Reply #42: There was NOTHING you could've done to prevent the

[Eloriel]

Bush "victory" (theft). Really. Absolutely nothing. Bush didn't win that election any more than he won the one in 2000. And twice as many voters for Kerry wouldn't have changed that. They shaved votes off for Bush in those areas Bush was expected to win (and won bigger as a result) and they shaved votes for Bush in those areas Kerry was expected to win (and won smaller as a result), which gave Bush that 3 million vote cushion that dissuaded so many people from thinking "fraud" when there was fraud and voter suppression in every possible place they could do it. THEY don't seem to think that kind of thing is wrong, but just what goes with the territory.

So, forgive yourself, please. You did as much as you could, and any more or different wouldn't have mattered. I'm 1000% sure.

And I'm so sorry for your loss. No one should die that young, and especially not in an illegal, immoral, unjustified and unjustifiable war. But I agree with the previous post: he died with honor, doing an honorable thing, and I salute him.