Hanging my head in disgust...
$710.96.. The price of freedom.
I guess that we run in different circles.
I agree that I have run into that type a few times, but in my area -- Pittsburgh, PA -- we have a very (yikes) conservative party. It's predominantly pro life, adamantly pro-gun, vocally in favor of lower taxes and smaller government. They are not the long haired, maggot infested, doobie doing hippies you are seeing.
I take strong issue with their anti-war stance, but domesticly I'm more in line with them than I am with the GOP. Unless Bush DOES something (not just talks about it) dramatic to demonstrate more respect for the Constitution, Michael Badnarik will get my vote in November. I think that Bush will lose by as big a margin in PA this year as he did in 2000, so my vote is really a protest against his domestic policies and really will not effect the outcome of the race.
Then you are admitting that you are pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage.
Not very conservative, IMO.
Hanging my head in disgust...
$710.96.. The price of freedom.
A vote against Bush's domestic policies?
Why don't you ask the people who died in the World Trade Center on 9/11, what they think of Bush's domestic policies.
Foreign policy overrides Domestic here bud.
If you think our country and your family will be safer from Al-Qaeda with Michael Badnarik as President, go ahead and vote for him. If you honestly believe that we'll be safer with him, I have no problem with you voting your concious.
But if you're going to vote against Bush just because he's not our "perfect" domestic policy leader, then I can't respect that.
The most recent poll I have seen shows Kerry with a 1% lead in Pennsylvania. Bush ain't your perfect guy? Oh well. Would you prefer Universal Health Care? 40-50% tax rates on the people who've earned it? The return of Pre-1994 Welfare?
You want all of that? Then vote for Badnarik, he's your man.