Kerry / Edwards
I will admit to having some ambivalence about who to vote for in this year's election. Like many others, I didn't know enough about John Kerry. I didn't know his platform, what he believed in, nor what he would advocate for. I will say that I was VERY impressed with his speech last night. I liked what he had to say even though I've been through enough elections to know that I've heard it all before from other politicians.
Yeah, I know: you'll reduce taxes on the middle class. Yes, you'll reform health care. Yes, I know about Joanne Doe, in Tinytown, Texas, raising two children who both have muscular dystrophy and was just laid off her job because it was shipped overseas and is now struggling between paying for the healthcare needed for her children, paying the bills and eating.
Yes, I know about all these people who've been left behind and who are one paycheck away from poverty.
Yes, I hear them saying that they will make America strong again. I hear that they will punish those who will prey on the weak and vulnerable in this country. etc. etc. etc.
Do I think either of these candidates will deliver on these promises they make? Nah.
But I do feel the Democratic party this year comes way closer to having the vision I see and want for myself as an American living in this country and the more I scrutinize what's happened in this country in the past four years, the more I believe this nation has veered off course from what the founding fathers intended when they drafted the constitution...especially under the current administration.
Yeah, I know: you'll reduce taxes on the middle class. Yes, you'll reform health care. Yes, I know about Joanne Doe, in Tinytown, Texas, raising two children who both have muscular dystrophy and was just laid off her job because it was shipped overseas and is now struggling between paying for the healthcare needed for her children, paying the bills and eating.
Yes, I know about all these people who've been left behind and who are one paycheck away from poverty.
Yes, I hear them saying that they will make America strong again. I hear that they will punish those who will prey on the weak and vulnerable in this country. etc. etc. etc.
Do I think either of these candidates will deliver on these promises they make? Nah.
But I do feel the Democratic party this year comes way closer to having the vision I see and want for myself as an American living in this country and the more I scrutinize what's happened in this country in the past four years, the more I believe this nation has veered off course from what the founding fathers intended when they drafted the constitution...especially under the current administration.