Say Anything Blog

I have a request for the North Dakota Republican Party, please bring President Bush up for a Monday campaign stop for Dwight Grotberg and Matt Metchel. I would think that bringing in the Leader of the Free World and The Most Powerful Man in the World would whip up enthusiasm for the Republican candidates that could be used in Tuesday’s election.

I see this as a big win for everybody in North Dakota. President Bush comes to a red state and tells us North Dakotans that we need to keep the US congress in Republican control. He can tell us that voting for Democrats is voting for Al-Qaeda. He can tell us that the economy is great. He can tell us that Democrats all want to cut and run from Iraq and that Democrats don’t have a plan for winning in Iraq. He can tell us that Democrats opposed the Military Commissions Act that allows us to interrogate prisoners.

President Bush can tout that there is only 4% unemployment in the US, the deficit is half of what it was 3 years ago, that the stock market and that home ownership is at an all-time high. Wow. Those are major achievements. It makes me cringe that us Democrats have to run against that.

You can’t even say that the President is the reason for deficits or surpluses in the National Budget. Republicans are saying that during the Clinton Administration, it was their control of congress that caused surpluses as far as the eye could see. OK, if that is the way you want it, fine. The Republicans did that. Now, the Republicans in congress cannot do it. Time to get rid of them.

Alas, he will not come.  Do you want to know why President Bush will not come to North Dakota? We are not important enough. We have been taken for granted by The Republican National Party, and everybody knows it. Tell me why the President wasn’t here long before now stumping for the two Republican candidates, one for US Senate and one for the US House of Representatives. North Dakota isn’t important in the large scheme of things. If he can go to Pennsylvania and support a representative that admits to an affair but not to strangling his mistress, he should have the time to come to North Dakota and support two fine candidates like Dwight Grotberg and Matt Metchel.

I reiterate, please have President Bush come to North Dakota so we can ask him why we don’t matter. We can also ask him what his plan is for Iraq. If Democrats don’t have a plan for winning in Iraq, we must ask him about his detailed plan for winning there. We can ask him if Al-Qaeda supports Democrats. If a vote for Democrats is a vote for Al-Qaeda, then we must be one of the same. Let’s see if he has the guts to actually say that Democrats and Al-Qaeda are one of the same.

If I had my way, President Bush would be THE man of the United States and come visit us in North Dakota for a Monday afternoon.  He would be better for it.