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Originally Posted by Newman
It's all point of view, Gerry. You're a Conservative. Apparently you don't see that the right wing judges on courts are activist judges only pushing their and YOUR right wing agenda. Same issue. Different agenda. How is it you can't see that?
What are your issues, Gerry? English as the official language? No abortion rights? Return to back alley abortions? School vouchers. Destruction of the public school system, rather than fixiing it?
Focus. What bigger example of activist righty court judges was there than the election that was stolen from Gore and given to Bush? Didn't that court decide NOT to count every vote? How American is that? Is that democracy?
Voter suppression is another example of Republican activism.
Where's Roxpert when you need him?
Where has Cocktoston been? I wonder what he's been up to lately?
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Admittedly, I'm a Republican based on my voting history, but I'm not happy with what has been done in the recent past. Bush has been a bust in his 2nd term, the Invasion of Iraq is exteremely flawed in hindsight. The ties to religious/Christian fundamentalism are bad and set a bad precedent. I will not vote Republican in the presidential elction as I see McCain as not much different than Bush. However, I won't vote for Obama (All hype, no substance) or Clinton (more concerned with power and I don't like her brad of socialism). I'll vote 3rd party, probably Libertarian.
Issues:
English as the Official language? yes
Abortion? Against it except when life of the mother is at risk or the survival of the child after birth is non-existent and, in extreme cases, in case of rape.. I had a friend whose fetus that did not develop kidneys, her doctor gave her several option including abortion, inducing a miscarriage or carrying to full-term (at great risk to herself). she chose the latter, survived and gave birth to a girl that die in less than two hours. this was three years ago and to do this day she has not recovered emotionally or mentally. I still think she shold have chosen one of the first two options. As for womenwho use abortion as a form post-coital birth control, I say that they are murderers and that they should live with the consequences of their action. If you are going to sleep around then use birth control or try abstinence. If you get pregnant, the carry it full-term and then put up for adoption. There are thousands of married couples in America who can't have children and would be happy to adopt an American child rather than having to go to China or Eastern Europe to get a child.
School vouchers: Don't care, don't have children. If I had kids and I could afford it, though, I would send my kids to private schools. Teaching and discipline are better, though there are bad kids everywhere.
The Public School system needs to be rebuilt, not fixed. It's so broken that no quick fix. There should be national standards for education, not State level standards. Its tragic that in city I live in have different standards and quality going from one school district to another. Heck that even happens within the school district in one case.
As far as the 2000 election, the whole Florida situation was a clusterf**k. The Dem focus on just a few counties was ridiculous. The irresponsibilty of the press in their reporting and forecasting kept many voters in western FLA from voting (different timezone). Too many recounts that continually showed that Gore lost. The non-inclusion of votes by service members serving overseas. The SCOTUS decision was solid based on the recounts. However, the major fault in the system is the system itself. The Electoral College is a joke and is easily manipulated by the candidates. If America were a true Democracy, the campaign should have been decided by popular vote. Yes, this means that Gore would have won (even though I think he would have handled 9/11 (the first few months) worse than Bush, but would have kept us out of Iraq (Afghanistan was the right move, go after the terrorist organization in their own house).
And if you want to talk about voter suppression you had better look at the Dem party (MI and FLA primaries) and the Clintons a bit harder before you start pointing your finger at the Republican.