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I just can't bring myself to vote for someone so far to the left. There is really nothing about his politics that I agree with. McCain really isn't much better, but unlike Obama. he's at least shown some bi-partisanship.
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10-15-2008, 06:51 PM | #22 | |
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OTOH, being a regulatory lawyer, little Barry will create lots of work for you, but you just won't be allowed to keep any of it, and you won't have freedom of choice in who prescribes your meds. Worrying about the PR promoted character of the denizens of the Hill is a fool's errand. How can you know if his devotion is sincere (unless you're his best friend for the past ten years, you can't), and why would it matter?
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I'm writing in Ron Paul. This guys been screaming for a year how much trouble we're in financially. I won't vote for the other two since Obama is taking us down the socialist road and McCain has proven he can't even run his campaign let alone this country.
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As for character, you're right that I don't know much, and probably can't, on the character issue. I know a high ranking staffer in the Senate who, though a conservative Republican, has a low opinion of McCain for reasons I won't go into here. Similarly, I know of a very Republican, LDS attorney who, while being educated at the U. of Chicago, was assigned a mentor for a year. This person reports that the mentor, Obama, was very selfless and did a lot of things to help that were neither required nor expected, and were done without a view toward publicity or personal gain (he received none). She was deeply impressed by him over that year and, like me, finds herself in the unaccustomed position of voting for a Democrat this year for president. |
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10-15-2008, 07:28 PM | #26 | |
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10-15-2008, 07:30 PM | #27 | |
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Also, the more votes a third party gets, the easier it is to get on the ballot next time. State ballot access laws are often based on what percentage of the vote the party gets. If they get enough they may not have to jump through as many hoops to get on the ballot next time. Part of the challenge they face is they have to spend all their money just getting on the ballot and then on lawsuits when the major parties sue to try to get them back off. It's a joke. The democrats filed 34 different lawsuits in 2004 to try to get Nader taken off 34 different state ballots. This time around the McCain campaign has been harassing the Libertarians in several states by filing frivolous motions and suits. Last edited by BlueK; 10-15-2008 at 07:49 PM. |
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But pundit apostasy happens all the time; see David Brock, Chris Hitchins. There is probably an Ann Coulter apostasy simetime in the future for us to anticipate. They do it to juice their careers, pure and simple. They don't really have beleifs. They say what gets them more sales or air time and therefore more income. They develop a branding to cultivate. It's human nature to care more about that than abstract principle. A critical mindset leads to constant reassessment of beliefs. But I don't respect middle aged or old people who apostatize from conservativism, Mormonism, or anything else. Reviewing and adjusting beliefs is onething. But the time for radical remaking of your beliefs is college or at the latest grad school, unless you lack conviction. People need to stick with what they believe is right throught thick and thin. These are thick times for conservatives, granted. Bush is an evil president, granted. But now is the time conservatives need to show courage of their convictions. Just like our liberal brethren did during their uncertain and challenging times. Obama is very cool, granted. Cool does not mean right.
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But thanks for the heads up on your view of post-adolescent mind changes. I was thinking of bagging the LDS Church, too, and joining your Wiccan, Philosophies of Men, Appletini-sipping cult, but now I'll stick with the Church after all. I wouldn't want to lose your respect. |
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As to the second column, what did he expect? I don't subscribe to the NR and never have, because of its ideological bent. It's boring. I don't read boring stuff. I probably read more stuff I disagree with than vice-versa (one of the paradoxical attractions of this place). My magazines are New York Review of Books, New Yorker, and TNR. Little Buckley's acting like someone who signed up for the Honor Code then complained for getting kicked out of BYU for drinking beer. I don't know what the real reason is for Buckley doing this. I smell the stench of opportunism as I suggested before. Or maybe it's just a late mid-life crisis, easily indulged because he just came into a very large inheritance.
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