Karen, I hope you realize from the tone of my posts that I'm sincerely not trying to be antagonistic. I never get to hear the other side -- everybody I run with seem to share similar politcal views (I wonder if that's coincidence or not). Seriously, other than a random trial attorney or two who have their own interests at heart, I don't know one person who supports Kerry, so I don't get a chance hear dissent very often. And I don't think it's healthy to be without dissent.
Unfortunately, though you said you've been very clear, I still don't know what you are saying. You're saying that we should take logical, effiective steps but that Iraq was not it?
I personally don't know how you or I could prove that it is or isn't the right step. I have some issues with the execution of the plan, and I might be gullible, but I agree with the concept. I like the idea of a president willing to take drastic measures to ensure our safety. Especially when his politcal viability is at risk and he does it anyway because he believes it's the right thing to do.
When Ronald Reagan was president, people were all over him too, particularly about defense spending. But he knew that the Soviet Union's economy could not keep pace with ours while engaged in an arms race. And despite the media, stand up comics, MTV, talk show hosts and others constantly bashing him and portraying him as an old, senile lunatic, he won his second term with a landslide victory and the Soviet Union collapsed and the cold war ended. The world changed significantly.
Remind you of anything
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Just kidding, really. I don't think that this election will be a landslide either way. But people are bashing bush really hard, and it reminds me of that.
Last post about this, I promise.