Posted on 10/26/2004 11:59:23 PM PDT by nunya bidness
It's the truth.
Excellent writing...
redrock
Fantastic distillation of what this is all about, sir. Thank you for the effort you've put into this...it is going out on several e-mail lists as we speak...
Many of the people on this list are incensed at President Bush for what he hasn't yet done on the border.
Like it or not, though, this essay tells what this election is all about. It is because of what nunya bidness says here, which meshes with what I've known all along, that my vote has been cast for President Bush.
Defeat John Communist Fing Kerry for America's Children BTTT
Morning HiJinx.
I'm not happy with some of Bush's policies and decisions but a Kerry Presidency would be a disaster.
I predict a November Surprise when the empty skirts and suits of the MSM stand there gapmouthed as Bush rolls up state after state on November 2nd.
Bookmarked; good work!
It was a great read, especially the last paragraph.
Works for me...
Great work. I wish I was as optimistic as you. I think the dems are going to fight tooth and nail for this, both at the polls and in the courts.
Printing out and reading on the ride home today.
Thanks!
Terrorists shot American Jackie Pflugh in the back of the head and threw her out of the plane 15 ft to the tarmac. She laid in her own pool of blood for five hours before the terrorists allowed an ambulance to recover what they thought was a corpse. Not only did she live but she made almost a full recovery. Egyptian special forces subsequently raided the plane and killed the terrorists as well as many of the hostages.
BTTT
Many of the people on this list are incensed at President Bush for what he hasn't yet done on the border.Like it or not, though, this essay tells what this election is all about. It is because of what nunya bidness says here, which meshes with what I've known all along, that my vote has been cast for President Bush.
To ALL GOP:
GO to the polls and vote for Bush. Take your friends with you to do the same. If you know any Zell Miller type Democrats that support Bush and they are voting for him, take them as well.
Vote EARLY to avoid the rush. If you wait until November 2nd, make SURE to go and vote!! And if you do wait until November 2nd, remember:
IGNORE ANYTHING IN THE MEDIA YOU HEAR (i.e., making a fast, early call in Florida for Kerry, etc.). THE FLORIDA ELECTION DEBACLE OF 2000 CAN AVOID A REPEAT THIS YEAR IF GOP TURNOUT IS STRONG, imho.
bump!
It's politically impossible to do anything about the border. Until voters start to vote consistently for Buchanan-like candidates, nothing is going to happen on that front.
I'm not sure how to/where to post, so thought I'd tack this article onto this thread. It was written by Mathew Manweller... Central Washington University political science professor...
"Election Determines Fate of Nation"
In that this will be my last column before the presidential election, there will be no sarcasm, no attempts at witty repartee. The topic is too serious, and the stakes are too high.
This November we will vote in the only election during our lifetime that will truly matter. Because America is at a once-in-a-generation crossroads, more than an election hangs in the balance. Down one path lies retreat, abdication and a reign of ambivalence. Down the other lies a nation that is aware of its past and accepts the daunting obligation its future demands. If we choose poorly, the consequences will echo through the next 50 years of history. If we, in a spasm of frustration, turn out the current occupant of the White House, the message to the world and ourselves will be two-fold.
First, we will reject the notion that America can do big things. Once a nation that tamed a frontier, stood down the Nazis and stood upon the moon, we will announce to the world that bringing democracy to the Middle East is too big of a task for us. But more significantly, we will signal to future presidents that as voters, we are unwilling to tackle difficult challenges, preferring caution to boldness, embracing the mediocrity that has characterized other civilizations. The defeat of President Bush will send a chilling message to future presidents who may need to make difficult, yet unpopular decisions. America has always been a nation that rises to the demands of history regardless of the costs or appeal. If we turn away from that legacy, we turn away from who we are.
Second, we inform every terrorist organization on the globe that the lesson of Somalia was well learned. In Somalia we showed terrorists that you don't need to defeat America on the battlefield when you can defeat them in the newsroom. They learned that a wounded America can become a defeated America.
Twenty-four-hour news stations and daily tracing polls will do the heavy lifting, turning a cut into a fatal blow. Except that Iraq is Somalia times 10. The election of John Kerry will serve notice to every terrorist in every cave that the soft underbelly of American power is the timidity of American voters. Terrorists will know that a steady stream of grizzly photos for CNN is all you need to break the will of the American people. Our own self-doubt will take it from there. Bin Laden will recognize that he can topple any American administration without setting foot on the homeland.
It is said that America's W.W.II generation is ts 'greatest generation'. But my greatest fear is that it will become known as America's 'last generation.' Born in the bleakness of the Great Depression and hardened in the fire of WW II, they may be the last American generation that understands the meaning of duty, honor and sacrifice. It is difficult to admit, but I know these terms are spoken with only hollow detachment by many (but not all) in my generation. Too many citizens today mistake 'living in America' as 'being an American.' But America has always been more of an idea than a place. When you sign on, you do more than buy real estate. You accept a set of values and responsibilities.
This November, my generation, which has been absent too long, must grasp the obligation that comes with being an American, or fade into the oblivion they may deserve.
I believe that 100 years from now historians will look back at the election of 2004 and see it as the decisive election of our century. Depending on the outcome, they will describe it as the moment America joined the ranks of ordinary nations; or they will describe it as the moment the prodigal sons and daughters of the greatest generation accepted their burden as caretakers of the City on the Hill.
Mathew Manweller
Thanks. Great essay.I started to read that and it sounded familiar.
It's been posted multiple times here on FR.
John Kerry would be a disaster for the War on Terror and the only folks cheering him on are the jihadists, the brain-dead up-to-their-eyeballs in massive Muslim slums of Europeans, and equally brain-dead Americans who would gladly roll over if confronted with jihadists in their midst.
This article should be posted to all those European newspapers that can't seem to understand why Americans are supporting Bush.
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