Hey, Somebody Has Got To Do It
by bobby jennings
 This
coming week is election week. Usually "off-presidential-year" federal
elections draw less than 40% of the electorate. This year promises to be the
same. However this is a very important election this time around.
I almost always vote for the best candidate regardless of party affiliation.
But now, I admit, I am unhappy with the road down which George Bush is taking
me. Generally I detest partisan politics. However, this time I am voting
Democrat straight down the line. Here is why this ex- republican, green party
member is voting Democratic.
A republican-controlled Presidency and Congress will unleash a wave of
right-wing policies on America including:
- A wave of approvals for Federal Judges with right-wing judicial activism
on their mind. There are many vacancies and this administration has the
ability to alter the very nature of America for more than a generation. Only
Democrats can block this.
- Bush promised to be a uniter and not a divider. Yet he has turned out to
be the most partisan President in a hundred years. We are more divided now
on domestic issues than I can remember. He has not yet proved worthy of
extraordinary power. Dissenting republicans are far and few between. Only
Democrats can check the power of this President.
- President Bush has embarked on a foreign policy that will surely alter the
entire world in our lifetime. If he proves right in his methods, he will be
hailed a hero, but little will be accomplished long-term for the benefit of
mankind. In he is wrong, in his methods, he could well lead us into World
War III or the last Christian Crusade. Too much risk and too little gain for
me. Only the Democrats can block him.
Since I live in a predominant Rebublican voting district my vote may not
really count. Mine is a protest vote. Protesting is a dirty job. But, hey,
somebody's got to do it.
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