I DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR JOHN KERRY

I never had really high hopes for Mr. Kerry, but he's proven to be more disappointing than I could have imagined. He is the alternative to W, but he intends to increase our presence in Iraq, cut taxes on corporations, and not much else. He apparently has some plans to create jobs, but I'm not sure what his plan includes.

I have a theory that may be horribly wrong, but I've yet to abandon it. Perhaps Bush should win the election. In isolation he does seem marginally worse than Kerry, but in context another 4 years of Bush might accomplish exactly what progressives want. So far W has managed to turn much of the world against U.S. policies - most Europeans believe the U.S. is a bigger threat to freedom than anything else now. He has also kept the American liberals angry and in the streets - a group of folks who would surely look the other way if a Democrat were in the whitehouse. Because of Bush we are isolated and left wing governments are becoming more popular throughout the world (e.g., the Socialists in Spain). Four more years of Bush might bring us that much closer to an end to American imperialism.

Some might argue that this is a selfish thought from someone who really hasn't suffered that much from the policies of George W. Bush. I'm just not convinced that Kerry will do anything to reduce the suffering of Iraqis, Palestinians or poor Americans, but I do feel that Kerry will find a way to extend and strengthen bad policies (especially foreign policies) in a way that Bush wouldn't be able to do. He isn't an evil Republican, after all, he's a well-intentioned liberal who we ought not criticize lest we want to give a boost to the evil Republicans (and he speaks French, which should keep the European left-wing in check).