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Journal bmetzler's Journal: President Bush's Second Inauguration 13

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Today, in about 6 hours, there will be another inauguration. This will be an important inauguration, because it is the culmination of a fight for the heart and soul of America.

Democracy means people have a choice, and they can use that choice for good or for evil. Sometimes people sincerely make the bad choice. But they are allowed to do that, there is no checks built into your right to vote. But last November, 61 million votes chose to make the right choice.

Today, 4 more years of hope is on the way.

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  • Aside from the fact that I'm very wary of the whole "underwriter" system that paid for last night's balls.
    Aside from the fact that I wish I saw hope in the same places you do.
    Aside from the fact that I don't think that anybody made a "wrong" choice.

    An inauguration is a time to celebrate, and you'll see no sour feelings out of me, even if [N|K|B|C] didn't win.

    • Nuclear/Kerry/Biological/Chemical?
      • Are you describing weapons of liberal destruction? I suppose that could apply, too. That is to equally say that, I think no choice was "right" either...

        Nader|Kerry|Badnarik|Cobb and Bush - all have things in their platforms that I don't agree with. All of them scare me just a little, as well.

        Of everyone in the Bush camp, the only one that really, really scares me is Richard Bruce Cheney. But, he's relatively safe relegated to vice-presidential duties, and a rare "deciding" vote in Congress.

    • Let's see if you're intellectually honest. Were you OK with underwriters paying for Bill Clinton's inauguration week when millions were dying in Rwanda?

      As far as hope - why wouldn't you see hope in a shrinking deficit (due to economic growth spurred by tax cuts), elections in a former dictatorship (Iraq), and possibly more freedom to do what you want with *your* money in the form of privatized Social Security accounts? Honestly, about the only way I could see more to be hopeful about is if George W. Bush

      • To your first question; No, I have never been O.K. with underwriters paying for any political perks, no matter who it is, or what their cause. An inauguration is in the gray area, but it still looks like a perk to me.

        Lower Deficit: It hasn't happened yet, and the projections so far seem to point to it getting lower over the next two years. I hope the projections are right. I don't think Bush will do any better in this than Kerry (although, I'm quite certain Nader or Cobb would have royally screwed it up

        • but I don't forgive Bush the fact that he mis-represented the 'target' audience as Middle-Class only. I can take the truth... try it.

          Bush's tax plan was simply if you pay taxes, you get a tax cut. It was across the board. Besides, the rich (who I hope to one day join the ranks of) are overtaxed - when 10% of wage earners are paying 75% of the tax bill, it's a problem. Also, since it's an income tax, Theresa Heinz Kerry (worth approx 600 million) pays less taxes then a small business owner pulling in 300K a

          • Bush's tax plan was simply if you pay taxes, you get a tax cut.

            Yes. Agreed. But that's not what he said back in the early announcements. He had to get called on his statement by the 'liberal media' before he admitted that it was across the board. He was lying about something that really doesn't matter in the big picture. Later, he admitted to what it really was. But why did he lie to us in the first place? Seems a silly thing to lie about, and makes it oh, so plausible that he would lie about more

        • Elections in Iraq: So long as the elections are being held on US terms, then the elections will be invalid in the hearts and minds of everyone who's personal choice didn't win.
          Well, basically the good news here is that this election will involve them voting for a temporary governmental assembly. It appears that the make-up of every slate of delegates running has been setup such that the demographic groups will be represented no matter who wins. Furthermore, the purpose of this assembly is to draw up a Co
  • I am aware that some people that I know will be having what they call an "Anti-innaugural" party tonight.

    I don't get it.

    I told one of these "friends" that said this:

    "I'm not calling Bush MY President"

    I would be happy to call Kerry my President had he won. I supported Clinton while in office, eventhough I despised his ethical standing - he was the right President for the right time.

    A leader that does not have your support - even if you dislike that leader in his entirety cannot be the most effective l
  • Good to know my choice was the "bad" choice. I'll remember that from now on, I need to look to you and people like you, who can tell me what the right way to think is, for my cues.

    BTW - does democracy also entail friends of a candidate wiping more than ten thousand names from voting rolls, indisciminantly removing the "choice" of thousands of legally registered, valid voters solely because they haven't historically voted for the "good" choice in the past?
    • BTW - does democracy also entail friends of a candidate wiping more than ten thousand names from voting rolls, indisciminantly removing the "choice" of thousands of legally registered, valid voters solely because they haven't historically voted for the "good" choice in the past?

      Yeah, the gubernatorial election in Washington State really was a mess, wasn't it? ;-)

    • I don't know about that, Cris. Weren't you even abandoning Kerry for a 3rd party?

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