Ya Know What... I Think I've Decided On My Vote For 2008 !!!

[WillyT]

Al Gore.

I'm gonna write Al Gore in for my California Primary vote.

I'm gonna write in Al Gore for my California Presidential vote.

I am NOT gonna play the game anymore.

I cannot watch the party I have loved all my life, kneel down to give suckage to all that I was taught was not America.

Either I was led astray in my youth to believe this bullshit, or my party has acquiesced to laying on it's back and peeing in the air.

I made a promise to myself, that 2006 was it. That I would do all I could do, and vote Democratic for the sea change so very needed in the country of my birth.

I DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE LACK OF VOTES!!!

It's the lack of guts that has me tanked.

So... I will vote for a Democrat. I will at least in my minuscule personal way, try to shout the name of the person I respect, and want.

But I will no longer, with a wink and a nod, participate in the crappy buffet we've been forced to sup from.

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

1. What about Chris Dodd?

[BlooInBloo]

3. My guess, since the OP said GORE, that the answer is "no" to Dodd. Just a guess.

[BlooInBloo]

2. There's little doubt that he would make the best President.

[proud patriot]

4. I wrote a LTTE which was published

saying pretty much the same thing .

he doesn't have to run to get my vote .

[brentspeak]

5. Uh, ok

:eyes:

[Cha]

6. You know? I'm right there

freakin' with ya. I've had it with all this other pandering crap to the fucking bloody degree.

I hope Gore doesn't go ahead and endorse someone I can't stand because of their damn pandering.

[WillyT]

8. Ya Know What Else Drives Me Around The Bend ???

This was a couple of months back, and I was half asleep to the show, and I DO NOT have the citation, but...

On a political talk show, a political pundit, asked a guest on the show this question:

"Do you believe... that if Hillary Clinton were not in this race, that Al Gore would have thrown his hat into the ring?"

The answer by the guest: "Yes, most definitely!"

I HATE THIS WHOLE FUCKING GAME!!!

:nuke:

[Cha]

15. I just had some surprise news..of the

Dems who voted Nay on the moveon condemnation!

hillary, schumer, Akaka, Inouye were among them..my two senators and my two senators to be if they're still alive when I get back to the Islands.

I hate the fucking game, too..I'm sick of it.

[rwheeler31]

7. We all know these people are being lied to by

their fellow law makers. Why? Who is blackmailing whom?

[rodeodance]

9. "minuscule" is right on.

[superkia]

10. Come on guys, if he doesnt run, support Dennis Kucinich.

May not be the typical politician but he is trying to stand up against the corruptness and defend our constitution.

[BlooInBloo]

11. I love his gumption. But I'm still not voting for Moonbeam McCrazypants.

[The Vinyl Ripper]

14. What, exactly, do you dislike about Kucinich's positions?

Where do you disagree with him on the issues?

[BlooInBloo]

16. It suffices for me that he plans to incorporate his faith into his goverment...

... No-one *I* vote for will be so inclined - no matter how well-intentioned.

And it's just a general rule of mine not to vote for crazy people.

[The Vinyl Ripper]

17. Show me an atheist candidate..

They *all* talk the God talk..

[BlooInBloo]

20. I never said word one about needing a candidate to be areligious....

... That's all you, making shit up, tiger.

[The Vinyl Ripper]

26. Then extactly what in the hell *are* you talking about?

Because you are damn sure not making any sense..

[BlooInBloo]

28. Which word didn't you understand?

[The Vinyl Ripper]

29. I understood each word..

It's the *sentence* which makes no sense.

[BlooInBloo]

31. (shrug) Each of the three sentences I wrote make perfect sense. Sorry you don't understand...

... at least one of them.

[The Vinyl Ripper]

34. So you have an irrational dislike of Kucinich..

Since your statement made no sense and you refuse to explain what you meant then your dislike is irrational.

[BlooInBloo]

35. Nah. It would insult your intelligence to explain the sentences to you...

... and since I *certainly* don't thing you're a blithering idiot, I won't insult your intelligence by treating you as such.

Additionally, I would have to use, erm, SENTENCES (yeeeaarrghh!) to explain what any of those sentences means. Obviously you can see the problem, since you're very intelligent.

[The Vinyl Ripper]

36. My evaluation stands..

Your dislike is irrational.

Bye..

[BlooInBloo]

38. See ya!

[superkia]

21. Crazy for the people not the corporations. I think he is the best

shot at giving the people the power again.

[BlooInBloo]

22. And that's your right.

[Tesha]

56. Kucinich is a democratic Democrat, not a DLC "Democrat". (NT)

[superkia]

19. I am but you did give me a good laugh, thank you!

[BlooInBloo]

24. :) I thought it was the funniest of the names I tried out in my head.

[progressoid]

27. ...

:spray: :spray: :spray: :spray: :spray:

[Beelzebud]

52. Yeah he's just not warmonger, or corporate shill enough for me.

Moonbeam McCrazypants sounds like something a fucking right-winger would call Kucinich...

[brentspeak]

13. Or John Edwards, or Chris Dodd, or...

[autorank]

12. K*R "It's the lack of guts that has me tanked." Very well said!!!! n/t

[cui bono]

18. I might do that too. I've never noticed a place for a write in...

I'm in CA too, L.A.. We use those ink-a-dots. Does that mean I have to learn braille?

[Swamp Rat]

23. Al Gore/Anybody Else 2008

:)

[MissWaverly]

25. me too, remember truth, justice and the American way

Hey, it was good enough for Superman, it's good enough for me.

:-), I am writing in Al Gore's name, he is still my president. I like DK but Gore is my first choice.

[SnoopDog]

30. I thought that too at one time... Now I believe only in Kucinich...

[Liberal In Texas]

32. Primary OK. I voted for Clark in the '04 primary. Even after it was a done deal Kerrey would be the

nominee.

BUT, when it comes to the general election...YOU HAVE TO VOTE DEM!

We do not have a parliamentary system. Voting for D or R is your ONLY choice then.

--End of message....

:-)

[WillyT]

33. That's My Point... I Am Voting Dem !!!

:hi:

[BlooInBloo]

37. Aaahhh... sweet sweet idiotically legalistic, deliberately uncharitable parsing of words...

... I can't for the LIFE of me imagine how America ended up in the position it's in today.

[WillyT]

39. We've Apparently Parsed The Entire Constitution... So What 's New ???

:shrug:

[BlooInBloo]

40. True. The only question is: are you part of the problem, or part of the solution?

[WillyT]

41. I Get To Vote...

I get to not note.

I get to vote for anybody I want to.

I do NOT owe my vote to ANYBODY.

My vote is my franchise, and it is earned.

YOU play the game. I've been putting up with this crap since 1974.

It's all on you youngies now, we'll be rootin for ya.

Good fucking luck!

[BlooInBloo]

42. Thanks, but I'm a fluent speaker of Obvious.

[WillyT]

43. Then What The Hell Are You Doing Here ???

It's so fucking obvious too you, that you had to drop your turd here???

:wtf:

Run along now...

[paulk]

44. well, that's useful

I can only shake my head anymore at the mind numbing stupidity that has become practically the daily fare here at Democratic Underground...

[WillyT]

45. LOL !!! - Thanks Uncle Trembly

It is also real. But feel free to stick your head in the sand.



I've had far more folks of Liberal\Democrat persuasion tell me they're done in the last 5 months, than in my entire life.

The question will end up being... for every independent\former republican we gain, how many democrats\liberals do we hemorrhage?

We may still win in '08, but not by nearly the margins we should.

[paulk]

46. yeah, like anecdotes from DU mean jackshit

Go ahead and vote for someone other than the Dem nominee.

That's putting your head somewhere too.

[WillyT]

47. I'm Hoping To Vote For A Vertebrate, You ???

:shrug:

[paulk]

48. Al Gore?

The uber left didn't think he was much of a vertebrate in 2000. Or else they would have voted for him instead of Nader.

I will vote for who ever the Dem nominee is, and I will do it gladly, because even an invertebrate (by your standard, not mine) will be better than the slug/piece of shit the Republicans run.

[frogcycle]

49. speaking of which (attempt at thread hijack commences here)

do ostriches really do that, or is it a myth?

[paulk]

51. it's a myth - no ostrich has ever been observed doing that

ostriches will lie flat on the ground with their necks stretched out when predators approach. This makes them look like just a mound of dirt on the ground. From a distance it can look like they've got their heads stuck in the sand, but it's not true.

[w4rma]

50. Why bother showing up then? Al Gore would never condone your planned course of action. (nt)

[WillyT]

53. Because... There Are Other Candidates And Issues I Intend To Vote For\On ???

And I always vote.

Plus... I don't approve of Al Gore's current course of action either, so there, LOL!

:shrug:

[Hell Hath No Fury]

54. Hey Willy!

:hi:

I am in the same place -- after having to vote for John "Pro-IWR" Kerry in 2004, I swore 2008 was going to be my "tough love" year for the Dems.

I'm 47 fucking years old. I have voted religiously for every single Democratic Presidential nominee since 1980. Even when I was not all that hot for the candidate, I showed up and cast my vote. But I, too, am tired of my party giving me candidates who fail to lead, fail to be truly visionary, and sometimes even fail to resemble what I thought a Democrat was.

This time I am going to vote for the Democratic candidate I want to be President, even if that means writing in their name in the general.

Solidarity! :hug:

[WillyT]

55. Hey Hell !!!

:bounce::loveya::bounce:

I'm right there with with you!

BTW - How are you and your mom doin? Evrything OK after the fires???

Someday, we're all gonna have to get together again.

Love and Peace...

:hi:

[huskerlaw]

57. He's. Not. Running.

What game is it that you no longer want to play, exactly? The one in which individuals decide for themselves whether or not they want to run for president?

It's not like Gore wanted to run, but was forced not to by some evil deity.

:eyes:

[Pastiche423]

58. Yipee!

We have the same candidate.

In the third week of October 2004, I received my PAPER ballot in the mail. I quickly filled it out, w/the exception of the President.

Sick to my tummy, I drew that arrow to John Kerry one day before we had to turn in our ballots.

It was then that I promised myself - never again would I vote out of fear. Never again would I vote for the lesser of two evils.

I am keeping that promise to myself.

RUN AL RUN!