UNEXECTED ELIMINATIONS
The moment I first heard of President George W. Bush's quick trip to Baghdad to have Thanksgiving Day dinner with troops stationed there, I wondered what the reaction would be from Democrats running for that office.
And on the day after the visit, just fifty days or so before the first winnowing promised in Iowa's primary election, the comments on the trip by the nine aspirants for the office should have sealed the fate of several them.
The final tabulations, of course, are not in, as yet, but it appears that at least two of the vying candidates took the path of common sense and agreed with the President tat such a trip was a good and proper good and proper action for this time. They saw it as a booster shot for troop morale and a reminder to folks at home that the war continues. There may have been other in the group who joined in this sentiment. As I said, I have not yet seen a finished tabulation of their expressed views
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Others, and I shall leave them nameless for various reasons, held fast to their critical stance and took the occasion to reiterate their prattle about “Bush's“completely failed foreign policy”. They are apparently unaware of the possibility that some previously firm adherents may not see eye-to-eye on such an unsportsmanlike, ungentlemanly attitude. They spoke harshly of the presidential visit and went through their tiresome litany of “stop the war and bring our boys and girls home.” Certainly there must be some voters in Iowa and other areas, who will have some second thoughts concerning such self-centered statements by individuals they may have supported previously thinking them to be decent, fair-minded individual worthy of our highest office.
It would seem logical that anyone aspiring to take over the Oval Office would want people to respect his judgment in matters which affect al of us beyond party limitations. It has been a firm tradition that all segments of our society that we bind together, in times of adversity, as a unified, strong and dedicated unit to protect our common holdings and to better our place among the nations of Earth.
A.L.M November 29 ,2003 [c378wds]
