[Vision2020] Tim's feminism/what's wrong withour political system

[Tom Hansen]

One question, concerning the next Commander-in-Chief, to answer would be:

Who would you want making decisions concerning the potential of sending our
troops to war?

1)  An admitted alcoholic that missed Air National Guard meetings in Texas,
or

2)  A Vietnam combat veteran that truly knows what those 58,000 names on the
Vietnam Memorial represent.

Take care,

Tom Hansen
SFC, U.S. Army (Retired)
Not On The Palouse, Not Ever


> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
> Behalf Of Dick Schmidt
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 7:03 AM
> To: asmoucha@hotmail.com
> Cc: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Tim's feminism/what's wrong withour political
> system
>
>
> Amy,
>
> I made the mistake last election in voting for Bush. I wrongly based my
> decision on Cheney being much brighter than Lieberman, because
> Bush and Gore
> were both on about the same mentality level,  and both had been
> born with a
> silver spoon in their mouths. I now think we would have been
> better off with
> Gore. We may have not had a 9/11 incident.
>
> I watched the 60 Minutes interview last night of John Kerry. When the
> campaign started I had Kerry on the bottom as I thought he was a pompous
> ass. I sure learned different last night. He is another man scarred by the
> Vietnam war. He gave a very good explanation of why he voted to go to war
> and that Bush did not do the three things he had promised before
> starting a
> war. He sounds like a man who can be trusted.
>
> Dick Schmidt
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "amy smoucha" <asmoucha@hotmail.com>
> To: <timlohr@yahoo.com>
> Cc: <vision2020@moscow.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 10:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Tim's feminism/what's wrong withour political
> system
>
>
> > I completely agree, Tim.  It's a shame that we have to make decisions
> about
> > "wasting" our votes on candidates who truly represent our views.  It's
> also
> > far too tempting not to participate in a political system that has only
> two
> > unsatisfying parties.  I voted Nader last time for many reasons, and I
> > really wanted the Democratic party to get a message.  I think
> they got the
> > message.  Women & people of color didn't turn out for
> Gore/Lieberman.  And
> > enough of us voted Nader to make a difference.  Do I regret it?
>  I regret
> > Bush being in the White House, and so many things he's done.  Those who
> told
> > me not to vote Nader correctly predicted all the atrocities I'm seeing,
> > except, thank goodness, there have been no vacancies on the
> Supreme Court.
> >
> > This year, I will participate in the party system and vote
> (and-gulp-give
> > money to) any Democrat  who can beat Bush, in large part because of the
> > likelihood of a vacancy on the Court.  O'Connor has been the
> swing vote in
> > too many decisions, and the world looks scarier if Bush gets to
> appoint a
> SC
> > Justice, especially after his Pickering stunt.
> >
> > It's sad business, but really a huge ethical decision--whether
> to support
> > someone who is offensive, but who is *closest* to my values, or to hold
> high
> > standards and place myself outside of the process by doing so.
> >
> > I think both stances, however flawed, are reasonable ways to participate
> in
> > our system.  Me, I'm a waffler.
> >
> > Amy
> >
>
>
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