As I said before...
Me too! I see that the liberal left has chosen to take my name in vain in spite of the restraint I've shown.OK here goes...
1)Respect- after eight years of Clinton and his disdain for those stupid enough to make the commitment HE avoided, I see George W. Bush board Marine 1 and then debark, because he forgot to return the salute of a marine he WASN"T REQUIRED TO RETURN THE SALUTE OF! Just because he thinks the young mans commitment rates it!
2)Commitment- He said within days of 9/11, that this was going to be a long haul. He said that we might not see the end of it, but our children or grandchildren might. In spite of the left constantly carping about exit strategy, and cost, and the inconvenience at the airport, he is staying the course!
3)Courage- He hasn't sold out what he beleives to be the right thing to do, just because John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, and RICKAMAVEN think he's wrong (as if he could POSSIBLY do something they would give him any respect for!)
There's your three reasons! Now can YOU give me one reason to vote for Kerry besides the fact that he's not Bush?
Further allow me to address Ricks comments point-by-point.
1) i believe he will be able to bring our allies back into the fold and he will be able to make us a part of a coalition, instead of the coalition itself as we really are now. along those lines i believe he will be able to change our reputation throughout the world from priah to at least acquaintance and perhaps friend. the friend part, i really doubt that we can ever be again, if we ever were.
Someone who blindly goes along with whatever the crowd wants, regardless of their own best intrests is not a friend, they're a sucker! The rest of the world is envious of our economy (did you know that the Dinar the currency of Dubai, is tied by their constitution to the US dollar?), and our standard of living. Yes, you can get free health care in places like England, but may have to wait a year to see a doctor! We cannot make the rest of the world love us, they never will! But we CAN and SHOULD demand respect, at least enough respect to not allow terrorists who target our citizens to train, raise funds, and plot within our "friends" borders! And with England, Poland, and for awhile Spain and numerous others, in Iraq, what, to you, constitutes a coalition?
2) i believe he will restore some dignity to the military and not just "hooray for the troops." i believe by restoring money to the VA, pushi9ng for a pay raise, and respecting the commitments made by this government to "the troops", service men and women will again respect the leaders that places them in danger.
Speaking as "one of the troops" I have MUCH more dignity now than I had for the first eight years I served. And I feel that I can safely say I speak for more than just myself when I say I respect our current commander-in chief. At least he's not in the Oval Office doing to an intern what service members from noncoms to flag officers have been forced out for doing! As for payraises, and equipment upgrades, forget the negative ads, check his voting record, he has NEVER voted to appropriate funds for the military! He has CONSISTANTLY voted against EVERY system upgrade that's come up in the past 15 years! Or do you beleive the "I was for it before I voted against it" tripe?
3) i believe he will make adjustments to eliminate some of the tax cuts that have wrecked havoc among the middle and the poor class.
By all real indications, the economy is picking up! The only dark cloud on the horizon is the price of fuel, whick could drive an inflationary monkeywrench into the recovery. By the way, if Bush was so "in the pocket" of big oil, don't you think the prices would be going down to make "their" candidate look good?
I really don't think I'll convince RICKAMAVEN, or any of the hard-core left to vote Republican. Their hatered of Bush, and anything conservative is too strong to be swayed by logic. I can only hope that the casual observer whose mind is not made up may read what I say, and see the truth in my words. Let logic speak for itself. No, I'm not a die-hard, rabid Bush supporter, I don't agree with everything he does, but I DO think he's the best choice we have on the ballot.