C,
wow, this is turning into a regular little back and forth. Let me just preface anything that I say with admission that I didn't really like Kerry, since I feel like he did not represent me. I was (and still am) an anybody but Bush person.
I guess these are my responses to your reasons for voting for Bush...

1. Is that a status quo that had something directly to do with the Democrats, more specifically Clinton? Or is it something that goes farther back to the Reagan years? Do you feel "safer" with the status quo that we have today?
   
2. I guess you could spin his words to portray that he wanted to "sit back," but I don't really think that that is necessarily true. The sense that I got was that he wanted to have more effective international efforts that involved America's hopefully-not-completely-alienated allies. One could say that this is a throw back to before 9/11, but I don't really think that it is. I would think that the global atmosphere surrounding this issue would change if the US showed some effort. The more the terrorists know that the US will defy the UN and just barrel ahead with bombing countries that didn't attack us, the more likely they are to attack us.
   
3. Which war are you refering to? The war on terror or the war on Iraq? We all know that the two aren't connected. If it's the war on terror, then why didn't he get Osama yet? Why isn't there better monitoring of shipping containers that travel by boat?
   
4. Regarding sitting back and waiting for another attack... that is basically speculation.
   
5. I know that you're a libertarian. Does something like the PATRIOT act represent your idea of how people in this country should be treated? I know that the PATRIOT act was a bi-partisan effort, passed in the chaos post- 9/11 stuff, but it is mostly a product of the Bush administration. Do you think that Bush, who will most likely appoint SC justices who will restrict a woman's right to choose, and restrict stem cell research based on 'moral grounds,' is really the best candidate for your interests? Does the secrecy that this adminstration extends to its actions represent your ideals?
   

To finish off I want to say that I think the Democratic party is an incredible dissapointment. I agree that they need to re-think their modus operandi. But voting for the Bush adminstration, with creeps in it like Cheney and Rove, is frightening.

ahh, politics, like I always say....

Dad and JP, feel free to jump in at any time.

love,

H

- posted by H @ 11/04/2004 03:45:00 PM