Oh, I hope so much that Kerry wins but it does not look promising. From the polls, I'm very disappointed at fellow American voters who are so easily deceived and manipulated by Bush and his administration. You only have to look at the news and have some common sense to see that what he says is not the truth and he's done a terrible job in the past 4 years on so many fronts — terrorism, security, economy, jobs, deficit... Since the invasion of Iraq, the world has become a more dangerous place and the terrorist networks have never been so strong and aggressive (bombings, kidnappings, beheadings, etc). How can you look at each day's headline news and disagree with that?

Has Bush made the world a safer place to live in and is he "winning the war on terrorism"? OF COURSE NOT! With bin-Laden and now al-Zarqawi and thousands more of their followers happily willing to kill themselves to fight against us, of course not! The Iraq war was and is a boost to their cause and they have more support now than before the war. Think about that... doesn't that make sense? Just look at CNN's Top Stories each day if you want proof. Today (Nov 2, 2004) I see: American among 6 kidnapped in Baghdad - Two Iraqi officials assassinated, Teen suicide bomber kills three, and Bin Laden: Goal is to bankrupt U.S.. From Sunday, there was Beheaded Japanese to be flown home.

Bush's biggest sin: lying to Americans and the world about the threat of Iraq to justify the invasion for personal interest, gain, and greed (oil, contracts to Halliburton, money, revenge for Saddam's attempted assassination of his father, etc). And because of that, over 1,100 American soldiers AND over 14,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed. We are talking babies, kids, mothers, fathers KILLED because of this. And what about the thousands who have lost limbs or have permanent brain or nerve damage from serious injuries? There are also the families of those killed or injured who are suffering big-time. No doubt many more will die and suffer before things settle down. Bush should be held accountable for all of that. Look at the record-high old prices and the record-high deficit too. He's terrible on environmental policy as well by not supporting the Kyoto Protocol. For me, it's very simple to see who has and will do "the right thing".

Let's see if I can summarize why we need Bush OUT and thus Kerry in:

• Had plans to invade Iraq even before 9/11


• Ignored pre-9/11 report that said that bin-Laden had plans to attack


• Failed to aggressively go after and capture bin-Laden in Afghanistan


• Mislead Americans and the world about the need to invade Iraq (first links to al-Qaeda, then WMD)


• Went ahead with invasion before exhausting all possible solutions (and ignoring the United Nations), thus unnecessarily putting our soldiers in arms way


• Iraq invasion has backfired and made terrorists stronger (rise of al-Zarqawi and other militant groups operating all over the world - Indonesia, Egypt, Russia) and more aggresive (more bombings, kidnappings, beheadings, attacks)


• As a result of Bush's war in Iraq, there have been over 1,100 US casualties and over 14,000 (!!) Iraqi civilian casualties


• Has run up enourmous US$100-200 billion budget deficit


• Against stem-cell research which would help save lives and aid in things like cancer research


• Gave tax break to richest Americans


• Against Kyoto Protocol to combat pollution and global warming despite fact that US is world's largest producter of greenhouse gases (I want my children and grandchildren to have a healthy and safe environment to live in)


• Avoided combat in the Vietnam war because of his father's connections (Kerry fought in the war, commanded 2 patrol boats, saw deaths of his friends and enemies, and just truly experienced what war is actually like)


• Has poor healthcare policy: average Americans cannot afford medical insurance