Over the past week I have heard all the bad there is to hear about Joe Lieberman from pretty much every Democrat I know, sans one. Everyone says Joe is a Republican. I want to bang my head against the wall. A Republican? Joe Lieberman? The liberal Democrat?
Well, apparently since Joe votes liberal on EVERYTHING except the War in Iraq Joe is a Republican. Its the 90/10 rule the Democrats seem to embrace these days. You can vote liberal on every issue, but if you vote for ONE thing that the President thinks is good and wants, well then you are a Republican. So, We have another NEW Republican we need to welcome into the party. Ted Kennedy. He voted in favor of the no child left behind, hell he actually WORKED with the President on the darn thing. That should make him our Chairman or something based on a Joe Lieberman comparison.
Some folks still just dont seem to get it. Why is it that pretty much the ENTIRE Republican party is supporting Joe Lieberman? Is it because of his anti-abortion stance? Uh, no. He is pro-choice. How about his stance on tax cuts? Uh, no. He opposes tax cuts and making them permanent. How about his, oh who cares. Joe is a Liberal plain and simple. He is a great guy however. Because he does what HE thinks and KNOWS is right. The reason everyone in the Republican party supports Joe is because we all know that Joe gets it. We know that Joe understands that what we are doing globally in the war on terrorism and in Iraq is important not just for today but for the future of this country.
So, when was the last time you saw an ENTIRE party come out in support of a opposition candidate? Um, never. Not like this. We dont want Joe for his liberal stance on a lot of issues, we want Joe to win because Joe freaking GETS IT folks! He understands that NOTHING matters if we fail in Iraq and fail in Afghanistan and if Israel fails in defeating the Hezbollos and Hamases. Joe knows that you aint gonna care about universal health care if your already dead. Joe knows that talking about taking an unborn baby’s life is moot if the mother is killed by a suicide bomber on a bus on her way to the mall.
You see, we support Joe and we would support ANY OTHER DEMOCRAT that got it. But most don’t. You want to win the election in November and then take the White House in a few years? Get a back-bone and wake the heck up. Please. We WANT to support you. We truly do. We would rather debate health care and all that other stuff then this. We CANT believe that there is still people in this country that just dont understand that this is it. This is the most important thing we can do right now in this day and age. And to NOT understand it is basically to be naive to the threat. I would prefer to not be known as the most scared generation. How about the most courageous generation instead!
I am worried about Iraq. I have been for a while. I doesn’t change my opinion of the goal however. I support the mission. No matter how concerned I may be I still get IT. If we leave them alone and bring all the troops home I get it that the bad people in this world dont just go back to work and forget about his. They hated us before George Bush came into office and they will hate when he is gone. There was more terrorist attacks on American interests during President Clinton’s time in office then there has been in George Bushes time in office. You have to ask yourself why so few now in comparison? Is it because we decided to take the fight to them? Or is because they just dont want to fight us anymore? Well, it cant be that one. All the anti-war folks in this country tells us that MORE people hate us now because of what we are doing. So what exactly is it? Its because we are taking the war to them. Not letting them bring it to us again. Preemption. I would not support a preemptive attack on Canada, but I would support one on Iran, North Korea, Somalia and anywhere else there is brutal oppression and terrorists states.
Now that you have read this, you can go back to work, make dinner for the family or head out to the mall and know that you are safe and secure daily here in the USA. I highly dought that any of you are worried about a terrorist attack on the way to Valencia town center. So, for all of us who do get IT. Your welcome!
Jack Murphy