I voted for Bush.  I sure did!  Let the stoning begin.

 

Face it.  We are bound, at this point in time, by a two-party system.  My "Pro-Bush" argument is the lamest of all -

 

I am only moderately "Pro-Bush", and that is largely due to my ties to the military.  I saw firsthand, during the Clinton administration, many of my best friends lose penchants, health insurance, and the benefits that they were promised for the rest of their lives under a Democrat.  So, I already have a bias against liberals.  John Kerry did not strike me as very liberal, but the fact remains that I am vehementally anti-Kerry.

 

There is a difference, you know.

 

Josie

Josie.....

Dang did you hit that nail on the head!!

Republicans try and look liberal ,

while keeping the old school bravado

while

Democrats try and look conservative,

 afraid to stand on a true democratic platform

 

They all start looking like charlatans and illusionist after awhile to me!!!

EX

Oh Josie, Josie, you know I love you, but are you nuts?? No, sorry, I'm joking, I'm joking- please tell me you know that. 

 

I'm going to be very respectful of other people's opinions I'm going to be very respectful of other people's opinions I'm going to be very respectful of other people's opinions I'm going to be very respectful of other people's opinions.

 

Yeah, you're right that Clinton cut benefits for those in the military and their families, but Bush has continued that trend.  While I'm no raging supporter of Kerry, I do believe he was sincere when he said he would restore the cuts in that area that Bush and Clinton had made.  Somehow Bush seems to get a pass on these things- either people aren't aware or his talk about strength and the fear he instills makes people not care about the negative stuff he's done in that (among other) areas.

 

And I gotta agree with Curiousity that he's put our kids in harms way for no good reason at all (at least that I can figure out).

 

Ex- I do believe that democrats try to look conservative, but don't see where the republicans are trying to act liberal.  Those on the right have managed to attach such a stigma to the term liberal that no one, either democrat or republican wants to be associated with it.

 

IMO virtually all progress that's come in the US has come from liberals- from getting rid of slavery to giving women the right to vote, to social security in order to take care of the elderly, to the civil rights movement in the 60s to abortion rights.  If not for liberals pushing these issues we'd still be back in the dark ages (more than we are now).

 

Bush's policies have benefitted his friends- while he pretends to be a down home Texan people seem to forget that he was born to one of the wealthiest families in the country, got a free pass at Yale, failed in the private sector.  Yet people have this perception that he's just a "regular" guy.  How many "regular" guys would have gotten the chances he's got.  And he's paid back those who've given him those opportunities big time.  The gap between rich and poor gets larger and larger, his tax cuts benefit only the wealthy at the expense of the poor, yet people give him a pass.

 

I could go on, and most likely will, but for now.....

 

I just don't get it.

 

Marco

 

( ps.I agree with you Junkie)

( Is that what a flip flop is )