Sivad, I think I can respond to you. It's much easier than being expected to respond to a few hundred angry responses all at once.
You are right about one thing. I did not vote for Bush in 2000, even though I had little respect for Al Gore either. But then came September 11. I am enormously grateful to President Bush for how he handled the worst attack on our soil in history. I am not playing games. If I have a hand in removing him from office, it will most definitely not be out of malice.
I think I have more than three brain cells, though I am becoming accustomed to the conservative viewpoint that I am stupid if I don't agree with them. The liberals tell me the same thing. I am stupid if I would even consider voting for Bush. In my view, these are the real games and that is why I remain independent.
I have so much goodwill toward President Bush that all it would take would be for him to confront John Kerry on the issue of healthcare with a realistic proposal and he would have my vote right away. I too am suspicious of John Kerry touting his Vietnam record, but I don't think the man is a liar. He has elected by Americans and I don't believe that Americans are stupid.
Thanks for your response.
Lepidopteran
"He (Kerry) has (was) elected by Americans and I don't believe
that Americans are stupid."
People don't have to be stupid to be lied to. Bill Clinton
lied about Gennifer Flowers and also under oath. Regard-
less of what one may think of Clinton, the fact that some
people believed those lies does not make them stupid. If
anything makes them stupid IMO it is their failure to demand
that Clinton be held accountable once they learned the truth.
True, neither Bush, nor Kerry has addressed healthcare in a
meaningful manner. Apparently, Bush would prefer to cut costs
by, among other things, putting a crimp in mal-practice law-
suits. Kerry claims to believe that tax cuts to the wealthy
could be diverted to healthcare and that government should
have a major role in healthcare; more bureaucracy, lower
quality, government interference in healthcare choices but
everyone gets healthcare in some manner.
You could vote for Bush and work for tort reform. Or, you
could vote for Kerry and his "band of attornies" and get
government subsidized healthcare or, at least, a lot of
bluster in that direction.