This is a great day for freedom. The Party of Liberation and Freedom (Republican Party) soundly defeated the Party of Perversion (Democrat Party) and its Hollyweird brethren.
Let me tell you why Bush won Ohio and in the rest of middle America. First, it was the constant ridicule of the leftists in Europe and Canada and the Michael Moores here. You see, we Americans don't like to be told how to think, and we don't like others trying to influence our elections. Michael Moore alone probably gave Bush 2 million votes.
And we are a lot smarter than you think we are. You tell us there is a Halliburton scandal; we know better. We know they won no-bid contracts many years ago, just like in Kosovo. We know Cheney cannot profit from Halliburton's rise or fall; any profits he gets are automatically given to charity, and losses are offset by insurance. So he will leave office in the exact same financial position as when he entered. When you say Bush lied, then that means Blair lied, and Putin, and Chirac, and Hussein of Jordan, etc. Why do you think our soldiers all carried gas masks? Was it just part of the master scheme by Bush, or were they actually fearful of the WMD's that Jordan and Egypt warned us of? You tell us our economy is terrible, yet, we know the economic figures are better than when Clinton sought re-election. And this after terrible blows to our economy - many feared (including me) that our economy would never grow again, yet here we are 3 years later growing at a 3-4% rate. You tell us we are alienating Muslims, yet we know we just dethroned the man who has killed more Muslims than any man alive.
You tell us we should be more sensitive to the wishes of Europe and Canada, yet we know Canada, France, Germany, Russia, and China were scamming the oil-for-food program for riches for themselves, and we know France was selling weapons to Iraq right up until the war. You tell us we should do only what the UN wants us to do, yet we know that if anything needs fixing in this world, it's America that is the one to fix it. We know the UN is corrupt, and the rest of the world is too weak and too timid to do much of anything.
Look, I know Europe was once the center of the world, but those days are gone. We are an extremely generous people, we jumped in and bailed out the world in WWII, even though Hitler never attacked us. So when we embark on something we feel is important, we expect Canada and Europe to offer help, but instead they openly defy us. Do you know why Bush went to that aircraft carrier and declared the end of major combat operations? That's because France and others said they would help us once major combat operations were over, but guess what? They lied.
If you want to improve relations between Europe, Canada, and the US, here's a simple solution: next time we ask for your help, give it. Or at worst, stay neutral. But don't openly defy us, you give our enemies comfort by doing that. If you don't like the fact that we are so dominant in the world, then stop whining about it and get rid of the socialism in your countries - that is what has made you so weak. If you want to be our allies, then be our allies. You should have helped us in Iraq, whether you agreed with us or not, because you know that a united front would help to demoralize and defeat the terrorists, and fewer people all over the world would have to die.
But instead the terrorists look at Canada and Europe as THEIR allies, not ours, so it empowers them. So you sit back and hope that being sympathetic to the terrorists will keep you safe from attack; that is a very narrow, naive, selfish and short-sighted approach. So I hope Canada and Europe have gotten a wake-up call from this election and decides that being an ally is a two-way street. But if not, then you will just become more irrelevant and more of a nuisance to us, and when it comes time for you to ask our help, we may be less inclined to give it. I remember the sympathy from Canda and Europe after 9/11, but I don't remember any actual help to get us back on our feet. And yet, if it had happened to you, we would have given billions to help. I imagine many in Canada and Europe were secretly glad to see us weakened - not the sign of an ally now is it?
So either decide to become our ally or shut up. We don't care about what you think, we care about what you do, and you haven't done much lately except complain. You think things are bad in Iraq? Then send troops and come help make it better. But whining from the sidelines accomplishes nothing. Actions speak louder than words; it is time for Canada and Europe to act - go fix the Sudan, go fight AIDS in Africa, go clean up the corruption in the UN, do SOMETHING. But please stop doing nothing but complaining; it's gotten very old, and it won't make you our ally.
I can't wait until our loony leftwing liberals move to Canada like they constantly threaten to (but never do). Canada can have our losers to go along with our draft dodgers that live in Canada.