WHAT'S YOUR PLAN B?

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Originally Posted by MRogers

First let me just say that I'm undecided on who I'll be voting for this fall, so I don't exactly have an official "Plan B." Either way, here are my thoughts on both candidates.

I'm sorry, but I just don't get how people can still be undecided at this point to who they'll vote for and I'm slightly worried about what would be neccesary to change an undecided voter right now. I keep hearing how "Kerry isn't that different from Bush" and yes, i get it from the stance that Democrats and Republicans aren't ALL that different and it's not as drastic as a Socialist against a Republican but these two men both have VERY different views on the issues. One favors corporate polluters rights and expensive drugs and cut backs on scientific research and gigantic tax cuts for the wealthy and lax education reform. You really have to look at them both and try to imagine how the world will look after four years of their leadership. Do you want a president who insists that the economy is strong despite high unemployment rates and one who insists that Iraq is going well and getting better and that we are currently safer as a country despite intelligence from his own administration telling him different? And I think people who believe that Kerry is somehow just going to "lay down" on the issue of terrorism or U.S. saftey is insane. And if that is your belief, or if you think that there isn't much difference between Bush and Kerry than I think you haven't really been paying attention. You could think Bush has a BETTER approach to the problem, I would argue different but I think you need to actually understand how both view the issue, not just go "Bush is for our safety and Kerry isn't" because I think that is a terrible fallacy. In all the presidential elections I've seen in my life I think this is one where the difference between the two is huge.

Whoever wins though is going to have to face a huge mess that may take more than a decade to fix, both overseas and at home. I think an important question is wheter you want to go with the party that dug hole (either intentionally or unknowingly is debatable) or put in new party that at least will admit that the hole is there.