-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_btl/19990910_xcbtl_why_i_cant.shtml ">Why I can't vote for Bush</A> FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10 1999 • Joseph Farah is editor of WorldNetDaily.com and executive director of the Western Journalism Center, an independent group of investigative reporters. • ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Why I can't vote for Bush ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- America needs a radical change of direction. I feel certain the leading candidate for president of the United States is incapable of providing the leadership necessary to achieve an essential rededication to the constitutional principles of limited government and individual rights. That's why, under no circumstances, will I allow myself to vote for George W. Bush for president of the United States. He is not qualified because he, like so many other politicians today, does not believe in nor understand the Constitution. The final straw for me came when the Republican presidential candidate announced that he would not even try to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education if given the chance. "I don't think it should be abolished," said the Texas governor. "It ought to be made more effective." For me, that is game, set, match. There's plenty more double-talk from Double-U, but that's all I had to hear to know I will never, no matter who runs against Bush, vote for him for president. Just listen to this Clintonesque drivel: "The education department ought to be a place for sound science, sound thought, and ought to recognize that passing power back to the states and local authorities is the best way to lead to education reform. I don't believe we ought to federalize education. I trust local people to make the right decisions. But there is a place for the federal government to make sure people don't get left behind." Tell me, Double-U, where is that place for federal involvement in education in the Constitution? Can you show us? Or is that no longer even relevant to you and the party you represent? Even if Double-U's rhetoric was correct, there is little hope he could be trusted to carry out his word. In his 1994 campaign for governor, Bush said he wanted to abolish the Texas Education Agency. He later modified that position to abolishing only the regulatory functions of the agency after learning a local agency is a required element of receiving federal funds. In fact, Bush ended up backing efforts to increase the power of both the state agency and the Texas education commissioner, who is appointed by the governor. Bush obviously has similar plans for the nation. He says he wants to reform and expand the busybody Head Start preschool program to make it more academic. "The federal government spends a lot of money on Head Start. Head Start does a good job of providing healthy meals. I believe it ought to be an education program as well," Bush said. He wants the federal program reinvented as "a platform for reading," whatever that means. It's this kind of misguided and inexcusably fuzzy thinking that thoroughly and unequivocally disqualifies Bush as the leader America desperately needs for the future. I know. I know. The obvious next question is: "OK, Joe, who are you going to support? Who else can win? Isn't it better to have someone who might be occasionally right on the issues than someone who is wrong every single time?" The answer is: "No, it's not better -- not at this critical time in America's history." There's been too much damage done to America in the last 30 years. Bolder and more principled leadership is needed or this nation is going down the tubes. If the choice is Al Gore or George W., there is really no choice at all. 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