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Just vote!

Author:
jrgsurfer

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Date Posted: Wednesday, January 21 2004, 13:42:39 GMT ( - 8 )
In reply to: girl liminal 's message, "presidential whatever's." on Wednesday, January 21 2004, 7:23:17 GMT ( - 8 )

The primaries will do the weeding out and in the end you will have a choice between Bush and whoever the Democrats put up.

The next vote is in the New Hampshire Primary, which will eliminate at least 1 or 2 more unless there are some real surprises. Dean, Kerry, and Edwards are the front runners right now. If you can wait til after the H.H. vote you may only have to read up on 1 or 2 candidates. If not concentrate on these top 3.

You still have time to make up your mind as to who you vote for in your primary. If you have one. Unless it's N.H.
DO NOT mention on the board whether or not your state has a primary, or caucus, etc. At least not under the present conditions that seem to exist on these boards.

Read up as much as possible on the front runners.That would be Dean and Kerry and Edwards at the present.
Go to their websites and read their platforms.
Listen to their speeches or at least try to read what they say while campaigning. Choose the one that best supports your views.

As to why Gephardt dropped out? He did poorly in the Iowa caucus and figures he won't get the nomination.

No one can tell you how to vote. It's your decision. In the end though I know I will vote for whoever runs against Bush. But that is my opinion and my choice.
Hope this helps a little. Good luck!

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[> [> Subject: My preferred Dem candidate would be Socks, the former presidential cat

Author:
Alie
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Date Posted: Wednesday, January 21 2004, 15:00:46 GMT ( - 8 )

Welcome girl liminal!

Apart from Socks, any of the Democrat candidates would be better than Bush, except Lieberman that is. He'd probably invite Bush for VP, or Lynn Cheney.

I have a bunch of bookmarks on my old computer which I haven't yet transferred to the new one. Give me a day or two and I'll post them for you.

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[> [> [> Subject: ROFL SOCKS!

Author:
girl liminal
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Date Posted: Wednesday, January 21 2004, 18:15:32 GMT ( - 8 )

i am STILL giggling at that! another one that got me in laugh fits today was a friend from canada stating, "your politics are more interesting. you have inter-party wars. all we have is the war of the east, west, french, and pot." i died.

thanks for the welcome, and also pre-thanks for the links! i've collected a bunch today, to read during homework/clinical downtimes.

also, surfer--thanks for all your input as well. i didn't even think about how primaries narrow things down, silly me. i will definitely be voting this time around though, no mistake about that. :)

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[> [> [> [> Subject: Sorry for the delay
Author: Allie [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Monday, January 26 2004, 0:33:06 GMT ( - 8 ) I didn't forget that I wanted to post some links for you. I already have my old favorites on my new computer, but there was a lot of unexpected stuff that got in the way. I'll try to post the links in the evening. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]