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I'm not voting in this upcoming election for president

patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
edited May 2008 in A Moving Train
I've made up my mind and have decided that neither party will get my vote. I dislike both sides and feel why vote this time around.
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  • Dustin51Dustin51 Posts: 222
    You should vote third party then. That's like saying look, I want to be involved but your parties don't want me. It's a good idea and also you know its always good to vote on the other things on the ballot too.
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Dustin51 wrote:
    You should vote third party then. That's like saying look, I want to be involved but your parties don't want me. It's a good idea and also you know its always good to vote on the other things on the ballot too.



    Yea the local stuff I'll vote on but I'm passing on voting for president.
  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Vote Nader!

    http://www.votenader.org/issues/
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    Vote Nader!

    http://www.votenader.org/issues/


    Fuck that, sorry.
  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    Fuck that, sorry.


    :p Okay then

    I had to try. :)
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    :p Okay then

    I had to try. :)


    no problem lol :)
  • kh65kh65 Posts: 946
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    I've made up my mind and have decided that neither party will get my vote. I dislike both sides and feel why vote this time around.

    I know exactly what you are saying, man. They are all so fucked up. Instead of doing what handlers tell them to will one of them for once just take a position and stick to it. They aren't going to please everyone anyways.
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Ron Paul

    or

    Chuck Baldwin

    if Paul is not on the ballot (haha),
    i will probably vote for Chuck Baldwin

    out of protest.
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    I've made up my mind and have decided that neither party will get my vote. I dislike both sides and feel why vote this time around.

    I had this same feeling after Kucinich dropped out and neither one of these three stooges will get my vote either. Maybe Nader but I will vote just not in the Presidential SElection.

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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    g under p wrote:
    I had this same feeling after Kucinich dropped out and neither one of these three stooges will get my vote either. Maybe Nader but I will vote just not in the Presidential SElection.

    Peace


    waddya think about Kucinich endorsing Obama?
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    my2hands wrote:
    waddya think about Kucinich endorsing Obama?

    I gather to propel him forward, I still don't like it but what other choice did he have?

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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    g under p wrote:
    I gather to propel him forward, I still don't like it but what other choice did he have?

    Peace

    Well, he's good friends with Ron Paul.

    He could've man-ed up and said "Fuck partisan politics. Ron Paul has more intergrity than all of these stooges. Vote for him!"

    :D
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    Well, he's good friends with Ron Paul.

    He could've man-ed up and said "Fuck partisan politics. Ron Paul has more intergrity than all of these stooges. Vote for him!"

    :D

    Yes that's true but he does have to run for re-election doesn't he?

    Peace
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    Well, he's good friends with Ron Paul.

    He could've man-ed up and said "Fuck partisan politics. Ron Paul has more intergrity than all of these stooges. Vote for him!"

    :D


    um, thats great and all but he DID endorse Obama
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    my2hands wrote:
    um, thats great and all but he DID endorse Obama

    The question was "what other choice did he have?"
    i gave that answer.

    The fact that Kucinich didn't have the balls to endorse a friend who he knows to be an honest and respectable public servant, and instead chose to play safe for his career by endorsing ole barack only speaks to Kucinich's character, not to Paul's.
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    The question was "what other choice did he have?"
    i gave that answer.

    The fact that Kucinich didn't have the balls to endorse a friend who he knows to be an honest and respectable public servant, and instead chose to play safe for his career by endorsing ole barack only speaks to Kucinich's character, not to Paul's.


    you guys are something else...

    everything has an alterior motive :rolleyes:


    maybe, just maybe, he actually endorsed Obama because he thinks he is a good candidate? i highly doubt he endorsed Obama to further his political career :rolleyes:

    Kucinich and Paul are night and day on most policies and issues
  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    my2hands wrote:


    maybe, just maybe, he actually endorsed Obama because he thinks he is a good candidate? s

    Well many of us don't. Why is it so hard for you to understand that just because
    some of us may have supported a person that it doesn't mean we have to follow their every move and agree with 100% of what they say?
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    It's funny I start this thread declaring that I'm not voting cause IMO both parties have worthless fucking people running. What a shocker people replying with who they like. Great glad that you have who you like. Good luck and may the best man or woman win. I'm sitting this one out. lol :D
  • Urban HikerUrban Hiker Posts: 1,312
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    It's funny I start this thread declaring that I'm not voting cause IMO both parties have worthless fucking people running. What a shocker people replying with who they like. Great glad that you have who you like. Good luck and may the best man or woman win. I'm sitting this one out. lol :D

    Please vote. There must be some individual who closely represents your views of how the country should be run. Even if they are not on your ballot - Have a voice, write in your choice.
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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Urban Hiker wrote:
    Please vote. There must be some individual who closely represents your views of how the country should be run. Even if they are not on your ballot - Have a voice, write in your choice.
    Nah, I know how he feels... I felt the exact same in the last Irish election... I eventually DID decide (our elections are completely different anyway... you vote for your local TD... usually cos of their local committments and not cos of party affiliation... and whichever party has the most number of TD's, their leader becomes Taoiseach, which is kinda equivilent to your president... so I voted for the socialist guy but he lost marginally :( ) but I know how it feels for them to all leave you feeling a little bit empty... if you think they're all the same, why pick ONE?
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  • angelicaangelica Posts: 6,038
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    The question was "what other choice did he have?"
    i gave that answer.

    The fact that Kucinich didn't have the balls to endorse a friend who he knows to be an honest and respectable public servant, and instead chose to play safe for his career by endorsing ole barack only speaks to Kucinich's character, not to Paul's.
    I agree it speaks to his character to endorse who he felt was the best option.
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  • angelicaangelica Posts: 6,038
    my2hands wrote:
    Kucinich and Paul are night and day on most policies and issues
    I agree.
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  • angelicaangelica Posts: 6,038
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    Well many of us don't.
    I'm with you! A Kucinich endorsement does not sway what I see.
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  • angelicaangelica Posts: 6,038
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    Nah, I know how he feels... ... if you think they're all the same, why pick ONE?
    I agree.
    "The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." ~ Niels Bohr

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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Urban Hiker wrote:
    Please vote. There must be some individual who closely represents your views of how the country should be run. Even if they are not on your ballot - Have a voice, write in your choice.


    Nope not this time around there isn't. I may do a write in or maybe not. I do like getting my, ''I voted'' sticker afterall. :)
  • Blind3Blind3 Posts: 1,149
    Had I felt trapped into voting Republicrat or Demican, I might have sat this one out. Instead, I joined the Libertarian Party because it espouses a 16 page, single space , platform ( as of 2006) that most closely mirrors my views. Definitively a breath of fresh air for me. I'll b voting Libertarian, though I do wish Dr. Mary Ruwart was on the ticket.
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    I'm still on the fence but kinda am starting to lean towards one of the parties. :)
  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    I'm still on the fence but kinda am starting to lean towards one of the parties. :)
    I was kind of on the fence but no longer. :)
    How are you btw?
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  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    my2hands wrote:
    um, thats great and all but he DID endorse Obama

    Isn't he up for re-election? Usually not endorsing your party's candidate for president is not seen as a good strategic move for re-election. ;)
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  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,315
    I'm still undecided. I'd like to read some unbiased evidence of what each candidate has accomplished but I don't anticipate finding it.
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