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By
Bruce Bressack
10/23/2003
Boomers
Did you vote for George Bush in the 2000 election?
No - 50%
Yes - 50%
Would you have wanted anyone else in office after 9/11?
No - 50%
Yes - 50%
Did you support the war on terror, and the pre-emptive invasion of Iraq?
No - 50%
Yes - 50%
Would you vote for George Bush in 2004?
Undecided - 100%
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem that George Bush faces. He's created a vast pool of undecided voters [regardless of what the current "polls" say].
George Bush was absolutely the right man, at the right time, for America. He shook things up, rattled a saber or two along the way, and "ruled" with a true and steady hand.
But, he's failed to remember that the 'I-Me-Mine' generation "ain't got the patience for long, drawn-out battles" [in guerilla-war-torn-nations].
Sadly, we're no strangers to this thing called War. Been there, done that....been there, done that....been there, done that.
But this time, it's not our friends and ourselves being put in harms way. It's the sons and daughters of friends and neighbors of ours.
And, with each death, we see the faces of our own sons and daughters. This powerful truth will diminish, and ultimately destroy, George Bush's presidency.
In all certainty, he will lose the election to a uniquely unqualified, angry, and sanctimonious Democrat...who will lie and manipulate themselves into the White House.
And, once again, the instant-gratification-generation will get just what it "deserves"......more of the same old, same old!
And, in all certainty, at least four more years in the guerilla-war-torn-nation called Iraq.
Bruce Bressack is a singer-songwriter, producer and freelance writer currently living in New England. He’s a 52 year old baby-boomer, ex-Yuppie, ex-New Yorker, guitar-slingin’, piano-slappin’, finally ‘retired’, television tube lover...
Bruce Bressack can be reached at bbressack@hippopress.com