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Time to decide who we want to be
Washington Times ^ | 10/01/04 | Wesley Pruden

Posted on 09/30/2004 10:42:38 PM PDT by kattracks

In the cool early light of the morning after, there's a question American voters must ask themselves, a question more important than any posed last night to George W. Bush and John F. Kerry.
    Who are we? Who have we become? What kind of people do we want to be? These are questions for the debate that counts.
    The extrusions of that vile species (erectus porcinus) who murdered 35 of their own children yesterday in the streets of Baghdad in the name of a malignant theology of an eighth-century religion, imagine that we're no tougher, no more resilient, no more courageous than the French, who can never even defend themselves; the Germans, who can't push themselves away from a plate of sausages long enough to recognize peril; or the Spanish, who demonstrated in the aftermath of the Madrid railway bombing that when the going gets tough it's time to cut and run.

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Smug and vain, John Kerry presents himself as the John Paul Jones of the Mekong, the war hero who fears no foe. Maybe he doesn't. But he can't reconcile himself to the harsh and unforgiving fact that we're at war again, and this time against an enemy more vile, more depraved and more wicked than any America has faced before. Maybe he knows that. Whatever he may think, or feel in the marrow of his bones, he cannot jettison the dead weight of the leftmost elements of his party, either now, when his candidacy falters, or later, in the unlikely event he becomes the 44th president. He must be the cut-and-run candidate, just as he would have to be the cut-and-run president.


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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; debates; napalminthemorning; pruden
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1 posted on 09/30/2004 10:42:38 PM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks

great article


2 posted on 09/30/2004 10:44:22 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: kattracks
Kerry and the leftists, blame America first and I categorically reject that. The US, albeit not perfect, is the best country in the world, and it's time to stop apologizing for being the best. That's why the US dominates the world militarily, technologically, culturally, and economically.

We are the best, period. This moral-relatism has got to go and we need to get on with the business of killing the enemy and those that support the enemy, and to heck with what the Euro-weasels or anybody else says.

When you kill enough of the enemy, they stop fighting. It's time to stop being so squeamish about killing and destroying mosques and Islamic shrines that are being used for ammo dumps and military bases.

The Islamofacists of today are just as evil as the Nazis were in WWII, right down to their hatred for Jews, and the enemy needs to be stopped now.
3 posted on 09/30/2004 10:50:40 PM PDT by Retief
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To: kattracks

Someone inna MSM who has a clue. How refreshing.


4 posted on 09/30/2004 10:53:50 PM PDT by wrbones (Where'd I put my tin foil hat....)
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To: wrbones

ALL I CAN SAY IS "WOW" AND "wow" AGAIN..DRUDGE NEEDS TO PUT THIS ON THIS SITE..IT WAS GREAT


5 posted on 09/30/2004 10:57:07 PM PDT by lotex
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To: kattracks
Smug and vain, John Kerry presents himself as the John Paul Jones of the Mekong, the war hero who fears no foe.

Holy crap! Smackdown.

I just can't figure out how you can be a war hero when you've been against every single war or conflict this country has ever been involved in.

6 posted on 09/30/2004 10:59:37 PM PDT by Howlin (What's the Font Spacing, Kenneth?)
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To: wrbones

Wes and the Washington Times are not exactly mainstream media. They are our allies.


7 posted on 09/30/2004 11:02:57 PM PDT by elhombrelibre
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To: 1Mike; 3catsanadog; ~Vor~; ~Kim4VRWC's~; A CA Guy; A Citizen Reporter; abner; Aeronaut; AFPhys; ...

Do NOT miss this article!!!


8 posted on 09/30/2004 11:03:10 PM PDT by Howlin (What's the Font Spacing, Kenneth?)
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To: Howlin

Damn hard hitting. Toughest I've heard it said to date. Good article.


9 posted on 09/30/2004 11:06:45 PM PDT by freestyle
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To: Howlin

Good one, "Global Test" is here to stay and Dubya picked up on it immediately. Like a hunting dog on point.


10 posted on 09/30/2004 11:07:36 PM PDT by jwalsh07 (Ask not what you can do for your country, ask the country what it will do for you!)
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To: kattracks

---Smug and vain, John Kerry presents himself as the John Paul Jones of the Mekong, the war hero who fears no foe.---

Oh my! :^)


11 posted on 09/30/2004 11:07:44 PM PDT by claudiustg (Go Sharon! Go Bush!)
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To: Howlin

Thank you for the ping..have passed along..g'nite!


12 posted on 09/30/2004 11:12:20 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
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To: Howlin
I just can't figure out how you can be a war hero when you've been against every single war or conflict this country has ever been involved in.

Kerry's a war hero, all right, to the Viet Cong.
13 posted on 09/30/2004 11:13:06 PM PDT by Retief
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To: Howlin

Thanks,Howlin,I'll read it right now and get back to you. :-)


14 posted on 09/30/2004 11:13:23 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: kattracks

Just wow!


15 posted on 09/30/2004 11:13:28 PM PDT by bonfire
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To: Howlin
"I just can't figure out how you can be a war hero when you've been against every single war or conflict this country has ever been involved in."

When you have a communist media helping you every step of the way, it isn't hard. The fact that this man even made it to the senate and has stayed on, is a sad commentary on our nations media.

16 posted on 09/30/2004 11:14:50 PM PDT by TheLion
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To: kattracks

I think I would drop over and DIE if my paper, Cleveland Plain Dealer, ran ANYTHING close to this. Page after page of pure propagada, doom and gloom. sigh


17 posted on 09/30/2004 11:15:53 PM PDT by bonfire
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To: Howlin
We must determine again to show our enemies just who we can be, and passing a "global test" of approval be damned.

Fabulous article...thanks.
Boy, W didn't need to wield any swords tonight.
Many mightier pens will be forthcoming.

18 posted on 09/30/2004 11:16:51 PM PDT by b9 ("Does this guy have a soul or is he just a walking Google search?" MHT)
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To: Howlin
Somewhere in this litany lies your answer

What's scary is that similar voices are raised in our own midst, that a serious, credible candidate for president of the United States encourages these voices of fear with articulate nuances, subtleties, modulations, explanations, variations, distinctions, innuendos and pious evasions.

Kerry is a sophist. He will become anything for for his own political expediency, for his own advancement. Truly, I was "Howlin" inside when he stated "I have never wavered."

19 posted on 09/30/2004 11:17:18 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: Lexinom

My whole family was "howlin'" everytime he brought up his military service. It was like watching "MAD TV"


20 posted on 09/30/2004 11:18:38 PM PDT by bonfire
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