The Pending Election
Mostly I am not in favor or engaging a discussion about politics, but I am gonna give it a go here today. I was listening to the radio today and they were talking about how close the polls are and how everyone hates Bush and how they all want him to die, and how he is the worst president of all time, and how our country has fallen apart in three years because of him and blah blah blah blah blah.
Two things, first no president is totally to blame for everything nor should he be given the total credit for anything that happens in his administartion(much like a starting QB in the NFL). Every president is effected by the previuos regime, both positive and negative, congress & the house and the supreme court. That was the point in creating a government that has three branches that operate together, so that one person was not given absolute power. The government continues to go on when someone new is elected it is not as iff we stop everything we were doing and start over, it is continuous. Two, your other choice was Al Gore, so it is not like we had a lot to choose from, and Ralph Nader and his crew do not really count, if tree hugging hippies took over this country we would all be dancing in open fields and singing Phish tunes.
Here is my point, sans the Fox news channel, everyone else who is on TV is as liberal as can be. It is like you have to past some test, so to believe polls that you see on TV is probably not a good thing. Here is the problem, especially when a republican is president, the liberals are so outraged every time he goes to the bathroom they just get on TV and yell and scream and wake Susan Saradon and Alec Baldwin up to yell and scream, but here is what the republicans do, VOTE!!!! Plain and simple when push comes to shove they turn out at the polls and vote, and that is why they win elections. Liberal people a lot of the time are too busy making a picket sign or passing a petition around to realize that it is time to vote.
And it is time to get over the whole recount thing, hey Gore you and your Dad represented the state of Tennessee for the better part of 50 years (heck the highway system in Tennessee is named after your dad) and you could not even come close to winning your home state, in fact you lost your home county and most of the people there are related to you.
So if you really dislike what is going on then go vote and stop talking about it, and I don't mean vote for Ruben Stoddard or who should be off the island, but vote for some sort of office someone that matters.
Two things, first no president is totally to blame for everything nor should he be given the total credit for anything that happens in his administartion(much like a starting QB in the NFL). Every president is effected by the previuos regime, both positive and negative, congress & the house and the supreme court. That was the point in creating a government that has three branches that operate together, so that one person was not given absolute power. The government continues to go on when someone new is elected it is not as iff we stop everything we were doing and start over, it is continuous. Two, your other choice was Al Gore, so it is not like we had a lot to choose from, and Ralph Nader and his crew do not really count, if tree hugging hippies took over this country we would all be dancing in open fields and singing Phish tunes.
Here is my point, sans the Fox news channel, everyone else who is on TV is as liberal as can be. It is like you have to past some test, so to believe polls that you see on TV is probably not a good thing. Here is the problem, especially when a republican is president, the liberals are so outraged every time he goes to the bathroom they just get on TV and yell and scream and wake Susan Saradon and Alec Baldwin up to yell and scream, but here is what the republicans do, VOTE!!!! Plain and simple when push comes to shove they turn out at the polls and vote, and that is why they win elections. Liberal people a lot of the time are too busy making a picket sign or passing a petition around to realize that it is time to vote.
And it is time to get over the whole recount thing, hey Gore you and your Dad represented the state of Tennessee for the better part of 50 years (heck the highway system in Tennessee is named after your dad) and you could not even come close to winning your home state, in fact you lost your home county and most of the people there are related to you.
So if you really dislike what is going on then go vote and stop talking about it, and I don't mean vote for Ruben Stoddard or who should be off the island, but vote for some sort of office someone that matters.
2 Comments:
Hmmmmmm..... I think you should do some research about Nader; he is definately NOT a hippie and I am not so sure you will catch him hugging trees. If Nader did get elected (ok, this is coming from a registered "green,":) we might at least recover some of the consumer debt that is piling up so quickly, and the quality of crap that one can buy may also improve...but that's really not so important. what is, I agree, is that EVERYONE needs to get out and vote. I think your point is apt, that liberals and democrats have a lower voting response than the republicans. You are also right about the Pres. not being the only one in charge, however, he does have the power, and I am not so sure he knows how to use his sword! It is scary to think that a backwoods baptist can ruin the states...what happened to seperation of church and state!? I am happy with a pres. as long as he can keep his dumbass patriarchal laws and his religious beliefs OFF MY BODY! I think we would also do well with a pres. who is not a puppet, and who can at least comprehend what it is he is reading to the crowds. Pay attention to him next time you see him read...and tell me what you think. js.
To the anonymous person who posted above, I love the fact that you made your point clearly and concisely. I sometime get a little angry adn rambling as you can tell. I do agree with your point about Bush being led by his religion too much, but remember what we are shapes our decisions we make no matter what our job is. I agree that push is mostly a puppet for the Republican party, and I am not saying I want him to be re-elected, but you saw my point was that we need to get out and vote and not just complain about it. Thanks for posting, hope you post more and come back and check on my website often. Thank You.
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