mia_mcdavid ([info]mia_mcdavid) wrote,
@ 2008-07-16 16:43:00
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Current mood: distressed

Here's the word:

[info]mdlbearhas written with great eloquence here about why we need to vote Democratic in the fall.  Though I probably won't change anyone's mind, I need to pass this along.  If you think there is no difference between Republicans and Democrats, if you think that you should vote for a third candidate because the Democrat doesn't exactly suit you, please think again.  This country used to work better; we need to take it back before it's too late.

No, I don't think it's too late.


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Democrats
[info]markiv1111
2008-07-16 09:55 pm UTC (link)
I do have one friend who remains proud of having voted for Ralph Nader a couple of elections ago. I find this extremely perturbing, and am with you and mdlbear every inch of the way. I could tell that we were losing our Supreme Court when the Supreme Court decided that the Boy Scouts could discriminate against anybody they wanted to. And one of the things I am fearful of, with it being months till the election and another couple of months before the new president takes office, is that a very old but reasonable Supreme Court justice (there are several) will drop dead of a heart attack before he or she can be replaced. I am a swing voter on some issues and have voted for third-party candidates several times, but never in a presidential election, and there has never been this much at stake since I can remember.

Nate

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Re: Democrats
[info]lemmozine
2008-07-17 12:40 pm UTC (link)
I have occasionally voted for third-party candidates in presidential elections. I live in a state that usually goes heavy for the republican nutcase candidates, and when the polls show the democrat 10 points or so behind here, my logic is my vote counts for nothing anyway. I used to vote at my parent's address, even years after I moved out, because it was easier than re-registering, and they lived in a very upscale, conservative neighborhood, so I took great joy one year in voting for Gus Hall. They have to post the numbers on the door to the church or the school the following day, showing how many votes each candidate got, and if I worried any of those conservative jerks by making them wonder who the commie was in their neighborhood, well, maybe my little vote meant something. What I'm saying is, I think a vote for a third-party candidate can be a legitimate form of protest, and I used to have an "unrepentant Nader voter" sticker on my guitar case, but yes, this year Obama is the candidate for me because, for one thing, I do think the democrats have a chance this year in Colorado. A lot of my republican friends (I have at least 3) have become disillusioned to an extent.

By the way, what is the deal with all these polling places being in churches? Isn't that a pretty clear violation of separation of church and state?

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Re: Democrats
[info]mia_mcdavid
2008-07-17 03:33 pm UTC (link)
By the way, what is the deal with all these polling places being in churches? Isn't that a pretty clear violation of separation of church and state?

Churches, like schools, have large rooms to set up polling places in. No electioneering is allowed near the polling place, and I suppose synagogues, mosques, and other worship facilities could also offer their space. I don't think it's a problem.

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[info]mdlbear
2008-07-16 10:25 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for passing it on!

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