Politics as usual

[unixronin]

Or, I'm fine with political commentary, political discussion, political argument, even political evangelism.  But I'm getting really tired of all the unfounded political cheap shots.

Come on, people.  Isn't there anything positive that you can say for YOUR candidate?

Comments

[elegantelbow.livejournal.com]

My candidate is a man of great integrity. Sadly, he's not running for president, though.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I suspect it could be said that most of the best candidates for President (or for congress, for that matter) aren't running. I suspect this is in part because they have enough sense not to want the job.

I know I'd take a great deal of convincing even if the job were offered to me ... in the present situation particularly, any President is almost set up to fail before he (or she) starts.

[elegantelbow.livejournal.com]

n the present situation particularly, any President is almost set up to fail before he (or she) starts.

Fixed that for you.

I've been focused on local politics for last few years, because I realized that my vote had much more of an impact (statistically speaking) and that it had more direct relation to my life. Also, local politics is more likely to be hilarious. And, really, I need that in my politics.

[tommx.livejournal.com]

I respect him, I believe in him, and I think he is the best candidate for President.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I can respect that.

[luxobscura.livejournal.com]

My candidate has no chance of winning, so it's all rocks agianst other people's glass housing estates for me!

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Heh. :)

Realistically, my planned write-ins don't have a chance of winning this time, either. But I figure it's important to send the message. If enough people start sending it, even the Republican and Democratic Parties will have to listen. The problem is convincing enough people of that, after they've been lied to all their voting life and convinced that a vote for anyone but a Republican or Democratic candidate is wasted.

[luxobscura.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what I'm doing :)

[fatcook.livejournal.com]

The man I'm voting for is the best chance America has for a bright future.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Should he win, whoever he is, I hope you're right.

[fatcook.livejournal.com]

I do too.

[argonel.livejournal.com]

My candidate meets all the essential requirements for president. They can fog a mirror, have a core body temperature around 99F and are a natural born citizen of the USA over the age of 40. They even have the sterling quality on not needing a minder to tell them "Breath in, breath out". Unfortunately I am positive that they are a politician and therefore likely to act against my interests.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I believe that's referred to as "damning with faint praise". :)

[argonel.livejournal.com]

That would be the idea. Also I haven't really decided who I'm voting for. I do know who I am voting against though. I also haven't decided yet if I am going to vote against both of the major party candidates or just one yet.

[rosencrantz23.livejournal.com]

is that better or worse than praising with faint damns?

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Seriously, I'd have to say worse. It's the difference between trying to compliment but finding very little good to say, or trying to condemn but finding very little bad.

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

Everybody loves Muppets! Sweetums '08!

I'm about to start researching alternative party candidates. If I'm going to "waste" my vote, at least I will do so with as clear a conscience as I can manage.

[rosencrantz23.livejournal.com]

If it weren't for that pesky Art II § 1 of the US Constitution, he'd (http://madmikein08.com/) get my vote...

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

Agreed. And not just because I think we do need a Ministry of Woodchipping.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

So which condition is it that Mike does not meet?

[rosencrantz23.livejournal.com]

he's not natural-born US. That pesky British birth gets in the way of his eligibility...

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Ah! Having never met Mike, I didn't know that.

[rosencrantz23.livejournal.com]

And now you know....and knowing is half the battle!
(the other half of course, being Really Big Guns)

[databeast.livejournal.com]

My candidate promises that You Will Be Eaten First, if you vote for him

Cthulhu `08 - why vote for the lesser evil ?

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Well, it sure hasn't worked so far. Look where it's gotten us....

[otherbill.livejournal.com]

Come on, people. Isn't there anything positive that you can say for YOUR candidate?

If there was, they'd be too busy doing that to be making all the unfounded political cheap shots.

They're not, therefore there's not.

(And I think that's kind of sad.)

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Only "kind of"...?

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

I have not truly decided who my candidate is. I feel like treebeard, I am not on anyone's side, because no one is precisely on my side. It saddens me that neither major party candidate is even relatively close. I fear for my country.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I know the feeling exactly.

[luke-jaywalker.livejournal.com]

He's eventually going to die.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

All cats die.
Socrates is dead.
Therefore, Socrates was a cat.