So you wanna know about John Kerry?
The Democratic National Convention ended in Boston on Thursday of last week. This gave the country a glimpse at the man who should, and hopefully will, be president. Of course, the "should and hopefully will" designation can be applied to so many when you think of what Dubya and his cabal have done to the country.
At any rate, I haven't been this enthusiastic about a Democratic candidate since Clinton ran the first time. I voted for Ralph Nader in '96 (I was pissed at Clinton for signing the Welfare Reform Act of 1996, I have been a member of the Green Party ever since the day it was signed), and 2000.
Of course, in 2000, I thought "Wow, a decent showing for Nader will show this country that his message is viable, maybe we can get meaningful campaign finance reform enacted, help get our democracy back from the multinational corporations that really run things." Today I think: "Gee, our country is about to plunge into a flaming abyss, and its Dubya's abyss, not James Cameron's." At least Cameron's Abyss would be a little more entertaining. When you think about it, someone able to tie his own shoes should be able to beat Bush. The Democrats haved chosen a real American hero to run against a guy who 1) still can't prove he fulfilled his National Guard duty, and 2) when he TRIES to prove he did his duty, he reveals a connection to public enemy number one, Osama bin Laden (and STILL fails to prove he showed up for his duty!). How? You're going to have to shell out the dough to see FAHRENHEIT 9/11 for the answer to that one.
BUT: an excellent overview of Kerry's life and career are available if you click the title of this post. It will take you to a summary of Kerry's career compiled by the people that would know him best, the Boston Globe. THIS IS BY NO MEANS A PUFF PIECE. Read it!
This year, PUT ME DOWN FOR THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS! I don't care what you call it anymore, Bush has got to go!
At any rate, I haven't been this enthusiastic about a Democratic candidate since Clinton ran the first time. I voted for Ralph Nader in '96 (I was pissed at Clinton for signing the Welfare Reform Act of 1996, I have been a member of the Green Party ever since the day it was signed), and 2000.
Of course, in 2000, I thought "Wow, a decent showing for Nader will show this country that his message is viable, maybe we can get meaningful campaign finance reform enacted, help get our democracy back from the multinational corporations that really run things." Today I think: "Gee, our country is about to plunge into a flaming abyss, and its Dubya's abyss, not James Cameron's." At least Cameron's Abyss would be a little more entertaining. When you think about it, someone able to tie his own shoes should be able to beat Bush. The Democrats haved chosen a real American hero to run against a guy who 1) still can't prove he fulfilled his National Guard duty, and 2) when he TRIES to prove he did his duty, he reveals a connection to public enemy number one, Osama bin Laden (and STILL fails to prove he showed up for his duty!). How? You're going to have to shell out the dough to see FAHRENHEIT 9/11 for the answer to that one.
BUT: an excellent overview of Kerry's life and career are available if you click the title of this post. It will take you to a summary of Kerry's career compiled by the people that would know him best, the Boston Globe. THIS IS BY NO MEANS A PUFF PIECE. Read it!
This year, PUT ME DOWN FOR THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS! I don't care what you call it anymore, Bush has got to go!
posted by TRS at 8/03/2004 12:37:00 AM
2 Comments:
In my opinion, one of the most important issues regarding the future of our country is that meaningful campaign finance reform you wrote of.
And people don't necessarily have to dole out dollars to see Fahrenheit 9/11, as it's been available for free download with the approval of Michael Moore!
A funny thing I heard on the radio is that Moore organized a special showing of F 9/11 in Bush's hometown! He projected the movie on the side of a barn, as the small town of Crawford (?) has no movie theater. He showed it for free, and reserved front row center for George W. and the first lady.
-drjitters
I heard about that, I didn't get to follow it. Moore scored some zingers on RealTime this past Friday night, but was somewhat irritating also...at one point he and Maher got on their knees to beg Ralph Nader not to enter the race. That was funny.
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