2004 Presidential Election- My Take

I will never, under NO circumstances, EVER remotely consider voting for Bush. I have seen the results personally of what he did (and didn't do) as Governor of Texas. Then he saddled up and did the exact same things to the entire country. I love the USA too much to EVER endorse the kind of "leadership" Bush offers.

I have found it hard to support Kerry, the candidate I feel was forced down my throat. Sometimes, like while listening to his '71 NBC appearance on CSPAN I'll see a little flash of something resembling a candidate I could support. Then- poof- it is gone and I am left with the laconic, dispassionate functionary that I still can't believe managed to become our nominee.

I am convinced that Kerry would make a better President than W. But what troubles me is the source of that conviction- less the man John Kerry than the people with whom he will surround himself. I find that I look more forward to see who his Attorney General and Secretary of (Department Name Here) will be than to see and hear Kerry.

What attracted me to John Edwards as a candidate were the qualities of true leadership that shined through each time he spoke. He is a person you can believe in and whom makes you believe in yourself (and no I don't think he's just a slick-talking lawyer. I am in media sales, a factory for slick-talking if I ever saw one. I know slickness when I see it.)

As far as Nader is concerned... is he really even worth mentioning? I love the IDEA of a viable third party but come on... if we really believe Bush needs to go, a vote for a Nader or a Libertarian or Green is far from substantive.

MBT