Looks like no real news is good news

[iamthewalrus109]

As stated in previous threads by this author, I for one believe that this election is pretty much in the toilet of all toilets. It makes 1988's Atwaterian adventure into furloughs look like a joke. Besides beating on the drum of national security credentials it seems as though any real domestic issue facing this country, including things such as the strength of domestic National Guard stregnth and internal security improvements have fallen prey to the ultimate exchange of personal attacks I've ever seen in elections. Once again diversion has been utilized to worry about events 30 years ago, concocted and otherwise.

I guess it belies that fact that many of the wounds of the Vietnam era stand strong in the the American psyche. Meanwhile back at the ranch, boys are dying in the sand in the remants of Babylon. I for one see at as the ulimate shame that we worry about why John Kerry voted how he voted on one vote for military funding than the points that he makes on the war, good, bad, or stupid. It's not what he's saying its that the attention is given to tangential issues and a bean counting mentality to Senate votes. The issue still remains, what are we doing over there, and how do we stablize what we shook up. Unfortunately John Kerry has neutralized his ability to speak about this issue, it's a damn shame. He's the opponent, and he has no ability to question this due to that one vote mostly, and this vote has damaged his credibltiy beyond just Iraq, it makes him look indecisive on defense as a whole.

So then it should be everything else that he can talk about: Jobs, the economy, foriegn trade, deficits, well Bush can just continue to blame trial lawyers and unions and keep thumping his war drum, meanwhile Kerry plays plays fed to him by a litany of ever growing ineffective Dem stragegists and Clinton leftovers. It's a pretty sad that this has to be the answer to whats going on. Crippled right out of the starting gate by his own record, he struggles to find something he can talk about. Believe me I'm not a Kerry supporter, but the campaign should at least add something to the dialogue, bring up real issues and make the president address them, I have yet to see this happen. People will argue about type face for another 2 weeks and next thing you know it's the debates, let's see if these mirror the farce that has already been played out in this so called election.

- Walrus