What happened to making educated decisions? The top 2 issues right now are, 1- the war in Iraq and 2- the economy. We are in a very tense position at the moment. We are at war and now people who have no idea what it’s all about want to pull our troops out and end this war. Don’t you think that’s what President Bush wants to do, too? Do you think he likes making American families sad, devastated, and insecure when their loved ones are being called to serve? He’s not the anti-Christ. Yes, there maybe plenty of things to make fun of because he’s human. If we help positions of power we would be criticized too. But we didn’t put our families, pride, or anything else on the line to cowboy up and run for president now did we? What happened to having respect for leaders? People also need to be smart enough to realize that this is not a high school campaign. These Democrats can’t promise pizza everyday in the cafeteria and actually make it happen. If one does make it to office and they want a universal healthcare plan how long, logically, do you think it’s going to take to get that into effect? YEARS! If it even happens because they can’t just make a law and voila! It’s done! It has to go through a little thing called Congress which takes forever and I’m surprised they don’t tell us this part because as Senators they LIVE THESE BATTLES ALL THE TIME!

Let’s take a look at what this nation would be like with a democratic leader shall we…? We would pull all of our troops out of battle grounds and bring them home which means we would surrender to our enemies. This means that our enemies who HATE America will then see weakness and come over to our turf and blow us all up. That would probably be a good thing since about 3/4ths of Americans will pretty much be living in doctors’ offices and emergency rooms because they’re entitled to free healthcare and the only time they will leave their place in line is to go to the grocery store for food. Good thing they have food stamps because they have no money seeing as how they can’t work, right? WRONG! They are getting unemployment benefits! The government is handing out free money for being lazy and totally taking on the burden of financial hardships and personal responsibility because they don’t want you to feel like a bad person! “Don’t even consider making something of yourself because the world is ending anyway” says the democratic leader to little jimmy.

“We will buy your food, give you a house, and send you to the doctor for free as long as you promise to sit at home, keep making babies, and continue using the public school system as a free babysitter ok? Of course there IS always the option of abortion. DUCK! WATCH OUT FOR THAT BOMB! And as for the American families who are actually working and making ends meet without the government’s handouts? Well, it’s only a matter of time before they will be posted up in line with everyone else because most of their hard earned dollars will be going to support all the other people. Well, Ok, that is, unless the property taxes that they have to pay on the houses and cars that THEY own don’t put them in the poor house first.

Now look at the difference with a republican in office … Mr. Smith wakes up on Monday morning. He cleans up, gets dressed and greets his wife downstairs with the kids. Everyone is ready to go to school, work, etc. They get into their hybrid cars, go to work, earn their paychecks, get their benefits, go home and spend time with their family feeling safe in their own home that they paid for. They watch the news about the war going on and feel for those who are fighting and for the families of our soldiers, but have respect for the decisions those men and women made to fight for our freedom by praying, educating their children about what’s going on, and by proudly displaying their American flag outside their house.

We know that there IS change that we can believe in and it starts at home. Learning how to protect our environment, live healthier, use less gasoline, and reach out to neighbors, friends, and family. The biggest difference between Democrats and Republicans is responsibility. Democrats love the blame game and waste too much time on pointing out what’s wrong and whose fault it is. Republicans, on the other hand, acknowledge what’s wrong and take steps to fix it. The war is a step in the right direction. Yes, it’s sad, but we didn’t start it, we just want to finish it and get back to the American dream. Remember that? Where you work for what you have, appreciate what you have, and respect what you have, then you SHARE what you have? Remember the “a hand shake is all you need” mentality? Now everyone thinks they’re so entitled and it’s taboo to perform an act of kindness and NOT want anything in return.

I may live in the south but I’m not FROM the south so I feel pretty comfortable saying I feel reparations (is that right?) for slavery is STUPID. It’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. Talk about not moving forward! Yes, slavery was a shameful time in American history, but it happened and now it’s over. I refuse to apologize for being white because I didn’t choose to be white just like the slaves didn’t choose to be slaves. It just happened that way. Now people whose ancestors were slaves think they are entitled to money?! They weren’t you! There is a whole world of opportunities available to them that their ancestors only dreamed about and they’re not taking advantage. Personally, I would think those slaves would be pretty ashamed of that. It makes no sense to me. Hillary Clinton did not choose to be a woman and Barak Obama didn’t choose to be black, but they DO choose to be democrats and they choose to play on the emotions of the people instead of encouraging us to take responsibility for ourselves and our families and keep moving forward.

It’s a shame that other countries already have alternative energy sources figured out and we spend so much time focusing on how to make vehicles bigger, badder and even worse for the economy and environment. It’s a shame that we have the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve but had, until recently, refused to use it. Republicans want the American people to have opportunities available to them to achieve success, whatever ’success’ may mean to them personally. They see the big picture. All the problems and the reasons for the problems, and then they start solving said problems. They understand how important security is and how protecting this country is crucial to remaining a thriving nation. Democrats want the American People to be even more dependent on the government and to basically keep the American people under big brother’s thumb so that we are begging for them to help us rather than learning how to help ourselves. Republicans stand for morals, integrity, honesty, and values. Isn’t that the original American way? Democrats want you believe that whatever you feel is ok.

Whatever makes you feel good is ok with them. If you want to be gay be gay, if you want to not work, then don’t work, if you decide you don’t want to have a baby, then by all means, get an abortion – and since you decided to have that abortion, why don’t you ease your conscience and donate your fetus for stem cell research so at least you FEEL like you did something good. Don’t educate your children at home; leave it all up to the school system. So what if it’s already struggling to leave no kids behind. So what if they are barely ready to move up to the next grade, right? He/she’s lucky you didn’t abort them anyway.

I had never paid close attention to politics until recently. I have children who are going to inherit this country and I would like to leave it in better condition than I got it. I want them to feel safe. I want to tell them about what an important, scary, sad, triumphant time they grew up in. They need to learn respect for their leaders and love for their country. Most importantly they need to know that even though they only get 1 vote each, all together they get 3 and mine is 4 and their grandparents make 8. They are a part of something so much bigger than themselves and they, just like every one of us, need to have appreciation for it.