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Originally posted by DanTodd
we know. third party might mess up the election this year, the third party candidates are loosing votes for kerry, and we need bush out! the 3% of americans voting for third partys could cost kerry the election this year.
Originally posted by Amuk
Originally posted by zerotime
Badarik isn't going to steal any votes away from the right side or even the middle of the road � Badarik�s voters would have likely voted Kerry otherwise.
I love these statements.... Most Libertarians are EX-Republicans and most would vote for Bush if not Badnarik.
Originally posted by zerotime
Where do Libertarians stand on the hot button issues like gay marriage, abortions and gun control?
If the Presidential election were held today, would you vote for Republican George W. Bush, Democrat John F. Kerry, Libertarian Michael Badnarik or Independent Ralph Nader?
47%-Bush
48%-Kerry
1%�Badnarik
1%�Nader
1%�Some other candidate
2%�Not sure
Originally posted by Damned
There is no such thing as a wasted vote!
Sure there is. Voting for a party that has absolutely no chance of winning (due to the monopoly Republicrats have on politics), while you could use it to remove someone who you consider dangerous to our future, is throwing away your vote, IMO. I'll throw my vote away when it doesn't matter as much. IMO, this isn't the time. I do hope to see more Libertarian votes than ever before, though. Maybe it'll give me some hope for America. Currently, I have none.
[edit on 13-10-2004 by Damned]
[I]Originally posted by Neutrally[/I]
There is such a thing as a wasted vote. and that is not voting your conscious. if your are only voting ANTI BUSH or ANTI KERRY, or ANTI anything for that matter not only are U wasting your vote, but your WASTING YET ANOTHER vote of someone who is voting their beliefs, by making them fight an uphill battle against a party you don't support.
millions of anti bush voters could vote for anyone but bush, but in reality its nobody but Kerry. that's the same attitude that also makes people vote for bush (anyone but the liberals)
You're vote will accomplish nothing, while mine will help remove the insane "leader of the free world". Tell me which vote is wasted. IMO, it's like Hitler vs. Carter. I'd definitely vote for Carter in that scenario, especially if I already knew that Hitler was insane. I don't believe we have the luxury of taking a chance that Bush remains in office.
Originally posted by mpeake
Wrong! If Badnarik gets at least 5% of the vote, the Libertarian Party gets federal funding. Which will drastically alter the way the country looks at third party candidates. It will send a major message to the Whitehouse that change is needed and change is coming. IMO, that is more important than anything!!!
Originally posted by mpeake
The difference between you and I is that I see no difference in the demise of the next four years whether it's Bush or Kerry. To me, we are still going to spiral down either way. Kerry will not improve relations with other countries, he will bow to their demands. Kerry will not command the respect of our armed forces, which means people will not volunteer to serve, which means he will enforce a draft (something that the Dems have already passed).
Originally posted by mpeake
Honestly, I don't know what Kerry would have done. He says that this is the wrong war at the wrong time, but if he were in that same situation, I imagine he would have responded in similar fashion. Even if he hadn't though, we are where we are now and we can't undo the past. And Kerry isn't going to fix that either. Kerry also isn't going to do much of anything different than what we are doing now.