Your top 5 reasons for voting Kerry.....

[alpizzy]

I just received a request for my top 5 reasons for voting Kerry
from a friend of a friend who is undecided.
I'd like to add as many reasons as possible so please give me your
list as well and let's win another vote for Kerry. BTW, these people
live in Florida!

Thanks!

[kick-ass-bob]

1. Supreme Court.

International reputation.
He won't lie to go to war.
He won't fleece the middle class out of existence.

Do I really need 5?
m'kay - Bush is a stupid, fucking liar

[gratuitous]

2. All too easy

1. He's
2. Not
3. That
4. Idiot
5. Incumbent

[morgan2]

3. bush, cheney, ascroft, wolfowitz, rumsfeld..

[Pig_Latin_Lover]

4. He's smart.

He looks at every issue from all sides and is willing to consult with other people who may disagree with him to come to the best solution.

You know, instead of Bush who believes his royal blood flows with God's wisdom.

[Nashyra]

19. Here's mine

1) Even though no one really says it out loud, coming from an airline employee the * administration was asleep on the job, no vacation on 9-11. Direct them to timeline websites.

2) Remember the goodwill that the US had right after 9-11, well John Kerry can get it back, * can't. Use the example of the coalition we put together for Afghanistan compared to the non coalition for Iraq.

3) The deficit and it's implication on Medicare and social security

4) The first president since Hoover to have a net job loss, and we have had other wars so that is no excuse.

5) Healthcare/Poverty The US economy can not garner steam with * giving corporations huge tax incentives to go overseas. The economist in *'s corner keep saying it's a "global" economy, well that takes me back to point 2) global respect. This president has none. It therefore effects are security, economicly and against terrorism. Either with us or against us has left us vulnerable.

Ask them how much they just paid for a gallon of gas and ask them if they checked out the record profits of the energy industry.
GasOilPetroleum party GOP

Hope that helps. Every vote counts!!!!

[shaolinmonkey]

5. Here are mine:

1) He will make decisions based on FACTS.
2) He can think for himself
3) He chose public service over private practice
4) He is articulate and well spoken
5) He will consider all Americans when making decisions, not just his BASE.

[wtmusic]

6. W is the worst environmental president ever

x 5

[msturgis524]

7. He's never claimed to be appointed by god

[tom_paine]

8. Return to fiscal responsibility

Better stewardship of the environment.

Less lying (of course, given the Soviet-style Busheviks lie about virtually EVERYTHING -- I've never seen the like nor imagined their ilk in a Free Country -- this is the easiest 'promise' Kerry can keep)

Court Appointments

Save Social Security and Medicare instead of parcelling out the scraps to Imperial Cronies, as if this was Pincohet's Chile, which in many ways, Imperial Amerika IS.

[Randi_Listener]

9. Easy

1. deficit reduction
2. real return to NATO
3. end of US as a terror target
4. national health care
5. improved military capability

[Selwynn]

10. 1. He isn't bush.

2. He isn't a republican]
3. HE isn't a neoconservative
3. He isn't part of the PNAC
4. He isn't part of haliburton, Enron or other corporate croneyism
5. He isn't a preemptive, unlitateral rouge state supporter

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

11. My top five reasons,

not in any order of importance.

1. Education
2. Jobs/Economy
3. Health care
4. Women's issues (such as BC and abortion)
5. Environment

[Career Prole]

12. John Kerry has *proven* he knows foreign policy.

John Kerry has proven he will never take us to war except as a last resort.
John Kerry, despite his wealth, has proven he works for working people.
John Kerry has proven he understands the needs of, and cares deeply about veterans.
John Kerry has proven he has more integrity in his little finger than the entire BFEE and Bushco administration put together.

[Unstuck In Time]

13. He's a good man, intelligent and caring...

... and has spent a lifetime in service to our country. I think he values the things that make America special, and will provide real leadership in the finest tradition of our founders and previous presidents such as Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, and JFK. John Kerry is cut from that very cloth. He's going to be a terrific president for this crucial era of American history.

[fudge stripe cookays]

14. Here are mine.....

1. Protecting a woman's right to control her own body
2. Protecting our environment
3. Protecting the little people (positions on draft, healthcare, overtime, etc)
4. Protecting our relationships with our allies
5. Bringing our troops home as quickly as we can extricate them from Iraq, and not invading another country without good reason

[robbedvoter]

15. 1. Planet Earth 2.Small ledge from free fall 3. Less wars (hopefully)

4. So we can see another election 5. because I'd hate myself if I stayed out of this one

[Warpy]

16. Foremost, the USSC

Then there is his history of stopping the funding conduits for terrorism through the BCCI investigation, which he turned over to the state AGs when the GOP congress tried to shut it down.

Then there is his support for a higher minimum wage, something that is so far overdue that it is no longer the least bit funny.

Then there is his support for broadening healthcare options for low income people.

Then there is his pledge to preserve social security as the insurance program it was always meant to be.

(and lastly, HE'S NOT NUTS. Bush is)

[greekspeak]

17. REASON 5: HE IS NOT GEORGE W SHRUBHEAD

REASON 4: He is intellegent, articulate, and clearly understands how a government works FOR the people, not against them

REASON 3: He is compassionate, and understands the plights of Americans who earn less than $200,000 a year

REASON 2: He wants to work with the world, not against it, to build solidarity and peace, not strife and war.

REASON 1: This country CANNOT and WILL NOT survive 4 more years of Shrub's politics. PERIOD.

[Vickers]

18. OK, all things being equal

1. He's smarter.

Politics aside, I feel that you should at least vote for the guy who is smarter. At the VERY least, you should vote for somebody smarter than yourself.

2. He's seen combat.

Listen, I don't feel that you HAVE to be combat-tested to be a good CinC, but since both were in the service (sic), I would pick the guy who knows first-hand the consequences of sending folks into battle.

3. He's more respected worldwide.

He has his detractors here, but worldwide, much like Clinton, he is much admired. Folks feel that they can TALK to him. Apparently the only person talking to George is Baby Jesus, and frankly that scares a lot of folks.

4. He seems sincere about his religion.

Bush is obviously pandering to the religious right every time he mentions anything REMOTELY theological. Kerry on the other hand seems to genuinely think about issues, and he actually DISAGREES with his church at times (holy shit, a freethinker?).

5. I don't think that Kerry will blow up the Earth.

Self-explanatory. :P

[IrateCitizen]

20. Here's mine

1. Federal Court nominations
2. No Christian Reconstructionists in the executive or judicial
3. Vastly better environmental record
4. Will make decisions based on reality and sober analysis, not "faith" and "instinct"
5. Will reduce our dependence on finite supplies of fossil fuels by encouraging efficiency and technology -- not by increasing supply today and ignoring the problem

[dr.strangelove]

21. ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW

Five words.
The details for why the answer is no for most Americans have been outlined above. Bush cuts taxes so the economy would improve. His plan failed because the economy lost massive numbers of jobs. Is it better to get a $1800 tax cut but lose your $40,000 a year job or keep the job and not get the tax cut. Kerry will keep jobs in the US by giving an incentive to businesses not to outsource labor. The softball answers like the Supreme Court appointments and redistribution of wealth are easy to come up with.

[Ediacara]

22. A few for you :-)

1) Most world leaders will not work with George W Bush. Although this is not a guarentee that they will work with Kerry, Bush has so poisened our relationships with foreign leaders that go-it-alone is our nation's only option at the current time. Additionally IIRC, Germany has stated that they will work with Kerry if elected in Iraq, but not with Bush, and I am certain Germany is not the only nation that has these feelings.

2 & 3) Kerry believes in science and will not legislate his religion. Although these may seem like disconnected reasons, they are, in my mind intimately connected. Kerry personally oposes abortion on religious grounds, but holds the Constitution more sacred than his PERSONAL religious views. This situation comes up in almost all other areas of science. Bush is a creationist, and Kerry is not. Bush doesn't believe in global warming, but Kerry does. Bush believes that using the frozen remains (consisting of 8-16 cells) of an already dead human embryo to cure genetic diseases is unacceptable, while Kerry views the potential benefits of such research as much more important to the common good of all mankind than the potential moral questions of using already dead human cells. And on a more scary final note, Bush believes he was chosen by God Himself to be the president of the United States. He has an appocolyptic worldview and my gut tells me that he's trying to hasten the rapture.

4) Kerry will take us down a path of fiscal responsibility. Bush has lost the United States many trillions of dollars. Although the Bush administration seems to be under the impression that "deficits don't matter," it's simply not true. The money for deficit spending is coming from somewhere and has to be repayed. If it's not repayed the US financial markets are in for a rude awakening as the economy will continue to stagnate and currency markets will drop the dollar like the plague. Although Kerry's tax plan doesn't put us on the very firm footing of Clinton's economy (yet), it's an absolute U-turn in financial responsibility.

5) Kerry will fight terrorism by destroying terrorists, and minimizing the creation of new ones. Bush claims he's killed or captured 75% of al Qaida, and that may very well be true. BUT he doesn't seem to grasp that his war policy is creating new terrorists on a daily basis. Kerry's gotten a lot of flack over his sensitive war comments, but a sensitive war is exactly what's needed. Bush seems to think that there was some mass movement of al Qaida across Asia into Iraq and that it's only foreign bad guys causing a ruckus in Iraq. That simply isn't true. It's Iraqis that are angry at the insensitive "shock and awe" bombing campaign, and want their country back. Sensitivity is what's needed in a war against radicalism. Excessive force only creates more enemies, it will never create more friends.

[alpizzy]

27. Beautiful!!!

Thank you for the wonderfully thoughtful reply!

[tanyev]

23. 1. No criminal record

2. Speaks fluent English
3. Classy family
4. No smirk
5. Integrity, integrity, integrity!

[GreenPartyVoter]

24. 1. Not Bu$h 2. SCOTUS 3. Environment 4. Health Care 5. Education

and 6. I think he used to lean closer to where I am in my politics, which is more than * can say. At least Kerry will understand what I am saying when I write to him about things like election reform.

[RollergirlVT]

25. He's intelligent, NOT BUSH, cares, Supreme court, fiscal responsibility

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

26. 1-5 He's not Bush.

I'm not much of a fan of Kerry - but he's infinitesly better than Flubya.

[proud patriot]

28. 1) The Constitution 2) National Security 3) National Financial Security

4)Healthcare 5)Alternative Energy

[Emboldened Chimp]

29. My Top 5 in no particular order

-A sane foreign policy based on reason, not ideology: we got to war as a necessity, not by choice.

-A fiscally responsible economic policy that makes everyone pay their fair share; balanced budgets; limited spending.

-A real environmental policy that punishes those who pollute our air and water, not rewards them.

-A health care plan that, at the very least, puts us on the road to getting every American covered.

-To regain the respect of the world so we can lead, not rule.

[Jacobin]

30. 1. George Bush. 2. George Bush 3. George Bush 4. George Bush

5. George Bush.

:-)

[sandnsea]

31. Top 5, let's see

1. My 18 year old son. If we have to go to war, I want to know it's the last resort, to truly protect this country, not based on lies, and led by a CiC who knows if the mission isn't worth the lives of 1,000 men, it's not worth the life of 1 man. No Fallujahs, no outsourcing to warlords, no hauling contaminated fuel across Iraq.

2. I desperately need health insurance and just want to buy into the federal workers' health care plan.

3. We are at a crosspoint in history. Corporate global rule by the powerful, or elevation of the living standards of people. Environment, human rights, cultural respect. John Kerry will bring those issues to the front of the international debate.

4. When he does #3, we'll begin marginalizing terrorists as the only voice for oppressed people. When he takes on the corporate bankers, we'll begin getting at the money of terrorists. When he unites the world against terrorism, we'll begin taking real action against this threat.

5. Forging a new standard of living. Energy independence, renewable energy, self-sustaining communities. A whole new world.

Oh, and 6, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court.

[tedoll78]

32. Reason #1: John Paul Stevens

Reason #2: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Reason #3: Sandra Day O'Connor

Reason #4: William Rehnquist

Reason #5: Science policy (environment, energy, etc).