Who is the ENEMY?

This is election will decide the fate of America. Who is America? Is America still the land of the free? Is America still the country of our forefathers? Is America about liberty? We were created on the dream of wise men. We were built on blood, sweat, and tears. We cried out to the world, "Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses." Why? Why them? I believe in the SPIRIT of America today, after 9/11, more than ever before. We have built this nation. Our ancestors gave their lives for our freedoms. Who is the ENEMY? Who wants to take this away? Is it the left? Is it the right? Is it the media? The world has learned. History has shown us. The great nations of the past have fallen from within. No one can beat us militarily. NO ONE! Our enemy knows this. We have shown them where we are weak. We are weak from within.

In the all the wars of our nation, we prevailed. Until......

• Early 1970's. Viet Nam. We, the people, grew weary. America SURRENDERED! And a man named John Kerry lead the way. Kerry met with the enemy. This is NOT an accusation. It is the truth. John Kerry, while still an enlisted soldier of the American forces, met with the enemy, and followed their instructions on how to get America to SURRENDER! He surrounded himself with the families of captured men, held a Press conference, and delivered the 7 point peace proposal of the Viet Cong. This was well planned, organized, and thought out. They used John Kerry to deliver the death blow to Nixon. John Kerry WILLINGLY followed their instructions, and did just that. John Kerry taught the rest of the world, that he is willing to work with the enemy to undermine American resolve and weaken our country, to his and the enemy's gain. World Net Daily
• Jimmy Carter embarrassed us with hostages in Tehran, Iran for 444 days and helicopters burning in the desert. When we, the people, put a "cowboy" in office, our hostages were released. NOW THIS IS KEY! The hostages were NOT released because they felt Reagan was going to be more SENSITIVE to their wants.
• William Clinton, once again showed the world that we RUN at blood. After Mogadishu, Clinton tucked his tail between his legs. There is a pattern here. Clinton barely raised an eyebrow at the numerous terrorist attacks on America and its citizens. He was more interested in making friends and making deals than protecting our children. Kim Jung IL tricked him rather easily. Clinton was played like a fiddle by the KLA, to bring us into Kosovo. I am no fan of Milosavec, but the US got played by the KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army- a terrorist group with strong ties to Osama) and we went to bombing their enemy for them. Front Page Mag.
• John Kerry emerges as the Democratic Presidential Nominee for 2004 election. Not only has Kerry received money form the KLA (see Kosovo Kerry story further down this page), but he seems to be loved by many who sponsor terror. Arafat for one. Not only is John Kerry a Democrat, he is the original poster-boy for American SURRENDER! Kerry has shown he will damn his fellow soldier in order to put himself in the spotlight and further his career. Of course our ENEMY wants John Kerry for the next American President! They are on the outside looking in. They are not concerned about Haliburton, gay marriage, Roe vs Wade, and unemployment. They want us to let them finish Hitler's agenda, or die. PERIOD! John Kerry is the best man to help them in their quest.

Has the left looked at themselves lately? Do they realize that Osama has turned their talking points into his own? Do they realize that the ENEMY is on their side? America has become more tolerant of Anti-semitism than they are of the Boy Scouts! Which America will show up on Tuesday. One that is more interested in being "liked" and "intellectually progressive." The one that is so sick of worrying about terror, instead of tennis luncheons and baseball games, that we are willing to give up Israel. Have we become like the rich in France and Germany that we're willing to ignore the smoke and smell of ovens burning women and children. Make no mistake. If we were to give-up Israel, we would just give them another lesson. What would they want next? I am praying for the other America. The original America. The America where everyone that graduates high school can recite, "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" The America that remembers the Alamo. The America that defeated Communism by standing up to it. The America that said, "Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses." Why? Because the tired know. The poor know. The huddled masses know. They know something that John Kerry will never know. We know that a some things are worth fighting for. They know some things are worth working for. They know that freedom is worth dying for.

I read something today that I think EVERY AMERICAN should read. Please, before you vote, read this. Before you let a friend vote, ask them to read this. Before you decide the line is too long to vote, remember this. Spread this story to all you know. If we don't act now, we will mourn America.

How much does Osama bin Laden have in common with the Kerry Campaign?

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CELEBRATION TIME!!!!

This post is all about CELEBRATING!

Here's what we CELEBRATE today:

• Kerry has stepped in it again. He has ripped the US military AGAIN! He lied about them and tried to demonize them after he returned from Viet Nam (in order to propel himself into the spotlight as he aspired political office), and he did the same thing this week.
• Beloved TERRORIST Arafat is fleeing Palestine.
• Arafat has endorsed Kerry.
• The Swift Boat Vets are having a rally on the steps of the Capitol on Sunday at 2:00pm, and promise to have some "revealing" information on Kerry.
• CBS and NYT have both been caught with there "vote for Kerry" stickers showing. (Not to mention their inability to do true, accurate, and thorough reporting.
• Bush's support is growing! Even Hawaii and New Jersey are taking a second look at Kerry's weaknesses.
• Drudge is proving to have more integrity than the MSM!
• Even UBL doesn't look very "enthused" in his latest propaganda tape.

Enjoy the following links! They are all about FUN!

• Another FrankenKerry: Conservate Voice
  
• Kerry Pic’s: Freaking News
• Better Kerry Pic’s: Freaking News
  
• “Captured”: Freaking News
  
• Uncle Dubya!: Freaking News
  
• Kerry’s Debate Podium: Political Humor
  
• Jib Jab: Atom Films
  
• Kerry @ Wendy’s?: Mudville Gazette
  
• Bagdad Bob: davidstuff.com
  When Bush Comes Around: Link
  
• SUBTITLED TERROR VIDEO AIRS ON DAILY RECYCLER AT 7:00AM PST DEVELOPING... Daily Recycler
  

I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did! Stay tuned for info. about the Swifteis, I will post any developments I find on this story!

Mainstream Media- Dependable, Accurate, Biased!

This is the CBS story.

This is the NYT story (you may need to register- it is free- in order to view article).

Here is the first paragraph of the Washington Times that debunks the above stories:

Russian special forces troops moved many of Saddam Hussein’s weapons and related goods out of Iraq and into Syria in the weeks before the March 2003 U.S. military operation, The Washington Times has learned.

Here is the FULL story.

Materials went to Syria (October 2004): http://216.26.163.62/2004/me_iraq_10_18.html

Iraq’s WMD in Lebanon? (August 2003!): http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/wmd.html

Here are Links about Kerry you won't see in the MSM

Syria tests Weapons?

Kerry’s actions after war part of Viet Nam’s plan to defeat US: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41106

Kerry aides the enemyDoc 1: http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=vccircular

Doc 2: http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=vcdirective

Swift Boat Vets and POW’s for Truth: http://www.swiftvets.com/

Winter Soldier: http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=puppets

Even Australia does a better job of reporting Kerry’s weaknesses.

The media is a mess. What happened to good old fashioned INTEGRITY. CBS 60 Minutes, Rather, Mapes, ABC Memos, CNN, BBC, New York Times, Washington Post; the list goes on. These NEWS organizations no longer have credibility. They are willing to run stories not backed up with facts, ignore information that disproves their stories, not check or verify facts, and then refuse to admit any mistakes. Now, some say it is hypocritical for Rush, Beck, Hannity, and others to accuse the MSM of having a slant or agenda, when they themselves display a prejudice. This defense is laughable. The entire premise of Rush Limbaugh’s venture was to keep the MSM in check by exposing their slant. These “conservative” personalities admit openly what their views are. They do not try and bill themselves as an independent or non-biased news source committed to “just reporting the facts.”

When you read the stories given in the links above, it becomes clear that the MSM has become undependable, and virtually untrustworthy, if not corrupt. I have found that the blogosphere and the Drudge report are my best source of truthful accounts of ANYTHING going on in the world, let alone this election and the war.

Once you read these stories and learn the facts, it leads you to finally see the true opportunistic nature of a very selfish man. A man so obsessed with reaching his goal (of power and self-validation), that he is willing to tear apart not only our President, but the entire country. He has a pattern of manipulating the brave men of our military and their families. He wants us to believe that his 4 month stint in Viet Nam makes him immune to criticism about his dishonesty. He can come out and dare us to challenge his military record, and then scream foul when we do. He manipulated the policies of the military to decorate himself with medals and get an early ticket home, he admitted to atrocities and accused his fellow soldiers of such, and willfully worked to promote the agenda of our enemy. Flash forward 30 years later, and he is now attacking our soldiers again. Sadly, his entire attack is based on a false story. He accuses Bush of “rushing” to war, and “lying to the world” by using inaccurate information. This “inaccurate information” consisted of Intelligence reports from MANY nations, and yet he attacks his own country on information from CBS and New York Times! I hate to make such a strong charge, but to me, it seems he is once again using politics to further the agendas of our enemies.

Kosovo Kerry?

This is the story that should be on front pages EVERYWHERE! The overriding issue in this campaign is trust. We need a Commander and Chief that we can trust with our security for today, and for our children’s future. We have learned since 9-11 how imperative it is for us to recognize whom the terrorists are, and destroy them. We have learned how that negotiating is not in their vocabulary. Terrorists do not seek peace. They seek domination. They would even have you believe that their terror is about one piece of land, Israel. A history lesson is in order, but we Americans are people of sound bites, not facts. There is no way for me to cover all of this in a sensible order that will be clear, full of the details, and concise, without it being too long for most to pay attention. I would surely lose your interest. Therefore, I have included many links to those of you that want verification of the facts I will present.

1. KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) is a terrorist organization with ties to Osama bin Laden. The KLA's main objective is to break Kosovo, which has been an integral part of Serbia for centuries, away from Serbia.
2. On September 15, 2000, the INS Resource Information Center, Washington D.C., issued a report on their findings on KLA’s activities in terrorism.
3. Florin Krasniqi snuck into the US, across the Mexican Border, by hiding in the trunk of a car on Christmas Eve in 1998.
4. Krasniqi has raised over $30 million dollars for the KLA.
5. KLA Leader Thaci was invited to the DNC.
6. A Dutch documentary shows footage of Krasniqi attending a Kerry fundraiser and donated $2,000 to the Kerry campaign.
7. This same documentary also shows Richard Holbrooke and Wesley Clark talking laughing with Krasniqi at this fundraiser. Holbrooke and Clark helped to run the bombing operations under the Clinton Administration.

While I understand that not all those who donate to a campaign can be investigated by a candidate’s team, Krasniqi is no stranger to the Democratic Party. Just as an interesting note to this story, Kerry and Edwards both voted to give Clinton authorization to use force in Kosovo, but a war resolution died in the Congress. The UN was not included in this action, but France and Germany were. Kerry issued a letter to Albanian-Americans in July of 2004 and claimed “The people of Kosovo must be able to determine their own future, including how they want to be governed.” Five years later, U.S. forces are still stationed in Kosovo, with no “exit plan”, or a plan to “win the peace.” But then, this war was not waged to “make Bush and Cheney friends rich,” but it was waged in a time when President Clinton was in desperate need of a distraction from his domestic, or “oval office intern,” policy.

Here are links to verify the facts:

Main Story:

KLA ties to Osama:

INS Report/Memo:

Who is Krasniqi:

Documentary:

Voter Fraud Disenfranchisement Intimidation Idiocy? (In Florida Ohio!)

Voting in Ohio with an absentee ballot wouldn't be easy for a Bush supporter. This is what the absentee ballot for Cuyahoga County, where Cleveland is located. Cleveland is a huge battleground area for Ohio, which is already one of those "make it break it" states. You just gotta take this test. Here is the link: http://www.electoral-vote.com/images/Ohio-butterfly.jpg

Now, looking at this ballot, which square would you fill-in, in order to vote for Bush/Cheney?

If you picked the green space that is directly beside the arrow for the Bush/Cheney choice, then you have just wasted your vote. In order to vote for Bush/Cheney, you must fill-in the spot colored RED!

I am not sure if this is intentionally confusing, or just too hard for us simple folk to figure out. Notice how easy it is to get the right spot for Kerry/Edwards? Okay, I take it back- I am sure that this is intended to confuse those wanting to vote for Bush. Can we please stop the INSANITY! You just can't get more blatant than this!

It begs the question. Did any election officials from Florida happen to move and get a job in Ohio
lately?


UPDATE: I have received information that suggests that the link above of the Ohio ballot is a false represnetation! I need anyone in Ohio that can confirm this, to please do so. I am WILL MAKE A CORRECTION and APOLOGIZE for any misinformation.

BushKERRY LIED!

We have all heard the line, "Bush lied." Well, that has never held water with me. This claim is just so full of holes, it leaks like a sieve.
Now we have definitive proof that Kerry DID lie. Maybe you have picked up a copy of the Washington Times today, maybe you haven't. Let me help spell this out for you. Before we get to the lie, let's review Kerry's words.

1. Remember the 3rd Presidential debate? SCHIEFFER: We've come, gentlemen, to our last question. And it occurred to me as I came to this debate tonight that the three of us share something. All three of us are surrounded by very strong women. We're all married to strong women. Each of us have two daughters that make us very proud.
   I'd like to ask each of you, what is the most important thing you've learned from these strong women? KERRY: Can I say, if I could just say a word about a woman that you didn't ask about, but my mom passed away a couple years ago, just before I was deciding to run. And she was in the hospital, and I went in to talk to her and tell her what I was thinking of doing.
   And she looked at me from her hospital bed and she just looked at me and she said, "Remember: integrity, integrity, integrity. "Those are the three words that she left me with.
2. Again, the 3rd Debate: KERRY: My faith affects everything that I do, in truth. There's a great passage of the Bible that says, "What does it mean, my brother, to say you have faith if there are no deeds? Faith without works is dead. "
3. 3rd Debate: KERRY: I think most Americans in their guts know, that we ought to pass a sort of truth standard. That's how you gain legitimacy with your own countrypeople, and that's how you gain legitimacy in the world.
4. 1st Debate: KERRY: So what I'm trying to do is just talk the truth to the American people and to the world.
5. 1st Debate: KERRY: The truth is what good policy is based on. It's what leadership is based on.
6. Another quote from the 1st Debate: KERRY: I believe that it is important to tell the truth to the American people.
7. Joel Mowbray mentions this quote form Kerry in his story in The Washington Times today: KERRY: At a New Mexico rally last month, Mr. Kerry said Mr. Bush will "do anything he can to cover up the truth."
8. Joel also uses this quote form Kerry: At what campaign aides billed as a major foreign-policy address, Mr. Kerry said at New York University last month that "the first and most fundamental mistake was the president's failure to tell the truth to the American people."
9. And my favorite quote is how his Christmas in Cambodia was "seared, seared" into his memory. And then he had to backtrack. The whole reason for this statement was to validate his claim that the Viet Nam War was immoral. Kerry claimed he was ordered to these waters in Cambodia by President Nixon in 1968, while Nixon was telling the American people that there were no US troops engaged in Cambodia. As it turns out, President Nixon never took office until January of 1969.

I will refrain from noting the numerous inconsistencies in Kerry's accounts of his Viet Nam service, and simply say "Hey, Kerry, form 180 would clear up a lot, and give the American people the truth you so desire to give them. So, SIGN THE FREAKING FORM ALREADY!"

Now, for the lie I am writing about today. According to the front page of The Washington Times:

At the second presidential debate earlier this month, Mr. Kerry said he was more attuned to international concerns on Iraq than President Bush, citing his meeting with the entire Security Council. "This president hasn't listened. I went to meet with the members of the Security Council in the week before we voted. I went to New York. I talked to all of them, to find out how serious they were about really holding Saddam Hussein accountable," Mr. Kerry said of the Iraqi dictator.

Speaking before the Council on Foreign Relations in New York in December 2003, Mr. Kerry explained that he understood the "real readiness" of the United Nations to "take this seriously" because he met "with the entire Security Council, and we spent a couple of hours talking about what they saw as the path to a united front in order to be able to deal with Saddam Hussein." ( I have taken the liberty to add the bold here.)

In reality, this is a bold faced lie. No such meeting took place according to those he claims to have met. Kerry will surely use some "nuanced" response to explain this, if he personally addresses these findings at all.

One of the most fitting pieces of this entire fiasco is best summed up with this. In this month's issue of Rolling Stone magazine, he was asked what he would want people to remember about his presidency. His response? These are Kerry's very words, "That it always told the truth to the American people."

Please check out this link to the actual story in The Washington Times:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20041024-110609-9428r.htm

PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE…………VOTES? WORDS? AWARDS?

It would be hilarious if it weren’t being propped up by the MSM (Mainstream Media) and bought by so many irrational Americans. The Liberals have been screaming “foul” every time someone points out Kerry’s record in the Senate, every time Kerry is shown to flip-flop, every time the Swift Boat Vet’s for Truth run an add or speak, or every time someone points out his photo-ops as ploys targeted to “convince” voters that Kerry is something other than who he truly is.

We are bombarded with images of Kerry in spandex riding a bike, dressed in hunting gear borrowed from a farmer, wind-surfing, skiing, toting guns, quoting scripture he does not practice himself, and swaying back and forth to the music in Black Churches. This just doesn’t fit in so many ways. I realize that candidates visit venues as a campaign strategy, but c’mon! None of these images look the least bit honest! (okay, maybe the skiing) This candidate actually thinks we are too stupid to realize what he is doing. This man is scared of the truth. Not only is he scared of the reality of his Senate record (which he seems to neglect), his numerous stands on the Iraq war and others (I have NO idea how anyone can explain all those waffles), his personal practices of paying taxes and protecting the environment, but most of all, his REAL and COMPLETE military records. (there is a reason I keep mentioning his military records in these posts)

Hypocrisy is EXUDING from this entire campaign:

• His invoking scripture “faith without works….”, while he has no personal evidence of so much as tithing, let alone any other “works” of faith.
• His attack on the rich not paying their “fair share” in taxes, while he and wifey pay about ½-⅓ the percentage in taxes that most union folks pay.
• Claiming his understanding of the plight of the “common man”, while he continues to stage photo-ops to create an image that in essence relies on their stupidity. Talk about insulting!
• His attacks on Bush’s use of the English language when he can’t get the names of sports players or sports complex’s right and yet tries to imitate that very misuse by intentionally uses the phrase “can I get me a hunting license here?”
• His claim to have a plan, while maintaining he has no idea what he is going to specifically do until he gets into office. (Oh, this one makes my head hurt!)
• His scare tactics of misinformation about Bush wanting to “surprise” us with a draft in January, when it is HE who posted a plan for ALL student to be required to do community service (which he quickly removed once the draft lie was touted).

I know there are more that I haven’t listed, but I think my point is made. Kerry attempts to be ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE, and he does it with lies, and images of a false personae. Once you lift the curtain, the man exposed is no Wizard; in fact, the man exposed is just a desperate old man clinging to botox, fake tans, and a lot of dirty tricks. Can I get an “Amen!”?

"Reporting" for Duty?

I have heard many people try to define integrity. The most common definition seems to be "integrity is who you are when no one is looking." I take issue with this. "Who you are when no one is looking," to me, is character. This is one's TRUE character. I find integrity to be an actual trait. I believe TRUE integrity has two parts.

1) Recognize right from wrong. I have given workshops on how to achieve victory in your life. The first part is your value system. This also leads to a great way to draw people in to participate in an honest exchange. When asked if there is a such thing as a right or wrong value system, things get spicy very quickly. You always have those that say "Yes, absolutely." They usually follow with examples. Each example is usually extreme and clear. The problem of course is that in every day practice, most decisions are not extreme, they are rather small. Then you have those that quickly defend that it is wrong to view someone else's value system as wrong. Their point is "you cannot invoke YOUR values on others. You cannot JUDGE another's value system. What they fail to realize is that the workshop is about finding victory in THEIR OWN lives. The key is formatting YOUR OWN life for victory- not anyone else's. So, is there a right and wrong value system? Of course! If your value system is moving you towards your goals, towards victory in your life, then it is the right system for you. If not, then it is not! If you are sitting behind bars, and that is where you want to be, then your value system is working great for you! If victory means you are spending quality time with your family, and maybe living without MP3 players and Luxury SUV's, then you have the right value system for you. If your family is less important than owning "things", and your wife leaves you, you may however end up losing half of your "things." So coming up with a value system that truly achieves victory in your life, may take a little more thought than a cursory glance at virtues. The plan you have, must be geared towards actually achieving the outcome you seek. Not rocket science, just takes some honest thought and inventory of what you really want.

2) Once you have a value system and recognize what is right and wrong to achieve the victory in your life, now you have to LIVE by it!! This is where integrity truly gets hard. True integrity means standing up for what you know to be right, even if it means standing alone! So many times we are too scared to speak-up, or speak-out. We are perfectly willing to be coaxed into accepting certain behavior for selfish reasons. We may be afraid of being ostracized, or we are willing to allow wrong doing because we believe the "end justifies the means." I, personally don't trust people willing to accept law-breaking and cheating in order to achieve their agenda, and I certainly don't want to live with, work for, or be lead by someone who does.

Integrity means accepting the consequences of standing up for what you believe in. The rules of life, the laws of the land, are there to protect us. Let me use the 10 Commandments as an example. Thou shall not steal, is not a catcha clause. We are not sitting around waiting for a reason to condemn someone for stealing. Thou shall not steal means that you should be able to live your life without worrying about someone STEALING FROM YOU! See, it is about the pursuit of happiness! America is the best example of this. Our government is set up in a way that allows laws to be changed, there is even a system of guidelines and steps to follow in order to change the rules. The best part is that we the people get to decide when, how, and if any changes should be made. Lately, lawyers and politicians have been waging a war on these safeguards put in place by our forefathers.

The voting fraud taking place in this country is ABHORRENT! It is duplicitous to defend the right of people to vote in the wrong district. The voting system is set up to protect the integrity of our voting system. To allow the people rule the government, not the government to dictate to the people. Lately the left has been claiming disenfranchisement. Most of us interpret the word disenfranchisement as discouragement. Do I want to discourage people from unlawfully voting? YES! YES I DO! When you register to vote, you are mailed a card that tells you where you are to vote. PERIOD! Follow the rules! If you don't think it important to follow the rules, and protect the integrity of out voting system, then I don't want you VOTING! Our first obligation to our Constitution is to PROTECT IT! That actual phrase is in the Presidential OATH! Any Presidential Candidate that wants to break the laws, spit on the integrity of our voting system, and intentionally destroy the Constitution is not worthy of leading this country, and has already broken the Presidential Oath before he has even taken it!

All the talk and claims in Florida in 2000 about disenfranchised voters is true. There were thousands of African-Americans that were disenfranchised. Scary thought, huh? Not to me, because I know the WHOLE TRUTH! These disenfranchised voters were felons. The law in Florida is such that felons are not lawfully able to vote! THAT IS THE LAW! FELONS ARE NOT ABLE TO VOTE! Amazing how the MSM (Mainstream Media) refuses to define the facts about those who were disenfranchised. If Florida decided they wanted to change that law, then they should have begun the steps to change it right after the 2000 election. They didn't. WHY? Well, I would gander that they didn't because they knew 1) the majority of people would never agree to changing that law, and permitting felons to vote. Could you imagine a candidate pandering to THAT voter base? 2) It is much more effective and powerful to simply keep screaming "disenfranchisement," and even more beneficial to be able to site those disenfranchised as a racially motivated act, due to the fact that thousands of those felons are African-American. The worst fact about the 2000 election fiasco in Florida is not ANY of this. The real tragedy was the attempt by the Al Gore campaign to throw out the votes of our servicemen. They actually tried to get the courts to throw out the ballots of our troops risking their lives for OUR RIGHT TO VOTE! The track record of the left, and their treatment of our military and those who serve in it, is INCREDULOUS!

Stand tall. Stand strong. Insist that integrity be applied to our voting system. Without integrity to the very process of the people choosing their leader, then we lose the entire foundation of what our counrty was created for. For those who break the laws for voting, THROW THE BOOK AT 'EM! Including Kerry and his goons trying to defend such treason against the citizens of America. We choose Kerry. We choose OUR President, not a bunch of law-breaking power freaks, and the attorneys salivating at every turn to legitimize them. Show some integrity Kerry. Stand up for the VERY Constitution you seek to take a VOW to protect! I saw you claim to "report" for duty, NOW PERFORM YOUR DUTY, SIR! The very "duty" you claim to be reporting for is PROTECTING AMERICA AND IT'S CONSTITUTION! PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTION! PROTECT AMERICA- from enemies abroad and from within! And while you are at it, if you are so proud of your military service- then sign the form, sir, and show US what you are PROUD OF! SHOW US YOUR RECORD OF DEFENDING AMERICA!

ALL IS FAIR IN...........SEX AND POLITICS?

Since when? Since when do we refer to a candidate’s child and use the phrase “fair game?” We have all grown up learning that there are lines you just don’t cross. As children we found ourselves ready to do battle if someone said or did anything to hurt our moms and/or dads. We were ready to take up the fight to protect our siblings. As adults, we become fierce in our duty to protect our children. We know messing with the family is a dangerous move.

Let’s just be honest here. We heard reports all week about how Kerry was preparing for the third debate. His “people” worked closely with him on his technique, delivery, and material. Every word counts. Each position and response is calculated. Now, I am perfectly willing to admit that some questions are going to arise that a candidate has NOT prepared for. Does ANYONE think that a question on same-sex marriage came as a SHOCK? If so, then you SHOULD be disenfranchised! You are either being intellectually dishonest, or you are treating your right to vote in the most irresponsible manor imaginable.

I am not pleased with the political climate, or tactics used in this years election cycle. I believe people on BOTH sides have been guilty of bad behavior. Yet, I beg to use the phrase “pales in comparison.” We all do, or at least should, understand the difference between something you can take issue with, and something that is just a flat-out deal breaker.

I believe we all know of the example I am referring to, but just for the sake of being thorough, here it is.

QUESTION: Both of you are opposed to gay marriage. But to understand how you have come to that conclusion, I want to ask you a more basic question. Do you believe homosexuality is a choice?
KERRY: We're all God's children, Bob. And I think if you were to talk to Dick Cheney's daughter, who is a lesbian, she would tell you that she's being who she was, she's being who she was born as.
I think if you talk to anybody, it's not choice. I've met people who struggled with this for years, people who were in a marriage because they were living a sort of convention, and they struggled with it.
And I've met wives who are supportive of their husbands or vice versa when they finally sort of broke out and allowed themselves to live who they were, who they felt God had made them.
I think we have to respect that.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/debatereferee/debate_1013.html

After the debate, we got this comment from Mary Beth Cahill:
"There are a lot of questions here about gay marriage and she is someone who's a major figure in the campaign. I think it's fair game," Cahill told Fox.

1. The term “fair game” is a claim. To mention a person or topic and label them “fair game,” is the equivalent to sticking your flag in the sand and saying “I can exploit this.” When a couple breaks up and a friend wants to take a gander at the X, they say things like, “Hey, you broke up with him(her), he’s(she’s) fair game.” Or, if a country feels justified in shooting down another country’s aircraft, they might use the claim, “Your plane was in our airspace, that makes it fair game.”
2. Kerry has no right exploiting a candidate’s privacy in ANY way until he forfeits HIS privacy. Hey Kerry, let’s see your WIFE’s (not daughter- WIFE!) entire tax return. Heck, I’ll settle for YOUR private military records! Sign the form, then we will discuss whose life is “fair game” for exploitation!
3. Kerry could easily delete the first paragraph of his response and make his point VERY well. The first paragraph, to him, was necessary!
4. Kerry’s line of using the line to “compliment” the Cheney family just doesn’t fly. I heard no compliment. I heard an announcement, not a compliment!
5. I won’t even touch the line from Mrs. Edwards about shame! There is no shame in protecting your child’s private life. There IS shame in dragging your private life, your bedroom- or anyone else’s, into the public street- let alone broadcasting it on national television during a political debate. This was a debate on POLICY- not an MTV special on bedroom preferences. CAN IT Elizabeth, you should be ashamed.
It is now our responsibility to speak out. Let your voice be heard. You can’t say it any more clearly than with your vote. Put a stop to the ugly climate of politics. Voting for a candidate that is willing to exploit a child for political gain will only lead to more of this unacceptable behavior. As someone who has worked on campaigns, the bottom line is this. When a candidate wins using such tactics, the advisors are stuck with only one conclusion. This ugly behavior works. Show them it doesn’t work, and I assure you, they won’t use it again. Their goal is to WIN!

Number One!

This is the first official post of Straight Up with Sherri. I am eager to get started. I am looking forward to all of those whom I will meet due to this venture. I am also excited about watching those of you who will enjoy this service, get to know each other. Together, we will create a place to discuss, share, debate, and learn. I may be the host, but I am sure you will all teach me far more than I will be teaching. As this is my first post, I want to make one thing clear. Today, at this moment, I put this new adventure into the hands of my creator. I will make Him the one I seek to glorify, not myself. As time permits, I will be learning and gettting better at this, so please forgive my rookie mistakes, but by no means should you let me get away with mistakes. I will count on each of you to keep me grounded, honest, and accurate.

Thank you! Enjoy!

The original 'tender

Sherri