Ramblings of an Anonymous Coward

Thoughts On Tuesday

with the election just days away, there is plenty for every u.s. citizen to think about. most, i believe, will be casting their vote based on just a few issues such as civil rights, national security, international relations, the fight against terrorism, and certainly others. this election, in my opinion, is the epitome of having to pick between the lesser of two evils. i am not confident that kerry can do any better than bush, but at the same time, the thought of four more years of bush scares me, especially since he can't be elected for a third term, so he may as well push the envelope with the power he has obtained.

there are plenty of things on my mind and bruce schneier wrote one of them up eloquently in his non-partisan article called The Security of Checks and Balances. he makes it clear in his post that whether bush or kerry take the whitehouse, the concern is the same -- the executive branch's power grab. it's a short article, worth the read, and thankfully isn't spinning anything for one candidate or another. another thing that came up recently was the failing health of chief justice rehnquist and the fact that the next president is going to be nominating one or more supreme court justices as well as pushing an existing member of the court into the chief justice role.

rehnquist is a more conservative justice, so replacing him with one isn't all that bad, and that is what bush would do; however, i few it as an opportunity to add another moderate justice into the mix. you should read that as i want a court that will continue to uphold rowe v. wade, uphold individual rights, and ideally one that will put to rest the same-sex marriage issue by declaring them equivalent to opposite-sex marriages.

while i view george bush more as a napoleon type, i'm also not that keen on john kerry. i can't put my finger on it, but as others have said to me -- something just doesn't seem right about him. he would be the one that gets elected and then pulls off his head exposing himself as a leader from another planet or something sci-fi like. sure, that's not realistic, but there is something just not kosher about him.

go with someone your not comfortable with or go with someone you are all but certain is going to drive the country further into the ground. tough one. being in california makes it a little easier, because if i want, i can vote for nader and then declare "i didn't vote for him" regardless of who wins. well, unless ralph does, and boy would that upset the political applecart, because it would be even more obvious there was some vote rigging going on.

i'm seriously thinking of writing in a name. colin powell comes to mine. i think he would make a fine president. he's conservative, but doesn't hang his hat on religious beliefs. he understand the military because he served -- really served! and thats a knock on bush and kerry. i believe he has a better sense of international relations, he speaks well and comes across as being not only a respected and strong leader, but dignified. problem is, he's too smart to run and is apparently just not power hungry. perfect reason to elect him.

right now we have two candidates spending more energy calling each other names and pointing out flaws in the other instead of standing up tall and explaining why they are the right man for the job. clearly both of them aim and the low easy targets.

Posted by ac at October 29, 2004 05:52 PM