yet more reasons to vote for bush

[keryx]

Since posting my last bit on Bush v. Kerry, I've thought of a couple more reasons to abstain from voting for Kerry (assuming that's what the competition came down to).

For one, it would keep the other happy activist liberals more engaged if they had a truly crappy president to deal with. We'd keep a better eye on Georgie than on a Democrat. And I think there's something to this city-wide civil disobedience thing we're seeing in San Francisco. We may be on the verge of something big, and I don't want complacency over a halfsies Democrat to wreck it.

For another, given that people tend to vote liberal legislators into power when we have a conservative president and vice versa, it would set the 2008 Democratic president up with some other lefties (who couldn't be voted off the island for a couple of years) to work with. That would make it reasonably easy to quickly eliminate all the ass-nutty things Bush will have set in motion during his tenure (many of which won't have even come to fruition yet).

But seriously, I wonder if it's really a good idea to vote for Kerry if it comes down to him v. Bush. What do you think?

Comments

[kerriana.livejournal.com]

In a way, I agree with you. It might take a temporary experience of all things going to hell to rouse people from their apathy. And, I would rather see a vast improvement from this administration, than a few half-assed motions from the lead Democrats.

I also want to see Rosie ODonnell sue the pants off of Bush if he passes his sanctity of marriage constitution change.

[snidegrrl.livejournal.com]

I am leaning at the moment towards voting my conscience. I am one person, and I want to vote for Dennis Kucinich. Whatever MD usually leans, whatever crisis is going on... I would feel better if when I was in the voting booth, I put down a name I liked, a name of someone whose values even vaguely aligned with mine.

I was just going to check out who the socialist party is planning to put on the ballot, but their web page is ass.

[bizarrojack.livejournal.com]

That is a very insightful commentary!! If I could somehow ensure that the legislation would become democrat again, I would consider risking this but GW has really really REALLY affected my mental state during the past 3 or 4 years, and I don't want this kind of pain anymore. It's exhausting.

If I had to choose between a democrat legislature or a democrat president, I would definitely go with the legislature.

What I'd really really want is to give NPR's various news reporters veto power over Fox news.

[keryx.livejournal.com]

I also want to see Rosie ODonnell sue the pants off of Bush if he passes his sanctity of marriage constitution change.

I like that. But I do NOT want to see a pantless Bush. Ew.