Gemini -- One only has to listen to both men speak, regardless how you feel about the issues, to understand the intellectual disparities between them. And if you wish to compare degrees, then you might also compare accomplishments. The issue of Gore's credibility is strictly Bush spin. Whereas Gore may embellish certain things, they have been insignifcant, poetic elaborations to illustrate certain points, such as the union song or the price of medicine for people vs. pets for example, Bush's entire campaign is predicated on lies. His successes as a governor and businessman are more than embellishments as they were entirely dependent on factors antithetical to his conservative "self-made man" image. He poses as a moderate, refusing to address his real position on a wide-range of issues. He poses as though he is above partisan politics, but he is as down low and dirty as any (and probably all) politicians. He not only is a liar, he is a lie.
When did the Republican Party become the party of fiscal irresponsibility? Why doesn't Bush address the debt?
If you strongly believe Roe v Wade should be overturned, if you believe that safety locks and gun-show id checks are an infringement on you liberties, if you believe that public monies should be diverted from public to private schools, if you don't care about the national debt, if you don't believe that the US needs to assert its moral standing in the world, if you are in the economic top 5% of the country, if you own an insurance company or an oil company, then I believe that you should vote for Bush. But if your vote is based on intelligence, experience, ability and integrity as you say it is, then there really is no contest between the two. Gore wins on all those counts hands down.
I personally would stand to benefit financially in the short term from Bush's tax-cuts, but in the long-term I would suffer from living in a poorer nation. I'm voting for Gore.
But I have some stocks on the move and don't have time to banter about this right now. I'll check back in later in the week.
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