America has spoken indeed.
A majority of Americans gave President Bush the second term his father never got, and it’s not difficult to see why.
First of all, we are fighting World War III, and Americans understand that we need a commander-in-chief who is not afraid to bring the fight to the enemy in order to prevent mass civilian casualties here at home.
In hindsight, the decision to attack Iraq was based on flawed intelligence and an unprecedented doctrine of preemption. But the facts today show that although we were wrong about weapons of mass destruction, we inadvertently found a vast network of terrorists led by Jordanian terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. As horrific as the situation in Iraq is, we should be glad that our courageous troops are fighting them there, so we don’t have to face them at home. The hunt for Osama bin Laden continues, and it is my belief that we will capture or kill him eventually.
President Bush is despised by many for seeing the world as black and white, something that arguably can be attributed to his faith. He sees the current worldwide fight against an extremist Muslim insurgency as good vs. evil, and liberals tend to find this view simplistic and unsophisticated. That’s because intellectual elitists have trouble seeing black and white. To them, everything is gray.
The Michael Moores and Janeane Garofalos of the world like to think that our nation does horrific things, that we seldom do good in the world, and that extremist Muslims have their reasons for wanting to kill us. But did Hitler have a good reason for killing six million Jews? Was World War II not good vs. evil? These liberal nuts like to analyze things so much, that they are blinded by the facts.
On the home front, we are doing better. President Bush’s tax cuts have helped the economy. Aside from the brutal blow of 9/11, President Bush had to face a recession he inherited from the 2000 technology bubble burst. The tax cuts prevented a deeper recession and helped encourage spending. If anything, the tax cuts should have been bigger, and should now be made permanent as the president has suggested.
Edward Prescott, Nobel Prize winner in economics, said recently that Bush’s tax cuts were too small. “Tax rates were not cut enough,” he said. What many of those who attack Bush’s so called “tax cuts for the rich” is that “the rich” includes many small business owners who are taxed at the individual level. Those business owners are the driving force behind the job market, and tax cuts encourage hiring.
On social issues, America was heard loud and clear. Eleven states in the nation had ballot initiatives to amend their constitutions in order to preserve the institution of marriage as that of “one man and one woman.” All 11 states passed those initiatives. The fact is, Americans don’t want our traditional and sacred institutions redefined. We are a tolerant people, but lines must be drawn. The Democrats, particularly in Massachusetts and California, made a huge mistake by pushing gay marriage, particularly by doing it through judges rather than through the legislative process. They paid a price by energizing Bush’s conservative base.
On abortion, the left also make crucial mistakes. With abortion already legal, some liberals openly complained about the possibility of Roe v. Wade being overturned, with nothing suggesting that was true. Cameron Diaz, appearing on Oprah, told the audience that “If you think rape should be legal, then don’t vote.” She was clearly taking a shot at the president, who is against abortion, but has never hinted he would seek to overturn the law. Diaz continued: “But if you think that you have a right to your body, and you have a right to say what happens to you and fight off that danger of losing that, then you should vote.” This less-than-subtle and clearly baseless attack on the president no doubt turned off everyday Americans. We don’t need Hollywood movie stars telling us how to vote.
President Bush stayed cool even under all the attacks on his leadership, his character and even his intelligence. He instead told us what he meant, and meant what he told us, even when he knew many would not like what he had to say. That’s why he won, and that’s why I support him.