Hey, Somebody Has Got To Do Itby bobby jennings  This coming week is election week. Usually "off-presidential-year" federal elections draw less than 40% of the electorate. This year promises to be the same. However this is a very important election this time around. I almost always vote for the best candidate regardless of party affiliation. But now, I admit, I am unhappy with the road down which George Bush is taking me. Generally I detest partisan politics. However, this time I am voting Democrat straight down the line. Here is why this ex- republican, green party member is voting Democratic.
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A republican-controlled Presidency and Congress will unleash a wave of right-wing policies on America including:- A wave of approvals for Federal Judges with right-wing judicial activism on their mind. There are many vacancies and this administration has the ability to alter the very nature of America for more than a generation. Only Democrats can block this.
- Bush promised to be a uniter and not a divider. Yet he has turned out to be the most partisan President in a hundred years. We are more divided now on domestic issues than I can remember. He has not yet proved worthy of extraordinary power. Dissenting republicans are far and few between. Only Democrats can check the power of this President.
- President Bush has embarked on a foreign policy that will surely alter the entire world in our lifetime. If he proves right in his methods, he will be hailed a hero, but little will be accomplished long-term for the benefit of mankind. In he is wrong, in his methods, he could well lead us into World War III or the last Christian Crusade. Too much risk and too little gain for me. Only the Democrats can block him.
Since I live in a predominant Rebublican voting district my vote may not really count. Mine is a protest vote. Protesting is a dirty job. But, hey, somebody's got to do it.
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About The
Author
 bobby
jennings is co-publisher of InnerSelf Publications and webmaster of
InnerSelf.com/InnerSelf.ca. Originally a Democrat for many years, he moved to
the Republican party in the mid 1980's and the Green Party in 2000. He returned
to the Republican party after the 2006 election. He now supports common sense
initiatives from all parties and votes independently in the general elections.
He supports small efficient honest government, government managed capitalism, an
independent judiciary, religious tolerance, and social justice. He is an ex-Army
officer and retired small business owner. He was born, raised, and educated in
the "Old South" in Northern Florida.
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