This former Buchanan voter is solidly behind Bush this time around.
My guess would be that Libertarians are in favor of homo "marriage". That is the position of most libertarians I know.
We can't have the perfect choice, but we have a RESPONSIBILITY to ourselves and the country to pick the best viable choice, IMHO.
Electing John Kerry would be a disaster, in so many ways. I have a lot of respect for the many of the principles of the parties you mentioned. But I think we all have to be realistic. Good post!
Post that at LibertyPost.
I never did understand why someone would only vote for a candidate if they agreed with the candidate 100% of the time. Heck, I don't agree with my hubby 100% of the time and I married him. Oh well, I guess common sense in this day and age has "gone to hell in a handbasket" as my sainted grandmother used to say.
I think you'll find this to be the case tomorrow night. The third parties will do better in states where the outcome is already known.
There at least 1000 conservative voters who don't vote at all FOR EACH Libertarian or Constitutional VOTER...If Bush can't get reelected it won't be because Libertarians voted Libertarian....
Give me a frigging break....Vote your heart and mind, and if that is Libertarian because your in favor of legalized drugs and gays....go for it
The only candidate that a person agrees with 100% on the issues is themselves.
The only candidate who can win tomorrow are Bush or Kerry.!
Volunteer as a poll watcher tomorrow (especially in swing states ... OH, PA, NJ, etc). Don't let Kerry steal the election.
Tomorrow's election: SHOCK AND AWE.!
Flame suit on and ready.
That's what we were told 4 years ago. I am tired of the RNC moving more and more to the left each election. I will vote for Bush but not because he is conservative. I just don't want Kerry and the liberal media to win.
It would be helpful if someone could list all of the conservative things Bush has done the last 4 years compared with all of the centrist positions. I don't want to see statements he made, but actual policies (and don't include the WOT, we already know about that).
I'm libertarian, but I think the libertarian party is morally bankrupt! They're pro-baby-murder and pro-gay and pro-druggie! ICK!
Voting Constitution may make a person feel better, but in the end it is a vote for the very opposite, John Kerry.
We don't life in a country with a parliamentarian form of government. If we did, the Constitution Party could have delegates elected which would align with other parties to form a majority. As it is, the Constitution Party comprises only protest votes, and no one will be listening, no pro-life Supreme Court justice will be nominated, and no pro-abortion laws will be stopped. One had might as well spit against the wind.
The Republican Party is the place for pro-lifers and those who believe in personal responsibility. The GOP comprises different groups allied against the entitlement party of the left. It is the only place, at the time, for those who treasure the Judeo-Christian values of our founding.
I voted for Browne in 2000 and 1996, Andre Marrou in 1992, and Mike Dukakis in 1988.
Tomorrow, I will proudly punch my ballot for George W. Bush.
The Supreme Court, our security, and our economic future are too important to entrust to "None of the Above", which is a default vote for Kerry.
Bush has flaws, but this is not the time to obsess about them. The alternative is far worse.
Ok, I'll bite.
Here's why I will not vote for Bush.
1. Federal government now involved with marriage counseling and distribution of tax dollars to so-called "faith based" organizations, ie, churches, mosques, synagogues, etc.
2. Horrific deficit spending, fiscal irresponsibility.
3. Corporate welfare. Halliburton is, I believe, just a drop in the bucket.
4. A war in a foreign county which, apparently, is now justified by the idea that we must impose our values on a foreign people. (PS: I did support the Afghanistan action.)
5. A belief that the American people need government big-brother protection more than they need the Bill of Rights and other constitutional guarantees. (We, the people, are not wimps.)
6. Will Kerry be good for our country? No. But the above is a liberal agenda, not a conservative agenda. So my last reason for not voting for Bush is this: the Republican Party needs to clean up its act and reexamine its commitment to small government, and allegience to the Consitution and the principles on which our country is based.
Moral-liberals will do what they think is best in electing moral-liberal Democrats, while those border-wedgies will see that Ralph Nader and his Socialist Worker's Party cohort best address their big concerns of 'border-tongue-kulture.'
THIS Libertarian is spliting his ticket...
What happened to change your mind?
Third party voter voting for Bush, and working for Bush victory, in a safe Bush state. Needs all the votes he can get.
I don't like it, but I will vote for Bush in the Presidential section. Constitution Party everywhere else that I can.
I hope that next time I will be able to vote for the candidate that I agree with on most issues, instead of being blackmailed all the time into voting for the lesser of two evils.
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