Single Issue Voters
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klaatu
Fusionist
I have to agree with Immie .. the reason I voted for Bush the 2nd time around was first and foremost a vote against Kerry 2nd) Bush did offer up some words, like Social Security reform (didnt happen) 3rd) controlling taxes 4) And National Security , I just didnt trust Kerry with this issue .. way too much flip flopping during the election.
Kerry was a failed candidate ... a "0". Its real simple, had the Dems offered up a better candidate..they would have beat Bush.
i don't buy it....sorry!
Bush was HORRIBLE his first term...
there was NO ONE in the USA that could have been WORSE than bush was his first term, in EVERY MANNER! not kennedy, not kerry, not even byrd.....
YOU BOTH chose to ignore this because you were brainwashed to ''believe'' that NO DEMOCRAT was as WORTHY as Bush for the position....
and quite frankly, you two bought it, hook, line and SINKER.....and hatred towards Dems allowed you to believe it.....and truthfully, has aided in bring our country down....
face up to it, otherwise your repentance is empty.....and you will be apt to do it again, fall in to that trap again....
HARSH?
yes.
but needed to be said....at least by me!
care
Bush was HORRIBLE his first term...
there was NO ONE in the USA that could have been WORSE than bush was his first term, in EVERY MANNER! not kennedy, not kerry, not even byrd.....
YOU BOTH chose to ignore this because you were brainwashed to ''believe'' that NO DEMOCRAT was as WORTHY as Bush for the position....
and quite frankly, you two bought it, hook, line and SINKER.....and hatred towards Dems allowed you to believe it.....and truthfully, has aided in bring our country down....
face up to it, otherwise your repentance is empty.....and you will be apt to do it again, fall in to that trap again....
HARSH?
yes.
but needed to be said....at least by me!
care
Immanuel
Junior Member
i don't buy it....sorry!
Bush was HORRIBLE his first term...
there was NO ONE in the USA that could have been WORSE than bush was his first term, in EVERY MANNER! not kennedy, not kerry, not even byrd.....
YOU BOTH chose to ignore this because you were brainwashed to ''believe'' that NO DEMOCRAT was as WORTHY as Bush for the position....
and quite frankly, you two bought it, hook, line and SINKER.....and hatred towards Dems allowed you to believe it.....and truthfully, has aided in bring our country down....
face up to it, otherwise your repentance is empty.....and you will be apt to do it again, fall in to that trap again....
HARSH?
yes.
but needed to be said....at least by me!
care
THE QUEEN OF HATRED SPEAKS!
Anything Republican or Conservative is hated by her. You should all listen to her.
Ask her. There isn't a hateful bone in her body as long as she is speaking of Democrats.
Immie
I have no shame in saying I believe that Kerry would be worse than Bush and that I did not and would not vote for Kerry because of it. I made no qualms about it during the election either. It had nothing to do with "hatred" of dems either, it has everything to do with economic freedom which I believe that all freedoms begin at and grow from. That each event that begins to stifle that freedom is the next step in the wrong direction...i don't buy it....sorry!
Bush was HORRIBLE his first term...
there was NO ONE in the USA that could have been WORSE than bush was his first term, in EVERY MANNER! not kennedy, not kerry, not even byrd.....
YOU BOTH chose to ignore this because you were brainwashed to ''believe'' that NO DEMOCRAT was as WORTHY as Bush for the position....
and quite frankly, you two bought it, hook, line and SINKER.....and hatred towards Dems allowed you to believe it.....and truthfully, has aided in bring our country down....
face up to it, otherwise your repentance is empty.....and you will be apt to do it again, fall in to that trap again....
HARSH?
yes.
but needed to be said....at least by me!
care
You can get all bent if you wish and assume that because I don't like the policy of Democrats that I hate them. You will be wrong though.
I was egging Immie and klaatu on Damo....I should have put names.....and really I was egging Immie on, not even Klaatu that much because I really did not hear that much from him before the election as I did from immie....
One of them knew exactly who I was talking about... right away...as soon as he read it .....
One of them knew exactly who I was talking about... right away...as soon as he read it .....
Ahhh... Poking with a stick, I see... Well, prod on...I was egging Immie and klaatu on Damo....I should have put names.....and really I was egging Immie on, not even Klaatu that much because I really did not hear that much from him before the election as I did from immie....
One of them knew exactly who I was talking about... right away...as soon as he read it .....
I'm not saying single issue voting is always a good thing. I'm saying that even I have cast a vote on one issue. So I can't be too judgemental. I voted for Dennis Kucinch in the Dem primary, simply as a protest against Kerry's war vote. One issue, in essence. On the issues broadly speaking, I probably agreed more with kerry.
I would take "single issue" voting, on a case by case basis.
Immanuel
Junior Member
Ahhh... Poking with a stick, I see... Well, prod on...
I knew what she was doing. I should have just ignored her. She is not satisfied with me turning against George W. Bush. She wants me to come out and say I should have voted for John Kerry. Like that will ever happen. I may regret my vote for GWB, but had I not voted for GWB, I surely would not have voted for John Kerry. I would sooner have wasted my vote or not voted at all than to have voted for John Kerry. We just didn't see eye to eye on so many issues.
Immie
Immanuel
Junior Member
Some times there is not a whole hell of a lot of difference between the candidates. Both are liars and crooks and it is evident. So do I chose Crook D or Liar R take your pick or is it Liar D and Crook R?
Immie
It's Libertarian Nutjob!
Immanuel
Junior Member
Well, I would prefer the Libertarian Nutjob to either the Democratic Liar/Crook or the Republican Crook/Liar.
Immie
OrnotBitwise
Watermelon
Big deal. Even I would prefer the Libertarian Nutjob.
zoombwaz
Radical Moderate Populist
Given the impact of the Iraq invasion on the nation's whole foreign policy, as well as the future economic impact, teh war can hardly be called a single issue, like gay marriage and flag burning, which have no impact on much of anything except the tender sensibiities of some seriously underinformed people. The war is the central issue.
This is a tough one. I never have been a single issue voter, but the Iraqi war has probably made me one. I will not vote for any dem in the primary who still supports this war, that is not even negotiable. In fact, Hillary has lost my vote for the Senate in Nov. I'm going out on 9/12 to vote for Tassini in the Senate primary even. I would rather not vote for anyone who voted for this war, even if they did "change their mind", but would probably make an exception for Edwards. So that is negotiable.
However, I would not vote for someone who was anti-war, but also, anti-choice, pro-death penalty, anti-AA, anti-welfare, etc. So in that regard, I think I'm more aware than the rabid anti-choicers, and gay bashers, who will vote against all other concerns, and even against their own interests, on those one or two issues. And that's where they begin to not only get into trouble, but to cause everyone else a lot of trouble. It's not so much as being a one-issue voter, as it is having complete and willful tunnel vision. They see nothing else.
That's why I said, "Can be bad", I think being a single issue voter is bad in cases where you ignore all the incompentecies of a candidate and numerous of other positions that have a negative impact all for 1 single issue.
But, is the Iraq war really a "single issue"? Its really a myriad of other negative effects that supporting this war causes that makes me so vehemently opposed to it and its apologists:
Strained International Relations
The sustained negative economic impact that this long term financial obligation will have on our federal debt
We are the root cause of civil war in Iraq
The death and injury of 1000s of innocent Iraqi's
The death and injury of 1000s of US soldiers
It was unjust to begin with
Not to mention in addtion to all of these negatives, if you still are chearleading this war on, you're an incompetent dumba$$. I think all of these issues can be summed up nicely by saying, "The Iraq War", but its really all of the MANY other issues that arise from it that is what hurts us. If it was going well, didn't cost us anything, no one was dying and we weren't scorned for it by international community and they did find a WMD program, would it be an issue?
But, is the Iraq war really a "single issue"? Its really a myriad of other negative effects that supporting this war causes that makes me so vehemently opposed to it and its apologists:
Strained International Relations
The sustained negative economic impact that this long term financial obligation will have on our federal debt
We are the root cause of civil war in Iraq
The death and injury of 1000s of innocent Iraqi's
The death and injury of 1000s of US soldiers
It was unjust to begin with
Not to mention in addtion to all of these negatives, if you still are chearleading this war on, you're an incompetent dumba$$. I think all of these issues can be summed up nicely by saying, "The Iraq War", but its really all of the MANY other issues that arise from it that is what hurts us. If it was going well, didn't cost us anything, no one was dying and we weren't scorned for it by international community and they did find a WMD program, would it be an issue?
No I think you've got it right Tianna.
LOL.
Well, that would be considered a pretty egregious one issue that would, I hope, turn most of us into one issue voters.
Extreme, I know, but it would make me a 1 issue voter.