Congratulations, Ranger.
You're a pawn and Bush and Cheney have got you right where they want you, and come November, they are going to play you, as they would any brianless piece in a larger game.
Every one of these "points" that you think you made, aren't half as big a deal as you would like to think. They are just the result of the republican party trying desperately to dig up some sort of dirt on Kerry, and it's the best they can come up with. These claims are either grossly exagerrated, or completely irrelevant. I'm not going to go through and explain myself on each individual point, because I really don't see what good it would do. We both know that neither one of us is about to sway the other one at all. Another reason I won't go into detail is that I'm tired. I'm simply exhausted from trying to help people become more educated and sensible to what is really important, and it's very frustrating when it seems like I might as well not even try, especially because the people I'm trying to sway are other Americans like me. I stand for what I believe is important, and while I may be coming off a little rude towards you and others, you are exactly the people that I'm trying to protect. I would give my life to protect your freedom. If GW came out and said that people using the nickname "Ranger" were no longer allowed to use the telephone on Tuesday morning, I would be furious. My nick isn't Ranger, why would I care? I would care because I would know it was wrong. I know this is a rediculous example, but I think you know what I'm saying.
Life might not be shitty for you right now, but trust me, it's pretty fucking shitty for a lot of people in our country right now. I know it's a political cliche to say this but, "ARE YOU better off now than you were 4 years ago?"
For most of us, I think the answer is no. And it's about a lot more than just money. I'm worse off in a lot of ways. But my support of the Kerry campaign is not about me. It's about you. It's about 250 million people in this country.
Call me crazy. Call me a dreamer, but deep down I still have this belief that there is a quality of life that is just as great as anything you can imagine, and that this quality of life is not an impossibility. I'm not talking about heaven. I'm talking about world peace and happiness right here on planet Earth, for all of its inhabitants.
Sadly, we are very far from such a situation today, and every decision that Bush makes moves us further away, and it's always for selfish reasons. Go ahead and laugh. Dismiss this post as hippy liberal bullshit if you wish.
I just know that if Bush gets another term, I'm going to get really tired of using the phrase "I told you so".
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