JaBbA's Hut

Staying Angry, Michael Manville's article in Freezerbox Magazine eloquently (oops, sorry W. Means "uses big, interesting words") lays out why, as an independent, he will vote for Kerry this election. He starts with

I'll vote for Kerry because for all that is wrong with the Democrats, the Republican Party is something else altogether. What was once the Party of Lincoln has become the party of obstreperous children, alternately pouting and bullying, dismissive of complicated problems that aren't easily resolved and fixated instead on the simplistic and the irrelevant.

and it gets better from there. He lists 8 solid reasons NOT to vote for Republicans. Suprisingly, those 8 reasons do NOT include:

Bear in mind, when reading, all that I'm leaving out: the war in Iraq; the abandonment of Afghanistan; the support of Ahmad Chalabi, who was an Iranian spy; the destruction of Valerie Plame, who was an American one; "Curveball"; the storming of the Dade County courthouse; the chicanery surrounding the costs of the Medicare bill; the attempt to further consolidate media ownership; the comprehensive rollback of environmental regulations; the unjust imprisonment of immigrants and American citizens; the legal limbo of Guantanamo Bay; the farming out of torture to Syrian surrogates; the casual lies about previous statements (Donald Rumsfeld insisting he never said Saddam was an imminent threat, the Administration saying the "Mission Accomplished" banner wasn't its idea).

Wow. You need ammunition to answer the Right's charges? Manville lays out the truth. And explains why an independent would join the partisan debate.

JaBbA says check it out, it's a good read.