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| RzO |
| quote: | Originally posted by RzO
[QUOTE]Originally posted by phonk64
I'll have to say that I totally disagree with early voting. Before you rail me, here's why:
1) The Founding Fathers made election day a Tuesday for a reason. They wanted election day to be INCONVENIENT. That means you have to go out of your way to vote. This keeps morons and people who care more about their jobs away from the polls,
Not exactly quoted but the general idea....stupid people might vote and so do poor people but they live here too....oh and they also vote democrat...woo |
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| phonk64 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vero
on this voter fraud note: the increase of absentee balots and early voters does increase the chances of voter fraud. The Orlando Sentinal ran an article an the front page earlier this week on this very subject. they reported that there really is not system to track if a vote is cast more than once through different systems (i.e. adsentee balots and early voting). and if we all remember the 2000 election when bush won because of the "hanging chad" conspiracy, absentee balots did play a part in that.
about 2 weeks ago i was aproached on the street by a couple of guys signing people up for absentee balots. my obvious question was "why shoudl i do an absentee balot?"
"well its more convenient because you dont have to take time out of your work day to go to the polls"
so i signed up and the next day got a call from the Bush Campain Headquarters in jacksonville and it tures out that the guys on the street were HIRED to sign people up for these balots. now i dont trust republicans to begin with and when i remembered the 2000 election i promptly told the guy on the other end of the phone to not send me the balot. im not trying to sound like a conspiracy theorist or anything but we need to keep an eye on the sketchy dealings of the republican party.
i dont know who im voting for yet, but i know 3 things:
1. i am DEFINITLY not voting for Bush
2. Kerry is too much of an idot to be president
3. I will vote
so as you can conclude i will be voting for one of the underdogs who has no chance of getting elected, and i do not feel like i am wasting my vote. my hope is more and more people will vote and not for either republican or democrat, and maybe a few years from now we will have a real choice instead of two idots and we have to choose the lesser of two evils. |
You sound like Badnarik is your man. Think about it seriously, there's only a week left + 1day!!! |
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| RzO |
| quote: | Originally posted by phonk64
You sound like Badnarik is your man. Think about it seriously, there's only a week left + 1day!!! |
that bull...Phil knows Kerry's the man in 04.. |
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| phonk64 |
| quote: | Originally posted by RzO
Not exactly quoted but the general idea....stupid people might vote and so do poor people but they live here too....oh and they also vote democrat...woo |
So you just called all democratic voters in florida poor AND stupid. Good job! |
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| Vero |
| quote: | Originally posted by phonk64
You sound like Badnarik is your man. Think about it seriously, there's only a week left + 1day!!! |
i will check him out, i got my sample balot in the mail the other day and unfortunatly i must admit i didnt recognize many of the names on it, but plan to research them all and try to get their opinions on issues like: the war, national defense, international relations, stem cell research, the environment, drugs, nationalized healthcare, same sex marriage, religion, taxes, and taxing religions. lol |
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| RzO |
| quote: | Originally posted by phonk64
So you just called all democratic voters in florida poor AND stupid. Good job! |
I was waiting for that....not quite but the simple fact is the voters who are most disenfranchised, I.e. poor, stupid, minority, whjatever will vote democrat it's known cause we do these things called polls...we will see what happens on the 2nd....hopefully you'll be happy....one thing i can tell you for Sure is that Michael Badnarik Will not win.... |
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| Vero |
| quote: | Originally posted by RzO
that bull...Phil knows Kerry's the man in 04.. |
ouch, sorry dude, but no. |
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| phonk64 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vero
i will check him out, i got my sample balot in the mail the other day and unfortunatly i must admit i didnt recognize many of the names on it, but plan to research them all and try to get their opinions on issues like: the war, national defense, international relations, stem cell research, the environment, drugs, nationalized healthcare, same sex marriage, religion, taxes, and taxing religions. lol |
that attitude is what makes democracy work. I do salute you for being an informed voter. |
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| RzO |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vero
ouch, sorry dude, but no. |
really?....so Bush/Cheney ticket... |
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| phonk64 |
| quote: | Originally posted by RzO
I was waiting for that....not quite but the simple fact is the voters who are most disenfranchised, I.e. poor, stupid, minority, whjatever will vote democrat it's known cause we do these things called polls...we will see what happens on the 2nd....hopefully you'll be happy....one thing i can tell you for Sure is that Michael Badnarik Will not win.... |
Is that all that matters to you is who is the most capable of winning??? Do ideals mean nothing to you at all???? They really do have you right where they want... |
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| RzO |
| quote: | Originally posted by phonk64
Is that all that matters to you is who is the most capable of winning??? Do ideals mean nothing to you at all???? They really do have you right where they want... |
Well politics is the study of power, by definition......so who wins does actually matter |
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| Vero |
| quote: | Originally posted by phonk64
that attitude is what makes democracy work. I do salute you for being an informed voter. |
thank you, and just for the record, what i believe makes democracy NOT work is getting screwed into not having a real choice. like having to vote for one of 2 morons who are both very conservative, who both have the same view on the war we are in, and having to choose who you think "isnt so bad"
RzO, IMO its not about voting for who will win, but voting for who you want. i think so many people see the 2 candidates we have and say "oh i dont either im not gonna vote" but if we have 4 or 5 candidates with equal chances to win, i think way more people would vote.
i mean, i havent heard anything on any of the other candidates from the media. at least 75% of voters are gonna look at the rest of the names on that balot and go "who the are these guys?" |
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