I am voting for Bush

[MissTaken]

Are you?

 

[WriterDom]

My vote is meaningless. I've only seen one Kerry bumper sticker this year. But I'll vote for Bush. I wouldn't vote for anyone, republican or democrat, who grew up planning to be president.

 

[MissTaken]

My vote is meaningless. I've only seen one Kerry bumper sticker this year. But I'll vote for Bush. I wouldn't vote for anyone, republican or democrat, who grew up planning to be president.

Bingo!

It appears to be quite a game for Kerry.

One that he isn't playing well.

 

[ShyGuy68]

"I won't be voting because...." I don't live in the States

But to be honest, I prefer Kerry to become the next US President.

 

[Krinaia]

not really any one else's business i say

 

[PyroDemon]

Kerry is a idiot, Bush is a killer for profit. I'll vote Nader if I can't get the "Slut" party on the ballot.

SLUT party motto: Vote for us, atleast you know we are going to fuck you.

 

[MissTaken]

not really any one else's business i say

My mother brought me up to believe our voting was our personal and private obligation as US citizens.

Makes sense.

However, I didn't always do what my mom told me!



I am simply curious to see how a vote here would go. Feel free to vote anonymously, if you wish.

If not, it's just a lit thread!

 

[Netzach]

I am voting for anything other than Bush, in this case Kerry.

personally, I don't give a flying F about what either of these people did 35 years ago, I think this is the biggest non-issue in politics since Clinton's blowjob.

I'm basing that decision on the geopolitical scene now, the economy now, and the shifts I think are happening in what we believe government is for. I also can't vote for a party that conflates those who support the lesbian wedding I went to last week with people who supported Hitler. (really)

We could go on and on. But I really can't understand how someone can value their sexual freedoms and vote republican this time around, no personal affronts intended.

 

[Caitlynne]

I am voting for anything other than Bush, in this case Kerry.

personally, I don't give a flying F about what either of these people did 35 years ago, I think this is the biggest non-issue in politics since Clinton's blowjob.

I'm basing that decision on the geopolitical scene now, the economy now, and the shifts I think are happening in what we believe government is for. I also can't vote for a party that conflates those who support the lesbian wedding I went to last week with people who supported Hitler. (really)

We could go on and on. But I really can't understand how someone can value their sexual freedoms and vote republican this time around, no personal affronts intended.

I don't usually take the easy way out, but on this occasion I find myself irresistibly compelled to say...........


WHAT SHE SAID!!!!

 

[AngelicAssassin]

... killer for profit.

Name a war that hasn't had profit or religion behind it, and i'll put your name down as a write-in candidate.

This year comes down to a contest between milk dud and pop rocks.

Neither will satisfy you, no matter how you vote.

 

[A Desert Rose]

Name a war that hasn't had profit or religion behind it, and i'll put your name down as a write-in candidate.

This year comes down to a contest between milk dud and pop rocks.

Neither will satisfy you, no matter how you vote.

Then I vote for Reese's peanut butter cups... they always satisfy me. And I hate milk duds, anyway.

 

[crimsonlace]

Name a war that hasn't had profit or religion behind it, and i'll put your name down as a write-in candidate.

This year comes down to a contest between milk dud and pop rocks.

Neither will satisfy you, no matter how you vote.

What he said!

 

[Raeth]

Same as some of the posts above me. Voting for anyone that has a chance at pushing Bush out of office. With my wife being in Iraq right now, the thought of him getting another term scares the shit out of me.

I was watching one of the old Bush/Gore debates on c-span last night. (I have no life) It was fun to hear Bush lying out of his ass, and all he ever said in response to anything was that Gore was "using scare tactics to frighten people into voting for him" Hmmm... who does that remind me of in this election?

Besides the major problems I have with Bush, there are just so many little things he does that upset me. Like this whole thing with him pushing a marriage amendment. Just what we need, another reason for people to treat others like they are less in this country. We don't need religion taking over our government.

I can't think of one truly positive event under Bush... 9/11 wasn't his fault, but it seemed to give him a really good excuse to play with all of his presidential toys. Of course when Osama didn't just fall into his lap he found a perfect distraction for the american people... Iraq. It's amazing how when you turn on the news you hear about anything but Osama.

I just don't think he has proven himself. The economy hasn't been amazing, the job situation isn't exactly great, we invaded a country with "inteligence" that might as well have been written by a tabloid, in the war on terror we have lost most of our allies, about 1,000 troops have died, and everytime I call my cell phone company I end up talking with someone in India.

Everytime I am on the phone with my wife and sirens go off telling her to put on her kevlar, or watch the news and see a car bomb attacked her compound, I just want to find that damn "Mission Accomplished" banner, and shove it up the president's ass!

That's why I will take my chances with Kerry.

 

[catalina_francisco]

I am voting for anything other than Bush, in this case Kerry.

personally, I don't give a flying F about what either of these people did 35 years ago, I think this is the biggest non-issue in politics since Clinton's blowjob.

I'm basing that decision on the geopolitical scene now, the economy now, and the shifts I think are happening in what we believe government is for. I also can't vote for a party that conflates those who support the lesbian wedding I went to last week with people who supported Hitler. (really)

We could go on and on. But I really can't understand how someone can value their sexual freedoms and vote republican this time around, no personal affronts intended.

Have to say we think a lot alike in such things. I think western politics are skating on scary ice, but many either are not wanting to see the reality, or need the ultimate to happen before they sit up and take notice. Freedom is a well touted myth of politicians which many believe they still have but which disappears in greater magnitude each year. (didn't the US government order airlines in the US this week to hand over all details of everyone flying on their flights within the US in June, not to mention the necessity to give DNA now if you visit, and theier atempts to get the right to check electronic mail without reason?....something which no doubt already takes place).

Australia will be facing the same voting problem shortly, and added to their dilemma will be the wonderful Pauline Hanson who has decided to stand for parliament again....doubt she has changed her views which follow along the lines that indigenous people were cannibals and are neurologically deficient because they have smaller brains (false BTW)..and they just get too much help; women should be grateful to men for all they have done for women; abused women and rape victims usually either ask for it or make it all up; homosexuality is an illness which needs to be stamped out; migrants should be stopped from entering and staying in the country; welfare should be cut to almost non-existent levels..and the list of stupidity and myths continue everytime she opens her mouth. I am ashamed to admit my mother once voted for her because ' she wears such lovely designer clothes'. Needless to say, my mother and I have different political values in many ways.

Catalina

 

[spankableBelle]

We could go on and on. But I really can't understand how someone can value their sexual freedoms and vote republican this time around, no personal affronts intended.

Yeah, I never really have been understood...smiles

I'll be voting for Bush.

 

[dirtywhiteboy]

Hmmmm, I wonder how many Bush supporters really even know much about Kerry excet what you've heard in the TV ads and from the spin doctors.

I would think an intelligent person would watch the debates and then decide.....

I fully expect Kerry will impress alot of people when he goes toe-to-toe with GWB.....may even wipe that smug little smirk right off his face....

 

[MT_Pitcher]

If the election wasn't so damn important I'd vote for a pink rhino before all of them.
But in this case I'd have to vote for the one who scares me the least.
That would be Kerry.

Now if we could have a vote on whether neo-cons should be hung or shot, then I might have a hard choice to make...

 

[MastrJ]

Kerry all the way. I don't particularly like the guy, I was really hoping Clarke would get the nomination. However, at this point I just want Bush out of the damn White House.

 

[AngelicAssassin]

With my wife being in Iraq right now, the thought of him getting another term scares the shit out of me.

Out of curiosity, why is she in Iraq?

 

[m wisdom]

http://www.usemycomputer.com/indeximages/2004/September/votesmith.jpg

 

[graceanne]

I agree with what Angelic Assassin said. My hubby and I are so sick of voting for the lesser of two evils. We wish a true leader would stand up and go up for vote. But then, I don't believe that good guys get that far in politics. I'm not saying all politicians are lyers, just the ones who get far enough for the country to hear about them. *sigh*

 

[catalina_francisco]

I would think an intelligent person would watch the debates and then decide.....

I fully expect Kerry will impress alot of people when he goes toe-to-toe with GWB.....may even wipe that smug little smirk right off his face....

LOL, and I have to question the intelligence of a President who remarks how he has noticed a lot of immigrants these days are coming from outside the United States......hmmm, duh?!! He and Pauline would get on famously.

Catalina

 

[WriterDom]

[B
I would think an intelligent person would watch the debates and then decide.....

I fully expect Kerry will impress alot of people when he goes toe-to-toe with GWB.....may even wipe that smug little smirk right off his face.... [/B]

Bush retired Ann Richards and Al Gore. And is ahead in most states over Kerry. Pretty good record for a stupid man.

People will vote for someone they like. And half of the Kerry supportors can't stand him. I don't know how Kerry would do as president, but most people will admit that he hasn't run a good campaign so far.

Will anyone admit that they like John Kerry?

 

[millieteases]

George W. Bush is one of the most dangerous people ever to be placed in the White House.

He does not respect the Constitution - witness the Patriot Act.

He's more concerned about proving he has a bigger dick than his father - another disaster as a President - and thus invaded Iraq fully knowing that the intelligence that had been provided to him was faulty. If you think he didn't know that take a look at his statements and actions prior to 9-11. He and his cohorts were planning the war from the time he started running for office - it's more about avenging his father's loss than freeing the Iraqi people.

He's also just stupid, and so are many advising him. If a foreign power had invaded the U.S. in a similar fashion, do you think the Americans wouldn't be resisting that invasion in the same way the Iraqis are resisting the U.S. invasion of their country? Why didn't they bother to think about this before they committed troops?

Economically, he's stupid - and stupid as only Ronald Reagan was - remember, after he was shot he was never competent to be President - he was just given a script, propped up, and he delivered as only an actor can - which was about all he could manage between the physical deterioration from the assasination attempt and the mental deterioration from the onset of Alzehiemer's. (I wish neither on anybody, especially a President of the U.S., but those supporting him willingly deceived the U.S. people). Anybody who believes that lowering taxes and raising spending - without offsetting cuts to other programs, will result in a balanced budget is welcome to lend me money at 0% interest, payback to start 1000 years from today, with no right to approach my survivors for repayment.

Am I bitter, yes, I am. The brilliance of the U.S. system is that we can get a President-select like W and their isn't rioting in the streets, and they don't need weapons to put him into office. But the time has come to rid the U.S. of this cancer of a President. We need to turn-out and turn him out. Let him go back to running private companies into the ground and get off the public teat.

Ok, so I hate Bush. Why do I prefer Kerry?

First, he's someone different - I dislike Bush so much that I'd vote for that mythical yellow dog before I'd vote for him.

Second, Democrats tend to be better for the economy. They don't always act on it, but they know how to add, subtract, divide and multiply. Bottom line, they know that if you spend money you don't have it causes problems in the long run. Clinton was a pig, but at least he got us to a balanced budget.

Third, at least he went to Vietnam and has been in a fire fight. He knows he'll have to clean up the mess the Bushies started, and he at least has a small appreciation of what our soldiers, sailors, marines and flyers are going through. Bush hid out in the Guard, and can't/won't provide the records that he showed up for the minimal commitment he made back then. If you think they got destroyed accidentally, you think that the U.S. goverment and every elected official ever to serve in it has never done anything illegal, underhanded, or immoral in its history. I, with admittedly no proof, figure he was stumbling through that part of his life in the alcoholic and very probably cocaine-induced haze that characterized his life before his "conversion."

Fourth, the man understands the words compromise and cooperate. The Republican Party is conducting a search and destroy mission - they take no prisoners. With a Democrat in office we have a small chance of putting their attack on the constitution and the American people in check, at least for a few years.

Fifth, the man won't spend his every waking moment trying to piss off the rest of the world. Bush enjoys being seen as a loner, the rugged American, showing the world the path to righteousness. The American system works pretty well, but you aren't going to convince others to adopt it, or something like it, by invading them and forcing them into it.

Sixth, Kerry will spend less time trying to invade my personal life. If you think stuff like Literotica will continue to exist, and that you will be free to comment on politics, explore your sexuality, or even dabble in non-evangelical Christian religions when Bush and his chosen successors are finished, you are sadly mistaken. They are working on a return to the Christian Theocracy the Pilgrims envisioned and won't be happy until it is established. Their ignorance of history - remember Rhode Island? and how well it's leader got along with the leader who kicked him out of Massachusetts later on? - shows this. Bush doesn't remember Roger Williams, and what's more, he, Ashcroft, Rumsfeld, Cheney and the rest of the Republican Christian Taliban don't know or don't care.

Seventh, Life's no box of chocolates. (Read the book, ignore the movie.) The world might survive four more years of W, but it will be hard. Under Bush, Freedoms will be restricted, war and terrorism will continue, the environment will deteriorate, and we'll all be a lot less free to think what we want and believe as we want. Under Kerry we'll probably suffer through much of the same, but the light at the end of the tunnel will be spiritual, economic, and religious freedoms - not the freight train of one set of beliefs for everybody.

And we won't all be wearing sexy little schoolgirl outfits, either - think nice prison grey jumpsuits for everyone who has the temerity to think for him or herself.

Getting down off my soapbox now.

Millie - not teasing so much today.

 

[cjh]

I wish I could say it as forcefully and as gracefully as Millie. Right on!