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Vote for SomethingPosted Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at 8:09 AM
Today's the day that Hoosiers get an opportunity to make their voice heard in the presidential primary.
And today's also the day that our voice counts. Or so they say. Many people are sick and tired of the on-going Obama Clinton saga and will be relieved when the whole presidential debacle is over. Count me in on that one. Now let's go back to a voice that counts. After the 2000 Bush/Gore presidential election I'll never truly have faith in the system. When a candidate can win by the popular vote and not the electoral vote just whose voice are we hearing? Not mine and not yours. Democracy...Shamocracy... Now, don't get me wrong. I will cast my vote. But, only because I have faith in the fact that my vote counts on the local level. But, how much longer will local government exist? Not much if you have taken a long look at House Bill 1001. Back to the presidential issue.... We need a leader who leads not one pretending to lead by only following the footsteps made before him. A leader who does things her own way. One with a vision. Give me someone who believes that feeding the poor is more valuable than starting a war. Give me someone who believes that justice and equality for all refers to all Americans not just those who can afford to buy some. Give me American values not Patriot Act 2, 3 and 4. Give me a leader who sees past the divisions created by fear such as race, religion, sex and class. Give me someone who understands that we are all citizens of the Earth. Give me a reason to listen. Give me faith. Give me hope. And give me peace of mind and of Earth. Just don't give me history repeating itself. Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] |
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Psst...typo for the Bush/Gore election.
Yeah, good luck getting a President with those kind of good qualities. We had a couple that were running, but they've already been tossed out :(
The best we can hope for now is the lesser of the evils.
"Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos."
Clinton lost the popular vote in his first election, but, won the electoral vote. So, it works both ways. How soon people forget.
Clinton lost the popular vote in his first bid for election, but, won the electoral vote. This happens, but, you don't hear about that election anymore.
Greene County Patriot: Why did Gore's lawyers surpress the military votes? I don't remember that part. It could be true, if you remember that but it doesn't make sense when you say, "due to the greed of one man." He lost so why would'nt he have wanted every vote count? I thought he was trying to get all the votes counted then recounted? I lived in Florida during that whole mess. Talk about loosing faith in the election system.
Corb300,
The final popular vote for the 1992 presidential election was: Clinton 44,909,806, Bush 39,104,550.
Since all eyes are on Indiana today, let's hope we don't have any hanging chads...
hmm... probing... hanging chads...
This is getting too adult for me. I'm out!
It's futile to argue politics in a forum such as this. As it is in many, if not all.
I've serious issues with each of the three, and voted Obama today.
Contrary to selective popular belief, Republicans don't enjoy sacrificing soldiers, and Democrats don't enjoy killing babies.
It's not that cut and dry, folks.
It's unfortunate that our political system has come to this, and that our media propagates this binary vision.
We have our candidates, and they have our votes.
I hope for the best.
I've been wrong before.
Some food for thought:
nobody spends millions to get elected to a job that pays thousands unless there are under the table deals.
get rid of the electoral and have the popular vote, maybe then Indiana will count more than once every 40yrs
make everyone write a check to the government every pay period instead of auto pay deduction
have the general election April 16th
GarthHudson:
Thanks for the best post so far!
Well, Carter did help start some of the problems we currently have in Iran though.
If we are looking for presidents to look up to as models for our democracy, I would have to choose Thomas Jefferson.
It's a shame I couldn't say Jefferson Davis. Even though there was still the problem with slavery, the Confederate States of America had some better ideas in the constitution.
I truly believe we need less federal government.