Who will stand up for the poor misunderstood Candle Maker?
Once again, today America needs a president who believes in science as John Kennedy did. The American people deserve a president who understands that when America invests in science and technology, we can build a stronger economy and create jobs for the 21st Century. But George Bush has turned his back on the spirit of exploration and discovery.
You get the feeling that if George Bush had been president during other periods in American history, he would have sided with the candle lobby against electricity, the buggy-makers against cars and typewriter companies against computers.
Back around 1994 through 1996, during the era that Newt Gingrich was prone to wax eloquent on beach volleyball (and, if you noticed all the ass shots that populated Yahoo’s “Most Emailed” list during the Summer Olympics, you realize he may have had a point), Gingrich said the same thing about Union-backed Democratic politicos likeDick Gephardt, and major figures of the “Liberal Media”:
“If Thomas Edison invented electric light today, Dan Rather would report it on CBS News as “candle making industry threatened.”
I disagree with Kerry. There aren’t any religious implications in candles.