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Originally Posted by Preechr
... If you guys had your choice, is that what you'd be voting for? A smarter, more nuanced Bush that's not so religious? ... He is decidedly not George W Bush, so that seems to satisfy the base, and he's trying his best to be George W Bush to capture the swing voters and the undecideds. My guess is that those I used to think of as principled, ideological progressives are just buying the label here and hoping he'll suddenly turn into a Democrat after he unseats Dubya... But don't you guys at least need some sort of passing effort to be made by him toward running as a liberal candidate? ... Has anyone stopped to consider that Ralph Nader, a principled liberal that I disagree with but respect, would do better against Bush than Kerry might simply because more traditional Democrats would believe in him than they do Kerry? ... Yes, I understand that by the argument you guys have made over and over that it's just too late to switch horses ... I just hope that this sort of election doesn't become the norm. I see hate and fear winning out over principle, and that scares me.
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I'm a nutcase left-of-the-left-wing liberal, but a smarter, less religious Bush is still way better than Bush. I really am part of the "Anybody but Bush." camp at this point. I'm from Massachusetts, and I'll admit that I do have a tiny (read: miniscule) bit of legacy loyalty to Kerry, but for the most part I honestly expect him to take more of a nap for four years than be a liberal president, or a Bush clone. This might pave the way for the next neocon with a face and a voice, and possibly able to pronounce "nuclear" properly, but I think (hope) another administration is going to uncover shit about Bush & Co that will lay a lot of shame on his camp.
As far as Ralph Nader having a lot of traditional Democrat support, I'd agree. I'd also hazard that Dennis Kucinich would have been much better as the Democratic frontman this term, but everyone was thinking of swing states and undecided voters instead of rounding up more spirit in those Democrats who, as Bobo said, stay home on election day. I'm definitely a half-assed Kerry supporter. I support him because he has a chance, and that's pretty much the end of it.
I certainly hope this kind of election doesn't become the norm, as well. Like I said, I'd much rather see several viable candidates with varying opinions on varying issues, and millions more people voting.
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