To Bush Supporters...

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Yes, and they will create an Unconstitutional theocracy, which is great if you are a Christian. But, it is not so great if you are not. Moreover, conservative judges will allow the govt. to come into our bedrooms, homes, etc. and tell us how to live our private lives. How anyone can be for that is beyond me. But, many are and many more want the national religion to be Christianity and none others really tolerated or at least respect as much as Christianity.

These are all misconceptions. I don't see Bush trying to create a theocracy, and I certainly don't want one!

I believe in a woman's right to chose no matter what my personal feelings on abortion are. In fact, I think if we actually taught people in high schools how to have safe sex and gave them the tools necessary to do so, there would be far fewer abortions. But, the religious right cannot abide that idea. They think abstinence is the only policy even though they know it will never work because it has never worked historically. Yet, preaching against it fills the church coffers I guess

I'm not quite sure how you jumped to that insulting conclusion.

And the bill they past clearly is Unconstitutional because it does not allow a woman's physician to care for her. How would you like it if your doctor told you the only way to save your life was through this partial birth method but that he could not perform it so you both die. I think I'd be pissed (albeit briefly ) that some religious zealot made the medical decision for me instead of me and my doctor

This extremely rare situation is offered up again and again. How do you know such exceptions won't also be exceptions on a ban? And not all people against this are religious zealots, a mischaracterization you keep coming back to.

I think he is better equipped at saying a country is a direct and immediate threat and then ignoring the contrary facts and invading them anyway. In fact, the invasion of Iraq has created more terrorists and W has failed to capture OBL. Moreover, 9/11 occurred on his watch and there was some general warning of it. Granted that warning was mostly general, but W was too preoccupied with Iraq to even consider it. And then, did he learn from his mistake - no - instead he bootstraped Iraq onto 9/11 (which was a lie and he knew it was so) as if to complete his first errant and myopic thought. Finally, his cavalier attitude and brash actions in Iraq have caused us to be hated even more in the Arab community, which I never thought was possible.

I don't blame Bush for terrorists. They make their own choices. The 9/11 argument is completely fallacious - it would have happened regardless of who was President. Remember that Clinton also didn't recognize warning signs. It's unfair to lay that on Bush. And to my knowledge Bush never actually said that Sadaam Hussein had foreknowledge of 911. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Bush] promised us their oil would pay for their reconstruction. Well, their oil is not. Instead we are and it is breaking us. So, while I am all for tax cuts - they must come with fiscal responsibility, a trait W clearly lacks.

Bush promised that? When? Also, I do think Bush should be more fiscally responsible. I disagree with some things he has done. But overall I believe his policies in this regard are better than Kerry's.

I will never understand how Christians can support this. The Decalogue says "Thou shall not kill."

Actually, the literal translation is "Thou shalt not murder . I know some people consider executions murder, but I believe they are two very separate entities, just as killing in warfare is not "murder." That mistranslation of the King James has caused such problems!

True, Kerry probably would. But, W clearly has. He is so beholden to the far far religious right that he is a cipher for them. So, I guess if you are on the religious right this is a good thing.

I admit I prefer Republican extremists to Democratic ones! However, if Bush cowtowing to them so much, why is he being criticized by the very people you name as the worst offenders for being too centrist in his policies?

Anyone else is screwed and their rights will be and are being taken away. Here is a good example is this. How can sodomy (and we are not just talking homosexual anal sex here but heterosexual anal sex, fellatio, etc. - this is how most statutes defined the term "sodomy" ) possibly hurt any consenting party much less the state, who is the alleged victim?

Has Bush made any laws concerning sodomy? Or are you referring to him being against gay marriage? Isn't Kerry also against that?

I have no contempt for faith in God, Allah, etc. What I do have contempt for is people asserting that the U.S. Fed. Govt. on down has the right to make me or anyone else believe in God and live by the Christian way.

I don't believe Bush has suggested any laws requiring people to be Christians or believe in God.

Thank you for your nice ending comment, Jason. I'm glad if you saw me driving by you wouldn't want to beat up on me because I support Bush.