We definitely need a new direction...VOTE

I am hoping that all the recent registrations of new voters will mean that there is a chance that the Democrats will actually win this election. I am trying to not contemplate for the moment how bad it could get if the votes are challenged in various states. If that comes about, and many seem to predict it will, then we are in for even more contentious fighting than we have already seen. I don't think I have ever seen such a ramped up preliminary period to an election in my lifetime, and that is going back quite a few years. What has been most disturbing is the amount of sleazy, underhanded, and down right disturbing tactics that, the Republicans seem to be using. It is not surprising given their recent track record, and the Bush administration in particular.

Josh Marshall posted tonight on his excellent website one of the unique methods the Republicans are using in a desperate attempt not to lose this election. And here, he sites yet another method they have decided to use. These things are not to be taken lightly, or chalked up to an overenthusiastic re-election staff. These tactics should give everyone pause, and make it crystal clear what we are dealing with.

Everyone needs to get out and VOTE today. It is a privilege we have in this country, and that privilege should be taken very seriously, and in particular this year. The only way we can begin to change things from the terrible status quo, which will only worsen if Bush is re-elected, is to get out and vote, and voting for Kerry is one way to hopefully start to turn this whole mess around. And a huge mess it is, not to mention the terrible loss of life from this unprovoked, unnecessary war. The loss of life on all sides is just horrible, from the loss of over 1000 American soldiers, to beheadings and executions of innocent people by the insurgents, to the loss of at least 100, 000 Iraqis, based on the latest reports, and there is no end in sight. This situation will not turn around with Bush. He is determined, and convinced with a steely resolve that he is on the right track. He is not, and we need to stop him now. He has blinders on, and his administration operates like a runaway train with no one at the helm. I dread to think what four more years with him, and the neo-cons who direct him, will be like, if he remains. In this country, every four years, we get the chance to change things by voting for a new President.

So....get out today...Tuesday, Nov 2....and VOTE!!!!!!