Steve Fritsch - Publisher stevefritsch@thecincinnatusstandard.com
Crazy Liberal Rhetoric and America's Future
For any conservative who follows the news on a consistent basis he or she knows that each week there seems to be at least one moronic liberal that spouts out incredible nonsense about conservatives and conservative causes, Republican elected officials, and President George W. Bush. This is nothing new, of course, but in the past week there has been more crazy liberal rhetoric reported in the media than usual it seems, and I felt it was important to highlight it in terms of where this country of ours is headed if liberal Democrats continue taking seats in Congress and win the White House in 2008.
For starters, let's take a look at California's Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer. Despite surprisingly realistic political assessments from both Al Gore and Barack Obama that there is no need for Democrats to attempt to impeach President Bush, Boxer continues to do just that. On the Ed Schultz radio show (who is Ed Shultz, anyways?), Boxer said that impeachment "should be on the table" and went even further by saying that the President was "spying" on the "American people" and that Bush was "closest we have ever come to a dictatorship."
Certainly, one would hope, that Boxer is just playing partisan politics here. She can't really believe her own words that a current U.S. president is breaching the line of outright "dictatorship," can she? Likely not, but if she really does believe that then her statements are not just absurd, but are downright stupid, and that Californians continue to vote her into office suggests that California may be screwed up beyond repair. Liberalism may not only be just a mental disorder in California, but a contagious disease as well.
Moving on, let's now look at a Nobel "Peace" Prize winner who recently declared her wish to "kill" President Bush. Yes, you read that right. A "peace" prize winner wishing she could kill the leader of the free world whose decisions (agree with them or not) have liberated millions of people in Afghanistan and Iraq from terrible tyranny and gross human rights abuses (especially towards women). Betty Williams, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for creating a group that helped start peace talks in Northern Ireland, also (surprise!) wants to see Bush impeached. Though Williams later apologized for her comments saying she was simply "passionate" about her views, she also added that the focus on her comments about Mr. Bush was a distraction from her more important message about "peace." (Yeah, sounds like a real message of "peace" to me alright.)
However, this isn't the first time Williams has been extreme in her comments about Bush.  Last July, she made an almost identical comment about wanting to "kill George Bush" to a group of schoolchildren in Australia. Williams defended her statements then by claiming her point was that it is hard to be nonviolent when there are so many atrocities in the world. (I'm wondering if she ever said she wanted to "kill" Saddam Hussein or Osama bin Laden. My guess is no.)
Finally, and perhaps the most outlandish and irresponsible comments from a U.S. Congressman that I have ever heard, Minnesota's Democratic Congressman Keith Ellison, who also happens to be America's first-ever Muslim to serve in Congress, provoked outrage this past week when he compared President Bush to Adolf Hitler and hinted that Bush might have been responsible for the September 11 attacks. Ellison also stated that Vice-President Dick Cheney's stance of refusing to answer some questions from Congress was "the very definition of totalitarianism, authoritarianism and dictatorship." (Ellison should have looked up the definitions of these words before he decided to use them.)
Obviously, Bush/Hitler comparisons from nuts on the left are not new, and neither is the conspiracy theory that Bush was somehow "responsible" for 9/11. But when such idiotic comments come from a U.S. Congressman then the time to worry has come. How did this man get elected? How pathetically screwed up is Ellison's Minnesota district? If this man gets reelected then not only is the state of Minnesota in deep trouble, but the country is as well.
Which gets back to my main point in writing this column. Though we all have differences in opinion and beliefs when it comes politics in this country, the one thing that should always stand above partisan political rhetoric is common sense and integrity. Obviously, Boxer, Williams, and Ellison lack both, but what the bigger picture proves here is that there are millions of people in this country who agree with what they say. That is not only sad, but it is downright scary. Because at a time in our nation's history when our personal security as citizens seems to be threatened everyday by terrorist groups like al Qaeda it is absolutely imperative that we have strong leaders, both Republican and Democrat (like Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman), who take our nation's interests above their own careers and their party's interests. Therefore, if Democrats (who constantly play politics with our nation's security) win additional seats in Congress in 2008, and heaven forbid a Democrat wins the White House in '08, where will we head as a country? Will we be able to overcome where liberal Democrats (like Hillary Clinton) want to take us in regards to security, foreign policy, immigration and the economy?
Now I know that the GOP has been a major disappointment for conservatives on many issues over the last seven years, and I will be the first to admit that my respect for President Bush has dwindled. But my disappointment in Bush will not prevent me from losing my common sense. And common sense says that for all his faults, Bush has done a better job with this country than Al Gore or John Kerry could have ever done. And common sense should also dictate to every liberal out there that Bush should not be impeached, is not comparable to Adolf Hitler, and is certainly not a "dictator." And for those who think on similar lines as Barbara Boxer, Betty Williams, and Keith Ellison, they are the real threat to this nation and what it stands for. Not George W. Bush. Question is, will enough voters see that in November 2008?
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