How not to choose a President

John Kerry's platform seems to be centered almost solely on criticizing Bush's Presidency. Which when you think about it, isn't a bad move from a political standpoint. Those that have the opinion that President Bush is a detriment to the Presidency love that platform because to them, Kerry is someone who shares the same beliefs they do (or belief I suppose that should be). It's not about what John Kerry stands for that brings people to support for him, it's what he stands against: George W. Bush. So really, the best thing going for Kerry in his campaign isn't who he is per se; it's who he isn't. He's not George W. Bush. That's a perfectly good reason to vote for a President right?

Honestly, what does Kerry stand for? His speeches are laden with criticisms of the President and follow ups to his criticisms with comments about how he can do things better or do them right. Ok well do it better how? Do it right in what way? What the hell are you talking about John? Come on man, give me something to work with here.

I spoke with a liberal friend of mine about Kerry's platform. He couldn't really tell me a lot about what Kerry stood for. A few things about Iraq and the economy but mostly just generalisms and again - he couldn't tell me anything without comparing Kerry to Bush. After I pointed out that he really didn't tell me anything he simply told me, "Well, he's got to be better than Bush." as if somehow that should spell everything out for me. So what are you saying? If you vote for Kerry that you really don't know what you're getting for the next 4 years except that it's not Bush? So I guess it's a crapshoot really. You vote for Kerry and you're pretty much just throwin the dice. Again, that's a great reason to choose the most powerful man on Earth.

So who is Kerry without Bush? It seems that Bush defines who Kerry is more than Kerry defines himself. And let's face it, Kerry's voting record in Congress doesn't really tell us a lot. He votes for something, he votes against it. Or he doesn't even vote on it at all. He votes for it then later he says he's against it. He votes against military spending time and time again. I guess that much we can pretty much assume. He was a veteran he was an anti-veteran then a veteran again. So where exactly does that put John Kerry? I have no clue. And I can't even really trust what he says he says now. Some of his earlier criticisms have been retracted for one reason or another. So if he's against something now who knows, maybe in a few months he'll be for it. Is that really what we want in a President?

Remove George W. Bush from the equation and where does that leave Kerry? You better think good and hard about that because if Kerry is elected, come January 2005 whatever is left is exactly what you'll have for 4 years.