Thursday, October 02, 2003
I hate what our country has happened to our country in the last three years. Our current president has turned a huge budget surplus into what will soon be the largest deficit in the history of our country. He's decimated the fourth amendment. He's turned our government over to big business. He's destroyed our economy, but managed to make the wealthy even wealthier. He's gotten us into a war (and be sure it's not the last one he plans to wage) that has the rest of the world looking at us like we've gone insane. And he lies and lies and lies and we let him get away with it because we never get angry enough to rise up and stop him.
I'm not exaggerating any of this. Do some research. Use Google. Read Big Lies, The Great Unraveling, Lies... and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Bushwhacked, Shrub, Dude, Where's My Country?, and/or Thieves in High Places. Get pissed off. Our country is being run by a president who stole an election. He absolutely does not have your best interests at heart. He is THE MAN.
Until recently, I assumed that we were going to have to suffer through another four years of his presidency, because I didn't really think the Democrats would come up with a viable candidate to challenge him in 2004. I was wrong.
I first heard about General Wesley Clark a few weeks ago. I didn't pay a lot of attention. Then I read an advance copy of Michael Moore's book, Dude, Where's My Country. In the last chapter, Moore makes a powerful argument that Clark is the man who can beat Bush. Now, I tend to think that Michael Moore is a bit of a fruitcake. I love his unabashedly liberal views, but I sometimes question the way he makes his arguments. However, he layed out Clark's views on a series of issues and it demanded my attention. Then I went online and researched Clark some more.
I'm damned excited. Clark is a candidate I can and will be extremely proud to cast my vote for next October. He's pro-choice and doesn't waffle in saying so. He's against the Patriot Act II (remember when I was talking about the fourth amendment? this is what destroyed it). He's for gun control. He's for affirmative action. He's against the war (and he's a four star general). He already has a plan for bringing some economic sanity back to our government. He's pro-enviroment. He has a vision for our country that get me damned excited. He's reclaiming the concept of patriotism from the radical right. And hey... he let a blogger interview him.
Anyways, don't take my word for any of this. Get on the Web and do some research. But, I seriously think that Clark is our best chance to beat Bush in 2004. And I think he can. And, most importantly, I think he could be a truly great president.
So, do some research, and if you agree with me, get involved. It's not too early.
And if you're in Louisiana, for god's sake, go next week and vote against Bobby Jindall for governor!
I'm not exaggerating any of this. Do some research. Use Google. Read Big Lies, The Great Unraveling, Lies... and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Bushwhacked, Shrub, Dude, Where's My Country?, and/or Thieves in High Places. Get pissed off. Our country is being run by a president who stole an election. He absolutely does not have your best interests at heart. He is THE MAN.
Until recently, I assumed that we were going to have to suffer through another four years of his presidency, because I didn't really think the Democrats would come up with a viable candidate to challenge him in 2004. I was wrong.
I first heard about General Wesley Clark a few weeks ago. I didn't pay a lot of attention. Then I read an advance copy of Michael Moore's book, Dude, Where's My Country. In the last chapter, Moore makes a powerful argument that Clark is the man who can beat Bush. Now, I tend to think that Michael Moore is a bit of a fruitcake. I love his unabashedly liberal views, but I sometimes question the way he makes his arguments. However, he layed out Clark's views on a series of issues and it demanded my attention. Then I went online and researched Clark some more.
I'm damned excited. Clark is a candidate I can and will be extremely proud to cast my vote for next October. He's pro-choice and doesn't waffle in saying so. He's against the Patriot Act II (remember when I was talking about the fourth amendment? this is what destroyed it). He's for gun control. He's for affirmative action. He's against the war (and he's a four star general). He already has a plan for bringing some economic sanity back to our government. He's pro-enviroment. He has a vision for our country that get me damned excited. He's reclaiming the concept of patriotism from the radical right. And hey... he let a blogger interview him.
Anyways, don't take my word for any of this. Get on the Web and do some research. But, I seriously think that Clark is our best chance to beat Bush in 2004. And I think he can. And, most importantly, I think he could be a truly great president.
So, do some research, and if you agree with me, get involved. It's not too early.
And if you're in Louisiana, for god's sake, go next week and vote against Bobby Jindall for governor!
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