Why I'm Voting For Bush

I'm voting for President Bush for several reasons, which I'll get to. Is he perfect? No. The Prescription Drug Bill was a new entitlement we can't afford. The education bill he signed with Ted Kennedy was a sop to this election and will cost billions. He is not perfect, especially with respect to domestic policy, however, the single biggest issue is the War on Terror.

We were attacked by radical Islamists on September 11 whom don't give a damn about anything but bringing down the worlds greatest nation. If the terrorist element that prefers us dead feels even remotely emboldened, we will suffer greatly. If they succeed, the domestic issues are moot. Let's imagine a dirty bomb, or worse yet, a rogue nuke detonated in midtown Manhattan, what the hell does a tax cut or increase mean? Nothing. These are people who want us dead! It doesn't matter if you're a Liberal or Conservative, a Democrat or Republican, they want you dead.

Bush is the man in this election who will protect our nation the best possible way. We take it to the terrorists where they are, in an offensive method, not sit back and wait for the next 9/11/01 or 5/17/05. This is serious, this is more than 1,000 soldiers dying to protect us. That my friends is 30-year old thinking. We must fight this battle now and decisively, outside the US.

Kerry has shown to not have the backbone required for this battle. From his vote against the first Gulf War to voting against the $87-million to fund the troops, he has proved to be spineless.

This to me is personal-- personal in a way that any parent can understand--I do not want my son fighting my battle ten years from now. If Kerry is elected, we will return to the defensive reactionary position of the Clinton years; soldiers are killed in Mogadishu; we retreat. Two embassies are destroyed; we do nothing. The World Trade Center is bombed; still nothing. I furtively believe that Kerry will become Jimmy Carter within two years. We cannot afford that.