The wars against communism are kind of double edged. You could argue that is helped weaken communism's hold in certain areas of the world. But I mean look at how The US funded Osama to fight the USSR when it was invading Afghanistan...fighting against one problem only inflamed another.

Also, the Socialist ideals of today's European countries and Canada aren't the same as the present or past communist regimes. It's Democratic Socialism a hybrid of the two: they still hold civil rights, democracy, and the individual in high regard...it just distributes the wealth and gives more economic equity, etc. By no means is it a perfect system, but hey, neither is ours.

Wow glad this is going places...no need to be so childish about it all...

Hmmm....

The whole point of my post is that as Americans and as a Democracy people think differently and are allowed to have opinions.

Am I wrong for voting for Kerry? No

Is anyone else wrong for voting for Bush? No

Both liberals and conservatives want to make this a better country, because we all love this country. We just have different ideas of how to make it better. There's nothing wrong with having a difference of opinions or ideas.

Viva La Vie Boheme!

 

Hi all, wow its been a VERY long time since I posted...probably about 6 months? I cant remember exactly, but I just started college this year and its been very busy.

Anyway, I had some free time so thought I'd catch up with the crowd. I noticed something looking over the posts that caught my interest. There's alot of slander going on about both candidates, and it seems that if it slanders Bush that its horribly exaggerated and untrue, but if it slanders Kerry its the holy word...

Now Im going to be honest, I really really really don't like Bush. On the other hand I'm not a big fan of Kerry. BUT since it is my first election and I want to vote, and sadly since the two party system doesn't represent my political views, I will vote for the candidate who I agree with more who is *drum roll*

Mr. John Kerry.

This is just my opinion, I don't think any less of anyone who votes for Bush...I just agree with Kerry more. The thing is, neither man is perfect, and it seems dumb (to me at least) to overwhelmingly accept and encourage the slander of one and ignore slander of the other, regardless of how true or untrue any of it is...just listen to what each man says and vote for who you think is right ya know?

Also... the last time I checked, this IS a Democracy and it wouldn't be a Democracy if we didn't have people who had varying opinions. So really, I don't get all the bashing of people because they like one candidate or the other. Embrace the fact that we are allowed to have these opinions: to each their own.

Now that I'm done ranting, I thank you for reading my bloated, horribly preachy (I honestly hope it wasn't), and over-wordy post. I look forward to replies!

Viva La Vie Boheme!