At least I'm not the only one who is completely disappointed by the election results. (Click here, and here, and here...) I was going to stay away from political discussion on this blog, but I feel compelled to say something. Someone please explain to me what Bush has done that has been so great in the past four years? Please? I'm listening. Because, I haven't seen it. Although I have been accused of it, I don't dislike Bush because he is a Republican. I dislike him because he hasn't done anything for this country. Let me rephrase...he hasn't done anything positive for this country. He has decreased funding for mental health. He has concocted some crazy Medicare plan that has no hopes of helping poor people. He has sent so many young men and women over to Iraq and then given them no chance of making any progress. It seems to be more of a death sentence than a peace-keeping mission. So, I ask again, what has Bush done? I know that some argue that the country would be in worse shape if someone else were in the White House when 9/11 happened. Fine, he handled 9/11 in some sort of okay manner. How about the other 45 months that he has been in office? All I have seen him do is alter the English language during his speeches and...well, that's about all I have seen him do. I'm not saying that Kerry would have changed the face of politics as we know it. But, I think we should have given someone else the chance to make a difference. Oh well. We still have 2008 to look forward to.
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Had to respond...you know I'm a loyal Republican...and not so much because of humanitarian efforts, but more because of a monetary/fiscal policy that just seems to make more sense.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I must address the Kerry campaign here...yes, the man had alot of fascinating ideas, but I think what most opposing voters saw was there was NO WAY to fund them. It's like trying to fund a Lexus on a Hyundai salary...won't work.
I think that alot of people blame the bad economy on Bush when in fact if those same individuals knew anything about economics they would know the economy is cyclical. It takes 8-10 years to see effects from an administration. The effects we see now are from a previous administration (meaning the Clinton Administration.) We won't even know what Bush has done for another 4-6 years.
On another note...the last thing we needed in the White House was a trial lawyer...he will not help the thousands of Drs. who are currently being forced out of business due to exhorbitant malpractice costs...rather he wants to keep malpractice costs high because he, as a trial lawyer, being that most of his large dollar donors are also trial lawyers, risks losing money from the "you've got a phone, you've got a lawyer" campaign.
All politicians do is inflate and lobby for policy in respect to who their large dollar donors are. No one politician is going to do an awesome job...because they all have their own agendas.
OK---gonna get off my soapbox...I think what has now occured is Bush has had a wake-up call...he won the popular vote and electoral college vote...but I think there is a realization that the country is divided. There are alot of people who are unhappy...and I think there will definitely be more of a bi-partisan effort to unify the divided.
He lets me have my guns ... yeeeeee hawwwww!
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, for me, it was a character issue. I disliked Kerry because he had a habit of pandering to whatever audience he was speaking to at the moment. His plans were great, until you realize that when you come back from la-la land, you still have to pay for all these great programs. Finally, there's his Senate record. For a man so concerned about the wellfare of the nation, the list of bills that he has introduced in the Senate is hardly reflective of that attitude.