10-19-2004, 10:11 AM
gubi-gubi Wrote:Im not an American so i'm probably less informed but how can anyone vote for Bush again? Rarnom you mention taxes but I'd sooner pay more taxes then have more people pointlessly killed around the world. Bush is seriously disturbed and is the last person that should be running a country (although with him its more like running the world)... America was hated before the war so what does he do? Makes more people hate him.
I understand your point, but also take into consideration this: Many Presidents have taken our country into military conflicts. Remember when Clinton tried to oust Slobodan Milosovich? He busted in there and bombed Christian Serbs on behalf of Muslim Albanian terrorists. He also promised that at the time of the conflict that he'd have the troops out within a year and he didn't deliver on that promise. What made that even more outrageous was that he did that during his impeachment hearings which further looked pretty bad. Still, he has not come under any where near the level of scrutiny that Bush has. I call that a double standard.
But, also I am not like a big avid supporter of the Iraq war. I feel that there is a lot about the war that is not understood and confused and blurred by both sides in their attempts to discredit the other. I haven't taken a firm stance either way becuase I am NO WAY going to trust a person like Mike Moore to tell me the 'truth' about anything. Same goes for any right wing bomb thrower. Both sides have their extreme talking heads and the both lie to get people scared or angry and they all lie a lot.
And in regards to taxes, when I was 20 and a student I also didn't care a whole lot about taxes. But now that I am older, have a house, a family, and a regular job, I care a lot more about how much I bring home at the end of the month. I think no matter who is in office that people will be pointlessly killed. I think that even with John Kerry in office that people will still get killed. Crap will still happen. If the difference then is more money in my pocket and lower interest rates on my mortgage(which have been the lowest in a LONG time, 5.3% as compared to at least 12% under Clinton) then that is who I vote for.
And I voted yesterday so there it is too late to change my mind... :p (We use a mail-in ballot in Oregon)