I'm stealing this little meme from RW....
List your Presidential votes, or non-votes, the candidate's party, explain why you voted that way in no more than four words, and list the guy who eventually won....
1996 - Bill Clinton (Democrat) - I dig his style - Clinton
2000 - Ralph Nader (Green) - Washington was solidly Democrat - Bush
2004 - John Kerry (Democrat) - Bush sucks so much - Bush
2008 - Barack Obama (Democrat) - Calm, cool, smart, ears - ???
So I'm one for three so far. A cool .333 batting average and a hall of fame candidate in baseball, fuck all in politics.
Two of my presidential votes don't make me very happy. I was in college in 2000 and Nader was a nice little fuck you to some people and since Washington was solidly Democrat, I was safe with that vote. But his insistence to keep going is pissing me off and I have to think that my vote in 2000 had something to do with it.
And though I voted for him, I never really liked Kerry and RW is right, we wouldn't be in that much better of a position with him in office than we are now. But I would never vote for Bush and I wasn't about to vote third party in such an important election.
I've been alive for 31 years now and for only 11 of those years has there been a Democrat in the White House - Carter and Clinton. That has to change. For God's sake, get out and vote on Tuesday and please vote Obama. You know it's the right thing to do.
List your Presidential votes, or non-votes, the candidate's party, explain why you voted that way in no more than four words, and list the guy who eventually won....
1996 - Bill Clinton (Democrat) - I dig his style - Clinton
2000 - Ralph Nader (Green) - Washington was solidly Democrat - Bush
2004 - John Kerry (Democrat) - Bush sucks so much - Bush
2008 - Barack Obama (Democrat) - Calm, cool, smart, ears - ???
So I'm one for three so far. A cool .333 batting average and a hall of fame candidate in baseball, fuck all in politics.
Two of my presidential votes don't make me very happy. I was in college in 2000 and Nader was a nice little fuck you to some people and since Washington was solidly Democrat, I was safe with that vote. But his insistence to keep going is pissing me off and I have to think that my vote in 2000 had something to do with it.
And though I voted for him, I never really liked Kerry and RW is right, we wouldn't be in that much better of a position with him in office than we are now. But I would never vote for Bush and I wasn't about to vote third party in such an important election.
I've been alive for 31 years now and for only 11 of those years has there been a Democrat in the White House - Carter and Clinton. That has to change. For God's sake, get out and vote on Tuesday and please vote Obama. You know it's the right thing to do.
2 comments:
I seriously believe, as someone who has always been more conservative than liberal, Obama must absolutely win. I do not trust the future to a cancer-ridden militarist and a vacuous hairdo as a replacement.
And I am seriously thinking - for the first time in my life - that people who vote for McCain, no matter how honestly they arrived at their decision, are complete idiots.
1984 - Walter Mondale - he was different than Reagan the superstar and I liked his changes - Reagan
1988 - Michael Dukakis - as a Democrat, he was the person I thought could break the 8 year GOP rule - Bush Sr.
1992 - Bill Clinton - his life in Arkansas didn't bother me, I liked that he was steadfast - Clinton
1996 - Bill Clinton - he was doing a great job, why change it up, plus he's a Democrat - Clinton
2000 - Al Gore - he had a good strong policy background and really had some good ways of keeping the Clinton rule going - Bush Jr.
2004 - John Kerry - he had a bad record for veteran support, but I wanted someone other than Bush - Bush Jr.
2008 - Barack Obama - focused and sincere and someone that seems ready to change things - ???? (we'll find out Tuesday)
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