Before I open my mouth on this, let me make it perfectly clear that at this point I truly endorse neither candidate in this. But may I point something out??
First of all, yes, Kerry has never apologized for his actions in vietnam. I can't argue any of the things said about him, for that matter, so I'm not going to try.
But Bush has never admitted wrongdoing in Iraq! There's no wmd there! We've gone through the place with a fine tooth comb! Nothing. Yet still, even after every other one of the leaders of our allies have admitted, nope sorry, none there, Bush refuses to be humbled in this. That kind of arrogance frightens me, and I can't ignore the pride goeth before the fall scripture, especially when that fall will come from the leader of the free world!
Also, let's not ignore the hundreds of sons and daughters that have been killed in this latest of imperial actions (come on, look up the definition of imperialism before you argue this one.) We are occupying a foreign nation and instituting our ways there. I admit, Saddam is a bad guy. No question on that. But frankly, I can close my eyes and throw a dart at a map of the eastern hemisphere and hit a country that hates us and wants us dead 7 out of 10 times. Every fifth time I'm going to hit on an evil dictator who is killing his people by the millions, and we KNOW they have wmd or are trying to make them. (N. Korea's being one fine example.)
I'm just not fully convinced that Bush is the republican, conservative messiah the world is painting him up to be. I can't seem to stop seeing the flaws in him that are dangerous to us all. Please don't tell me that everyone has flaws, all of us do, of course, but none of our flaws could cause people to lose jobs, go to war, and destroy the economy. None of the rest of us are trying to be president.
As for him being strong and protecting militarily, none of us believers need his protection. If Yahweh saw fit to send an inferior country against us to humble us, we wouldn't stand a chance (David and Goliath come to mind.) Yahweh is the only thing sufficient to protect us. All the presidents in the world, liberal or conservative, won't change that.
I hate to be the voice of the silent minority here, but I'd love to see an option on the ballot of "none of the above." That's who I'd like to vote for. Wipe the slate clean and start over with two new candidates.