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The Leave Baby Alone Coalition

9.3.08 @ 12:01AM

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EXIT STAGE RIGHT
Re: W. James Antle III's Bye Bye Bush:

It appears that your Mr. Antle agrees with our socialists and revolutionary Marxists in the Democrat Party when he complains of Bush's performance over the last 8 years. If Bush had done nothing else but save us from that phony prophet of globaloney warming Gore, and from that phony war hero Kerry -- it would have been a very much worthwhile effort. Bush was also the first to understand this new 100-year war against those Islamic medieval killers, and will in time receive the proper understanding. Undoing the careless presidency of that disbarred felon who thought the terrorism was a problem for left-wing judges was not a small feat either. Recession -- what recession? The number of the employed today is still 5.6 million larger than 8 years ago. The growth of the GNP is still positive (3.3% up in the last quarter) in spite of all the negative talk by our Main Stream Media and Democrats. I find fault with Bush when he did not clean up our government departments from the 6,000 Clinton appointees still working hard to undermine this country; you remember all those leaks of sensitive intelligence about terrorists' communications and money transfers?
-- Marc Jeric
Las Vegas, Nevada

The Republican Party and conservative movement will lose a real champion when George W. Bush leaves the White House. Antle nails it when he points out that Bush has been the only Republican President to work for national political realignment. While thoughtful conservatives like Quinn Hillyer warned that undercutting Bush was a recipe for disaster hiding behind a facade of "Reagan conservatism" too many conservatives drank the liberal Kool-aid reinvigorating Democrats. Had it not been for the conservative crack-up not only would the Democrats still be in the wilderness, but John McCain would be out in the cold. Unfortunately, the melt down was real and to stop the neo-Marxist messiah of appeasement and the Democrat old deal, McCain is now our only option. Thankfully, he has Sarah Palin on the ticket.

As President Bush leaves office he can look back on a successful Presidency despite failing to win the juvenile popularity contest that American's make of the office (see Roger Kaplan's opening paragraph in Hot French Summer TAS 9/2/2008). Here are just a few things Bush can be proud of -- (1) reversing decades of cowardly indifference to Muslim terrorism. (2) He kept our country safe despite a near suicidal mentality among Americans, (3) in the tradition of Reagan he liberated enslaved Iraq and Afghanistan with a minimal cost in US military lives, (4) shepherding the economy out of the Clinton recession, despite a recent dip, his economy has never gone into recession and is now growing at a stunning 3%, (5) by implementing sound economic policies American incomes have made steady gains during his administration (in 2006-2007 alone while the public decided the nation was on the wrong track the median household income grew by 1.3% to a whopping $50,233.00), (6) without implementing universal "health care" the number of people without health insurance coverage declined during his administration from 47 million (15.8 %) in 2006 to 45.7 million (15.3 %) in 2007, (7) he is the only modern US President to never raise taxes, (8) without question he is the most pro-life President since Roe v. Wade, (9) he reduced the national poverty rate to 12.5%, (10) as Reagan's heir he championed freedom politically and economically in the world, (11) unlike all his Republican predecessors back to Eisenhower he only appointed conservatives to the Supreme Court, (12) home ownership is at its highest level in US history, (13) foreclosures while up are below the all time Clinton high of 1997 and finally (14) he had the self-confidence to lead by principles and not poll numbers.

Hopefully, in 2012 when we've elected another conservative of the Reagan/Bush caliber the right will realize governing is important and we'll stop treating our own so shabbily. Unfortunately, considering how quick many conservatives were to abandon Reagan until Ollie North saved his Presidency and they dumped on his heir George W. Bush it may be a long time before we see the right heeding the advice of Barry Goldwater and growing up.
-- Michael Tomlinson
Habbaniyah, Iraq

I want folks to stop worrying about a Republican convention and the fact it didn't happen. Do your nominating and speaking and go home because the Convention was held, last Friday in the span of one hour for those of us in the homeland! We are pumped, energized, giving wildly, and McCain and Palin need only to give their acceptance speeches.

A very dear friend of mine said, "I am worried, she is just a soccer mom." I look at my friend incredulously at first, then realized what had her concerned. My friend hadn't heard Gov. Palin brag on herself and her accomplishments. I told my friend to remember when were children how we never told others about our own efforts, as that was called braggin'. We who were raised in hard ranch country were taught pride leads to a fall and that if you have done something great, either let your efforts speak for itself, or let others brag about you. This is important because Palin comes from a hard scrabble state. Alaska is to hardship and difficult living, as the Marine Corps is to deprivation. You have to love hardship to either join the Marines or live in Alaska. In both the Marines and Alaska life are unforgiving of missteps because they lead to death. Alaskans are like Marines. You have to love true hardship in order to be one.

We are ready for plain speaking. We are more than ready for a politician who identifies herself first, as a Soccer Mom. We know that her accomplishments will stand for her. She won't need to list them. She knows right from wrong, good from bad, and knows to measure twice and cut once. She is everyman/everywoman. We are missing politicians who know how to use a plumb line to draw firm new measurements. For the first time in 30 years I heard a candidate speak firm truth. I am energized because I haven't heard that since Ronald Reagan. I could care less that she is a woman. I could care less about her not having been to Washington or having foreign policy experience. The electorate is hungry for a truth speaking candidate. We heard one on Friday and know it.

Washington pundits saying she isn't experienced doesn't concern me. And I can say that being a mother who has repeatedly sent her only son to war. As my old Daddy said, "Find a discerning man (woman). They will surround themselves with like minded people." I want a person who knows right when they see it. I want someone to stop speaking politically correct language and give me the truth, I can handle it. I want someone who goes after wrong and corrects it. This is what my son fights for. This woman knows a lie or BS when she hears it. Her finely tuned Mama meter will know if a politician or foreign diplomat is lying and catch them in it.

It has been a long time since Reagan came to town. Reagan is coming only this time her name is Sarah Palin.
-- Beverly Gunn

AS DIFFERENT AS CAN BE
Re: Jeffrey Lord's The Difference:

Mr. Lord's excellent article on the differences between the two parties hit the nail on the head, but there are two corrections to be made: Col. Day was awarded the Medal of Honor, not the congressional Medal of Honor, as the former is its official name and no combat medal is ever "won" as there is no competition for them, so to use any variation of the word win, won, etc is very incorrect. Can the TAS style book reflect this in the future please?
-- David Menard
Retired Air Force NCO
Huber Heights, Ohio

Mr. Lord has framed as cogent an argument for the defeat of Obama as anyone could form. To add several simplistic nevertheless important differences between the two competing candidates, I would point out the tried and true saw that liberals believe government to be the solution while conservatives believe it to be the problem. Trite as it is, it is a direct hit on the truth.

A second simplistic but truthful statement is the liberal belief that a country can tax itself into prosperity. This is so obviously untrue, and there is so much evidence as to its untruthfulness, one must actually try to avoid believing it. My last addition to Mr. Lord's trenchant statistical balance sheet is the liberal belief that it is the primary function of business and industry to employ, rather than to create profit. Because liberals fail to understand humanity, they fail to understand what motivates people and drives them to achieve. For liberals, achievement is a dirty word, a selfishness that must be punished with confiscation and redistribution of the fruits of the achievers' labors. As Clinton put it, the people that he wanted to tax into poverty were "winners of life's lottery."

Finally, let us be truthful about Obama. He is a Chicago democratic ward heeler. That is all he ever has been regardless of how supposedly eloquent he is. And that eloquence seem to flee from him when he is asked a question and must answer extemporaneously. Little wonder he shies from debate.
-- Joseph Baum
Garrettsville, Ohio

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