11-02-2004, 03:49 PM
I know who I'm voting for, I'm just not looking forward to people who are allowed to vote complaining about the election outcome when they didn't vote. That's something that I have very little tolerance for. I have a philosophy - don't complain if you didn't vote.
Of the people that are not allowed to vote, such as people that are trying to get thier citizenship or people that are between 15-17, I strongly advise you to watch carefully what happens in the next 4 years, because if you don't like what the person that is elected does or policies that are put into effect, the next time the political circus swings through the country, you will have THE RIGHT to do something about it, and voice your opinion.
I understand that the originator of this thread didn't want the thread to spark a huge political debate. I really do. But such a debate is inevitable, considering how closely the elections tie to our daily lives. But the key thing in a debate about politics is that when you argue for or against something, you could very well be butting heads with someone with the opposite view. We all want something that works better for us. Probably the biggest tabboo topic is abortion. The Republicans are against it, Democrats are for it. Here is where women are being told whether or not they have the right to abort a pregnancy (from a legal standpoint - I'm leaving the moral and religious aspect out of this). Stating that you're for something may mean that you are saying that someone else doesn't have the right to something that may or may not be important to them, as in the example above.
As for who I'm going to vote for in the lesser offices? I'm going to probably vote for the person that would best do the job, not simply based on what political party I'm voting for in the presidency. I know that I'm going to vote for Republican and Democrat alike. I'm going to vote for the person that I trust the most out of the people that I don't trust at all.
Of the people that are not allowed to vote, such as people that are trying to get thier citizenship or people that are between 15-17, I strongly advise you to watch carefully what happens in the next 4 years, because if you don't like what the person that is elected does or policies that are put into effect, the next time the political circus swings through the country, you will have THE RIGHT to do something about it, and voice your opinion.
I understand that the originator of this thread didn't want the thread to spark a huge political debate. I really do. But such a debate is inevitable, considering how closely the elections tie to our daily lives. But the key thing in a debate about politics is that when you argue for or against something, you could very well be butting heads with someone with the opposite view. We all want something that works better for us. Probably the biggest tabboo topic is abortion. The Republicans are against it, Democrats are for it. Here is where women are being told whether or not they have the right to abort a pregnancy (from a legal standpoint - I'm leaving the moral and religious aspect out of this). Stating that you're for something may mean that you are saying that someone else doesn't have the right to something that may or may not be important to them, as in the example above.
As for who I'm going to vote for in the lesser offices? I'm going to probably vote for the person that would best do the job, not simply based on what political party I'm voting for in the presidency. I know that I'm going to vote for Republican and Democrat alike. I'm going to vote for the person that I trust the most out of the people that I don't trust at all.