Have you figured out who you are voting for in the US presidential election? - Page 3 - Political Forum

Spin · 05-17-2008, 02:23 AM

I'm voting for the democratic nominee, whomever that might be. This, in essence, is a default (no-brainer) vote. Eight years of the current administration is long enough. No, check that, way too long...

presluc · 05-17-2008, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by W.E.B. Du Bois

Seems like it's going to be McCain vs Obama.

Maybe Ron Paul will run as a 3rd party candidate. There's also a bunch of other 3rd party groups out there who nobody knows about and you have to go looking for with a flashlight to find.

I suspect most people have figured out who they will vote for. Are you one of them?

Process of elimination.
I can not vote for John McCain, a man that supported Bush a majority of times in the past 8yrs , is supported by Bush cause quote "they have the same consevitive values".

I do not want another 4 yrs added on to the last 8 yrs.

catawba · 05-18-2008, 05:53 PM

Since we will have two realistic candidates and McCain offers no hope, I have to go with the side that provides some hope.

vermae · 05-18-2008, 10:24 PM

If Hillery fails I will vote for McCain

TeaSea · 05-18-2008, 10:55 PM

I'll be voting for Obama, right along with the other 75,000 people who were at the rally here in Portland today. A gorgeous day. The line, several bodies deep, stretched for miles up, down and across many city blocks before getting to the waterfront park entrance, then it was just a sea of people half mile long. Check it out on Washington Post or Huffington Post. It was an amazing scene, the biggest he has seen so far.

presluc · 05-19-2008, 01:26 PM

I congradulate the people of the city of Portland for coming out in such force
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We had a great crowd in Grand Rapids,Michigan recently when John Edwards announced his support for Obama.
Grand Rapids is not as big as Portland, but we did our best.

Even though the people of Michigan still don't know if their vote will count or not.

TheKentuckian · 05-20-2008, 02:09 AM

I'll be voting for Obama both Tuesday and in the general.

I think America needs direction, hope, and to take on new challenges. JFK didn't outline a plan to go to the Moon, he made it a goal, used the powers of the bully pulpit, and inspired others to find the way. I think Obama has similar abilities to captivate and inspire the American people.

I also believe in the axiom that says the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again with the expectation of different results is the definition of insanity.

It's past time to do what we can to try a different tact.

If I was going to consider a Republican, McSame might well be the guy I'd even think about. Too bad he has elected to pander to the neocon right wing to garner the nomination, instead of living up to the reputation he built over many years.

As crazy as it sounds, I think any citizen in his or her right mind would vote Democrat if the candidate was Oscar the Grouch, Paris Hilton, or the Man in the Moon.

A vote for McCain is a vote for more of the same.

Charlie_Harper · 05-21-2008, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by TheKentuckian

A vote for McCain is a vote for more of the same.

Exactamundo. Personally, I will be supporting Obama until I cannot anymore. If there is such a ticket with Obama and Hillary, I would have my reservations, but in the end I do not want 4 more years of Bush-like blunders and war-making policies, so I would end up casting my ballot Obama/Clinton.

Charlie_Harper · 05-21-2008, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by vermae

If Hillery fails I will vote for McCain

Now this is what scares me. Obama and Hillary basically mirror each other in policies, same destination, just different paths to go about getting there. But while W McCain is a nice enough guy, his ideology is off the wall. Like Hillary said in the Pennsylvania debate, the Repubs should just apologize for the last 8 years and not even run a candidate. I'm curious, what is it about Obama that turns so many Hillary supporters off that they'd jump ship and vote for a Bush clone?

presluc · 05-21-2008, 01:01 PM

I'm curious to know that myself since Obama ans Clinton both basicly stand on the same issues.
I thought it might be a gender thing at one time but women got equal rights didn'they?