Reply #31: another false choice [View All]

[enki23]

lots of those around today. how about this: pragmatism to a point. i would vote for anyone who could beat bush *provided* that i predict their policies will be significantly less damaging in the future than bush's. what "significant" means, however, is difficult to easily quantify. and predictions can turn out to be wrong. and we never have enough information. it's a difficult judgement call, in some cases, less difficult in others. lieberman vs bush would have been tough for me. dean vs bush would not have. kerry... i just don't know yet. i don't think kerry will fix anything, not significantly. but he may not do as much *new* damage as bush would. so i'd probably vote for kerry over bush, at the expense of failing to help develop an alternative to the two major parties.

it's a tough fucking call. don't let the "anyone but bush" people fool you. they may be right this case, but it may not for the right reasons. and long term? they might be wrong.