Continue to vote Republican

August 31st, 2005, 09:12 PM

And all the money ends up where? In the pockets of the oilmen, middle east terrorists, of the tooth fairy who just happens to have a vested intrest in the oil biz and runs the country and the controlling votes in congress? Moral what? [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

**pvfan** · August 31st, 2005, 09:16 PM

By your statements I gather your a republican which is fine. What I want you to explain to me is what has happened over the last four years to improve our country. I can write you a novel on the negatives. As for Clinton, I dont really think we would've been in Iraq, I think he would have handled the situation more diplomatically. Bush is out for revenge over there, it appears to me he has completley given up on finding Bin Laden which is no shock to me. The guy has more ties to that family than some of Bin Laden's cousins. And yes I know the family disown's Osma but in the end your still family and after 9/11 I lost all respect for Bush after he flew out the Bin Laden family members that were in ths country.

**yankeesfan** · August 31st, 2005, 09:17 PM

I am totally against abortion, gay marriage, etc. But if your against all those things....why arent you against sex before marriage and out of marriage...And as for sending troops to war...is it a sin?....Only God can judge that...but I do know that when you enlist in the military ....you are taking an oathe to fight for your country....so the way I see it ....I dont want anyone to die...but its their duty to fight.

August 31st, 2005, 09:18 PM

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**CoeburnCane** · August 31st, 2005, 09:19 PM

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ask how Jesus would vote.

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Let me ask you a better question...Why in the world would the Lord of Lords and King of all Kings vote for someone else to run a country and do a job that he could do on a whim??? I don't think you've got a lot of people that are asking your question...I think a lot of them are drinking the kool-aid that the religious right is handing out right and left and voting for whoever THEY say. It's just as dangerous as when the Catholic Church had control of most every European government back in the day. It's NEVER a good thing when religion and politics mix. They're two seperate (thank God) and different things. Just remember, if you get someone in the White House who is even more of a die-hard Christian than Dubya "proclaims" to be, then how long is it until we have Christianity instituted by the Federal Government as the official religion of the US? There goes one of the amendments out the window right there...doesn't that make the Right to Bear Arms fair game too if that happens???

It's all one big contradiction when you mix religion and politics...to me, that is a conversation that should never be had because it's too dangerous and hurts to many people in the long run...those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.

**imported_OleTob** · August 31st, 2005, 09:21 PM

Nope I'm neither and only vote for whom I think is right for the situation which in the past 15 yrs or so I may have voted for 3 or 4 people...I didn't vote for Bush nor Clinton...I wouldn't vote for Bush nor Kerry...To be honest the only guy around here who deserves to be in office is Boucher he cares about the people...We have one over here in Kingsport as well but I can't remember his name...Like I said 1 in maybe a 100 care for the voters the rest pad their pockets with the taxpayers cash.

**yankeesfan** · August 31st, 2005, 09:21 PM

What has happened to improve our country in the last 4 years....we kept Kerry out of the White House.

**pvfan** · August 31st, 2005, 09:22 PM

I never said I was against any of that stuff, I support abortion in certain situations, I'm against gay marriage but believe in civil liberties, and I feel whatever two adults do in the privacy of their own homes is their business not mine. I have no problem with fighting for your country, for instance I strongly support military action in Afghanistan in order to rid the taliban and Bin Laden. I also support whatever means are needed to kill Bin Laden, what I dont support is the war in Iraq which is entirley based on lies. The old saying of Politics and Religon dont mix is the biggest bunch of bull I've ever heard, of all the Republicans I know I can only think of one who doesn't vote republican because of Religon.

**CoeburnCane** · August 31st, 2005, 09:26 PM

It's all about point of view yankeesfan...I don't really see that as an "improvement".

And just because you're against abortion, gay marriage, gays in the military, religious initiatives, etc. does not mean there aren't some democrats out there who don't hold your same ideals. There are many conservative democrats and liberal republicans who could probably run this country a lot better than the religious right is doing right now. Religious zeal can blind you as to what is actually the best thing to do for the people of God's nation. Sometimes God is saying "DO THIS", but we're so far into an agenda that we think is what God wants, that we can't hear him...to me that's sad. Drinking the Religious right Kool-aid will get all of us to nowhere (and maybe even Hell) in a hurry.