If Kerry was a less unqualified candidate than Bush, I would vote for him. Unfortunately he is not. I shudder to think what will happen to the economy recovery and to Iraq if Kerry were elected and he exercised his pseudo-decisive leadership. Why does he not talk about his 19 years as a senator? Because he has nothing to talk about.
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I notice you side-stepped the Vietnam/Bush-Chaney stuff above, as well as the exploitation of 9-11 for Republican political gain. But I suppose there's no way really to defend such gutter politics.
"If Kerry was a less unqualified candidate than Bush, I would vote for him"
I wish I could believe that. But Republicans have painted every recent democratic presidential candidate as an incompetent Trotskyite while entirely failing to deal with the real incompetence, flip-flopping, criminal behavior and lies of their own candidates. Despite 9-11 happening on "Bush's watch" (remember Reagan admitting that?) Dubya based his entire presidency on the symbolic and political fallout of the attacks. He then failed to capture Osama bin Laden. The attacks happened while Bush was president and 3 years later the man who is supposedly behind 9-11 is still running around. We didn't hear too much about that at the RNC, for obvious reasons. When Bush said OBL was wanted "dead or alive" he sounded tough, but as Kerry says, he's all hat and no horse.
That's a post-9-11 100% failure rate in my book. And yet, somehow, for some reasons still unexplained, Kerry is more unqualified than Dubya. Hmm...
"If Kerry was a less unqualified candidate than Bush, I would vote for him"
I wish I could believe that. But Republicans have painted every recent democratic presidential candidate as an incompetent Trotskyite while entirely failing to deal with the real incompetence, flip-flopping, criminal behavior and lies of their own candidates. Despite 9-11 happening on "Bush's watch" (remember Reagan admitting that?) Dubya based his entire presidency on the symbolic and political fallout of the attacks. He then failed to capture Osama bin Laden. The attacks happened while Bush was president and 3 years later the man who is supposedly behind 9-11 is still running around. We didn't hear too much about that at the RNC, for obvious reasons. When Bush said OBL was wanted "dead or alive" he sounded tough, but as Kerry says, he's all hat and no horse.
That's a post-9-11 100% failure rate in my book. And yet, somehow, for some reasons still unexplained, Kerry is more unqualified than Dubya. Hmm...
Dear god.*sigh* There's no exploitation of 9/11. I should be the one speaking because I live 30 minutes from the place. That's what happened during the Bush administration. When he brings it up, it shows his leadership during a time of tragedy. Exploiting my ass. Give me a break. We were attacked by sickos and Bush got those terrorists in their two precious balls, Afghanistan and Iraq. You people don't realize how democracy is important for the middle east. Terrorists can't spread their message through a place that doesn't want them there.
But, there's no use in me arguing with you people. But, ah yes. You're going to bring up how I am arguing with you now. It's because it good to have a daily dose of sense in life.
Please, as suggested before, look through Kerry's senate record. This guy can't make up his mind for his life. Imagine what it's like to go shopping with this guy!
I don't give a crap about his war record. To me, a war record means nothing to me if you're running for president. If you served in a war or the army, all it means is that you can take orders and follow directions. THAT'S IT. Unless you were a commanding general that served in 10 wars.But, other than that, it shouldn' matter. It doesn't mean that person is dumber or smarter than the person next to them.
Cheerio my little peeps and check to make sure I didn't make any spelling mistakes! :-) Just joking with ya'. Try to enjoy life as much as you can.
But, there's no use in me arguing with you people. But, ah yes. You're going to bring up how I am arguing with you now. It's because it good to have a daily dose of sense in life.
Please, as suggested before, look through Kerry's senate record. This guy can't make up his mind for his life. Imagine what it's like to go shopping with this guy!
I don't give a crap about his war record. To me, a war record means nothing to me if you're running for president. If you served in a war or the army, all it means is that you can take orders and follow directions. THAT'S IT. Unless you were a commanding general that served in 10 wars.But, other than that, it shouldn' matter. It doesn't mean that person is dumber or smarter than the person next to them.
Cheerio my little peeps and check to make sure I didn't make any spelling mistakes! :-) Just joking with ya'. Try to enjoy life as much as you can.
I notice you side-stepped the Vietnam/Bush-Chaney stuff above, as well as the exploitation of 9-11 for Republican political gain. But I suppose there's no way really to defend such gutter politics.
"If Kerry was a less unqualified candidate than Bush, I would vote for him"
I wish I could believe that. But Republicans have painted every recent democratic presidential candidate as an incompetent Trotskyite while entirely failing to deal with the real incompetence, flip-flopping, criminal behavior and lies of their own candidates. Despite 9-11 happening on "Bush's watch" (remember Reagan admitting that?) Dubya based his entire presidency on the symbolic and political fallout of the attacks. He then failed to capture Osama bin Laden. The attacks happened while Bush was president and 3 years later the man who is supposedly behind 9-11 is still running around. We didn't hear too much about that at the RNC, for obvious reasons. When Bush said OBL was wanted "dead or alive" he sounded tough, but as Kerry says, he's all hat and no horse.
That's a post-9-11 100% failure rate in my book. And yet, somehow, for some reasons still unexplained, Kerry is more unqualified than Dubya. Hmm...
Um....the twin towers, U.N embassies and the U.S.S Cole were bombed during the Clinton adminisration also. Clinton did hardly anything but, he was about to go to war with Iraq. But, I guess people forget about that kind of stuff. Study history, people.
Dear peep Fairy Queen
Before calling anyone stupid, you must do two things...
1. Check your spelling.
2. Check your facts
Anyways, it seems to me like you've fallen victim of the Republican manipulation by saying things like... anyone who won't vote for Bush is an idiot, a traitor, an anti-American, and even a terrorist supporter.
In my book, neither Bush or Kerry are qualified to be presidents, but it's clear to me that we need a new administration that does things right. Bush can brag all he wants that we were better today than 4 years ago, but that's a complete lie. Just take a look at the enemployement rates of the past 10 years...
http://www.ded.mo.gov/business/researchandplanning/indicators/unemp/current-average.shtml
Notice how Clinton left us with a 3.4% unemployemnt rate, and to update this chart unemployment went down from 5.6% last year to 5.4% on a recent official number given today. An improvement that can barely be noticed, but according to economy experts, not the expected to say it's a significant improvement.
Bush thinks that he can buy his presidency with tax cuts, but the truth is that not raising taxes during a time of war will lead to an economic deficit in the upcoming years. The right thing to do would be raising taxes for the wealthy class, but of course since the rich are Bush best pals, how can he raise taxes then?
http://costofwar.com/
Now let's talk about the terrorism issue. When was the last time that Bush mentioned Osama Bin Laden? Not in a long time, right? Why the vendetta against Saddam Hussein when Bin Laden was the one who killed 3.000 Americans on 9/11? Bin Laden is probably laughing his ass off right now at how stupid is Bush, while planning his next terrorist attack. I think it's completely hypocritical of conservatives to blame Clinton for 9/11, when it was Bush the one who ignored all those memos where he was informed of possible terrorist attacks involving hijacked planes.
Saddam Hussein was never a significant threat to America, but rather a theat to his own people.
Believe me, if since the beginning Bush decided to invade Iraq because of his crimes against Iraqi citizens, then I'd have some respect for him. The excuse of course were the WMD and the Al-Qaeda links, which to this day is more than clear that they never existed. For those who believe that this war has nothing to do with oil, then tell me what the hell is Halliburton supossed to be doing there? How could anyone vote for someone who lies and manipulates his country in this kind of way. Of course, Republicans will tell you that lying about a blow job is far worse than lying about a cause to go to war that has caused the death of more than 10.000 Iraqis, and nearly 1.000 American soldiers.
Once again, stop calling people stupid... by saying that, it makes you look even more stupid than you are already.
Before calling anyone stupid, you must do two things...
1. Check your spelling.
2. Check your facts
Anyways, it seems to me like you've fallen victim of the Republican manipulation by saying things like... anyone who won't vote for Bush is an idiot, a traitor, an anti-American, and even a terrorist supporter.
In my book, neither Bush or Kerry are qualified to be presidents, but it's clear to me that we need a new administration that does things right. Bush can brag all he wants that we were better today than 4 years ago, but that's a complete lie. Just take a look at the enemployement rates of the past 10 years...
http://www.ded.mo.gov/business/researchandplanning/indicators/unemp/current-average.shtml
Notice how Clinton left us with a 3.4% unemployemnt rate, and to update this chart unemployment went down from 5.6% last year to 5.4% on a recent official number given today. An improvement that can barely be noticed, but according to economy experts, not the expected to say it's a significant improvement.
Bush thinks that he can buy his presidency with tax cuts, but the truth is that not raising taxes during a time of war will lead to an economic deficit in the upcoming years. The right thing to do would be raising taxes for the wealthy class, but of course since the rich are Bush best pals, how can he raise taxes then?
http://costofwar.com/
Now let's talk about the terrorism issue. When was the last time that Bush mentioned Osama Bin Laden? Not in a long time, right? Why the vendetta against Saddam Hussein when Bin Laden was the one who killed 3.000 Americans on 9/11? Bin Laden is probably laughing his ass off right now at how stupid is Bush, while planning his next terrorist attack. I think it's completely hypocritical of conservatives to blame Clinton for 9/11, when it was Bush the one who ignored all those memos where he was informed of possible terrorist attacks involving hijacked planes.
Saddam Hussein was never a significant threat to America, but rather a theat to his own people.
Believe me, if since the beginning Bush decided to invade Iraq because of his crimes against Iraqi citizens, then I'd have some respect for him. The excuse of course were the WMD and the Al-Qaeda links, which to this day is more than clear that they never existed. For those who believe that this war has nothing to do with oil, then tell me what the hell is Halliburton supossed to be doing there? How could anyone vote for someone who lies and manipulates his country in this kind of way. Of course, Republicans will tell you that lying about a blow job is far worse than lying about a cause to go to war that has caused the death of more than 10.000 Iraqis, and nearly 1.000 American soldiers.
Once again, stop calling people stupid... by saying that, it makes you look even more stupid than you are already.
This is more in response to the first post, than anything else...
May I just take the time to say I am utterly appalled at the way some people are behaving here? This is well beyond ridiculous, and it's rapidly approaching pathetic. There is a very large difference between having an opinion and stating it, and bashing those who disagree with you upside the head.
To Bullwinkle, FairyQueen, The Life and Times of Zenni, and Mr. Jingles, thank you very much for actually providing me - and others, I'm sure - with information and such. To be honest, as a first time voter, I'm in great need of a lot of help before I make up my own mind, and it's nice to have people with such information supplying it freely. So, denki.
And while I'm in the process of stepping off my soapbox (gomen, everyone for that little sermon), I would love to point out to others that yes, it is up to the individual to make up his or her own mind. Even when you disagree with someone - regardless of how vehemently - there is no point in degrading that person for holding to their beliefs.
May I just take the time to say I am utterly appalled at the way some people are behaving here? This is well beyond ridiculous, and it's rapidly approaching pathetic. There is a very large difference between having an opinion and stating it, and bashing those who disagree with you upside the head.
To Bullwinkle, FairyQueen, The Life and Times of Zenni, and Mr. Jingles, thank you very much for actually providing me - and others, I'm sure - with information and such. To be honest, as a first time voter, I'm in great need of a lot of help before I make up my own mind, and it's nice to have people with such information supplying it freely. So, denki.
And while I'm in the process of stepping off my soapbox (gomen, everyone for that little sermon), I would love to point out to others that yes, it is up to the individual to make up his or her own mind. Even when you disagree with someone - regardless of how vehemently - there is no point in degrading that person for holding to their beliefs.
Here we go again. I only made one statement dear sir. Some people have just come up with rediculous reasons these days for why they hate Bush. So as a comment to show frustration I used that one. But, obviously you took offence to it because you thought I was speaking right to you. My sincere apologies if you took offence to my comments.
And to add another thing, you obviously didn't read what I wrote about how democracy in the middle east is important to keep the whole world safe. But, I always forget. As long as George W. Bush is a republican, he will always be wrong. He's the new antichrist, isn't he? Just giving you some food for thought. But, whatever, this is giving me good practice for my SAT essay. So, thanks to all of you that disagree with me!
Live life to the fullest my peepety peeps. Oh I forgot, you might catch a spelling mistake.
P.S. May I reccomend a book by Stephen F. Hayes called "The Connection". You might give a second thought to our situation with Iraq. The facts in that book are taken from intelligence reports and testimonies from former terrorists and experts.
And to add another thing, you obviously didn't read what I wrote about how democracy in the middle east is important to keep the whole world safe. But, I always forget. As long as George W. Bush is a republican, he will always be wrong. He's the new antichrist, isn't he? Just giving you some food for thought. But, whatever, this is giving me good practice for my SAT essay. So, thanks to all of you that disagree with me!
Live life to the fullest my peepety peeps. Oh I forgot, you might catch a spelling mistake.
P.S. May I reccomend a book by Stephen F. Hayes called "The Connection". You might give a second thought to our situation with Iraq. The facts in that book are taken from intelligence reports and testimonies from former terrorists and experts.
P.S. May I reccomend a book by Stephen F. Hayes called "The Connection". You might give a second thought to our situation with Iraq. The facts in that book are taken from intelligence reports and testimonies from former terrorists and experts.
So that means that we should trust more an individual like Mr. Hayes, rather than putting out trust on an official organization like the 9/11 Commission?
Richard Clark couldn't say it better... We (Our government) failed you.
That goes for both republicans and democrats.
four more years, four more years!
vote bush
vote bush
four more years, four more years!
vote bush
*this announcement does not represent Mex's views in any way, they are purely for entertainment*
LOL