posted on August 6, 2004 07:38:50 PM new
I have almost always voted a straight GOP ticket, with a few exceptions in the last few years. This year I will be voting for John Kerry for president. Here's why!
1. Bush is a national embarrassment.
2. Bush is a failure as the leader of the free world.
3. Bush has a difficult relating to the common ordinary citizen.
4. Bush thinks that everyone should be a follower of the religious right.
5. Bush is owned by the religious right voting block.
6. Bush is viewed as a world bully in the view of other countries.
7. Bush has lessened the alliance of other countries with the United States.
8. Bush has created an economy that has caused major unemployment.
9. Bush has created policies that have allowed to corporations to move jobs to other countries.
10. Bush has a history of using smoke and mirrors to hide his mistakes.
11. Bush tires to change the Constitution of this country to limit the rights of a certain group of people.
12. Bush has made negative remarks of his opponent's service effort while he has never seen any combat.
13. Bush said 4 years ago that he would turn the US around, and now wants people to believe that he has done many things for the country and needs more time to complete his agenda.
14. Bush as the president, and through his polices, will allow only certain people to have full rights.
15. Bush has conservative ideas that will hurt the civil rights that were gained by many groups, through years of hard effort.
posted on August 6, 2004 07:49:09 PM new
I'd like to see a copy and paste as proof of this one:
12. Bush has made negative remarks of his opponent's service effort while he has never seen any combat.
And we've had many presidents who never served....never were in a war situation. Didn't keep them from being elected.
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"One thing is for sure: the extremists have faith in our weakness. And the weaker we are, the more they will come after us." --Tony Blair
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"The War on Terror will not be won until America is united. And as long as Democrats target the Bush administration -- not the terrorists -- as the enemy, we are in trouble." --Oliver North
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posted on August 6, 2004 08:10:47 PM new
Wow! Linda you surprise me. You object to number 12, (and don't we all) so are you saying that you agree to all others?
True Americans do not exclude anybody. They recognize that everyone should have the same rights. Bigotry, intolerance and hatred are cancers of the mind.
posted on August 6, 2004 08:35:32 PM new
Wow! Yeager...Linda is only critical of one out of 16? You are on a roll!
Sometimes, linda you have to pay attention to what is not spoken. Where have you been while Kerry's military records have been so brutally questioned by the Bush administration? Do you really believe that Bush is not personally responsible for anything and that he did not approve of his own campaign tactics? Is EVERYTHING that his administration does out of his control???
And just recently, According to Reuters, The Bush administration distanced itself from the infamous advertisement on Thursday but did not condemn it. "We have not and we will not question Sen. Kerry's service in Vietnam," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan.
posted on August 6, 2004 08:40:52 PM new
I asked for your proof, yeager, that this President has EVER stated anything negatively about kerrys service in vietnam.
Obviously you have no proof,,,,typical.
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"One thing is for sure: the extremists have faith in our weakness. And the weaker we are, the more they will come after us." --Tony Blair
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"The War on Terror will not be won until America is united. And as long as Democrats target the Bush administration -- not the terrorists -- as the enemy, we are in trouble." --Oliver North
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posted on August 6, 2004 08:44:33 PM new
And it's typical that you would need any proof to know that whether stated to the public or not, George Bush approved of the negative attacks on John Kerry's stellar military record.
posted on August 6, 2004 08:48:14 PM new
Can't prove what hasn't been said.
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"One thing is for sure: the extremists have faith in our weakness. And the weaker we are, the more they will come after us." --Tony Blair
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"The War on Terror will not be won until America is united. And as long as Democrats target the Bush administration -- not the terrorists -- as the enemy, we are in trouble." --Oliver North
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posted on August 6, 2004 09:01:16 PM new "Can't prove what hasn't been said."
Based on Bush's record of being out of control of the war, the peace, the economy and domestic issues, it may be that you are exactly right, Linda. Bush probably doesn't know what is going on with his campaign either. After all, he has said that he doesn't read newspapers and relies on someone in the White House to tell him what is going on. Poor guy. Soon he will get a long, long vacation.
posted on August 6, 2004 09:20:20 PM new
We are given choices that is why there is a yes and no, democrats, republicans etc. What you elect to do is your choice. Wouldn't it be a terrible world if we did't have choices. Now where did you find that list? Why not just give us yours in your words so we might better understand. Who knows you might change some voters.
#13. Clinton administration passed NAFTA
#5 Most of the Kerry Voters in here are
not religious. What is a religious
right voting block anyway?
#4 & #5 are they the same?
#3 I could say the same about Teresa Heinz Kerry.
#8 NAFTA
#9 NAFTA
#14. That has been from the beginning of time. Remember Rosa Parks, not until the late 50's was she able to get out from the back of the bus.
Now for one last observation. Let's say you are president. Jan 20 you take office and start your 4 years. 8 months later we are attacked what do you do? Continue on with your agenda as if nothing happened or do you have to sit down and refigure what you have to do to protect our country. At that point anything Bush wanted to do was a wash.
Most of this would not have happened if our previous President had stuck to his job instead of playing around in the oval office.
First of all, these are my words and feeling about our failed president. I didn't C&P them from any website. You must have gone over it a few times to pick it apart, judging by the numerics of your list. To respond to your comments.
#13. Clinton administration passed NAFTA - I recall in the Clinton term of office, a person could quit their job on Monday and find another one on Tuesday. It was a time when employers were taking any standing and breathing person to fill a position. It was a time of near full employment.
#5 Most of the Kerry Voters in here are not religious. What is a religious right voting block anyway? - If you don't' know, a voting block is a group of people who vote in the same way and for the same reason. The membership of Vendio has little to do with the national voting trends.
#4 & #5 are they the same? (4.) Bush thinks that everyone should be a follower of the religious right. The president thinks that the direction of the RR is the correct way for society as a whole to follow., i.e., conservative religious values, regardless of an individual's view. (5.) Bush is owned by the religious right voting block. Bush has strong support from the RR and the voting block they represent, and owes them the repayment of their support.
#3 I could say the same about Teresa Heinz Kerry. Well, in case you haven't been following the election Teresa Heinz Kerry IS NOT THE ONE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT! She will not have any legal powers regarding the office.
#8 NAFTA - Then is Bush is so concerned about American jobs, why are they continually being exported?
#9 NAFTA Wouldn't that be the same as number eight?
#14. That has been from the beginning of time. Remember Rosa Parks, not until the late 50's was she able to get out from the back of the bus. Rosa Parks sparked the 381-day Montgomery bus boycott on December 1, 1955. Not the late 1950's as you suggest. Also, are you suggesting that in the modern day and age, that the president of the most powerful country in the world should create a society that disallows or hampers the civil rights that many have fought and died for? After all, this is 2004, and not 1904, right?
As for verbally attacking the president for what he did or didn't do, it's our right as a free people to do that. Just as you referenced Clinton for playing around in the oval office. I guess that would of sort be the equivalent of Bush spending time in a Florida school room chatting with children for 7 minutes after two planes went into the side of the World Trade Center on 9-11-2001.
If he didn't know that these planes went into the sides of the building, then something is wrong with the communication of his office. If he did, then something is wrong with his thinking. It seems to me that he would know, when in fact he knows everything that John Kerry does.
True Americans do not exclude anybody. They recognize that everyone should have the same rights. Bigotry, intolerance and hatred are cancers of the mind.
edited for additional comments.
[ edited by yeager on Aug 7, 2004 03:43 AM ]
so are you saying that you agree to all others?