redbird: a dragon-shaped thing in a jar (dragon)
Redbird ([personal profile] redbird) wrote2004-10-27 01:12 pm
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A few US political thoughts


  • Dubya has made it clear that, in his mind, the Muslim has no rights that the Christian is bound to respect, and his administration has argued in court that nobody has any rights that the President of the United States is bound to respect. What was that about the Dred Scott decision, again?

  • The people of the United States have the right to know whether their president is a crook.

  • No, Kerry isn't perfect. That's not the standard. The standard is that he is the best available choice. It doesn't matter that I think my mother might do a better job--she's not eligible. It doesn't matter that I'd rather be voting for Howard Dean. The point is to get Bush out of there, so we can have a chance to choose again in 2008.

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[personal profile] snippy 2004-10-30 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I really have trouble believing that the substance is missing; I see those elections from a distance, and they don't look at all like what is going on here. Kerry has a reasonable chance of winning, and countries that only pretend to have an election don't have such a strong opposition candidate; the electorate when polled is close to evenly split, and that much opposition isn't tolerated.

Is it so far from believable that a slim majority would elect Bush? It was only a slim majority of the popular vote that Gore got, last time. There really are a lot of people in this country who are more accepting of Bush than of Kerry. We'll see whether it's a majority or not.

Even though I am voting for Bush, I would still object strongly to the electoral chicanery you fear. I want a fair and clear win for the next president, whichever it is.