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wanderingbear Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 02:51 PM
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Now I have no Idea Who Im voteing for..

All the choices stink of something or another.And none of the choices I do what are in the run. I think write myself in this year.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 02:51 PM
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1. Why not Kerry?
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Goldmund Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 02:57 PM
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5. Oh come on man...
even if you're a Kerry supporter, you must have answered the "why not Kerry" question yourself, haven't you? I think that any informed voter votes not on the ABSENCE of "why not my candidate"s, but on the RELATIVE sparsity of them compared to other candidates.

I could answer "why not X" for any X that is a Democratic candidate.

Kerry?

Supported the war resolution while I marched against it. If I wasn't deluded by * and the nature of his regime, why should Kerry have been?

And by the way, I don't think Kerry is a bad candidate overall, and I would definitely get drunk on the November night that he becomes President. To celebrate, not drown sorrows. But "why not" is a question with some obvious answers, for every candidate.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:00 PM
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7. I just thought he could use the vote
His poll numbers are so low, he must be so lonely. Besides, it wouldn't hurt if this guy who was planning on voting Nader voted for Kerry. It is not as though the outcome would be changed at all.
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Goldmund Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:03 PM
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10. "Besides, it wouldn't hurt if this guy who was planning on voting...
Edited on Tue Dec-23-03 03:03 PM by slavkomae
...Nader voted for Kerry."

We can definitely shake on that.

I've never thought I'd have so much animosity toward someone I agree on issues with to such a high degree as I do toward Darth Nader.
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-24-03 12:45 AM
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29. I protested the War and understand Kerry's position
While I did indeed protest the war, or more accurately Bush's preemptive war, I understand Kerry's position to vote for the UN to do its job and continue inspections and have the UN form a multilateral, international force to disarm Saddam as a last resort.

Other than that sticky issue (to some), Kerry is a true progressive liberal with tons of experience and the best set of combinations with foreign policy, national security and being a decorated Viet Nam vet as well.

Learn more about his issues and you'll be pleasantly surprised. I am. As for polls, he's doing well in Iowa and could get some decent momentum in New Hampshire and beyond.
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 02:54 PM
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2. As one bear to another ...
you got my vote :-).
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bahrbearian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 02:55 PM
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3. This Bear Likes Clark.
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DancingBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:02 PM
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9. So does this one

and bears are quite astute. :)
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:04 PM
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11. Me too ...
Edited on Tue Dec-23-03 03:05 PM by meegbear
He's my candidate.

We'll have to start a 'Bears for Clark' website going.
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wanderingbear Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:56 PM
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24. This Bear says no to Ex-Republican Military personel.
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returnable Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 02:57 PM
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4. Who would you like to run?
Just curious :hi:
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 02:59 PM
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:05 PM
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12. Wow! Worst argument ever!
"He has no record as an elected leader, and so therefore we may get something good"

I know that Michael Moore said that he'd vote for a Ficus rather than Bush, but let's get serious. Whatever becomes president will be a sentient being and it behooves us to know what the hell it is going to do. According to your argument he might as well write "Surprise me" on the ballot.
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HFishbine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:14 PM
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15. If you even consider that this argument has any validity
then please be aware that Clark has praised Rumsfeld, Cheney and Bush at republican fundfaisers and that the admittedly voted for republican presidential candidates throught his life.
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bearfartinthewoods Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:50 PM
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22. wow,,,that's a keeper. VOTE FOR CLARK, HE HAS NO RECORD!
thank you so much for the laugh.
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wanderingbear Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:02 PM
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8. Im hoping the Green Party Come up with a good canidate this year
Now that Naders not Running for them.
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DemDogs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:06 PM
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That means you are voting for Bush (n/t)
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wanderingbear Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:10 PM
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14. No..THat mean Im voteing for what I beleve in
I dont what just anyone but Bush.I want to be able to be proud of my vote because I beleave that the person I voted for was the Best person for the Job.. Not Just because they can beat Bush..Thats not enough..
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ErasureAcer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:15 PM
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16. why not Kucinich? Nader asks his supporters to support him
in the Dem primaries/caucuses.

He is Winona LaDuke 100% certified endorsed with Nader's support.

www.kucinich.us
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wanderingbear Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:19 PM
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17. Nader left the Greens.
Were with out a canidate right now.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:48 PM
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21. Nader wasn't that good a candidate in 1996 and 2000
but he wasn't the other two. It looks like Peter Camejo (sp?) of CA may get the nod-- he's got a lot of promise, IMHO.
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wanderingbear Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:54 PM
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23. Now that Nader has left the Greens I can freely speak my mind about him.
Hes a Bland little Geek who is afraid of the outside world and would have made a bad Presedent. Though He would have ballaced the budget right off the bat.
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killbotfactory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:06 PM
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13. Our candidates are only human...
And you should take all the negative crap posted about all of them with a grain of salt.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:26 PM
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18. VOTE QUIMBY!
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-24-03 12:34 AM
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28. 'Are These People Getting Dumber, Or Just Louder?'
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AP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:34 PM
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19. I think that most of the candidates are fantastic.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:41 PM
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20. Here,here AP. They are a danged sight better than what we've got
aren't they? :hi:
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AP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 11:35 PM
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26. I've always liked Kerry. I wanted him to run in 2000, and I bet he would
have won if he had.

I think Kucinich walks in Wellstone's footsteps, and knowing that there are people like him in Congress gives me hope.

Clark makes me wish I had applied to West Point.

I wish Carol Mosley-Braun were my aunt.

Gephardt...well, I haven't forgiven him for the way he turned on Clinton before the midterms in 94, but I respect him for standing up for labor.

Sharpton is the guy with whom I'd most like to have a beer.

I think Edwards is going to be the best president since FDR.
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stickdog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 03:57 PM
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25. It IS difficult when you first learn the truth about
Bush.
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 11:39 PM
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27. That's the problem with being a purist...
Nothing or no one is ever good enough.
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