RG-J Reader Opinion, 03/26/2008

The title: Don't Need Another Bush in White House

The alarms sound, but we continue.

A little food for thought before you go to the polls:

Is it easier today buying daily necessities: food, gas, medications?

Is America respected more throughout the world today?

Is our security as safe?

Do we want continued war or peace?

Do we want to pursue the same path?

The government isn't the solution to our problems, the government is our problem.

Putting everything into perspective, it appears to me our present administration has failed miserably.

Think before you choose to elect another Bush in office.

Well, the author got one thing right, that government is the problem, not the solution. In my opinion this is a sentiment not reserved exclusively for 2001 to present, but a general truth.

Yet there is one crucial sentiment that this letter expresses: people really have no idea what is going on out there.

George W. Bush is done; his eight years have expired and by this time next year he will be retired. He is not running again; Jeb is not running; Jenna is not running. In short, there is NO Bush running for federal office; we are, repeat after me, NOT GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER BUSH IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

Or did the author mean this as a metaphor? If this is so, then even a sidelong glance at the three, major-party candidates will show that none of them is particularly eager to continue along this current avenue, at least not in the same buggy.

Again, we are, repeat after me, NOT GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER BUSH IN THE WHITE HOUSE!

Whew.

This is a major problem with many on the left at this point in time; they focus their hatred of G. W. Bush into a what they hope will become a lethal laser beam when, in fact, the argument is almost moot. The times are changing, for better or for worse, and people who push sentiments such as these are obviously not putting forth the best parts of their efforts on real, tangible issues, only their own self-contained hatred and obvious ignorance. In my estimation this not only a dangerous process but is even worse than apathy as the only thing it accomplishes is focusing on the worst aspects of our society rather than actually attempting to fix those difficulties or, at least, doing a modicum of research in order to vote for someone who best represents your philosophies of change or status quo.

Perhaps they can't deal with someone new coming along upon whom to focus their hate when Bush is such an easy target. Face it, he's gone, and there's nothing you can do to bring him back.

Right now the best we can do is let these little toddlers have their little tantrums and do our best to ignore their outbursts. By next January they will be forced to exercise their hatred elsewhere.