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Kerry For President – pulling out the last stops

Kerry For President – pulling out the last stops
Andrew Sullivan is a brilliant writer on political and social issues. his take is always very balanced and ways both sides. He has chosen to support John Kerry, and his words speak in respectful terms and make a strong case to to even the strongest Bush supporters…

Kerry For President
“…it is simply foolish to ignore what we have found out this past year about Bush’s obvious limits, his glaring failures, his fundamental weakness as a leader. I fear he is out of his depth and exhausted. I simply do not have confidence in him to navigate the waters ahead skilfully enough to avoid or survive the darkening clouds on the horizon.

But Kerry? I cannot know for sure. But in a democracy, you sometimes have to have faith that a new leader will be able to absorb the achievements of his predecessor and help mend his failures. Kerry has actually been much more impressive in the latter stages of this campaign than I expected. He has exuded a calm and a steadiness that reassures. He is right about our need for more allies, more prudence, and more tactical discrimination in the war we are waging. I cannot say I have perfect confidence in him, or that I support him without reservations. But not to support anyone in this dangerous time is a cop-out. So give him a chance. In picking the lesser of two risks, we can also do something less dispiriting. We can decide to pick the greater of two hopes.”

DO YOU KNOW ANYONE IN FLORIDA, OHIO, WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA, or MICHIGAN? CALL OR EMAIL THEM – OUR EFFORTS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT! if you know people here in NY who are from those states, let them know that they can make a critical difference and encourage them to contact everyone they know in their home states. WE’RE ALMOST THERE – ALL THAT’S LEFT IS TO GET OUT AND VOTE!!!

Posted on November 1st, 2004 in Pressing Issues | Permalink