I Voted Today (Part I)

And I voted for...

Published on October 26, 2004 By evilPidge In Politics

So I voted today, and I voted for Sen Kerry. I did some research on candidates views on certain issues before I made my decision and there were a few things that swayed my vote.

1) Roe vs. Wade. I just don't like the way the President is leaning on this. I believe that a woman's right to choose is important, and with at least one of the Supreme Court Justices most-likely retiring during this term, I felt this was important.

2) Gay marriages. While neither candidate share my view on the subject, only one of them wants to amend the constitution to ban gay marriages. I won't debate people on the rights and wrongs of this. Its my opinion and thats the way I feel.

3) Going to war in Iraq. I want to hope that the President didn't lie to us about why he went to war. I'd like to believe that he felt there was a credible threat to the US. The thing that gets me is that has become pretty obvious that there were no WMDs and yet the President hasn't admitted that a mistake was made. Hell even Clinton admitted he had "inappropriate relations."

4) Bush/Kerry: The Vietnam Era. I don't give a rats ass. I hope to god that 30 years from now I'm not held accountable for all the stupid shit I did in the 90's, and that wasn't even a time of war!

5) Flip-flopping. I really don't see what is so wrong with it. I am constantly changing my mind based on new information and I really don't see what the problem is if Sen Kerry does the same.

Well. Thats pretty much it. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not as politically astute as I should be, and I won't say that my choices were as informed as they should be, but I did a little research, came to my own conclusions, and made my choice. I'm sure I'm doing better than half of the country that votes straight ticket because they don't know any better.

Comments

xtine

on Oct 26, 2004

Holy shit...you summed almost every reason why I'm probably going to vote for Kerry. A couple of other key points for me are the faith-based issues. I don't like too much of that in government. I don't believe that I should have to pay to send the neighbor's kids to Catholic Schools. I do disagree with Kerry about affirmative action, and I don't think either one of the two major candidates is ideal for gun enthusiasts. And I think those are hanging me up. But your five are so dead on for me that it's almost freaky.

Texas Wahine

on Oct 26, 2004

Great post. I feel much the same way.

evilPidge

on Oct 27, 2004

But your five are so dead on for me that it's almost freaky.

i'm a freaky kinda guy

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