This book angers me tremendously, not in and of itself, but in regard to the complementary book that will never — could never — exist. That book is of course "Bush's Plan for America", and the reason it can never exist is that as soon as anybody read it, they'd ride him out of Washington on a rail. It is refreshing to have a politician present a detailed set of values and the outline of a real plan, and to have them explicitly state that they intend to be held accountable to it if they are elected. And this is exactly what the Kerry/Edwards ticket has done. This book presents their plan to increase security, rebuild America's moral standing, strengthen the economy, and improve both education and health care.

It is unlikely that any American voter would agree with Kerry and Edwards on every part of their plan, but a side-by-side comparison of it with the record of the Bush administration reveals that nearly every item in the Kerry/Edwards plan is a step in the right direction. Given the deceitful, spin-happy, "if you're not with us, you're a traitor" attitude of the incumbent, it's not hard to make a strong case to any voter with enough conscience and intelligence to read a book like this.

I'm not a Democrat, but I can point to dozens of moral crimes against America committed by Bush, Cheney, Ashcroft, Rice, and the rest of their twisted, deceitful administration. I'm disgusted with the way they manipulate the media — coming within inches of bald-faced lies, knowing that the media won't point out the abuses of the truth. I'm also disgusted with the way they are treating John Kerry. For all his faults, Kerry has a long and honorable public record. Although Bush was a drunk for nearly all of his adult life, and almost certainly shirked his National Guard duties during Vietnam, and Cheney is a bonafide corporate criminal, Kerry and his campaign have focused their venom almost exclusively on Bush's policies. In contrast, the Bush campaign twists every Kerry speech into an out-of-context soundbite that tries to make Kerry look weaker than Bush.

I hope that a lot of American voters read this book. You can download it for free at Kerry's web site .