<div>I'm a full-time university student, and today we had a debate where<br>participants had to take the opposite side of an issue. I thus became<br>a rabid Bush-worshipping Republican. Here was the speech I presented,<br>
submitted for your amusement.<br><br>***************************************<br><br>As our Commander-in-Chief has said: ""You're either with us or against<br>us in the fight against terror." That's what I'm here to tell you
<br>today; with our troops serving bravely in this war, it is the ultimate<br>betrayal to question the motives of the man appointed by God to lead<br>our county, which is what many of the unpatriotic, ungrateful<br>malcontents in our society have attempted to do. Shame on you. Shame
<br>on you for dishonoring the men and women in uniform who have died for<br>us, like Jesus died for us.</div>
<div><br>John Kerry's own peers revealed the truth about his service in<br>uniform, about his la-de-da three Purple Hearts, his Silver Star, and<br>his Bronze star, which we all know were handed out like candy to<br>anybody who needed a Band-Aid.
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<div><br>When that manly Texan landed on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham<br>Lincoln, my heart beat so loud in my chest that I nearly cried. I<br>watched this bit of history-in-the-making on the news, where clearly<br>
visible on the flight deck was the famous banner proudly stating:<br>"Mission Accomplished." We did accomplish our mission, which was to<br>show the world that America was strong and resolute and would not<br>submit to terrorism.
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<div><br>Many Americans say that Bush lied about the reasons for entering the<br>war. They forget about the lies of immorality and infidelity that<br>Slick Willie perpetrated with that intern. "I did not have sex with
<br>that woman." Mr. Clinton said. That was perjury! He was impeached by<br>our duly elected House of Representatives for PERJURY and OBSTRUCTION<br>OF JUSTICE! Clinton was only the second president in US history to be
<br>impeached, the first one being Andrew Johnson in 1868, who, I must<br>point out, was also a Democrat! Yet the unpatriotic flag burners<br>among us try to besmirch the integrity of our God-fearing President<br>Bush!</div>
<div><br>Since our attack on Iraq to defeat Al-Qaeda and the Taliban and remove<br>the WMD's that we KNOW are there, America has become a stronger and<br>more secure country. We now have Homeland Security and the Patriot
<br>Act to protect us. We keep hundreds of proven Middle Eastern<br>conspirators at Guantanamo Bay and there they will stay until we find<br>them guilty in a court of law and they are never able to strike at us<br>again.
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<div><br>Saddam Hussein was an evil insane dictator who used biological and<br>chemical weapons on his own people. That his country controlled much<br>of the world's oil was irrelevant. We were liberating the people of
<br>Iraq to take down a terrorist regime that was a key player in the axis<br>of evil. We invaded Iraq not for oil but to make America and the<br>world a safer place. Not everyone was on our side, but those people<br>can eat their Freedom Fries.
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<div><br>Suppose for a moment that the liberals were right, that the invasion<br>of Iraq did proceed under false pretexts. Our troops may have died<br>under false pretexts. I say, so what? You can never be too safe when
<br>it comes to biological or chemical weapons. When you are fighting<br>pure evil, the ends always justify the means. If preemptive action is<br>necessary to ensure the peace of America and the world, it is worth<br>the cost. Generals have understood this for centuries.
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<div><br>Suppose for a moment that oil was the motivation? Is this so wrong,<br>that the most mighty and moral nation on earth, protected by God,<br>should keep itself in a position of power so that it might be the<br>shining beacon of democracy throughout the world?
<br>Maybe, in the final analysis, Anne Coulter was right. "We should<br>invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to<br>Christianity. We carpet-bombed German<br>cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war."
<br><br>***************************************<br><br>In case this is not manifestly clear, I do not believe ANY of what I wrote above.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Chas<br><br> </div>