Junior Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 You would think that the opposite stance should be taken. Why not encourage young people to vote now and let them see the errors in their ways as they get older? Because if you elect the wrong people you may not have time to recover in your lifetime.....Doh!! To Late! I know, right? We may never recover from George W. 3 Link to comment
carlfense Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 You would think that the opposite stance should be taken. Why not encourage young people to vote now and let them see the errors in their ways as they get older? Because if you elect the wrong people you may not have time to recover in your lifetime.....Doh!! To Late! I know, right? We may never recover from George W. I want that vote back. 1 Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 You would think that the opposite stance should be taken. Why not encourage young people to vote now and let them see the errors in their ways as they get older? Because if you elect the wrong people you may not have time to recover in your lifetime.....Doh!! To Late! I know, right? We may never recover from George W. I want that vote back. But don't you remember the $300 checks he sent out to everyone? I mean, he saved us all from poverty! Link to comment
tschu Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Older = Wiser is not the reason why people get more conservative as they age. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Younger = smarter is not the reason why people are more liberal when they are younger. 1 Link to comment
tschu Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Huge lol that you would immediately assume that's what I was saying 1 Link to comment
Junior Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 You would think that the opposite stance should be taken. Why not encourage young people to vote now and let them see the errors in their ways as they get older? Because if you elect the wrong people you may not have time to recover in your lifetime.....Doh!! To Late! I know, right? We may never recover from George W. I want that vote back. You and me both, brother. Chalk that one up to being young and naive, I guess. 1 Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 You would think that the opposite stance should be taken. Why not encourage young people to vote now and let them see the errors in their ways as they get older? Because if you elect the wrong people you may not have time to recover in your lifetime.....Doh!! To Late! I know, right? We may never recover from George W. I want that vote back. You and me both, brother. Chalk that one up to being young and naive, I guess. Exactly my point. Link to comment
knapplc Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 W was a better choice than Gore. I'll stick by that vote to this day. Same with Obama. A cantaloupe with a little stick-on mustache would have been a better choice than either McCain (one heartbeat from disaster!) or Romney. Since the inception of the Tea Party the Republicans have been very scary. I'll vote Republican in local elections if they're the better candidate, but it would have to be a pretty icky choice to make me not vote Democrat/Independent on a national level. I honestly can't remember who the Democrat was in 2004, but I did cast a symbolic, hopeless vote for him instead of W. because I was so pissed off about the Iraq invasion. With trillions of dollars and thousands of American lives wasted, I'll stand by that vote, too. Link to comment
carlfense Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 W was a better choice than Gore. I'll stick by that vote to this day. Same with Obama. A cantaloupe with a little stick-on mustache would have been a better choice than either McCain (one heartbeat from disaster!) or Romney. Since the inception of the Tea Party the Republicans have been very scary. I'll vote Republican in local elections if they're the better candidate, but it would have to be a pretty icky choice to make me not vote Democrat/Independent on a national level. I honestly can't remember who the Democrat was in 2004, but I did cast a symbolic, hopeless vote for him instead of W. because I was so pissed off about the Iraq invasion. With trillions of dollars and thousands of American lives wasted, I'll stand by that vote, too. Why do you think that W was a better choice than Gore? (Honest question, I did not follow politics at all at the time and so I really only know Gore because of him being mocked for his climate change video and inventing the internet.) Link to comment
Junior Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 W was a better choice than Gore. I'll stick by that vote to this day. Same with Obama. A cantaloupe with a little stick-on mustache would have been a better choice than either McCain (one heartbeat from disaster!) or Romney. Since the inception of the Tea Party the Republicans have been very scary. I'll vote Republican in local elections if they're the better candidate, but it would have to be a pretty icky choice to make me not vote Democrat/Independent on a national level. I honestly can't remember who the Democrat was in 2004, but I did cast a symbolic, hopeless vote for him instead of W. because I was so pissed off about the Iraq invasion. With trillions of dollars and thousands of American lives wasted, I'll stand by that vote, too. John Kerry. Yea. I didn't exactly feel good about voting for Kerry in 2004. But I sure as hell wasn't voting W again. Link to comment
knapplc Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Gore was a stuffed shirt, and however right he may be on Climate Change, I did not see him as a leader. Not that Bush 2.0 was much better, but he was better than Gore. Looking back on it, with a "if I knew then what I know now," I definitely would not have voted for W. But at the time, Gore being the willing accomplice to the shenanigans of the Clinton Era, having no policies that convinced me that he would reverse Clinton's (as it turns out) disastrous dismantling of our spy network in the post Cold War era, I could not see him as a step forward. I thought he got the nomination solely because he was the Veep, and I didn't think that qualified him to be president. I still don't think that - although I do think W. turned out to be one of the worst presidents in American history. 1 Link to comment
HUSKER FREAK Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Ha ha ha well that was fun....I never said good ole George was the best choice since fried rice, but I will agree that Gore would have been horrific. Link to comment
carlfense Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Gore was a stuffed shirt, and however right he may be on Climate Change, I did not see him as a leader. Not that Bush 2.0 was much better, but he was better than Gore. Looking back on it, with a "if I knew then what I know now," I definitely would not have voted for W. But at the time, Gore being the willing accomplice to the shenanigans of the Clinton Era, having no policies that convinced me that he would reverse Clinton's (as it turns out) disastrous dismantling of our spy network in the post Cold War era, I could not see him as a step forward. I thought he got the nomination solely because he was the Veep, and I didn't think that qualified him to be president. I still don't think that - although I do think W. turned out to be one of the worst presidents in American history. Makes sense. Thanks. Link to comment
Comish Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Gore was a stuffed shirt, and however right he may be on Climate Change, I did not see him as a leader. Not that Bush 2.0 was much better, but he was better than Gore. Looking back on it, with a "if I knew then what I know now," I definitely would not have voted for W. But at the time, Gore being the willing accomplice to the shenanigans of the Clinton Era, having no policies that convinced me that he would reverse Clinton's (as it turns out) disastrous dismantling of our spy network in the post Cold War era, I could not see him as a step forward. I thought he got the nomination solely because he was the Veep, and I didn't think that qualified him to be president. I still don't think that - although I do think W. turned out to be one of the worst presidents in American history. Gore was a stuffed shirt, and however right he may be on Climate Change, I did not see him as a leader. Not that Bush 2.0 was much better, but he was better than Gore. Looking back on it, with a "if I knew then what I know now," I definitely would not have voted for W. But at the time, Gore being the willing accomplice to the shenanigans of the Clinton Era, having no policies that convinced me that he would reverse Clinton's (as it turns out) disastrous dismantling of our spy network in the post Cold War era, I could not see him as a step forward. I thought he got the nomination solely because he was the Veep, and I didn't think that qualified him to be president. I still don't think that - although I do think W. turned out to be one of the worst presidents in American history. Wow, even for your habitual rhetoric, that is quite a statement. Link to comment
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