Why to Vote

[substitute]

I hear the same thing each election: "It makes no difference" or "They're all the same" or "My party/candidate/entire system betrayed me again." And therefore, one more of my friends doesn't vote. Most of my friends are somewhere on the left, and I want you to vote

Comments

[perich]

The Democrats have backed down so much in the last 20 years that they're currently Eisenhower Republicans.

I love this and may quote it extensively.

However, cynic that I am (see my post tomorrow), I will concede that the Democrats have been largely better than the Republicans on women's reproductive rights.

[planetdracula]

OK, totally not trying to get caustic here, but you happen to have landed on an area about which I am really passionate.

If you are a woman, or have women in your family, or if you just like women, please vote for the Democratic party candidate. The Republican Party has almost uniformly opposed women's reproductive rights.

So has the Democratic party.

http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2010/03/24/obama-hosts-anti-abortion-signing-ceremony/

This president's utter & total betrayal of the brave women & men who worked on the frontlines of the struggle to gain abortion rights is revolting, and is part of a party-wide strategy. One can argue that between the two parties who're willing to sell out women's rights for votes, the Democrats will sell out fewer. But the Democratic party does not get to tout itself as the pro-choice party. It isn't. It sells out choice at the first sign of opportunity.

[substitute]

You're right. That is a shocking betrayal and I hadn't known about it until today.

[berg74]

He's just hoping to get a second term, by appealing to the conservative portion of the population. Poor guy has just been screwed from the start.