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Confessions of a "Single Issue Voter"
March 17th, 2002
| Sabertooth
Posted on 03/17/2002 1:36:37 PM PST by Sabertooth
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To: Sabertooth
If Bush is going to be no better than a Democrat on immigration (and guns, etc.) then I might as well send a message next time, let Hillary run the nation into the ground at a slightly faster rate for four years, and hope that the Republicans get a backbone in 2008.
To: Sabertooth,maica,freee-dame
It bothers me to be taken for a fool, to be told to keep rowing hard while the captain is chopping a hole in the bottom of the boat.
So what's the choice now? The Stupid Party, or the Evil Party?
To: Sabertooth
So you think voting against a Republican because you're against what they've done on immigration will solve that problem? Were the dims against these actions?
To: Sabertooth
I might not be voting Republican this November. You are not voting for Simon for governor? Geez, we have something in common!
Btw, Bush is not on the ballot.
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posted on
03/17/2002 1:40:59 PM PST
by
Torie
To: Sabertooth
I'm a single issue voter. Cut my taxes!
To: Beelzebubba
Republicans get a backbone Now there's a dream.
Frankly, I think a lot of Republicans enjoy being in the undemanding but still cushy position of minority party politician.
It's a lot easier being in 2nd place.
To: Sabertooth
Sorry, but you are not a "single issue voter" -- you are a "Party Line" voter. If you voted Republican only because you didn't want Democrats in office, I respectfully suggest that you educate yourself not on what it means to be a Republican, or a Democrat, but on what you believe in -- either way, you will never get a elected official to agree with you on every single issue. That's the cold, hard truth. It's called politics.
To: Beelzebubba
Bush is for gun control? Since when? Or is that another lie from someone who wants Hillary in office in '04?
To: Real Cynic No More
So you think voting against a Republican because you're against what they've done on immigration will solve that problem? Were the dims against these actions?
If voting for Republicans doesn't solve the problem, why should I reward them further?
Let me ask you again:
"Is there no issue, position, or policy on which the GOP could lose your vote? Is there no circumstance under which you would part ways "
To: Travis McGee
Once you go evil.
You never go back.
To: Sabertooth
Were you one of those who castigated pro-lifers for voting ONLY about that one issue?
Maybe some folks see the holocaust of a million innocents as a larger priority than who gets in or stays out of our borders. Not saying your issue is irrelevent but, if you don't like the single issues others find important, don't come crying if some consider your issue something not worth getting worked up about.
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To: Sabertooth
I sort of know what you mean. I am not a single issue voter but there are three which are overall much more important.
It used to be Abortion and Gun Control, in that order but now Immigration is a hot button issue for me too.
I voted for Bush and there is a lot to like about him, but am extremely disappointed in his lack of action on the core issues. I sometimes think it is the fanatics who really do get things done.
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03/17/2002 1:45:21 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: Sabertooth
I'm a single issue voter: Upholding the Constitution.
To: Sabertooth
Always voting Republican didn't make you a "single-issue voter" in the first place. It made you a straight-party-line lever-puller (or whatever). There is a difference.
A single-issue voter is someone who lets one issue be the litmus test governing whether someone gets his/her vote. Like the solid 1/3 of the country which is so "pro-choice" that they would vote for Charles Manson if he only said he was "pro-choice".
Party loyalists are not so bad, and are to be expected in a healthy democratic system. Single-issue voters, by contrast, do not a healthy electorate make.
No skin off my nose if you decide to stop voting 100% Republican - in fact it's probably a healthy thing - but don't do it because you have decided to become a single-issue voter. Instead, evaluate each race on a case-by-case basis. Would you vote for a Charles Manson just because you liked his immigration policy?
Like I said, single-issue voting is generally not healthy.
To: Beelzebubba
...hope that the Republicans get a backbone in 2008. Last time I saw Republicans with a spine was 1988.
To: browardchad
...you will never get a elected official to agree with you on every single issue. That's the cold, hard truth. It's called politics.
Agreed, and that's not my expectation. I've voted many times for Republicans with whom I disagreed on many issues. Two of those votes were for George HW Bush and George W Bush.
But not this November, not if the Issue is Illegals and Amnesty.
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