Monday, January 08, 2007
Fan Mail Monday
JMitch0365 doesn't care for anything I have to say. I received e-mail from JM in which he/she not only accused me of being on the "Bushies [sic] payroll," he/she
uncorked this little ignore-the-facts/left-wing-talking-point gem as well:
"The arrogant little Texas twerp is still lying through his teeth. Don't trust this guy. America is going downhill fast since Bill Clinton left office. All we've had is war and job losses."
I responded thusly:
JMitch0365:
Methinks you need a short tutorial in recent history. I'm more than happy to oblige. To wit:
During the Clinton Presidency, the United States was far from "at peace," if you will. Indeed, on Bill Clinton's watch, the U.S. suffered the following terrorist attacks:
1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and injured 1,000.
1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S. military personnel.
1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 and injured 200 U.S. military personnel.
1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, which killed 224 and injured 5,000.
2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39 U.S. sailors.
Not only did Mr. Clinton ignore Sudan when its government offered to hand over Osama bin Laden to U.S. authorities, we now know - as witnessed in the New York Times - that the Clinton Administration was given the name and PHONE NUMBER of a 9/11 hijacker in 1999 ... and did nothing. The war on terrorism was a big, fat mess placed in President Bush's lap by St. Bill Clinton and his minions. In response, President Bush proposed the most ambitious foreign policy goal this nation had ever seen, i.e., fostering the spread of democracy throughout the Middle East. If Bush were to succeed, he'd be remembered as a president for the ages. It'd really toast your cockles if such were to happen, wouldn't it? That's what drives all the hatred for the "little twerp," isn't it?
You leftists never tire of harping on the number of jobs lost during the first year and a half of the Bush Presidency. What you don't say - or, sadly, don't know - is that 22 states suffered manufacturing job losses from 1993-2001 (New York, North Carolina, New Jersey, Connecticut, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware, Illinois, Florida, West Virginia, Maine, Alaska, Louisiana, and Hawaii). Do you know when manufacturing employment spiked in the state of Tennessee? 1995. Who was president then?
Furthermore, when President Bush took the oath of office, the NASDAQ technology index had already plunged 70 percent from its historic high; the U.S. economy had rolled over to less than 1 percent growth from 8 percent in late 1999; and the domestic private-sector economy (excluding trade and government spending) had shrunk two consecutive quarters. We now know that the 2001 recession so often described as the "Bush recession" by leftist nitwits actually began in December 2000. Again, who was president then?
President Bush pushed through Congress a bold plan to reduce marginal tax rates, and the economy responded with record GDP growth and over 7 million new jobs. What have Democrats offered in response? Well, the newly elected Democrats in Congress have promised to reverse the very tax cuts that've spurred economic growth since 2003. If that's the best the Democrats can offer, to them I say: NO THANKS!
Finally, your cause is not served when you dub President Bush a "little twerp." I seem to recall that you leftists bristled each time Bill Clinton was dubbed a draft-dodger, serial philanderer, liar, despoiler of interns, etc. But then, being hypocrites has never really bothered you folks ... has it?
uncorked this little ignore-the-facts/left-wing-talking-point gem as well:
"The arrogant little Texas twerp is still lying through his teeth. Don't trust this guy. America is going downhill fast since Bill Clinton left office. All we've had is war and job losses."
I responded thusly:
JMitch0365:
Methinks you need a short tutorial in recent history. I'm more than happy to oblige. To wit:
During the Clinton Presidency, the United States was far from "at peace," if you will. Indeed, on Bill Clinton's watch, the U.S. suffered the following terrorist attacks:
1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and injured 1,000.
1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S. military personnel.
1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 and injured 200 U.S. military personnel.
1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, which killed 224 and injured 5,000.
2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39 U.S. sailors.
Not only did Mr. Clinton ignore Sudan when its government offered to hand over Osama bin Laden to U.S. authorities, we now know - as witnessed in the New York Times - that the Clinton Administration was given the name and PHONE NUMBER of a 9/11 hijacker in 1999 ... and did nothing. The war on terrorism was a big, fat mess placed in President Bush's lap by St. Bill Clinton and his minions. In response, President Bush proposed the most ambitious foreign policy goal this nation had ever seen, i.e., fostering the spread of democracy throughout the Middle East. If Bush were to succeed, he'd be remembered as a president for the ages. It'd really toast your cockles if such were to happen, wouldn't it? That's what drives all the hatred for the "little twerp," isn't it?
You leftists never tire of harping on the number of jobs lost during the first year and a half of the Bush Presidency. What you don't say - or, sadly, don't know - is that 22 states suffered manufacturing job losses from 1993-2001 (New York, North Carolina, New Jersey, Connecticut, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware, Illinois, Florida, West Virginia, Maine, Alaska, Louisiana, and Hawaii). Do you know when manufacturing employment spiked in the state of Tennessee? 1995. Who was president then?
Furthermore, when President Bush took the oath of office, the NASDAQ technology index had already plunged 70 percent from its historic high; the U.S. economy had rolled over to less than 1 percent growth from 8 percent in late 1999; and the domestic private-sector economy (excluding trade and government spending) had shrunk two consecutive quarters. We now know that the 2001 recession so often described as the "Bush recession" by leftist nitwits actually began in December 2000. Again, who was president then?
President Bush pushed through Congress a bold plan to reduce marginal tax rates, and the economy responded with record GDP growth and over 7 million new jobs. What have Democrats offered in response? Well, the newly elected Democrats in Congress have promised to reverse the very tax cuts that've spurred economic growth since 2003. If that's the best the Democrats can offer, to them I say: NO THANKS!
Finally, your cause is not served when you dub President Bush a "little twerp." I seem to recall that you leftists bristled each time Bill Clinton was dubbed a draft-dodger, serial philanderer, liar, despoiler of interns, etc. But then, being hypocrites has never really bothered you folks ... has it?
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Monday, January 08, 2007 
