[Poohbah]

Feel free to ask me whatever honest question you've got.

Kindly note that this is not a question of who you're voting for, or even if you're voting.

On January 20th, 2005, the President will be sworn into office.

Of the choice of George W. Bush, or the Democrat nominee, who do you prefer to be President starting on January 20th, 2005?

"None of the above" is not an acceptable answer. Pick one of the two choices.

[OWK]

Of the choice of George W. Bush, or the Democrat nominee, who do you prefer to be President starting on January 20th, 2005?

"None of the above" is not an acceptable answer.

Why is "none of the above" not an acceptable answer? (other than your decree?)

They both suck.

Both bode ill for the republic.

I don't want my children to face the legacy of either of these men.

[Quick1]

"None of the above" is an answer. Repeating that it is not, does not make it unacceptable. Until the ballot gives me only the two choices, with a blank ballot also not an option, then "none of the above" is my answer.

[Abe Froman]

"Of the choice of George W. Bush, or the Democrat nominee, who do you prefer to be President starting on January 20th, 2005? "None of the above" is not an acceptable answer. Pick one of the two choices.

At this point I would prefer the Democratic nominee for a few reasons:

1) President George W. Bush has elevated Constitution-shredding power grabs (in the name of security, and what was it that Ben Franklin said about that??) to an art form with the Patriot Act 1 and 2 and the CFR bill. He also pledges to betray the 2nd Amendment, the "palladium of liberties", if a popular majority wants him to.

2)He has signed numerous other unconstitutional bills enlarging federal power and increasing federal expenditures in all manner of social areas, including education, medical care, welfare, etc....at a rate that no Democrat since FDR has matched.

3) Most of the Democratic candidates disagree with the Iraq war to one extent or another, and in their disagreement with that "foreign military adventure" they represent my view better than President Bush.

4) If a Democrat won because principled conservatives took their vote to the Libertarian or Constitution parties, it would force the Republican party to either wake up to and reverse their own leftward drift, or wither and die, to be replaced by a party that would truly represent Constitutional conservatism. If the right-wing comprimisers still want to remain on the winning side, then it would be up to them to take the lead of the principled voter and follow them to another party.

For us, if the choice is between Bush and a Democrat, then there's no choice. Both results stink, and Bush is trying his hardest to stink even worse.