I am loathe to report to the Blurbomat that I do not know who I am voting for yet, though I have done my research and watched the debates, (or should I say moderated speeches). My absentee ballot is glaring at me from the desk. On an unrelated note, did you see this article?
http://​www​.sltrib​.com/​u​t​a​h​/​c​i​_​2​431981

Kerry. Kerry. Kerry.

Because I am of the opinion that George Bush is a warmonger and a weasel and he HAS NOT EARNED another term in office, running this country.

The sad truth is that I still haven’t decided who I’m voting for. At this point I don’t feel that I can stand behind either candidate who is likely to win, nor do I feel comfortable lending my support to those who are unlikely to win. Never in my life have I had such a hard time deciding who I would vote for, but this is probably due to the fact that this year I am determined to be an informed voter as opposed to just picking based on limited information. I’ll continue to deliberate right up until I reach the voting booth. I want to make an informed and wise choice when it comes to who will be the leader of my country.

Kerry. Because Bush is a freaking moron.

I think it’s interesting that people say that the terrorists, the Saudis, Osama, etc. would vote for Kerry. Hello! Do we know the economic ties they hold with Bush? If Bush continues to pass policies that agree with their economic interests, I have a hunch that they would vote for Bush.

That said, it’s flippin’ irrelevant who the terrorists would vote for!

Also, it really puts my mind to rest that people think that making abortion illegal will stop people from having unprotected sex. It will teach them that premarital sex is wrong. It will teach women to value life. It won’t send them into unsafe conditions to undergo a procedure that could be performed safely, by someone trained in medicine and concerned about their physical and mental well-being. Right. You know, I don’t believe in abortion, either. But I don’t think it should be illegal.

I’m voting for Kerry. Jon, I think you should tabulate the results and let us know.

Kerry all the way. Too bad I am Canadian huh?

Kerry. Because he’s Not Bush. And that’s a good enough reason. I want my country back.

We’re a military family (I’m a veteran and my husband is active duty) and I don’t consider it endorsement, but I did finally face my lingering absentee ballot and cast my vote for Nader. Why? Because he’s not Bush and he’s not Kerry and because he supports alternative energy systems and ditching this “war on drugs”.

I didn’t like being limited to two choices. This country needs to build another party and get rid of the “lesser of two evils” political system.

I support John Kerry because the alternative–four more years of George Bush–is unacceptable. I want a president who is going to make smart strategic decisions. Bush has failed miserably in that regard on a wide range of domestic and foreign policy issues. You win the “war on terror” and solve domestic problems by making smart strategic decisions based on all available evidence, for only then can you fashion the right METHODS to achieve the goal at hand. Even now, with Iraq on the verge of civil war, Bush still can’t face up to the emormity of the crisis there. Iraq is coming apart at the seams, yet all he can say is that “freedom is on the march”? Where? And with Iraq in chaos, he talks about “spreading freedom and democracy” across the globe? How? By force of arms? Bush is dangerous because he is incompetent, and he is incompetent because he insists on viweing the world through rose-colored glasses. How can we possibly re-elect a man who has so much trouble just facing reality?
If Kerry wins, he will have to clean up mess after mess. I don’t expect all that much out of a first Kerry term for precisely that reason. But the sooner this country changes course, the better, because we are on the road to nowhere. I trust John Kerry to approach the world with the nuance that doing so requires. We should not forget that the world is getting smaller and more interconnected. Like it or not, we are coming into contact with regions of the world about which we know very little (Iraq is one example). We need to work with other countries who have knowledge and experience in those parts of the world (most notably the Europeans). Kerry is far more capable of working with other countries and restoring some semblance of American credibility. Only then will we have a prayer of winning this thing we’re calling the “war on terror.”

I endorse Kerry because he seems least likely to get the world blown up. However, if elected, I will serve to the best of my abilities.

I have 2 reasons for being wary of Bush.
If he went into Iraq for oil money pay-off then he is corrupt.
If he went into Iraq for the right reasons he quotes and thinks everything is as good as it can be and they cannot and will not do anything different and cannot think of 3 things he had done wrong then he is delusional.
Either way, he is dangerous. I wish he was the first, because the corrupt might get the job done, but a delusional guy will drag us all to hell.

I am tired of the flip-flop label. I think people should be allowed to change their opinions and convictions in politics because of their experiences. But I feel Kerry changes his positions too often leaving himself open to questions about his credibility.

Even though I am leaning towards Kerry, I want Bush to win. Bush should inherit the mess he created and it would be fun watching him deal with it. And all the deals from his first term will unravel and we might even get an impeachment drama.

*YAWN*

If the Kerry supporters applied some of this vitriolic hatred towards terrorism, you might have something there. Peace-loving people who shoot at campaign headquarters … hmmm. Of course, they didn’t hit anything, which is to be expected.

Anyhoo, the “war on terror” isn’t my hot button issue, although it seems to be for a lot of people. Oddly enough, the same group of people who adamantly oppose “single-issue” voting when it comes to Christians and the pro-life issue are the same people who can’t talk about anything other than Iraq in this election.

I support Bush for his economic policies, first and foremost. I’d like to see a degree of privatization of Social Security, which Kerry has promised Seniors he WON’T do. Senior citizens are political plutonium and I’m surprised Bush has even ventured into mentioning altering the Social Security system in any way. I’d like to see him do something about the system — anything would be better than the scheme we have now (which was origianlly a good idea, but has not kept up with changing factors). This probably explains why Bush is the most popular in the 30–40 crowd, although I fall beneath that at age 28.

That’s just for starters. Taxes are obviously an issue for me, too. The best tax scenarios — for me personally — sit with Bush and I’m middle class.

The prescription drug issue is also of concern, as I think the issue has been oversimplified and misrepresented by Democrats and has the potential to have serious repercussions on disease-fighting research funding. Bush understands this.

Those are some of the issues I’ve thought about this election cycle. The war on terror is last on my list and has become a less-than-productive debate that has gobbled up air time and focus away from issues that could have more immediate impact on Americans.

Bush.

He believes in what he’s doing. Principled Action. He makes decisions based on his core beliefs, not on what the prevailing opinion of the day is.

I am confident Bush will protect us, by fighting terrorism PREMPTIVELY on FOREIGN soil, rather than here, when an attack occurs.