I'm actually disturbed by the fact that, after listening to Kerry in the last debate, I find myself in the position of not only voting against Bush but for Kerry. His honesty in recognizing his own socio-economic status, his support for a more just redistribution of wealth via a higher tax rate on those making over 200,000 dollars a year, for stem-cell research for organized labor, and for health-care for the millions has really impressed me. I'm still angry at him for backing away from his earlier position on Israel's illegal "security" barrier ("It's a barrier to peace") and for calling for more troops in Iraq, but it his ardent criticism of the administration for taking us there in the first place and his calls to make the occupation a genuine international (as opposed to imperial American) undertaking are a step in the right direction. I can only hope that once he is elected he would put the military on the fast track to leaving the country and would also act as a more impartial mediator in the conflict over Palestine. On the latter I think there is more hope then there currently is under Bush and even then there would have been under Gore (who picked a militant Zionist as his VP candidate). Only time will tell, but I have the feeling I'll still be out in the streets protesting the actions of a Kerry administration vis-a-vis Palestine. But, I hope, I would be doing so secure in the knowledgethat domestic affairs are in better, more progressive hands.