I voted for George W. Bush

I did, and I did it twice. I am not one bit ashamed of it and I think I made the right decision based on the candidates that were running. I still think the Cheney is there because he thinks he is doing what is right (I mean the guy is rich and has heart problems so he ain't doing it for the money). Those that hate me for that can do as you will but I think I did the right thing. I have no Idea who to vote for this time around. Nobody is worth a shit or stands for anything.

You know, I used to want to yell at people for voting for him, but I've realized something:

Don't blame the voters, blame the damn system: Was Kerry/Gore any better? Who picked them out? (Iowa, New Hampshire )

I'm just voting Dent for DA. He'll make the streets safer!

Two good quotes I've run into again lately.

It's good for a man to have enemies. It means he's stood for something at some point in his life. - Winston Chuchill

Make your enemies on purpose, not on accident. - Alfred Bester

Bush did the first, but sucked at the second.

I am just hoping that edwards does not win for the democrats. He really is the bottom feeder and the lowest of the low. I would rather Hillary or obama get it than that creep. A fucking phone book lawyer, from my state. He is an example of what is wrong with Anmerica. He represents the lawyer lobby. What people don't really understand is that when lawyers win, everybody loses.

Those states are the epitome of the entitlement mentality.

Presuming to think they can tell the other 48 who their candidates should be.

Poll numbers are constantly presented as to who is ahead in NH or IA, while national opinion polls are footnotes.

And some candidates have the audacity to boycott states who dare to also consider their opinion worthy of consideration.

I would love nothing better than to see Michigan go red next fall. Grand Rapids does anchor Michigan's republican country

That's why I'm not voting Democratic in November, period.

Hell, I wish we made the winners of our primaries and given them the spot on the ballot automatically as a big "fuck you right back" to the DNC and the candidates.

No one wants to be President or Vice President for the money.

They do it for the power.

Y'know, you say something like this on average once a week, but you never go into more detail than this.

I asked you last week why you thought Bush was "doing the right thing" (your words) and didn't get an answer.

Now I'll ask you what "right" you think Cheney is doing, and you won't answer that, either.

That tells me you just keep repeating those phrases to comfort yourself, but they really have no meaning.

What I have found to be rather ironic about Edwards and his campaign is how he likes to talk about the have's and have not's and how expensive medical care is. Yet nobody seems to question him about how he feels about being somewhat responsible for our medical costs having increased as a result of his ambulance chasing.

I blame the parties for their ignorant ass promise to those two states that they would always be first, and for their shortsightedly allowing the states to all try to rush to the front of the line.

Frankly, I think they should rotate it.

Do five states at a time, two weeks apart. and do not group the five regionally, but take a representative sample. Be sure that the delegate count is balanced so that no one of the five is ignored (i.e., group five together who have few delegates or five together who have many)

Always be sure the big delegate state are in the second half of the process (no fair having someone win NY and California the first primary and be so far out in front he can't be caught.

What you do is take the five groups which have the lowest total delegate count and rotate them over the first five primaries....once every 20 years one of those groups gets to go first

the other five groups with the higher counts go in the last five primaries and rotate


In other words, do it so every American gets a chance to be important in the process at least a couple of times in their voting life.

But then, who ever really thought the party power structure was really looking out for you and me anyway?

I did, but a long long long long time ago.

Hey, we can't all be Mensa material.

You shouldn't be ashamed. You voted who you thought was best. That's all you can do.

I voted for John Kerry, because I wasn't convinced Bush was the better choice. After weeks and weeks of going back and forth between the two candidates, I had read up on each one of them, learning as much as I could and still the decision took a while. I stood in that voting booth for 20 minutes on just that one decision. After that time, I made the selection. You see, I didn't have very many good options, and I thought perhaps Kerry could do some good. You win some, you lose some. But either way, you always vote who you think is best for the job. Personally, I don't care as long as you vote. Too many people not voting, causes problems in the system.

J.

Not voting is generally an indication that people are dissatisfied to the extent where they believe that their vote makes no difference.

You're voting for 2 face?

And as long as they DON'T vote, it won't make a difference.
I've voted in several elections where my candidate DIDN'T win - but at least that candidate didn't win by one MORE vote.
And those that don't vote and then bitch about what the politicians are doing have no right to complain - they didn't care enough to try and get their person in office.

What if you don't have any candidate who you remotely identify with and think it doesn't make a difference anyway?

In that case, voting merely legitimises a broken system.

When I don't vote, it isn't because I'm apathetic to the political process, it's because I'm a lazy fuck.

I haven't registered where I currently live, I need to, but in order to do so, I'll have to take a day off. I work about 30 minutes away from the courthouse and I couldn't do it during my lunch hour.

Bull.

If you vote an idiot into office, you have no right to complain.

I however, who did not take part in the mess you made, have every right to complain.

Sure. All you lazy/making a statement/whatever people who don't vote should stay home.

Multiplies MY vote quite nicely, thank you.

Nah, I vote.

I hold my nose, but I vote.

I thought he was a loose canon fuckstick before he was appointed. And I still think he's a loose canon fuckstick now. And I don't think I'm right. Having seen Bush in action, I know I'm right.

Even with this grand, lucid hindsight everyone is so fucking proud of, I still don't see Gore or Kerry as a better choice than Bush. I wouldn't endorse any of them as my leader.

I hope you wash your hands afterwards as well!

I know I do whenever I do anything dirty and shameful like wipe my ass, masturbate, and vote...

Indeed, and that is part of the problem, the democrats didn't offer anyone better. As much as people point out that the fringe right controls the republicans, they ignore that the fringe left controls the democrats.

If the dems actually nominated a Sam Nunn type, they would have won easily.

Alright, you wanna know?

I voted Gore and Kerry knowing damned well they'd lose.

This time, Hillary could possibly win, so I'll probably have to write someone in to be able to look in the mirror.

For me, it's all about voting against.

So, the solution is for both main political parties to diverge even into even more of a centrist muddle where nobody can tell the difference?

Fuck that shit.

How could you be so sure they'd lose, Dicky?!?!?

Because I'm smaaaaart!