2008 Presidential Election
By anniepa
@anniepa (27955)
United States
August 18, 2007 6:51pm CST
It may seem rather early but the debates and the campaign ads have already started. Let's have a serious, civilized discussion about will be our next Commander In Chief. I'm a liberal and proud of it, but I like to hear from people with other points of view as well as those who agree with me. Let me start it out by asking the perennial poll question..."If the election were held today, who would you vote for and why?" Be prepared to be asked follow-up questions by me and other readers! The field is wide-open now but my opinion is that the GOP has one sorry bunch from which to choose while we Democrats have too many good ones to pick just one. I'm sure someone will disagree with me...LOL!!!
1 response
@xfahctor (14113)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
8 Sep 07
I'll start this off with a quote from my yongest daughter, who is a confirmed liberal, "dad, if i was old enough to vote in the next presidential election (she misses by 3 months), I would have to vote republican, all the democratis running are just too hollywood, we might as well have tom cruise running".
I don't think many liberals are paying attention to the crowd running on either side are paying attention to what the candidates on either side are saying. It seems everyone is focused on Iraq as the sole issue in the election. What about Ron paul, the only antiwar candidate in the republican end? I henestly think people look at the R or D next to a candidate and automaticaly ignore the candidate and simply vote party line.
I wasn't impressed by anyone in the last 2 primaries from the R party but this year I am. there are some hosetly decent choices this time.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
8 Sep 07
I also like Ron Paul but unfortunately know he doesn't have a prayer which is too bad. Iraq is definitely a huge issue but it's certainly not the SOLE issue, or it shouldn't be! I've watched nearly every minute of most of the debates and it's interesting how the "war on terror" is the main thing the Republicans talk about while the democrats have talked quite a bit about other issues such as health care and the economy. Out of the Republicans I like Ron Paul and Huckabee, although I disagree with him on the issue of choice. I REALLY don't trust any of the GOP top tier candidates, including newly declared Fred Thompson. Even if they say something I agree with I have to wonder what they'll say tomorrow or what they said yesterday. And they better not even try to go the "family values" route this time around...LOL I see where you're coming from though, too many people on both sides vote strictly along party lines. While I usually do end up voting for a Democrat that's not always the case, I do pay close attention to all the individual candidates. It's just that when it comes to my basic beliefs the Democrats are for what I'm for and against what I'm against in general.
Annie
