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My 15 Year Old Daughter's Editorial for Bush - A Proud Father's Shameless Vanity Post
AP US History in a San Diego High School | 10-22-04 | My 15 Year Old Daughter

Posted on 10/22/2004 9:07:54 AM PDT by p. henry

President Bush has evidenced his personal strength and ability to lead the United States in more than one way. Some years ago, when Laura Bush told him he could either continue to abuse alcohol or continue to be married to her but that he could not continue to do both, he was strong enough in character to choose his family over his addiction. The President has also been willing to pursue a foreign policy, especially in Iraq, that is disliked by many people and has severely threatened his political career, because he believes that it is in the best interests of America.

Senator Kerry, on the other hand, has shown a lack of character and leadership abilities, both in his actions during and directly after his service in Vietnam and in the positions he has taken in the latter stages of the current campaign.

He first sought to avoid service in Vietnam by seeking a deferment to study abroad following his college graduation. When that was denied him, he entered the Naval Reserve instead of the active duty Navy. Once he was called up, Kerry served briefly on a ship off the coast of Vietnam, and then volunteered for Swiftboat duty at a time when the Swiftboats were still involved in relatively safe coastal patrolling. When the Swiftboats were assigned to more hazardous patrols in the Mekong Delta, Kerry responded by writing after action reports which resulted in his receipt of three purple hearts for insignificant injuries. He then used those awards as a basis for transfer back to the United States. He was the only member of his unit to use this technicality to avoid further service in Vietnam. Once home, and while still an officer in the United States Naval Reserve, he offered perjured testimony to Congress about the conduct of his fellow Swiftboat sailors and other American soldiers in Vietnam, also traveling to Paris to meet with the representatives of the North Vietnamese. The North Vietnamese used his false testimony to interrogate and demoralize American prisoners of war.

During the current political campaign, Kerry has sought political advantage by making false statements to scare some of the more vulnerable citizens of the United States. He has told seniors that President Bush has a secret plan to privatize Social Security and cut their benefits by up to 45%, when in fact the President has not proposed privatization or any other mandatory change in Social Security or any reduction in benefits for current recipients. The Senator has also claimed that black voters in Florida were disenfranchised in large numbers during the 2000 elections, even when the United States Civil Rights Commission, chaired by a partisan Democrat, has found no evidence to support that claim. Lastly, Kerry has told young people that they may be drafted by the armed forces if Bush is reelected. The truth is that both the Bush administration and senior military officers strongly oppose reinstitution of the draft, that reenlistment rates are high, and that all recent proposals to reinstate the draft have been sponsored not by President Bush, but by Democrats.

Economically, President Bush's policies are exactly what the country needs. Four years ago he inherited an economy in collapse. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, in fact, makes it clear that the rate of new net job creation started declining rapidly almost immediately after the implosion of the NASDAQ Stock Market in March of 2000 and didn't being to recover until September of 2001, when it suffered a further setback as a consequence of the attacks in New York and Washington. Bush's tax reduction and deficit spending policies have caused this inherited recession to be shorter and shallower than it otherwise would have been.

John Kerry would reverse Bush's tax cut only in the top two income tax brackets. His position is both deceitful and hypocritical. It is deceitful because he has claimed that the change would only affect people making $200,000 a year or more. Based on the 2003 Tax Rate Schedules, it would actually affect couples filing jointly who have a taxable income of $175,000 or more and single taxpayers who have a taxable income of $143,000 a year or more. It is hypocritical because Kerry's recently released partial tax return shows that he and his wife earn more than $5 million a year, but are not subject to either of the top two tax brackets. Kerry's true position is that only middle class taxes should be increased, but that taxes on the truly wealthy should stay the same.

President Bush has made America safer, even in the face of extreme foreign disapproval. He has done so by removing the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, by ensuring the capture or death of most al Qaeda's leadership, and by stopping the nuclear proliferation activities of A. Q. Khan in Pakistan. He has also caused Libya to terminate its own WMD programs and removed Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq. None of these results would have occurred under a Kerry administration, because the military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq were opposed by France, Germany, Russia, and China, and Kerry has said he would subject America's foreign enterprises to a "global test". He has even gone so far as to say that it would be appropriate for a United States soldier to die in service to the United Nations, but that such a sacrifice would not be appropriate in an American military action not sanctioned by the UN. George Bush will do what he and his advisors believe is right for America. John Kerry will do what Jacques Chirac, Gerhard Schroeder, and Vladimir Putin believe is best for their respective countries.

Throughout his life John Kerry has idolized John Kennedy and has often said that he would be the next JFK from Massachusetts. It is ironic then that it is George Bush, not Senator Kerry, who has emulated John Kennedy by understanding the economic benefits of lower marginal income tax rates and by "letting every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and success of liberty."


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To: p. henry

What high school? She should submit it to the Union Tribune!


41 posted on 10/22/2004 10:29:53 AM PDT by Hildy (The really great men are always simple and true)
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To: p. henry

Was this an assignment or a school newspaper editorial? If it was an assignment, I'd like to know that grade she gets!!!


42 posted on 10/22/2004 10:31:17 AM PDT by Hildy (The really great men are always simple and true)
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To: p. henry
you SHOULD be proud. Very succinct. This would show a lot of breadth and sound analysis for anyone writing it - let alone someone in 9th or 10th grade (not to demean young people).
43 posted on 10/22/2004 10:38:02 AM PDT by paulsy
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To: MonroeDNA

Well, my daughter is 5'10" and blonde.....


44 posted on 10/22/2004 1:36:51 PM PDT by p. henry
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To: Rutles4Ever

Thank you. I'm sure that Courtney would not object to a further distribution of her editorial.


45 posted on 10/26/2004 2:48:52 PM PDT by p. henry
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To: p. henry
Dude, I am forwarding this link widely. Not only has your brilliant child captured the essence of so many of the important issues, she has done so succinctly and in unequivocal language. You should be proud and she should be published.
46 posted on 10/26/2004 3:02:37 PM PDT by No Longer Free State
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To: dukeman

Thank you. Both of my daughters have joined the Young Republican Club at their high school. Although the YR's are outnumbered, they are not intimidated.


47 posted on 10/26/2004 3:04:12 PM PDT by p. henry
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To: p. henry

15 year old son in Florida dittos to you. If your daughter ever gets to the East Coast.......


48 posted on 10/26/2004 3:05:49 PM PDT by The Right Stuff
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My daughter is in a similar situation at her school. She is not one bit intimidated and now is on the staff of the school newspaper. She often comes home after engaging some of her liberal friends in debate and relates to me how they often admit "well, you've got a point there".

It is obvious many of these kids have only been exposed to one side of politics in all their years. What a pity. My daughter was exposed to BOTH sides and left to decide for herself. She opted for facts, logic, law and decency.

49 posted on 10/26/2004 3:25:41 PM PDT by groanup (Believe me, if it doesn't say Bush Wood on it you don't want it.)
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