Please no name calling or posting of BS. I have a few questions and that is all. Here is you quote:
BassDude... Name calling is what people resort too when they have lost the debate... I try very hard to avoid namecalling of any BOTL event when they have resorted to such moronic tactics against me. However, name calling of external groups is common and used all the time, especially by right wing radio jocks (Ever listen to Michael Savage.... Rush is full of names)
Personally, I have avidly supported Kerry, devoted hours of my time and hundreds of my hard earned dollars to his campaign since the end of last year... I think he has many major strong points.
* War experience, understands the common soldier -
what makes you think Kerry understands the common soldier?
I was one and I seriously doubt if Kerry understands them. Were you one? Then how can you say that - please provide specific examples.
BassDude. Seems like you've already made your mind up here. So here is my opinion. And while I commend you for your service to this country, I am sick and tired of the arrogance of the question posed on my military service as a pretext for establishing that your opinion may be more qualified. Thats a load of hogwash. My opinion is valid as yours and I don't need respond to your question of my military service here to justify my opinion to you.
I base my opinion on a dozens of hours of observation, mostlyu on CSpan programming that covered Kerry on the campaign trail in one on one conversations with veterans and soldiers. I have also seen this interaction in person... How much of that have you personally exposed yourself too?? The connections I observed between Kerry and the vetes and active duty soldiers were obviously genuine and supporting to anyone watching these events.
Bassdude, how much Cspan do you watch on a weekly basis?? I recommend it seriously. Very little spin and an excellent and fairly impartial source for a lot of political events.
* Environmental awareness - I'll give ya that
* Economic expertise that emphasizes prosperity for both businesses and consumers. - Please explain with specific examples. All I know is that he knows how to marry money. How can a man who does not even know what cars his immediate family owns have a head for business?
BassDude Be honest.... If you had a chance to marry a gal worth a few hundred million dollars and their was mutual affection and a healthy relationship with that woman would you say no because of the money... to make an issue on Kerry marrying rich is pretty petty... So is the car thing. If you are truly on the fence making a decision are you going to make them on the basis of petty items that have nothing to do with how effective the candidate would function as a president. (Do I really think you are sincere about being on the fence?? Hmmm based on your questions.....) If so I can provide a ton of petty arguements why you should be weary of Bush too. You could start with Bush going AWOL...(But you don't probably believe sources that have dug out the facts on that)
In all seriousness, the current administration does little to provide major incentives for enterprise. They turned surpluses into nosebleed deficits that you and your kids (do you have any??) are going to be paying for for a long time. Bushes cronies and fiscal policy does do a lot to reward wealth concentrating this wealth in fewer and fewer entities than any time since our country was almost ruined by the robber barons of the late 19th century.
Kerry's economic focus emphasizes business productivity (lowering corporate tax rates) and consumer spending (shifting tax burdens to those who can afford it). This is what has been done successfully in the past to pull us out of the economic malaise that GW's Dad got us into 13 years ago.
* Strong support of revamping a health care system that promotes health of all and not profits for a few. - now this is good news please explain his plan to me.
www.johnkerry.com ... check it out for yourself
* Presidential stature and presence (uses Botox more effectively than any other canddidate .... hehehe) - I'll chalk this up as humor and believe it is just an opinion.
* Scientifically astute - he is, can you expound in specifics?
One example...He knows the difference between Wild Salmon and a Hatchery Salmon. That means a lot here in the west coast. Honestly can George Bush even read??
* Shows compassion and caring and a true sense of conviction. - umm I think this is a far reach. How can a man who has so much trouble making up his mind have a 'true sense of conviction'?
Do you really buy into the figment of people's imagination that 120 million dollars worth of Bush campaign television sound bites have help created. If you really dig a little and get past the opposition propaganda you'll find that Kerry is deliberative, he thinks about what he does. He's willing to make a change when circumstances change and demand new conclusions. He's not the stubborn, self-rightous infallible, arrogant, "I'm always right" kind of pseudo leader we have now. The arrogance of someone who who can never apologize or admit a mistake when one is obviously made sickens me, and George Bush is that in spades.
Kerry has shown me geniune humility every time I've hear him talk. Have you ever met the man?....... But 120 million in sound bites can do a lot to damage a mans reputation... If you really think the flip-flop thing is true, and you are representative of the publics perception then we live in a country where votes don't matter and dollars do... Thats not the USA I was born in but perhaps you don't mind democracy being destroyed right infront of your eyes. Oh and those new voting machines made by the guy who will do everything in his powever to support Bush.... (So let's account for 50,000,000 presidential votes with these Diebold machines...who needs a paper trail, democracy doesn't matter..... just set a random number of Kerry votes to register for Bush...Making software do that is easy!!!
Please explain why his wife donates money to strong anti-US groups and how that will help America.
Bassdude... those are serious assertions... where are your sources and substantiation here....
Of course you know about the connection between the Bushes and the Saudi royal family including members of the Bin Laden family and we know where lot of those Saudi Royal family donations go.... Wahabi schools teaching the children of Islam to hate Americans and many terrorist organizations including Al Queda.
Why were the Bin Laden's flown out of the US the day after 9/11 before the FBI could interrogate them???
Please explain how Kerry relates to the common man at all. He definitely is not one of us.
Is Bush, Is Cheney, Is Rumsfeld...
Colin Powell... maybe but doubtful he will be there in a Bust 2nd term if that happens. Kerry and I have much more in common that Bush and I will ever have. And the man has proven that he at least cares about the common man. I am pretty sure Bush could care a less about anyone who isn't a high ranking coprporate executive or in the top 1 percent of wealth in the country and his fiscal policies are complete proof of that.
Why did he so strongly support N Korea and coming to terms with them? Again no opinions just facts.
Bassdude You give me the source of your assertions here and then I'll consider a response.... You demand no opinions just fact but your question is based on an assertion based on an opinion in the first place which you,sir haven't had the decency to reveal....
Here is your chance to sway the swing voters. Give it your best shot.
You be honest with me.....Bassdude the tone of your questsions show me that you seem to buy into the right propaganda way too much to be what I would consider a swing voter....
But you do have a choice and in my opinion you can support a cleverly concealed form of faschism (Bush) or Democracy (Kerry). The Republican Party option that I used to support 20-30 years ago is gone..... All you got is lock-step faschism. For example in our state (WA), Republican candidates who aren't hand picked and endorsed by the party organization do not get an opportunity to speak at the congrssional and state level caucuses here unless they sign a statement that they can't disagree with the endorsed candidate on any issue. We have Republican primary races here where non-endorsed challengers are pretty much being told to shut up. I'd be pretty scared about that.
