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Originally posted by Tomservo
Onetime2 - You'll catch me making Bush-related accusations as well... I do think the guy is a very average guy, intelligence-wise. His business, sports franchise, and gubernatorial history all suggest abject failure. What bugs me is that this is the best we can do now- voting for guys we've HEARD of. Bush? I know that name! Lemme vote for him! Arnold was in "Predator", I'll vote for him!
As a country, we can do better... not all our leaders should be able to be picked apart. Or perhaps we should just find folks we like, personally, and disregard the rest.
The key in the end is simple- if everyone chose according to who they thought was the RIGHT GUY, not who simply wore the right party's armband, we might have representative politics at its finest. Till then, it'll be 4 years of half the country being disgruntled... then, the other side gets their chance. Or maybe 8. 
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I have no problem with Bush accusations, I even agree with some of them. I don't think he's a particularly good businessman. I don't think he's got the right ideas about getting away from our reliance on oil (although he's gotten a little better about this lately). I like the prescription plan and the tax cuts, but equal cuts should have been made in inefficient programs to couter their effects on the deficit. There are plenty more I could write about, but that's not the point of this thread.
Accusations without facts are worthless and contribute to the problem you mention later in this post. Voting by name recognition and not even caring enough to vote your conscience (or voting at all).