Why Bush?
It is easy to always criticize someone you just don't like, and I've been doing that for some time. While I do not feel any of the points made are neither inaccurate nor inflated, they do focus upon the negatives and not the reasons to vote for and support Bush other than when I mentioned how much else will be affected.
It is very true that maintaining conservative power in D.C. is the most important thing when it comes to knowing how to handle international relations and putting American Interests first. It is also true that appointing justices to federal courts (including Supreme Court) will require a conservative president or we'll have even more 9th circuit decisions across the country.
Reasons like those are more 'Why Conservative' as opposed to 'Why Bush' specifically, so let me explain.
He is the right president at the right time. Bush has relations with world leaders - despite what the liberals want people to think - and those relations are also taken on context with the events of and after 9/11. This is important because he knows what has been said, he knows how opinions have changed, and he knows what forces exist in the background that might push or pull on a foreign leader. Because of these things, when Bush says that having big summit won't do much, I have no reason to doubt it.
He has a game plan that is in motion. While it is true that Iraq is a dangerous place, there is nothing else to do but drive the terrorists out and kill them. Israel has understood this, and this is why they have targeted attacks against known leadership. Iraq is also a complex place because US forces need not only to do their job, but now follow many of the rules and laws that the domestic government has made. There have been complaints about us using air power to hit targets, and the DoD and State Dept. have been working with them in order to get things straight.
Some groups do control more of certain towns than either domestic or American forces, but they are stuck in those towns -- a point you do not hear from Rather or other news sources. While it is a sad situation for those people also stuck in those areas with those people, a war of attrition is sometimes the best way to go to minimize death.
In between all of these things are the day-to-day operations that we do not know about, as well as the talks between the Iraqi government and us which we do not know about.
When Kerry says he has a plan and is vague people do not seem to mind, but when Bush is vague people say it is a sign that there is no plan, but like a football game, you do not give your playbook to the media because you know that there are many other types listening. Keeping our troops safe should be our number one priority, and President Bush is doing just that.
On other issues, like the economy and jobs Bush might not be the biggest creator of jobs, but what the liberals talk about is not very true in relation to the whole of the economy.
Unemployment across the board is at 5.4%, which does not tell the whole story either. If you look at unemployment among people 20 and over it is currently at 4.6%. I use this data set because most people understand that people under 20 aren't usually in career-type jobs, nor are they the best at holding jobs of any kind.
It is certainly true that this is not a huge boom time for many economic indicators, but home ownership is at an all time high which is a great indicator for saying that people expect jobs to be in the area that they live, and that those jobs will be good enough to make a house payment. For now, I also feel that stopping terrorism and stabilizing international forces is the primary issue thus making the economy a secondary concern.
Below is a month-to-month table showing unemployment for 20+ year olds since 1994. Notice what happened after 2001 (i.e. the new tax year) -- no one employed people because of the world of uncertainty. Bush has done well despite this.
It is very true that maintaining conservative power in D.C. is the most important thing when it comes to knowing how to handle international relations and putting American Interests first. It is also true that appointing justices to federal courts (including Supreme Court) will require a conservative president or we'll have even more 9th circuit decisions across the country.
Reasons like those are more 'Why Conservative' as opposed to 'Why Bush' specifically, so let me explain.
He is the right president at the right time. Bush has relations with world leaders - despite what the liberals want people to think - and those relations are also taken on context with the events of and after 9/11. This is important because he knows what has been said, he knows how opinions have changed, and he knows what forces exist in the background that might push or pull on a foreign leader. Because of these things, when Bush says that having big summit won't do much, I have no reason to doubt it.
He has a game plan that is in motion. While it is true that Iraq is a dangerous place, there is nothing else to do but drive the terrorists out and kill them. Israel has understood this, and this is why they have targeted attacks against known leadership. Iraq is also a complex place because US forces need not only to do their job, but now follow many of the rules and laws that the domestic government has made. There have been complaints about us using air power to hit targets, and the DoD and State Dept. have been working with them in order to get things straight.
Some groups do control more of certain towns than either domestic or American forces, but they are stuck in those towns -- a point you do not hear from Rather or other news sources. While it is a sad situation for those people also stuck in those areas with those people, a war of attrition is sometimes the best way to go to minimize death.
In between all of these things are the day-to-day operations that we do not know about, as well as the talks between the Iraqi government and us which we do not know about.
When Kerry says he has a plan and is vague people do not seem to mind, but when Bush is vague people say it is a sign that there is no plan, but like a football game, you do not give your playbook to the media because you know that there are many other types listening. Keeping our troops safe should be our number one priority, and President Bush is doing just that.
On other issues, like the economy and jobs Bush might not be the biggest creator of jobs, but what the liberals talk about is not very true in relation to the whole of the economy.
Unemployment across the board is at 5.4%, which does not tell the whole story either. If you look at unemployment among people 20 and over it is currently at 4.6%. I use this data set because most people understand that people under 20 aren't usually in career-type jobs, nor are they the best at holding jobs of any kind.
It is certainly true that this is not a huge boom time for many economic indicators, but home ownership is at an all time high which is a great indicator for saying that people expect jobs to be in the area that they live, and that those jobs will be good enough to make a house payment. For now, I also feel that stopping terrorism and stabilizing international forces is the primary issue thus making the economy a secondary concern.
Below is a month-to-month table showing unemployment for 20+ year olds since 1994. Notice what happened after 2001 (i.e. the new tax year) -- no one employed people because of the world of uncertainty. Bush has done well despite this.
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| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 1995 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 1996 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 1997 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 1998 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2000 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 2001 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| 2002 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 2003 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.4 |
| 2004 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||||
posted by Edward W. Prather at 08:44
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