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***************QUOTE************* President is a poor leader December 02,2004
President is a poor leader
To the editor: I am not bothered by Bush supporters who gloat because this time their man actually received more votes than the opposition. What annoys me is the clamoring for people who did not vote for Bush to shut up and get behind the president.
He has done very little I can support. Furthermore, I find it curious that some people say they support Bush because he is a Christian. His deeds do not suggest the Christianity I was taught, but they illustrate why I cannot get behind the president.
None of the following are what I consider Christian: belligerence, stubbornness, hypocrisy, lying about “war as a last resort,” sending troops into battle who are not adequately equipped, promoting war against one nation because we were attacked by terrorists from different nations, the arrogant dismissal of others’ opinions — especially generals who know how to conduct war — relaxing laws to help curb environmental pollutants that cause birth defects. Not even the death penalty is particularly Christian. I cherish our individual freedoms. What frightens me most about the current administration is the pandering to people who would trample those freedoms.
Religious zealots attacked this nation on Sept. 11, 2001. Religious zealots murdered people in Salem under the excuse that the victims were witches. Religious zealots imprisoned Galileo for stating the truth about the Solar System. Just recently Bryce Christensen has expressed concern over cohabitation, casual divorce and “deliberate childlessness,” all of which sounds like something out of the Taliban.
I do not feel President Bush understands that freedom of religion also means freedom from religion. A great leader needs to consider the rights of all. Trampling individual rights because you won an election is not good leadership, and I refuse to get behind a president who is such a poor leader.
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