real problems: closing the borders; helping the Iraqi people win back Iraq; kicking the terrorists' butts in Afganistan, Iraq, Iran, and across the globe so they know not to mess with us again; keeping the market and healthcare in the hands of the people and private buisnesses; and cutting taxes. Hunter, Thompson, and Huckabee (yes, even him) have good ideas--Huckabee with the fair tax bill, Hunter and Thompson with the War and problems at home.
At the moment, cutting taxes=bad. Yes, I know, taxes are a pain in the butt, but with a national deficit in the trillions and an expensive war like Iraq in the works, everyone should probably be pitching in more. Just what everyone wants to hear, right?
Nay, what we want is not a person who plans to cut taxes, but a person who knows how to manage a budget. Granted, that's not entirely the president's job--but we still need a person who knows enough about budget-making to pick people who can do it without screwing things up.
And as far as terrorism goes, we've got the short end of the stick. The Brits would probably tell you as much--as well as most other people of different nationalities. 9/11 was horrible, yes, but we shouldn't treat Iraq as "revenge". It should be an effort to restore a region shattered by war and violence.
Speaking of "uniting" Iraq--there is simply no way. I gave a speech about this on Saturday, actually: in order to "fix" the situation in Iraq, you'd have to completely overhaul the country's educational system. The children are not taught (if they attend school at all) that they are Iraqis. Iraq as we know it was an attempt by past dictators to keep the area more easily under control. Instead, kids are taught based on community--they're Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds, or whatever denomination of Islam they might be. This is why the media reports victories in Iraq as winning Baghdad by "neighborhood"--true Iraqi political ideology rests in community, and not in the country as large.
I simply cannot stand by and watch as our noble President--the symbol of American freedom--is sneered at, thrown dirty remarks, and slandered by our own citizens. I will stand by our President, despite the mistakes he may make with the best of intentions.
Amen, sister. Just because I'm a Dirty Hippie Liberal doesn't mean that I am not offended by people making a laughingstock of my government. If you don't like him, don't elect him--or better yet, don't elect electorate members whom you know will elect him. Or better, better yet--tell your congressmen (and women) to shape up. It's not only the president at work in Washington.
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