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[futureman]

with the interesting three page political thread detailing why each canidate is not worthy of office, i was wondering if anyone would care to post positive, factual reasons that a canidate should be elected.

i am merely interested in specifics why the said canidate should receive my vote and not what his plans are in the future to help me should i vote for him. i dont wish to read negative opinions of the opposer on this thread. i wish only to be persuaded by historically correct, accountable actions of each canidate.

i realize this may be a difficult task considering the amount of negative bash that has risen, but the choice i make, i want to make because of what someone has already accomplished. i believe that i could make a good character judgement from where a man has stood and fought rather than where he tends (promises) to take me.

again, please only post what your canidate has done and why it should effect my vote. in other words, why does one man deserve MY vote?

thanks,
undecided member #649

This post has been edited by futureman: 08/02/04 11:48am

[Blakjak]

If there is one thing that really burns me up about Bush, it's his solutions for bettering the public education system. Live, your nieces and nephews may be going to a better school now but what about the children left behind at the old school. There certainly aren't enough private schools to house all of them. This is exactly the point I was trying to make in another post- that Bush's education plan only skirts the real issues at hand. The public education system needs revamping, reorganizing, and more incentives for people to be teachers. Instead of seriouly addressing these problems, Bush is just putting money in the hands of individual parents and allowing them to make their own decisions. I hate that people even try to claim that he has improved education when all he has done, in the very, very limited power that he does have, is degraded the public education system even more. And don't even get me started on no chiild left behind because I will rip that shit to shreds. It's a travesty that only penalizes schools and teachers for variables that are often uncontrollable by means of standardized testing, which about the worst way to tell how proficient a student is at something. If anyone would like to rebut this, go ahead, but as you can tell I am thouroughly disgusted.