Richard's Notes

Here’s my situation: I’m a Democrat, I very much dislike George Bush (I have never considered him President as I do not respect the 2000 election process), and I will work and vote for John Kerry. However, I’m not enthusiastic about him and so, am reluctant to put his “button” or “badge” in the sidebar of my weblog.

This is an interesting situation because as much as I consider Ralph Nader a spoiler and one of the reasons we have “the moron” in office he has a good point about the need for more parties. India, the biggest democracy on earth has hundreds of political parties and other democracies have more than two.

Al Gore’s recent speech certainly turned my head and got me fired up. Why can’t Kerry be more like that? Why didn’t Gore make a fuss like this during the last election? Instead, he rolled over. I think he should have mobilized us and we should have taken back the country from the dictatorial Supreme Court. It’s a bit late now that our world standing is in the trash can and we’re losing men and women by the day in Iraq and our economy is in shambles. Where were these people (Kerry included) two years ago?

So, there you have it. I put out the button but would rather it said “Clinton” or “Gore.”