To me this is the biggest election of my life, honestly. There is no telling what else Bush will do in the next four years if reelected. Within 2 years I'll be 18. If this "WAR ON TERROR" is still going on I my have to go. Kerry is no better though. Frankly both have no business being in office. They both lie like a rug. The only thing I support that Bush is for is his views on gun rights. But some of the "LAWS" that Bush has passed or rediculous for one would be the "The Patriot Act" this is just complete crap. I'll tell you what if you will recite me one page of this so called law and actually understand it I'll give $100. It is practically impossible to read the 342 page "LAW". You would have to go back and write down every law passed within the last century and then finally set down and look at the Patriot Act. I may not be able to vote in this election but this one will efect greatly in the next two years.
Varminter, you are very young and like most of us were, you are probably somewhat idealistic. I don't want to rain on your idealism, but you will find that there never has been and there never will be a perfect presidential candidate. You will always have to pick the best of what is offered with all his/her faults and warts.
There are no perfect laws either and often the situation we find ourselves in, requires certain actions that no one relishes. I don't have to remind you that we are at war with an enemy that has no particular country and doesn't fight in a conventional manner. This calls for special laws and proceedures that might intrude somewhat on our traditional liberties. In the rush to do something, even if it's wrong, the Congress will make laws that might prove to need adjustment as time goes on. All we can hope for is that the people we elect to govern us, will try their best to do the right thing.
You say that both Kerry and Bush lie like a rug; I think that impression comes from what you hear and see from the media. Right now, you had better get used to and understand that the media is the main source of lies and distortions. I try to give people, including politicians, a little slack and believe they will try to be truthful, but I realize that what some people might think is the truth, might in fact turn out to be a load of crap.
With all the issues and situations that politicians have to deal with, it is very hard to always have a black or white truth. What a lot of people are accusing President Bush of lying about are actually issues that he had to make a decision about, with the best information he had at the time. He doesn't have the luxury of perfect knowledge or for that matter, perfect judgement. You have to believe that the President is being advised by the best people he can surround himself with and in the end, his decisions are made for this country with the best of intentions.
The bottom line is that both President Bush and John Kerry are decent Americans and I'm sure they love this country as much as anyone and they want the best for this country, as we all do. In this case though, I think President Bush has the edge in what he believes is the right thing to do. He has proved that he can make a decision and stick with it.
