One Antiwar Candidate Left
Aug. 11th, 2004 11:48 amAlbuquerque, NM - It's hard to pin John Kerry down. He might add troops. Or he might bring troops out. Or maybe he'd put together a bigger alliance to keep the troop level steady. John Kerry might do a lot of things about Iraq, but on Monday he made his one unequivocal statement on the issue: Had he been president, he'd have taken the US to war in Iraq too.
"When John Kerry takes a firm position, I'm willing to take him at his word," says Libertarian presidential candidate Michael Badnarik. "Such a rare occurrence commands that much respect.
"So here's another question for John Kerry," Badnarik continues. "Why should the majority of Americans who now believe that the war was a tragic mistake vote for him?"
Perhaps because, if we are going to have a way anyway, we'd better have a well-managed one?
Or that a less hysterical climate of opinion will permit more reasonable voices to be heard?
For me these are not reasons to vote for Kerry, but reasons to be reconciled to his election, especially if he lacks the support to get his domestic agenda through Congress.
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"When John Kerry takes a firm position, I'm willing to take him at his word," says Libertarian presidential candidate Michael Badnarik. "Such a rare occurrence commands that much respect.
"So here's another question for John Kerry," Badnarik continues. "Why should the majority of Americans who now believe that the war was a tragic mistake vote for him?"
Perhaps because, if we are going to have a way anyway, we'd better have a well-managed one?
Or that a less hysterical climate of opinion will permit more reasonable voices to be heard?
For me these are not reasons to vote for Kerry, but reasons to be reconciled to his election, especially if he lacks the support to get his domestic agenda through Congress.
By the way, to get an Electoral Vote counter for your own page ( Read more... )