SherriA
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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth I hate the idea that I had to vote for George Bush today. His wanting to get into my bedroom, monitor my TV viewing, and controlling my social way of life is against everything I believe. Enough reason right there to rid the country of his menace, imnsho. quote:
Problem is, other then hating and disagreeing with anything Bush, Kerry has not told me what he stands for or what he will do. Interesting. I was able to find quite a lot of information about Kerry's plans and where he stands on issues. It was a simple matter. Start on his website and go from there. Bush, otoh, promised more of the same. Great - more debt, more job loss, more death, more damage to the environment, more barriers to important medical research, more erosion of women's rights, etc, etc, etc. quote:
The easiest position in a debate is the contrary position. But to win the debate you need a solution. Kerry has never provided a detailed solution to anything. I believe the reason for this is that his solutions would be very bad for business, the economy, and the US place in the world. Kerry did indeed give solutions, and also explained where the money would come to pay for them. He had plans for economic development and international relations - valid plans, from what I could see. I didn't see what you're describing at all. Bush has been terrible for business, the economy, and the US's place in the world, and he's promised more of the same. How is voting for a continuing downtrend better than voting for something you're unsure about (and you could have gotten answers to what was unclear to you by simply doing some basic research. At least, I was able to.) quote:
I also feel that, if Kerry wins it will be seen as a win for Bin Laden. Bin Laden will be in even higher regard by the Muslims. It will be taken as a victory for his rhetoric and 9/11 seen as point when the war was tuned in the Muslim favor. We will be thought of in the same context as the Spanish, who voted out their President after he did not capitulate. The Spanish preferred to surrender to the terrorists after the bombing of their railway station and the death of their citizens. And remember this, Muslims have as one of their fundamental beliefs that ALL infidels should be killed in the name of Allah. That is direct from their Koran. It is a religion of terror, unforeseen by the US founding fathers when they protected all religious practice under the constitution I completely disagree with this. BUSH was in power when the US was attacked. BUSH has managed to unite warring middle eastern nations in their hatred for the US. BUSH's policies and actions have increased the numbers of terrorists and the threats to American security. How is removing that from office a victory? Returning him was the best thing Bin Laden et al could hope for from us, and we've provided it to them. The biggest threat to the security of the US, imnsho, is George W. Bush, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, and Condaleeza Rice (and the rest of their cronies) returned to power. I personally didn't see the Spanish people voting out their incumbent as capitulating. I saw it as them making an informed choice, which is what the election process is supposed to be all about. As for all the rhetoric about Muslims, there are indeed a small percentage of fundamentalists who believe the things you're saying. But that's like painting all Xtians with the same brush as Pat Robertson and his ilk. There will always be extremists who feel righteous indignation and the need to supress others. They're not the norm, they don't represent the "average" member of the faith, and they should not be treated as such.
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-- Sherri Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity.
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