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1000 Reasons not to vote for GW
GGKoul:
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on August 30, 2004, 06:02:13 pm ---Go 'Canes! Leafs suck!
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Something we can agree on.. The Leafs do suck.
allroy1975:
I'll vote for whoever makes sure there's hockey this season. As to hulker's earlier posts, I'm also very much in favor of boobs. and the guy who jumped his ass.....don't you like boobs? it made me chuckle in between all the anger in the posts, and reminded me that boobs are really more important than politics.
There was a post from HC in this thread that I even thought was okay. The wold all seems good when you can agree with HC. ;)
I'm embarassed to root for my hockey team, but as they are my team, I'll just say go Blues! now...be nice to me, or I'll cry!
Allroy
DrewKaree:
St Lous' one good contribution to this world is Budweiser. Even though I live in Miller Land, ANY flavor is a good contribution. Oh, and they have the bowling hall of fame....and the arch...but other than that, nothing...so the Blues suck. ;) Go Red Wings. Or Blackhawks.
Oh, and click here for the ONLY reason you need TO vote for GW. ;D And the monkey in my pocket is printing bananas.
Yander:
Go Wings and if they suck my second favorite is the leaves
Good old Hockey Town even though I live in a suburb and we currently have a better basketball team and we kind of gave ourselves that title.
(Does anyone else occasionally laugh at what Don Cherry wears?)
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on September 07, 2004, 12:43:24 am ---on topic :o :
"Bush is struggling to escape the distinction of being the first president since the Depression-era Herbert Hoover to finish a term with job losses. With 1.7 million jobs created over the last year, the economy is still down 913,000 jobs overall since he took office"
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I have no such belief that he is struggling with this distinction. I believe he is quite fine if that happens, and life will not end for him...the "water off a duck's back", as it were. "I will let time tell whether or not I was a good president" is his attitude, the blips and bumps aren't something he gets into a tizzy over. It's the "larger picture" syndrome.
Still, wars aren't something the whole country pitches in to fight, yet they do affect jobs. He's down 913,000? That'll change before the end of his term. Judge him then. I'll still be fine with how many jobs he's down from beginning to end.
Why would I be fine with that? The employment statistics we've used to judge our presidents mysteriously changed between Clinton and Bush. When it was Clinton in office, the unemployment rate was touted as the big thing. Now it's the number of jobs.
I'll be happy either way, as I'm not unemployed, my company has increased jobs, and I'm getting paid more. Selfish? You betcha. That's why I look at Bush as the guy for me. Same reason as others look at Bush as this terrible president. The difference? I'm not so addle-brained as to think Bush is responsible for me having or not having a job.
I believe his job is to make sure I get to keep more of the money I work so hard for. I don't care if it's (as Dems were so fond of pointing out) "not even enough to buy a new muffler for your car". I worked for it, so gimme my friggen muffler. I'LL be the one to decide where my "extra" ::) ::) ::) money goes, either in charitable giving, spending to increase my standard of living - thereby boosting our economy, or giving a street beggar a fin or two.
I also don't need him to increase our "minimum wage". That's a fallacy used strictly for political purposes. It's lunacy to think increasing a business' cost WON'T be passed on to the customer, thereby making the cost of goods and services higher, negating the "increase" in minimum wage.
I don't agree with a bunch of Bush's policies regarding the programs he wishes to implement. No politician in the world will meet all of your needs, otherwise they wouldn't be called politicians. ;D
I'm voting for Bush because it's a wasted vote throwing it at Nader, Kerry isn't even an option no matter how many times he agrees with my position before he disagrees with it, and until they revamp our system for other parties besides the two main ones, any other vote is a fringe vote best used only in an election you feel won't be closely contested or where you feel your vote is useless anyway (see shmokes' Utah example for what I mean) so you might as well throw it out.
I agree with Bush on several points, the most important being the way he views this "war on terror". To change the direction our country has taken and to subvert our nation's interests in order to curry favor with the rest of the world and win the approval of supposed allies in France, Russia, and Germany is, in my opinion, the worst thing we could do.
I would normally vote Libertarian, did so in the last two elections. Will I make concessions and compromises voting for Bush? Certainly. But I won't be selling my soul by votig for Bush. Even though some can think of 1000 reasons to vote against Bush, I have just a few vital ones (to me) to vote FOR him, and not a single one of them are "He's not Kerry".