by Tom Adkins
09/01/04
I’m back. And madder than ever.
My hiatus was wonderful, but with the future of the world at stake, how can I shut up?
My weapon is my sword. Allow me to slice and dice. So, here I am. Tom Adkins. Conservative warrior, reporting for duty.
Jerk Politics
Democrats have become the party of jerks. No kidding.
It started with James Carville. Then, it seemed like overnight, every Democrat pundit turned into a jerk. Soon, Democrat show hosts like CNN’s Bill Press and Bryant Gumble followed, and of course newscasters Dan Rather and Peter Jennings make fabulous examples.
Then the activists became jerks. Al Sharpton. Jesse Jackson. Julian Bond, anyone from PETA, and of course any feminist who shows up.
Hollywood is now the town of “Jerk Chic.” Alec Baldwin, Whoopie Goldberg, Spike Lee, Jessica Lange, Tim Robbins, Barbra Streisand, all try to out-jerk each other. Now, Ben Affleck is being groomed as Jerk-dom’s heir apparent.
And let’s not even discuss those Europeans. Western Europe is, after all, the epicenter of jerk philosophy.
Jimmy Carter was a jerk with a nice smile. Now, almost all Democrat politicians are jerks. Al Gore, Terry McAuliff, Ted Kennedy…
They don’t even bother hiding it. Just go to a liberal protest rally of any kind. And who can forget the Paul Wellstone funeral? One big, happy jerk-fest.
This year, they opened up the cages. In the primary, every Democrat Presidential candidate was a jerk, shrieking, screaming and of course, lying through their teeth. Although John Edwards has a nice smile.
And now, by nominating John Kerry, the biggest, most arrogant, smug, jerk in America, it’s etched in stone: Democrats are jerks.
Think I’m wrong? Take my challenge. Name a Democrat who isn’t a jerk. Okay, Joe Lieberman. But Democrats won’t even talk to him.
Even Kerry’s wife is a jerk. At the Democratic convention, she devoted her entire speech to…herself. When asked how to describe the gazillion-heiress, Kerry called Mother Theresa “Saucy.” But let’s face it, folks. If Theresa Heinz-Kerry were a secretary pulling in $50,000 per year in Peoria, nobody would talk to her. Including John Kerry. Because she’s a jerk.
No wonder Kerry got a negative bounce during his convention. People discovered the Democrats were just a bunch of jerks.
There is one Democrat who doesn’t exactly fit the “jerk” label. She is fairly powerful, with lots of experience, ambitious, with a lifetime of political experience. And she still curries favor among the average Democrat. Nobody ever calls Hillary Clinton a jerk.
She has a different title. They call her “witch.” Or something like that.
Wuss Boat
So here’s what happened…five swift boats were on a Vietnam river and one of them got hit. Three boats remained and helped the crew to safety. Meanwhile, the fourth boat captain slammed his boat into full throttle and ran like hell. Later, after almost all were rescued, the captain returned in time to fish the last guy from the water. That captain? John Kerry. He was rewarded with a Bronze Star.
Maybe that guy was getting shot at. Maybe not. But one thing nobody seems to remember: John Kerry cut and ran.
Of course, he wrote the battle report. And he got a Bronze Star to throw over the White House wall.
Scoreboard
Swift Boat vets against Kerry: 264
Swift Boat vets for Kerry: 13
Treason
We can debate whether John Kerry deserves his Purple Hearts. We can debate whether Kerry deserves his Silver Star. We can debate whether the Swift Boat captains are right or wrong. You can even debate whether John Kerry was heroic by protesting the Vietnam War. But there is no debate: When John Kerry returned home, he committed treason by lying about the behavior of American soldiers in front of congress. North Vietnam used Kerry’s testimony to torture American POW’s, who languished for years in filthy, hideous prison camps.
Of course, that’s good election material in Massachusetts.
Those Purple Hearts
Why is it so important that those Purple Hearts are proven to be deserved? Because when you get three of them, you can go home early, which John Kerry did.
And someone had to take his place.
Oil
Economic news is excellent. Almost two million jobs have been created. Tax revenues are flooding state and federal treasuries. Corporate and small business profits are up.
So why is the stock market floundering? Oil.
Crude oil prices have jumped to 50 bucks a barrel over the last few months, due to “uncertainty.” In other words, war and terrorist fears.
Already, most stock investors fear a Kerry Presidency, since his ideas of jacking up taxes and creating jillions of dollars in stupid social programs will undoubtedly crush the recovery.
But that’s not what scares investors most. Consider this: If elected, Kerry stated he will turn over Iraq to America’s “allies”…and then withdraw.
Let’s take a hard but simple look at that scenario…
First, what European nation will deliver enough troops to keep Iraq safe? France hasn’t won a war in 500 years. Germany doesn’t even have an army worth speaking of. Neither do any of the “Old Europe” nations. In fact, you could easily make the case that none of the Western Europe nations have ever valued their freedom enough to actually fight for it. And let’s not even waste ink citing the U.N. record on managing world crises, which range from hideously inept to callously corrupt.
So, what do you think would happen to oil prices if the United Nations and Western European “forces” tried to hold Iraq together?
Heh-heh…
Wanna see oil prices go over $100 a barrel? Vote for John Kerry. But don’t worry…he can afford it.
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