VOTE!

[hotrod preacher]

willowbilly, i see the contradiction of my remarks, and apologize if i ioffended you personally...maybe if i explain my intent it would help

what i was trying to do-even if i didn't do a good job of it- was to explain how we take so many of our rights for granted.. we live in the most amazing country in the world, one that allows us the opportunity to help choose our leasership..

yes even the person who doesn't vote has the legal right to voice his opinion--but it seems almost hypocritical to complain about something that you could be involved in but choose not to be--ya know what i mean?

i personally hate! and i mean HATE politics!!... there seems to be nothing but lies and corruption in DC and i personally feel that all the politicians -no matter what "party" - have lost touch with reality (and the real world of people who have to make a living on less per year than they make a month but that's another rant)


once again, i stress my apologies to anyone who was offended by my previous rant, i just want people to exercise their right to vote


in sincere apologies,
HRP

 

[26Troadster]

everybody has a right to bitch and we do, or least i do, but when it comes to politics the way i look at it myself if i don't vote i don't bitch about them, and this is just for me, don't mean nothing bad to anybody else.

 

[Got Rust?]

Voted

But the, yet to be determined, final results do not appear to be going the way I hoped, county wise or state wise! WA state needs HELP!!

 

[Willowbilly3]

I'm not offended. I generally don't engage in any conversations about politics. I even have best friends who part company over it, although both were straight line party voters. The way I see it, our right to vote is also the right not to. I did not vote in the last presidential election because I didn't think either one of them was worthy of my vote. I consider myself an objective person. Many of my close friends who voted really aren't.

 

[CR55]

I see people getting mad at each other over the political arguments! Let's move on!.Not worth losing friends over the knobheads who are in office!..CR

 

[moparcowboy]

But the, yet to be determined, final results do not appear to be going the way I hoped, county wise or state wise! WA state needs HELP!!

Colorado needs help too!!

 

[Sam_Fear]

... The way I see it, our right to vote is also the right not to. I did not vote in the last presidential election because I didn't think either one of them was worthy of my vote. I consider myself an objective person. Many of my close friends who voted really aren't.

I've always thought if you don't like any candidates, write in vote for yourself. I think that sends a bigger message to the elected than a non-vote. Anymore it seems, if one gets 3% more of the vote than the other candidate, they take it as a "mandate". It would be different if an official won by that 3% over the other guy, but a 3rd of the vote was all write ins. If you are uninformed, you shouldn't vote. My guess is our countries founders thought it important to be involved in the political process. Involved, not just blindly voting.

I see people getting mad at each other over the political arguments! Let's move on!.Not worth losing friends over the knobheads who are in office!..CR

I think we'll be OK as long as we stick to discussing the process, and avoid the rest. Otherwise, I don't wanna touch it!

 

[kzoldman]

One thing that kind of bugs me is the attached referendums written so it would take a lawyer to understand. [S To even know what is going to be attached to the ballot you have to do a little research and a lot of reading. I very seldom see them in the local paper. I usually go out on line, find them and then try and understand what they mean for the average person before I go vote. Most folks I talk to say they just vote yes to all of them. I really think they should write these out for dummies like me to understand, just saying.

 

[cantwell.colton]

done and done - ok in the success rate of what i was hoping for in the TEXAS area - not 100% but got some of my least favorites out
-- if youre a politics-person you probably guess my affiliation by now lol

 

[Willowbilly3]

One thing that kind of bugs me is the attached referendums written so it would take a lawyer to understand. [S To even know what is going to be attached to the ballot you have to do a little research and a lot of reading. I very seldom see them in the local paper. I usually go out on line, find them and then try and understand what they mean for the average person before I go vote. Most folks I talk to say they just vote yes to all of them. I really think they should write these out for dummies like me to understand, just saying.

Haha, how true. When I lived in Alaska, the people voted to move the capitol from a very isolated Juneau to a very accessible Willow (where I lived). The politicians did not want to move so they kept putting it back on the ballot with more complicated lawyer jargon and finally had it worded in such a way that voting yes really meant no.

 

[CR55]

Haha, how true. When I lived in Alaska, the people voted to move the capitol from a very isolated Juneau to a very accessible Willow (where I lived). The politicians did not want to move so they kept putting it back on the ballot with more complicated lawyer jargon and finally had it worded in such a way that voting yes really meant no.

Politicians, ya gotta love em!!!..CR

 

[kzoldman]

Haha, how true. When I lived in Alaska, the people voted to move the capitol from a very isolated Juneau to a very accessible Willow (where I lived). The politicians did not want to move so they kept putting it back on the ballot with more complicated lawyer jargon and finally had it worded in such a way that voting yes really meant no.

It should have been worded like this (Ga. style)
"Referendum #1 - Hey yall, we want to move the capital from out in the sticks over in Juneau to town over in Willow so yall can get to it" - Yes or No.