2008 Woodie Awards
Billy Perspective
William P. Still
Issue date: 11/17/04 Section: Perspectives
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By now everyone now knows President George W. Bush was successful in his reelection campaign. John Kerry gave his concession speech on November 3rd, 2004 ending his attempt to attain the White House. Now both Bush and Kerry are talking about trying to bridge the gap between the parties and create more of a bipartisan attitude. Bipartisan relationships, I believe, are a very good way to get things done right in Washington. I truly believe that President Bush wants unity but when I hear John Kerry speak about working together I don't have the same confidence in his willingness and truthfulness. When you look at Kerry's record throughout this campaign the opposite is shown. During his campaign, Kerry and his supporters have done nothing short of undermine the President. The last time I checked lying and trying to undermine the sitting President during a time of war is nothing close to bipartisan behavior. I would love to believe Kerry but it's that pesky record of his that keeps getting in the way of reality. I hope now, after his failed attempt at the white house, Kerry will realize, along with the rest of the democratic party, that they went about this election completely wrong. You can't run an election on hate for the other candidate, talking points, lies and well mannered speeches with no substance. Substance is one of the most important factors when I choose a candidate. It comes from many places but in this election I think it came from two major ones; Bush's clear cut messages and speeches which came from deep within his beliefs. When I see a man that has deeply oriented beliefs I know that he will follow through on what he says.
One thing confuses me the most in this election aftermath, this being how the news media had been reporting that the majority of people wanted Bush out. Well if this was true then why is it that out of the over 115,045,991 people that voted in this election 59,290,480 of them voted to keep president Bush for another four years and only 55,856,392 voted for Kerry. While the election was close, 3,434,088 isn't a small number of people. For that matter if the country didn't like the direction it was heading in then why is it that not only did the Republicans win the presidency but we won seats in both the house and the senate? I believe that the reason for all these events is due to the increasingly out of the mainstream democratic party. The people of this great country saw what Kerry and his party were offering and sent Kerry along with his party out in place of Republicans.
One thing confuses me the most in this election aftermath, this being how the news media had been reporting that the majority of people wanted Bush out. Well if this was true then why is it that out of the over 115,045,991 people that voted in this election 59,290,480 of them voted to keep president Bush for another four years and only 55,856,392 voted for Kerry. While the election was close, 3,434,088 isn't a small number of people. For that matter if the country didn't like the direction it was heading in then why is it that not only did the Republicans win the presidency but we won seats in both the house and the senate? I believe that the reason for all these events is due to the increasingly out of the mainstream democratic party. The people of this great country saw what Kerry and his party were offering and sent Kerry along with his party out in place of Republicans.