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Originally posted by Stare At The Sun
Im going to vote for kerry. Lesser of two evils i think. even though i would like to see a libertarian president....
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"Libertarian president?" Can that exist?
No offense, of course.
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Originally posted by Giltwist
Neither. I am going to vote for Ralph Nader. Here's why. I may be a registered Republican, but I, for one, am sick of GW. If a different Republican were to run, I might vote for him, but its a bit late for that isn't it. So, do I vote for Kerry? Heck no. I am not in any way convinced that Kerry will do any better a job than GW. If you look at some of the recent polls you will see that I am not alone. The majority of people are dissatisfied with Bush's handling of the war. HOWEVER, the polls are practically 50/50 between Bush and Kerry. This means, although they don't like Bush, people don't see a reason to shift their vote to Kerry.... However, I am not so blind as to see that the US is not quite ready for an independant candidate to win, but if nobody votes for them now, there will never be a victorious independant candidate.
When did we stop voting for the best candidate and start voting for the candidate who will do the least damage?
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Well, consider that GW is an incumbent... so that "50/50" is more like "50/25/25 who just vote incumbent 'because he's doing a good job' "
And while I agree on principle with voting independent or Green, I just don't see a third party candidate EVER becoming president with our current system. Sorry. Maybe I'm jaded. Heh.
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I'm another 40+ GWB fan. Finally, we have a president with a moral compass that actually does what he says he is going to do.
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Does what he says he is going to do? "We WILL find weapons of mass destruction." (among others...) Sorry, I'm not convinced.
Also, when doing what you say you're going to do means ignoring the will of the general populace... is that a GOOD thing? Er.