Thursday, October 11, 2007
"OK Computer"
Don't know who to vote for in the 2008 election? Well Ed gave me a link that might help! It basically takes all that annoying thinking out of selecting your ideal person for the new president of the Unite states. Click here to find out what the computer say you should vote for. I did this and they said I should vote for Rudi, than right after that its all democrats. HIlarry was first than DONT CALL ME OSAMA OLA BAMA, some other dude, and about 5 other Democrats. That dude from LA & Order was at the bottom. Um, OK Computer, but Id rather still vote for Al Gore! What did everyone else come up with?
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You don't need a computer to tell you who to vote for. I can do that. You'll vote for the Republican candidate, no matter what.
I honestly don't plan on voting at all. It doesn't matter at all. The whole system is a joke. The people running mostly just say what they think will get them elected, not what the truely feel. Honestly, what is the point?
I've never even heard of Chris Dodd, but he's apparently my top choice, followed by Dennis Kucinich, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, the professor and Maryann.
Surprisingly, Giuliani was my top Republican chioce. I thought he was more to the right than that. Ron Paul is the #2 Republican. Weird.
As for the system being a joke, there is a lot of truth to that. And without input from the masses, it will never change.
Voter apathy is a cancerous scourge for which there is no excuse. Voting does indeed matter. There are local races at various levels as well as presidential races. School boards, county freeholders, sheriffs, state senators, congresspeople; they all matter. They affect your day-to-day life as much as anybody, sometimes more. And in this age when information is available to us 24 hours a day at our fingertips, there is no reason not to get informed and involved.
"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote." (George Jean Nathan)
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My top three in order:
John Edwards
Barak Obama
Hilary Clinton
I also had all 8 Democratic candidates before the first Repooplican cadidate.
Keith, can you tell us the problem you had with my candidate's quote?
Honestly I think the local stuff matters more.
Presidents are going to just toe the party line and will never have the guts to stand up for what they feel is right.
They will do what they want anyway, so there is nothing I can do to stop them. The people that are more powerful than me are the special interest groups and lobbists who bring giant suitcases of money to the people who run for office. They are the ones that have the power, not people who vote.
I dont have enough cash to fill my wallet let a lone a suit case. So, intill than my vote will just for me to feel good about something and pretend that people actually care about what I want to see.
I will never have a candiate that will across the board look out for what I would care about. So, at best I pick some things and through other stuff under the bus.
For example someone might be in favor of stem cell research, but at the same time he might want to abolish captial punishment. So, what do I do?
Maybe he wants to support gay marriage, but at the same time he wants to raise my taxes for no reaason. So, do I through the gay marriage issue under the bus just so I dont get a tax hike?
Of course these are just fake examples,but seriously its not really apathy, its just the me coming to terms with the fact that my voting for the president will have almost no direct impact on my life.
I will still go to work, collect my paycheck, watch dvds and drink beer.
Honestly Keith, neither of the last two presidents have been "tow the party line" presidents. Conservatives hate Bush because he's exploded the size of the federal government and run up enormous debts. Clinton, though popular among Democrats, wasn't overly popular among liberals, because he was overly centrist on important progressive issues. I mean, he signed the indefensible Defense of Marriage Act, and supported welfare reform, which basically punished people for being poor.
My top 3 were Dodd, Kucinich, and Edwards, but like Jay I also had all eight Dems before a Republican entered the list. I didn't think the immigration question gave a very appealing option.
And Keith, I too would like more discussion on the Edwards quote from a while ago.
Oh well... Looks like I did not pick a winner.
Brownback bows out of 2008 race.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_po/brownback
Ed
Drew,
So rather than punishing the poor, you'd prefer we reward them?
Sorry, but anyone who wants to take more of my hard earned money away from me and my family to give it to the lazy and uninitiated will not be getting my vote.
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