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Why conservatives must not vote for Bush

We all know at least one. A Conservative who has doubts about Bush, but reacts with horror to the idea of voting for a Democrat, especially one as 'liberal' as Kerry. This is your answer. A well-reasoned essay on what is wrong with Conservatives voting for Bush by Doug Bandow. Doug is a Reaganite. He's a senior fellow at the Conservative Cato Institute, whose fellows and output are increasingly anti-Bush. Doug is no poseur. He's a hard-core small, restricted government man, more Libertarian than anything else. His argument is that no matter what Kerry may want to do, he will be limited by divided government. Thus, a vote for Kerry is the lesser of two evils. Bush, with a united government, is likely to general 3 trillion of new spending and irreparably harm civil rights. If you think the PATRIOT Act, the Iraq war, Abu Ghraib, and the slew of scandals now dogging this Administration were bad, just wait for Bush next term, when he doesn't have to worry about retaliation from the electorate. There's no telling what he will do, or what the current GOP leadership will let him get away with. Besides, Conservatives have options other than voting for Kerry. They can vote for one of the third parties which more accurately reflect their values and philosophy; they could even vote for Nader. For Conservatives this year, a protest vote is not a wasted vote. It sends a clear message to the GOP that they are on the wrong track with Bush.

Send Doug's article around. Print copies and hand them out to Republicans. I'm thinking about mailing a copy to every Republican in my precinct.

posted by Michael Bryan @ 9/14/2004 06:54:00 PM