Wow Kerry took the Florida primary!

[kandrathe]

The US Election boils down to devil you know versus the devil you don't know. For me, I look at the Kerry record and projecting that into Presidential policy makes me dubious as to how he would perform. Me, I'm libertarian, so Ashcroft is a sore spot, but to a point in that I trust the courts to eventually right any wrongs. Not so easy for citizens who are locked away without due process, but I think he has gotten some bad press as well. I heard a recent item about how Ashcroft has been at loggerheads with the Pentagon, trying to get the US citizens who have been labeled "enemy combatants" at Gitmo legal representation and due process. His perspective is that he does not want any criminal indictments reversed by the courts because these alleged criminals were denied due process. Of course, for non-citizens, they are at the mercy of the powers in charge. Ideally, it would be nice to show the other nations in the world that we really believe in the principles that we supposedly stand for, and so then give due process and legal representation to all the non-citizens we've locked up as well.

I don't like Bush in the White House anymore.

I'm not sure either. I'm not willing to blame him for 9/11 or its results. He hasn't been the stellar superstar President either (not that many are). I'm leaning currently towards voting against Kerry, and I suspect as the election draws nearer I will learn more about him. That might sway me more toward him, but we shall see. There is still alot of muck to rake before November. Kerry is no Clinton. Good in that he seems to have morality, but bad in that he seems more liberal than Edward Kennedy.