boforsenate (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} boforsenate) wrote,@ 2006-10-15 22:01:00 |
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A little over three weeks away...
Here we are less than a month from the election that decides who will fill Bill Frist's seat in the Senate, and we have yet to hear from either Corker or Ford on some VERY key issues. Sure, some may have been vaguely mentioned in the debates, but we have not been given ANY specifics at all. Now I will say that one issue was mentioned with some details by Harold Ford in the last debate pertaining to North Korea, but his statements really displayed his ignorance. He said that we need to have bilateral talks with North Korea and get the U.N. involved. I think that anyone who looks to the U.N. as part of the solution to any issue really lacks the understanding it takes to govern. So the U.N. is putting sanctions on North Korea...yippee...I'm sure it will make a HUGE difference and solve all the problems with them testing nuclear weapons. Of course the Corker camp is silent on this. I'm sure they're waiting to see what the Republican talking points memo for this week has to say about it before issuing a vanilla press release. When will ANY leadership of this country remember that you can NOT have negotiations with dictators and madmen? It just can't be done. All one has to do is look back to Neville Chamberlain and what he accomplished negotiating with Adolf Hitler...which was NOTHING. Oh sure, Chamberlain was praised for being such an intellect and diplomat...meanwhile Panzer divisions kept rolling through Europe. So now we have this half-pint dictator in North Korea testing nuclear weapons, and the best we can get from our "leaders" is to have the U.N. impose sanctions. Oh I'm sure Kim Jong is shaking with terror. The ONLY thing people like him understand is force. I am NO war monger at all. However, leaders like him will constantly give the world their middle finger as long as they think they can get away with it. So the U.N. is imposing sanctions...does anyone think this will really solve anything? If you do, I would love to live in your world of rainbows and butterflies where everyone can get along...a place where the rivers flow with chocolate and the children pluck gumdrops from the trees. We should have aircraft carriers off the coast of North Korea. And if the rest of the world doesn't approve...then so what. Thugs and bullies only back down when they get a good punch in the jaw. Sadly this country has sat back for too long while other countries have stuck their middle finger out at the rest of the world, so they all think they can just do what they want. They look at us as a joke. You know why? Because we have a government that voted on using the military in Iraq, yet now SO many of them want to complain and whine and cry about it. Oh, I don't only blame those who voice their objections against the military in Iraq even though they voted for it (like Harold Fraud), I also blame the "leadership" for actually LISTENING to these people and being too scared to do what is needed to get our troops home as soon as possible. What I would love to know is why isn't Bob Corker calling out Ford in these debates for saying he would have voted "no" on the military in Iraq if he knew then what he knows now? Ford should be begging for forgiveness from the families of the fallen soldiers, yet he never has. Corker should have the guts to call him out on it, but he doesn't. I've done it. I've mentioned it in several of the radio interviews I've done and would have NO problem saying it to his face. But back to North Korea, Ford approves sanctions and Corker doesn't say anything.
How about the NAIS? I mentioned this on Steve Gill's show last week, and he didn't have anything to say about it. I have YET to hear one word on this issue. Ford claims to address the "real" issues that effect Tennesseans, and I have heard from MANY livestock owners that this will impact. Yet not one word from Ford or Corker. This program infuriates me, and I can't believe it hasn't even been mentioned.
What about the plan on what to do with the millions of illegal immigrants that are already in America? Absolutely nothing. And again I have to say that neither candidate is serious about this. They only mentioned it on their websites after it hit the news when the Senate brought up their immigration "reform" bill last Spring. Before that, both Corker and Ford were silent. I basically launched my campaign in the Summer of 2005 when I attended an anti-illegal immigration rally that was done in Nashville. I printed off a bunch of fliers and passed them out. That was my first appearance announcing myself as a candidate. I take this issue VERY seriously. I guess that Corker and Ford do when they know it's a talking point.
If you haven't yet, please go to my "news" section and email News Channel 5 and the League of Women Voters about the statewide debate in two weeks. Please contact them and ask that I am included. If you want this state to hear from a candidate that is blunt, honest, and has no problem calling out these party hacks on the lack of a stand they take, then take some action and email.
Here we are less than a month from the election that decides who will fill Bill Frist's seat in the Senate, and we have yet to hear from either Corker or Ford on some VERY key issues. Sure, some may have been vaguely mentioned in the debates, but we have not been given ANY specifics at all. Now I will say that one issue was mentioned with some details by Harold Ford in the last debate pertaining to North Korea, but his statements really displayed his ignorance. He said that we need to have bilateral talks with North Korea and get the U.N. involved. I think that anyone who looks to the U.N. as part of the solution to any issue really lacks the understanding it takes to govern. So the U.N. is putting sanctions on North Korea...yippee...I'm sure it will make a HUGE difference and solve all the problems with them testing nuclear weapons. Of course the Corker camp is silent on this. I'm sure they're waiting to see what the Republican talking points memo for this week has to say about it before issuing a vanilla press release. When will ANY leadership of this country remember that you can NOT have negotiations with dictators and madmen? It just can't be done. All one has to do is look back to Neville Chamberlain and what he accomplished negotiating with Adolf Hitler...which was NOTHING. Oh sure, Chamberlain was praised for being such an intellect and diplomat...meanwhile Panzer divisions kept rolling through Europe. So now we have this half-pint dictator in North Korea testing nuclear weapons, and the best we can get from our "leaders" is to have the U.N. impose sanctions. Oh I'm sure Kim Jong is shaking with terror. The ONLY thing people like him understand is force. I am NO war monger at all. However, leaders like him will constantly give the world their middle finger as long as they think they can get away with it. So the U.N. is imposing sanctions...does anyone think this will really solve anything? If you do, I would love to live in your world of rainbows and butterflies where everyone can get along...a place where the rivers flow with chocolate and the children pluck gumdrops from the trees. We should have aircraft carriers off the coast of North Korea. And if the rest of the world doesn't approve...then so what. Thugs and bullies only back down when they get a good punch in the jaw. Sadly this country has sat back for too long while other countries have stuck their middle finger out at the rest of the world, so they all think they can just do what they want. They look at us as a joke. You know why? Because we have a government that voted on using the military in Iraq, yet now SO many of them want to complain and whine and cry about it. Oh, I don't only blame those who voice their objections against the military in Iraq even though they voted for it (like Harold Fraud), I also blame the "leadership" for actually LISTENING to these people and being too scared to do what is needed to get our troops home as soon as possible. What I would love to know is why isn't Bob Corker calling out Ford in these debates for saying he would have voted "no" on the military in Iraq if he knew then what he knows now? Ford should be begging for forgiveness from the families of the fallen soldiers, yet he never has. Corker should have the guts to call him out on it, but he doesn't. I've done it. I've mentioned it in several of the radio interviews I've done and would have NO problem saying it to his face. But back to North Korea, Ford approves sanctions and Corker doesn't say anything.
How about the NAIS? I mentioned this on Steve Gill's show last week, and he didn't have anything to say about it. I have YET to hear one word on this issue. Ford claims to address the "real" issues that effect Tennesseans, and I have heard from MANY livestock owners that this will impact. Yet not one word from Ford or Corker. This program infuriates me, and I can't believe it hasn't even been mentioned.
What about the plan on what to do with the millions of illegal immigrants that are already in America? Absolutely nothing. And again I have to say that neither candidate is serious about this. They only mentioned it on their websites after it hit the news when the Senate brought up their immigration "reform" bill last Spring. Before that, both Corker and Ford were silent. I basically launched my campaign in the Summer of 2005 when I attended an anti-illegal immigration rally that was done in Nashville. I printed off a bunch of fliers and passed them out. That was my first appearance announcing myself as a candidate. I take this issue VERY seriously. I guess that Corker and Ford do when they know it's a talking point.
If you haven't yet, please go to my "news" section and email News Channel 5 and the League of Women Voters about the statewide debate in two weeks. Please contact them and ask that I am included. If you want this state to hear from a candidate that is blunt, honest, and has no problem calling out these party hacks on the lack of a stand they take, then take some action and email.
