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Sent this to the local Repug paper, the Cincinnati Enquirer, today.
What I learned from this election
I’ll admit to being a Kerry supporter in this year’s election but now that the results are in and President Bush won, I have to bow to the wisdom of the majority. I don’t know how I managed to miss so much before but here are some of the things I learned during the course of the last six months:
I learned that John Kerry was a coward in Viet Nam, faking his medals and wounding himself while George Bush served proudly and honorably in the Texas Air National Guard. The future president got into the Guard on his own merits while the future senator foolishly allowed himself to be sent to Viet Nam. The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, who all served with Kerry, were involved in many firefights in Viet Nam for which they received medals, however, Mr. Kerry never saw any action and so had to make everything up.
After returning from the war, Kerry became a traitor, testifying before the U.S. congress on behalf of a large group of traitors, the Viet Nam Veterans Against the War. He met with other traitors that were also against the war, like Jane Fonda, and even went to Paris to meet with the U.S. and Vietnamese delegations at the peace talks to talk about peace. To compound this treason, he and Senator McCain even went back to Viet Nam in the 1990s and met with the government of that country regarding American MIAs. As a result, Senator Kerry’s picture is in their War Museum, although to protect him, he is not identified by name.
If it were not for Kerry and others like him, the U.S. might have won that war. It might have taken a long time but the only negative result would have been that the wall would be bigger, although no one knows how much bigger. The POWs in the Swift Boat Ads would probably have come home at the same time anyway, if not sooner. Oh, and Viet Nam would not be a threat to world peace like it is now.
I learned that the war in Iraq was a good idea and well worth the lives of the more than 1100 American soldiers that have been killed so far, not to mention the estimated between 16,000 and 100,000 Iraqi civilians killed so far. According to Vice President Cheney, it has been a remarkable success, and I accept that. World opinion on this matter is irrelevant. The administration of the United States should act unilaterally whenever it feels the need to.
Because of the war in Iraq, terrorism has been reduced and practically eliminated. Although the capture of Osama Bin Laden is not very important, the capture of almost all of his lieutenants is, and anyway he will be captured eventually.
I learned that the current federal budget deficit of 450,000,000,000 dollars per year is justified by the need to give tax cuts to the middle class and the wealthy because the wealthy will use their average $80,000 tax cuts to create good paying jobs for the poor and middle class. The middle class will, of course just spend their $500 and thereby help the economy grow. I guess by now, they have already done that, so the economy is doing very well.
The national debt, currently about 7,000,000,000,000 dollars and growing, doesn’t mean much and will be unlikely to affect the economy or interest rates in the future. Our children and grandchildren should be able to at least pay the interest on whatever it gets to be.
I learned that trial lawyers and frivolous lawsuits are running up the costs of healthcare and should be stopped. About one percent of healthcare costs can be attributed to lawsuits, so this is a serious problem. Three-fourths of all lawsuits in the U.S. are filed by corporations against individuals and other corporations but this is not a problem – only the ones filed by individuals against companies are.
I learned that prices for drugs are rising a lot but that is necessary because of the need for research which accounts for about 4 percent of drug costs. The enormous profits for the drug companies are needed for advertising. Importing drugs from Canada is a dangerous, bad idea even though the drugs originate from American companies. An exception to this would be flu vaccine, if Canada has any extra.
I learned that global warming is a myth, assault weapons on the streets are not a problem and our energy problems can be resolved by drilling for more oil and staying on good terms with our friends, the Saudi Royal Family.
Character and moral values were the most important issues in the campaign, at least according to CNN, MSNBC and FOX News. I learned that in his forties, President Bush found Jesus and quit drinking while Senator Kerry is an unreformed Catholic who, like the first JFK, believes in the separation of church and state. President Bush was previously a very successful business man in the oil industry and major league baseball while Senator Kerry was a just a prosecutor and lieutenant governor in Massachusetts before spending 20 years doing nothing in the U.S. Senate. President Bush wants to protect marriages from gays and lesbians. Senator Kerry doesn’t think gays and lesbians should be married, but should be allowed to be whom they are, although he shouldn’t mention anyone who is openly gay by name, especially if they are a member of the Vice President’s family.
I learned that the president should be a regular guy and President Bush is just that. He says what he means and means what he says, except when he is joking about a prisoner appealing their death sentence or not finding the weapons of mass destruction. Senator Kerry couldn’t reduce every complex issue to extremely simple terms and was therefore unfit to be president. Besides that, he is very wealthy, or at least his wife is.
I learned that having a president who is resolute and determined and will not change his mind, even when circumstances change is a good idea. President Bush has a lot to do in the next four years and I’m sure his unchanging principles will help a lot. Yes, I learned a lot from this election.
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