Let’s face it. We regular working folks are not going to elect one of our own to the White House. We never have. Things being what they are, we just don’t have the resources to make that happen and those that have it are not going to give it to us. We outnumber them and they just can’t afford to relinquish control to those whose interests might conflict with their own. Money is power as much as it ever was so we will have to choose the candidate from among those they have selected who will do the least damage to our lives.
The choice is really simpler that it appears. All we have to do is eliminate the false issues that have been paraded in front of us and decide on the basis of what’s left.
First to go is family values because those are determined by the culture, not the government. Then, of course, we can eliminate war records because they were both officers and officers don’t fight wars, enlisted men do.
Next off the list is the entire list of social issues that aren’t decided in Washington but in the homes of the citizenry. So abortion and gay marriage have got to go because we all know from centuries of history that no law is going to stop them. After all the dust settles, the only real issues left are the economy and the war.
Both Bushes have clearly demonstrated that they will always come down on the side of the wealthy at any and every cost to the rest of us. And the war is a simple issue when you come right down to it. We will always fight a war against someone who threatens us. Iraq didn’t.
Vote for Kerry before you can’t.
Harold R. Pettus
Everett
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