BF2S Forums Political Preference

Personally I have only been old enough to vote for 4 years now, but have never actually done so for a presidential election. I don't really care too much for politics because I have yet to find a politician with whom I can agree with to the point of being able to say that I would seriously want him to represent me and is worthy of my vote.

Frankly I find the number of legitimate options when choosing a president for our country to be laughable, I might as well just flip a coin. Other problems I have are finding someone who I can actually believe when he speaks. Most politicians simply tell everyon what they want to hear, unfortunately it has eroded my faith in these people when I see them on television or hear them on the radio. Bush makes me embarrased to be an American, he comes across as a bumbling idiot far too often in his speeches, which I find even more pathetic because surely he has a speech writer telling him exactly what to say. On the other hand I can't say that Kerry would have done a better job in office, though he didn't make up words quite as often as Bush.

As some of you might have figured out by now I claim no specific party because none of them truly represent who I am and the morals that I subscribe to. Perhaps one day that will change, although highly unlikely, and odds are if I ever intentionally did affiliate with a party it would most likely be so much of a minority that it would hardly even count.

I'm really not a certain party, although I tend to lean towards the Democratic side. I agree with voodoo-child on the Bush issue. I also agree with him somewhat on not voting sometimes. It seems like sometimes, there is no one even worth voting for.

well, to add a little international ( in this case german ) flair to the topic, I consider myself a liberal in many ways. Parties here in germany are generally more divided. we actually had parliamentary elections on the 18.09., and it turned out that 5 parties made the parliament ( there is a 5% bar to jump ).

I guess you could say I am a liberal democrat. but as voodoo has said, it is very difficult to find a political party where you can feel at home with every one of your opinions. people are just to diverse for that.
on some security issues I am more conservative though. this goes mainly for drug legalization and gun control ( I am against the first and for the latter ).

I had a couple of interesting discussions about gun control on the michael moore forums btw. americans feel very strongly on that particular issue..

Good one Monkey.

That phrase got me out of jury duty one time.  The look on the defense attorney's face was priceless.

I own 2 pistols.  And I use them both with great regularity.  I would like to get a shotgun for animal control and maybe a nice rifle, just for target shooting.  I have never used either pistol to commit a crime (well, that might be a stretch) and don't intend to ever use them in such a manner.  Why does every one want to take them away from me?  I just don't understand.

Thank you for the note Chuy. I did intend this thread as a simple basis for all of our other political discussions. I apologize for Monkey and me getting off topic, but damn it was funny. lol

my opinion: DAMN THE POLITICALLY CORRECT...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

Why is it that it always turns back around to politics?  The next thread will be: "What religeon are you? (Just so I can tell you that my God is better.)

Burning_Monkey wrote:

B.Schuss wrote:

I had a couple of interesting discussions about gun control on the michael moore forums btw. americans feel very strongly on that particular issue..

I totally believe in gun control.  And proper sight alignment and breathing control is the key.

well, I guess I was begging for that one...

bluehavoc8686 wrote:

Krauser98 wrote:

Why is it that it always turns back around to politics?  The next thread will be: "What religeon are you? (Just so I can tell you that my God is better.)

Too true Krauser. Religeon: the opiate of the masses. Now everyone flame me! FLAME ME I SAY!

Here ya go

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Damn, those are some nice flames.

I am a Liberal Moderate.  Which basically says that I am moderate or conservative in some aspects and then liberal in other aspects. But I am middle of the road but on the liberal side of the middle line.

Liberal Nut ------------------------------------^----- | ----------------------------------------- Conservative Asshole
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Last election I voted Democratic simply because I recognized that Bush was an idiot and a absolutely horrible representation of our country and I believe the Republican party is driving this country into the ground. I voted Democratic in the 2000 Election also because I wanted alot of projects and bills done in Clinton's presidency to continue.  So actually I think I've voted Democratic for the last 3 elections. Which I suppose makes me a Democrat but I don't like many of the democrats in office within the Senate or House but I also dislike many of the Republicans in office as well.

There is a group within the Republican party "centrists" that are very much the moderate of the GOP. The are the sane ones that are conservative but not overly so. They have this link: http://www.mypartytoo.com/

I tend to feel the same as they do currently though not on all stances. I believe that both the Democrats and the Republicans are simply too far gone to recover and that it would take a major movement within each to bring them back to a more neutral stance. I kind of wish those Democrats and Republicans would simply split off and form their own party call "Moderates" simply because I believe a rather large portion of the citizens of the US are in fact moderate and  only vote Democrat or Republican because they have no other choice and so they pick the lesser of two evils.

This coming election in 2008 is going to a rather big one because we will be dealing with two completely new candidates. Hopefully more than 2. I would prefer 3 or 4. But I don't think that is going to happen.

Last edited by kilroy0097 (2005-10-01 22:53:37)