Monday, November 01, 2004
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Election Day 2004 Tomorrow is the big day! I couldn’t be more nervous and anxious unless it was me running on the Democratic ticket. Clearly this is the biggest election to take place in my time on this earth. Who knows what the future will hold, but for this moment in time, the nation will collectively hold its breath to see who our leader will be for the next four years. For the last few months leading up to this election, I was more than convinced that President Bush would be making an easy and unstoppable comeback. I had reconciled with myself that the Republicans would be in charge again. While that made me extremely upset, all I could think to do was accept it. But now as the election is less than 24 hours away, my belief is that John Kerry could really pull this one off! He could actually boot GW from office and make things right again. When John Kerry was first introduced as the Democratic candidate for the Presidential Election, I was a bit concerned. He didn’t initially strike me as a leader. At least not strong enough in his convictions to save us from the mess that the current president has caused. Knowing that I had no choice but to vote for “anybody but Bush”, I was rather disappointed that my vote would be going to this lukewarm politician. After the telecasted debates and the numerous specials I’ve seen on John Kerry, I have never been more excited or thrilled at the idea of this candidate becoming president. He is clearly the man who will cause change. And that is precisely what the United States needs right now. Whether or not you believe that Kerry is a man of conviction, you must admit that Bush has single handedly destroyed the economy, our credibility as a nation, and the open minded community that Bill Clinton was trying so desperately hard to establish. Bush comes across as angry and illiterate. He gets frustrated easily and goes on the defensive almost immediately after he is asked to explain the Iraqi war or the tapes by Bin Laden or the disappearance of 400 thousand tons of explosives. I mean, seriously. Take SOME sort of responsibility for your actions. Are we supposed to just accept four more years of shifting the blame? Are we supposed to believe in a leader who can’t account for his mistakes? Gosh, whether or not you think Kerry will be a good president, you must admit that Bush has been a terrible one. Why give him another shot? If you are in your twenties or thirties, why would you vote for a man who wants to restrict your personal rights as an American? God forbid George W. ever succeeded in amendments eliminating abortions or homosexual marriage rights? God forbid, you ended up in a wheelchair and counted on the future of stem cell research? Basically, God forbid you vote for a president that uses spirituality as a way to influence your opinion. Has God come down from heaven to speak directly to George Bush? Based on his actions, I laugh at the thought. How dare he invoke the name of God in an effort to support his ill conceived ideas? It’s appalling and as a born again Christian, I think it is shameful and ugly. America is smarter than this and I can only hope the citizens of this country will go to the polls with clear heads. Otherwise, as they say, if you make your own bed, you must lay in it. Whatever you do, please don’t vote for Ralph Nadar. This election is way too close to be wasting a vote on a man who has no chance of taking the election home. Kerry has shown that he is a kind hearted, open minded and passionate individual who will do whatever he can to represent this country as honestly and forthcoming as he possibly can. It’s time to give another man the chance to clean up the damage caused by the worst president we’ve had in decades. GO KERRY! DEFEAT BUSH! See you on Wednesday with a post-election follow up! |
