2007 Soap Box Archives

Run John Run

After all these years of being bitterly disappointed in the integrity, or lack thereof, of people running for public office I'd think that I'd heard and seen it all. But John Edwards has broken some new ground bringing the things people are willing to do to get votes to a new low.

Can you believe that Edwards has actually made the statement that there is no war on terror? That it's just a slogan, a bumper sticker being used by the Bush administration to cover up its mistakes?

If Edwards actually believes that, I consider him a foolish, naive politician, not fit to run for garbage collector, much for President of the United States.

If he doesn't believe it that makes him a liar first of all and an unscrupulous buffoon who will stop at nothing to curry favor from the far left wing of the Democrat party.

I would like to issue a challenge to Mr. Edwards. I dare you to go to Iraq and spend some time with the men and women who face terrorists everyday. Not the politicians or the brass, I'm talking about the grunts who carry the
guns and take the fight to the enemy.

Fly out to the forward operating bases where terrorists set roadside bombs and lob mortar rounds over the wall.

And what about Osama bin Ladin and the Taliban Mr. Edwards? Do they qualify as terrorists? And how about the scumbags that blew up our marine barracks a few years ago? How about the suicide bombers who disenigrate bus loads if women and children in Israel, do you think they're terrorists?

And the ones who flew American planes into the Trade Towers and the ones who blew a hole in the side of the USS Cole and destroyed our embassies in Africa, the Dico in Germany, the resort in Indonesia, the trains in London and Spain.

And the list goes on and on Mr. Edwards. There are terrorists all over the world and if you're not astute enough to recognize it and that there is a war going on worldwide then you're sure not astute enough to be President.
You would leave America defenseless, refusing to acknowledge an enemy who is bent on destroying us.

You made a statement to the effect that the most important job you would have as President would be to travel around the world and restore the prestige that America has lost under the Bush Administration.

Well from the sound of your naive, irresponsible and downright foolish rhetoric I'm not sure there would even be an America to restore prestige for under an Edward's Administration.

Remember Mr. Edwards, bumper stickers and slogans don't kill people,
terrorists do.

Pray for our troops

What do you think?

God Bless America

Charlie Daniels

June 22, 2007