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Why not vote for him?  because the US presidential election system has fallen to pieces.

after losing the nomination, Ralphie trashes the green party?!?!

Ok, the ####### is a megalomaniac.

that "really hard time" was intentional and is essential to our system.

Al Sharpton got some cash from Republicans.  Was all over the Village Voice, and other places.

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http://www.freerepublic.com]http://www.freerepublic.com

Remove african americans from the D side and republicans win every time.  Silly thing to say, really.

The difference is that Evangelicals have real reasons to vote for Bush.

According to the fronline video above, bush learned during his father's campaign that you can win the election essentially on evangelicals alone.

In a nation where less than 50% vote, any signifigant block of voters that can be counted upon to vote near 100% and are easily swayed and led by their leaders, and are spread across several relatively low population states can make a huge impact.

Mars would make a libertarian paradise, imho.

My Utopia fantasy of Mars is a libertarian one.

I find myself finding some wisdom in Buchanan's words in the last year.  What's happening to me.

I disagree.  The right is more organized, especially the fundimental christians.

In the D parties rush to the center, it has let it's base's mechanism to atrophy while the right continues to strengthen it.  Believe me I've seen the inside of a lot of the D party, and it aint preatty.

The D party does not fight for it's base in legislation, and rolls over when the R passes laws increasing it's own influence.

Take, for example, the elimination of union rights for a large portion of federal employees, compaired to the infusing of federal funding in christian social serves.

I believe this has been hashed out before.  For most of the world, sending bush back to texas in a landslide will be more than enough of an apology.

The bush administration has no ability to win a war of Ideals in the middle east.  There are no diplomatic paths to take.  Our words have no weight.

Survival for our nation is now indeed on the line with a frightenly strong showing of Al Quida in Saudi Arabia.  Under a bush regime our only option is a war of attrition, starting with the bombing of Al Jizera HQ, and ending with new flags over Mecca.

I want off this ride.

1: Nader as an egoist is a meme that seemes overplayed and somewhat baseless.  It takes a certian amount of ego to place yourself as a candidate for US President.  He certianly has that.  In my experience, though, those that repeat the "Nader is a magolomaniac" are usually trying to marginalize him not on his platform or ideas.

2: Nader makes really good points.  Take the time to read what he says.  I for one have a very hard time finding anything that I don't agree with him on in principle, only sometimes on practicality.

Here's an interview of Nader by Pat Buchanan.  At least listen to him.

http://www.amconmag.com/2004_06_21/cove … cover.html

3:  Our presidential election system is antiquated and flawed.  A winner takes all voting system is impractcal in an election with any more than 2 candidates.  Modern democracies embrace instant run-offs.  Instant run-offs tend to favor "big tent" candidates without punishing votes who vote their hearts.

4: The Democratic Party takes advantage of the flaw in our presidential election system by forcing those left of center to vote stratigicly.  (and the right has done the same).  The Democratic party has been pandering to corporate doners, and giving little to no attention it's party base.  In the chase for the swing voter, the Democratic party has disenfranchised the left, minorities, labor movements, environmentalists, and those who advocate socialization of healthcare.

5: Dispite all this, I will vote for Kerry. Or, if it seemed like he had a better chance, i would vote for CC, or a monkey in a bellhop suit, or a ham sandwhich.  Whichever will get bush out.

I dont care for Kerry, but I will hold my nose and pull the D Lever.  The only way we can pull ourselves out of the mess were in, is either booting bush out and aplologizing profusely to the whole goddamn world in an effort to get back some sort of credibility, or killing a large enough percentage of muslim arabs until they fall into submission.  I prefer the first.

With bush we have no hope of winning the "Hearts and Minds" war.  There is a small chance Kerry could help us recover, but I dont have my hopes up.

I have promised myself that this year will be my last year of stratigic voting.  I am not looking for a candidate to pander to my every wish, but one that at least considers my point of view seriously before making decisions.  I simply desire the democratic party put me under their tent.

Danka!

Customs cannot check stuff falling down from outside the atmosphere.

With a 14 minute wait between transactions, Pr0n and Banking dont seem too convenient.

Political issues and government subsadies make ethenol economical.

In terms of pure calories spent vs pure calories gained, ethonol is a very much a losing situation.