First identify what kind of Bush voter you are (anti-Kerry, Church going, Libertarian, Right wing conservative)
I’m not a church goer, nor do I think that business should be allowed to do whatever it pleases. All those tests to define your politics say I’m just right of center and I’m too cynical to throw my votes away on a third party candidate so republican it is.
- Three things you wish most he will do during his government…
a. Be a president who demonstrates that he realizes that there are voters under 30 and that we’re struggling. Do something about the costs of post-secondary education (one of only two things I think Clinton ever got right); do something about Social security now so we’re not working 80 hours a week to support the retirees who never saved for their futures since saving ceased being a realistic option during their life spans; repeal NAFTA and heavily tax businesses that outsource greater than 10-20% of their workforce… reform, reform, reform.
b. Get partial birth abortions of viable babies banned, excepting cases that continuing pregnancy will directly cause the mother’s death.
c. I’d like to see him stop courting the religious vote and give up on the push for an ammendment to ban same sex marriage. If people don’t want it called marriage, fine, call it Chubby Wubby Double Hubby for all I care, but it’s not fair to withhold legitimation of two people’s relationship based on gender alone.
- What do you think will Bush have done in **1 year **?
He’ll appoint at least one new supreme court judge; gotten most of our troops out of Iraq after training the soldiers there to defend themselves; hopefully mend some bridges with world leaders now that’ll they be resigned to dealing with him for four more years, and only for four more years.
- What will Bush have managed until the end of his rule in **4 years **?
Until? I’d hope to see a continued improvement in the economy, and more emphasis put on early education. And for the government offer funding for adult/umbilical stem cell research which will allow progress without publicly funding research with built in moral ambiguities while prompting science to seek donations from private citizens for embryonic stem cell research - at this point using embryotic cells, unlike adult and umbilical ones, has onlytheoretical benefits; if they prove their theories, I’ll reconsider my objections to publicly funding it. Plus any of my wishes from 1 coming true would be great.
- What would you call a** failure ** by Bush? What issue/fact would define that Bush has failed as a government for you ?
More wars. I didn’t want this war( Someone has got to come up with a term between hawk and dove). I wanted him to send in black ops to hunt for Sadam and Osama. Fewer casualties, you know? War is a serious thing and there have to be easier ways of getting rid of villains than full scale invasions.
- What was the main reason you wouldn’t vote for Kerry ?
I think Bush put it very well during the debates “A plan is not a litany of complaints.” Kerry didn’t tell us how he planned to preform all his miracles without raising taxes, but by God we know what he thought was wrong with Bush’s policies. Call me crazy, but if a “how” question is asked, I’d like a “how” answer, not a response that tells me why everything under the sun needs to be changed.
6)** Iraq** will be in 2 years:
c - something in the middle
Four years is a very short time when it comes to a revolution. It’s my hope that they’ll be well on their way to independence by 2008, but it’d be foolish to assume there will be no bumps in the road along the way.
