All About McCain

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Wow, scaeagles and i are both protestation abstaining from voting for our respective party's candidates in state's where they each have a total lock.


The similarities are eerie.

I'm not abstaining, but I am writing in the person I thought would be a far better choice to run our country at this moment in time, Hillary Clinton. Like scaeagles and iSm, I can afford to do this because Kansas is a lock for McCain; if I thought it would be close, I'd vote for Obama. I think he will be fine but he wasn't my choice.

Another thing influencing my decision is my 8yo daughter. She caucused with me (for Clinton) she has been interested in the election and was excited by the idea of a woman president (although that was not the reason I supported Clinton, just a bonus). She has always gone to vote with me and, since she was old enough, has actually pushed the pertinent buttons (or filled in the circles if I voted early). I want her to know that you don't HAVE to tread the party line. That in this country, you are free to vote for whomever you believe in; that we have a 2 party system but it is not the be all end all of how (or for whom) you must vote.

So, this election, I will vote my conscience and in doing so, teach O a little about the political process along the way. (And then we'll move onto the electoral college which oughta really screw with her head.)

[dlrp_bopazot]

hey here in France we've got French friies and Pizza with Mc Cain brand



would you like to eat a Mc Cain tonight to taste . I can ship a Mc Cain if you d like lol

[Strangler Lewis]

What if they gave an election and nobody came?

(Actually, there's probably an answer for that in each state's rules for choosing electors in case of a tie.)

[3894]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

What if they gave an election and nobody came?

I think the decision not to vote is boneheaded. This election is not about the candidates themselves. It's about the war, health care reform, and economics. Surely you can vote about those, even if you can't get behind a candidate.

Now back to my favorite subject: Gov. Palin. Don't you hate that term "Joe Six Pack"? Especially since her state of Alaska has dismal stats on alcohol abuse and its Medusa-hair of related problems: drunk driving, suicide, sexual assault, fetal alcohol syndrome ...

As my husband says, "Six beers is drunk, Governor Palin".

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by 3894

Don't you hate that term "Joe Six Pack"?

Nah ... i always think of a dude with good abs.





And I respectfully disagree about abstaining to vote for president, as I will be doing. That's NOT the same as abstaining to vote. I WILL be voting in this election, just not for the candidate I support from the choice of two. Since there's no way Obama can lose my state, I can "afford" for the sake of the war, healthcare, etc., to vote my conscience. BTW, I do not support Obama's stance on lots of important issues, the War first amongst them. He cannot get my vote when that vote won't matter a whit.

[3894]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I WILL be voting in this election, just not for the candidate I support from the choice of two.

Now I remember you're a Biden fan, iSm. Me, too.

[€uroMeinke]

The choice not to vote is also a choice. Election Boycots happen all over the world, especially to protest sham choices.

[3894]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

The choice not to vote is also a choice.

I see your Jean-Paul Sartre and raise you an Albert Camus.

[JWBear]

Ugh... Just, ugh.

Proof that a vote for McCain is a vote for the same Republican nastiness we've seen for the last 8 years.

[Gemini Cricket]

I see JW's ugh and I raise him a Fey. And when I say 'Fey' I don't mean my mannerisms.