Reply #29: Don't call me your friend, just as I would have problems having [View All]

[merh]

a friend that is pure RW, your hate for Kerry and the democratic party is just as distasteful and destructive, so I would not ever consider you a friend.

You are blind to politics and the political system and your blindness causes you to stumble over your idealistic and flawed principles.

Do I wish there was another system to provide citizens to help govern this nation? Yes, I often wonder if my professor in college wasn't correct in his position that all of our social security numbers should be put in a huge raffle basket and every four years the first number that falls from the basket serves as president and on and on until all offices are filled. Then each citizen will be required to take part in our government and will be responsible for our laws. That, however, is not the case and we have a political system that makes running for office expensive, complicated and nuanced!

I will not debate Kerry's vote on the resolution that provided for Military Action in Iraq, I have done that until I am blue in the fingers on this forum. I am of the position that Kerry voted to give the president authority if all diplomatic measures failed. That is not carte blanche approval as you and others like to depict. Kerry has voted to fund the war - well sorry, but as long as we have soldiers over there fighting, I want them to have the necessary armor and equipment, so you don't make me mad when you say he has voted for the funding. As a matter of fact, his biggest flip-flop problem came when he voted against additional funding for the war because he had a problem with where the funding would come from.

NCLB, it's not a bad act, there is just no f'cking funding to allow the state school systems to implement it. That's the problem and that goes back to the boy blunder's tax cuts. Kerry's tax plan would have alleviated the strains that our state, county and local governments all are experiencing due to the boy blunder's payola for votes - tax cuts.

Patriot Act, well, if it had been me, I probably would have been more aware of its implications and potential to destroy our civil rights, but then again, I am just a lay person and I am not fully capable of understanding that the unconstitutional provisions of the bill would be defeated by the judicial branch (as they have been) and that judicial approval is still required to obtain the warrants and the "sneaky peps" that the bill provides. But then again, I wasn't in Washington DC on 9/11 and I did not have to evacuate my office because of anthrax. I also was not being given all sorts of "intelligence" letting me know that the powers that be (pentagon, cia, admin) all believed and wanted me to believe that we were in great peril and legislation was vital to secure our safety. The smoke and mirrors that the weed and his rethugs used to convince the nation of the "terra threat" were first used in private conferences with members of congress to convince them. It is a damned shame that you are so naive or worse, so damned perfect you cannot see the human side to all that has occurred since 9/11.

If you think it is so easy to be a politician and to hold office then I suggest you go out and qualify for the next elected office you can. I would suggest the federal house or senate, but if that is more than you are ready for, then try for a local office first. Find out how hard it is to raise money, campaign, conduct campaigns, trust everyone around you, hold tight to your principles and finally get enough votes to win. Then, if by chance you win, find out what it is like to get your legislation passed and/or necessary funding for your district or state without compromising. Find out how important a nuanced appreciation for the lesser of two evils really is.

Let me know when you get your campaign up and running, I will gladly donate to your campaign.

In closing, I stand by what I said. You were Roved and you drank the kool aid and you continue to believe the spin. I would put Kerry's 30 plus years of service to this country and his honor and his intelligence up against anyone you would name as a better politician and/or candidate.