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jhetley ([personal profile] jhetley) wrote2008-11-08 09:05 am

The difference between Republicans and Democrats . . .

. . . lies mainly in which rights they think we can get along just fine without. 

The other side of the coin, counterpoint to all the unconstitutional excesses of the Bush Debacle:  Gun shops experiencing an uptick in sales, in the face of a bad economy.

http://www.bangornews.com/detail/92892.html


" . . . shall not be infringed."

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[identity profile] cymrullewes.livejournal.com 2008-11-09 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
And I seriously doubt that all the votes cast against Obama

See, that bothers me. If one didn't vote for Obama it is automatically a vote against him?

I voted for Ron Paul. I did NOT vote against Obama nor McCain. (I'd be willing to consider that it was 15% a vote against Biden and Palin, however. Those two scare me.)

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[identity profile] starcat-jewel.livejournal.com 2008-11-09 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
This strikes me as hair-splitting. When you cast your vote in favor of one person, you are automatically casting it against anyone else running, simply because you didn't like them enough to vote for them. This is another concept which has been severely tainted by the Republican regime; too many people now equate "voting against X" with "anyone but X", and it's not necessarily that strong.

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[identity profile] jhetley.livejournal.com 2008-11-09 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure she is splitting hairs. Or hares . . .

It's been a long time since I saw a candidate that I could vote _for_. This time around, I was most assuredly voting _against_ Gov. Palin. That "one heartbeat" thing.

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[identity profile] cymrullewes.livejournal.com 2008-11-09 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I'm not splitting hairs.

You make my brain hurt. I don't see voting as being against the other candidates. That's a fallacy the Demolicans/Republicrats have pushed on the voters.

It's the "Vote for the lesser of two evils" concept. As Alaric says, "That's still voting for evil."

You like two candidates equally so you flip a coin to decide who you are voting for. Does that mean you don't like the person who lost your coin toss anymore or not as much as you did before you flipped the coin?

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[identity profile] jhetley.livejournal.com 2008-11-09 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Vote Cthulu. Why settle for the lesser evil?"