Originally posted by mbTDI:



I thought it was particularly funny that Kerry chided Bush for dividing the country... "I am proud that after September 11th all our people rallied to President Bush's call for unity to meet the danger. There were no Democrats. There were no Republicans. There were only Americans. How we wish it had stayed that way. "

"How we wish it had stayed that way?!" Does anyone else find it hilarious that he's bashing HIMSELF and his own party?! The Democrats are the source of all the division in the country, with the "Anyone but Bush!" mentality, saying/doing anything possible to get him out of office, the issues be damned.



imo i saw the division of the country starting when bush was pushing for war in iraq. it was unclear why we need to go into iraq and what the plan was after we had removed saddam. this left a lot of room for people to start arguing. as CIC bush did not do a good job of bringing the american people to be united in our resolve for iraq as we were with afghanistan.

Originally posted by mbTDI:

Originally posted by BP:
who would you have more respect for? a boss that's actually worked your position before or a boss that was just assigned to be your boss and has no clue what you do?

i have much more respect for a leader who has first hand experience of the situation he's sending our troops into.




I agree with that, and that's why I would support Rumsfeld, Wes Clark or Colin Powell for Secretary of Defense. Unfortunately, I don't think its enough to elect a president based on his war record. The President, while he IS CiC of the armed forces, is MANY other things as well.



of course he's many other things, but in this time of war and terrorism it's his primary concern, so it's very relevant.

Originally posted by mbTDI:

He vowed to "fix healthcare"... how?! "Our health care plan for a stronger America cracks down on the waste, greed, and abuse in our health care system and will save families up to $1,000 a year on their premiums." You mean the waste, greed, and abuse that YOUR RUNNING MATE has helped propagate? And this sounds like a solid investment for the future: "And all Americans will be able to buy less expensive prescription drugs from countries like Canada." Sure, cut the profits of drug companies in third so that they can't afford to put R&D effort into developing NEW medicines to make our lives even better.




and how could this plan be worse than the bush healthcare plan...

all in all the other points are all a wash. i think kerry did a great job of stating his positions and goals for our country in a very coherent manner...unlike the current CIC.

i have a feeling that listening to bush's speech at the RNC will be very comparable to listening to the gold medal winner's acceptance speech at the special olympics.

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