Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
I tell you what, I have never seen such a vicious and
unwarrented attack on a national figure as I am seeing on
President Bush. Actually, I've been seeing it since he
was elected the first time. But this all intensified during
the election season. I thought honestly that it would
taper off after he won and his party grew stronger in
Congress. I was wrong.
Whenever someone like Clinton says something
that is a touch inspirational, the news reports about
how great his words are. But what is the President
now faced with when he dares to say anything that
is fareaching or inspirational? Pessimistic Zealots
are immediately sought and put on air to trash
whatever he says. Are these powerful and influential
people? No. Do they represent most Americans?
No. They are minority extremists whose world view
is far left of center. But when one pays attention to
the news, their ideas come across rather than the
President's.
In addition, almost every story about Bush is
negative. The news people attack petty things and
misrepresent.... and even flat out lie in order to put
Bush in a bad light. I am reminded of a story that
ABC ran about how social security was stable and
was in no crisis. This is not what the media said
during the election. They then presented figures that
claimed to be calculated to "the end of time." Yes,
that is stupid. They were trying to refer to the amount
of social security short-fall. But unless you know
exactly when the end of time is, how can you predict
a finite short-fall. You can't. ABC was lying.
I know this post has been different, but a lot of
Christians helped put Bush in because of his stance
on social issues. This was an important election.
The media is deceitful and bitter. They emanate
lies. But remember, thier audience is falling. Other
less biased sources are now stronger than they are.
And make no mistake, for however much he is
critisized, with Congress firmly in GOP hands,
Bush is one of the most powerful Presidents in
U.S. history. He will have his way now, they won't.
And if he holds to what he claims to belive in, we
who love morality and decency will have ours too.
God bless!