Convention Night #4 and Beyond

Well, I think Kerry gave a good speech. Very good. Now we can only vote and hope. I would like to be able to make a wonderful statement about Kerry's talk. I think it was good. But I still think Bill Clinton is the best speech giver. I would use the word orator, but that might turn some people off.

Do I think Kerry will be a good president?, Yes I do. I only hope that we get to see him in the job. There are alot of people who would like to see that and a lot of people who wouldn't. I was working at the pizza factory when the speech was on, so I got the taped version of it. I just hope that he and Edwards can pull this off.

I get a strange feeling about it all. I wish I could say it was euphoria or extreme happiness, but it is not. It is extrememe caution. It is not over till its over.

The one image that I have left in my head from the last night of the convention, is an interesting one. As John Kerry was making his way through the crowd to get to the stage to speak, he was surrounded by dark jacketed secret service men. It was the first time I had seen him with secret service and I was surprised at my response to seeing that. I became aware of just how serious this all is, and how serious the threat of someone actually wanting to harm him ( and all the other people, john edwards etc) and how serious this election is for the country.

The commentators kept saying, this pro miltary stance is important, but if it was necesary to become president, Bill Clinton wouldn't have become president. You know I think the Kerry people got this one right and I think it boils down to this. We need to feel safe again. George Bush scares the hell out of the citizens of this country. The economy is in the toliet, he has made enemy's out of all of our friends, he doen't give a crap about protecting the country, it its like all he ever wanted to do was "get Saddamm" because he tried to kill his daddy. Beyond that the guy doesn't have a plan or a clue. Its like we're asking, who the hell let this guy in the door of the party after he's drunk all the booze and embarrassed the guests.

The people of this country are terrified and we want an intellegent ,strong battle tested
leader. You know I've been writing emails to the Kerry campagain for many months now. And at one point they sent a response that said "we hear you" . I didn't believe them, but after Kerry's speech and this democratic convention, I do believe that they did hear.

I belive they heard the dismay and dispair of alot of people who have lost everything in an attempt to survive, the 401k the job, the health insurance, their self respect in having to apply and take a 7 dollar an hour job. In my last email to them I told them I did't know what we were going to do, if George Bush got relected, and I believe John Kerry answered me in that speech when he said "help is on the way."

I think we are in fear every day of another terrorist atttack. I think we don't talk about it much but is is there, where will they hit, how would we react, is is safer to stay in your home or head out for parts unknown? It is like we have been waiting for the other shoe to fall since 9/11 and George Bush has done nothing but take advantage of the current state. When it is his poltical need, he stirs up fear by making a terrorist threat announcement.

And based on all I've read and heard and viewed, I'm thinking that any politico that was power hungry enough and money hungry enough could have dreamed up 9/11 for their own purposes. Now I'm not a conspiracy theory person, but just imagine if you are the president of the United States and you have knowledege that terrorists will hit New York City , A city that represents all the evil of your little good verses evil mind, and since you are the president, you have the ability to act or not act on the infromation you have-to stop this tragedy from happening.

But you pause and you think to yourself, now if I stop this, no one will know because we stop thousands of attacks on the US every day and we don't tell everyone because we don't want them to be afraid. And no one will know and itiwill be harder for me to make a case to go into Iraq and revenge the attempt on my daddy's life.

On the other hand, if I don't do anything and these terrorists attack I get:

1. A symbolic hand of God punishing the big liberal capital of New York and sending a message from God to redeem their evil ways.

2. The chance to alter the makeup of the United Sates so that the government, me, has the power to detain and question people I don't like, I can shut down critiscim because if I don't like what they say I can lock people up.

3. I have a great reason to now wage war on Iraq and get revenge for my daddy.

4. Uncle Dick and his friends can become trillionaires rebuilding Iraq and then take care of me for the rest of my life.

5. No one I know personally will be at risk because I don't know or care about any of the poor people who will die and fight in the war.

6. We can go into the middle east, dictate to the nations there that they need to come to jesus and if they don't agree it will just bring on Armeggdeon, which is prophesied anyway and we'll all get to heaven, (me and my born again friends)

Cause remember God told me I was going to be president and redeem the world.

How tempting is all of that??? And to a smug weak born again elitist? Who thinks that he knows everything anyway? And who believes that he is better that everyone else? I say it was too tempting. The opportunity to wield an amount power and political control never before granted to anyone, let alone the ruler of the free world? To have within his grasp the opportunity to move America in "his " direction as no other one person has ever before? Come on people. For someone of the greatest character it would have been a deep personal struggle.

But for Bush/Shrub/Chimp this was a no brainer. Because he is a smug pompus ass with no character or integrity. I submit, he jumped at the chance. I say that he knew about the 9/11 attacks before they happend and he let them happen. When faced with an opportunity to rule the world, such as this one was, a stronger man may stood the test, but our spineless friend, he was no match.

I submit again that he was responsible for 911 because he could have stopped it if he wanted.

Pray to God Kerry gets elected.