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alliancesjr) wrote2008-09-04 05:19 pm
alliancesjr) wrote2008-09-04 05:19 pm
Probably the only political post I'll make...
...so be warned.
I was having a conversation with my mother this weekend. It was Friday, in fact, since I remember it was sparked by us watching Sarah Palin being chosen the Vice President slot on the Republican ticket. She was completely dumbfounded hearing that I still wasn't sure who I was going to vote for in November. I believe her exact words were "You'd seriously consider putting another Republican in office after the last eight years?"
It's an interesting thing. My mother is very liberal and my father is very conservative. I registered Independant. As Robin put it, "we should have our own wacky theme song."
The conversation surprised me, though, because she could actually tell me why she was voting for Obama. And while I know she's a very intelligent person with a lot of common sense, I had pretty much previously been seeing first-hand the proof of a comment I had read in the Sun-Times a while back. I don't remember who wrote it, it was about a month ago, but it was said that the average person is "hard-pressed to find an Obama supporter that can actually give a reason why, other than peer-pressure or guilt."
And that's pretty much true. I've only seen first-hand a handful of people who can actually tell me why they're voting for Obama. The ones who can, however, can give me pretty damn good reasons.
So why am I still on the fence? Two main reasons. One, I recently spent a week in a strongly Republican household, and one with similarly well-reasoned and intelligent explanations. And two, Obama's done things that I don't agree with, which I won't get into here.
It got me thinking, though. I know people, currently on my friendslist, who are strongly one way or the other. So here's a chance for you to persuade someone who's still a swing voter! Tell me why you're voting for your favored nominee. Give as detailed reasons as you wish! But keep in mind that I will not pay attention to anyone saying "I'm voting for Obama/McCain because I hate the other guy more", "I'm voting Republican/Democratic because I don't want another Democrat/Republican in office", or "I'm voting for Obama/McCain because that's what all the cool people are doing". If you're planning on saying something along any of those lines, don't even bother.
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I was having a conversation with my mother this weekend. It was Friday, in fact, since I remember it was sparked by us watching Sarah Palin being chosen the Vice President slot on the Republican ticket. She was completely dumbfounded hearing that I still wasn't sure who I was going to vote for in November. I believe her exact words were "You'd seriously consider putting another Republican in office after the last eight years?"
It's an interesting thing. My mother is very liberal and my father is very conservative. I registered Independant. As Robin put it, "we should have our own wacky theme song."
The conversation surprised me, though, because she could actually tell me why she was voting for Obama. And while I know she's a very intelligent person with a lot of common sense, I had pretty much previously been seeing first-hand the proof of a comment I had read in the Sun-Times a while back. I don't remember who wrote it, it was about a month ago, but it was said that the average person is "hard-pressed to find an Obama supporter that can actually give a reason why, other than peer-pressure or guilt."
And that's pretty much true. I've only seen first-hand a handful of people who can actually tell me why they're voting for Obama. The ones who can, however, can give me pretty damn good reasons.
So why am I still on the fence? Two main reasons. One, I recently spent a week in a strongly Republican household, and one with similarly well-reasoned and intelligent explanations. And two, Obama's done things that I don't agree with, which I won't get into here.
It got me thinking, though. I know people, currently on my friendslist, who are strongly one way or the other. So here's a chance for you to persuade someone who's still a swing voter! Tell me why you're voting for your favored nominee. Give as detailed reasons as you wish! But keep in mind that I will not pay attention to anyone saying "I'm voting for Obama/McCain because I hate the other guy more", "I'm voting Republican/Democratic because I don't want another Democrat/Republican in office", or "I'm voting for Obama/McCain because that's what all the cool people are doing". If you're planning on saying something along any of those lines, don't even bother.
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Avoiding the negatives about the other parties and my hatred of one party masquerading as two...
I shall state that I support most of Nader's points, especially the ones regarding the environment, personal liberties, and opposition to to military adventurism.
Also, he seems an honest candidate.
Failing that, I would have to vote for C'thulhu, as I did in the previous election... Why settle for the lesser Evil. ;)
Unscreen or erase to your heart's content, altho I would like to defend the position of picking a candidate simply to avoid a different candidate. If a case can be made for how horrible a person would be, and that the other person is less horrible, it is still a comparison of validities, just a cynical one.
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