Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Hurricane Charley and Politics In a glaring example of who has the right priorities and who doesn't, one only needs to observe the behavior of the campaigns. Bush Campaign The day after the hurricane tore through parts of south Florida, the Bush Campaign sends out emails to their supporters asking not for anything to do with their campaign, but asking instead for us to help our fellow citizens who've lost everything to try to fill immediate needs. They suggested contributing to the American Red Cross and/or the Salvation Army. They said that monies received for the victims would get to the victims to help provide essential services. Reminding us of how compassionate Americans are, as evidenced by the outpouring of aid for the 9/11 victims and families, the email then simply thanks you for helping the storm victims. I didn't expect a letter like that from the campaign. I felt proud that they would do such a thing. Kerry Campaign This campaign, on the other hand, did exactly what you would expect. Their emails afterward never changed. No attempt to rally support for the victims. No mention of it in their website. Their emails were the usual, donate money to our campaign so we can beat that evil Bush. Period. It is obvious where Kerry's priorities are. They have nothing to do with you or the victims of hurricane Charley. We are seeing the actions of someone who wants to be president of the Democrats instead of president of the United States of America.  How divisive is that? 10:19:39 PM    comment [] trackback []

Rumsfeld, Right Where He Belongs How bright is this? Changing the Sec. of Defense in the middle of a war doesn't seem to bother Sen. Kerry. Let's just discount the successes we've had so far, thanks to Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Why? Oh yea, because of a pile of naked enemy combatants. Kerry's hair trigger reaction to dumping Rumsfeld over that stupid prison thing should serve as an example of the magnitude of the problems that can happen when you lose sight of the big picture like Kerry has. The big picture being the prosecution of this war for OUR protection and security. Kerry totally ignores the war.  And right now, Rumsfeld is right where he should be. Kerry Renews Call for Rumsfeld to Resign. Sen. John F. Kerry repeated his call for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and recommended the creation of a new commission to investigate prisoner mistreatment in Iraq. By Fred Barbash. [washingtonpost.com - Politics] 3:43:24 PM    comment [] trackback []

Kerry's Focus and Wrath Misplaced Sen. John Kerry, who apparently served in Vietnam for 4 1/2 months in 1968, is showing a peculiar behavior in rebutting the SwiftVet's political ad. He whines over the fact that the vets got contributions totaling $200,000 from a Republican in Texas. And because of that, it must be lies. How quick he is to divide. No reaching out by him. That must be a whole lot worse than George Soros and his millions of bucks supporting Kerry and moveon.org. He somehow misses the point that Texans are U.S. citizens too, and have just as much freedom to speak as a Democrat or moveon.org has. In his own ad, purported to be a response to the swift vet's ad, Kerry fails to rebut anything. It's the vet's who were there with Kerry whom Kerry needs to challenge. They are the ones making the charges about Kerry's service and how he has presented it in his campaign. Not the president. It's another dodge that the press goes along with, no one notices that the basic charges have still gone unanswered. Reminds me of Kerry and his democrat donors and 527's all chastising the president for going into Iraq with the war on terrorism using the spin of Al Qaeda being in Afghanistan and not in Iraq. In this case, the accusations are coming from decorated Vietnam War veterans, so Kerry attacks and accuses Bush instead. Well, that's easier than having to deal with the vets themselves. It's shoot the messenger time again. These are neither the judgement nor actions of a leader worthy of the title of Commander-In-Chief. 7:50:59 AM    comment [] trackback []

Vice President Dick Cheney On Troop Re-alignment First week of August, a couple weeks ago, regarding our global military posture, Senator Kerry said that as president, he would be making changes in Europe and S. Korea, where our military presence there no longer best meets the threat they were charged to face. Meanwhile, culminating nearly 3 years of planning and studies, the Bush Administration has announced its plan to bring 70,000 soldiers and over 100,000 of their families back home or re-positioned to meet the security needs of today. On Thursday, August 19, 2004 from JACKSON HOLE, WY , Vice President Cheney said this about that. "Just over two weeks ago, Senator Kerry talked about the merits of troop realignment in Europe and Asia. 'There are great possibilities open to us,' he said. Yesterday he said it was a bad idea. The one consistency we have seen from Senator Kerry is that he is willing to take any position on any issue if he thinks it will benefit him politically. As we saw yesterday, these political calculations even include his positions on our national security." 6:34:32 AM    comment [] trackback []

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