On the Bush Blogroll

I made a decision tonight that I would officially affiliate my blog with the re-election effort of President Bush. While I think it would surprise no one who reads my blog that I have supported Bush's efforts at prosecuting the war on terror, explicitly stating an affiliation with his re-election campaign made me nervous about casting doubts on my selection of news stories and sources. But no more.

Let me make this clear; I blog for myself, just as I think for myself, and my support of Bush's campaign doesn't change that. For one thing, I don't oppose same-sex civil marriage, and that position won't change. I oppose the death penalty. I believe that Bush is going in the wrong direction on government growth. And it's readily apparent that George Bush is not an effective communicator, and employs darned few good communicators in his senior advisory corps. Had I had the realistic choice in the 2000 Minnesota primary, I would have voted for McCain.

So why support Bush, and especially why affiliate Captain's Quarters with Blogs for Bush?

Because I believe two key things about George Bush: he understands the fact that Islamofascists have been waging war against the United States for over a decade, perhaps as long as 24 years, and George Bush has the nerve and wisdom to keep from being deflected from pursuing this war to its end on our terms. I look at the collection of fools and worse being feted on the Democratic side and I despair for our security if any of them, with the possible exception of Lieberman, gets elected president. Dean, who is likely about to run away with the nomination, is enthusiastically proclaiming the endorsement of Ted Rall, a Marxist nutcase who continually devises elaborate and paranoid conspiracy theories to explain why America is the root of all evil in the world. If after reading Rall calling for the death of American soldiers and reviewing cartoons such as this one which ran shortly after 9/11, Dean thinks that Rall's endorsement is impressive, then Dean is a dangerous, Marxist idiot who needs to be returned to the people of Vermont:

George Bush, at least, knows which civilization needs to prevail if people are going to be free and secure in the future. George Bush freed almost 50 million people in two years at the cost of less than 1,000 American casualties and deposed two of the worst totalitarian regimes in recent decades. Ted Rall advocates the political system which resulted in the oppression of hundreds of millions, the slaughter of millions, and Dean wants us to know that he's proud Ted Rall supports him. That's enough for me.

UPDATE: Eye on the Left has some good observations on the Rall endorsement of Dean, too.

UPDATE 2: According to Jake in the comments, the Dean blog has been extensively editing the Rall post in the hope that it will mitigate the connection betweem Dean and Rall. Fat chance. Check out this post at the Volokh Conspiracy to read the original.

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