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Tankerace -> RE: Presidential Patch or Matrix Elections? (10/27/2004 7:29:13 AM)
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So.... your entire thing of holding accountable for 4 years is based on fiscal spending and the war in Iraq? I support the war in Iraq, and I personally feel safer knowing that Saddam Hussein has been ousted. In the war on terror, Bush has won a fairly swift victory. Never again will another 9/11 be possible.
Fiscal spending has increased. Granted, I don't really support it, but it is one thing that I willa ccept compared to other things.
Education has gotten more attention under Bush than it has in years.
Military spending has ensured our military will be ready for anything. Had AL Gore been elected, (or Kerry now), the military would be in such a bad shape that combating a war on terror would have been more difficult than it already is.
Thanks to Bush, a nuclear missile defense system will now further protect America from terrorist attack, or attacks by other nations.
Under Bush, thanks to the actions in Afghanistan and Iraq, Libya gave up its WMD program. Something that niether George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton could acheive. The War in Iraq may have saved us from fighting in other nations.
Now, I suppose you'd rather have John Kerry elected?
Under Kerry, all US military movements would be dictated by the [corrupt] United Nations. The UN would have a bigger say than the US Congress.
Kerry publicly supports a 50 cent tax increase on gas. I don't know how much it is where you live, but its high enough for my taste where I live. Then, later, he denounced it.
After 9/11, at a time when the US NEEDED intelligence, Kerry voted to cut the intelligence budget. That's like the 1 person who voted to not go to war after Pearl Harbor.
Under his fellow democrats, there is a movement to have the UN run the US presidential elections, NOT the United States Government.
You complain about Bush's raising of taxes (which would partially be ofset by tax breaks). Yet, you want to elect a man who has voted over 350 times in the senate to raise taxes.
You are against the war in Iraq. I respect that. However, it wasn't until April 2004 that John Kerry finally took a firm stance AGAINST the Iraq war, following his indecisiveness and his support for the war. At least Bush made a decision and stuck with it.
When asked in April of 2004 how Kerry would handle Iraq, Kerry said "I will stay the course. And then, once it becomes favorable, I will turn it all over to the UN." Not only is the UN corrupt, but if after 14 months of debating by Bush they wouldn't contribute, why would they for Kerry. In addition, France and Germany have already said they would oppose actions in Iraq, even if Kerry was elected.
John Kerry's flip flopping is so bad [although he denies it], that in Christmas of 2003, democratic nominee Howard Dean's staff gave Kerry a pair of flip-flops for Christmas. His own party recognizes it.
Despite John Kerry's repeated claims, the U.S. 9/11 Commission has released a statement that, since 9/11 the United States is safer than it has been in twenty years. John Kerry is trying to convince the American people that we are in more trouble, despite the US Congress supporting another statement.
19 out of 23 officers that served with John Kerry in Vietnam have publicly signed a document that he is unfit to be President.
Every living commanding officer Kerry had has publicly signed a document saying he is unfit to be President.
In 2003, John Kerry failed to attend 64% of the votes in the US Senate. In 2004 he failed to attend 80%. Even though he is campaigning, he is still technically a US senator and is expected to do his job.
There have been rumors about the draft being reinstated. Oddly enough, all of them originated with John Kerry. Bush, nor the Congress, expressed any interest in the draft. It is Kerry's way of scaring the 18-24 year old voters into electing him.
You complain about Bush and taxes. May I remind you that John Kerry pays roughly 12% income tax, and Bush pays 33-35%. The Average American pays 28%.
In 1991, Kerry was a die-hard advocate for trading with China. Now, Kerry criticizes Bush for trading with China. Anyone smell a flip-flop?
According to Matt Hayes at Fox News, "Kerry then went on to promise that the 8 million to 12 million illegal aliens in the U.S. would be given a “path to citizenship” in his first 100 days in office."
John Kerry is prone to touting and running with false news stories. He did it with the Rather episode (Rather-gate), and he did it with a New York Times story on October 25th. The NYT article said 380 tons of explosives suddenly disappeared from a facility guarded by US troops. However, according to NBC, the explosives had been removed during the 14 months the US was bickering with the UN, and when the facility was seized on April 10, 2003, the explosives had already been moved.
My main reason for NOT voting for Kerry: During the last debate, as he had no real domestic plan, he resorted to foreign policy and personal attacks, and even attacked Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter. The Democrats are supposed to be pro-gay, and the final debate was agreed to be about Domestic issues, NOT foreign policy issues.
In addition, it was John Edwards [democrat VP candidate] that tried to politicize Christopher Reeves death, by saying that "[Through stem cells] when John Kerry is elected, people like Mr. Reeve will walk again." Not only was that in very bad taste, Christopher Reeve himself had said that such research would help them, but they could never walk again.
Oh, and need I remind you of Kerry's wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry? Who in intervies has said people are "idiots for not agreeing with my husband", and in TV and radio interviews, called people scumbags and told them to shove it. In addition, when asked about First Lady Laura Bush, Heinz-Kerry said "I don't think Mrs Bush has ever had a real job."* While the statement was quickly recanted, the fact is it was made. Do you really want her as an emissary of the United States?
Bush isn't the perfect choice. But he is definately the better of the two, at least in my opinion.
*FYI, Mrs Bush was a teacher, librarian, and mother of two before becoming the First Lady. Are those "not real jobs"?
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