10-18-2004, 08:33 PM
I am sure I am going to get crap for this, but I am voting for Bush. As much as you distrust Bush, I distrust Kerry. I think it is really easy for Kerry to walk up and talk tough about all this stuff when his 20 year record as a senator backs up NONE of his campaign ideas and promises. I think it is total bull crap that Bush will start up a draft. I mean think about it, reinstating the draft would be political SUICIDE for Bush. There is NO WAY any president wants to be the one who starts up a draft. All this talk Kerry is talking about the draft is nothing more than a scare tactic. He is playing on the fears of young voters by making them think that if Bush wins, they will have to go to war. Total garbage. The president knows that an army of well trained and willing volunteers is a billion times better than an army of quickly trained scrubs who don't want to be there. You say Bush has nothing to back up his claim, but does Kerry have proof that they will start a draft? Did you know that the bill introduced this year in Congress that was for reinstating the draft was sponsored by Charley Rangel who is a Democrat? Of course he did it as more of a political statement, but when they voted on it it was resoundly defeated and only 2 people voted for it. 2 Democrats. Senator Rangel was upset because he didn't think the vote would be called up so fast and he was upset they actually voted on his 'political statement bill'. It is all a scare tactic from some of the Democratic party and apparently from your feelings it is working...
People also complain about how Bush has cut funding for his education programs, but what people fail to realize is that Bush has funded education MORE than any other president in recent history. As an educator I see no ill effects from his programs, in fact we have money like crazy for us to put to use in our school, so go figure...
And talk about taxes? I made less than 30k last year and in addition to not having to pay much in taxes (child tax credit) I also got two of those $400 tax surplus checks that Bush promised AND delivered on. I like having my money and I don't trust a person with Kerry's record on taxes to let me keep my money the way Bush did.
But, all this shows is that Bush has convinced me he is the man for the job. Kerry hasn't. I don't trust Kerry will deliver on what he promises.
I guess if your main concern is if there will be a draft then you shouldn't worry. You could vote for Kerry or Bush and there would never be a draft. And if you like what Kerry stands for then you should vote for him. I am a more conservative person and Kerry and I disagree on a lot of things and that is why I am voting for Bush.
So, I don't know if that helped or not... :p Either way, I do hope you get a good grade. If I was YOUR teacher, I'd just want you to have as many facts as possible taken from non-partisian sources to back up your claims. take care.
People also complain about how Bush has cut funding for his education programs, but what people fail to realize is that Bush has funded education MORE than any other president in recent history. As an educator I see no ill effects from his programs, in fact we have money like crazy for us to put to use in our school, so go figure...
And talk about taxes? I made less than 30k last year and in addition to not having to pay much in taxes (child tax credit) I also got two of those $400 tax surplus checks that Bush promised AND delivered on. I like having my money and I don't trust a person with Kerry's record on taxes to let me keep my money the way Bush did.
But, all this shows is that Bush has convinced me he is the man for the job. Kerry hasn't. I don't trust Kerry will deliver on what he promises.
I guess if your main concern is if there will be a draft then you shouldn't worry. You could vote for Kerry or Bush and there would never be a draft. And if you like what Kerry stands for then you should vote for him. I am a more conservative person and Kerry and I disagree on a lot of things and that is why I am voting for Bush.
So, I don't know if that helped or not... :p Either way, I do hope you get a good grade. If I was YOUR teacher, I'd just want you to have as many facts as possible taken from non-partisian sources to back up your claims. take care.