POLITICS
This is a question that I have been gripped with lately, becoming overwhelmed by all the political partisan rhetoric that fly’s about in the news. Who will win and how imperative it is for our country, has been an over-arching focus in this election. We have been laboring over these questions since the Presidential campaign began its primary season in 2003 and the Bush Bashing really stepped up the pace. Not that it hadn’t existed before, since democrats would not let go of the 2000 Election results.
There has been a systematic attack upon Bush, which fell on its face during the 2002 elections and has resurfaced and gained momentum in 2004. This is in large part thanks to the “massive, over-the-top and coordinated effort between the DNC, leftwing interest groups and the old-line major media to defeat President Bush.” Politics and President bashing have been going on long before President Bush took office; however, this is the first election since September 11th and one would hope that atmosphere would have changed some.
via The Washington Times
“Other wartime presidents facing partisan opposition — Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon — faced fierce opposition, but not at the current level, Mr. Jones said [Charles O. Jones, presidential scholar at the Brookings Institution].
Sen. Zell Miller, Georgia Democrat, said he never has seen such "profane" political language directed at a commander in chief.”
It is unfortunate that for a segment of our population the atmosphere hasn’t changed at all.
They need to face September 12th again.
They need to wake up.
They need to remember.
They need to hear the battle cry.
They need to stop their vitriolic attacks with misstatement after misstatement and base their criticisms on facts.
Until then, they do put the country at greater risk and completely ignore Sen. Joe Lieberman, "Now, more than ever, politics must stop at the water's edge, because now, more than ever, our politics has deep consequences for security within our borders and beyond our shores,” So if you value security and this country, yes I think it really matters.