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Re: Summer of discontent?

It's hard to look at John Kerry and not feel like the Democrats are compromising with an uninspiring leader who was seemingly launched to the forefront of the Democratic ticket due to CNN deeming him "the most electable candidate." Regardless, he has no record like President Bush's catastrophic blitzkrieg of our civil interests over the past three-and-a-half years. Since 2000, Bush has managed to roll back environmental laws 30 years with key language to his energy bills being written by the likes of Ken Lay and other energy industry swine. He's turned the FCC into a facist censorship machine while deregulating media laws so that a couple of boneheads control most of the mainstream media. And he lied about a deadly war and encouraged corporate powers to exploit common Americans with minimal reprise. Kerry may be wishy washy, but for those of us who still pay attention, he hasn't totally disregarded the American people for a handful of his billionaire homies. Bush wants to turn America into a big Christian Wal-Mart, and that's not my vision of liberty. Respond to this posting

Posted by John Hieger at April 29, 2004 12:26 PM