...I'm a fucking liberal?

EastCoastPride

EastCoastPride

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Today I did a lot of thinking. We had a mock election at our school, and I voted for Bush. I voted for Bush because I've considered myself a 'conservative' for a long time, and, for the most part, I agree with the way Bush has handled the war in Iraq, and the way he dealt with foreign policy before and during the conflicts. I mean, honestly, fuck Germany and fuck the UN, if we feel like we need to go to war to defend our country, we shouldn't have to ask the permission of some council to do it. It's our fucking security at stake, and neither the UN nor anybody else can tell us otherwise.

Okay, even not concerning the war, I feel like Bush is a much stronger, more decisive leader than John Kerry, although he may not be the quickest antelope on the savannah. Kerry's too much of a flip-flopper to be very decisive. I doubt he would have had the balls to take Iraq while Saddam still held it and the UN opposed us.

With all that being said, I disagree strongly with Bush on several issues, the first of which is gay marriage. I don't care whether you're gay, lesbian, bisexual, or some other -sexual, I think that any two people on this planet should be allowed to get married, whether it's a gay couple or not. And I think Bush's stance on this issue is despicable; he's been pushing the bible-says-no point of view purely so that he can get the vote of the Catholic right, and that is Catholic wrong.

Second, his views on abortion are completely against what I believe. I am pro-choice; I believe that when a fetus is inside a woman's body, it belongs to her and she can do whatever she likes with it, and nobody can tell her otherwise. I don't know what amendment this falls under in the Bill of Rights, but I'm sure it violates several to tell a woman she can't have an abortion if she wants to. It's not that the amendments are the issue here, it's more of a moral issue for me.

So, in conclusion, today I experienced somewhat of a minor revalation, and that is that I disagree very strongly with Bush's views on two major issues, and that I respect Kerry a lot more for opposing those views.

Don't get me wrong, I still support the war in Iraq and all that jazz, but lately I've been finding myself leaning much more towards the Kerry side of the barn that is this dirty presidential election. I feel like by writing this I've been cleansed, somehow, even though I feel like I've slightly betrayed myself somehow.

I guess they both suck. It's just that now, after all this time, I feel like Kerry is the lesser of two shitty presidential candidates. Where's Abraham Lincoln when you need him?

-teddy

WWTJSD?
 
I think you've just pointed out one of the major problems with the US electoral system... it's inherently flawed in a lot of ways, and this is the most obvious one. how can you have a representative leader when both candidates are fairly extreme, via directly opposing the other's viewpoints? I have problems with the electoral college, voting practices, and the general attitude at the polls, as well. But that's another story.

 
well this is probably the first post with a clearly explained and justified opininon I agree with why you are against Bush but I also think hes a brainless idiot and is not protecting anyone by trying to protect the states.

BUM: Banned Ugly Moron
 
fastest antelope on the savana. awesome line. I would agree with you 100%, except that I feel the war in iraq was not validated and that we're much worse off for it.

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Oh... I thought you meant real anti-freeze, I was like 'Jesus man, you must be a drinking god to still be alive.' -skierman

'You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.'

'I don't like people who take drugs... Customs men for example.'
 
i was the same way. raised conservative my whole life, started getting involved in politics last year, found out i was more liberal (although pretty moderate).

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Coors, the coldest tasting beer in the world
 
I have always tried to float in the middle of the field maybe slightly left. but i can't help it. i'm a crazy fucking liberal just like everyone else. but not the hippie douche idealist kind.

-Lauren

I dropped out of high school to ski.
 
^ i hate you so much

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Oh... I thought you meant real anti-freeze, I was like 'Jesus man, you must be a drinking god to still be alive.' -skierman

'You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.'

'I don't like people who take drugs... Customs men for example.'
 
^haha I hate you!

Matts a whore and we all know it haha- Lateralis

I almost broke my penis once, i fell down my gfs stairs naked and with a boner, i was never so scared in my life - Lateralis

I have nothing, I dont save anything from ns, i have mostly porn on my comp tho- Lateralis

If I was a fat black chick, id live in a zoo- Lateralis

Hi, My name is Matt and I'm a postaholic

NS Historian
 
yeah, its really hard to pick a candidate solidly on this election. i eman they are both incredibly extreme in their points of views. but, being on the undecisiveness of whether i beleive in the bible or not, i have to go with kerry, because george is all about the bible, and wants to run the country by it. i really dont know if i beleive in the bible or not. some of the shit ive seen is like theres no way this all mighty god would allow this. i dont know, fuck

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If i lived in a perfect world, i would spend my days skiing in the sun, the party never ends in perfect world. Nacho cheese and anarchy, boy that sure sounds good to me, im ready to move into a perfect world.

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simonfiller you are soooo stupid

Jesus saves!

Gretzky gets the rebound. he feeds the puck to LeClair. he shoots! he scores! the crowd goes wild
 
I vote more along the lines of what the policies will affect me, rather than what I believe in. I believe in abortion under some circumstances, like say within the first three months or if she is a rape victim or something of the sorts. But that issue doesn't afect me or my well-being. I do believe that there should be less taxes, and resulting from that, the government should not interfere with peoples lives as much, by giving people handouts and feeding these addictions to laziness. That does affect me, in a couple years I'll be in 'screwed' tax bracket, having to pay somewhere in the neighborhood of 30% of my paycheck. Bush will lower that, Kerry will raise that. So that's who I vote for.

I was born, a six gun in my hand...they call me Bad Company

We're the dream warriors! Don't wanna dream no more!--Dokken
 
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