Another Presidential Question...

[Tara]

well, the last election was a "lesser of two evils" type of situation for me. i don't like president bush (i'm just leaving it at that to be civil lol), but i wasn't crazy about kerry. that man waffled like crazy. what i had to do was decide which issues were the most important to me and vote for the candidate who's views were closest to mine (or at least tolerable).

this election is kind of the opposite for me. i have no problems with obama or mccain (or hillary). there are actually a lot of things i like about all of them so i'm having a hard time deciding who to vote for.

[Polkadot]

Originally Posted by kathy WWYD?? I DO NOT like Obama..he scares me! I do not think he has the experience, knowledge or understanding of foreign politics to be a good president. In fact..he seems VERY fake when I listen to him and "rehearsed" on the flip side..I DO NOT like McCain either. He is VERY shady to me and I am not sure I trust him as far as I could throw him! So here is my dilemma..do i vote at all??? I couldnt begin to figure out which one is the lesser of 2 evils. I have never voted in Maine so I dont know if they have a write in..which i would use to vote for myself but seriously WWYD??

I agree with you! I feel very let down by our choices and I 'm sure not voting for Hiliary that is not even a option

[Mommy960003]

Originally Posted by kathy WWYD?? I DO NOT like Obama..he scares me! I do not think he has the experience, knowledge or understanding of foreign politics to be a good president. In fact..he seems VERY fake when I listen to him and "rehearsed" on the flip side..I DO NOT like McCain either. He is VERY shady to me and I am not sure I trust him as far as I could throw him! So here is my dilemma..do i vote at all??? I couldnt begin to figure out which one is the lesser of 2 evils. I have never voted in Maine so I dont know if they have a write in..which i would use to vote for myself but seriously WWYD??

it is refreshing to see someone who does not like Obama, I felt like a minority. I don't care for any of the candidates, they all make me nervous! What are we to do!?

[Mommy960003]

Originally Posted by Polkadot I agree with you! I feel very let down by our choices and I 'm sure not voting for Hiliary that is not even a option

I wish we could tell them to beat feet and start over! LOL

[BubMunkeyBles]

I say vote for someone else. It takes a group of people rallying for change to every change politics, its been done with past elections (yep, a long time ago), but if our founding father's could do it why can't we? I personally like someone who's running (won't say who, it doesn't matter), but I'm all for people voting for someone who's not Dem or Repub to try to force change.

[JustBreathe]

Well for me it will be voting for the lesser of two evils also. For me, I am leaning more towards McCain because I think military experience is so important for a someone who want to be the president. Also, after just finding out that McCain's don returned from Iraq recently, that pretty much seals the deal for me.
Now if it were Hillary vs. McCain, that might be a different story, but Obama vs. McCain, it would have to be McCain.

[ILoveOwls]

Well there are other choices besides Obama and McCain, there is Hilliary running, too. Don't like her? Well good ole Ralph Nader is running again! Don't like him either? Well, then do a write in. Find someone that you feel would make a good candidate and write their name in. Voting isn't about voting for the person that's going to win or voting the most popular person, it's about voting for the person you believe in the most; whether they have millions of $$$ for campaigning, or only hundreds.

[Darushka]

This year's election is a heck of a lot more interesting to me that in '04. When I voted, it was for the lesser of the two evils. I don't like either one of them.

[Fast1sw]

If you have done your research and don't like either, I think that is acceptable to not vote. It's your choice.

If your research consists of watching commercials *shudder* or if the research is non-existent I sincerely hope that you will not vote. I feel very strongly that only people who are informed should vote. Even if everyone disagrees with me, as long as they know what is going on, I'll deal with the decision.

As for me, I still need to do research. I didn't vote in the primaries simply for this reason. I do think that the selection is definitely much better this election.

But let me ask you McCain supporters this. How do you feel, as a military spouse, about his stance on Iraq? I've heard him mention how soldiers have told him that they feel that the war in Iraq is the right thing, and some might really believe this. (I'm not even going to get into the whole cognitive dissonance issue...) But if they didn't really believe it, would they really tell him? I mean, I have a lot of respect for the guy, but I don't want him as president. Would it be easy for a soldier to look a former POW in the eye and tell him that he or she thinks his ideas are completely wrong? Maybe they could. I just think that it would be very intimidating.

[BzzzWife]

Originally Posted by gunsgirl I am voting for Obama-- here are my reasons why: he *is* inexperienced = I feel NO one has enough experience to be POTUS. ( that president of the unites states) what kind of experience does anyone have? he is for change- and even though the US does not like change change is what we need. he has kids in school ( albiet private) but he still has little ones- this IMO gives him the insight to all the things we as parents are looking at, schools, the stupid no child left behind act, crime and drugs. he is young enough to remember being poor- and having to struggle. he also knows that without his higher education he would not be standing in the place he is- I believe him when he says he wants to make college affordable for everyone- what do YOU think his studen loan payments looked like? An I find him to be the most honest of the 4- what sticks in my mind about that is when this all started - he was asked if he "inhaled" pot while in College-- his reply " wasn't that the point". and that when young we do foolish things, and when we are old we don't do those foolish things. and NOT one more issue was brought up about it. Do I fear for him as POTUS? absolutely - but hopefully we have enough money going into the secret service that an assassination will not be possible. we need someone in office wheo is not affraid to stand up and fight for what our country needs -- here in our land, here on our soil, here where our children will grow, and here were most of will die.

You wanna borrow my Obama siggy? Cause you can.