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Friday, November 03, 2006
Mike Gallagher :: Townhall.com Columnist
Place your bets on the grown-ups
by Mike Gallagher
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Was the Copenhagen Global Warming Summit Walk-Out a Win for the U.S.?


A war is a very grown-up thing. It might not be as exotic as worrying about what global warming is going to do to snail darters in Antarctica, but terrorism threatens us all. Personally, I’d prefer to take my chances with the ozone over a bunch of angry fanatics who think chopping off my head or blowing up my airplane will send them to heaven.

We have to act like grown-ups. It might seem intriguing to fret about diversity, but our children and our children’s children are counting on us to keep our country safe. And we are in way better shape with the grown-ups in charge than handing over the keys to the car to Ted Kennedy.

I was fascinated by the way Americans reacted to John Kerry’s incredible slur against our troops this week. Sure, there was anger and passion and plenty of hurt feelings. But do you know what didn’t really occur? Hate. That blind, red hot hate that so many Democrats have for honorable people like George W. Bush.

It appears that Democrats made a decision to make our President the focal point of most of their smear campaigns. They figure that if they can attack Bush while running a campaign ad for Congress, voters will be inspired to vote for the Democrat.

Well, as he once famously said: Bring it on. I’ll stack his integrity and guts up against most of these folks on the left any day of the week.

I’m just not willing to believe that voters will be so gullible as to let the Dems win next week.. I can’t accept the possibility that we’ll allow the hateful, vengeful Democrats to gleefully attempt to turn our country into an unholy mess for the next couple of years. No matter what anyone thinks of President Bush’s decisions, I just refuse to think that we’re ready to stomach a party that might just very well try to impeach our commander-in-chief during wartime if they take control of the House and Senate.

Like most Republican leaders in America today, I believe in my country. I have faith that we’ll do the right thing next week. I am proud of our troops, I pray for our President, and I love the United States of America.

We’re a nation that has witnessed a lot of miracles. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll see one more this coming Tuesday.

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Mike Gallagher is a nationally syndicated radio host, Fox News Channel contributor and guest host and author of Surrounded by Idiots: Fighting Liberal Lunacy in America.

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Reply # 1
Date: Nov 7, 2006 - 11:13 PM EST
demo's need to grow up
Growing up, in my opinion, means doing what one needs to do instead of what they want to do. In order to do this, a person has to be aware of what is really going on in the world and why. To achieve this awareness, one has to look at the world with a clear mind and a belief system devoid of lies. If someone believes they have been meeting their needs by lying and criticizing people in the way of them getting what they want, they have a real hard time growing up, because they are building their life on an unstable foundation. Eventually, their best-laid plans will come crashing down, often on top of people whose needs depend on these ungrownup people. The leaders of today’s Democratic Party seem to have all the symptoms of immature people likely to turn to drugs and/or alcohol to medicate the pain that they will surely inflict on themselves and, likely, all of AMERICA if the demo’s gain control of our government. Compound this with the fact that the Democrats really have no clear, rational plans of what they will do if they do take over the land where our children have to live. Moreover, this is a very dangerous time for that to occur.
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Date: Nov 7, 2006 - 10:20 PM EST
O breath
Eze 37:9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind,
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

Pray for the win. Pray for the wind. And pray for the windage.

The smart money was on Golieth.

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