Re: Top 10 Reasons Republicans Support Kerry

[Andrew DeFaria <Andrew at DeFaria dot com>]

billshire@aol.com wrote:

>Republican Bill Shireman's Top 10 Reasons Republicans Support John Kerry
>
>I'm a lifelong Republican, though I vote for the best candidate - or the
>least objectionable one.  Four years ago, I hoped George Bush would be a
>moderate, fiscally conservative leader, firm but thoughtful.  I have
>been repeatedly disappointed.  My top 10 reasons for opposing George
>Bush, and supporting John Kerry, are:
>
>1. Stubborn is not Strong.   
>2. You can't promote the Bill of Rights by violating it.  
>3. You can't advance democracy by imposing it by force. 
>4. Brave and Free, not fearful and insecure, are the qualities great
>presidents inspire 
>5. 30,000 deaths do not avenge the murder of 3,000 
>6. Killing terrorists requires precise aim. 
>7. You cannot protect 300 million rich by frightening 3 billion poor. 
>8. In the military, Smart is as important as Strong 
>9. Those who seek liberty through security lose both. Security is the
>result, not the cause, of liberty. 
>10. The "Last Resort" should be the last resort.
>
>Some say Kerry and Bush are equally unacceptable.  That is a convenient
>illusion.  Kerry has been an able, smart, capable, thoughtful
>legislator.  He has demonstrated his heroism by placing his body in the
>line of fire, to protect his men.  John Kerry will be a worthy resident
>of the house Lincoln and Roosevelt once occupied.  
>
>America is a great nation.  We need a fresh opportunity to demonstrate
>that to the world.  I hope you will join me by committing your dollars
>and sense to a cause to which many have devoted their lives.  
>
>Join with me at:
>http://www.democrats.org/epatriots/give.html?sourcecode=E006137
>
>A Republican I admire very much, former Congressman Pete McCloskey, says
>it much better than I, at this site:  www.pacsatpost.com/mccloskey.
>
>And two websites that help provide an alternative to the negative,
>divisive politics of the right and left: 
>http://www.radicalmiddle.com/  (Radical Middle website)
>http://noosphere.cc/iparticles.html (Integral Politics website)
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Bill Shireman
>415-364-3839
>billshire@aol.com
>www.future500.org
>
>(Personal views of Bill Shireman, not representative of the views of
>Future 500 companies, board members, or affiliates)
>
> 
>END OF MY EMAIL
>
>
>  Bill Shireman
>  President and CEO
>  The Future 500
>  415 Jackson St, 2nd Fl.
>  San Francisco, CA  94110
>  (415) 364-3839
>  bshireman@future500.org
>  www.future500.org
>
>  
>
Here's a quarter! Call somebody who cares!

Seriously, take your political garbage somewhere else.
-- 
I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say
because it's such a beautiful animal. I think my mother is attractive,
but I only have photographs of her.


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