Comments | tams_alumni: Just for curiosity's sake

ratmist in tams_alumni

Just for curiosity's sake

Aug 08, 2004 02:30

I was wondering for whom TAMS Alumni may be voting in the November elections. Most people I meet in Britain ask me if I support Bush when they find out I'm American and Texan. I don't, and I intend to vote Democrat in the elections. I was wondering who will be voting and why. Also as a sidenote, does anyone has any memories of G W's ( Read more... )

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ratmist August 7 2004, 18:32:41 UTC

Ack. Sorry about the poor grammar. It was 2:30 am when I posted that.

cheeser1 August 7 2004, 18:44:43 UTC

I'd vote for Kerry if I could (but, I'm not a citizen ( ... )

esoretihw August 7 2004, 19:20:15 UTC

I haven't researched the presidental hopefuls much, but it seems like Kerry is committing to very little. I don't feel right voting for someone like that. On the otherhand, I don't really like some of the Bush politics. We'll see what they can come up with in the next few months.

throwing my vote away like the wind evel8yn August 7 2004, 19:41:09 UTC

Since Bush is going to win Texas no matter what, I will probably vote libertarian (Michael Badnarik and Richard Campagna). If I were in a swing state, I would probably vote Democrat, but I don't know. I don't know much about politics, but I know that I have major problems with both major political parties. I wish third (fourth, fifth) parties didn't equal throwing your vote away. Curse-a you, two-party system!

Re: throwing my vote away like the wind bsdcat August 7 2004, 21:27:33 UTC

I will probably be voting Badnarik as well. Kerry and Bush are nearly identical on civil liberty issues; Nader might be closer to how I really feel, but I'm not sure I trust him.

civil liberty ratmist August 8 2004, 03:47:58 UTC

Could you elaborate please? Kerry isn't for the 'Marriage Protection' amendment and instead he hedges his bets by supporting individual state's rights to govern themselves on the gay marriage issue. I think gay marriage should be legalised, along with marijuana, but I think there are enough differences between Kerry and Bush to warrant further investigation before throwing the vote away on Badnarik.

Re: civil liberty bsdcat August 8 2004, 09:43:44 UTC

OK, Kerry is better on that issue- I was mistaken. My understanding was that Kerry had voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, but he actually did not.

As for "throwing the vote away": nope. I'm going to vote for who I can vote for, period.

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stephanometra August 7 2004, 21:47:14 UTC

Most likely writing in Cthulhu. Can't vote for either Bush or Kerry in good conscience, Badnarik's a nut, and everyone else sucks even worse. God bless Texas.