Why does America need a new direction?

Published 6:00 am Monday, January 8, 2007

The Democrats promise is “A new direction for America.”

The stock market is at a new all-time high and America’s 401Ks are back. A new direction means?

Unemployment is at 25-year lows. A new direction means?

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Oil prices are plummeting. A new direction means?

Taxes are at 20 year lows. A new direction means?

Federal tax revenues are at all-time highs. A new direction means?

The federal deficit is down almost 50 percent over last year, just as predicted. A new direction means?

Home valuations are up 100 percent over the past 3.5 years. A new direction means?

Inflation is in check, hovering at 20-year lows. A new direction means?

Not a single terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11/01. A new direction means?

Saddam Hussein was just hanged for crimes against humanity. Osama bin Laden is living under a rock in a dark cave, having not surfaced in years — if he’s alive at all — while 95 percent of al-Qaida’s top dogs are either dead or in custody and cooperating with U.S. intelligence. A new direction means?

Several major terrorist attacks have already been thwarted by U.S. and British intelligence, including the recent planned attack involving 10 jumbo jets exploding in mid-air over major U.S. cities to celebrate the anniversary of

9/11/01. A new direction means?

Terrorist cells from all over the region are arriving from their hiding places and flooding into Iraq in order to get taken out by U.S. Marines rather than boarding planes and heading to the United States to wage war on us here. A new direction means?

Now let us see … what is the REAL new Democrat direction?

Doug Schexnayder

Vidalia resident