Volume II. No. 56
 07-08-04
 The Kerry-Edwards Ticket
 author: Vance Cureton
 © Copyright 2004
 

 Okay John. You made your choice. The Democratic faithfull got what they wanted.
 But, you didn't necessarily get what you wanted. Nontheless John, you listened 
 to your campaign advisers and took the brash young kid. You took John Edwards.

 I don't know if you realize it yet, John. -- Or perhaps maybe you do. But you 
 lucked into a hell of a choice. Those meanies on the other side of the aisle really
 have something to worry about. They wanted safe old Dick Gephardt. The old
 reliable Senate war horse. Boring and steady. But wisely, you choose excitement 
 John. 

 John Edwards is the antithesis of GOP tough guy Dick Cheney. Mr. Go F*@k 
 Yourself.

 The election is yours to lose, John. America is tired of Iraq. America is tired of
 G.W.'s sanctimony. America is tired of the secrecy surrounding the inner workings
 of his administration. America is tired of Donald Rumsfeld's meaningless bluster. 
 America is tired of Condi's incompetence. America is tired of a president who 
 doesn't have a concern about his out of control, hyperactive attorney general. 
 A man who never saw a civil liberty he believed he couldn't trample upon for 
 reasons of political expediency.

 All America needed was hope, John. You see. You're a little too blue blood for
 a lot of folks. Oh sure, you went over to NAM. You paid your dues. But you're 
 filthy rich. { not that Little John isn't wealthy himself. } You married well. And 
 you speak in a manner as if the silver spoon is always at hand. You're even Skull 
 and Bones! -- America didn't have a reason to believe you would be all that 
 different from  G.W. Bush.

 Different side of the same coin, you see.

 But in one fell sweep you introduced raw political enthusiasm into your campaign. 
 You've connected with the South. Suddenly states like the two Carolinas, Lousiana,
 and Arkansas are all in play again. As well as other southernly states G.W and 
 his boys had all but taken for granted.

 In fact, Big John. You've seperated yourself from G.W. Your ticket has political
 balance. You have decades of valuable experience in the Senate. And Little John 
 connects with young America, blue collar workers, and those "middle of the roaders" 
 that may well determine the outcome of the election. -- In fact, if Little John is as 
 a good a campaigner as many suggest he is, Lttle John may make Ralph Nader 
 all but irrelevant.

 Afterall, who in the media will want to listen to Ralph Nader bitch and moan about 
 the two party system, when those swing voters will have their eyes and ears upon 
 Little John. That's where all the action will be.

 This election is all about choice Big John. America can once again decide to throw
 in with the the regressive dividers on the Right. Cynics who want to take America 
 backwards to an uglier time. Or America can choose a fresh new direction. A direction 
 full of hope and light. A direction pointing toward an inclusive society. An America 
 where everyone counts. Where people are not labled "out of the mainstream" and 
 forgotten about.

 Like when you went over to NAM, John. That was a big moment in your life. You 
 made a fatefull choice. -- You put on the uniform and got on the plane. And you 
 did the right thing. You served your country. So, you know first hand how living
 under the threat of hostile fire for days, weeks, and months on end, can change 
 a man. War is fought by soldiers on the ground. Not by men in a comfortable war 
 room somewhere.

 Thus, that long-ago decision to serve your country in combat, gives you an insight 
 and wisdom that the current guy in the White House just doesn't have.

 You've got a lot of guts, John. Choosing Little John proves you haven't lost the
 ability to make a leap of faith. And so far, your acceptance of him as your running 
 mate has been right on the money. 
 

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