Political Rants & Raves (8/19)

Political comments from our
readers.

BUSH CONTINUES TO MAKE unconstitutional "trade" deals. 
Is this treason?

THE QUESTION TO ASK is not, "Are you better off now
than eight years ago?" The question to ask is "Are you better off now than 18
months ago when the Democrats took control of Congress?" I am better off now
than eight years ago: I am NOT better off now than I was 18 months ago! Vote
carefully in November.

GEORGE BUSH'S faith-based initiatives have made many a
"church family" able to eat high on the hog. Since they are a major voting
block. He did it to pacify voters. If you know of any of the Bible thumpers who
are having any church suppers please let me know. I feel entitled to the faith
based eats. Of course, I would have to eat a lot to compensate for what I pay in
federal taxes. I can tolerate all the brother this and sister that or talking in
tongue to get the goods.

THESE POLITICOS say they know what's best for the
U.S., but it is the people
that decide what is best for America and they (politicos) aren't
listening.

FOUR YEARS AGO I made it a habit of going to one of
John Kerry's mini-campaign headquarters for a breakfast of waffles. Now, the
waffle restaurants are Barack Obama mini-campaign headquarters.  Waffling must
be a Democrat thing.

TO THE PERSON WHO wrote in and said that Obama was
dangerous and not experienced enough and not qualified. Well, I had to go back
and read that thing twice because it sounded a lot like he was talking about
George W. Bush.

SO OBAMA THINKS he can just waltz over to the
Middle East, have a few talks, and there will
be peace? I wonder what someone as intelligent and experienced as Condolezza
Rice thinks of that.

AS A VOTER I look at this McCain and Obama race and
people talk about age and everything. If you look at the presidents who have
served one term or two terms or whatever, look at the day they took office and
then look at them four or eight years later, you see the toll it takes on them.
My thing against McCain is that the man is 72 years old, and if you give him a
full term of either four or eight years at his age I don't think he can handle
it. The job is tough enough for a younger man. I just don't see it. I'm not
biased about a person's age, I just think that we've got an age limit on certain
things. I think that there should be an age limit on our
president.

A BIG RANT FOR the U.S. government who have sacrificed
American citizens and treasure to free and rebuild Iraq while the
Iraqi government is sitting on a $79 billion dollar budget surplus, a fact
buried on the bottom of page 5A in a recent Augusta Chronicle. It's time to sack
every member of Congress who is incumbent and elect those who care about
American citizens first, last and always.

I KNOW THIS WON'T get printed because The Augusta Chronicle is a Republican
paper. I think every gas pump ought to have a picture of Dick Cheney and
President Bush on it. After all, Dick Cheney was the one that had a secret
meeting with his big oil buddies and wrote the current energy policy. So
therefore I think that's the cause of the problem.

PLEASE HELP. I would appreciate it if all travel agents
would get several cruise ships reserved for mid-November. If Obama wins the
election, I think we could fill up several cruise ships to go anyplace that
would give us permanent asylum.