Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Some Folks Just Don't Get IT
I know that the Democrats and left leaning side of the country just don't get why Bush never seems to get "trashed" for all he has "done". I will try to make it simple: We like what Bush is doing, we believe in what he is doing and he does what we think is the right thing even when everyone one else seems to be critising him.
Here are some examples:
1) "Bush Lied and Thousands Died" Boy, what a nifty saying to sink a President but it hasn't worked. Why? Because Bush doesn't think he lied and neither do his supporters. Going with the best intel you have at the time and making a decision is what we want from a leader and Bush did that. Every serious commission to look into this (there have been three (2 congressional and 1 British)) and found...nothing. Since President Bush did not think he lied, he doesn't come off as a liar and so it doesn't stick.
2) Now it is eavesdropping and violating our civil rights. Since President Bush doesn't think he like (and it looks like no serious legal minds think he did either) he will come out of this unscathed also. In fact, it will help him. Why? Because, in the end, he can say he has done everything in his power to protect us even things we do not know about. We like it when a leader takes positive action even when it won't get him any direct public credit. It is called character (you know, doing the right thing even when no one is looking).
3) The economy stinks and the tax cuts only help the rich. Kerry tried this in the election and it did not get him an inch. Well we have ad 30 months of real job growth, 10 consecutive quarters of GDP growth above 3%, overall tax revenues are UP since the tax cut (in fact they are at a record high of 2.15 trillion dollars) and the deficit is about 4% of GDP (very reasonable - it was over 6% in 1983). If you check the IRS, you will see that the top 50% of Americans pay 96% of all income taxes. If you give a tax break it goes to the top half of American tax payers because they are the only ones paying taxes ("The rich!").
Here are some examples:
1) "Bush Lied and Thousands Died" Boy, what a nifty saying to sink a President but it hasn't worked. Why? Because Bush doesn't think he lied and neither do his supporters. Going with the best intel you have at the time and making a decision is what we want from a leader and Bush did that. Every serious commission to look into this (there have been three (2 congressional and 1 British)) and found...nothing. Since President Bush did not think he lied, he doesn't come off as a liar and so it doesn't stick.
2) Now it is eavesdropping and violating our civil rights. Since President Bush doesn't think he like (and it looks like no serious legal minds think he did either) he will come out of this unscathed also. In fact, it will help him. Why? Because, in the end, he can say he has done everything in his power to protect us even things we do not know about. We like it when a leader takes positive action even when it won't get him any direct public credit. It is called character (you know, doing the right thing even when no one is looking).
3) The economy stinks and the tax cuts only help the rich. Kerry tried this in the election and it did not get him an inch. Well we have ad 30 months of real job growth, 10 consecutive quarters of GDP growth above 3%, overall tax revenues are UP since the tax cut (in fact they are at a record high of 2.15 trillion dollars) and the deficit is about 4% of GDP (very reasonable - it was over 6% in 1983). If you check the IRS, you will see that the top 50% of Americans pay 96% of all income taxes. If you give a tax break it goes to the top half of American tax payers because they are the only ones paying taxes ("The rich!").
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