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01/30/2004: "Why I'm Voting for George W. Bush and Not (Insert Democratic Candidates Name Here)"

There are several reasons I believe that the current President of the United States has earned my vote over the last three years that I don't see in any of the Democratic Candidates. They are the same reasons that the rabid, left-leaning voters detest this President:

Kyoto
The World Court
ABM
War on Terrorism (including Iraq)
Tax Cuts

In his State of the Union Address, President Bush made his summation of his Presidency in one simple sound bite. "America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country."

All of my reasons for supporting this President are to continue his stewardship contained in that line: The protection of the physical and economic security of my country.

Kyoto was a purely political attack on the American economy meant to take us down a few pegs. China was exempt. China, the most populous country in the world and the country positioned to become the next economic superpower was given a free pass. Can you imagine the recession we would be in now if the President had pandered to the enviro-wackos by accepting this treaty? American businesses would be suffering a crippling expense, deepening the recession that this President inherited from the Clinton/Gore Kyoto supporting Administration. “Just say no to Kyoto,” and he did.

“Kiss off” to the World Court. The world loves our money and they love our Military when they need our protection. No matter how many wonderful projects around the world we fund, no matter how many times we come to their aid and ask little or nothing in return, no matter what we do, a large portion of the world is going to hate us for what we believe in and the strength of who we are. This portion of the world hates us and that’s too damn bad. I can live with that. Knowing this and then joining this “world court” is committing suicide by emasculating our military and leaders by making them new targets in a world court. Fortunately, we didn’t have to spend a dime to answer their recent indictment of General Tommy Franks.

ABM needed to go after September 11th. If we can build the “Star Wars” defense system, why would the world oppose it? Why would you oppose something that could save millions of lives and not hurt anyone else? Because, we would be safe from certain attacks. Because, the world thinks we would deploy weapons against them through it. I think psychologist call this projection. ABM is out; we will be safer for it.

The War on Terrorism was years overdue just like our entry into WWII. Face it; most of us didn’t particularly care if the rest of the world was blowing each other up as long as it didn’t involve us. But just like the attack on Pearl Harbor in WWII, now it did involve us and you have our attention. The era of appeasement ended at Ground Zero with a bullhorn decree that soon the terrorist would be hearing from all of us. This fight will go on for a long time provided we don’t put some weasel in the White House who would rely on the part of the world that hate us for our security.

Tax cuts give me back what is mine and stimulate the economy. I don’t mind the government receiving a reasonable portion of my income to fund worthwhile endeavors. I do mind a government that is fat and happy through the fruits of my labors and wants more all the time. Slavery was abolished in this country.

I just don’t see any of the Democratic candidates defending my countries interests better than the current Commander in Chief; therefore, they haven’t earned my vote and will not get it. We are getting our Mission Accomplished. I hope the added agenda item for his next term will be to strike a balance between "compassionate" and "fiscal" conservatism.