How to vote Tuesday - Darth Vader or the evil magician? What would you do?  

I do not live in New York, I am not even American, but the advice is what I would give is what I would give to all people voting anywhere in an election.

Don't believe the scare-mongering that you get in the political advertising. Find out from trustworthy sources - there are plenty on the Internet - what the candidates are actually proposing. Ask yourself if you agree with it, whether it will work (anyone can offer solutions that sound good, but would never work in practice - I can give you some very good examples from the recent German elections in this area), and whether the candidate seems likely to stick to principle no matter what.

Choose the one you prefer, based upon the positive content offered by the candidate, not by the negatives that you have seen and read elsewhere.

If you do not like either, then don't vote.

So you live in New York,hear tax's are killing people there as well as on the rise with all the new tax's coming up,guess the ones who will benefit will be the people that don't work for one reason or the other at least they can get welfare and food stamps,subsidized housing and most likely free medical care beings no person by our laws can be turned away.
Well if I was voting in the 23 rd district I would have to go with Doug Hoffman,he is more on the conservative side of the road,far as the seniors they already have been throw under the bus,if this democrat health care bill get's passed 500 billion dollars is to be gutted out of medicare, very sad because many seniors has paid in to medicare some 40 year's believing the lie it will be there when they turn 65 year's old.
it is surly going to be a watched day all over the country ~~~~ Rose

If my Social Security had been in a private fund - Stocks and bonds - I would be better off today than I will be in 5 years when I can start drawing SS. I have paid in more money into SS than my retirement yet I am recieving at 57 more money per month than I will receive in SS at 62 or 65 and there is no limit on how much money I can make. I would vote for Dough Hoffman.

I would go with Bill Owens and wish for the best. I can't believe it. we didn't have any commercials for voting this year on TV in New Mexico. I was thinking about it the other day and realized not one commercial. Meanwhile in New York I would have been bombarded with commercials for election day. Didn't miss that at all.

What I'd PROBABLY do is vote for the evil magician...lol! We had Darth Vadar as the Vice President for 8 years so I sure wouldn't want to see him reincarnated in the U.S. Congress. The fact that so many of the far, FAR right Republicans have endorsed Hoffman over the Republican is enough for me to know he's much too conservative for me.

Since you live in that district, tell me, are the things we've been hearing about it true? I mean, I understand no Democrat has won there since Civil War times and that it's a very conservative district but is it "northeastern" conservative or Michele Bachmann conservative?

Annie

I naturally go more for the conservative and would again in this situation. I think it is time to let Washington know that they are not all powerful!

It's yur state and your district, but since you asked. I would go for the one with out a big name brand party letter next to the name. I have come to the conclusion the only way we are going to take this country back is state by state, and by voting out the two major parties, even if we have to do it seat by seat.

Hi valentines diner: come on lawyers are not that bad! to be a lawyer doesn't make you a bad person or a person that won't do the right think. At least you're not sure to vote for one of them and that's sad because this means that you're not pretty sure about who's the best leader. At least i won't vote for a Darth Vader considering what you're talking but i didn't know the past of that lawyer so i can assure that you have to vote for him. Hopw you take the best decition for your community. Have a nice day.