Why Bush Wins
One does not have to believe that America, the West or Israel are always right to recognize that they individually and collectively have been more democratic, provided better standards of living for more people and give individuals more choices for their lives than either Communism, or the Islamist-Arab world has. The failure to recognize that enemies of the West are a greater danger to Americans or Europeans than for example Wal-Mart makes it almost impossible to successfully counter Bush and the Republicans.
This country has been dominated by the Republican Party since Abraham Lincoln. This has been disguised by Franklin Roosevelt's four terms and the Congress being dominated by Democrats for so long after World War II. However, most Presidents have been Repbulicans and as it now stands Republicans have to commit crimes or major stupidies for the Democrats to comeback to power.
Yet there are so many opportunities for Democrats who stand up for making the lives of people better. They should not advocate the creation of heaven on earth or the defeat of all evils. However, they can support a world that is peaceful, economically expanding and free while proposing programs at home that make real people lives better than they are now.
That should get repeated often that Bush and the Republican Party failed to protect and defend America on Sept 11, 2001 and despite Republicans claims of defending America better than Democrats and the press slavishly echoing their Republican masters the Republicans superiority on national defense and national security never existed and the myth exploded with the first plane that hit the world trade center on Sept 11, 2001.
July 23, 2005 2:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
I totally agree with you. One of the great ironies of Bush is not only his criticism of Clinton but his tough guy image. Yet, he was vacationing with all sorts of warnings about the United States being a target being ignored. Then in the conduct of the war in Afghanistan he allowed the murderer to escape.
Lastly, Bush not only alienated most of our needed allies in the war against the nihlistic Islamists who continue to murder but even in his conduct of the Iraqi War it has been cowardly and stupid.
I do believe on thing Democrats and those on the Left have to come to grips with is what bothers us about Bush? Is it that he is willing to us military power or is it his lack of competence, understanding and honesty about its use?
July 24, 2005 7:35 AM | Reply | Permalink