Why George W. Bush Gets My Vote...and Why I Think John Kerry is a Whiny Little Girl
Be warned. This is a rant. This is only a rant. Had this been a real emergency, more invective would have been used.
Bush's speech was a call to arms. It was a wake-up-and-smell-reality call. It was nothing less than a "this is who I am and you can count on me."
The domestic agenda he outlined... I liked some parts and disliked others. But I don't want to write about that today. I want to talk about the central issue. Terrorism. As far as I'm concerned, no other issue is half as important. Excerpts from the speech:
Since that day, I wake up every morning thinking about how to better protect our country. I will never relent in defending America — whatever it takes.
We are staying on the offensive — striking terrorists abroad — so we do not have to face them here at home. And we are working to advance liberty in the broader Middle East, because freedom will bring a future of hope, and the peace we all want. And we will prevail.
Do I forget the lessons of Sept. 11th and take the word of a madman, or do I take action to defend our country? Faced with that choice, I will defend America every time.
Others understand the historic importance of our work. The terrorists know. They know that a vibrant, successful democracy at the heart of the Middle East will discredit their radical ideology of hate. They know that men and women with hope, and purpose, and dignity do not strap bombs on their bodies and kill the innocent. The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear — and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.
One thing I have learned about the presidency is that whatever shortcomings you have, people are going to notice them — and whatever strengths you have, you're going to need them. These four years have brought moments I could not foresee and will not forget. I have tried to comfort Americans who lost the most on Sept. 11th — people who showed me a picture or told me a story, so I would know how much was taken from them. I have learned first-hand that ordering Americans into battle is the hardest decision, even when it is right. I have returned the salute of wounded soldiers, some with a very tough road ahead, who say they were just doing their job. I've held the children of the fallen, who are told their dad or mom is a hero, but would rather just have their dad or mom.
And I have met with parents and wives and husbands who have received a folded flag, and said a final goodbye to a soldier they loved. I am awed that so many have used those meetings to say that I am in their prayers — to offer encouragement to me. Where does strength like that come from? How can people so burdened with sorrow also feel such pride? It is because they know their loved one was last seen doing good. Because they know that liberty was precious to the one they lost. And in those military families, I have seen the character of a great nation: decent, and idealistic, and strong.
He had me bawling at this point.
By promoting liberty abroad, we will build a safer world. By encouraging liberty at home, we will build a more hopeful America. Like generations before us, we have a calling from beyond the stars to stand for freedom. This is the everlasting dream of America — and tonight, in this place, that dream is renewed. Now we go forward — grateful for our freedom, faithful to our cause, and confident in the future of the greatest nation on earth.
This man...this man is not going to let the terrorists win. Under no circumstances will he give them an inch. They will perish from this earth before another September 11th. And for my future, my liberty, and those of my family and my future children, George W. Bush is the only man worthy of my vote.
And now to the whiny little girl:
John Kerry is a hypocrit. It is just fine for the likes of a "disingenuous film maker" aka "Fatty" aka Michael Moore to compulsively lie about George W. Bush in his "documentary" (lie-umentary) and suggest that Bush knew the attacks were coming, etc. (I'm not going to rehash this topic. It has been done.) Did Kerry denounce the film as blatant and easily provable lies? NO. Did he denounce the Bush=Hitler ads? NO. Did he denounce the attacks of those claiming that Bush had been AWOL from his National Guard unit? Hell no.
He demands that Bush denounce the Swift Vets and calls on him to have the ads pulled. His campaign wants the Swift Vets book Unfit For Command banned and has said the publisher should be ashamed of printing such lies. These are the men that served beside him and he wants them silenced.
But the freakin' hypocrit has this to say about the so-called attacks on him:
"I'm not going to have my commitment to defend this country questioned by those who refused to serve when they could have and by those who have misled the nation into Iraq," he said. So apparently people who didn't serve in Vietnam are not allowed to call question to his actions, and neither are those who served with him. So who, pray tell, IS allowed to question him?
Besides which, he claims that his patriotism and his eligibility for the position of CIC have been questioned. But at no time did anyone suggest he wasn't a patriot. Zell Miller attacked Kerry's senate voting record (something all Senators should expect when running for office) and his judgement. At no time did he even talk about Kerry's patriotism. Dick Cheney said, "The President's opponent is an experienced senator. He speaks often of his service in Vietnam, and we honor him for it. But there is also a record of more than three decades since. And on the question of America's role in the world, the differences between Senator Kerry and President Bush are the sharpest, and the stakes for the country are the highest. " Clearly that is not an attack of Kerry's Patriotism. Bush too has lauded Kerry for his service and sacrifice in Vietnam.
Furthermore, he's applying for the most important job in America. His suitability to serve as CIC is very much the issue!
So Kerry has determined that he wants to play the role of the damaged party. It doesn't play well. He's a hypocrit, ...and he can't have it both ways. He should expect to have to stand by his record. He should expect to be called on his lies. If he won't take criticism on his ability to serve as Commander-in-Chief from Dick Cheney, George Bush, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Zell Miller, then he should certainly take it from the Vietnam Vets and the Swift Vets.
Whiny little girl. Go home.
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