What If Kerry Wins?

10/21/04

I made my pick in the election on Sept 9, a large win for President Bush. I will stick with it. I still think the American voter will walk into the voting booth and decide, not on the rhetoric that is heard daily by both sides but by the one issue that trumps all of the others, terrorism and the pursuit of victories in the War on Terror.

It seems obvious to most people, even the Kerry supporters that on the issue of terrorism, Mr. Bush wins fairly easily. Senator Kerry made his attempt to derail that support when he “Reported for Duty!” in his convention and he was answered by the Swift Boat Vets.

Since he did so, even through in the debates he either won or at least tied according to most, he has been behind. He gained but cannot overtake the president. He hired a new team, the former President Clinton’s group of slime throwers. He has descended into the tried and true Democrat tactic of “Scare the Old Folks”, “Scare the Minorities”, and a new one this year, “Scare the Young Men” with a new Democrat sponsored Draft Proposal, supported by exactly 2 members of the House of Representatives—both Democrats. The president has been blamed for the Flu vaccine problems, for wanting to destroy Social Security and even by some idiot for causing the hurricanes in Florida by not signing on to the Kyoto Treaty.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of fools out there and there are a lot of people that want to suck up the government largess from the people that actually earn the money. There are those that hate George W Bush. There are some, I’m told, that actually like Senator Kerry. What happens if he wins?

No, I won’t say something stupid like some brain dead entertainers said. I won’t move to Australia. But what is the actual result of the Kerry Win?

Unless the Senate and the House is swept into office with him, it seems unlikely that he will get much if any of his domestic plans implemented. He has generated so much division that I cannot imagine the Congress working with him. His worst immediate damage on the domestic front will be his nominations to the Supreme Court and if the Republicans have learned anything from the Democrats, they will completely block that.

It is hard to say for sure how much will it hurt the country on the foreign front. It could depend on the reactions of the radical Islamisists that we are fighting. Heck of a deal, our future decided by them. If they stand back and allow President Kerry (God! That hurt to write) to take office and make an effort to actually try to implement the “plans” he has offered in their generalities, it may not for a while at least, seem so bad.

The terrorists will probably wait for at least a while to see exactly how much he (I can’t type that title and name twice!) simply gives them. Will he withdraw immediately from Iraq, leaving a country for the Islamic Nuts to take over? Will he completely demoralize the military to the point that they start to cease functioning efficiently? It is clear that he wants to treat World War IV as a Justice Department issue. I think we can guess that idea is doomed to failure. It depends on reacting instead of proactively seeking the terrorists out. It is, after all, such a nuisance.

If the terrorists don’t wait, the country could face 4 years of misery that could be even worse than the awful picture I see. There could be multiple attacks of all sorts. After all, the suicide bombers have to work, too. If they are not needed in Iraq, maybe some will come over here. I am not saying that Kerry would do nothing, just that his methods as demonstrated by his record would be ineffective. It is difficult to arrest a bomber after he detonates. I foresee very little jail time there.


I don’t know where it will go but I will sincerely pray that I don’t have to find out. I’m scared of that possibility that the terrorists will see his election as the weakness it is and push very hard.