PLAIN TALK

Leonard Horwin October 18, 2004

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Ballot Best Choice

Questions and Answers are cited below as “Q” and “A”

1. Q: To what ballot am I referring?

A: To the ones for choice on November 2, 2004 of President and Vice President of the United States.

2. Q: On the President’s Presidency, what is your idea of the best choice?

A: (1) One must note first the fact that my Plain Talk is governed by facts, not political parties.

(2) Also, it is determined in part by the events up to the date of casting the vote. That is because of the enormous voter responsibility in this election, in a world threatened by unprecedented terrorism, unprecedented access to weapons of mass destruction.

(3) At the time of his first-term election, I felt that Bush was a better choice than Gore because of national security assumptions.

That is not to demean Gore who has to be marked excellent on issues of the environment and others.

It is because of the assumptions from some of the past history of the Bush family and its relationship to then events, that I found Bush to be the better choice and stated accordingly in my Plain Talk

(4) Since November 2002, and especially since the U.S. war on Iraq and especially since the first debate this past week between Kerry and Bush, I am of the firm opinion as of this moment that the best choice for the U.S. electorate for President is Kerry and for Vice President, Edwards.

3. Q: What is my reason for choice of Kerry for President as between him and Bush?

A: (1) Kerry is by far the better informed and clearest of the two thinkers, as well as most likely to provide satisfactory leadership for the American people.

(2) Also, he has learned accordingly, in and from, the Viet Nam War, –and fought as well as protested publicly that the U.S. had no valid reason whatever for entering that essentially civil war in Asia and exposing the United States to enormous losses, including the enormous lying by Washington and otherwise with regard to our involvement and cost thereof.

(3) Bush relies essentially on evasion of the facts, as for example, –that we are winning rather than losing in Iraq, and that we can go on with the policy of huge war expenditures and even increase of concurrent battle fronts, plus reduction of U.S. taxes to pay for the wars and other expenses, especially tax reductions favoring those who are best able to pay.

(4) There is also a somber note in Bush’s declared leaks. That is, that he is entitled to rely on his version of God, for his War in Iraq and of the reconstruction of Iraq, as well as his abandonment of vital social issues as for example on the stem cell research to find the way out of Alzheimer.

(5) A further finding with regard to Bush is that there is an alarming rise in lies and the use of lies and corrupt practices, –as for example this President’s allowing Kenneth Lay of Enron practically to buy the Presidency with the huge funds furnished by Enron to Bush.

(6) As for vice president, –I find Dick Cheney very able, but altogether too susceptive to doubtful use of his vice presidential powers in influencing the President so that Cheney gets away with refusal to answer Congress’ questions with regard to his meetings with Enron, and his use of presidential powers or influence therein for enormous contracts affecting the present and future government of Iraq, favoring more expensive and perhaps less qualitative weapons, etc. and reconstruction contracts in favor of Cheney’s influenced Haliburton and certain contractors, etc.

(7) As to Democratic vice presidential candidate, John Edwards, I find Edwards’ record of business and social conduct, a clean and very able one, –fully able to meet his responsibilities to the next president as well as to the American people.

4. Q: In sum:

(1) For president of the United States commencing January 2005, –Plain Talk finds Kerry by far the best candidate for choice by the American electorate.

(2) For vice president, –Plain Talk finds John Edwards best choice for vice president of the United States commencing January 2005.

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cc: George W. Bush, President

Richard Cheney, Vice President

John Kerry, Senator & Presidential Candidate

John Edwards, Senator and VP Candidate

Colin Powell, Secretary of State

Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense

Condoleezza Rice, National Security

Advisor

Colonel Oliver North

Tom Ridge, Secretary of Homeland

Security

John Ashcroft, U.S. Attorney General

Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Great Britain

Jack Straw, British Foreign Secretary

Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the

U.S. House of Representatives

Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu, Economy Minister

for the Israeli Government

Israel’s “Women In Green”

National Unity Coalition for Israel

Arianna Huffington, Syndicated

Columnist

Oriana Fallaci, International Journalist,

Interviewer and Author

Yohanan Ramati, Chairman, Jerusalem

Institute for Western Defense

Gerardo Joffe, FLAME (Facts & Logic

About the Middle East)

Mortimer Zuckerman, Editor in Chief -

US News and World Report

Time Magazine

Washington Post - Attn: Bob Woodward

International Jerusalem Post

The Weekly Standard – Bill Kristol, Editor

The Wall Street Journal - Editorial and

p-Ed Department

Los Angeles Times, Op-Ed Department

Dr. and Mrs. Jordan Phillips,

Medical Books for China International