I don't want to start a political debate here, but I have to vent.
It sickens me how people have acted in this campaign.
At the beginning of the campaign, people picked, or already had picked, a party. Then, for the duration of the election, they viewed all events through the eyes of said party and reacted to the event along party lines. No one is thinking for themselves.
It's like the millions of dollars spent campaigning are garbage, because just about everyone made their choice within the first week.
It's like bothering to write an election platform is garbage, because if the liberals and conservatives switched platforms tomorrow no one would budge an inch from their choices. (Well, okay, maybe 10 people.)
I dare say that if the Conservatives/Liberals/NDP went out and murdered an opposition candidate, it wouldn't change too many people's votes.
People ought to vote based on what the candidates pledge to do, and in the case of incumbents, what they actually do. But maybe that's wishful thinking.
To prove my point, I'm asking everyone here if a) they're going to vote, and b) if they are (or even if they aren't), if they bothered to read the platforms of the parties before making their choice.
As I said earlier, I'm not here to get into a political argument. I just want to know if the election is really going as bad in the knowledge department as it looks to me.
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I loved/hated Pelosi's response to the bailout's rejection in the House. It was something like, "What happened?! I told them to vote for it. Bush told them to vote for it. The Republican leaders told them to vote for it. The other Democrat leaders told them to vote for it. But they were getting a lot of pressure from their constituents, and with only five weeks til elections, I think they were scared. But I'm confident we will pass it very soon."
Like, "Hey, the constituents crashed our party!"
How many people outside of Washington, D.C., support the bailout? I thought not many. Both major candidates supported it. Bob Barr and others opposed it, but the media has decided to market only two choices to the voters. That people go along with it makes me agree with you, that people don't consider the platform very relevant.
In answer to your question, I would certainly have chosen to vote with the Republicans had they chosen Ron Paul, because I agree with most of his platform. I was impressed when Obama opposed the gas tax holiday under intense pressure, but since then his economics have disappointed me. So I like to think I am considering the issues.
Well. Good to see one person thinks.
I actually don't mind the bailout. I view it as the government investing in the stock market. If we can do it, why can't the government? And with that 9 trillion dollar debt, the government sure needs the money more than we do. Finally, is there any better time to get into the stock market than now? Buy low, sell high?
But point taken: it was nice that the "representatives" were actually listening to the people they represent. At least, those representatives who face an election.
It's a poor day for democracy when elections are decided on things like whose beat grunt said something stupid, rather than the actual substance of the candidates.
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