Thread: Who will you vote for in election 2008

I'm going to vote for whoever seems to stand the best chance of forwarding my basic values without also supporting things which I don't feel benefit the majority of the nation. So far, what little attention I've paid to what both parties have to offer hasn't caught my eye yet, although I wish they'd skip the shit slinging and instead talk about what they're going to DO as opposed to what they stand for.

meh, politics annoys me, but I pay attention cause I'd be a hypocrite and a statistic if I didn't. I won't start making decisions until we get closer to the primaries. Never know who else is gonna take a stab at the top office.

Originally Posted by Cecil900

I'm conservative so.... i wouldnt vote for hi

I''d rather vote for a conservative democrat than a liberal republican

Even though im a conservative republican

IMO, conservative and liberal are overly broad generalizations, and they can be contradictory. Regardless of which stereotype you may consider yourself under it's wise to consider candidates who you may label in the opposite. Note I'm not even pushing for Ron Paul here. I never said the guy has my vote. I just said to me he represents true conservatism, and I think it's refreshing to see that in a Republican candidate.

What does being a conservative mean to you?

Basically what i mean is im against raising taxes for something new, I would rather find ways to cut funding from something useless, to give something new funding, or something that just needs more money.

Gore, Bill Clinton had to be next to carter in worst presidents ever. Just an example, he closed down Castle Airforce Base here in California, for no reason. Now it just sits there.

He also closed down many oil drills in southern california, killing jobs, and reducing oil coming out of there.

Originally Posted by Consultant

If you want a Liberal in office, vote for Ron Paul.

Ron Paul is not liberal.

Libertarian is what I think you're looking for.

I don't care for either of the choices, so I'll go third party.

Originally Posted by Consultant

Like the bridge collapse...

did you notice how quickly libs were asking Bush if he was going to be open to raising gas taxes to pay for repairing infrastructure?

His answer was brilliant.

"I think we need to spend the money we already have better." (paraphrased)

I'm no HUGE fan of Bush at the moment, but I'll vote for the most apparent fiscal conservative in the field.

As for the big moral issues, thats for God to sort out. Man's attempt at assuaging guilt by making immoral acts illegal is a waste of time.

Gay marriage? who gives a rip? Lets not waste a few million bucks making it "illegal". Thats retarded.

I am in no way contradicting you but I can't help but laugh over calling anything Bush has said "brilliant."

Everytime someone comments on something he actually got right (which does happen, like this instance) I can't help but think of these choice quotes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgPY1adc0A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF48IghIN7c

Originally Posted by Nuckle

You know the scary thing is that so many people are going to vote for a 3rd party that will not win to save their lives but in doing that it could give clinton the win.

Nuck

Hmmm. Did you copy that line from a 1991 newspaper article?

I think that's just an excuse for not having a strong Republican candidate. It can't be said with any certainty that Perot or Nader votes would have definitely gone to either of the Bush candidates.