posted on November 7, 2004 10:55:20 PM new
I happened upon this site purely by accident while I was googling for something else. This is not meant to be an "in your face" thread to anyone - I just thought it was interesting...
Mish-Mash. A Little Something On Everything. Thursday, November 04, 2004
Dateline: Hodgepodge By Howard Galganov
I was out of town for a couple of days; away from my computer, but never far from Newspaper Editorials, Regular Radio Broadcasts, my US Satellite Radio, and Television News.
But since I spent my time listening and watching opposed to writing, I had the rare opportunity to enjoy the opinions of others without adding my two cents.
But now I'm back.
On Carolyn Parish's (Member of Parliament) latest anti-American remarks:
She is part of what makes me embarrassed to be a Canadian; a know-nothing, do-nothing, Arafat-loving swine feeding beyond her fill from the public trough.
On the American Left's attitude about George Bush's impressive election victory:
It seems to me, that in their minds, the only time democracy works is when they win. What part of sweeping the country in popular votes (the most ever for a US President) and a large majority in Electoral College votes (not even close) don't they understand?
Also; what part of losing even more ground in the Senate (including the loss of Daschle) and in the House of Representatives don't they equally understand?
On Americans of the Left who claimed Bush stole the election in 2000:
He certainly didn't steal it now.
On the media gurus who are twisting their brains in knots trying to explain the huge Bush victory:
Perhaps it was no more complicated than a majority of Americans who trusted Bush more than they trusted Kerry.
On the Leftists and media gurus who give the Evangelical Right full credit for Bush's victory:
I'm a Jewish Atheist in support of Gay Rights, a Woman's Right to Choose and Stem-Cell research who would have voted for Bush if I could have. Hardly the definition of an Evangelical.
I assure you that millions of Americans who voted for Bush didn't fit the Evangelical profile.
On America being more divided than ever:
Which real democracy is not divided along political and social ideologies? Yet; touch one American and you touch 280 million Americans. Ask Osama.
And to my smug anti-Bush and anti-USA Canadian co-nationals:
Who's more divided than Canada?
On Yasser Arafat's death watch:
Hurry up. I can't wait to write the eulogy.
On John Edward's wife's breast cancer:
As much as I feel for her and those who love her. If I was the doctor, or amongst the doctors treating her, I'd have John Edwards who became stinking rich ($50 million) by suing the medical establishment, sign a promise not to sue under any circumstances if things don't necessarily go well.
Edwards is a big part of the reason why American women who aren't rich, famous, or married to someone rich or famous can't afford proper medical care like his wife is receiving.
On the European leaders who were so certain Kerry would clean Bush's clock:
Just like their concept of doing what is morally right in the world; they were wrong about the outcome of this election too.
On Americans who are applying to come to Canada so as not to live in the USA under a Bush Presidency:
Perhaps we can trade citizenships even-up. They can have our (Anne and myself) Canadian passports in exchange for their US passports.
Sometimes the Right side wins.
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Bad Losers. Friday, November 05, 2004
US Election 2004 By Howard Galganov
I published a short editorial yesterday (November 4, 2004) covering a little bit of this, and a little bit of that. I expected to hear nothing from my readers about what I had written. But to my surprise, the e-mails were fast and furious.
Even though every letter was non supportive in the general sense of what I wrote; not one of them criticized the facts. Not one of them refuted the incontestible outcome of the US election. Or why Bush won so convincingly.
Not one of the letters recognized that George W Bush won the largest number of popular votes in US Presidential election history. Or that George W Bush won the Electoral College handily. Or that the Republicans under George W Bush increased their majorities in both sides of the House. And that Daschle, the Democratic Senate Minority House Leader lost his bid for re-election.
What I did read, was how bad Bush will be over the next four years. Why? No reason.
I read how the USA will be further alienated on the world stage. How Europe hated Bush who "stole" the election in the year 2,000. And now hate all the Americans who in fact voted for him in huge numbers in 2004.
No one mentioned the fact that America was not hit even once since George W Bush declared war on TERRORISM. No one mentioned "dick" about the bourgeoning US economy, the new jobs created, and Bush's successful open trade philosophy.
No one said a peep about the remarkable Democratic election in Afghanistan. And no said anything about the marginalization of the TERRORIST Arafat.
They did say he will overthrow Roe V Wade as if it were inevitable. And that he will change the US Constitution to block Gay marriages. And that he will nominate Right Wing Judges to occupy the upcoming vacancies at the US Supreme Court. And that he will institute the draft.
What they didn't say was how impossible it would be for any government and the US Supreme Court to reverse Roe V Wade against a wall of people of goodwill who would oppose any attempt to do so. Republican and Democrat.
They didn't say how impossible it would be for George W Bush to make any changes to the US Constitution, where unlike Canada, any Premier can invoke the Notwithstanding Clause to suspend Civil Rights and Liberties which are "sort" of protected in Canada's Constitution.
Or, how the Supreme Court of Canada can state without equivocation, how a province is in clear violation of Charter of Rights Guarantees, yet can be allowed to take away the Rights of people because of that province's "Distinct" nature (Supreme Court ruling on Quebec's construction industry's right to restrict Canadian Freedoms of Association and Mobility).
Unlike Canada, in the USA, it's easier to move a mountain than it is to change a comma in their Constitution and Bill of Rights.
As for nominating Right Wing Supreme Court Judges: that's a "red herring". Even though the Republicans control both Houses, there are enough "moderate" republicans whose vote the President will need to install new Justices, that his choices will have to be somewhat mainstream.
As for implementing the draft: To bring in the draft, it would take an Act of Congress, and not the dictate of a US President. And besides, George W Bush made it very clear that there will be no draft. And why should we not take his word for it, since he really does say what he means, and he really means what he says.
I've never experienced such a group of sore losers as are the Democrats. If Democracy is the expression of the will of the majority of the people; all Americans, including the Free World should be rejoicing in the outcome of this election process.
The Democrats went above and beyond in their effort to turn out the vote, even if the voters they turned out knew nothing about the issues.
And they did it.
Record numbers of Americans showed up at the polls to vote. Unfortunately for the Democrats though, the voters they turned out didn't necessarily vote the way the Democrats had imagined they would.
What this election came down to was substance, character and style.
Bush is Bush. And no one has to think twice where he stands on any issue. Kerry on the other hand was all over the board on every issue. And instead of relying on his 20 year Senate record, he tried to con the American people with his 4 months of active service in Vietnam some 30 years earlier.
Kerry's wife was also a loose cannon. All of my American friends who voted for Kerry cringed at the thought of the filthy rich and nutty Theresa Heinz carrying the title of First Lady. I am absolutely certain that the mere thought of her as First Lady shifted votes away from Kerry.
Then there was the ambulance-chaser John Edwards, who looks and sounds great in small doses, but when heard over and over again, Edwards was nothing more than an ever smiling shyster.
And Elizabeth Edwards didn't do her husband and John Kerry any favors when she accused Lynn Cheney of being embarrassed of her Lesbian daughter. Not only was it uncalled for. It was a testament to which leader had more respect for the rights of Gays and Lesbians.
And it demonstrated how mean-spirited the Kerry/Edwards team actually was.
Bush and Cheney never brought up the personal lifestyles of Gays and Lesbians. But Kerry, Edwards and Edwards' wife Elizabeth did. And that didn't pass public scrutiny without consequences.
It bothers me how much the Media and the Leftists are bemoaning this incredible American example of Democracy. Where they should be applauding how the electoral process worked without any real incidents, they're damning the results and the will of the people.
This is troublesome. Perhaps it needs another Michael Moore Propaganda piece. And speaking of which: I sincerely believe that Michael Moore and the other Hollywood and Television types did more to elect George W Bush, than they did to win votes for the Democrats.
