Did you vote in the 2000 election?

unclejohn · Post by **unclejohn** » July 27, 2004 9:52 pm

I voted in the 2000 election, and have since Ive been old enough. Ill vote in this one too. Bush gets another vote here.

East Texas Parrothead · Post by **East Texas Parrothead** » July 27, 2004 10:10 pm

Yes, I did. I haven't missed a vote since I turned 21. Every vote does count.

ClemsonCuervo · Post by **ClemsonCuervo** » July 27, 2004 11:11 pm

Definitely. A lot of Americans have given their lives to protect this right, the least we can do is exercise it.

Bush-Cheney will get my vote once again, no other country seems to want to stand up for what's right in the world. I just can't help feeling we're not as bad off as a lot of people (cough-media-cough) seem to want to convince us we are; it's much more difficult to wade through propaganda-masquerading-as-news to try to figure stuff out than it should be. My opinion only, of course.

lovin_jimmy · Post by **lovin_jimmy** » July 27, 2004 11:57 pm

i consider it a responsibiltity to vote, then i consider it my right to complain

PHBeerman · Post by **PHBeerman** » July 28, 2004 12:20 am

lovin_jimmy wrote:i consider it a responsibiltity to vote, then i consider it my right to complain

That's funny I consider it my right to vote. And my responsibility to complain.

Sidew13 · Post by **Sidew13** » July 28, 2004 5:25 am

Buffett4ever wrote:
Sidew13 wrote:I VOTE REPUBLICAN, AND I"M PROUD OF IT

Saying that "I voted in 92 for Bush Sr., 96 for Dole, 2000 for Bush Jr, and in 2004 I'll be voting for Bush Jr. again" we would have never guessed that.

Well I don't care WHO you vote for. JUST VOTE. And like what was already said

If you didn't vote, don't complain

and

A lot of Americans have given their lives to protect this right, the least we can do is exercise it.

And If you don't like anyone who is running, write in JIMMY BUFFETT

Buffett4ever · Post by **Buffett4ever** » July 28, 2004 5:55 am

I vote every year also. Always have and always will. Still taking in all the facts and weighing the decision at this point.

Sidew13 wrote:
Buffett4ever wrote:
Sidew13 wrote:I VOTE REPUBLICAN, AND I"M PROUD OF IT

Saying that "I voted in 92 for Bush Sr., 96 for Dole, 2000 for Bush Jr, and in 2004 I'll be voting for Bush Jr. again" we would have never guessed that.

Well I don't care WHO you vote for. JUST VOTE. And like what was already said

If you didn't vote, don't complain
and
A lot of Americans have given their lives to protect this right, the least we can do is exercise it.
And If you don't like anyone who is running, write in JIMMY BUFFETT

Bob Roberts · Post by **Bob Roberts** » July 28, 2004 6:25 am

I've only missed one election (city council) since I turned 18. I proudly voted for Gore in 2000 and will vote for Kerry this year. I do not side completely with a party, but tend to learn more Democratic on the national level. I vote more Republican on the local level, it just always seems to work out that way.

creeky · Post by **creeky** » July 28, 2004 6:44 am

Is it kinda like it is out here ... you are voting for the lesser of two evils , or "better the devil you know"

RhumChum · Post by **RhumChum** » July 28, 2004 7:19 am

When I turned 18 I was living abroad and didn't get to vote in the first presidential election or any for that matter until I returned. I know I could have sent off and voted by mail, but I wasn't even registered. My dad was in the military and never voted feeling that it was wrong for him to choose his boss (I never understood that thought, but he sure earned the right to believe it!) so voting was never a learned thing in my family.

Since then, however, I have voted in everything. Even dragged my kids with me to vote. Sometimes it takes a while since I've never been a one switch puller . . .

Uhhhhhhh, yeah, I voted in 2000 . . . .

Thank you Clayton, but shouldn't the tongue lashing take place in the VT?

SuperTrooper · Post by **SuperTrooper** » July 28, 2004 7:25 am

RhumChum wrote:Even drug my kids with me to vote.

*shakes head*

Linda, Linda, Linda....what part of speech is this?

ejr · Post by **ejr** » July 28, 2004 10:33 am

I vote every time, and still remember the excitement of voting the first time.

I also have worked as an election judge for about 12 years (one of the few under the age of 70!)-and encourage others who can take the day to be part of the process to do so. Also did voter registration in '92 though I have not done that since. THe best thing is talking to young people, or newly naturalized citizens who are voting for the first time; they, especially the latter truly recognize what a privilege it is.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » July 28, 2004 11:25 am

creeky wrote:Is it kinda like it is out here ... you are voting for the lesser of two evils , or "better the devil you know"

I've seen people, not a lot but some, at the Democratic convention wearing ABB stickers. Anyone But Bush. If that's how they feel I guess that's OK but shouldn't you be voting FOR a candidate, not AGAINST the other guy?

Key Lime Lee · Post by **Key Lime Lee** » July 28, 2004 11:44 am

LIPH wrote:
creeky wrote:Is it kinda like it is out here ... you are voting for the lesser of two evils , or "better the devil you know"
I've seen people, not a lot but some, at the Democratic convention wearing ABB stickers. Anyone But Bush. If that's how they feel I guess that's OK but shouldn't you be voting FOR a candidate, not AGAINST the other guy?

We get the political system we derserve, I guess....

Of course regardless of Mexicooker's thoughts, I'm grateful to live in a country where folks have the right to complain, regardless of whether they voted or not. The president isn't just the president of the voters, he's the president of the entire nation and, as such, anyone is free to criticize or praise him.

The notion that just because someone didn't vote means their opinion is invalid is positively stupid and nothing more than an amateur trick to attempt to discredit someone when lacking anything of substance to rebut with. Besides whether I vote or whom I vote for is my own business.

Frankly a better litmus test for the validity of an opinion would be how informed the person providing it is. Any idiot can pull a lever... very few of those idiots actually take the time to develop an informed opinion about a candidate.

PHBeerman · Post by **PHBeerman** » July 28, 2004 11:46 am

Key Lime Lee wrote:
LIPH wrote:
creeky wrote:Is it kinda like it is out here ... you are voting for the lesser of two evils , or "better the devil you know"
I've seen people, not a lot but some, at the Democratic convention wearing ABB stickers. Anyone But Bush. If that's how they feel I guess that's OK but shouldn't you be voting FOR a candidate, not AGAINST the other guy?
We get the political system we derserve, I guess....

Of course regardless of Mexicooker's thoughts, I'm grateful to live in a country where folks have the right to complain, regardless of whether they voted or not. The president isn't just the president of the voters, he's the president of the entire nation and, as such, anyone is free to criticize or praise him.

The notion that just because someone didn't vote means their opinion is invalid is positively stupid and nothing more than an amateur trick to attempt to discredit someone when lacking anything of substance to rebut with. Besides whether I vote or whom I vote for is my own business.

Frankly a better litmus test for the validity of an opinion would be how informed the person providing it is. Any idiot can pull a lever... very few of those idiots actually take the time to develop an informed opinion about a candidate.

The point is, if you are too lazy to vote, then you do not believe that your vote matters. Thus, shut the he** up.

AlbatrossFlyer · Post by **AlbatrossFlyer** » July 28, 2004 11:49 am

I'm a pro-choice Republican atheist, who supports gay marriage and stem cell reasearch, and I vote.....

Key Lime Lee · Post by **Key Lime Lee** » July 28, 2004 11:52 am

PHBeerman wrote:
The point is, if you are too lazy to vote, then you do not believe that your vote matters. Thus, shut the he** up.

Hmmm... I must have missed it in the Constitution where one's right to exercise the first amendment was tied to one's exercising the right to vote...

It's a stupid point... always has been, always will be. Because I haven't been to a Buffet concert this year and haven't bought a record, does that mean I can't comment on anything Buffett either?

AlbatrossFlyer · Post by **AlbatrossFlyer** » July 28, 2004 11:53 am

Key Lime Lee wrote:
PHBeerman wrote:
The point is, if you are too lazy to vote, then you do not believe that your vote matters. Thus, shut the he** up.
Hmmm... I must have missed it in the Constitution where one's right to exercise the first amendment was tied to one's exercising the right to vote...

It's a stupid point... always has been, always will be. Because I haven't been to a Buffet concert this year and haven't bought a record, does that mean I can't comment on anything Buffett either?

yup.....

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » July 28, 2004 11:53 am

Key Lime Lee wrote:We get the political system we derserve, I guess....

I think the great cartoonist Walt Kelly said it best in his comic strip Pogo: We have met the enemy and he is us.

PHBeerman · Post by **PHBeerman** » July 28, 2004 11:57 am

Key Lime Lee wrote:
PHBeerman wrote:
The point is, if you are too lazy to vote, then you do not believe that your vote matters. Thus, shut the he** up.
Hmmm... I must have missed it in the Constitution where one's right to exercise the first amendment was tied to one's exercising the right to vote...

It's a stupid point... always has been, always will be. Because I haven't been to a Buffet concert this year and haven't bought a record, does that mean I can't comment on anything Buffett either?

Are we still on the topic of voting?

Why Bi*** and not act?

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Did you vote in the 2000 election?

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