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Sizing up negatives

There are things that I dislike about both presidential candidates. Despite the gross negativity of what I am about to do I think it might be worthwhile for me to list what I dislike about both sides for a quick comparison.

Note: Some of this stuff may actually be inaccurate. I am realizing more and more that I read and hear things that turn out to be untrue -- even from the candidates themselves! I just want to say that I am not intending to distort anything here. If I am grossly inaccurate about some claim I probably just had a bad source somewhere.

Bush/Cheney:
1. They are operating a closed government.
It really is sick how little information their administration is letting out -- or in! Bush has a nasty habit of keeping his grass roots, picket sign holding critics from getting anywhere near him. That's just not cool with me.

2. Deficit spending.
I hate this sort of thing. While it is important for the US to have a slight debt so that people have a safe place to invest their money (people lease their money to the US in the form of T-Notes, T-Bills, etc.) I don't think that the government needs to be increasing this debt.

3. Bush.
He's overconfident and at times arrogant. I also feel that his bad moments are marked by his childishness. On the overconfidence note... I have never heard this president admit to any personal errors during a time after he took office as the governor of Texas. I think that is a bad witness as a Christian. We all mess up. Surely he should see that he has at times too and be willing to humble himself before the nation. Clinton did a better job of showing this side of his Christian beliefs than Bush has.

Kerry/Edwards:
1. Their Voting/Attendance records suck.
This is something that they have never denied. They don't admit it or deny this fact because it is the truth and they want it to just disappear somehow. Anyone can look this up for herself on Thomas.

2. They are crazy ambitious.
I like a little ambition, because a little bit of it is a good thing, but these two are nuts. Edwards, as the moderator mentioned last night, has less governmental experience than any previous Vice Presidential candidate. That is crazy ambition. To think that you could win the presidency with just one term of public service -- just one election win under your belt -- is just crazy ambitious. That kind of hopeful ambition always leads to greatness -- great victories and great failures.
Kerry's ambition is transparent. He is the kind of person that I never like as a politician. He's the pol who just wants to be a pol. He has been working on being a politician for the larger part of his life. Everything he has ever done was obviously done with the thought of looking good to the public. That, to me, is insincerity.

3. Their political philosophies.
I don't like much of what I've heard them say or read on thier site aobut their political philosophies. What I do like, I could also get from Bush or any of a number of politicians.

4. I don't trust Kerry.
I don't think I could ever really know Kerry. I think that he is one of those people who could look me right in the eyes and lie to me. Then lie to me again after I call him on it. Then lie again after I have evidence in front of him that he had lied. I hate people like this. He really does pander to whatever is best for his political agenda at the time and that bothers me even though I see how that can also be a strength. I don't think that will get his fresh credibility to last very long.

MORE TO COME ON BOTH OF THESE PAIRS

Posted by David at October 6, 2004 01:05 PM