Wictory Wednesday

I'll start of this Wictory Wednesday post with an opinion piece from my new favorite paper, The Boston Herald. Cosmo Macero Jr. on why John Kerry must never become president:

1. He serves a constituency of one: Himself.
Kerry's behavior in the run-up to the Democratic National Convention has been disgraceful. Where Gov. Mitt Romney [related, bio] showed courage in helping Mayor Thomas M. Menino navigate a fierce contract dispute with Boston police, Kerry showed zero leadership by weakly dancing the middle ground.
His flirtation with not accepting the nomination as a money ploy was an insult. His insistence on a concert that will squander precious safety resources? Selfish.
2. He promises U.S. acquiescence to foreign interests.
Kerry has pledged to give us ``a new era of alliances.''
Never has the dilution of U.S. sovereignty been so boldly forecast. After all, it was Kerry who boasted that foreign leaders want him to win the presidency.
To Kerry - who once told the Harvard Crimson that U.S. troops should be dispersed ``only at the directive of the United Nations'' - America is but a sliver in some grand, global pie.
3. His wife most certainly hopes to heavily influence the American health-care system.
Teresa Heinz Kerry has used Massachusetts, Vermont, Mississippi and other states as her personal laboratories for health-care policy. That her ``HOPE'' plan for prescription drugs has gone wildly overbudget apparently doesn't matter.
Meanwhile, John Kerry's own health-care plan is littered with ideas and influence drawn from Teresa's hobby-time handiwork.
Consider: First lady Teresa Kerry and U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Together.
For the first time.
On a mission.
4. He will punish companies such as Microsoft for returning huge reserves of cash to investors.
The record Microsoft dividend payout of $32 billion may be large enough to be felt by the U.S. economy. But John Kerry's inclination to repeal the preferential rate on dividends would cause companies to think twice about such action. Dividends are more important than ever to everyday investors.
Betting on stock appreciation alone went out with the Internet bubble. Much like the last Democratic president.
5. He has shirked his responsibilities as a U.S. senator.
Kerry missed 64 percent of Senate roll call votes in 2003, according to Congressional Quarterly, and 87 percent of Senate roll calls through June 2 of this year.

If this is the kind of man you want as the leader of the free world, then go ahead and support John Kerry. But if not, make sure you join in the effort to re-elect President Bush. Volunteer or donate to the Bush campaign. If you have a blog and want to participate, go to Blogs for Bush and sign up for their blogroll and then get yourself on the Wictory Wednesday blogroll.