Haloman
17-10-2004, 01:37
This is my first post on the forums, although I have been lurking for awhile, and signed up in early september. First of all, let me say that I'm christian, and from the great state of Missouri- I know what everyone is thinking-"OMFG right-wing republican!". Stereotyping sucks. It's wrong. Yes, I'm republican, and, yes, I support the incumbent. I'm going to give my two cents on a few controversial issues that our country faces today, the election, war in Iraq, abortion, gay rights, etc.
As I said, I am a Bush supporter, and a pretty big one. I wouldn't exactly consider myself a conservative, but my views are somewhat similar to his. I'm actually suprised that this election is as close as it is- In my opinion, Bush is the only clear cut choice on the ballot. I don't like Kerry at all, in fact. You never know what you'll get with Kerry. He tells the American people that he will not raise taxes- But yet voted to raise taxes while in the senate a total of 98 times. The thing is, you DON'T know what Kerry will do as president, and you can only look at his senate record of a glimpse of what actions he would take...He'll be indesicive in war, wrong in economics and healthcare. The democrat's counter to this is to look at Bush's record. So? The man had to make some of the hardest decisions ever made by a president. We're living in dangerous times, and it takes a tough leader to succeed, and Bush is that leader. I look at Bush, and I see a regular guy. I see a guy who has my best interests at heart, has my neighbor's interest at heart, and has your interest at heart. I see a good guy, with good intentions, who slips up once in a while...and everyone forgets that it's just human nature to make mistakes (unless you make those mistakes 98 times).
Now, to the war. Is it immoral? Should we be in Iraq? Yes and no. No one, not a single person, can deny that it is NOT a good thing that Saddam Hussein is out of power. As well, no one can say that bringing democracy, brining freedom, to Iraq is a bad thing. Should it necesarily be up to America to bring that freedom to other countries? Yes and no. We shouldn't force it on countries if they don't want it, and clearly, Iraq wanted it, and needed it. Kerry supporters will say that the reason we went into Iraq was WMD's, which aren't there. Just because we haven't found them yet, doesn't mean they don't exist. Hell, you're searching a whole country, remember. Them things could be anywhere. I mean, it takes me forever and a day to find my damn keys. And if the aren't there, still, Hussein no doubt had the intention and had the ability. Besides this fact, the freak murdered hundreds of thousands of his own people. He needed to be taken out, pure and simple. Oh, and if you say we went into Iraq for oil...prove it. Show me irrefutable proof that George Bush went into Iraq for the oil.
I'm going to move on and tackle abortion for you now. As you might have guessed, I'm indeed pro life. Life does begin at conception, and aborting a fetus is like murder, and is immoral. This should be a no-brainer. Pro- Choicer's main rebuttal is that women should have the choice of whether or not they should have a baby...and I agree. But, don't you think they should make that choice before they go and open their legs? It's very irresponsible to wake up the night after you got drunk and say "Oops, I had a few beers last night, didn't use protection, but I don't want the baby". There's so many forms of birth control out there...couldn't they have used it? An effective solution, I think, would be to lower the cost of birth control, and make it more available to women. Abortion should be made illegal in most cases, and legal only in extreme ones. For example, if delivering a baby could harm the mother, if a woman was raped, incest, etc.
Gay rights is where I seem to draw a blank...I don't have too much on this one. Allowing gay marriage goes against my religion, but then again, this is America, and we have freedom of religion. I believe we should give gays their rights...what's the harm in it? They deserve rights just like everyone else. But, marriage was intended for the union of a man and woman, and I think it shouls stay that way. Why not create an equal civil union for homosexuals?
I want to talk about religion, a highly controversial topic. I believe that religion is very, very personal, and everyone has their own right to choose whatever religion they want. This is why I don't push my religion on anyone, or necesarily try to "convert" people. I believe in god, I believe that Christ died for my sins. If you can't live with it, oh well, it's what I believe. And if you don't think the same thing, oh well. And I don't consider myself above anyone else that doesn't agree with me, or that isn't christian. I sin just like anyone, christian or not. Lastly, religion shouldn't be mixed with politics, they just don't agree mix, like beer and liqour.
These are my thoughts, please, do not judge me by them. I'm open to intelligent discussion about all of these topics.
As I said, I am a Bush supporter, and a pretty big one. I wouldn't exactly consider myself a conservative, but my views are somewhat similar to his. I'm actually suprised that this election is as close as it is- In my opinion, Bush is the only clear cut choice on the ballot. I don't like Kerry at all, in fact. You never know what you'll get with Kerry. He tells the American people that he will not raise taxes- But yet voted to raise taxes while in the senate a total of 98 times. The thing is, you DON'T know what Kerry will do as president, and you can only look at his senate record of a glimpse of what actions he would take...He'll be indesicive in war, wrong in economics and healthcare. The democrat's counter to this is to look at Bush's record. So? The man had to make some of the hardest decisions ever made by a president. We're living in dangerous times, and it takes a tough leader to succeed, and Bush is that leader. I look at Bush, and I see a regular guy. I see a guy who has my best interests at heart, has my neighbor's interest at heart, and has your interest at heart. I see a good guy, with good intentions, who slips up once in a while...and everyone forgets that it's just human nature to make mistakes (unless you make those mistakes 98 times).
Now, to the war. Is it immoral? Should we be in Iraq? Yes and no. No one, not a single person, can deny that it is NOT a good thing that Saddam Hussein is out of power. As well, no one can say that bringing democracy, brining freedom, to Iraq is a bad thing. Should it necesarily be up to America to bring that freedom to other countries? Yes and no. We shouldn't force it on countries if they don't want it, and clearly, Iraq wanted it, and needed it. Kerry supporters will say that the reason we went into Iraq was WMD's, which aren't there. Just because we haven't found them yet, doesn't mean they don't exist. Hell, you're searching a whole country, remember. Them things could be anywhere. I mean, it takes me forever and a day to find my damn keys. And if the aren't there, still, Hussein no doubt had the intention and had the ability. Besides this fact, the freak murdered hundreds of thousands of his own people. He needed to be taken out, pure and simple. Oh, and if you say we went into Iraq for oil...prove it. Show me irrefutable proof that George Bush went into Iraq for the oil.
I'm going to move on and tackle abortion for you now. As you might have guessed, I'm indeed pro life. Life does begin at conception, and aborting a fetus is like murder, and is immoral. This should be a no-brainer. Pro- Choicer's main rebuttal is that women should have the choice of whether or not they should have a baby...and I agree. But, don't you think they should make that choice before they go and open their legs? It's very irresponsible to wake up the night after you got drunk and say "Oops, I had a few beers last night, didn't use protection, but I don't want the baby". There's so many forms of birth control out there...couldn't they have used it? An effective solution, I think, would be to lower the cost of birth control, and make it more available to women. Abortion should be made illegal in most cases, and legal only in extreme ones. For example, if delivering a baby could harm the mother, if a woman was raped, incest, etc.
Gay rights is where I seem to draw a blank...I don't have too much on this one. Allowing gay marriage goes against my religion, but then again, this is America, and we have freedom of religion. I believe we should give gays their rights...what's the harm in it? They deserve rights just like everyone else. But, marriage was intended for the union of a man and woman, and I think it shouls stay that way. Why not create an equal civil union for homosexuals?
I want to talk about religion, a highly controversial topic. I believe that religion is very, very personal, and everyone has their own right to choose whatever religion they want. This is why I don't push my religion on anyone, or necesarily try to "convert" people. I believe in god, I believe that Christ died for my sins. If you can't live with it, oh well, it's what I believe. And if you don't think the same thing, oh well. And I don't consider myself above anyone else that doesn't agree with me, or that isn't christian. I sin just like anyone, christian or not. Lastly, religion shouldn't be mixed with politics, they just don't agree mix, like beer and liqour.
These are my thoughts, please, do not judge me by them. I'm open to intelligent discussion about all of these topics.