Joe wrote:I don't really like lesser evil voting.
I agree. I don't like the two-party system, either. But this election is just a little bit different from the rest. I am very serious when I say that I want this asshole
out of office, and his disillusioned former supporters casting write-in votes or just opting out entirely is not going to do it.
It only encourages them. Besides, JK's just Ted Kennedy minus the manslaughter, anyway. I can't vote for that.
You're effectively throwing a vote Bush's way if you don't. I hate to say it, because I felt that it was unfair to say to people who voted for Nader in 2000, but it's the harsh truth. This country can't afford another 4 years of Bush and more importantly, Bush's cronies, at the helm.
The main reason I'm going to the polls at all is to cast a futile vote against that gay marriage ban that's up for referendum in Georgia. I would skip out altogether otherwise.
If you skip the presidential election, then you've got no business complaining if/when Bush gets reelected. You don't like Christian fundamentalism in the government? Then vote
against it in November.
The Kernel wrote:Agreed. John Kerry might make some bad decisions on fiscal policy, but even if he is deliberately negligent, the amount of harm he could do is minor. That's simply the way the system is set up.
He certainly can't fuck it up any worse than it is. What's he going to do? Withdraw all support from Iraq and try to wash his hands of his predecessor's nation-building spending spree? Tempting, yes, but no way. He'll have to deal with Iraq if he gets into office one way or the other.
Bush on the other hand, is pushing a Fundamentalist agenda on issues that he has a great deal more control over, and could do a great deal more damage.
Right. Internationally, I don't think Kerry can do anything but
improve the US' image by virtue of the fact that he's simply
not George W. Bush. Unless he eats an infant with a fork and knife straight out of a mother's womb, the US' image should skyrocket internationally if he's elected.
Domestically, he's certainly not going to be funneling FBI resources away from counter-terrorism to busting legitimate pornography distributors. He simply can't be worse than Bush, and I doubt that he's going to see the first solution to terrorism as "wide, sweeping new powers for the federal government."
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got the ship's store to stop selling Playboy and there was a push (not a very strong one) to get rid of or at least not display any other type of porn.