Alison asked me to post something about the US Presidential elections because she’s planning on posting something on her blog (abaculus), so here I am! We just want to see how our impressions and opinions on the Presidential race compare.

You will have probably gleaned from my previous post on 22 September 2004, that I am more of a Democrat than Republican. In fact, having read Hillary Rodham Clinton’s memoirs, I positively hate the Republicans. This view has been reinforced thanks to Michael Moore’s two books, Stupid White Men and Dude, Where’s My Country?.

Consequently, and this will be of no surprise to many of you, I do not like George W Bush. Yes, he is a Republican. It’s not his Republicanism that makes me repel Bush, it’s just the fact that he has been a crap President for the past 4 years. Under Bill Clinton, the USA was doing very well in many areas, including diplomacy (with the IRA ceasefire and the Israeli-Palestine ceasefire), economy (he achieved the lowest budget deficit for years), civil rights for women and children, health welfare rights, the environment etc. I’m not so naive as to suggest that Clinton was the best President ever: I’m fully aware that he had a dalliance with Monica Lewinsky, and there were many things that he approved that were against common sense, but when compared to Bush, he was a first-rate President.

For the past four years as President, what has Bush done? He has undone much of the work that Clinton did, including cutting education and health welfare budgets, advocated that homosexuality is wrong and that women shouldn’t be allowed to abort if they become pregnant, contrary to civil rights, pulled the USA out of the Kyoto Treaty and ignoring environmental safeguards, and above all, waged two wars against Afghanistan and Iraq, at the cost of over 2,000 American soldiers’ lives. And he currently has 46% of the vote in the current election polls for the Presidential race? WHY?!

I admit that John Kerry isn’t much of a challenger. Compared to Clinton, he is weak and doesn’t appear to have much charm or wit, but he is a Democrat, and for that reason, I hope he becomes President. He has spouted some common sense policies, and I think he’s the right man to lead the USA away from the Bush years to become a more diplomatic and sensible nation.

KERRY FOR PRESIDENT!