SWIFT boat smoke screen.

I for one am getting pretty tired of the SWIFT boat controversy.

I support President Bush for reelection and think that John Kerry is just about the worst possible choice for President right now, short of Jane Fonda that is.

But, the SWIFT boat thing is not what we should be talking about.

And that is exactly why John Kerry wants us to talk about it.


He doesn't want us to talk about his voting record in the Senate, and so long as the SWIFT boat controversy rages, we won't be.

Here is his voting record

John Kerry's voting record

What the Washington Times published about John Kerry's voting record.

You might want to go there and see if you agree with his past votes. That is the real test of whether you agree with a candidate or not.


On a scale that ranges from 0 to 100, Mr. Kerry compiled a composite liberal score for 2003 of 96.5, the highest in the Senate. He eclipsed proud liberals like Paul Sarbanes (94.7) of Maryland, Barbara Boxer (91.2) of California, Tom Harkin (89.3) of Iowa and the Senate's liberal lion, Edward Kennedy (88.3), his Massachusetts colleague. It was the fourth time in his 20-year Senate career that Mr. Kerry compiled a composite voting record that was unsurpassed in its liberalism by any of the other 99 members of the Senate.

I don't think this country EVER needs to have a extreme right wing or extreme left wing President. The extremes of neither part represent the majority of American People.


George Bush on the other hand has shown himself to be a pretty much mainstream conservative, (meaning not a far right conservative) and has on more than one occasion since taking the office of President crossed the aisle and supported liberal policies. Remember the Medicare Prescription bill that GWB pushed through? That is about as liberal a piece of legislation s I have ever seen.

So of our to choices, which do you think is better for the country, a far left liberal or a midrange conservative?


And one more thing before I push the post button.

I keep hearing people lately saying that it is your duty to vote.

It is, but that is not your whole duty.

It's your duty to LEARN ABOUT THE ISSUES then cast an EDUCATED VOTE.

It's more than just cruising down to the polling place and pulling a lever.