I don't have too much to say about the debate last night. Assuming you're not just a selfish millionaire (and I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that), at this point a commoner would have to be insane or imbecilicly gullible to keep voting Bush — the debate consisted of Kerry making reasonable and pointed statements, and Bush countering them with strings of talking points and tired old discredited jokes. Personally I think it's insulting that he would treat the US people as such idiots.
Remember by the way how Bush has been talking about how he has had over ten million Afghani citizens registered to vote… and I've been pointing out that there are under ten million eligible voters in the entire country? Well, the election “happened”, and, as I and others warned, it flopped — the only candidate that didn't boycott the election was CIA approved current dictator Hamid Karzai (more). Bush calling it a “victory for democracy” not withstanding, the whole pack of lies is beginning to collapse.
If you haven't yet watched it, check out Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry, a documentary about his Vietnam service. Since a large part of the campaign against him has been painting him as wishy-washy or weak, you may want to watch this to get an idea of what he's really about. You can download it for free here, or you can get the DVD or see it in theatres.
"This is not a struggle of one day or one month or one year or of one war — it is a struggle and an effort and a contribution which we make for the rest of our lives. And though men of small minds and less character may project themselves onto their fellow citizens and suggest that an America that admits its mistake will turn into a craven hollow place, we will continue this struggle, because this country is bigger than they are, and bigger than any of us here." - John Kerry, April 1971
People need to watch this. I know it must be hard to vote against something you've been conditioned your whole life to believe is “your team”, but sometimes that's what you have to do when your democracy starts to stumble off into corrupt territory. Sometimes standing up against your government, first and foremost by voting, is required to save your nation.
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