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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I feel the same way about President =
Bush as Sarah
does about Kerry. Does that mean I'm unpatiotic? We can't =
have it
both ways. President Bush inherited an economy that was on its way =
down. The stock market didn't take its nosedive because George W. =
Bush was
elected President. Clinton should take credit for that--he was in =
a White
House closet with his pants unzipped with a female intern and then lying =
to
the American people about it when he should have been =
attending to the
affairs of state. When 9/11 came along President Bush =
was
magnificent in his approach to the problem. Unbelievably he was =
criticized
about, when he first heard the news, finishing the last few minutes =
of
reading to some school children and then excusing himself, rather than =
rushing
out immediately and panicking those children. I couldn't have done =
it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>He has been roundly criticized for =
going to
war in Iraq when those who criticize him agreed at the time that we =
needed to do
that. He has been criticized for landing on an aircraft =
carrier that
portrayed a sign that said "Major combat operations =
were
over" when they were. Major combat operations =
included the use
of all four of the branches of the armed services. After =
that day
only the army and marines were in combat in Iraq. In my estimation =
major
combat operations were over, regardless of the number of
casualties. He has had the tenacity to stick to the war in =
Iraq
instead of cutting and running like some politicians want to do. =
And one
other thing about Iraq, when strategic countries in the UN blocked =
President
Bush from going into Iraq, he gathered up a coalition of nations and =
went
in. Now we find that those countries who tried to block President =
Bush
were illegally benefiting from the "Oil for food" program that the UN =
tried to
make like it was working. And our soldiers have been killed and =
maimed by
French munitions. No wonder the French tried to block President
Bush! The sad part is that if it hadn't been for us, France would =
be
speaking German today! How so soon they forget! =
Sad.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After he got the Clinton =
Recession leveled
out which cost a huge number of jobs, he has turned that around
and the US is creating jobs. Does he get credit for =
that? Nope,
only criticism going back to the Clinton administration counting the =
number of
net losses in jobs. </FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>He =
has stood for
his principles and for that I am grateful.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Frankly, if Kerry is elected President, =
it will be
a sad, sad day for democracy, for freedom, for the United States. =
I don't
want to think about what kind of America it will be like with 8 years of =
Kerry. It won't be the same kind of America our forefathers fought =
and
died for in the late 1700s. I speak out because:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>It is Unpatriotic not to speak out when you feel something is =
wrong.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joy!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elwood</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT<BR>Piano =
Technician/Technical
Director<BR>Department of Music<BR>145 Fine Arts Building<BR>University =
of
Tennessee at Martin<BR>Martin, TN
38238<BR>731-881-1852</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>