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Originally posted by pbpck
I don't believe that any leader desires to bring his country into war, but it is a necessary evil in order to keep the peace and keep America, the country in which you so freely enjoy endless rights and benefits, as the greatest nation in the history of God's great earth.
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Ok, what makes you so sure that America is greater than all the other countries, empires, kingdoms and city-states that have ever existed in the history of mankind? I love America but I certainly wouldn't call it the greatest nation in the history of God's given earth.
I don't live in Florida so I know very little about Jeb Bush and his family life and I don't really care all that much either.
I do find it incredibly offensive though when posters like pbpck and dekeguy say that if you don't agree with the Bush administrator you are an uneducated traitor. One of the things that I love about our country is our ability as citizens to voice opinions about our government. This can be done with ballots, letters, protests, and by many other forms. Maybe I misread the definition of "loyal opposition" but I got the impression that if you don't agree with the current administration (whoever they may be, not just Bush) then shut up and smile cause it is your patriotic duty to present a united front. As for showing interfraternal support for Bush, well, I don't necessarily agree with my own sisters sometimes. Why should I support a guy who isn't in my organization just because he is greek?
Just a last minute thought, didn't Florida just have a contentious democratic primary? Maybe the democrats are pushing this in the media to cover their own election problems? The only reason I thought of this was because in the Massachusetts election, the democrats were all disorganized and instead of working to fix that, they focused their energy on attacking the republican candidate to cover their own problems.
(I am neither democrat nor republican, I like to criticize both)