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I didn't vote in 2000, because it was too much trouble. I spent the next four years regretting it, and 2004 rolled around and I had another chance. Somehow I wa

I didn't vote in 2000, because it was too much trouble. I spent the next four years regretting it, and 2004 rolled around and I had another chance. Somehow I wasn't able to register in time, and missed it, and spent another 4 years feeling bad. This time I registered plenty early, and voted early, too. Now no matter what happens, I can feel good about doing my part for the next four years. I'd say that was time well spent.

kingkongrevenge 18y ago
>I didn't vote in 2000, because it was too much trouble. I spent the next four years regretting it In 2000 a vote for a foreign policy of peace was a vote for Bush. That was his line. Gore was the one who had been threatening Indonesia and getting us dragged into messes in the Balkans. He as much as promised more military action abroad. This all goes to illustrate the ultimate meaninglessness of the campaigning.
- lacker 18y ago
  Good points to remember in case we all weren't cynical enough already. Bush 2000 = "We don't do nation-building". Bush 2003 = "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended."
  - kingkongrevenge 18y ago
    Wilson was elected to keep us out of war. He maneuvered us into war, cooperating with the British against the wishes of the people. Ditto for FDR, who also deliberately pursued a policy of provocation against the Japanese. Nixon was elected to end the war. Instead he bombed Cambodia. Reagan pulled a 180 on middle east policy and withdrew from Lebanon. With the possible exception of LBJ I think every president in recent history has contradicted their indicated foreign policy. (LBJ was just bonkers from the get-go.)
- delackner 18y ago
  If you vote based on what the candidates SAY rather than what they and their associates have DONE with their lives, then you are asking to be lied to. Bush's adult life was: Daddy got him into a good university, which he did nothing with, went AWOL, daddy made it all good. Spent and lost lots of other people's money, went through rehab, became a religious fundamentalist, then ran Texas. Gore's adult life was: Enlisted to please his father, volunteered to go to war out of a sense of obligation, ran for elected office to do what he felt was his obligation to follow in his father's footsteps. Served as a public official his entire adult life. If you think that those two life stories are "the same" or that their campaigns can inform you more than that, I don't know what to suggest to you.
boredguy8 18y ago
Vote early, vote often, right?
- ConradHex 18y ago
  It was great, the McCain campaign had set up a little voting station for Obama supporters. It only took a minute. They had me fill in a bubble sheet with the right pen, and I was out the door. Also, they said I should tell my friends if they miss their chance to vote, they can always come by November 5th.

kingkongrevenge 18y ago

>I didn't vote in 2000, because it was too much trouble. I spent the next four years regretting it In 2000 a vote for a foreign policy of peace was a vote for Bush. That was his line. Gore was the one who had been threatening Indonesia and getting us dragged into messes in the Balkans. He as much as promised more military action abroad. This all goes to illustrate the ultimate meaninglessness of the campaigning.

lacker 18y ago
Good points to remember in case we all weren't cynical enough already. Bush 2000 = "We don't do nation-building". Bush 2003 = "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended."
- kingkongrevenge 18y ago
  Wilson was elected to keep us out of war. He maneuvered us into war, cooperating with the British against the wishes of the people. Ditto for FDR, who also deliberately pursued a policy of provocation against the Japanese. Nixon was elected to end the war. Instead he bombed Cambodia. Reagan pulled a 180 on middle east policy and withdrew from Lebanon. With the possible exception of LBJ I think every president in recent history has contradicted their indicated foreign policy. (LBJ was just bonkers from the get-go.)
delackner 18y ago
If you vote based on what the candidates SAY rather than what they and their associates have DONE with their lives, then you are asking to be lied to. Bush's adult life was: Daddy got him into a good university, which he did nothing with, went AWOL, daddy made it all good. Spent and lost lots of other people's money, went through rehab, became a religious fundamentalist, then ran Texas. Gore's adult life was: Enlisted to please his father, volunteered to go to war out of a sense of obligation, ran for elected office to do what he felt was his obligation to follow in his father's footsteps. Served as a public official his entire adult life. If you think that those two life stories are "the same" or that their campaigns can inform you more than that, I don't know what to suggest to you.

boredguy8 18y ago

Vote early, vote often, right?

ConradHex 18y ago
It was great, the McCain campaign had set up a little voting station for Obama supporters. It only took a minute. They had me fill in a bubble sheet with the right pen, and I was out the door. Also, they said I should tell my friends if they miss their chance to vote, they can always come by November 5th.