The Triangle

Issue date: 10/8/04 Section: Ed-Op

Media Credit: Congressional Budget Office [Click to enlarge]

All I can say is wow, this nation is really freaking messed up. It is just that simple. We have an idiot in the highest executive office in our nation, and we have another moron trying to oust him. No I don't mean Ralph Nader here; this one actually has a chance. I do not know what is sadder, the fact that one of these two will be President four years from now or the fact that the American people botched everything and we are now in this situation.

To be honest, I am voting for John Kerry. Granted he flip-flops on some issues, like knowing if he owns an SUV or not, but I'm taking the johnkerryisadouchebagbutimvotingforhimanyway.com approach to it. Another reason comes from the fact that I feel Bush is slightly more stupid than Kerry, give or take three percent.

Looking for information for one of my staff writers this week, I come across this wonderful graph. Now with the header, it may look really bad. I mean if Bush is not elected, then his tax relief will not remain in effect, and taxes will go up. I consider myself a logical person, and the statement that if you remove tax relief, to the wealthiest one percent, then yes taxes will go up. Would you like a pretzel, Mr. President?

I do give the Bush web site props though. The Flip-Flop Olympics have proven fun, entertaining and challenging. I personally wonder what John Kerry's score on it would be. And I'm not talking about following the pattern, but answering the question. To quote a good friend of mine during a philosophical debate, "Yes ... no ... maybe ... yes." Mind you that I asked the same question four times, each in-between his responses.

Kerry's Web site says he plans to cut deficit spending, and ironically the header below deals with investing in tomorrow. Now perhaps getting his third Purple Heart knocked some memories around a bit because one of the greatest Presidents ever used deficit spending as a way to save our nation.

Maybe he should reword it a bit to include "in case of something really, really bad and unexpected" such as the Sept. 11 attacks. That explains why the Bush promise to lower the national debt has replaced the word lower with raise.

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