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Post by Taranee on Oct 22, 2008 0:06:59 GMT -5
Why is everyone in college a liberal? I feel so alone sometimes
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Post by Tridart/Sandpit on Oct 22, 2008 0:15:52 GMT -5
I honestly have no idea what the difference between conservative and liberal. I always thought they were stupid labels.
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Post by Hay Lin on Oct 23, 2008 15:33:33 GMT -5
Well, it has to do with your basic views on how government should be run. I could google it or bring up a dictionary, but I feel lazy. As for me, I'm really not a fan of McCain, but I'm also not a fan of the two party system or the electoral college - I could waste paragraphs of space ranting about it, but I won't since I'm too young to vote anyway.
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Post by Tridart/Sandpit on Oct 23, 2008 15:57:56 GMT -5
Pao nizzle knows her stuff.
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Post by Taranee on Oct 24, 2008 17:34:28 GMT -5
Nadar is running again. Seriously, this guy will never win. He's been trying to win and has run every election year since 1992 lol. I do support 3rd parties and I used to consider myself an independent but after a lot of things have happened I changed my mind.
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Post by Hay Lin on Oct 25, 2008 2:02:22 GMT -5
No, Nader is not about to get into the White House anytime soon. I'm more of a democrat than an independent most of the time, but as a policy debater my opinion has absolutely no value. It doesn't even matter if you're right, which is why it's so disheartening to recognize these political ads as something I could put together with a policy background and sound just as credible. But the current system keeps third party candidates from the mainstream - you never see any third party candidates in the debates. As a result, most people have no idea what these candidates stand for, since they don't have a big party backing them. But anyway, shutting up time...
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Post by Will on Oct 26, 2008 14:01:13 GMT -5
You know what? I don't think that we should have parties at all. I think people should run for President and people should vote for him or her because of the ideas, comments, plans, and actions that the candidate will impose as President. I feel that too many people are conflicted with voting because they don't want to vote outside of their party because they know what the "other side" represents already. It's just prejudice with politics (especially now that we have different ethnicities, ages, and genders involved)
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Post by Taranee on Oct 26, 2008 22:58:41 GMT -5
McCain has some more liberal plans then most of the members of his party and Obama just stole his health care plan from Hilary. She had been advocating this health care plan for years.
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Post by .:Orube:. on Oct 27, 2008 10:14:33 GMT -5
I think that if obama wins, it will improve America as even though they say that that have no racial issues, thay do and if Obama wins then it goes to show how beliefs have evolved. It will bring the country to a new...'era???'
man...that sounds well corny!
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Post by Hay Lin on Oct 29, 2008 1:10:38 GMT -5
I feel that too many people are conflicted with voting because they don't want to vote outside of their party because they know what the "other side" represents already.) Very well put there. By having the two set teams, with one on each side of the aisle and you can't find definite middle ground. Candidates that try to be moderate now are often flip-floppers, because they're trying to find a balance between the Republicans and the Democrats to attract both sides. The strict two party system is unusual in most other first-world democratic/republic nations. Maybe it's just that I'm a fan of Canada? I might be a little biased. Well, I'm definitely a little biased, despite the fact that I know how to drop opinions in debate I do have them on my own time. I'm not totally nuts about Obama - honestly, I do sort of wish he'd chosen Hillary as VP because she does have a lot of good ideas despite the sexism against her, that would've made serious history of the two of them had won. I will say that the serious backlash of President Bush's approval ratings aren't helping the Republican campaign. (That was baggage they had coming in, following the least popular president that was carrying their party label.) Unfortunately, because of the race issue, there have been a lot of racism problems surrounding McCain's campaign. I don't blame him for that at all, because it's not his fault that the racist individuals picked him as the 'white' candidate. I do think that he should speak out against these individuals, simply as a moral stance. Because they gravitated towards him, he's in a position to make a statement that racism has no place in a public election. (Despite the pale blonde-ness I've got going, racism issues in the election really get me worked up, it's just ridiculous and that's not what it should be about)
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Post by Taranee on Oct 30, 2008 16:16:47 GMT -5
Don't forget that tuesday is voting day ;D
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Post by Will on Oct 30, 2008 16:24:29 GMT -5
oh lord here we come...this is gonna be scary and majorly intense good luck to all of those who can vote though. I have to wait another 4 years when I'm 21 to get a chance
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Post by Tridart/Sandpit on Oct 30, 2008 16:51:19 GMT -5
I thought you could vote when you were 18?
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Post by Hay Lin on Oct 30, 2008 17:42:43 GMT -5
Yeah, but I think she means she'll be 21 by the next election... I'll be 19 in the next one, so while all I can do in this one is complain, I actually get to vote next time. >gasp< Good luck to the voters though, if you can vote you really should <3
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Post by Tridart/Sandpit on Oct 30, 2008 17:52:14 GMT -5
Yea!
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