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So, you keep Bush in?


If not Bush, then ...

Most of my friends are Republicans and nearly all are deeply unhappy with Bush. This is primarily over domestic issues; budget, the "Homeland Security" fiasco, etc.

The problem is who the Democrats are asking them to vote for: a liberal Democrat from Massachusetts. These people have spent their entire lives trying to prevent that. Had the Democrats picked any other candidate this would be an easy vote, but as it is too many conservatives have a deep distrust of anything that looks like a Kennedy, and Kerry looks like a Kennedy.

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Roll back the fucking tax cuts, put some much needed money back into the economy instead of into the pockets of the rich.


This is largely a red herring. I know a few wealthy people, none of whom saw significant tax cuts. The rich make their money in very different ways than you or I and pay different kinds of taxes. As a group the rich pay a substantial part of the federal budget, way out of proportion to their numbers or income, and the poor pay almost nothing in taxes to the IRS (or in fact get paid - one poor friend of mine is, in effect, negatively taxed - her refund is larger than taxes paid!).

What has changed is corporate taxes pay far less of the budget than in the past. This means that personal taxes must pay for a larger portion. This is not a recent thing but it does need fixing, and it may be painful at first. I think corporate taxes are below 15% of revenue now.

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How will Kerry improve things? That's easy, he's not Bush


Locally, the Republicans are essentially pushing Bush by saying he's not Kerry. There's no hiding Bush's problems so they're trying to make sure everybody knows what the alternative is. With nearly any other Democratic candidate that wouldn't work but it appears to be working here. CA or more moderate areas may be another story.

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and the world, at this point, hates the Bush administration.


"The world" doesn't get to vote in this election and few voters care what "the world" wants.

We should have had Mary Carey run in this election.
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