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Re: John Kerry: Good, bad, or both?
1) I think that Kerry is more down-to-earth than Bush was and does things more for the people than for himself.
2) I can't really answer this, but I would say that if I was voting then I wouldn't really vote for Kerry, but against Bush. Also, because I don't agree with most things that he did or even his brother (governor of Florida). I also don't like how they (the Republicans) always attack people who are democrats and things that democrats do (like Clinton's incident with Monika).
3) I would like to hear him give more details about how he will do the things that he promises and be more specific. Yes someone can say "If I ampresident, I will do everything that everyone wants and make everyone happy", but he only has four years (maybe eight) and might not have enough money and time to get all of it done.
4) I don't like to elect someone based on the surface, like how well they speak. However, I do think that being able to speak well to some extent is important as president. I think that he speaks well enough. I do not think that Bush speaks well enough.
5) I agree with him in economics, since my family owns a small buisness that isn't doing very well because of companies that move in right accross the street and can have lower prices than us since their products are made in other countries. I also don't like buying non-American cars. I don't think that he will be able to do much different in the way of Iraq, but I don't know much about that.
6) One thing that I don't like is that whenever I talk to someone who is a republican and mention anything about politics, they attack me and make me feel stupid because I don't support the president or I am a traitor. I agree with Kerry and Edwards that the country shouldn't be seperated by republicans or democrats, I just think that some people should respect other people's beliefs and understand that it is ok to not agree with the president. This is not a dictatorship! Same when you talk to repiblicans about that movie F. 9/11. I don't see anything wrong with making a movie that does not support the president's decisions or actions. Making movies like that and questioning what the president does helps us to improve.
Another issue that I have about that movie is the amazing number of people, generally republican, who criticize the movie and will fight to death that the movie is attacking the president and is not supporting him and shouldn't have been made, when they have never seen the movie. Now, I haven't seen it so I won't say whether I think it attacks the president or not, but regardless, it is ok to attack the president's actions, just as long as you don't attack him personally.
Sorry if this is too off-topic.
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-Jon
Computer Science Major
Georgia Tech
Former Team Leader
FRC Team 180
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