when i was younger i guess you could say that i was a liberal.. you know the type, peace on earth, free healthcare for everyone, illegal imigrants? let them on in! then i slowly started to get sick of listening to the same repetitive shit on the radio so one fine day last year i tuned into the am dial.. eventually the words of people like rick roberts, sean hannity, and even bill o'reilly started to make some sense.. i then became a moderate, which really is my true nature anyway, i can see both sides to each and every situation you throw at me.. i may wholeheartedly feel a certain way about a subject, but when it comes down to it, im able to understand somewhat at least where the idiot on the other side of the fence is coming from.. so in no way mistake me for a softie or someone who cannot take a stance.. anyway, as the months to election day decreased i knew eventually i would have to start making some decisions.. the easiest of which was to either vote or not vote.. DUH..
the way i see it, my kind is a very underrated and unpandered to group.. not many (powerful) politicians are out there campaigning to me; a 21 year old female working retail, an ethnic minority(mutt), who has not even finished college.. the reason being is that im not considered to be a "likely voter" reason being, i havent voted in the past 2 elections.. well no shit! do the math asshole! another reason, i live in california, a highly liberal democratic state... Kerry figures he already has all the electoral votes from here, why does he give a damn about campaigning in a state that hes already won? Bush knows Kerry already has this state, so his focus is on those cherished swing states.. so knowing all of this, i still decided to vote, knowing eventually i will be considered one of those "likely voters" and quite possibly living in a swing state myself (not florida)..
there was a time not so long ago when i was one of those "ANYBODY but Bush" people.. the kind with no hard reason whatsoever for wanting to put a complete moron in the most powerful position in the world.. Coco the chimp could have been on the democratic ticket with the unabomber as VP and i would have still cast my vote in their favor.. thankfully now i have a little common sense.. but i made the choice to decide what MY values are and base my decision accordingly..
as many things there are that i do not agree at all with Bush, as much as i feel that he may have some ulterior motives, i have to choose what i think is best not just for me, but for my country.. yes this is MY country.. and im proud of that.. i may have once been a cynic who was quick to point out every little thing that was wrong and whose fault it was.. now i still believe there are things that are wrong here, but thats life.. the only real choice to make is not if there are bad things in the world, but who do you want to lead us to make them more tolerable for this nation as a whole.. if any candidate could claim to make all university tuition free and have corporate ceos pay for my new beamer out of their salary, i still could not vote for them because i value that each and every person here has the same responsibility for holding their own.. it would be nice to make the rich pay for 80% of the nations expenses, but if i were part of that rich class i would not think so.. making them pay for everything is not going to benefit the entire nation.. nor is ignoring the very real threat of terrorism as a "nuisance" and losing sight of the fact that we are all similar in that we are Americans.. this is a mostly democratic country and i would like to keep it that way.. no way in hell can you run for President without even having a realistic platform.. healthcare for everyone and being a vietnam veteran alone is not a good enough reason for any sensible people to elect anybody, especially when he has already had his chance in the senate to make some changes and blew that.. George Bush has made mistakes, fine that much i can agree to, but tell me exactly what you are realistically able to do that can make it better and i might reconsider the name i check off on that ballot
as many things there are that i do not agree at all with Bush, as much as i feel that he may have some ulterior motives, i have to choose what i think is best not just for me, but for my country.. yes this is MY country.. and im proud of that.. i may have once been a cynic who was quick to point out every little thing that was wrong and whose fault it was.. now i still believe there are things that are wrong here, but thats life.. the only real choice to make is not if there are bad things in the world, but who do you want to lead us to make them more tolerable for this nation as a whole.. if any candidate could claim to make all university tuition free and have corporate ceos pay for my new beamer out of their salary, i still could not vote for them because i value that each and every person here has the same responsibility for holding their own.. it would be nice to make the rich pay for 80% of the nations expenses, but if i were part of that rich class i would not think so.. making them pay for everything is not going to benefit the entire nation.. nor is ignoring the very real threat of terrorism as a "nuisance" and losing sight of the fact that we are all similar in that we are Americans.. this is a mostly democratic country and i would like to keep it that way.. no way in hell can you run for President without even having a realistic platform.. healthcare for everyone and being a vietnam veteran alone is not a good enough reason for any sensible people to elect anybody, especially when he has already had his chance in the senate to make some changes and blew that.. George Bush has made mistakes, fine that much i can agree to, but tell me exactly what you are realistically able to do that can make it better and i might reconsider the name i check off on that ballot
