[The Drowning Witch]

The conservative idealist/true believer in me is disgusted with all of the President's domestic pandering. I realize there are political machinations at work here to secure a Republican majority of the federal government for a generation to come. My fear is that the Republican Party may not be able to make the ideaological 180 degree turn back to the right if the Democrats are marginalized.

That said, The realist in me just doesn't want to waste my vote in 2004 on any other candidate besides Bush. It's a dangerous world we now live in, and I just don't trust anyone else to lead us thru it. Now, more than at any other time since WWII, we need peace thru strength, and a leader unafraid of international perceptions to secure freedom for the generations to come. America must endure.

Witch

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That said, The realist in me just doesn't want to waste my vote in 2004 on any other candidate besides Bush. It's a dangerous world we now live in, and I just don't trust anyone else to lead us thru it. Now, more than at any other time since WWII, we need peace thru strength, and a leader unafraid of international perceptions to secure freedom for the generations to come. America must endure.

You said it beautifully. I agree, the domestic stuff is bothersome, but I also believe it just may turn out right in the longer term.