My voting habits have changed...

Hiya Jack!

I just told Ken in another thread that I was ready to help a grassroots campaign to have a solid base effective in 2008!


http://www.baptistboard.com/showthread.php?p=853779#post853779


With all that is going on and the power of the Christian vote, I think we should really consider getting something together that will fight the battle of corrupt politics!


Jamie

 

I might cast some protest votes this fall.

I consider myself a moderate, but not the usual kind.

I support social programs and the like but I vehemently oppose abortion and am quite conservative on similar issues.

You can usually get by if you are a pro-choice Republican because you know that the GOP isn't ever going to do anything about abortion--they like having the issue too much.

Unfortunately for me, I know the GOP isn't going to do anything to care for the unborn, children, or the working poor.

Unfortunately for me, I know that the Democrats are going to actively support keeping abortion legal (a step beyond the status quo approach of the GOP--pander, get votes, then do nothing) and other socially liberal policies.

I do find myself in a pickle here in Arkansas. For governor and lt. governor, the Democrats are too liberal and the Republicans are too conservative.

 

What about Bob Corker? He is endorsed by Right to Life & he wants to secure our borders. Thanks to term limits, we have no more Frist to contend with. He was sure a flop. In the primary, I did not vote for Bob Corker because they said he used to be pro-choice. But after the election, I saw where he was endorsed by Right to Life.

Other than that, unless I can vote my current councilman out of office, I probably won't mark my ballot for either of the two major parties. They are both pretty disgusting to me - shudder. Although, I probably will vote for Bredesen.

Hey, Jack, in 2004 I went to see Michael Peroutka at the Music City Sheridan (Constitution Party). Small turnout, rather disappointing. He got my vote, though. And we put his sign in our yard.

 

There are no term limits for the US Senate.

 

Steve Adams might be of interest to some folks in 2008:

www.presidentadams.com

 

You're right. I forgot. Maybe it's because he's planning on running for the #1 spot. But he'll NEVER get my vote.

 

Bob Corker? Have you ever seen what Builder Bob did to Chattanooga? Take a look into it, and you will have a hard time voting for him. You will probably abstain, if there aren't any pro-life candidates available.

 

I wouldn't support Governor Busybody, I mean Governor Huckabee, for dog catcher. Unless you want someone as president who is soft on criminals, and who is in favor of giving taxpayer-funded college scholarships to the children of illegal aliens, and who wants to badger(at least it hasn't gone farther than that yet) you into eating and exercising the way he thinks you should, I would stay far away from a Mike Busybody, I mean Mike Huckabee, candidacy.

 

I don't believe he can win the nomination , either. Then you won't have to consider voting for him.

 

These days voting 3rd party is voting republican. There are only two parties today and if you don't vote for one it's the same as voting for the other. You can't vote against a party by voting 3rd party...

 

This line of thinking assumes a zero-sum game. That's not the way it goes. I can choose to vote for GOP, Democrats, or a third party, or I can choose not to vote at all.

 

You know, it's funny how people always say that voting for a third party is a wasted vote, or it's a vote for another party. I hear that often from people who say it's a vote for the Democrats. I think it depends on the speaker's political party. All one has to do, though, is look at the actions (and even some of the speeches) of the two major parties to find that neither is really standing for the Constitution at the top levels. It's sad. If the Founding Fathers were here today, I doubt they'd be impressed.

 

A few years ago my voting habits changed from voting to not voting.

Due to the mix of both majors here being evil, most of the bigger minors being even worse, Oz's preferential voting system scam (which means that even if you vote for a minor first it could eventually count towards a major getting in), and compulsory voting....I eventually came to conclusion that they can play their little Claytons democracy games, but without any further encouragement from me.

Now when election day comes around I get my name crossed off to save a $50 fine for the crime of not going to polling station, and then turn and walk out without even looking at ballot paper, going home to a great night's sleep.....(Well, ok, a great sleep the next day, but you know what I mean )

 

That's the standard excuse for Christians who willingly support pro abortion candidates and/or same sex marriage advocates.

 

Somehow, it's my opinion that we are lead to believe this. Both the Dems and Reps want us to believe in this statement. It's the only way to keep it a two party system.

If enough people got fed up and finally voted for the right person vers the right person in a certain party, then over time we would have a 3 party system.

Would that make it better? I don't know.. More than likely it would go down the tube also, but IF the american people stood up and voted for the right person, the parties would HAVE to listen to us, and not just duck and dodge like they do now.

WE THE PEOPLE... need to take back Washington and the Congress.

Jamie

 

Pete, from Aussieland.....

I'd say that those who don't vote have no right to complain. But, then again, you don't do much complaining.

Good on ya.