Are you Republican?
Ad
in the Washington
Post
This
full page ad was placed in the Washington
Post by a businessman
named
George J. Esseff, Sr. He paid $104,655.60 to run
the ad and only
did
it because he is sick and tired of the way
that "The Rich" Are
portrayed
by liberals these days. It is a great
read!
Maybe you're a Republican???
In
today's America, ask a growing number of high
school and college
students;
their teachers and professors; the self-anointed
media elite
and/or
hard working men and women of all ethnicities,
the question,
"What
is a Republican?", and you'll be told
"... a rich, greedy,
egotistical
individual, motivated only by money and
the desire to
accumulate
more and more of it, at the expense of the
environment. the
working
poor ...and all whom they exploit..."
I
am a Republican . I am none of those things ...
and I don't know any
Republicans
who are.
WHAT
I, AM. first and foremost, is a loving husband
of some 52 plus
years,
the father of four and an American who's proud
of his
country...and
his country's heritage
WHAT
I AM is the grandson of immigrants who
risked everything,
including
their lives and those of their children, to
escape tyranny in
search
of freedom.
WHAT
I AM . is a man who grew up during the
Depression and witnessed,
first
hand, the effects of the Stock Market crash and
the soup lines
that
followed. I watched as both my parents and
grand parents, who had
very
little themselves, share what food they
had with a half dozen other
families,
who had even less.
WHAT
I AM is someone who worked his way through
college by holding down
three
and four jobs at a time and then used that
education to build a
better
life.
WHAT
I AM is a husband who, at age 24, started his
own business for
the
"privilege" of working 60, 70 and 80
hours a week, risking
everything
I had, including my health, in search of a
better life for
myself
and my loved ones.
WHAT
I AM is a businessman whose blood, sweat
and tears.... and plenty
of
them..., made it possible for me to provide a
secure living, not
only
for my family and myself, but also for literally
hundreds of my
employees
throughout the years. Employees, who in
turn, Were able to buy
their
own homes, raise their own families and
give back to their
communities
and their country.
WHAT
I AM . is a man who believes in God; a God who
has blessed this
country...
and all for which it stands.
WHAT
I AM . is someone who knows, if you doubt
miracles exist in
today's
world, you need only to look into the face of
those who received
them
... and the eyes of those who give them.
WHAT
I AM .. is an American who's proud that his
President embraces a
belief
in God; proud of a President who understands, as
"politically
incorrect"
as it may be, there is evil in this world
and for the
security
and safety of all freedom loving people
everywhere, it must be
confronted
... and it must be defeated.
WHAT
I AM is an American who takes comfort in
the knowledge that our
President
refuses to allow decisions concerning the very
safety and
security
of this nation, to be governed by the
political whims of
foreign
governments.
WHAT
I AM . is tired of hearing from leading
Democrats who see only
negativity
in
America
;
racism in her people; class warfare in her
society
and "political incorrectness" in her
character.
WHAT
I AM is a former democrat who now
understands that it is the
soldier
and not the reporter that guarantees us
our freedoms of press,
speech
and dissent.
WHAT
I AM .. is a man who believes in the sanctity of
life. A man who is
repulsed
by the pandering of the political left for
votes, at the
expense
of the unborn.
WHAT
I AM . is a husband and father who believes in
the sanctity of
marriage
and the preservation of the family unit.
WHAT
I AM . is a movie go-er who is repulsed by those
insecure, socially
inept,
elementary thinking, ego-inflated
"entertainers" who have
appointed
themselves "experts" in the fields of
national security and
geo-politics
and then use their forum to attack this
nation, its leaders
and
its actions.... much to the delight and
encouragement of our
enemies.
WHAT
I AM . is an American who understands the
difference between
"censorship"
and "choice." Evidently, these
individuals do not, because
when
these same "celebrities" receive
public ridicule for their
offensive
actions, the first thing they yell is
"Censorship!". What they
seem
incapable of understanding is... the right
of free speech and
dissent
is shared equally by those offended... as
well as those who
offend.
I support and will continue to support
those films and
performers
whom I choose to and refuse to support
those I don't. It is
my
right as an American a right I will
continue to enthusiastically
exercise.
WHAT
I AM . is a voter, tired of politicians, who,
every time their
voting
records are subjected to public scrutiny, try to
divert attention
from
their political and legislative failures by
accusing their
opponents
of "attack ads" and "negative
campaigning".... and the news
media
who allow them to get away with it.
WHAT
I AM .. is a Catholic who loves his God and his
Faith... and who's
been
taught to respect all religions whose teachings
are based in love,
peace
and charity. As such, I am embarrassed and
ashamed of those
individuals,
in both private and public life, whose
decisions and
actions
are devoid of any sense of character or
morals; individuals who
are
only driven by what's best for them ...
rather than what's right ..
often
times at the expense of many ....
including our national security.
WHAT
I AM .. is a realist who understands that the
terrorist attack that
murdered
hundreds of innocent Russian children could
have occurred here,
in
our heartland. That's why I sincerely
believe
America
needs now, more
than
ever, a President who sees with a clear
and focused vision and who
speaks
with a voice when heard by both friend and
foe alike, is
understood,
respected and believed.
WHAT
I AM is eternally grateful to Ronald Reagan for
having the
bravery
to speak out against Communism and the courage
of his
convictions
in leading the fight to defeat it; and George W.
Bush for
the
vision, courage, conviction and leadership he
has shown in America's
war
on terrorism amidst both the constant and
vicious, personal and
political
attacks both he and his family are made to
endure.
WHAT
I AM . is a human being, full of numerous faults
and failures, but
a
man nonetheless, who, though not always
successful, has continually
strived
to do "what's right" instead of
"what's easy". A man who is
challenging
the religious leaders of all faiths, to
not only preach to
their
congregations the fundamentals of
"what's right" and "what's
wrong",
but to also then hold them accountable for
their actions in both
the
public and private sectors.
WHAT
I AM . is disgusted with the Courts who, on one
hand, call the
murder
of a pregnant woman a "double
homicide" but then refer to the
abortion
of her baby as, "pro-choice."
WHAT
I AM is someone deeply troubled by a political
party which
embraces
a candidate whose primary "leadership"
qualities center around
his
protesting of the Vietnam war and his labeling
the honorable men and
women
who fought in it, (50,000 of whom gave
their lives in that
action),
as rapists, and war criminals. (John
Kerry) That same political
party
then stepped forward this year to block
the appearance of a true
Vietnam
war hero, retired Admiral and former
United States Senator,
Jeremiah
Denton, (a man who spent seven years and
seven torturous months
in
a North Vietnam prison), from speaking
before an open session of the
California
legislature as part of that state's 4th of July
celebration.
The
reason Democrats gave for refusing to allow this
American hero to
speak
before their state legislature was because of
the "conservative"
nature
of his views. As an American, that troubles
me deeply ...as well
it
should you. (Are you listening Mr. B?)
WHAT
I AM . is a man who feels the need to spend, ONE
HUNDRED & FOUR
THOUSAND
SIX HUNDRED & FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
($104, 655.60, tax
paid)
of his own money, to purchase this
advertisement, in order to set
the
story straight. Some may say this money
would have been better spent
feeding
the world's poor. At the risk of sounding
self-serving, as an
American
and as a Republican, for the last six
decades of my life, I
have
done exactly that... and more. Following
the examples of my parents
and
grand parents, I have used my earnings to feed
the poor, shelter
the
homeless, provide housing for the elderly and
medical care for the
sick.....
and continue to do so... and I'm not alone in
that work.
WHAT
I AM . is someone who is paying for this
announcement, at my sole
expense,
in hopes of opening the eyes of those led
blindly by ill-
informed
elements of our great nation, who, through
either ignorance, or
malicious
intent, repeatedly attack and belittle
those of us who belong
to
a political party that holds true to the
belief, "... the rights of
the
governed, exceed the power of the
government". For those interested,
I
am speaking only as a tax- paying individual who
is in no way
associated
with The Republican National Committee,
nor with any of its
directors,
or delegates.
WHAT
I AM . is a man who understands, "the
American way of life" is a
message
of self-empowerment for all.
WHAT
I AM . is an American who is grateful that our
nation gives each of
us
the opportunity of self-determination and the
right to benefit from
the
fruits of self achievement.
WHAT
I AM . is an American who wants to preserve that
way of life for
all
who seek it.
WHAT
I AM . is blessed to be an American.... and
proud to be Republican.
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