Posted on 09/09/2004 12:33:34 AM PDT by hawaiian
I'm an Independent and I'm voting for Bush.
My liberal, dyed in the wool Democrat sister-in-law is voting for Bush.
"a friend of mine, who is solidly Democrat, says he's not going to vote this election, because he can't vote for Bush, but also can't vote for Kerry"
Shsss! Don't tell. I think a lot of my Dem friends aren't going to vote.
Some good news here. Five friends who have been lifelong Dems (3 female and two male, ages 45-55, all from Southern California) are going to vote for Bush. Another male friend from WA state was leaning Bush but is now waffling undecided. Says he likes what Edwards has to say but I think it's more him wanting to avoid the wrath of his very staunch Dem wife. I've converted around 23 hardcore Dem friends to Repub over the years and boy, when they turn that energy to Repub causes, it's a sight to see! ;-)
I have two lifelong Dem friends of mine who are voting Bush this year. They can't stand Kerry.
My mom, who is an independant, will be voting for Bush this year because she doesn't think that Kerry could do any better in the war, and she doesn't think that it would be wise to change leaders in the middle of the war unless necessary. She came to this conclusion just this past week. YAY!
Forced mental screening hits roadblock in House
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1210777/posts
(government site addresses and info in one of the comments below it)
You'll see by what's behind that link that yes, we are more conservative
and Republican than most. And oh, yes, this is certainly about which
way some votes are going--probably many millions of votes.
...problem is that there's no "roadblock," yet. The title is goofy.
But anyway, the news will take a day or so to get around (through
all of the narrow interest boards).
So millions of us in various family rights organizations will turn
our activity toward propagating the news about this Bill item. And if
it doesn't go away really fast, a gigantic load of vote will go away.
If it does go away quickly enough, we'll be back to frenzied Campaign/
publishing activity then.
We shouldn't even have to mess with something like this. Our Party
leaders should know better than to make us interrupt our work for the
Party to waste time on such a tyrannical, communistic boulder as this.
As my dim memory recalls (will check the Bill item status later today), it would require all public school children and adult school personnel in the USA to go through mental health evaluations/screenings. Then many of those would be prescribed drugs. The article says that it would eventually require all people in the USA to be screened.
So by tomorrow, it is very likely that millions of votes (along with mine) will be solidly on hold and other activities suspended until that Bill item is amended out or the Bill fails.
Forced mental evaluations, even if only on all kids in public and/or private schools, is a very ugly move and quite unexpected from any Republican.
My girlfriend, who leans Democrat (especially on social issues), is voting for Pres. Bush.
I have three friends who are die-hard Democrats. They were 100% for Howard Dean, and were devastated when he self-destructed (although they don't feel he did). They also HATE Bush with a vengence. They've been up and down with Kerry, and at the moment, are very disgusted with him ("He's not fighting - he's a wimp - he doesn't stand for anything - blah blah blah"). My guess is that they'll still vote for him (no way will they vote for Bush), that is if they ever make it to the polls. The main talk is about not only may Kerry lose, but what damage he's doing to the party. (PS: they would love to see Hillary in '08 - although they would love even more to see Dean resurrected).
Forgot to add - they also love Nader.
Most of my acquaintances/business customers are voting Nader. My sister can go either way, but will probably vote for Nader. My mom may vote for either Bush, Peroutka, or Nader. I suspect she'll vote for Nader.
My dad, a WWII veteran and purple heart recipient, has been a Democrat his whole life and will vote the DemocRat party line. I just don't understand.
My mom is a lifelong democrat. Never voted for a Republican. I've been working on her for months and months when she appeared vulnerable. The vulnerability stems from the weakness of Kerry. She doesn't trust him. He gives her the creeps. War on terror is key issue. She thinks GOP is in the bag for corporations, big biz. But war is so important. She's 69, so she's not a peacenik. She understands what it means when there's boots on the ground somewhere, God bless her. Anyway, she is wobbly as hell, but at the moment, I'd say worst case scenario she stays home on election day (as she did in 76-88.) She voted for Clinton twice, on the economy, stupid. I think there's a less than 5% chance she votes for Kerry. 50-50 that she votes for GWB. So it's a half vote or whole vote gain for Bush.
Democrat party was very different back then. I dare say nothing like the party of today, which is really the party of BJ Klinton.
My in-laws are like that. I have no respect for them (not that I ever did).
I'm a libertarian. Voted for Harry Browne last time. Voting for Bush this time.
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