Comments on: Please Don’t Vote

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:55:50 +0000

This was awesome — and I agree with you on just about every point. (I’m also an independent who leans more toward the Democrats, though if there were a party that stood for fiscal conservatism and social liberalism, I’d probably stand with them.)

And congrats for getting in and out in 10 minutes.

By: Cynthia Samuels

Cynthia Samuels — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:53:00 +0000

There is a reason you have so many readers. That happens to good writers. funny, huh?

A great post.

By: Julianne

Julianne — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:42:03 +0000

Very nice and inspiring. I voted and I am in the same boat as you: so pleased to be in full support of the president-elect for the first time in my adult life.

By: Kristi

Kristi — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:18:37 +0000

BRAVO! BRAVO!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:19:17 +0000

Yep. Everything you said. Me, too.

By: js

js — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:10:15 +0000

I’m not listening to you! I will be voting today. I agree with you about McCain, I think he’d make a fine president. But the fact is, if something happened to him, Palin would step up. And that scares the crap out of me! I actually just got chills. I read somewhere, “She’s smiling at you like that because she wants your soul.”

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:11:21 +0000

Forgot to say – I did think of your earlier post when a woman behind me kept trying to silence her two kids. Everyone in line helped keep them entertained. But then, it wasn’t a long wait either.

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:02:59 +0000

Luckily most folks in my district either got up early or are going after work. 30 minutes!!!

I voted a straight Republican ticket. I’ve never done that before but I can’t risk the socialist leaning agenda of the Democrat party in general and Obama in particular. I have not been happy with Bush’s execution of the plan but I don’t abandon the principles of small govt, etc simply because he didn’t get it right.

Looking at Palin and her record, you don’t see any sort of streak of
authoritarianism in her. She has not made any moves, that I see, in Alaska, to restrict social liberties.

In America, it is not the views of somebody that should be feared; it is the propensity of that person to use force and coercion to enforce those views.

It is Obama that you see using the law and force of govt to enforce his views, whether it involves seizing private assets to spread the wealth, control guns, or environmental views.
Even on abortion, Sarah Palin’s view is that citizens should vote state by state, whereas Obama’s view is that the courts need to decide the issue because American citizens and state govts are not to be trusted.

By: Audrey

Audrey — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:21:37 +0000

I will be in line today, most likely with all 4 of my kids. I hope the line isn’t too long!

And thanks for sharing your political views, now I like you even more! )

GO OBAMA!!

By: Jaynee

Jaynee — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:13:58 +0000

Since when is 70+ old? A lot of baby boomers (including my parents who are in the mid-60s) would disagree with that. With people living into their 90s nowadays, 70 is NOT old anymore. And given the fact that McCain’s own mother is in her 90s and still alive and kicking makes it even more believable that 70 isn’t old anymore. My grandmother is 96 years old and acts like she’s 60.