America takes the easy way out
The War Against Terror - Most Democrats called for a change in Iraq, some kind of withdrawal schedule or even an immediate pull out.
This election was a reflection of our society. We want instant gratification, we want high-speed internet, we want to believe there is an easy way out. A free lunch. This is why we click on spam emails that promise to enrich us if we will just help some lawyer/doctor/professor/minister in Africa get a few million clams out of that continent. Or emails that promise us a free* laptop. Diets that claim thirty pounds lost in thirty days. That is why so many of us voted the Democrats into power.
We're tired of the fight in Iraq and we want the easy way out. Even though our losses are far less than the enemy, even though we are implementing self-rule in an area dominated by Islamofascists, we want OUT!!!! We don't have the will to finish the job. Cut and Run has won the day. Peace at any cost has won the day.
The terrorists gleefully applauded the Democratic gains. But it isn't that they love Democrats and it isn't because they think all Democrats hate America, or are cowards. It is because they expect the Democrats to find a way to get America out of Iraq before the job is done.
The terrorists have sacrificed much more than we have. They go forth willingly dying to wipe out a few more innocents, to advance their cause of Islamic world domination. They have come into Iraq from across the borders with promises of paradise for their cowardly deaths, or in the case of the leaders, an expectation of great power once the new government is overthrown and they can take over. Certainly the Sunnis who once ruled with Saddam are working to that end.
Islamists from Iran and Syria want us out so they can dominate the region.
Islamists from Palestine want us out to further isolate Israel and hopefully wipe that country off of the map.
Sunnis from within want to bring back the good old days, when Sunnis in with the leadership lived like kings and the rest of the population like serfs.
The Taliban want us out so more of Islam's terror resources can be focused on trying to take back Afghanistan.
Al Queda and related groups want us out so they can have a reliable base of operations to plan new attacks on our soil.
Islamists elsewhere in the region want us out because freedom is an affront to their vision of a world in which Sharia Law rules and all bow to Allah.
How the leaders of terrorism must chuckle when they envision people like John Conyers and Nancy Pelosi seeking to impeach President Bush. Bush is their enemy, the one who has carried the fight to them. In the perfect Al Queda scenario, the Democrats succeed in impeaching the President and/or finding ways to get him to begin withdrawing from Iraq too soon, thus giving Iraq over to Islamic thuggery and religious totalitarianism.
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This election was a triumph of selfishness over selflessness. My countrymen voted for people who wish to keep murdering babies in the womb. I consider this to be an evil thing, obviously, and also a remarkably selfish thing. Women are encouraged to kill their children for the sake of convenience. I suspect that 99% of them know they are doing wrong, but since society gives it the stamp of approval they do it anyway.
The vast majority of Democrats support abortion. Abortion today leads to euthanasia tomorrow. Some liberals are already advocating terminating the life of obviously impaired infants. Assisted suicides and "dignified departures" could one day become the kind of policy science fiction writers considered great plot material - maximum age limits, for instance.
A good-sized minority of Democrats support gay marriage. Gay marriage today leads to adult-child marriage tomorrow...oops, sorry, it is already beginning to happen. NAMBLA may not be part of the Democratic Party Platform but you can be sure that NAMBLA votes for Democrats. How long before the 45 year old next door can legally propose to your 10 year old son or daughter?
In some ways this election was a referendum on President Bush. Many fail to see him as a man of courage and conviction and strength. Many who would test far short of the President in an intelligence test call him stupid. Many who have no leadership skills call him dictatorial(!). Many who have accomplished less in their entire lives than the President has in each of his last twenty years call him a failure. Do they long for the wishy-washiness of a Carter again, or another Clintonian poll-watcher instead of a man who seeks to do what is right for his country? I guess so...
My election day
I love election day, the opportunity to exercise a precious right of citizenship and vote! I never miss an election!
My local voting area was busy, and a few of the local candidates were out front being available to visit with voters and answer questions. Republicans and Democrats standing side-by-side, sharing small talk while waiting for voters to approach. I know several of the town, township and county candidates and so spent a few minutes gabbing both before and after voting. In this area, the issues and the personality trump political affiliation in many cases and I, like last time, did not vote strictly for Republicans. I voted for the person I thought best qualified for the job. I vote to keep incumbents in office if they have done a good job, even if the challenger promises me the moon and stars. I vote incumbents out if they haven't, even if it means that my district loses seniority and clout for awhile. I figure bad clout is worse than no clout at all.
My entire family votes except Nathan, who is 14. I found the online sample ballot on the internet and shared it. My wife dug into voting records of some politicians and judges. Us "old people" discussed why and how we were voting with the young'uns but of course we were all free to vote as we would and I didn't even ask them how they voted afterwards.
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In retrospect, the spin some Republicans put on the election doesn't move me. Sure, some Democrats ran as moderates, trying to sound like a Republican but yet representing "change" somehow. That kind of thing happens every election. Yes, it is normal for a lame-duck President with control of congress to see his majority shrink or be lost. Didn't mean it had to happen. Finally, I don't buy the false optimism that says "now that they have the control, they'll take the blame if they screw up". If they screw up, that screwup is screwing you and me. Not hoping for that, either.
Nope, I have to believe that the country has told me something - the majority of my fellow Americans are more liberal than I am, at least when discussing the War Against Terror, abortion, and gay marriage. This alarms me and makes me want to work to change their minds. I have to believe in the political process, this representative government of ours, and stay within the system.
Perhaps you are one who voted for the Democrats, for "change". If you were informed on the issues and voted your conscience, I applaud you even if I think you were wrong. If you just voted to screw "Bushchimphitler" I hope you develop a brain someday.
In the end, we are Americans and we get what we vote for. I accept it, like it or not. I am sorry for us all and I hope my more dire predictions fail to come true. God bless America!
This election was a reflection of our society. We want instant gratification, we want high-speed internet, we want to believe there is an easy way out. A free lunch. This is why we click on spam emails that promise to enrich us if we will just help some lawyer/doctor/professor/minister in Africa get a few million clams out of that continent. Or emails that promise us a free* laptop. Diets that claim thirty pounds lost in thirty days. That is why so many of us voted the Democrats into power.
We're tired of the fight in Iraq and we want the easy way out. Even though our losses are far less than the enemy, even though we are implementing self-rule in an area dominated by Islamofascists, we want OUT!!!! We don't have the will to finish the job. Cut and Run has won the day. Peace at any cost has won the day.
The terrorists gleefully applauded the Democratic gains. But it isn't that they love Democrats and it isn't because they think all Democrats hate America, or are cowards. It is because they expect the Democrats to find a way to get America out of Iraq before the job is done.
The terrorists have sacrificed much more than we have. They go forth willingly dying to wipe out a few more innocents, to advance their cause of Islamic world domination. They have come into Iraq from across the borders with promises of paradise for their cowardly deaths, or in the case of the leaders, an expectation of great power once the new government is overthrown and they can take over. Certainly the Sunnis who once ruled with Saddam are working to that end.
Islamists from Iran and Syria want us out so they can dominate the region.
Islamists from Palestine want us out to further isolate Israel and hopefully wipe that country off of the map.
Sunnis from within want to bring back the good old days, when Sunnis in with the leadership lived like kings and the rest of the population like serfs.
The Taliban want us out so more of Islam's terror resources can be focused on trying to take back Afghanistan.
Al Queda and related groups want us out so they can have a reliable base of operations to plan new attacks on our soil.
Islamists elsewhere in the region want us out because freedom is an affront to their vision of a world in which Sharia Law rules and all bow to Allah.
How the leaders of terrorism must chuckle when they envision people like John Conyers and Nancy Pelosi seeking to impeach President Bush. Bush is their enemy, the one who has carried the fight to them. In the perfect Al Queda scenario, the Democrats succeed in impeaching the President and/or finding ways to get him to begin withdrawing from Iraq too soon, thus giving Iraq over to Islamic thuggery and religious totalitarianism.
~~~~~~~
This election was a triumph of selfishness over selflessness. My countrymen voted for people who wish to keep murdering babies in the womb. I consider this to be an evil thing, obviously, and also a remarkably selfish thing. Women are encouraged to kill their children for the sake of convenience. I suspect that 99% of them know they are doing wrong, but since society gives it the stamp of approval they do it anyway.
The vast majority of Democrats support abortion. Abortion today leads to euthanasia tomorrow. Some liberals are already advocating terminating the life of obviously impaired infants. Assisted suicides and "dignified departures" could one day become the kind of policy science fiction writers considered great plot material - maximum age limits, for instance.
A good-sized minority of Democrats support gay marriage. Gay marriage today leads to adult-child marriage tomorrow...oops, sorry, it is already beginning to happen. NAMBLA may not be part of the Democratic Party Platform but you can be sure that NAMBLA votes for Democrats. How long before the 45 year old next door can legally propose to your 10 year old son or daughter?
In some ways this election was a referendum on President Bush. Many fail to see him as a man of courage and conviction and strength. Many who would test far short of the President in an intelligence test call him stupid. Many who have no leadership skills call him dictatorial(!). Many who have accomplished less in their entire lives than the President has in each of his last twenty years call him a failure. Do they long for the wishy-washiness of a Carter again, or another Clintonian poll-watcher instead of a man who seeks to do what is right for his country? I guess so...
My election day
I love election day, the opportunity to exercise a precious right of citizenship and vote! I never miss an election!
My local voting area was busy, and a few of the local candidates were out front being available to visit with voters and answer questions. Republicans and Democrats standing side-by-side, sharing small talk while waiting for voters to approach. I know several of the town, township and county candidates and so spent a few minutes gabbing both before and after voting. In this area, the issues and the personality trump political affiliation in many cases and I, like last time, did not vote strictly for Republicans. I voted for the person I thought best qualified for the job. I vote to keep incumbents in office if they have done a good job, even if the challenger promises me the moon and stars. I vote incumbents out if they haven't, even if it means that my district loses seniority and clout for awhile. I figure bad clout is worse than no clout at all.
My entire family votes except Nathan, who is 14. I found the online sample ballot on the internet and shared it. My wife dug into voting records of some politicians and judges. Us "old people" discussed why and how we were voting with the young'uns but of course we were all free to vote as we would and I didn't even ask them how they voted afterwards.
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In retrospect, the spin some Republicans put on the election doesn't move me. Sure, some Democrats ran as moderates, trying to sound like a Republican but yet representing "change" somehow. That kind of thing happens every election. Yes, it is normal for a lame-duck President with control of congress to see his majority shrink or be lost. Didn't mean it had to happen. Finally, I don't buy the false optimism that says "now that they have the control, they'll take the blame if they screw up". If they screw up, that screwup is screwing you and me. Not hoping for that, either.
Nope, I have to believe that the country has told me something - the majority of my fellow Americans are more liberal than I am, at least when discussing the War Against Terror, abortion, and gay marriage. This alarms me and makes me want to work to change their minds. I have to believe in the political process, this representative government of ours, and stay within the system.
Perhaps you are one who voted for the Democrats, for "change". If you were informed on the issues and voted your conscience, I applaud you even if I think you were wrong. If you just voted to screw "Bushchimphitler" I hope you develop a brain someday.
In the end, we are Americans and we get what we vote for. I accept it, like it or not. I am sorry for us all and I hope my more dire predictions fail to come true. God bless America!