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he first five newspapers I read this morning have all editorialized against the incumbent and in favor of the challenger. If only more people read newspapers.
The conservative Economist and the Financial Times, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the Daily News, based in the San Fernando Valley, all favor Sen.John Kerry. I have a stack more to go, but by now it would appear that nearly all of us know how we will cast our vote. The "undecideds" probably number very few, but my hope is that they will break for the challenger, which is usually the case. What a pity that this election does not appear to boil down to a referendum on the record of President Bush. According to the Republican leadership, Sen.Kerry is unfit to lead American troops and our allies in Iraq, because he had doubts about the wisdom of going to war when we did. Mr.President you had to attack Kerry the way you have because you could hardly have hoped to succeed in this election if you had run the campaign based on your record in office. To borrow a most succinct and appropriate portrait of this campaign let me turn to the opening sentences from the lead editorial in the November 1st. Los Angeles Times. "If elections were solely a job performance review, President George W.Bush would lose in a landslide. He has been a reckless steward of the nation's finances and its environment, a divisive figure at home and abroad. It is fair to say that Bush has devalued the American brand in the global marketplace".
I know that Mr.Bush sees himself as the man chosen by a higher authority to protect the nation, but he spends an amazing amount of time bashing Washington, which, by extension, is the government he leads. He is the first president in more than a century who has failed to veto a single piece of legislation. In fact it is hard to document his successes and strengths and it is his lack of leadership which has given us the 50-50, blue state, red state situation.
John Kerry is a better choice for the Presidency of the United States, but, should George W win, it is to be hoped that he will do a far better job than he has during these past four years . I am fearful of the kind of Supreme Court he will give us; concerned about his foreign policy agenda; concerned about his pledge to make tax cuts permanent and I shudder at the direction his foreign policy and pre-emptive war policy take. From the environment, healthcare and education, to undocumented aliens and on so many other issues we need real leadership. He's had his chance.
We go to the polls tomorrow for an election which will likely affect not just the forthcoming four years but also the future of American democracy.
Tomorrow "we the people" will choose the next president of the United States...or will it be the Supreme Court again? This time the potential is for more than one Florida and with so many thousands of lawyers prepared to be monitoring the polling in disputed precincts, Lord knows how many lawsuits might delay the outcome of the election. Whoever wins, it would appear that when the winner is selected, we need a bipartisan look at what can be done to change the rules for the next election.
Alana Jackson, Alan Jackson, Alisa Jackson, Devon Jackson and Michael J...That's five for Kerry.

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