GSTamral
09-27-2004, 11:42 PM
I had a very very interesting talk with some people from work today. 5 Kerry supporters, 2 undecideds and 2 of us Bush supporters and we came to the following realizations.
1) We are in an absolute hellish quagmire in Iraq, which is partially the responsibility of the Bush administration.
2) We did this partly because environmentalists and eco-terrorists from the far left have made it otherwise impossible to drill for oil and build power plants in this country.
3) These same eco-terrorists are responsible for us not having placed a hydroelectric dam on the missouri and mississippi because of fears of displacing some squirrels and fish.
4) Our lack of energy makes us dependant on the middle east. This limits the world's ability to deal with this region in a proper fashion. Bush's ties to big oil have only furthered this vicious pattern of destruction.
5) This country is ill-suited to create the 10 million manufacturing jobs Kerry is promising. It is a pipe dream and a lie at best.
6) This country is ill-equipped to provide better healthcare solutions because Republicans won't yield to better socialized care, and Democrats won't put a cap on lawsuit limits. Neither one of the candidates is even a moderate on the issue. Bush is on the right extreme, and kerry on the left extreme.
7) Kerry's plan for America uses some of the fudgiest numbers anyone has ever seen, done by the Enron accountants themselves. His plan is about as believable, in retrospect, as Bush's plan was in his first term.
8) This nation needs a 3rd, 4th, and maybe even 5th party. Whatever it takes to get a more general consensus that everyone can find a candidate they deem acceptable.
9) Bush is a moron puppet, but he brings much more enthusiasm than Kerry, who makes Al Gore seem really exciting. John Edwards > Cock Cheney
10) Many people in America don't share enthusiasm in either candidate. Many of them have strong disagreements with the candidate they will end up voting for. It would not be fundamentally sound for them to vote for the sake of voting. You can't have a clear conscience voting for someone who you find to be less of a prick than the other person. You shouldnt be forced to pick someone you think is a cocksucker because of lack of other options. "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice".
Long story short, I have a feeling that 9 people will be voting for either an independant third party candidate, or just nobody at all. When forced to choose between the far right and far left, someone needs to go out there and just say middle.
1) We are in an absolute hellish quagmire in Iraq, which is partially the responsibility of the Bush administration.
2) We did this partly because environmentalists and eco-terrorists from the far left have made it otherwise impossible to drill for oil and build power plants in this country.
3) These same eco-terrorists are responsible for us not having placed a hydroelectric dam on the missouri and mississippi because of fears of displacing some squirrels and fish.
4) Our lack of energy makes us dependant on the middle east. This limits the world's ability to deal with this region in a proper fashion. Bush's ties to big oil have only furthered this vicious pattern of destruction.
5) This country is ill-suited to create the 10 million manufacturing jobs Kerry is promising. It is a pipe dream and a lie at best.
6) This country is ill-equipped to provide better healthcare solutions because Republicans won't yield to better socialized care, and Democrats won't put a cap on lawsuit limits. Neither one of the candidates is even a moderate on the issue. Bush is on the right extreme, and kerry on the left extreme.
7) Kerry's plan for America uses some of the fudgiest numbers anyone has ever seen, done by the Enron accountants themselves. His plan is about as believable, in retrospect, as Bush's plan was in his first term.
8) This nation needs a 3rd, 4th, and maybe even 5th party. Whatever it takes to get a more general consensus that everyone can find a candidate they deem acceptable.
9) Bush is a moron puppet, but he brings much more enthusiasm than Kerry, who makes Al Gore seem really exciting. John Edwards > Cock Cheney
10) Many people in America don't share enthusiasm in either candidate. Many of them have strong disagreements with the candidate they will end up voting for. It would not be fundamentally sound for them to vote for the sake of voting. You can't have a clear conscience voting for someone who you find to be less of a prick than the other person. You shouldnt be forced to pick someone you think is a cocksucker because of lack of other options. "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice".
Long story short, I have a feeling that 9 people will be voting for either an independant third party candidate, or just nobody at all. When forced to choose between the far right and far left, someone needs to go out there and just say middle.