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September 03, 2004
Why Bush Matters
West coast time here. I went to bed late last night, wanting to sleep on the images of the last four days and all the speeches I was able to watch at the Republican Convention. The blogsphere was alive with play-by-play coverage. I came home from work, poured a glass of wine and joined with 'net friends at Charles' place while following the action on c-span. This morning, cup of coffee here on the desk, I wanted to review all the commentary out there, but something else intruded. Something that makes me want to get a transcript of GW's speech last night and take out my yellow highlighter pen and stick sections of it under the windshield wipers of all the Kerry/Edwards bumperstickered cars.
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What is it about Islamofascist terrorism that the anti-Bushies don't get?
BESLAN, Russia - At least seven people were killed and 310 others wounded Friday, reports said, after commandos stormed a school in southern Russia where hundreds had been held hostage for three days by rebels strapped with explosives.
What are the ABB's thinking while they read these headlines? "Couldn't happen here"?? Really.
If you haven't visited it before, Belmont Club was live-blogging this this morning. Glenn Reynolds succinctly states "That could be happening here, and sooner or later it will if we don't win this war first."
There are domestic policies championed by the Bush administration I am less than thrilled with. However, the last section of GW's speech dealt with the issue that trumps all others: national security.
And how did John Kerry respond last night, mere minutes after GW had left the stage in NYC? Like the petulant, spoiled, self-aggrandizing stereotypical trustfund brat he is underneath the "I served in Vietnam, so shutup" wrap of insufferable conceit. I couldn't watch all of it, it was so petty, rambling unto near incoherence, bizzarrely unconnected to the GW's actual speech. If anyone could watch that self-indulgent twaddle and still seriously consider voting for Kerry, then I question that person's basic rationality.
Posted by Darleen at September 3, 2004 06:45 AM