Larkspur
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Fri Jul-16-04 12:26 PM
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10 Reasons to Fire George W. Bush & 9 reasons why Kerry won't be much |
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better. http://www.reason.com/links/links071304.shtml10. He's making me root for John Kerry. I haven't voted for a major party's presidential candidate since 1988, and I have no plans to revert to the habit this year. The Democrats have nominated a senator who—just sticking to the points listed above—voted for the war in Iraq, the Patriot Act, McCain-Feingold, and the TSA; who endorses the assault on "indecency"; who thinks the government should be spending even more than it is now. I didn't have room in my top ten for the terrible No Child Left Behind Act, which further centralized control of the country's public schools—but for the record, Kerry voted for that one too. It's far from clear that he'd be any less protectionist than Bush is, and he's also got problems that Bush doesn't have, like his support for stricter gun controls. True, Kerry doesn't owe anything to the religious right, and you can't blame him for the torture at Abu Ghraib. Other than that, he's not much of an improvement.
Yet I find myself hoping the guy wins. Not because I'm sure he'll be better than the current executive, but because the incumbent so richly deserves to be punished at the polls. Making me root for a sanctimonious statist blowhard like Kerry isn't the worst thing Bush has done to the country. But it's the offense that I take most personally.
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Fri Jul-16-04 12:29 PM
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1. From a Libertarian magazine ... |
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gee, I wonder who the author's gonna support.
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Fri Jul-16-04 12:31 PM
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2. Thanks....everything we can do to depress voter turnout will help Bush |
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Fri Jul-16-04 01:31 PM
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5. which is the goal of some people |
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who can't get over their loser candidate getting his ass kicked.
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Fri Jul-16-04 12:36 PM
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Fri Jul-16-04 01:40 PM
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:bounce: :party: :bounce: :party: :bounce: :party: :bounce: :party:
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Fri Jul-16-04 01:23 PM
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4. Its the lame "lesser evil" meme |
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This sentence says it all "I haven't voted for a major party's presidential candidate since 1988, and I have no plans to revert to the habit this year. "
This writer is too proud by half. What's the point of avoiding a major party simply because it's a major party?
This person has their own agenda, and it obviously isn't simply electing the candidate with the best opportunity to do some good for this country.
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