Friday, October 29, 2004
Voting for Bush - The Long Answer to the Short Question of “Why are you voting for Bush?”
Over a week ago I promised to write a longer response to the question: Why I am voting for President Bush. In 2000 I voted for Nader, well actually, partly for Nader and partly against Bush?s foreign policy expressed then (i.e. Africa is not of concern to the United States) and partly because of the failure to come clean with the DWI conviction from the 1970s. I never considered voting for Al Gore because my personal opinion was that the Democrat party was and is in the hands of the rich and powerful (an accusation that used to be leveled at the GOP, but at least they never pretended to be for the little guy). So, why in 2004 am I voting for Bush?
My response comes from my position as a Christian and a theologian. I do not mean to imply that others Christians who choose one of the other candidates (and lets be clear, you are either voting for Bush or Kerry, or voting against one or both of them because they are the only two people who can win this year ? Sorry Nader). There are several reasons why I am voting for George Bush:
