Does anyone have a candidate of the likely contenders that they secretly will NOT vote for if they

[saracat]

get the Democratic nomination? If their any candidate that you feel strongly againstthat you would stay home and not vote? Just curious.

[Bjornsdotter]

1. Not at this time

...but during 2004, it was very hard for me to vote for Kerry. I convinced myself I was voting for Edwards/

Cheers

[saracat]

2. Watch me get flamed but in 2000, I had a hard time voting for Gore! But I did.

[Deep13]

5. A lot of Ds felt that way.

I was not one of them. I saw what he was trying to do in moving to the right and knew it was a mistake. Evidently he came to a similar conclusion as evidenced by his support for Howard Dean in 2004.

[saracat]

9. You are one of the few that remembers that Gore was NOT overwhelmingly popular

with the D's.

[Deep13]

11. He definitely was not.

My cousin asked me when we would have a real Democrat run for office. After the "election" a hiker we met on vacation told me she held her nose to vote for the seemingly pro-corporate Gore. I guess I'm a little atypical in that I am not too hung up on the hot-button social issues and at the time I hard rot fully realized that corporations have taken over the world, so I was not too bothered by Gore being too conservative. I figured the nay-sayers were still hoping for a resurrected FDR. Except for his seemingly rabid pro-Israeli position, I had admired him since he ran in 1988. At the time, I lived in MA so naturally I supported Jesse Jackson. And then Dukakis. What I really appreciated was his vocal opposition to Reagan's SDI thing and his pro-environmental record. So I was pretty excited after 8 years of disappointments when Gore got to take a crack at it. Unfortunately, he was stuck with all the bad parts of the Clinton years and had distanced himself from the good stuff. He should have duct-taped Bill Clinton to his forehead and shouted "four more years."

[Bjornsdotter]

6. Yep

...I put on my flame retardant suit before making my Kerry response.

I like Gore a lot better now than I did in 2000, so I completely understand.

Cheers

[On the Road]

3. I Couldn't Imagine Either Staying Home

or voting for a Republican candidate in 2008.

But depending on who is nominated, there are certain conditions in which I might conceivably look at Bloomberg. And no, I don't have a list.

[SaveElmer]

4. Nope...

Wouldn't vote Republican under any circumstances...and certainly would not stay home...

Also, not a chance I would ever vote third party/indie....

[Deep13]

7. If I told you that, it would not be a secret!

Actually no. I'm luke warm on most of the candidates, but all of the Rs are simply horrible.

[saracat]

10. I was refering more to the "secret " protest of not voting!

:)

[Totally Committed]

8. Hillary Clinton.

But it's no secret. I've been pretty open about it.

No DLC-er need apply ever again.

TC

[Deep13]

12. Before you write off HRC, please consider these three words:

the Supreme Court.

[LWolf]

13. No.

I have no problem openly stating who will not get my vote in the general election, should they get the nomination.

[jcrew2001]

14. I'm not voting for Hillary in the primary

and will wait until afterwards to decide if she were the nominee - but i would need a lot of convincing.

[greendog]

15. Well, since I've been disenfranchised by the Electoral College...

...it really doesn't matter whether I support the nominee or not.

On the other hand, my DINO Senator probably won't be getting a vote from me. They call him K-Street's favorite Democrat.

[calteacherguy]

16. I don't know yet, I need to learn more about Bloomberg.

If I like what I hear then whether I vote for him or not will depend who the Democratic nominee is...I'm not prepared to name names...yet.

[sampsonblk]

17. Edwards

I held my nose once for him and John Kerry. Not again.

[illinoisprogressive]

18. Openly will not vote for Hillary period.

[tammywammy]

19. I dislike Hillary

But if it's a Hillary vs Romney, I feel I'd have to vote Hillary. But I don't know about a Hillary vs Guliani. I don't particularly like Guliani, but I may vote for him under those circumstances....or I just may not vote for a president. :shrug:

It's a long way off, so we'll just see what happens.

[Catchawave]

20. I will definitely be voting

I have a strong #1, and trying to keep the field open for my #2. Obviously, not so easy on DU :evilgrin:

Seriously :toast:

[mckeown1128]

21. I will not vote for Hillary....

If she were the nominee I would stay home.

[Hekate]

22. No, and never. There is not a single Democrat who would have done what Bush has done to...

...to the environment, women's right to birth control or abortion, and our civil liberties.

It infuriates me when that lie about both parties being the same is floated yet again. Why do the people who say that even bother coming to DU if they believe that? Haven't the last seven godforsaken years taught them anything? :rant:

Hekate

[rucky]

23. Nope.

not a one.

[emilyg]

24. No.

Must vote.

[paulk]

25. No, and I won't hold my nose, either

As I have done in the past...

It is too important, this time around, to take control of the executive branch away from the Republicans and put it in the hands of the Democratic Party.