The election, my own view....

[tanisloray]

I didn't vote.

Why not?

Simply because of stupid crap. My mom threw out my voter registration card, I have my DC card, but that won't get me to vote. I don't know where to vote in the area my parents live in.

So anyway. I wanted Kerry to win, but he didn't. Not that either person will do anything amazing in my opinion, we have Bush again. Kerry was outvoted.

Liberals believe in abortion and birth control and things like that. Since abortion was legalized in the late 70s, all those possible liberal voters, have been more or less, made non-existant. Conservatives will slowly always outrank the liberals because of this. All the birth control, all that kind of stuff. Used by liberals, the conservatives, won't. They have children, taught by their parents, and their children have children. It's an ongoing cycle.

There's also the religious zealousism of conservatives. I can probably guarantee that if we could have an analysis of people who regularly went to church and were fervant, we would most likely get an extremely high percentage of voter turnout, because these people believe in making a difference, and they will, and they will do EVERYTHING they can to get the person they want, in.

Regarding religious views, neither candidate was perfect. But, in the instance of my parents, they will vote for the "lesser evil".

Combine this with liberals, who are outranked numerically, the people who don't give a shit and don't vote, and the liberals will slowly lose their hold on the united states government.

I'm not saying abortion is wrong. It is necessary in instances where the mother's life is in danger and such.

There has been too much abuse of abortion which leads to these kind of things.

Ah well. I'll get off my soapbox now
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[HR-Trevor]

In my opinion, roughly 50% of the population is made up of middle to left politically leaning persons.

With the re-election of Bush, the firmer Republican hold on both Senate and house, and the slew of "moraility" based amendments that have passed this election year, it is my belief that many Americans are going to feel they are without reasonable representation in the government and it's going to cause them to lose some faith in their country.

Elections are elections and they will be as they will be, but this one was so slanted to one side, it can't be described as anything but a field day for the right. The left may as well be hunkering down in bunkers for a while.
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[HR-Beau]

Lose faith? I'll agree to that.

How can you have faith in a country that says to a person that he cannot marry the person he loves? For better or for worse, until death dot hey part.
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[Kit]

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I'm all for gay marriage.

Homosexual couples deserve to feel as cornered in and miserable as us heteros.
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[Brokyn]

I don't know what the politicians are smoking. Gay marriage would be a great boon to local economies. No, I'm not reaching for the quick joke (ie. omg there would have to be SO many flowers!), but just think. Traditional marriages do cost quite a bundle. License fees, catering, rental fees, et al.

You would think that the thought of money would be able to overcome simple redneck prejudices. Sigh.

--William
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[Kit]

[HR-Beau]

I'm a Christian, thank you.
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[Brokyn]

[Kit]

[HR-Mickey]

An offline friend of mine put it in the best context --

If Bush wins a second term, being on the losing side does not mean you were on the wrong side.

In addition, I want you to consider that anything that happens in the next four years for good or for ill to this country must be laid at the feet of the Republican Party. They maintain control of both houses of the Congress, and by tomorrow morning, George W. Bush will probably be declared victor of the election unless some truly amazing revelations come to light [those being Ohio provisional ballots and absentee ballots]. They will have absolute control of the gears of government; the only thing they can't do automatically is send proposals to amend the Constitution back to the states.

Whatever happens now, it will be their doing. Their policy. Their singular...inescapable...fault.
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To make a long story short, don't tell it.

I may be going nowhere, but I'm going nowhere fast.
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Kelvin Watt says, "I stopped drinking coke when no longer drinking beer didn't make my gut disappear."
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Kaelin Rae says, "Wait a minute..."
Kaelin Rae says, "You mean they have a COKE machine that dispenses beer."
Kaelin Rae nods to you.
Kaelin Rae says, "Greaser."
Kaelin Rae looks at you and sighs.

[Tylen]

[HR-Mickey]

I meant to point that out beyond the simple cut and paste, but yes. I'm in it more for the "sole burden of responsibility, right or wrong" part than "Haha! Now we wait for the neo-cons to screw up!" aspect. If sincerely good things happen, I wouldn't begrudge them the limelight for a moment. I'm honestly not too enthused on what promises to be (to me, at least) a morality/ethic rollback to the 1950s, but I'm intrinsically willing to let things happen as they happen.
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Mickey Brunner

To make a long story short, don't tell it.

I may be going nowhere, but I'm going nowhere fast.
---
Kelvin Watt says, "I stopped drinking coke when no longer drinking beer didn't make my gut disappear."
---
Kaelin Rae says, "Wait a minute..."
Kaelin Rae says, "You mean they have a COKE machine that dispenses beer."
Kaelin Rae nods to you.
Kaelin Rae says, "Greaser."
Kaelin Rae looks at you and sighs.

[HR-Trevor]

[Dante]