Thursday, September 02, 2004

"W's Big Night"

President George W. Bush just finished his speech before a packed MSG and everyone who was looking forward to the speech got what they wanted. Supporters got some talk about Healthcare coverage an issue that people tend to favor Kerry for. Bush promised smaller businesses cheaper insurance for their employees.

He also tried to come across as caring towards the families of fallen troops in the Iraq war. If he didn't believe in those words than perhaps he can get an Emmy, because he seemed quite honestly chocked up towards the end of the speech when speaking of the family members.

Bush tried to be honest about his short comings mostly the lesser ones such as butchering his words and his bluntness. His "bluntly" a reference to people giving him flack of being a loose cannon cowboy hell bent on not listening to reason. He laid out finally that at least voters know he stands his ground and they know what they are getting if they vote for Bush. He repeated again that we are in troubled times, but we should realize there is a greater good in the end.

So Bush supporters will be happy with the address, and I think he did well despite the first half of the speech seemed like a pretty routine Bush speech. Talking about how horrible 9/11 was and how our economy was growing.

At the same time Bush set him up to be slammed tomorrow morning (and I assume right now in the blog world) in tomorrow's papers. He never mentioned Osama a mistake if only to prevent people from pointing it out tomorrow, some will say his job growth remarks were BS, and still some will say he wasn't clear enough about the future of Iraq. Also his night might be over shadowed by whatever the hell happened half way through his address. I figured something was wrong when the people started chanting four more years appearing to attempt to drown out something. I figured it was someone cursing the president out. As I type this all I know one likely more people were making some sort of stink and were escorting out by NYC police.

So, tomorrow Bush' supporters should feel a bit better about their chances since I think he addressed a few issues they felt he needed to in order to win the election. At the same time like I mentioned I expect most his critics to slam im on the issues I mentioned before. Actually I am sure there will be more but I zoned out for like 5 minutes when nothing interesting was being said. On the other hand most Bush bashers I would imagine would actually had their Bush failed at the RNC articles written.

Now the election will really heat up! Well what do you think readers how did Bush do? Even better Bush bashers what do you think Bush did well at least politically?





Monday, August 30, 2004

"Undecided to Decide?"

Lots of papers seem to be writing about the undecided voters I haven't written down names of the papers (they were all local although some were syndicated columns) and how they could effect the pending election. What do you guys thing?

Well the story has relevance here for two reasons. Number one is that obviously votes are still up for grabs which means there are still some "swing" states floating (including Pennsylvania which surprises me) around out there.

The second reason is that I will have to delay my endorsement for President on my blog. On the bright side I don't think either candidate would be hurt by my delaying my support. Seeing as where very few people read my blog, and the ones that do either have made up their mind a long time ago ( I am starting to think Drew doesn't like Bush) or are not even going to vote.

To my honest and I can imagine this may come to a disappointment to many of my readers that I just haven't been able to hop on the John Kerry bangwagon. I really have kept and open mind about John Kerry too and ALMOST really saw myself voting for him for awhile. Swift boat stories aside (both Kerry and Bush served a hell of lot more than me) its the fact that Kerry still seems to be a bit of an enigma. Maybe the debates will show him a more natural side of him, because for my poltical conventions although entertaining and occasionally (gulp) informative come across as scripted prep-rallies. Think about it aside from the press everyone in the room is voting for the candidate anyway.

John Kerry's speech although well crafted might as well ended in him ripping his shirt open to reveal a large Superman logo. I thought to myself, would I actually be able to find a higher paying job if John Kerry simply slipped into office? I doubt it would have a direct correlation but it would be nice.

What bothers me is John Kerry's voting on defense. I don't get how the same John Kerry as a member of the Senate missed 38 of 49 hearings. Okay, most people play hooky from these things, but it seems strange if he was hardcore security he would have been above .500. However, he also voted cut the intelligence budget by $7.5 billion. Did he have a change of heart at one time? Why not just level with us if that is the case, say listen I learned my lesson from 9/11. Just a few things floating around out there, and most of my information (I know you will ask) comes from an article written by syndicated columnist Cal Thomas who can be found in the Courier Post in this market. Is it just me or does this guy always look like he is wearing is PJs?

Anyway the articles about the undecided have been pretty much dissing people of my mindset the Daily News called us LAME, and another article I read called us not too bright. Still others think we are the ones that can turn the tides. Of course my vote is meaningless in New Jersey since it will likely go straight to John Kerry anyway. I do however have to still vote of course for my own state of mind.

To sum up I have been disappointed in some aspects with Bush( I voted for him in 2004) , but haven't been overly impressed with John Kerry. I even have liberal friends who have said that John Kerry doesn't make it very easy to be likeable. Luckily for me I still have time to make up my mind before I hide behind the curtains come November. Just wish we could have more than two realistic choices. Two people out of the entire country? Hmm..Guess you can always write in a vote. Hey, Drew did you ever find out the name of the crazy lady the roams the streets of Collingswood?

Enjoy Republican Week