Only 9 more days until D-Day!

With that in mind, I would like to post the following.

Reasons to not vote for Bush:

He tried to link Saddam Hussen to 9/11 even though there was no connection between Iraq and al Qaeda.

The lack of a postwar plan has left U.S. and allied troops in a violent quagmire with little hope for a scheduled peaceful withdrawal.

The "Bush doctrine" of pre-emptive war has torn apart internaitonal alliances.

His market-driven agenda has weakened long-protected safeguards for clean air, clean water and wilderness conservation.

The Patriot Act has become a tool for the systematic encroachment into personal privacy and rights. The very essance of democracy - the establishment of open government and personal-privacy protections - has been reversed under this administration.

Bush's obsession with tax cuts have failed to produce new jobs as promised and now the country is facing a record $422 billion national budget deficit in 2004. Despite the Bush administration rosy spin, overall economic growth has stalled and Bush, if re-elected, would be the first president since Herbert Hooever to preside over a net decline in the number of jobs.

The judiciary is the area of most concern. With a currently divided U.S. Supreme Court with several aging members of the court, Bush appointments could severely set back civil rights.