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Wow! What a surprising subject to write on now a days. By now, you are probably just sick of hearing about the election. I don’t blame you. I’m kind of sick too.
I’m sick of what the so called conservative party is telling me “this” is the man for me. I have news… he does not share my views and right now, I’m considering not voting at all! Thanks to Jill Stanek’s report for archiving a debate with Alan Keys, George Bush and John McCain. If you feel the way I do about abortion, how do you feel when you listen to this? Then look at this. McCain, seems to be a flip flopper. I can’t name all the friends that I have talked to that have no idea who to vote for, even before the primaries. With the memory of Ross Perot in mind, it becomes a choice of not voting for the so called conservative person and allowing the liberal party to take over, or voting for this person because he is the best of horrible choices in 2008. Is this the time for a third party? Can that work?
I think that the conservative party is pushing us fundamental Christians away. Year after year, they seem to be backing the candidates that are moderate to liberal. I even feel that some of the big non-denominational churches are rolling over to the somewhat social conservative and physically liberal.
So the question still remains. Do I settle or do I vote (or not vote) on principle?
A few days ago, I got the confirmation that there is a man out there that shares a lot of my views. His name is Bob Barr.
We lived in Georgia for about 5 years and Bob Barr was in office then. I thought I could really back this guy! He is socially and fiscally conservative. Please google his name to find out other things about him. Like Bob Barr Christian, Bob Barr impeachment, Bob Barr wives, Bob Barr abortion, and Bob Barr marriage. You might be surprised what you find.
I find myself wondering if the third big party is going to end up being the Libertarian Party. I know a lot of conservatives that are making the switch and ones that are closely looking at this party to decide if this might fit their views better.
This article would be one of my problems with them.
“We won’t demand laws or restrictions on other people who we may not agree because of personal actions or lifestyles. Think of us as a group of people with a “live and let live” mentality and a balanced checkbook.”
Hmmm… you had me until there. I wonder how abortion fits into this and I am really for one man, one woman and I think that unless they have something written into the law on this one, our country may see consequences that they never thought of when allowing these “different lifestyles” to be legally married. I’m not just talking fire and brimstone here. Things like over the top insurance benefits, marrying animals, marrying dead people, etc.
So, here I am again. Who in the world am I going to vote for? Am I voting party, or principle? Who is the closest to my beliefs? Do I pick and chose what issues are the most important to me and overlook the rest? Do I just not vote and let things happen to the country that maybe need to happen for God’s greater purpose? WHAT is God’s greater purpose?
What are you going to do and why?
Some follow up verses: 1 Peter 3:14, 1 John 3:7
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on May 15th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Unfortunately, Barr doesn’t have much of a chance. Maybe this year we’ll have to do some vote swapping to help out the popular vote total for the Libertarian Party.
on May 23rd, 2008 at 10:12 am
Lennie, please explain “vote swapping”. Thanks for commenting!
on May 23rd, 2008 at 11:34 am
Vote swapping is where 2 people from different district or states agree to vote for each other candidates. An example would be like this for President this year.
McCain has no chance to win in Illinois, but the race in Ohio will be close and votes for Bob Barr could make McCain lose. A person from Ohio wants to support the Libertarian Party, but knowing they can’t win finds a person in Illinois who is willing to vote for Barr and in return the Ohio person votes for McCain.
This serves 2 purposes. The Libertarian Party gets a higher percentage of the Popular Vote, Secondly it does not affect the outcome of the Presidential race, i.e. no spoiler. In the long run this strengthens the Libertarian or other third party by getting them better name recognition and an automatic placement on State ballots making it easier for them to run candidates in the future.
Vote swapping was taken to court several years ago and was ruled Constitutional because it is a private agreement between two parties. I’ll have to find the court case sometime if you want it.