Originally posted by econo:
After a brief skim of this thread, I have to admit that those voting for Bush far more sure of why their voting for him than those voting for Kerry.
I don't know about that. The only good answer I've ever been given when asking someone why they'll vote for Bush is that he's better than the alternative - it's like they are pre-destined to vote Repub.
Which I find very alarming and frightening, especially after watching that debate last night. You can read all the transcripts you want - but you really need to watch it to see the delivery. Maybe it's just me, but Bush appears to be among the most incompetent public figures I have ever witnessed. I know 15 year olds that would appear more intelligent, polished & competent. He stammers, he avoids direct questions and reverts to soundbites only, he nearly loses his thoughts, he says childish things. He never once laid out EVEN one concrete plan for how he is going to fix Iraq last night. Even though Kerry repeatedly did so.
Bush is so obviously just a puppet for the rest of the Repub party (though how they settled for him is still befuddling). I actually wondered last night if Bush didn't have some type of secret agent transmitter planted deeply into his ear - he'd stare into the camera for an uncomfortable amount of time - and then blurt something out.
The danger as I see it is - that most people probably believe like I did that the President really has little actual power. He's a figurehead. But this latest excursion to Iraq has shown that there still are areas in which the President can and does exert tremendous influence and has very small control placed upon him. It really is amazing that a President has a harder time determining how to spend our tax dollars than he does ending American soldier's lives. Knowing that, how can anyone actually vote for a "dummy"?
His answers at times last night, showed exactly how he views this war. He thinks its a game. How else to explain something this flip to explain why it's taking longer than planned to exit Iraq:
"because we achieved such a rapid victory, more of the Saddam loyalists were around. I mean, we thought we'd whip more of them going in." I'm getting angry again just typing it.
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I don't mean to offend anyone who feels differently - and I know there are many. I just feel SO stongly about this & it gets me riled up much more than normal.
Tallking about music is better fun.
