It’s been a year and what do we have? A hand full of caster beans and a mound of artillery shells that were obviously forgotten about by whoever buried them in the first place, even if they wanted to use them no one would have been able to find it.
I had stated previously that I would give W until the first of the year and now it appears that I gave him a bit longer. No WMD’s found and although I know there may be a chance that some will turn up I fall back to one of my mantra’s; anything is possible however improbable that it may be.
Now we’re in the beginnings of an election year and the candidates have finally narrowed down to Kerry. So what do I have here? Come in way from the left or stay with way to the right. I know one thing; I’m tired of seeing the “Anyone but Bush 2004”. Are they serious? Pol Pot would be better? Chairman Mao? Slobadan Milosevic? Jacque Chirac? The only thing that slogan does is highlight the incredibly high level of ignorance the American public has.
I’m faced now with a decision that unsettles me. So far what I’ve seen from Kerry and had the time to research is that he is following the line of Gore. Basically, I’m not even sure he knows what he believes in. Ask him next week and it will most likely change depending on the audience. If anything I want stability and reassurance of action. Make a damn decision and stick with it, which brings me back to baby Bush.
I disagree with the man on several points but rest assured I can believe that what he says will be followed up on. I do not have that feeling with Kerry. Furthermore the attacks on the administration about the events that lead up to 9/11 is typical America. “Who’s to blame? Who can I point a finger at? More importantly, who can I sue?” It disgusts me to say the least. If I had someone personal involved I would want to place blame as well, but hind sight is always 20/20. To me this is all one political maneuver to place blame on W and his administration for the events of September 11. It happened and the only ones responsible for the action where the stunninghunks that were driving the aircraft and the even bigger stunninghunks that gave direction and funded them.
There is a lot that concerns me about W. I have a real problem with adding an amendment to the constitution that defines “marriage”. I also have a problem with the “righteous sword of god thing” that he has going on. I believe that I had made the statement that as the election year comes around my voting decisions would be based on what was found and who I have to choose from. Well, nothing was found and I don’t have much to choose from.
I can understand why much of the world has issues with our foreign policy, because it changes with every administration and radically from one side to the other. When Clinton was in the world was happy because the man had a 50 gallon drum full of Carmex. Now that Bush is in, he has no need for the stuff. I know one thing, I’m getting really tired of having to vote at far ends of the scale but what choice do I have?
We are a country in desperate need of a third party, a centralist party, that is not so fundamentally left or right, something that would give us the choice of slowing down or speeding up but not full tilt one way or the other.
My wife expressed to me over the weekend why she finally understood that her Dad never voted when she was a kid and still doesn’t. Something that she said absolutely infuriated her about him. After reading and seeing a few things about the candidates she came to the realization of why he didn’t. “Look at who I have to choose from?”
Isn’t that the truth.
