THE DEMS WERE RIGHT!!
I hate to admit it. The liberal Democrats were right. They told me if I voted for McCain, all sorts of bad things would happen. Well, I voted for McCain anyway... and they were right....
◼ They told me if I voted for McCain, the nation's hope would deteriorate, and sure enough, there has been a 20-point drop in the Consumer Confidence Index since the election, reaching a lower point than any time during the Bush administration.
◼ They told me if I voted for McCain, the US would become more deeply embroiled in the Middle East, and sure enough tens of thousands of additional troops are scheduled to be deployed into Afghanistan.
◼ They told me if I voted for McCain, that the economy would get worse and sure enough, unemployment is approaching 10% and the President's bailouts and bogus stimulus packages have sent the stock market lower than at any time since 9-11.
◼ They told me if I voted for McCain, we would see more "crooks" in high ranking positions in federal government and sure enough, several cabinet members revealed records of bribery, immigration violations and tax fraud or tax evasion.
◼ They told me if I voted for McCain, our relations with foreign countries would be worse, and sure enough China has questioned investing in more US treasuries, France and Germany have rejected our President's suggestions that they spend more money to save the world economy, Russia has apparently forced us to abandon our defense missile programs in Poland and Czech Republic, we snubbed Great Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown when he visited Washington (and
sent him packing with a bust of Winston Churchill that had graced the Oval Office), the State Department shuffled the visit of the president of Brazil to avoid a conflict with St. Patrick's Day (and spelled his name wrong in the official announcement), the President scuttled the ending free trade agreement with Colombia (an important ally next to Chavez's Venezuela), Mexico imposed tariffs on $2.4 billion of American products in retaliation for our breach of the North America Free Trade Agreement, and Iran is getting ever close to making a nuclear bomb. It's a good thing we're chumming up to Syria.
◼ They told me if I voted for McCain, that the moguls of industry would increase their salaries and bonuses at the expense of the little people. And sure enough, companies like Merrill Lynch and AIG and Fannie Mae used the bailout money to pay record bonuses to the very executives who drove those companies into the ground.
◼ They told me if I voted for McCain that innocent children would die, and sure enough, the President lifted the ban on federal funding of abortion and the ban on using federal funds for research on embryonic stem cells, so many more innocent children will die.
-They told me if I voted for McCain, the civil rights of Americans would be put in jeopardy. And sure enough, Congress passed the misnamed "Employee Free Choice Act" which will deprive workers of the secret ballot in union elections and the President wants to institute a civilian national security force (i.e. private army/secret police) to spy on Americans.
◼ They told me if I voted for McCain, American health care would deteriorate. And sure enough, the President is pushing for government takeover of health care, with a multi-trillion-dollar price tag, and faceless bureaucrats making life-anddeath medical decisions for us.
Well, I ignored the Democrats in November and voted for McCain. And they were right... all of their predictions have come true. BY CHRIS WENNERHOLM
◼ september2009
