As a moderate I tick off everyone. :-)
As far as John Kerry being soft on defense, John McCain has said point blank that Kerry is NOT soft on defense. Because Defense Appropriation bills are massive documents written in ways that include good and bad, including everything including the kitchen sink, John Kerry could vote "NO" for a specific good reason and then be accused of voting to abolish the defense department. Of course, the Bush campaign would never get away with claiming that Kerry voted to abolish the defense department, so they pick a specific hot button item in a $300 billion bill, like bullet proof vests, and claim that Kerry voted to deny bullet proof vests for our troops. What they won't tell you is that Kerry voted against the bill, not because of the bullet proof vests, but because it contained $3 billion for the Crusader field artillery system - which was later cancelled by Rumsfeld anyway. You really need to look beyond the title of the bill to understand the vote.
A vote for Kerry is not a vote for Islamic extremism. A vote for Kerry means we will wage physical war when necessary, but we will also wage an intellectual war against the radical Islamic schools in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan that brainwash kids into the ways of radical fundamentalism. We need to get to the next generation before the the fundamentalists, otherwise the war on terror will never end. The simple Bush approach - kill them - does nothing to address the long term causes of terrorism except help their recruiting drives.
A vote for Kerry means we will do the little things that pay big dividends - making sure FBI agents in Arizona and Minnesota are heard when they raise terror warning flags, for example. A vote for Kerry means we will controlling our borders by denying work to illegal aliens - the DOJ has brought only 13 suits last year against firms for employing illegals - while 4,000 illegals cross the border every day from Mexico. How many are terrorists?
A vote for Kerry means another attempt to settle the Israel/Palestinian issue, which Bush ignored for the first half of his term.
The world is not a simple place, and while Bush's simple solutions are appealing, they are dangerous because of what they overlook. |
