CPV ([info]powerbait) wrote,
@ 2004-11-02 10:33:00
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WE're in for a long four years....
I think I'm going to spend the day crying. I know a lot of people voted for Kerry, and there's a good chance he will win. I hope to dear God this doesn't come to pass, because he will be a terrible president and may very well lead us to WWIII. I'm just waiting for the day that he says, "We've got to shut down N. Korea and their weapons of mass destruction..."

I don't even know why so many people voted for Kerry, he's going to raise taxes, increase the military effort and spend money like a motherfucker. Remind me again why people want Bush out of office? I guess you all feel like abortion is a really big issue and we have to get someone who will let you decide your body's fate in office.

Bush and Kerry are so similar it is sickening, but what bothers me even more is that so many people are voting for Kerry just because they want Bush out of office. No one has given me a good reason to vote for Kerry over Bush, outside of articulation. Of course, I didn't vote for either one, but dear God, at least people should have a really fucking good reason for putting the country in the hands of someone who is going to make it even harder for me to pay rent and my bills because I need to support some fucking lowlife in the midwest who is too lazy to get a goddamn job. I guess working 2 jobs isn't enough for them, I should work 70 hours a week so someone else can get by on my buck.

And, Thanks to Kerry or Bush, my friends are going to get to see the world, covered in dead bodies and bullet shells. Thanks guys, hopefully I will be old enough not to get drafted when one of them makes the big mistake and attacks Korea. Or, heaven forbid, the Chinese. I know GWB would never have done anything like that with Powell behind him, but Colin has backed out. He'd better get a damn good sec of state, because we get a power crazed moron being Bush's military advisor and he could make similar mistakes to the ones Kerry is already proposing. Of course, we should just elect Kerry and let him Police Korea. He should lead the troops himself, he's a fucking war hero isn't he? But goddamn, I don't want Edwards in charge of my country either. I think I would rather have Nader in charge, and that's a scary thought.

But hey guys, the best thing about either one is, they have no real control over the economy, but they do have control over spending. So, while the will promise you that they can create jobs (total fucking bullshit), and how they will line your pockets with gold (Guess what, bullshit), they will instead raise taxes to lighten your pockets and misappropriate those funds for something completely opposite of what they said your money was going toward. SS will shrink even more, the deficit will likely grow (P.S. That Clinton Surplus was PROJECTED, not REAL!!!!!) and I will be even more broke than I am right now, because I will have to pay EVEN MORE FUCKING MONEY TO OUR FUCKED UP GOVERNMENT!

So thanks, all you people that voted for Kerry, because you wanted a change. I know his platform is so superior to GWB. And for those of you who voted for Kerry because you honestly believe in his ideas, this rant has nothing to do with you. I applaud anyone who votes for what they believe in, regardless of whether it coincides with my own beliefs. I might find your pick to be telling, and I may not respect the reasons you admire candidate (such as if you were a Nader supporter), but if that is what you believe in, you are doing your part to make the democratic process work.



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[info]yafka
2004-11-02 08:05 am UTC (link)
Even if Kerry wins, the House and Senate are more than likely to stay Republican, so they would drag their feet on any of his proposed tax and spending increases. Republicans didn't do that with Bush's initiatives, but that's because Bush is their guy.

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[info]powerbait
2004-11-02 08:20 am UTC (link)
You're right, it will slow him down, but not as much as I would like.

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[info]yafka
2004-11-02 01:02 pm UTC (link)
One other indicator that will probably slow either one of them down is that after New Year's, the Fed. Reserve will start raising interest rates to combat the growing federal deficit. The same thing happened when Bush 1 was elected.

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[info]powerbait
2004-11-02 01:11 pm UTC (link)
The problem, though, is that he's got 4 years to find ways to spend money, that's what is scary. I agree that it likely wont seem that bad at first, especially considering it will likely stay a repub congress. However, Kerry is not a dumb man, and he will work the system just as every president before him has to get at least a large fraction of his ideas implemented. And they will all cost money. Besides, he will not be fighting the fights I want, a lot of the programs I think need reform he wont even look at. They are major drains on our nation's cash supply.

Regardless, I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Either candidate will become a big spender, I think.

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[info]tankgirl27
2004-11-02 08:32 am UTC (link)
uh, wow. i didn't realize you were so...


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[info]powerbait
2004-11-02 08:54 am UTC (link)
Nah, I just got railed last night by a group of people for being libertarian. And it went of for about 4 hours. I was a little ticked off.

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[info]yafka
2004-11-02 12:57 pm UTC (link)
Wow, 4 hours. Do I know these people?

I voted for every Libertarian candidate on the ballot except for President. Maybe I should have, but I'm currently running a fever and have a headache.

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[info]powerbait
2004-11-02 01:02 pm UTC (link)
Nah, I was at a party and they just let me have it, they were all democrats.

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[info]wrong_faction
2004-12-13 05:22 am UTC (link)
Bashing Nader is short-term realism and long-term insanity.

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