Get The Vote Out
On the eve of election day the media is gauging how Saddam Hussein’s verdict, lower gas prices, and the incremental decrease in unemployment will effect the midterm elections.
Some Republicans are viewing Saddam’s death penalty as a vindication of Bush..s decision to go to war. Bush’s stump speeches hail his decision to remove the Iraqi leader from power and argues that the world is better.
It is unarguable that Saddam Hussein was a power-driven and egomanical leader who placed his own needs over the needs of the Iraqi people and he used his position to commit crimes against humanity.
However, does Bush get to claim this verdict as a victory for the Republican party? Does incompetent foreign policy that brings down a war criminal still count as a victory when the Iraqis have simply traded a dictator for chaos?
If we are to find an issue that will truly effect the vote this election day, I propose that we ask our commander-in-chief, where is the war criminal that masterminded 9/11? Where are the weapons of mass destruction? My guess? North Korea.
Don’t be a statistic, get out and vote tomorrow.
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