I only know of probably one other person who might shout an “amen” to this blog, so please know that I am not writing it to fish for any sort of agreement (and those of you who feel the need to hate might do well to refrain from it), but this has all been sitting so heavy on me for the last month or so that I just had to get it out.
I am one of the few who will miss George W. Bush. There, I said it. Please hold back the chants of “Crucify!” back until you hear me out. The year 2000 was the first year I could vote. I had no clue about politics or thinking for myself. I registered Republican because that is what my parents were. I called myself a Pentecostal because that is what my parents were. I went to the college they said I would go to, I drove the car they bought me, I had a lovely, blissfully ignorant life. I knew that for whatever reasons, my whole family thought that Bill Clinton was evil and that voting for his VP was not an option. So, I mailed in my absentee ballot since I was in a different town and felt the lovely sensation that November of the guy you voted for being declared the winner (oh, how I miss that feeling).
You know what happened next- September 11. That is a day I will never forget. That is a day when I woke up and realized how ugly the world can be. That is a day where I saw fear, terror, and death. It was a day that I saw a grown man, leader of the free world so saddened by what had happened that he cried, for all the world to see. He was determined not to let this happen again. That day, I got angry enough to care. I was glued to the television, obsessed with the news. Even though I was scared, I felt safe. I knew this not happen again. Not now, that we knew what could happen and the harm some meant for us. America would never be caught off guard again.
There have been mistakes, oh how there have been mistakes. But there have been victories and triumphs and hope restored to people held down by a dictator. I am not one to judge all of the President’s motives or reasons. I can only take a look at the facts, and the fact is that America has not seen another 9/11 since that day in 2001, and it is because of the man that is our President. Bill O’Reilly states these facts better than I can:
“Immediately after the attack on 9/11, the Muslim jihadists had a big wind at their backs. We saw TV pictures of Muslims dancing in the streets as the great Satan America was humbled by al-Qaeda. Almost instantly, the invincibility of the United States was challenged and the physical safety of Americans was at risk. It was very possible that further attacks were close.
Moving quickly, the Bush administration reorganized the FBI into a terror-fighting organization and toppled the Taliban in Afghanistan, disrupting al-Qaeda’s command and control. Those successful tactics blunted a number of active terror plots and resulted in the capture of a number of al-Qaeda big shots, all of whom broke under coerced interrogation. The information they gave up allowed the Bush administration to further damage the terrorist infrastructure.
Then came Iraq, an operation designed to cleanse the Muslim world of the huge terrorist enabler Saddam Hussein. The price of that war is still being debated, but what is not disputed by honest people is that the al-Qaeda foot soldiers that invaded Iraq hoping to defeat the U.S. military were eventually decimated. The price for America in Iraq has been enormous, but al-Qaeda has also paid big.
Today, the terror threat still exists, but it is no longer centralized and has lost most of its momentum. In short, the United States is winning the shooting war and President Bush should get credit for that.”
Many do not see George Bush as a defender of the innocent. Many see him as a mass murderer, an idiot, a honky-tonk Texas boy who somehow wiggled his way into the Presidency. I disagree with that assessment. His decisions have been unpopular (according to Gallup, the man leaves with a 34% approval rating). Some have been massively stupid. But there is no denying that he did what he thought was right. He acted on his convictions. We have been safe. Our children have not seen planes turned into weapons, mass terror or people jumping from skyscrapers because they would rather die like that than be incinerated.
Unfortunately, a big part of George Bush’s presidency is defined by death. Whether it be the death of over 3000 Americans, the deaths of our soldiers fighting for the greater good- freedom for all-, or the deaths of dictators and terrorists, there has been a lot of it in the past 8 years. But you know what? Because of George Bush’s convictions on right and wrong, I am certain that thousands of lives have been saved- lives that many don’t even define as “viable” or “worth the hassle”. I am talking about the unborn.
By not allowing further boundaries to come down when it comes to abortion in this country, the President has saved many lives. By recognizing that God creates all things and that we have no right to stop life before it even begins, we say no to death, selfishness, ignorance and waste. To lay down a death sentence on an innocent baby who has no voice of their own… to take away their chance to breathe the air, to see the sky, to feel another human’s touch, to taste, smell, laugh, cry, and love, well to me that is such an incredible tragedy. Even more so, the tragedy lies in the justification of those who scream and wail about Bush playing God, and yet support a woman’s “right” to do the same with her child. IT IS NOT RIGHT. IT IS MURDER. Christians especially should never ever be on the side of convenient murder. As Christians, we give up our rights as we follow Christ. As a Christian woman, I belong to Christ. I follow His guidance, I deny myself as an “American”, as my own person, and I give up my “rights”. I don’t DESERVE to live in America, but I do. I don’t DESERVE to be a woman, but I am. Just because I am an American woman and the laws of the land say I have a “right” to kill my unborn child for various reasons, DOES NOT MEAN I SHOULD. Women have come a long way in this country, and hurrah for us. But defining our freedom through the choice to murder? That is shameful, that is nothing that I want to be a part of.
Tomorrow we get a new president. A man who is ready to sign laws which would further lower boundaries and reasons for abortions. This “freedom to privacy” act is a joke. It would mean that any woman could get an abortion for any reason. “Depressed” because you got knocked up? Abortion. Headache? Abortion. Mistake? Abortion. Can’t afford a baby? Head on down to your local death clinic where the tax payers of America will fund the procedure of vacuuming a baby, a living being, out of your uterus and dumping it in the trash. Too far along? Well thanks to Barack Obama, late-term abortion will be an option now for many. Head on down to the murderers disguised as doctors and let them deliver your entire baby but its head, stab it in the neck and vacuum its brains out. The child’s skull can then collapse, the murderer will pull the baby out and dump it in the trash. If this isn’t infuriating you then I have no idea what would, what could. All in the name of “privacy” and “rights”. It is disgusting.
I pray that God opens Barack Obama’s eyes. My heart is heavy, heavy, heavy for tomorrow. I am saddened that the only thing people can see is the color of his skin. I don’t care if you are rainbow colored, if you are going to enable mass convenient murder, and of innocent children no less, I cannot and will not respect you.
For now I can only pray that God changes his heart. I pray he succeeds with the war on terror, because if he fails we are all screwed. I pray that Barack Obama will have compassion on ALL who cannot help themselves, not just lazy drug addicts on welfare. Have compassion on the innocent. I mourn the thousands of unborn deaths that will be a result of tomorrow.
God, help us.
