Apathy Is Inexcusable

Bush lite?

I read a letter in the paper the other day. Some Nader supporter actually called John Kerry that. Johnny Ketchup is no Bush lite. Bush is resolute to run this country into the ground and he and his buddies get richer in the process. John Kerry will turn things around completely.

The protests at the Vatican emphasize the fact that everyone dislikes us. The Saudis hate us. Why are they still our ally? The bin Ladens and Bandahar have been taking us for a ride on the rube express, with GW as our engineer, who obviously does not know how to drive the train.

The train does not drive itself, George.

We really are the scourge of the uncivilized world. Because heaven knows we do not qualify as a civil nation in the eyes of the world. And what does world opinion mean to us? It means everything.

We have to share the earth with them. All of them.

John Kerry understands. George Bush does not. Bush wants his presidency to be the last. He kinda resembles the anti-christ.

What future generations have to look forward to depends entirely on who we elect to the presidency this November. If George Bush serves a second term, there is no telling what he will do.

The draft is back or at least murmurs of the threat have surfaced on the internet. I've heard tell of a clause in the red threat level that allows Bush to declare martial law. Our nation is broke. Our nation has proven to be corrupt. A change of leadership is warranted.

John Kerry has prepared himself to perform this job. Ralph Nader has not.

Has Ralph Nader taken the time to build international ties with influential people and foreign leaders. I do not think so.

Ralph Nader is a very smart man, but he is not qualified to lead this nation out of the trouble we are currently in. I voted for him last time. I lived in San Diego. California's 50+ delegates went to Gore. I would have voted for Gore had I thought Bush had a chance in California. I truly did believe that my vote for Nader mattered in that he was able to gain funding for a third party. An election I knew Al Gore would win.

My worst fear came true, though. Bush stole the election and Al Gore did not have the chutzpah to push him down and take back what was rightfully his. And ours. Sure, Gore let us down. But so did we. Enough of us voted for Bush that he was able to take the crown.

Now we have a wonderful opportunity to take it back. Kerry's landslide victory will send an unmistakable message. This year, anyone voting for Nader deserves the bitter irony that will befall them when Bush destroys us all in one way or more.

Look what he did to us in California. He let us fry under the desert sun. His biggest monetary cheerleader walks free to this day. I predict right now that if Bush loses, he will have Ken Lay prosecuted, convicted and pardoned before John Kerry takes the Oath of Office in January 2005.

I think we need to purge the legislature of Republicans, too. The cannot have both houses.

We need more independents in there. Greens, Libertarians, Socialists and Peace and Freedom deserve voices at all levels of American government. A true patriot knows this.

I, for one, am as conservative as I am liberal. I could vote for all these parties, at one point or another, even on the same ballot. Our bloated government needs to scale back, get out of debt, keep us protected and get our collective business in order. A monumental imperative, indeed.

Three libertarians could hold up almost all but the most prudent of spending legislation in the House. Three Socialists would help protect the interests of the American proletariat. Three Peace and Freedom representatives would help ensure the protection of our personal rights. And, of course, we all know that the three Greens would stop the wholesale destruction of our environment.

A couple of wingnuts and a loose cannon or two added in for variety would make for a legislature truly representative of all Americans.

As for diversity in the politically sensitive sense, we need to make that happen, too. We need to move beyond bigotry of every sort. And elect qualified people to every office.

But we must not vote for Ralph Nader in this election. Not a one of us. Not if we care about the future of our nation on this planet.