’s sake!” We were traveling through the Hoover Dam area, and I just felt scared. Everyone around me was buying up toilet paper and water as if tomorrow’s uncertainty was everlasting.
I don’t take that for granted.
This isn’t because of the terror levels, as Michael Moore would have you believe. After the first few times they raised it, I basically decided it was just them being overly precautious. Although, being near Raytheon, and all the bases down here… I did think my area could be the stage for the next sorrowful scene… When you think about it logically though, it wouldn’t really cripple the economy as much as a largely populated area. Besides, this isn’t a general military conflict like we’ve seen ever. They aren’t out to destroy out battleship, they’re after our minds and our sense of well-being so that we won’t be the infamous consumers we’ve grown to be known as. The Evil Americans. The White Devils. What happened that day cost the world 880 billion dollars. All these terrorists have to do is take one of their suitcase nukes into one of our major harbors, and the cost of shipping internationally will rise dramatically. I’m not sure how many more massive hits our economy can take.
Do I think Bush has done enough to safeguard us from this threat? #### no I don’t.
Do I think that Kerry is more likely to do anything at all about it? Nope, not with that ####### record when it comes to American Safety.
Had you chosen Lieberman, we might actually be talking about the issues right now instead of debating the various character assassinations. With the current economic shortcomings, you might actually have won with a sweeping majority. Sad to say that now it’s gonna’ be close race which won’t be over on Nov 3rd.
Has Bush lied to us? This, we may never be certain of. Not with our Government’s history of covering things up like so many pee spots on white carpet; however, I do know that Kerry HAS lied to me. If you lie to me about being intoxicated, why am I going to give you the keys to my car? What’s worse, is that he really wants to drive. I don’t see that in Bush. I don’t see the almost animalistic lust for power that some people are possessed with. That’s probably the biggest reason I’m voting for him, and it’s also where one of your biggest arguments contradicts itself. If Bush is this evil guy who’s there to help all his buddies out, how could it be possible for him to come across as such a simpleton? You’d think that such a major acting part would require some serious brains and practice… yet, he always comes across as a generally likable guy, and genuinely passionate about the wellbeing of America. He’s passionate about his family, especially his wife. Something John Kerry will never be able to say about his wife.
Okay, I’m really tired, but I’ll leave you with this.
My Political Conspiracy Theory.
The reason that Bill Clinton didn’t implement a tax-cut when it was necessary, is because he didn’t want Gore to win. This is also backed up by the lack of support Gore had on his campaign trail. Clinton was notably absent from most speaking opportunities. And, if you had just been tuning into Clinton’s speech at Gore’s big dinner, you’d think that the dinner was to celebrate Bill.
Bill doesn’t want Kerry to win either. Why? Because he wants Hillary to have a go at the White House in 2008. The Clinton’s could have released the entire 300-ton explosives story, all-the-while knowing that it was to be rebuked later on… just to further illustrate Kerry’s willingness to run with a negative Bush story, for the polls. His heart operation, could have just been a way to get off of Kerry’s trail, to try and kill some of Kerry’s steam. Those last two points are admittedly FAR FETCHED, but they make you wonder as much as any of Michael Moore’s theories.. and I know the sweet joy you all take in reveling in those…