Unhappy with Bush, But Not Keen on Kerry

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A dozen residents from this heavily Republican and highly patriotic military town used "turmoil," "confusion" and "state of flux" to describe the direction the nation is headed in.

They flipped to Vietnam as the most apt historical chapter to describe what Americans confront at home and in Iraq. Worries about high gas prices were second only to concerns about attacks on U.S. forces and casualties in Iraq.

Overall, a listener was left with an overwhelmingly gloomy view of the nation's future, and this from a voting bloc traditionally behind President George W. Bush.

Still, the gender-divided group was remarkably unmoved by John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic nominee. Ranging in age from 24 to 50, only one of the participants said she was firmly behind Kerry for president. The group included 7 whites and 5 blacks.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0630-06.htm

because Kerry hasn't made his move.

I don't care how crappy Kerry is, Bush is out of his fucking mind!

more from Kerry than just "crappy". *l*

... what? People expect the TV to hand them their position?

Sorry, but turning on the 6:00pm news or listening to 30second political commercials which are nothing more than sound-bytes.... and going 'Hmmmm.. I just don't get it'.

Well, GUESS WHAT?

THAT ----- IS ------ the problem today... NOT the politicians, but the people who live on fast-food & fast-news and wing-it.

American voter. After all these years, they can't see why a Vietnam vet might want to protest the Vietnam War? They can't see this? Even after a figure like McNamara admits the Vietnam War was a gross mistake?

They like Bush as a go-getter, an action guy, but don't like how he has performed his job? Don't they see the disconnect here, their starstruck adoration of action over thought, a scripted story over reality, and truth over ideology? This is a mess, folks.

If the voter now demands elections and campaigns that mimic the movie story arc, and the politicians to be like actor heroes, then there is no use in continuing this experiment.

but I'm voting for Kerry. Just because people don't worship Kerry like Kerry fanatics do, doesn't mean that they won't vote for him when the time comes.

I plan to be voting for Kerry unless he makes some incredibly stupid move, or my state (WA) becomes safer than it is (+ 5% for Kerry).

But, I'm sure as hell not keen on him. Not the worst choice we had, Lieberman, Gephardt, and Edwards took those prizes, but hardly a strong candidate.

I just hope he gets back some of the courage, and ethics, he had back in the '70s.