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I agree with getting more involved with the local politics, so perhaps we may have more options. If Linux-people don't, who else will have the balls to stand against the mighty river? I agree that the Democrat and Republican parties have holes where they don't represent me, although I find that my morals and work ethic tend to lead me away from the Dems. Some mistakes are larger than others and more condemning than others. I don't like that Clinton smoked dope, the fact that he tried to slick-willy his way out of it really pisses me off. But turning your back on your fellow soldiers is one that I don't believe you can shake off. If he apologized and proved to be a man of principle, a man of his word, he might *possibly* somewhat recover from it. The required commitment of our soldiers, however, is not likely to allow the slight to be erased within his lifetime. The Bush administration completely botched the Microsoft case, in a way that suggests favoritism. I have written GWB several times on the matter ;) and am disappointed in them for this. Did it get any of my countrymen killed? no. Did it cause me inconvenience and financial loss? perhaps. Am I pissed? yes. Does that weigh against abortion, tax-credits for families/middle class, and other family/work-ethic/moral issues? not heavily.
Alma J Wetzker wrote:
| | I, likewise, agree and disagree. Holding the office of president | for only those who have never made a mistake will usually only | produce candidates who are too timid to make a decision. I would be | much happier with a candidate who has made mistakes, and learned | from them. | | I believe your point is that some mistakes are larger than others | and may take longer and more effort to fully repent of. (Repent | used in the literal definition meaning change of desire or | attitude.) To hold a person forever beholden to the acts of | idealistic youth is a standard I could never pass if I want to be | able to look at myself in the mirror. I have done wrong and foolish | things and have done my best to correct them. I hope others will | let me grow and change. I need to allow others to grow and change | also. | | -- Alma
| Many people pooh pooh the map, but I find the map of county voting | across the US to be quite informative. The 2000 results showed the | trend, and the 2004 results showed an increased split. The country as | seen from a county by county perspective is 90+% red with occasional | patches of blue near the coasts. That probably helps account for the | fact that the Michael Moore nonsense didn't sell quite as well as the | Kerry campaign hoped. There is a vast middle (geographically, | economically, religiously, and culturally) of the country where the | hot buttons of the urban leftist elite just leave people cold. As one | of our number implied in 2000, I guess these people are "just too dumb | to see the light." <g> And, of course, many of them talk like our | President, so they couldn't have too much in the way of smarts. <g>
While I agree, it's quite telling to see the map as it stood, including the Ohio county map (all red with a couple *huge* blue towers), given that GWB didn't take an exhorbitant percentage of the vote I might temper this commentary just a little. We are indeed a country with many issues and many views, and I'm thankful for a country where JibJab is legal. Still, I might be interested in learning the details of those who didn't vote for Bush. While I'm sure there are many quack-jobs who wouldn't want to fight if a nuke were inbound, I'd like to know how many have valid points against Bush or the Republican party. I know that my brother-in-law voted for Nader and I respect his voting by conviction (although he wasn't very well informed, I learned after the vote). His wife voted for Kerry. They're both tree-huggers, but that's not a slam. I would like a bit more responsibility taken for the environment as well, and I hear the Republicans aren't real well-known for that (although I lack sufficient data either way). Can we refocus one of the big-two to better represent the general populus? Or do we need to be pushing for a newcomer to fix that gap? Or were all the people voting for Kerry from Chicago (ie. dead)?
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