kerry's the man

i don't quite know what it is, but for some or other reason i am deeply invested in john kerry winning the american election - i think he's an amazing man who knows a crap-load about the world and is exactly what that country needs right now.
gonna think about it some more and try and rationalise it here this weekend.

for now, some views from salon.com on the third kerry/bush debate:

"i just don't get the bush as beer-drinking buddy thing (even if he still drank beer). it isn't like john kerry is mr. personality. he's a bit of a stiff. but you sense that behind his wonky, methodical exterior that he cares and that he's actually engaged with issues -- which, after all, is what we hire our politicians to do, not be incoherent cheerleaders for anti-government zealotry. bush, presiding over a deeply divided country, mired in a disastrous war that he misled us into, offers only a bad reagan imitation. which could, in fact, describe his entire presidency.if america will buy a used ideology from bush, it'll buy anything." - gary kamiya (salon.com staff writer)

"ok, america, now that you've watched the last presidential debate, the choice should be perfectly clear - even for you dazed undecideds still out there. on one side, we have a candidate who thinks we should have targeted osama more than saddam; we should allow cheaper prescription drugs to be imported from canada; we should give women the right to choose and would not appoint any justice to the supreme court who feels differently; we should outlaw assault rifles; we should raise the minimum wage; we should uphold affirmative action; we should offer all americans the same health coverage enjoyed by their elected leaders. and the other candidate? well, he doesn't believe in any of that. but he isa man of deep faith. oh, and he loves his wife and kids a whole lot." - david talbot (salon.com editor)

that's bout it for today...

what made my day today: there's sunshine (and aircon inside.)

*now listening to: yfm's dj waxzy :)