Don't waste my vote: Radical center offers harsh advice for both parties

The Seattle Times ^ | Sunday, February 01, 2004, 02:44 P.M. Pacific | Bill Broz

[Moby Grape]

"RADICAL" Center....PLEASE.....What is radical about being too thick of skull to be able to make up one's mind about leftist democrats who would bow to the UN, appoint activist judges who GOVERN from the bench, and who would surrender and pander to the dictators of the world?

What is it with these little "moderate" children who sit on the fence and say, "Look at me...look at me....I am somebody ...and my vote goes to the one who pays attention to me!!!"

The mushy middle are near brain dead dolts who are stick a finger in the wind, wait to see who is likely to get elected, then vote for that person so they can claim they voted for a winner.

[rhombus]

The mushy middle are near brain dead dolts who are stick a finger in the wind, wait to see who is likely to get elected, then vote for that person so they can claim they voted for a winner.

The are cowards who lack character.

[sauropod]

""We haven't found weapons of mass destruction but the Iraq War was justified anyway."

"Mr. President, you have a serious problem.

I'm one of the guys — and there are a lot of us — who supported the administration's decision to go to war based largely on Secretary of State Colin Powell's testimony at the United Nations."

Therein lies the problem. If this picknose "journalist" had to have had WMDs waved under his nose to support the war then he deserves to be let down.

Powell believed Hussain had them. I believe Hussain had them and that they are now in Syria.

There were many, many reasons to go to war w/ Iraq. WMDs was just one of them.

[sauropod]

To refer to an Ann Coulter quote, swing voters are those people that make their selection for president based on whether or not he wears boxers or briefs.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Far as I'm concerned, there are no independents. They're what I call "poll watchers". That meaning, when one candidate is ahead of another, beyond the margin of error, the so called independents are going to instantly formulate their vote right in front of the TV, head to the ballot box and vote for the "winner".

[Constantine XIII]

And I'm sure any that are reading this thread will IMMEDIATELY change their minds and agree with us. :p

You know, you can attract more flies with honey than vinegar.

[BigSkyFreeper]

There were many, many reasons to go to war w/ Iraq. WMDs was just one of them.

You betcha, and when its all said and done, the Democrats will still look like the idiots they are.

I was wishing like hell the Republicans would have allowed the Democrats to go on with their silly investigations before the Iraq war. They were going to use the same intelligence Clinton used to bomb Baghdad for 4 days. The same intelligence and evidence Powell recanted from in front of the United Nations.

We already had authorizations, the Democrats were the ones doing the stonewalling to begin with, by making the White House fudge around with the UN for 6 more months. The burden of proof was and is still on Saddam. He's still not cooperating, even as a prisoner.

[steve50]

And I'm sure any that are reading this thread will IMMEDIATELY change their minds and agree with us. :p

You know, you can attract more flies with honey than vinegar.

Nah, I respect people who tell me I'm stupid if I don't just shut up and agree with them.

[Moby Grape]

I don't want to attract flies.....that is what MODERATES do...

Moderates are ROAD KILL on the highways of political change...gutless, don't really stand for anything...they are weasels...and they prostitute their voting.

There...is that better?

[anniegetyourgun]

Nothing "radical" about these folks. However, I'm glad they are there. Without them, we'd have only the immovable 1/3's on the left and right.

[Moby Grape]

Boxers or briefs...you nailed it. Very deep thinkers these moderates.

[Ole Okie]

Kerry has character? HAH!

Having wooed and wed a 300 mil heiress and having two kids therewith, John F'n Kerry came across another heiress having 700 mil.

Quick as a wink, he calculated which was greater, 300 mil or 700 mil, and made the correct decision that 700 mil is more.

OK, up to this point, he was simply operating on the gigilo principle. I guess he rationalized that this is nothin' any old country boy wouldn't have done.

But then he drops the big one.

After siring two kids with the 300 mil lady, John F'n Kerry or his intended Teresa Heinz decided he needed an annulment, ie, a declaration from the Catholic church that the marriage to the 300 mil lady was no true marriage. A lot of people in flyover country are laughing about this one.

So, being able to discern that 700 mil is greater than 300 mil and making an instantaneous decision to pursue the 700 mil gives John F'n Kerry a leg up on the character issue?

Oh, kinda ranks up there with the 'principled stand' he took opposing the Viet Nam war and throwing someone else's medals over the White House fence.

[StonyBurk]

Am convinced that the nation was polarized long before the 2000 election-- the Jacki have resisted all attempts by
the Bush administration to get beyond the vitriol and
divisiveness of that election.Their power and pride was
slapped. I see NO reason to expect this election will be
any less divisive. The Jacki are trying to prove they are
the Only legitimate governing power. And the Republican
pols are reacting according to the games politicians play.
Both sides are equally a threat to a once free people.
Both sides are equally wrong to believe Govt. is the solution.

[Neets]

I like the fact that Tony Blair has decided to launch an investigation on the OTHER side of the ocean.

I think an investigation will be a good thing..and as usual, the Dems were not too careful in what they "wished for".

I think an in-dept look at the "intelligence umbrella" is long over=due.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Focus

Keep the faith and hang in there,
We need you, don’t lose sight.
Your support and yes your vote,
Will make this come out right.
It’s early yet but time moves fast,
So please don’t wait too long.
Let’s pull together once again,
To keep our country strong.
Kerry, Clark, or Howard Dean,
Who knows which one will be.
The one the democrats will pick,
To be their nominee.
The lucky winner gets to run,
A race he must not win.
Yes come November Oh Oh Four,
George Bush it is again!

Conspiracy Guy 1/27/04

[e5man_r_u?]

Deep??
For me, this overused word boils down to one thing: doing what's right in the face of significant personal sacrifice. The candidate I vote for should have demonstrated this at least once during his or her public life.

One current candidate who comes to mind is Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who made a decision to fight in an unpopular war, Vietnam, then became a principled critic of that same war after he returned to civilian life.

So, Protesting a war you just fought in when you see big approving crowds for such an action and then sudden relaizing that you threw someone else's medals over the White House fence when it becomes fashionable is character?!?
The only thing moderate about this guy is his grasp of basic logic!

[G.Mason]

IMHO anyone who is an "undecided" voter at this late date is, shall I say, mentally challenged.

The issues are clear, it's my head that's foggy

[meenie]

There are a lot of brain dead on both ends of the spectrum, too. Liberals that place their faith on the ability of the government to improve their lot in the country, while exactly the opposite happens. Case in point. Welfare recipients, unemployed, ghetto residents in the inner citizens who keep supporting the left.

Then we have the conservative brain dead that follow the rhetoric of the false conservatives. Smaller government, even as government increases enormously, less taxation as expenses are increased dramatically and future generations loaded with debt to be paid. A more humble foreign foreign policy and less intervention even as interventionism increases.

Then we have the brain dead in the center that look at the antics of both parties and decide to visit a pox on both parties by staying home or voting for a third party that fits their values and views. In this group, you have the independent riff-raff of both parties that refuse to vote for the lesser of two evils.

This group controls the eventual outcome of the elections. They have become more conservative in recent years as both major parties align themselves to the left of the political spectrum. Unfortunately, the brain dead leaders of both parties have refused to acknowledge this and keep pandering to the left for their votes.

[Moby Grape]

Like I said...moderates are NOT thinkers (I was being sarcastic when I labeled them deep thinkers)....This idiot labels Kerry as being principled for throwing medals that belonged to SOMONE ELSE at the White House...then, when Kerry believes HIS medals will help him politically, they are then PROUDLY hanging on his office wall....

The idiot who wrote this mindless article is standing on a soap box screaming, "Hey everybody...look at me...I am a moderate and I am STUPID."