Unfortunately, the best choice will not appear on the ballot: (none of the above). The Republic and Constitution are broken beyond repair, broken by both the left and the right who actually serve the same master, corporate America.
posted by ppwig
over 2 years ago
If you can, use your primary vote to send a message. I will vote for Kucinich in NH's primary as will a number of my associates, family and friends. Then having sent that message, and having colored primary politics with my true colors, I will support whomever shows up on the Democratic Pop Chart in the general election.
It's the best I can do in the regard of choosing a candidate that best suits me.
I will vote for Dennis as well, and hope Obama wins over Hillary. But any Democrat including her is better than any republican. That must be clear to all by now?
I personally am putting my vote - and my money, time and effort - behind Bill Richardson.
I so want to vote for one of the "lesser" dems or an independent, but I am afraid we'll end up with more of the same. What say you all about that?
Nader's candidacy possibly cost Gore the election, years back, to Bush. As attractive a fit to our personal politics, voting for a lesser candidate in the general election could cost the country a lot in the long run.
Again, I suggest using the primary vote as a message vote. Influence your party's politics that way. But we must unite behind the chosen one for the general vote. Otherwise the result could be "Four More Years".
Personally, I'd rather be wrong in a Democratic fashion, than to be wrong in a Republican way.
The guy from New Mexico is Bill Richardson. He's my current Governor, and I don't think he has a snowball's chance.
My favorite is still John Edwards.
And your characterization of Obama is way off base, and downright offensive.
I want to see a Democrat elected for president, and that does color my decisions for the primary election. I am concerned about Hillary's chances in the general election because the Clintons have been so demonized by the Rove machine and others.
It isn't entirely with a "tongue in cheek" attitude that I like John Edwards for our eventual candidate. In the first place, I have concluded that many American voters do not want to support anyone who appears to be intelligent. Edwards is from the south, and a lot of our countrymen and women seem to think that a southern accent somehow denotes lesser intelligence. Never mind that he's brilliant and had a highly successful career beating up greedy corporations. Think about it! What were the home states of the last two Democratic presidents?
I am just grateful that we have such a talented pool of candidates running in Democratic primaries.
How many of you looked at the 2004 Democratic and Republican party platforms? It was absolutely scary, to say the least, to read the Republican platform. Every single plank in the platform included their great leader's name and how he had successfully performed for the party. It was little more than a Jim Jones kind of worship board, and the only thing it could have been describing was a cult.
We know that whoever wins the Democratic nomination will perform according to a set of goals and values determined by the Democratic platform development processes and adopted by the party. We know how they are created and who is responsible for creating them. That's a far cry from the hero worship and dogged allegiance we see within the Republican party. I don't know why more attention isn't given to this particular difference between candidates during the general election.
Just as a matter of information, I have the following people listed on my favorites list.
Joe Biden-my sentimental favorite-I'm from SE Pa.
John Edwards
Barack Obama
Dennis Kucinich
Hillary Clinton
One of these people has a representative on-line on Eons every day. Hillary Clinton. I have yet to see any of the others with a red on-line under their name. Now I'm not naive enough to think old Hill herself is here, but someone is making sure to take our pulse daily and for about an hour or more daily.
I haven't made a decision on whom I want to be the candidate, but I'm impressed by this.
I want Dennis Kucinich because he supports H.R. 676 , the universal health care legilsation that makes sense and could change our world for the better. However, I doubt if I will get a chance to vote for him. The new schedule for primaries is frightening because as soon as a top runner emerges the Republicans will hit him or her with everything they have and can make up.
I will support the Democrat candidate whoever it is. There is a clear difference between the democratic candidates and the Republicans. Not so much between the individual Democratic candidates.
