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I've never considered myself a democrat or a republican. Kerry was the first democrat I ever voted for and I wasn't pleased about it. I wan't pleased that I had to choose between him and Bush. I wasn't pleased that he was the best the dems could come up with. As Lewis Black says, "It was like choosing between two bowls of sh*t. The only difference was the smell."
My problem isn't with republicans, per se. It is with those that cannot see how horrible this current administration is. I truly believe that this administration are going to leave the world in much worse shape than how they found it and that we have to put a stop to it. If all we have to look forward to from the republicans is eight more years of the crap we have seen, then they will not get my vote. If I hear one that has some decent ideas on how to fix this mess we are in, I will listen to what they have to say. I will hold the democratic candidate to the same standard.
I want to hear solutions, not lies and distortions and spin. I want someone more interested in education than gay marriage. I want someone who understands fiscal management and foreign policy. I want someone who will project an image of the United States to the world that I can be proud of, not someone who comes off like an ignorant bully gunslinger. I want someone who can speak, who can motivate, who can exude confidence and strength without making idle threats.
Whichever candidate comes closer to matching this profile, democrat or repulican or other, will get my vote.
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