A dialogue

[dmcknze]

From: Dan

To: S and L

Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 07:53:35 -0800 (PST)

I feel like I've been dumped by a girlfriend. Couldn't sleep last night. No appetite. Can't think about anything else. It's bad.

Admittedly, however, just about all of my anger and frustration is directed at the idea of four more years of Bush, not at the missed opportunity of

Comments

[anonymous]

Dan,

I'm sticking to my guns here. (Pardon the pun). The only thing Kerry really had going for him was that he wasn't Bush. And maybe also that he was a Democrat. But frankly, I don't see much difference in the Democratic or Republican party. I think the differences are more perceived than real. For instance, Bush's astronomical expansion of the government, which we mentioned at the start of this dialogue.

Bush and his administration made a huge mistake going into Iraq in the first place, and then they made huge mistakes in the aftermath. But what difference was Kerry really going to make? What did he ever say was his plan to make things better, other than that he would "stay the course" now that we are there? Maybe he said something, but I certainly never heard it. I never heard anything but "I'm not Bush, so I'll be better." I don't find that very persuasive.

And I say again - at least we have only 4 more years of Bush, and not the potential of 8 whole years of Kerry. There is potential for some new leader to emerge within the next four years. I have some hope, although admittedly not much. The type of man that is attracted to politics these days is usually not the strong, principled type.

-S