..like someone here mentioned, understand the winner will and always will be the one who compromises.. There's going to be a lot of things you don't agree with them about. They are going to kiss a lot of ass. They are going to say a lot of things they don't follow through with.. but that's the nature of politics. For every opinion, there's an opposite opinion, a vote that is going to be needed to make it to the White House..
Nothing wrong with voting for Nader, but understand he will never make it to the White House.. and you can argue and say "well with that type of thinking he never will." and I'll say if you want a little, you're going to have to give up a little..
Which is why Obama will be the next president.
Unless you are willing to compromise your opinions, the White House will never be run by you..
Sadly, I think I hear more reasons why not to vote for Obama than I hear reasons to vote for Nader.
Like I said, if you believe in Nader, vote for him. Endorse him. Preach him, and be proud of it, but don't question other peoples reasons for voting for Obama.
The boys in Pearl Jam are smart guys. They are well informed, have a good understanding of politics and their own reasons.
My thought of the day.
The person who will be the next president is going to be the one who will naturally resonate the most with the people. He will truly be representative of the people. Period. That's why the American people will be exactly held to account for this new, up and coming leader, as for current/last one.
If he compromises to get there, that's one thing. If he compromises his ideals to get there that's another thing.
The energies are what they are, no matter how we rationalize our personal views.
I continue to encourage people to do they only thing they can: be as true to themselves as is possible in their life-choices, including voting, or not voting.
"The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." ~ Niels Bohr
That's quite a list. Obviously, I haven't taken the time to investigate each of their views, but if they don't match mine 100% - at least on issues that I consider non-negotiable - then I could not vote for them.
have you EVER, honestly, had a candidate who 100% agreed with your views...even the 'important' ones? it is a serious question.
i most definitely have had candidates come close....but there's always something that doesn't mesh for me 100%. however, i do have my 'big issues'...and certain things no way could i support, but overall, i can be rather flexible in other areas if i deem it for the greater good, overall.
however, i absolutely 100% agree that it would be ludicrous to vote for a canddidate who did no align with your views in any way, and/or simply b/c it seems they will win. that is an idea with all kinds of bad written on it.
i also do not think obama has it in the bag, done deal, foregone conclusion, etc. not by a long shot. i have my hopes of course, but i have ben burned by over-confidence in the political arena in the past, so yea.....always a much more cautious optimist.
have you EVER, honestly, had a candidate who 100% agreed with your views...even the 'important' ones? it is a serious question.
i most definitely have had candidates come close....but there's always something that doesn't mesh for me 100%. however, i do have my 'big issues'...and certain things no way could i support, but overall, i can be rather flexible in other areas if i deem it for the greater good, overall.
however, i absolutely 100% agree that it would be ludicrous to vote for a canddidate who did no align with your views in any way, and/or simply b/c it seems they will win. that is an idea with all kinds of bad written on it.
i also do not think obama has it in the bag, done deal, foregone conclusion, etc. not by a long shot. i have my hopes of course, but i have ben burned by over-confidence in the political arena in the past, so yea.....always a much more cautious optimist.
I'm not holding out for a candidate who agrees 100% with all my views, but my biggest problem is that some of the non-negotiable views I hold are on very opposite ends of the political spectrum. I'm sort of willing to vote for a candidate I disagree with on the small stuff.
And besides all that, which politician can you actually trust to represent their own views after they are in office?
The only people we should try to get even with...
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
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If he compromises to get there, that's one thing. If he compromises his ideals to get there that's another thing.
The energies are what they are, no matter how we rationalize our personal views.
I continue to encourage people to do they only thing they can: be as true to themselves as is possible in their life-choices, including voting, or not voting.
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Rhinocerous Surprise '08!!!
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...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
http://www.myspace.com/illuminatta
Rhinocerous Surprise '08!!!
have you EVER, honestly, had a candidate who 100% agreed with your views...even the 'important' ones? it is a serious question.
i most definitely have had candidates come close....but there's always something that doesn't mesh for me 100%. however, i do have my 'big issues'...and certain things no way could i support, but overall, i can be rather flexible in other areas if i deem it for the greater good, overall.
however, i absolutely 100% agree that it would be ludicrous to vote for a canddidate who did no align with your views in any way, and/or simply b/c it seems they will win. that is an idea with all kinds of bad written on it.
i also do not think obama has it in the bag, done deal, foregone conclusion, etc. not by a long shot. i have my hopes of course, but i have ben burned by over-confidence in the political arena in the past, so yea.....always a much more cautious optimist.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
I'm not holding out for a candidate who agrees 100% with all my views, but my biggest problem is that some of the non-negotiable views I hold are on very opposite ends of the political spectrum. I'm sort of willing to vote for a candidate I disagree with on the small stuff.
And besides all that, which politician can you actually trust to represent their own views after they are in office?
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
Thanks!
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.