John Kerry for President

When it comes to voting for president, the first fact I realized is this: obviously, either George Bush or John Kerry will win the election, so I'm not interested in voting for anybody else. I believe Kerry can be a great president, although I'm not sure -- but I am absolutely sure that Bush does not deserve to be re-elected.

If you believe Pres. Bush has not earned re-election, but you're not sure about Kerry, consider this: we're not just electing a person, we're likely electing (indirectly) more than one Supreme Court justice, who will affect our laws and lives for decades.

Do you disagree with John Ashcroft's priorities in law enforcement? If Kerry wins, Ashcroft is gone.

Bush, who calls himself a conservative, inherited a budget surplus but created huge deficits. If you're a conservative, do you support that?

The Bush administration manipulated facts and the media to start a war in Iraq that has cost tens of thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars so far. Why are we there? Do you feel safer because we invaded Iraq?

There's substantial evidence that Bush did too little to fight terrorism before 9/11. A Presidential briefing called "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States" was given to Bush a month before 9/11, but no action was taken.

I'm voting for Kerry and I hope you do, too.

Comments

[thomas romer]

HOOOO YEAH. no shizzy. i'm down with that all the way. this guy is the worst. i like moderate republicans… but history will look back on this president as a big ass question mark. i'm quite positive after all the partisan arguments have passed on, that historians will be scratching their heads at the idea we invaded a country that had nothing to do with the invasion of 911. like richard clarke says in "against all enemies"… "it would be like roosevelt invading mexico after pearl harbor". i pray he loses on nov 2.

[Troy]

When Ashcroft's federal police raided my hometown's (Santa Cruz) medical marijuana farm (for cancer patients) the (R)'s sorta lost my vote right there... the county sherrif had given the operation a clean bill of health, in accordance with our statewide medical marijuana proposition. How undemocratic is that!

I thought the Bush admin would be bad, like say Reagan I, but I had no idea they'd screw things up SO bad. If somehow he's returned to power I'll be out of the country before the inauguration.