Presidential Debate

[apandapion]

You misunderstood me. We agree though we stated it differently. You said "The truth is buried, and each source needs to be evaluated on it's own merits". That's pretty much just a more passive way of saying "If you want to eat the mud thrown you should really digest it all, not just that you find politically appetizing."

Obviously he has gobbled up the Blather memos but not even nibbled the swift vets, which has more "merit" when you consider who they are. If he is going to wait to see if it's Bush or Kerry he should know the skeletons in the closets of both cantidates, not just the one he doesn't like. :)

I found neither the Rather memo nor Swift Vets for Truth particularly credible. They both seemed to me to be transparent political polys. My opinion of Bush and his National Guard record is mostly derived from reading Fortunate Son - you know, the book that the Bush campaign tried to quash, by having the first printing burned before it hit the shelves? Yes, that one.

At this point what mostly has my vote in the Kerry camp is what seems to be a pattern of foul play from the Bush camp, both in office and in his election team, which seems indemic to both him and a good percentage of the Republican party. While I don't have the time to write a comprehensive list of Republican misdeeds, I'm willing to read a list of Democratic misdeeds if you have one.

What I'm most pissed off about right now is the behavior of our local Senator in his reelection race. He won't even come home to debate his opposition in a fair debate - he does his half from the RNC surrounded by politicos feeding him good lines, in blatant violation of the debate rules. Bah.

I am concerned that both canidates are ignoring civil liberties. While supposedly working for freedom abroad, we seem to be losing it at home. I want Condorset or Approval voting so I can vote for both the Libertarians and the Democrats.