The Endicott Enquirer News from the Southern Tier

25Mar/083

Higher Gas Prices Would "Ruin" Us

"I just don't understand the Democrats. Here they're preaching that George W. Bush has ruined the economy and we're in a recession, but yet they want to raise gas taxes 50 cents to save the earth. I would never vote for a Democrat after hearing this. This would ruin the whole U.S. if this would ever happen." - Boonsboro

The Herald-Mail

Ok, so I don't like high gas prices either, but in case you haven't noticed, the gas prices are tied to the commodities markets and the commodities markets fluctuate when you have things like wars in the Middle East. If you don't like high gas prices then maybe you should rethink being a republican who believes the gas tax is the worst thing that could happen. If you want to lower gas prices then you would do well to write a letter to your president and let him know that the instability in the middle east is what he really ought to actually be working on sorting out. Don't blame the Democrats for something that the Republicans are just as guilty for in many other forms.

25Mar/082

Bush: Mr. Ethics Himself

"I am a Bush lover. The reason that I'm a President Bush lover is because he's fair, he's a good president, and he cares about values and morals; something that we can't say about a lot of other of our public officials. And I am a Republican, and I did pick up a rifle and I did fight for this country." - Hagerstown

The Herald-Mail

So he cares about values and Morals? When does going to war for a lie constitute a moral act? When does causing tens of thousands to lose their lives in a war that was a complete waste a moral act? When did morals include vetoing federal research grants for stem cells that could potentially fix numerous nervous system problems? When did supporting a clearly ineffective abstinence only sex education policy in Africa constitute as a morally sound thing to do when the policy is a complete failure?

I would argue he is also one of the least "Fair" presidents that we have seen in a long time. How many tax dollars did you save compared to the millionaires in this country under him? How have your job prospects faired during his tenure in office? I'll take a guess and argue that many of the jobs you might be looking for are no longer in the US.

The only thing that have faired well under George Bush are his own interests, the religious right, and the growth of hatred for the US among the rest of the humans on Earth. We are heading for one of the biggest shocks to our economy in a long time, our military is in shambles, we are in a war that we cannot ever "win" nor extricate ourselves from, and I honestly don't know if we can repair the damage we have done to our standing in the world community. Your rifle is not going to solve any of these problems and if you are a true fiscally conservative republican (which is actually what republicans are historically known for) you would not support George Bush.