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Superbelt · 11-10-2004, 08:04 AM

Ya know what. No, not a good explanation.
You vote for a candidate who is on record as wanting a hate amendment, you just endorsed that view.
I voted for Kerry, there is nothing in Kerry's views that I am fundamentally opposed to. If Kerry was proposing to outlaw all guns, or was supporting a hate amendment, I couldn't put my vote behind him. No matter if everything else about him I agreed with, the utter wrongness of those positions would force me to look elsewhere. No matter how much I want to see Bush out of office. I have to live with, and at least be able to accept being saddled with any position that someone I voted for is pushing. Can anyone who is opposed to banning gay marriage, but voted for Bush really live with a Constitutional Amendment against gay marriage? With Kerry, I don't LIKE his approval of the Assault Weapons Ban, but I can live with it.

When you vote for someone who has a position you are fundamentally opposed to, just because the other guy is worse, you voted lesser of two evils.
And you still got evil.

11-10-2004, 08:04 AM	#8 (permalink)
Superbelt This vexes me. I am terribly vexed. Location: Grantville, Pa	Ya know what. No, not a good explanation. You vote for a candidate who is on record as wanting a hate amendment, you just endorsed that view. I voted for Kerry, there is nothing in Kerry's views that I am fundamentally opposed to. If Kerry was proposing to outlaw all guns, or was supporting a hate amendment, I couldn't put my vote behind him. No matter if everything else about him I agreed with, the utter wrongness of those positions would force me to look elsewhere. No matter how much I want to see Bush out of office. I have to live with, and at least be able to accept being saddled with any position that someone I voted for is pushing. Can anyone who is opposed to banning gay marriage, but voted for Bush really live with a Constitutional Amendment against gay marriage? With Kerry, I don't LIKE his approval of the Assault Weapons Ban, but I can live with it. When you vote for someone who has a position you are fundamentally opposed to, just because the other guy is worse, you voted lesser of two evils. And you still got evil. Last edited by Superbelt; 11-10-2004 at 08:07 AM..