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Originally Posted by tony404
i agree with you there
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I think Tony is one of the smartest guys on this board... always good postings.
GITZGINGER (spelling?)
I don't know you... so this isn't personal...
BUSH, KERRY, GORE, OBAMA, CLINTON, MCCAIN, ETC ETC....
They deal with what they've got... you can't say that any one would be better than any of the others until after they are gone.
Clinton (Bill) happened to come into the office and rode a great economy to strong popularity. He didn't have the cajones to go after terrorism with anything more than cruise missiles. He inherited a economy recovering from a recession and war effort from Bush Sr. and played more at domestic happiness while at the same time ignoring many things that are affecting us now.
I did vote for Bush and can't say that I am happy with everything that he's done, but what's my alternative? Gore? Kerry? I don't think I would be any more happy with them having been in office in hindsight.
Regarding Iraq.. which is a huge hot button topic. Bush will either be lauded as the worst president in US history (and there have been some gold ribbon losers there).. or one of the absolute best for sticking to his guns when no one else wanted him to.
The president of the US has access to ALL the information. ALL OF IT. I have to have faith that an elected leader of the most powerful country on earth would take that position seriously and not abuse it for personal interests. If they do, I think the lowest circles of hell will be reserved just for them and their type.
I really think it would be interesting to see Obama or Clinton elected (both don't thrill me at all... I would have preferred Romney... probably the only candidate that had enough business savvy to work the country like a business rather than politics as usual) and go into that first NSC (Security Council) meeting and come out all wide eyed..... "Ummmmmmmm..... I know what I said while campaigning, but uhhhhh.... we're staying in Iraq.. for a long time.... North Korea is as fucked up as we have heard.... The Russians are a bit scary right now... and yeah.. Iran too. Sorry kids.. learned some new things this past 2 hrs"
and the American public cries out "Well can you at least share the secrets with us???!?!?!? That damn Bush lied to us!!!!"
"well.. no, not really.. that's why they are secrets"
Of course it wouldnt' happen that way, but seriously people... are we that fucked in the head that we don't trust our leaders to run the country properly unless it benefits us personally 100% and we can smile everyday about it? Read your history books... there have been some fucked up times in the US. We can't be fat and happy 1000000% of the time. Bad times happen.... elect people that are smart enough to deal with the problems properly and ethically, rather than electing people that serve your little group's interest and nothing else. Party politics has got to be the biggest fucking joke ever in this country.
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