It's the Supreme Court Stupid

I would liked to go back and amplify part of my previous post. I said that I have been willing to vote Republican as long as my core social values were not at stake. Affirmative action, abortion rights, separation of church and state, and government lending a hand to those who need it while at the same time the maintaining individual liberty and freedom from undue government intrusion into our personal lives. Well the above, and more, are at stake in this election. Think Supreme Court, think Clarence Thomas and think four more years of Bush and maybe three nominations to the highest court. If that doesn’t scare the hell out of you, then you are reading the wrong blog. I have made this point before both here and elsewhere, but it’s worth repeating. Bush can do tremendous damage to this country in four more years both domestically and globally but three more Clarence Thomases on the Supreme Court can change this country beyond recognition for the next thirty years. So let’s not be so concerned with labels this year, let’s not turn our back on the candidate most likely to defeat Bush because he didn’t always vote Democratic or because he said some good things about Bush early on. I too was impressed with this administration after 9/11 and had high hopes that he would live up to his campaign rhetoric and be a compassionate conservative. He wasn’t and now I oppose him with all my heart and soul; and guess what? I’m a Democrat too.

I don’t want a purist candidate this election, I WANT A WINNER, and if he sometimes voted Republican in the past I couldn’t care less. Wes Clark is a winner -- always has been, always will be -- and he’s a fighter without the chip on his shoulder that Dean has. We need both of these attributes in our candidate this year to beat Bush. So let’s not argue about who's a Democrat and who's not; that argument pales in the face of what's at stake this year. Wes Clark can win and therefore he should be our nominee.

Mickey