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| Why You Should Vote For President Bush | ||||||
| It seems like it took forever to get here but Election Day 2004 has finally arrived. Today, millions of Americans will place their votes for either incumbent President George W. Bush, Democrat John Kerry, or a slew of third party candidates including Ralph Nader of the Independent party and Michael Badnarik of the Libertarian party. This election could turn out to be one of most important elections ever, and if you are still undecided, read on, and I will tell you why you should vote for President Bush. | ||||||
| It may surprise some of you who read my columns regularly to find out that I am actually a registered Democrat. I disagree with Bush on several things, among them abortion, gay marriage, religion and the clampdown on radio by the FCC. Abortion I have absolutely no qualms about, since a fetus is, for all intents and purposes, nothing more than a blood clot; I don't have a problem with gays getting married since they would then get to experience the joys of divorce and alimony; as far as religion is concerned, I am an atheist who believes in no supreme being of any kind; and in the realm of radio, while I do work in the industry and can see the effects of the iron fist of the FCC on it firsthand, whether there is a Democrat or a Republican in office really makes no difference, as one can see by looking back at when Clinton was in office (under his watch, the FCC proposed over $1.5 million in fines on Howard Stern alone). These issues, however, are not what are deciding my vote this time around, as there is something that is of paramount importance that I believe outweighs all else: there are people in this world that want to kill both you and me, simply because of the fact that we are Americans, and John Kerry has not convinced me that he is the right man for the job. | ||||||
| After Sept. 11, 2001, many Americans realized that there is a sinister force lurking who would like nothing more than to see this great country destroyed. Over 3,000 innocent Americans were killed that day by a group of religious zealots who orchestrated an attack of massive proportions. Seeing the towers fall instilled a great anger within many of us, and we looked to our government to protect us in the days following and to exact retribution on whoever caused the pandemonium of that day. President Bush answered the call, united the country, and was not afraid to step up to the enemy and declare war against terrorism and any country that harbors or supports them. | ||||||
| A few years later, Bush, still standing up to the threat of terrorism, attacked Iraq and toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein, who had been a thorn in the side of the United States for over ten years. While it still has not been proven whether Iraq actually had weapons of mass destruction, the invasion of Iraq by the U.S. was a testament to Bush's war on terrorism speech where he mentioned that he would go after any country supporting or harboring terrorism. Hussein had donated money to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers for years, in sums as high as $25,000, and that, in my eyes, was enough to warrant invasion. | ||||||
| Throughout the past four years, I have seen a resiliency in President Bush that I have not seen or heard of in many other presidents. He did not back down to the challenge of protecting this country, and he made several sacrifices in the process, the most glaring of which being the loss of over 1,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq thus far. Even still, President Bush is a man who will not back down from threats against this country and I am proud to have such a resilient leader as my president. As long as there are people who are willing to die to kill us, I am glad President Bush is in office, and this is the very reason why he will be getting my vote today, and should be getting yours as well. | ||||||
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