It's late. I've been working on college/scholarship applications. I'm tired. But I wanna post before the election results start coming in
John Kerry. Before the Democratic National Convention, I have to admit, I was part of the extremely large Anyone But Bush wagon. Kerry Schmerry, who cares, just get Bush out. But at the DNC, "Hope is on the way" won me over.
Yes, it's true that many voters go for Kerry simply because of distaste for Bush. And it's completely understandable. Bush said that we were going into Iraq because of WMDs. We'd have a great alliance. It'd be a last resort. But as good ole Kerry pointed out, there were no WMDs. We didn't build a great alliance. It wasn't a last resort. Yes, intelligence pointed at Iraq having weapons. But there was also intelligence pointing the other direction, and analysts were under pressure to conform to the idea of Iraq possessing weapons of mass
distraction deception diversion destruction. I
never claimed that this war was purely for oil. But it sure looks suspicious when the oil ministry was the only guarded building. Makes me wonder if Bush has some personal agenda, perhaps completing the work of his papa.
The reasons for war were weapons of mass destruction, Iraq's direct connection to Al Qaeda and 9/11, and Saddam Hussein is a very bad man. But after Bush's "miscalculations," reason #3 is now major justification. Images of Iraqis smiling with their newfound freedom paint Bush as a hero. Yes, improvements have been made in Iraq. But Iraqis are not truly free when they dig up the bodies of loved ones in rubble, when women are too afraid to go to the market, when children can't go to school alone, when foreigners patrol the area with guns. Again, Iraq is better without Saddam. But more people die everyday, months of rebuilding can be destroyed with a single bomb, billions are being spent on this seemingly endless war. Not smart planning on the president's part.
Both parties use scare tactics. But Bush almost depends on it. We are safer, we are safer, we are safer. Doesn't help much just repeating the phrase over and over. How many attacks were there on American soil between Sept. 11 and Pearl Harbor? Zero. I'm not saying that there won't ever be another terrorist attack. But if Bush has supposedly made us safer, why does most of the world disapprove of America's foreign policy? Why are terrorist recruits up? Why are more people dying everyday? Bush in no way causes terrorism, but I don't buy this idea that he has made me or my children safer. Ask Putin and bin Laden.
44 million Americans without health care also includes those who can't afford it but desparately need it. There's a reason why emergency rooms often have a 24 hour wait, causing hospitals to lose money and even shut down. Education, too, needs reform.
Like John Kerry, I am Catholic. Despite my love for God, I believe religion should not run the government. A constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage is a radical step backwards. Throwing away thousands of stem cells is a tad more unethical than possibly finding a cure for millions.
Unless acknowledging that the presidency is "hard work" counts, Bush does deny his faults. He stands strong with ideas that viciously divides the nation and alienates America from the rest of the world, yet he's blind to his mistakes. With so much of the world against him and a low approval rating, it's time he left the White House--after all, the majority did not choose him in the first place.
I apologize for mostly stating reasons against Bush rather than for Kerry, lol.
