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FTA, I agree that actions trump words, and that is, in a nutshell, why I am voting for John Kerry. Simply put, I don't give a damn about the President's poor oration at times. Everybody mis-steps when speaking in public. Bush may do it more than most anyone at his level, but so what if he's getting the job done. Likewise, I don't care about old military records. I don't care what Bush did during 'Nam. So what if he didn't go? I have a special respect for those who did, but that doesn't make me vote for them, even against those who didn't.
The problem is that the Bush camp has given nothing of substance to those of us who want to cut through the controversies that the media of course spins out of proportion. This isn't the campaign of a President comfortable to run on the strength of what he has done and plans to do. Historically, it's challengers who run more negative campaigns, but this year it is the President who has had the significantly more negative campaign. He wouldn't need to attack John Kerry if he were comfortable in his own record.
John Kerry does have a strong plan of action. True, it is only a plan (he's not the incumbent, no two ways around it), but it is comprehensive and rational. He has been consistent. Yes, you have to tune out the buzz machines for a bit and concentrate on what he actually has said. John Kerry has offered as much substance as I would reasonably expect from a challenger. I don't agree with him on all counts, but I am confident in what I can expect from four years of his presidency.
The President has made a lot of mistakes in the last four years. They have been trying years, to be sure, but my real problem is with his limited ability to recognize and more importantly correct for those mistakes. His campaign has done nothing to convince me I can expect any improvements in a second term.
Because I have confidence in what Kerry will do, I will be voting for him this November.
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