Heh i agree with you about sucking we only have two candidates. I would think that as time goes on there will be more of people like you and me then there are of republicans/democrats. My beliefs don't fall neatly into either party's agenda.
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > So, ... > > and let me set this up by saying: > > a) I'm really not into politics as heavy as most of you are. given a choice > of topics, I'd rather discuss the temperature the wine cooler needs to be > for optimum enjoyment of your whites ... > > b) I'm definitely not Republican by nature. I prefer to be Independent, but > likely lean Democratic. > > that said: > > I am disheartened by our choices for President this year, as are many many > people I run into personally on a weekly basis. This household of 5 adults > is in a turmoil over who to elect. > > I won't go into the specifics of each pro and con of each nominee we've > discussed because ya'll fight too much over that stuff ... > > But, after listening to Palin last night, perhaps I might have someone to > vote for. > > This is the way I see it: > > a) we're always going to be at war. Neither ticket is going to be able to > pull us out of [insert war here] any faster. > b) we're always going to be taxed. We just hope the percentage doesn't > increase to 70% of our wages ... > c) health care isn't going to change much. It's too powerful as a whole for > any President to really battle against not just the doctors but the > pharmaceutical giants. Stuff goes on behind cloased doors we'd probably > puke > over. > d) everything else (other program objectives and initiatives) can be worked > through as it always is, every year, good or bad. > > So, whilst I REALLY do not like McCain ... I'm kinda liking the Barracuda > Palin. > > We HAVE to elect a President. We have no choice in that matter, whether > ya'll like it or not. Our choices are: > > McCain/Palin > Obama/Biden > and I think Ron Paul is running as a write in...but it's really just 2 > choices. > > Which of these is the lesser of all evils, and which of these can we put up > with for 4 years? Sad way for me to look at it all, but it's all I got. > > Besides come on folks! We all know there's piles and piles of equipment, > planes, tanks, cars, etc stockpiled by our government or being used > frivolously that she can put on eBay and maybe earn some money to pay down > our national debt ;) :) > > > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Beth In Alaska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So my very republican coworker - our Government Affairs Director - and my > > very close friend - and I were discussing Sarah Palins nomination. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:267811 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
