Originally posted by btrautman:
That is true it is 100 percent voluntary. However, I have seen the number of voluntares much less under the current President......





Actually, that's not true. There has been a rise in the number of people signing up for the military since 9-11 happened, alot of those were actually people who had previously served who wanted to come back. My hub is one of those, although he came back in the military a few months BEFORE 9-11 happened.
Most military vote for Bush because they know they will be get the funding they need for pay raises for the military, money for weapons, and stuff.
Also, you people have got to STOP blaming Bush for the damn recession. It was Clinton's fault and the Bush group inherited this problem when W came into office. He's been trying to fix this and has done a damn good job of it.
Would I re-elect W if 9-11 didn't happen? Well, if the same candidates were up for the election, HELL YEAH. I honestly haven't seen Bush do anything that would warrant me voting for another person. Most people claim they wouldn't vote for him soley because of the war on Iraq, well people, I've said it once, I will say it again. Saddam has made threats against the US. I can't specifically say what, because I really haven't looked into it. Think about this though, if Saddam made the threats, and W didn't do anything about it, and Saddam attacked us, you'd all be whining and screaming because Bush DIDN'T do anything about it. Since he DID do something about it BEFORE Saddam could, now you are whining because Bush "started" it. Get over it people. You want your freedom, or do you want to whine over the rights of people who commit terrorism and kill their OWN countrymen, let alone what they have done to Americans.
I, for one, am GLAD Bush is in office, and I will vote for him again. Kerry can spout all the sh!t he wants about Vietnam and what a "hero" he was, but he's such a puss and a liar. The man is a traitor against his own brothers and sisters in arms when he came back from Vietnam and called his fellow soldiers "Baby killers" and "murderers".
Kerry has NO stance on the issues. For him, it's ALL about his Vietnam service and his damn Purple Hearts. Well, I tell you what. Having been in Vietman and received Purple Hearts doesn't make you sh!t when you are a liar and traitor. I had a Purple Heart winner/POW hit my Contour, then try to lie to the insurance company about it. LIAR.
I am not saying ALL Purple Heart winners are liars, but Kerry is a proven liar. Simple as that.

FOUR MORE YEARS. FOUR MORE YEARS.

2004 Ford Freestar V6 Boogity Boogity Boogity, Let's go racin Boys!