Would things really be different?
1) We wouldn't be in Iraq! Ehhhh, I shrug at this. This isn't a good thing to debate because, sadly, we'll never know if this is the truth or not. Yes, Kerry did run a campaign based on the mishandling of Iraq, though very poorly. At that time, I don't think we we're quite at the point where we knew, conclusively, that the WMDs were a lie. But I don't know. I will never say that we wouldn't be in Iraq if Kerry were president right now. Power is too intoxicating to say that he wouldn't ever change his tune when the military was screaming in his ear.
2) No PATRIOT ACT! Perhaps not, true. Though, it's my view that there'd still be rampant racial fear around in the country. We'd still be very sure to check the Arab's shoes. The government would still find a way to be intrusive. Again, it would look nice, but I don't feel like anything would be radically different.
I refuse to vote for either candidate because neither candidate offers a new way of thought. It's the same old story. The same old representative politics. Same old maneuvers. This country needs an socialist Barack Obama. This country needs a Martin Luther King for the rights of the poor. This country needs someone to stand at the stoop of wall street and get them to stop skimming the riches from the people.
No one's going to. But I want someone to.
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