Elections

Soon we will be having an election in this country to determine our direction. We do this regularly and the rules are pretty straightforward. The guy with the most votes wins. Uh...except when one guy gets the most votes and the Supreme Court picks another guy. And, uh...when someone rigs the votes in one state so that their guy will win. Except for stuff like that, the guy with the most votes wins.

So, how do we determine who to vote for? Good question. We look at the direction we've been going, determine if that seems, to us, to be the reasonable direction, and vote for the guy headed that direction, or the guy that says maybe we should go another direction.

My feeling on the matter pretty closely parallels bhfrik over on dkos, so I'll just quote him. ahem "This disaster of an administration unwittingly helps terrorist, weakens our military, drains the treasury, and then tries to convince us that they are the folks to trust with our security. Riiight..." That, in a short and sweet manner, is how I feel about that. The Republicans have been in control of the Supreme Court for a very long time, the Congress since 1994 and all three branches of government since 2000. Please, someone tell me how we are better off since they have taken over the controls of the federal government? How in the hell am I safer since 2001 by the use of torture, spying on our own citizens without a warrant, starting a war in a place that has bred more terrorists than any other single event and gutting the policys necessary to protect those in danger?

So, have I decided whom I will vote for in the next elections (2006)? You can bet your ass it won't be for anyone in a party whose name begins with Republican. It will take years to repair the damage done by these people. And, likely more than that to put back in place what was so painfully gained over so many years.

Just a question for those who may have heard those on the right complain about those activist judges. How many Supreme Court Judges have been appointed by a Democratic President over the last thirty-five (35) years?










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