"We need a change... A new face..."

The sentiment yet again held by many Kerry "supporters". I got an email from a dear friend of mine today. While I love her dearly, we do not agree on political issues. She is voting for Kerry this year (if she's registered ;) Love ya girl!). She said in her email to me that she felt that as someone who had never been President before, it would be understandable for him not to know HOW he was gonna do something. She then said, "I think politics are so complicated that even if he wanted to do something one way, he might have to do it another way or at a later time." hmmm... an excuse for "Flip-Flopping" perhaps? He has been in the Senate for 20 years. That's a pretty long time to figure out how things run, and if you're running for President, you better have done enough research to know what to do.
President Bush was often called underqualified, said not to have enough experience for the job of President. I can tell you one thing, he knew during the 2000 debates what he planned on doing, and HOW he was gonna do them.
One thing that makes me a little angry are the allegations of being in debt, and it being the Bush's fault. The "surplus" you hear Kerry talking about is from Social Security. When the barrier between the budget and Social Security was removed back in the 1960's, an illusion of surplus came into everyone's minds, and that's why we face the problem of my generation not having Social Security benefits down the road. THAT is NOT Bush's fault. It has been a gradual problem for the last almost 40 years. To say we started off with a surplus and Bush has gotten us into debt is ridiculous. There was no surplus to begin with. The government has been taking from Social Security what they felt they needed.