Thu, 07/24/2008 - 5:27pm — knotmyline
I have simple needs and to obtain my vote the Democratic and Republican candidates can easily meet them.
- Dismantle all of the faith based creations of his predecessors.
- Eliminate “Don’t ask, don’t tell”.
- Appoint a substantial number of gays and minorities to leadership posts in our military services and truly integrate our military.
- Put the criminals from prior administrations in jail, now!
- Restore the personal freedoms of Americans.
- There is no other candidate on the ballot.
- Someone puts a gun to my head and forces me to vote.
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I am temperamentally uncomfortable with being politically irrelevant, so I have set much lower
standards for my vote. You can get mine simply by
A) Be one of the two major party candidates.
B) Do not be quite as smelly a horse's butt as the other major party bozo.
Not exactly a joyful choice, but there it is, and it beats irrelevance, at least for me. YMMV.
Horselover Fat
"A lie told often enough becomes truth."
- V. I. Lenin
H F
YMMV....
Not exactly a joyful choice, but there it is, and it beats irrelevance, at least for me. YMMV.
Well, my reason for not voting is simple. They both will suck as President, and not voting means that I don't have to give a thought to scraping off my "Don't Blame Me, I Didn't Vote for Him" bumper sticker.
I would love to hear from Obama
on those new HHS regulations....
Being Politically Irrelevant
Horselover Fat
In my mind voting for the lesser of two evils would be politically irrelevant and politically dishonest. Since I see Obama and McCain as two sides of the same worthless coin, my vote for one will validate the policies of the other. My hope is that if we all get together and vote for a truly progressive candidate and as a result the Democrats lose the election, then perhaps this time they will get the message and in the next election we will get a candidate that WILL make a difference.
I was just kidding
when I indicated my vote has relevance per se, as my state is way too red for that to be so. I tried voting third party in 1980, but after a couple of years of Reagan promised myself "never again."
As far as expressing dissatisfaction with party leaders, my preferred tactic is nastygrams in the reply envelopes from fundraising appeals - money appears to be something these people understand.
Horselover Fat
"A lie told often enough becomes truth."
- V. I. Lenin
H F