Comments on: Even I’m undecided http://www.jerrybrito.com/2004/08/03/even-im-undecided/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:11:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Lance Jonn Romanoff http://www.jerrybrito.com/2004/08/03/even-im-undecided/#comment-88 Lance Jonn Romanoff Wed, 11 Aug 2004 02:31:20 +0000 http://www.jerrybrito.com/blog/2004/08/03/even-im-undecided/#comment-88 Jerry, I think you should definitely remove the ABB as it's simply a poor argument even if one is anti-Bush. The most adamant, provided they are rational, Bush critic would not genuinely want "anyone" but Bush in office. Virginia Postrel said of the 2000 race that "Bush is a mixed bag. But I think Al Gore is the devil." I think that also applies to Bush v. Kerry. There is nothing Kerry offers libertarians (aside from being pro-choice, a position not all libertarians share) in comparison to Bush. Maybe in Bush's second term there will be a push to replace the income tax with a VAT - or not. Maybe there will be an attempt to allow some measure of privatization of Social Security - or not. But neither of those things will even be considered with Kerry in office. I'd take a maybe over a definitely no chance. Of course, I live in a state that voted more heavily for Gore than any other in 2000, which means whichever way I vote will have no chance of having any impact on the outcome of the election anyway, so for me this is all a mere parlor debate. Jerry, I think you should definitely remove the ABB as it’s simply a poor argument even if one is anti-Bush. The most adamant, provided they are rational, Bush critic would not genuinely want “anyone” but Bush in office. Virginia Postrel said of the 2000 race that “Bush is a mixed bag. But I think Al Gore is the devil.” I think that also applies to Bush v. Kerry. There is nothing Kerry offers libertarians (aside from being pro-choice, a position not all libertarians share) in comparison to Bush. Maybe in Bush’s second term there will be a push to replace the income tax with a VAT - or not. Maybe there will be an attempt to allow some measure of privatization of Social Security - or not. But neither of those things will even be considered with Kerry in office. I’d take a maybe over a definitely no chance.

Of course, I live in a state that voted more heavily for Gore than any other in 2000, which means whichever way I vote will have no chance of having any impact on the outcome of the election anyway, so for me this is all a mere parlor debate.

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