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Reply to What Changes We Should Make to Our Crime Policy in Politics JoeUser Forums

just curious, drmiler, do you consider yourself more of a liberal, a conservative, or a moderate? And thanks for hte support.

Reply to Don't Vote for Nader, even if you agree with him in Democrat JoeUser Forums

I'm not anouncing that Nader will lose, that's already generally accepted. And I don't think they're stupid. I'm just asking them to consider their options.

What Changes We Should Make to Our Crime Policy in Politics JoeUser Forums

This is just my opinion of how we should change our policy on punishing criminals. What we should do, by crime: Increases in Penalties: Any type of Murder: life without bail, no death penalty (but that's a different debate) Rape: a minimum of twenty years Domestic violence: minimum of 20 years in prison Sexual Abuse of a minor: 25 years

Reply to Why Kerry Would Lose in Democrat JoeUser Forums

Kerry's own ads in my area has him attacking Bush as if Bush had commissioned the SBV ads himself and outright attacked Kerry's war record. Ahh, I left before that. I don't think though that Kerry is going to win by talking about healthcare or taxes on the rich. If he wants to win he has to s

Reply to Don't Vote for Nader, even if you agree with him in Democrat JoeUser Forums

That is a difference between not wanting Bush re-elected and not believing in voting for thrid party. If you truely believe that voting for third party is wrong, then your position should be unshaked even Nader are getting more votes from Bush supporters than Kerry supporters, which is what happening now. <B

Reply to Why Kerry Would Lose in Democrat JoeUser Forums

Yucca Mountain is the proposal to dump nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain in Nevada. It has been dubbed by Nevadan statesman as the "Screw Nevada" bill. We do need a way to dispose of our nuclear waste but it has not been proved that this will be safe, and the people of Nevada are understandably worried if their kids will be growing third arms. My point really wasn't that Bush is running a more negative campaign. That's my opinion, but I'm bia

Reply to Why Kerry Would Lose in Democrat JoeUser Forums

Maybe I just wasn't watching T.V. at the right time, but all the Bush ads I saw were anti-Kerry (many suggested that Kerry supported violence against pregnant women) and all the Kerry ads just said something like "John Kerry, stronger at home, respected abroad." The convention also had very little Bush-bashing for a challenger trying to unseat and incumbent. I think he needs to challenge Bush more, because he's not going to make anyone voting for him

Reply to Don't Vote for Nader, even if you agree with him in Democrat JoeUser Forums

As I've said before, I'm not against Nader running, I'm simply asking his supporters to consider whether it is more important for them to vote for Nader to voice their support or to vote for the electable candidate that most represents their veiws.

Reply to Don't Vote for Nader, even if you agree with him in Democrat JoeUser Forums

They are taking votes away from the major parties though. During exit polls in 2000 people who voted for Nader what they would have done if Nader weren't on the ballot. 50% would have voted for Gore, 20% for Bush, and a minority 30% would have stayed home. So the fact is Nader did actually take away enough votes in Florida to swing the election.

Reply to Why Kerry Would Lose in Democrat JoeUser Forums

I was in Nevada, a swing state this summer. Every single one of the Bush ads I saw was an attack on John Kerry, and every single one of the Kerry ads I saw was supporting him, but not attacking Bush. There were independent groups that attacked Bush, and frankly I though they were more effective. Since George Bush is and incumbent and running for re-election the election is much more about him. The question on most people's minds is does Geo

Reply to Don't Vote for Nader, even if you agree with him in Democrat JoeUser Forums

I think what we really need is a system where third parties do more than just take away votes from the major parties. The best idea I have heard so far is instant-runoff voting. In this system people put a list of their choices in order of preference. After all the votes are counted, if no candidate has a majority, then the votes of the candidate who received the least votes are redistributed to their second choices. If there's still no majority, t

Reply to A three-dimensional political spectrum quiz in Politics JoeUser Forums

another good site is www.politicalcompass.org

Reply to Don't Vote for Nader, even if you agree with him in Democrat JoeUser Forums

I'm sorry if I made anyone think I'm insensitive to the plight of third parties. I actually do recognize that third parties have huge problems facing them. I was just trying to say that people have the choice of voting for the third party that most represents their veiws or to vote for the candidate who could be elected that more represents their veiws. The only problem with letting third parties into debates is that their are about 15 parties seek

Reply to How to get admitted to a private college in Misc JoeUser Forums

Also, be really good at a sport which that college cares about alot. Also, go to a really good high school that has a good relationshiop with that college.

Reply to Don't Vote for Nader, even if you agree with him in Democrat JoeUser Forums

I know Nader isn't the Green Party candidate, I was just referring to his supporters as Greens since that's the political/idealogical group where he draws his support from.

Reply to Don't Vote for Nader, even if you agree with him in Democrat PolMach Forums

I'm not trying to browbeat anyone at all. I usually support third parties, but I'm just asking Green voting in this election to consider their choice. They can vote for Nader, knowing he will not win or they can vote for Kerry and help him win. I would ask all Greens to consider if they think that John Kerry would really be as bad a president as George Bush, or if Kerry would be an acceptable alternative. If Kerry is not at all acceptable than by a

Reply to Memo to third party voters in Politics PolMach Forums

He was a Republican president though. He created the Bull Moose Party for a later election, which he didn't win. That election, 1912, interestingly enough was the only election where we had three people who were at one time president all running, Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson.

Don't Vote for Nader, even if you agree with him in Democrat JoeUser Forums

I can understand why people would support Ralph Nader's ideology, but I can't understand why anyone would vote for him. If you vote for Nader, it means you are more concerned with making a statement than making sure the better man gets elected. If you think that there is absolutely no difference between Kerry and Bush and Kerry is equally as bad as Bush, then vote for

Why Kerry Would Lose in Democrat JoeUser Forums

As someone who badly wants Kerry to become the next president I must say that I think Kerry should be running a better campaign. So far, Bush's campaign has been extremely negative. He's criticized Kerry more than he's promoted himself, and succeeded in branding Kerry as a flip-flopping, tax-raising, troop hating Massachusetts liberal. Kerry, on the

How Bush Is Creating More Terrorism in Politics JoeUser Forums

When George Bush pitched the Iraq war to the American people, he made it sound more appealling by saying it was part of our War on Terror. But has our invasion or Iraq really deterred terrorism? Before I explain my case let me just say that I think terrorism is disgusting, evil, and abhorent. I do not support terrorism in any form and it is not a legitimate f

Reply to Endorsing/Opposing Politics from the Pulpit: The TRUTH in Politics PolMach Forums

Why doesn't the Catholic church tell it's votes not to vote for Bush because of his unwavering support of the death penalty, which the Catholic Church is against?

Hello Everyone in Welcome JoeUser Forums

Hi guys. I hope that this blog will hope to enlighten some people or get them to consider another point of view. I encourage vigorous debate, so long as that debate stays cordial. Please, no personal attacks or name-calling (profanity's fine as long as not directed at another use). Hope you enjoy.

Reply to BUSH’S POPULARITY SURGES in Politics PolMach Forums

In exactly what poll does Bush have 55% of the vote. Even polls conducted by the Republican party don't put him that high.

Reply to Some people just don't like the United States. in Politics PolMach Forums

It would be one thing to give the South Korean a dupilicate medal, I think that would be warranted. But to ask Hamm to give up his medal, that's just unheard of.

Some people just don't like the United States. in Politics PolMach Forums

Y&SECTION=OLYMPICS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Link I'm not sure if this is really a political post, but when you think about it it really is. As some of you may know in the men's all-around olympic gymnastics final, American Paul Hamm won the gold by a slight margin over South Korean Yang Tae-young.