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I could see a possible win with some evil Karl Rove tactics, but candidates seem to be avoiding that guys calls.
I have my reasons for disliking Bush, mainly because he's selling out on issues that conservatives sharply dismiss as nonsense. His support for Affirmative Action, his immigration policy, for instance. I also have issues with him concerning the libertarian in me who believes it doesn't matter if Adam and Steve tie the knot, nor do I want fundamentalists who think evolution is a fairy tale trying to teach creationism in science class. I also think women should have the choice concerning abortion, but I view it as a cheap act of copping out if it is in the case of pure irresponsibility (not rape or incest). His handling of the war in Iraq has turned butterfingers, although I do believe there were WMDs, just they were smuggled out of the country before we could discover them.
You were holding that in for a while huh? All I said there was that Karl Rove IS a political genius- something both sides agree on. However, in the first republican debate when asked if the candidates would have a position for Rove if they became president, all the candidates became uncomfortable. I wouldn't compare him to Hitler, I would compare him to people like Warren G. Harding or Richard Nixon, but that is not the issue is it. I have made many of my concerns clear, but you, being a typical right wing appologist only hear me as hating Bush.
What do I want? I've said it time and time again. I am one of approximately 47 million Americans without healthcare coverage. Thats a little less than 1/6th of the country. The healthcare problem has become an epidemic, and nobody has done anything about it. There are countries all over the world that have proven systems to help assure anybody can get healthcare who needs it- we are not one of them, we are behind the curve. I would like a candidate who is willing to do something about it. Clinton, Obama, and Edwards all have made this issue a top priority in their campaigns, and I respect that. Both Obama and Edwards would like to have something passed within the first term, Hillary claims it might take two.
I would also like to see a candidate with a sane and open minded approach to ending our involvement in Iraq. I protested it the day the war broke out, and I still think it is a foolish campaign that I (as well as the National Intelligence Estimate) believe has made us more inviting of a terrorist attack. This stubborn approach has done nothing, and I think we need to start using our minds to take on this problem instead of waving our fucking dicks in the air. Pretty much every candidate on the left, as well as Ron Paul (staying on topic here...) seem to be on the right path.
I also think that Bush's economic policies have created a gap between the rich and the poor that widens by the day, and that this is going to fuck us all. Edwards seems to be taking the most aggressive stand on this issue, but Obama is right up next to him.
Our infrastructure and ability to help our own people is falling apart. Look at Katrina and our failed response, or look at Kansas right now after the recent Tornadoes. Even after the failure of Katrina we still can't help our own people. The national Guard is in Iraq, and so is all the relief equipment. I'm not sure what all the candidates stances are on this major problem, but they should be thinking about it. These aren't the only two disasters that will ever occur. God forbid there should be a disaster of some sort where I, or anybody else here lives, we'd be fucked.
An end to torture, suspended habeas corpus, and other suspensions that have suspended any bragging rights this country has. Big brother closes in everyday upon us, and everyday we have to cross another reason we are better than those we are fighting off of the list. Remember when we used to talk about the horror of Iraqi torture chambers? We've stopped talking about them doing that, and they've started talking about us doing that. Its fucked. Its unamerican. Fuck, I mean, even Warhawk John McCain agrees with me on this.
So yeah, to break it down. Healthcare reform, Iraq war closure, work towards decreasing poverty, fix our ability to respond to domestic emergencies, reinstatement of the constitution. These are the issues I care about. These are pretty mainstream problems many Americans think about. This is where my hatred of the Bush administration stems from, not the other way around.
You really still believe the WMD shit? You are a fucking dunce. You just like to close your ears when people tell you the truth if it doesn't match what you believe, huh? Like you, thinking I just jumped on the hate Bush bandwagon for no fucking reason.
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