Bush deserves 4 more years

Daily Mississippian (U. Mississippi) ^ | 1/21/04 | James Kutkowski

[NorCoGOP]

OXFORD, Miss. -- For years now, Democrats born in traditionally Democratic states with strong Democratic leaders have begged for a candidate who could run for the presidency and win without scandal and baggage.

Bill Clinton was a great leader and a great president, but his personal life made America want a breath of fresh air in 2000. Not even the Boy Scout-like Al Gore could survive the backlash of the Clinton era. In one of the narrowest elections in history, the Democratic Party saw its best chance for lengthy control of the White House dissolve with a candidate who could not win his own state.

Fast forward to 2004, and we are a different nation. Before the Bush-Gore election, few people knew who Osama Bin Laden was. Even fewer knew the names of Saddam Hussein's sons. The economy was already in a recession but we didn't know, and the world was about to be rocked by the most deadly sneak attack North America had ever seen.

In these four years we have learned that most of the other nations of the world despise us for our prosperity and would like to take our way of life away from us. They blame our failing moral compass and use it to excuse their actions. The reality is that we do not teach children to become suicide bombers and we do not take it lightly that people live in poverty. They do. They claim they follow Allah, and Allah has pushed them to do these things. There may be some demon in hell named Allah that is pushing these leaders, but this is certainly not the same Allah my father-in-law worships.

We have learned that Islam has not attacked us. Evil men attacked us in the name of Islam, much like Christian radicals murder abortion doctors, but on a greater scale. President Bush has responded, not by attacking Islamic capitals like Mecca or Medina, but by cutting off supplies to al Qaeda and by removing Hussein from power. All leaders should have the clarity Bush possesses.

In these past few years, we have learned that economic boom is followed by economic downturn and then economic boom again. The Clinton presidency was the largest era of economic growth this nation has ever seen, largely due to the actions of President Reagan before him, but Clinton's genius was to not try to fix what was working and his "hands-off" strategy on the economy made him one of the most popular presidents of all time. It would stand to reason that eight to nine years of boom would be followed by eight to nine years of decline, but our economy is recovering, largely due to the tax cuts on all levels.

While some scream about the tax cuts on the highest levels, these people create jobs and industry. Freeing up money for them to create new wealth only helps in the end. If we tax the GNP at 20 percent rather than 25 percent and that results in the economy growing at a rate of 5 percent faster, it will only take 10 years for the economy to make up the tax loss at the lower rate, and from there on out the economy will produce more with a lower tax rate. Bush knows this as well. It is simple mathematics if we cut wasteful spending such as the National Endowment for the Arts and other mindless hobby-horses of ultra-liberal senators.

Finally, we have learned that we should know our allies and enemies. England, Spain and many others were willing to back us to force Hussein to follow through with his end of an agreement with the U.N. However, Germany, France, Russia and Canada refused. Canada would not be such a big deal except they are a neighboring nation, and Bush is wise enough to know we must maintain good relations with them. Germany and Russia have made it through unscathed. In fact, leaders of both of those nations are slowly coming around. France continues to have a problem with our foreign policy.

We have learned the power of the American economy to inflict retribution on an enemy. According to U.S. News and World Report, France has seen a 50 percent reduction in tourism. We have learned that as buyers and sellers in this economy, we can help our allies and retaliate against our enemies with our spending dollar.

So what does this have to do with the primary, you ask? Very little. Our nation is strong, our president is a man of value and leadership, and our direction is proper. I am a Democrat, but I will stand up and say I will be voting for President Bush on election day ... and you should, too.

[My2Cents]

Those of us not willing to wait 10 years for new jobs to reappear

Gee, sorry to hear you're not employeed, MurryMom. Have you thought of a life on welfare?

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

According to U.S. News and World Report, France has seen a 50 percent reduction in tourism.

LOL!!! Serves them right! The only time I'll ever set foot in France in the future is to take a dump. I won't spend any money there while doing so either.

Does anyone have a link to data regarding the tourism reduction?

[My2Cents]

give Dem office seekers a chance

We've already done that. They tend to spend too much time getting more than their egos stroked over the Oval Office sink.

[carton253]

Your preaching to the choir...

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

...the lost 2.5 million (and counting) jobs during little Dumbya's watch

Typical moronic liberal post. How convenient it is when we forget that the stock market crashed under Clinton/Gore, causing the recession, and subsequent job losses. People are so ignorant it's incredible.

[My2Cents]

Well said. You speak for all of us....Well, for most of us, anyway. Go W!

[Phntmplays]

I agree with you there. Every time a Dem is in office taxes increase, and Paychecks are smaller. I am happy that republicans control both the houses. Hope they can turn this country around. I have watched it slowly go from bad to worse in twelve years.

[genghis]

One test is how much the dems hate him.
If that is the criteria, 43 is doing great!

[Phntmplays]

What I would like to know and understand is this: If the labor has been going down for the past twenty years, if read you correctly. Then why is president Bush getting all the blame for something that has been happening through out the years. I look at stuff like this, is does not matter what your status(meaning, republic, or democratic): The president will always get backlashed, and criticized. I feel sorry for him. He is doing his best and all anyone can do is criticize him. It sickens me.

[Land of the Free 04]

Bush said on Tuesday night that he intends for a budget projection which will allow the deficit to be cut in half within five years.

The first President George Bush made a campaign promise, too. Did this one say what programs he was going to cut?

[Land of the Free 04]

So many Frepers are out to elect liberal democrats by voting for the politician who gets 0.00001% of the vote

The only ones who elect liberals are the ones who vote for them.

[Ditto]

That's the unemployment rate that is going down over the last 20 years. In the early 90s, (under Clinton) they did change the way they calculated the rate which cause about two-tenths of a point downward bias to the published figures. The BLS said, and I do believe them, that there were good technical reasons for adjusting their calculation methods and politics was not a factor. But the fact remains none-the-less, that even at the bottom of this last recession, unemployment rates have remained below the average rate over the last 20 years.

I also understand that all of this is way to complex for Murry Mom to try to comprehend. I can see her head exploding looking at this tables. Like Barbie said, "Oh my God, math is sooooooooo hard."

And they call Bush dumb.

[Your Nightmare]

I believe you are not showing what you think you are showing. The "Civilian Labor Force Level comprises all civilians 16 years of age and over classified as employed or unemployed."

So that chart doesn't show hom many jobs there are but how may people are available for jobs.

http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/meta/long_58608.htm

[DrDeb]

Why has President Bush "earned" FOUR more years as President? Let's as some 'real' people (NOT policy wonks/ideological demagogues):


"President Bush enjoyed a friendly crowd at Roswell’s Convention and Civic Center (NM) on Thursday as he hammered home points from this week’s State of the Union address.

Curry County Sheriff Roger Hatcher was among the supporters.

“I’m glad we have a president with backbone, who’s not afraid to make difficult decisions, regardless of how it affects his chances for re-election,”

The people of the world trust the word of America,” he said to whoops and hollers from the crowd.

Sheriff Hatcher summarized Bush’s speech as “excellent,” and Undersheriff Doug Bowman agreed with him.

“I’m grateful for his respect for law enforcement and the military. We’ve got a president who stands behind us 110 percent,” Bowman said.

Jordan Strebeck, a Clovis High School senior and student body president, also made the trip to Roswell. He said for someone who is interested in politics, Bush’s speech was “one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen.”

“I think he really cares about America and the people of America,” he added.

Strebeck’s friend Jason Seefeld, also a CHS senior, said Bush’s stands on the war on terror and home-front security impressed him.

“It was a once-in-a lifetime experience for us to come here and hear what he had to say,” Seefeld said.

Roswell resident Dottie Edwards said this was only the second time a sitting president has visited Roswell. Ronald Reagan visited the city in 1984. She said what she liked best about Bush’s speech was his honesty about the issues."

http://cnjonline.com/engine.pl?station=clovis&template=storyfull.html&id=4010

[Your Nightmare]

Of course the unfriendly crowd was kept a few hundred yards away in a "free-speech zone"

;-)

[Land of the Free 04]

“I’m glad we have a president with backbone, who’s not afraid to make difficult decisions, regardless of how it affects his chances for re-election,”

That's true in some areas---but it has not been true in the spending area.

[Ditto]

You are correct. My bad. But work the numbers and it still shows a net gain in jobs of about 900,000 since Jan. 2001, not a 2.5 million loss of jobs.

[DrDeb]

"Of course the unfriendly crowd was kept a few hundred yards away in a "free-speech zone"


So, you identify with the anti-American, anti-military, anti-police, pro-Marxist, pro-death (i.e., abortion), pro-terrorist, anti-semitic 'rent-a-crowd' that always shows-up to protest our President?! 'Nuf said!

[Your Nightmare]

Do you identify with the people who came to protest Clinton? I believe there were treated the same way.

Besides, I was just kidding.

[Your Nightmare]

I think what people are saying is that there are 2.5 million more unemployed people that when Bush took office.

3,091,000 more workers - 689,000 more jobs = 2,402,000 more unemployed.

An expanding labor force is something every president has to deal with.