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Don't give your vote or your money to the Democrats. They thought the first Clinton was a good idea. This other Clinton is at bottom a Socialist. Neither is good for the Republic.
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I'll take the worst Clinton over the best Bush.
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I'll take who ever isn't beholden to greed or power. In other words to the guillotine with 'em all! Err, probably 3rd party again.
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I would like to see the networks cover more than two candidates. I think anyone who gets registered in all 50 states should be given equal time. Bush would not have survived a three way debate with Kerry and McCain. Two genuine blooded veterans against a stuffed uniform. Since Bush was technically in the service, I will not call him a chicken hawk, but there is no way anyone who has not actually been on the line can appreciate war the way someone who has been can. |
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But the debates mean little-to-nothing, ultimately, and the only good they'll ever really do is giving coverage to otherwise-unknown third party candidates, which I really wish would happen--except it won't, because the debates are agreed upon by the candidates, and no Rep or Dem candidate would ever want to admit there were other options out there. |
The McCain-Feingold Act is a nightmare. It makes it virtually impossible for third parties to grow, and to raise money. It has destroyed the reform party, and caused such major re-structuring in the LP, I doubt we'll ever recover.
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True enough. I understand that it did virtually nothing as far as the campaign finance parts, but what is the sense of restricting issue-oriented (as opposed to candidate oriented) advertising prior to an election?
I don't know about you guys, but I make voting choices based on issues, not based on the personality of a candidate. |
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Also, noone can say that they didn't get a good look at the candidates. For all of the rehearsal, Bush came across as a pure social conservative. Looking at that debate, everyone knew what his position on stem cells would be. If %30 of the Republican party wasn't made up of single-issue social conservatives who will basically be willing to stifle any reservations and vote, then Bush would have lost the election. Essentially, since the single minded people are making it a point to vote, it is the responsibility of people who do actually watch and decide to also vote, in the primaries and the election. |
I figure either Jeb Bush or a member of the Saudi royal family. Decisions, decisions.. :3_eyes:
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Unfortunately it has to be said over and over.........and over. :( |
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An informed group of voters is necessary in a democracy. What we have now is neither informed or democratic. |
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People expect everything to be handed to them on a silver platter. They may admit that you have to work for your dollar, but they figure that all responsibility ends there. Wrong. If you want your kids to grow up right, you have to come home from work and help them with their school work. If you want your SO to be there for you, you have to do something besides come home and open up a cold one and zone out in front of the Simpson's. If you don't want your house to fall apart, you have to work 40 hours a week and spend a weekend now and then painting the exterior of your house or mowing the lawn. If you want to remain a member of a democracy, you have to vote and make sure your vote is a well informed one. Right now, we have a government of slaves who come home and zone out on the tube or beer. Why the complaints? You got what you put into it, America. |
As an aside, has anyone seen the story from Kentucky? If there's ever been a case of the coverup being worse than the crime...
The crime: patronage - giving jobs to campaign contributers. The coverup: The Governor issues blanket pardons to anyone who might have been involved except himself, requests that the investigation therefore be dropped, and then pleads the fifth. Of course, it is hard to say what the actual effect will be, since legally speaking a pardon must be accepted to take effect, and such acceptance is an admission of guilt (again, legally speaking). |
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