[Vision2020] Dick Cheney's 2003 tax savings larger than your annual income.
Tim Lohrmann
timlohr@yahoo.com
Sat, 17 Apr 2004 11:11:35 -0700 (PDT)
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Planet Reality?
Reality is that GW is going to take Idaho by a 10-18% margin.
So, if you believe that we need more choices, why waste your vote on Kerry when he has no chance here?
Picking the strongest third party candidate and voting for him/her will at least encourage the folks who actually may succeed in giving us more choices in the future.
Voting for a candidate you don't particularly like and who's sure to lose the state doesn't improve anything.
TL
Joan Opyr <auntiestablishment@hotmail.com> wrote:
Tim writes:
>But only 50% of registered voters usually bother to vote in Pres. elections anyway you say? And only >about 50% of those eligible to vote bother to register? So you're saying that the Pres. elections only >attract about 25% of those who could participate? And that the last few presidents have taken office >without even a majority of this fractional number of voters?
So what would you think, Tim, about having publicly-financed elections? No more politicians soliciting donations, corporate, private, or PAC, just a set amount of money from the tax-payers and equal amounts of free air time. Oh, and how about a six-week time limit on the general election campaign? In other words, let's have an election like they have in the UK or Canada. And, by all means, let's get third, and fourth, and fifth party candidates in there. Nader would certainly add something to the debates; so would H. Ross Perot. Hell, let's get Jesse Ventura and Pat Buchanan, too. More voices, different voices, smart voices, scary voices . . . I'm all for it.
In the meantime, back here on Planet Reality, those of us who recognize and deplore the damage Bush has done know that it is once again "lesser of two evils" time. That, for me, means John Kerry. I'm not excited about the prospect. He does not make my heart go pit-a-pat. I wish I could vote for Charles Kennedy and the Liberal Democrats, but they're running in Great Britain and I'm not registered there. And so, I must ask myself, what would the devil Kerry do in comparison to the demon Bush? Would he push a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage? No. Would he make Bush's tax cuts permanent? No. Would he nominate more Antonin Scalias to the federal bench? No.
So, unless I can convince Herbert West to raise Bobby Kennedy from the dead, this year I'll have to make do with the other JFK. And, honey, if that means I never have to watch George W. waffle his unimpressive way through the pathetically tame Washington press corps, I'll be happy.
With low expectations,
Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
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<DIV>Planet Reality?</DIV>
<DIV>Reality is that GW is going to take Idaho by a 10-18% margin.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>So, if you believe that we need more choices, why waste your vote on Kerry when he has no chance here?</DIV>
<DIV>Picking the strongest third party candidate and voting for him/her will at least encourage the folks who actually may succeed in giving us more choices in the future. </DIV>
<DIV>Voting for a candidate you don't particularly like and who's sure to lose the state doesn't improve anything.</DIV>
<DIV>TL<BR><BR><B><I>Joan Opyr <auntiestablishment@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>Tim writes:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>>But only 50% of registered voters usually bother to vote in Pres. elections anyway you say? And only >about 50% of those eligible to vote bother to register? So you're saying that the Pres. elections only >attract about 25% of those who could participate? And that the last few presidents have taken office >without even a majority of this fractional number of voters?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>So what would you think, Tim, about having publicly-financed elections? No more politicians soliciting donations, corporate, private, or PAC, just a set amount of money from the tax-payers and equal amounts of free air time. Oh, and how about a six-week time limit on the general election campaign? In other words, let's have an election like they have in the UK or Canada. And, by all means, let's get third, and fourth, and fifth party candidates in there. Nader would certainly add something to the debates; so would H. Ross Perot. Hell, let's get Jesse Ventura and Pat Buchanan, too. More voices, different voices, smart voices, scary voices . . . I'm all for it.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>In the meantime, back here on Planet Reality, those of us who recognize and deplore the damage Bush has done know that it is once again "lesser of two evils" time. That, for me, means John Kerry. I'm not excited about the prospect. He does not make my heart go pit-a-pat. I wish I could vote for Charles Kennedy and the Liberal Democrats, but they're running in Great Britain and I'm not registered there. And so, I must ask myself, what would the devil Kerry do in comparison to the demon Bush? Would he push a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage? No. Would he make Bush's tax cuts permanent? No. Would he nominate more Antonin Scalias to the federal bench? No. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>So, unless I can convince Herbert West to raise Bobby Kennedy from the dead, this year I'll have to make do with the other JFK. And, honey, if that means I never have to watch George W. waffle his unimpressive way through the pathetically tame Washington press corps, I'll be happy.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>With low expectations,</DIV>
<DIV>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment </DIV><BR clear=all>
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