Still watching for nadir of Bush years
Just when I thought our president had reached the nadir of his presidential abilities, he vetoes a bill that would provide funds for children's health care.
How utterly vindictive this man can be when the lives of others are at stake. How conniving this man has become when politics are in play. Never before has a president done so little for so many.
Whether it's destroying our Earth with his inane stance on global warming or destroying the good name of the United States with his bellicose nature, this man has proven he will go down in history as our most damaging president.
It is beyond belief that after bullying our Congress into providing half a trillion dollars for his misguided military forays, he is incapable of allowing $35 billion to provide funds for children in need of health care.
Why did he veto funds for children's health care? As a fiscally sound president, he states he won't allow frivolous spending that will eventually raise taxes. A few words for our president: the moment you leave office, your war will have cost the American taxpayer almost a trillion dollars; that debt will eventually be passed on to our children and our grandchildren. Moreover, billions of dollars in war funds have been lost or misappropriated because of haste and incompetence. This man has some nerve claiming fiscal responsibility.
One doesn't have to be a Democrat or a Republican to see that our president has stepped off the slippery slope of reason. Nothing this man has done has endeared him to either party. He angered many by opening the gates to illegal immigration. He advocated allowing countries currently engaged in terrorism to control our shipping ports.
I will rejoice when this man has spent his last moment as our president. Then I will mourn the senseless deaths of his war and look to the future. For if we are to rise above the bane of his presidential existence we must unite again as a country. Then we can begin to reestablish ourselves as the greatest nation on Earth.
Gary Lukens
Rolling Meadows