Reply #52: To be sure...

[beevul]

It's not as though I have made any decision...

There is alot of time before the election. Please understand, it's not a matter of me being against Mr. Kerry. It's just a matter of not having enough information as of yet to suit my conscience.

Its kind of like...so far, the position he's taken...is a non position. He's said too much to try to get votes from both sides of the issue. His agenda just is not clear.


I'm pretty sure that the issue is going to rear its ugly head between now and the election, in the context of campaigning, probably in the form of attacks from the other side. During that time, he'll have ample opportunity to take a clear position and declare his intentions a bit better. Very likely, he'll be forced to take a clear unambiguous position, or at least something closer to one than he has so far.

I just hope Mr. Kerry takes advantage of it, and makes some indicative statements on record and some promises in the national eye - for all our sakes.

I think its a no-brainer that the opposition will, and if he doesn't, I believe we are all going to lose.

Not what I want to see happen, but what I believe will. There are alot of uninformed people out there that NEED to be reassured. Our 18 year old is one of them. She says she's voting for * (no, I'm not kidding). No matter how I try to explain it to her, that the evidence thus far does not support her conclusion, her mind won't be changed. Shes convinced that Dems are going to try banning some and/or all guns. She told me today (after she read my post earlier) that if she had to choose between her right to reproductive choice, and RKBA, the would give up choice - which baffles me. I told her she shouldn't have to give up either.

To quote a line from a Don Henley song...

"the more I know, the less I understand"

That particularly rings true with her now days.( I am alarmed that it may partially be an indicator that I am indeed getting old)

After rereading a couple of your posts farther up, and rereading some of the information available on the net, and at Mr. Kerrys website, I am leaning a bit closer to voting for him, as opposed to my other 2 choices, but I am not there yet.

I will say at this point, I have made up my mind that if I decide to go the route of a protest route, I will write in Dr. Dean. No third party for me. Time will tell I guess.


"I can at least wish you well with the dry socket and sour stomach."

Thanks LB. The tummy is fine now, but the socket... :grr:

I have an appointment tomorrow, and they said they are going to pack it with some sort of medical fiber strips soaked in clove oil, so hopefully, that will be the end of it.