The closeness of this election and its current state of limbo has tested
the mettle of both George Bush and Al Gore and it has truly revealed how each
man will handle the stress and pressures of the job of president. The
events of the past week had washed irrelevant the PR spin, posturing, earth
tone clothes, and campaign promises. We are now witnessing the blood and
guts, white-knuckle reality of each man's soul. What a rare glimpse into our
country's future fate has bestowed on us.
George Bush's actions indicate that he is a man who possesses patience,
relies on and follows the rule of law, is thoughtful and confident, slow to
anger, surrounds himself with wise, thoughtful counsel, and considers all
consequences before acting. He has not engaged in public manipulation or
spin and he is not orchestrating media reports. He has put his trust in God
and the American people.
He possesses all the qualities of not just a good leader, but a
remarkably excellent one. You can imagine his calm patience in dealing with
an international crisis or pursuing the right course of action on domestic
issues regardless of his opponents' lying spin. He is genuine, he is
consistent, he will garner for America the long-lost respect from her allies
and healthy fear from her enemies.
Al Gore's actions reveal a frightening desperation to cling to power at
all costs. He is greedy, he is petty, he is dishonest, and he puts himself above
the law and surrounds himself with an army of lawyers and spin doctors, he
dispatches 500 AFL-CIO union loyalists to Florida to intimidate and literally
steal votes that he was never meant to have. He does this in front of the
world, with the mainstream media not only complicit in these actions but
willing to promote his spin and avoid reporting on the obvious theft of
votes.
Gore has proven he is totally devoid of leadership. He listens to
political cronies who advise him to withdrawal his concession, even when it
goes against his own first instincts. He does so even in the face of a
narrow but unmistakable loss on election night. He has then gone on to lose
the first and second recounts and now is employing union thugs to steal votes
that weren't cast for him. He rejects 14,000 military votes, from the brave
men and women overseas, because they have already glimpsed the destruction of
a Gore presidency.
Under a Clinton-Gore administration, the military has
suffered massive resignations of high-level personnel, morale is at its
lowest point, discipline has broken down, and military families must rely on
food stamps to live. This is what awaits the nation at large. This is why
Gore wants those military votes thrown out. Gore fears the military vote.
His presidency will possess all the corruption, lies and ill repute of
the Clinton years, along with Gore's ruinous policies of high taxes,
overwhelmingly big government, unaffordable gas prices and a devastated
military. He has proved that in difficult times he will do what is best for
himself, his power and his legacy, and the country be damned. His
dishonesty in acquiring the presidency will not win him respect from our
allies; and, since there is no honor among thieves, our enemies will not
respect or fear him, they will laugh at him and mock the fallen, corrupt
status of America. A Gore presidency is America's worst nightmare come
true.
At home, Gore will never unite the country. In fact, had he won his own
state, we wouldn't even have this current crisis, but the people who know Gore
the best value him the least and fear him the most. Bush is the lawful
winner of the presidency, and he should stay and fight to maintain the honesty
and integrity of this office.
Gore's manipulation grows more obvious and less obscure, even to the
political neophyte. Americans are not impressed or swayed by handfuls of
rent-a-mob union hacks and Democratic loyalists demonstrating in targeted
cities, holding signs of pathetically distorted truths. Americans of honor
who live decent lives and want to teach their children well will not embrace
a man who steals the office of presidency.
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