"After The Final Debate: Leaning Gore. Four More Years Vs. Taking A Chance"
October 18, 2000
The final debate didn't change my opinion much. It's getting harder to listen to them. Each candidate spends half his time contradicting what the other just said about his plan. I wonder who's lying the most?
My comparison is coming down to whether I want 4 more years of the way the country has been run, with a few more programs and no real decrease in my taxes vs. taking a chance on a "new" system, less programs, and more state control. I'm tilting on the scale towards Gore.
I wonder if the death of Carnahan makes the whole race moot because the Republicans are now guaranteed control of the Senate. Do most people understand it's going to be a republican controlled country regardless of the election?
If Bush wants my vote, he needs to show me that he understands that not all Americans choose their lots in life and sometimes those that "have" need to contribute to the livelihood of those that don't. I can't tell if Bush doesn't care about that kind of thinking or if he just doesn't understand it.
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