oh and as to this, it remains to be seen. In the last election there was quite and effective voter suppression effort around here and it looks as though the GOP is at it again. They apparently are "investigating" new voters. I don't mean trying to verify citizenship, which might be defensible, I guess -- I'm talking about cop-looking guys showing up at the door of elderly women and asking them why they registered to vote.
This might not seem important until you realize that the margin of victory is alway paper-thin in new mexico. Though that attitude would also n my opinion not give enough weight to the right those elderly women do have to cast a ballot. On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. I was referring to the *upcoming* party on Election Day, not the > convention. > > 2. I think it is a REAL issue when one candidate is boasting a platform of > change yet does 'what everyone else' has done. Obama broke a campaign > promise before he even got elected when he opted out of public funding. > That shows me exactly how much (or little) things will change if he is > elecetd. > > And, I am sorry, in the age of 'early voting' there is no excuse for anyone > not to vote. If someone does not cast a vote, it is from their own > ignorance or lack of initiative. I am sick of hearing about people who > could not get out to vote. Of course we usually hear about it after the > election rather than before so something can be done about it. > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> ok look it was not a "party" it was a convention. People have them >> when they choose a nominee, and yes, they can be expensive ::shrug:: >> >> I can't get exceited about a political party (which is spending its >> own money after all -- more than McCain can say for all his >> scaremongering ) spending its money as it seems fit, when there are >> REAL issues to worry about. >> >> Right now I am just concerned with making sure eligible voters get to >> vote. We lecture other countries about democracy and then act as >> though elections are inconvenient. Geez. >> >> Dana >> >> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Luckily we won't have to worry because we'll get ideology out and >> >> common sense in with Obama. >> >> >> > >> > Rught, becasue common sense dictates that when the economy is in the >> shitter >> > and people are losing jobs at an alarming rate that you spend $2,000,000 >> on >> > a party. >> > >> > The problem with common sense is that it is not all that common. >> > >> > and, for what its worth, Bush is not my 'bpy', I voted against him 4 >> years >> > ago. >> > >> > -- >> > Scott Stroz >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276566 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
