Reply #29: But... [View All]

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I'm from the south, and a big-time death-penalty state. However, I'm against it on all fronts...it doesn't matter how fairly it's meted out, and if we're totally sure only the guilty are actually put to death...I'm against it. I've instructed my next of kin that if I'm gruesomely murdered, to please instruct the DA that I'm against capital punishment, and to please not consider it. My religious beliefs preclude it in all cases (and I really struggle when it come to certain crimes, but in the end I think it's wrong).

However...I have many friends from other parts of the country, who are as liberal as I am on all other issues, but they hesitate on this one.

I'm pragmatic enough to realize that a candidate that conforms to all my ideals is probably not electable, at least not for the time being. Right now I feel that Gore is the man for me.