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Showing Original Post only (View all)Do you ask for anything in return for your vote ?? [View all]
Or is it automatic?
Is simply being anti-Republican enough to get your vote ?
Is there an issue that would cause you not to vote in the next election? Or, does it not matter because we simply cannot afford to have this insane bunch of Republicans back in charge? There is no need for any other incentive.
Personally, I do not like to be played for a fool. I do not like my vote to be taken for granted. I am very much against extending the Bush taxcuts once again because I think those taxcuts are the major reason for most of our present economic problems and if they are extended, our economic problems will continue also.
I do not want Barack Obama to play silly games with this issue and try to use it to negotiate some type of "deal" with the Republicans after the election. If I cannot get reassurance from the President, to my satisfaction, that he will not extend the Bush taxcuts once again, he will lose my vote. But that is just me. I suspect I would be in a minority with this viewpoint.
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Only one republican, in my life time, would I choose over a Democrat. And he would have to be
demosincebirth
Jun 2012
#13
“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, you may cherish the sweetest reflection that
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2012
#8
I ask for what I want. I vote for the person who I think has the highest likelihood of doing it.
Orangepeel
Jun 2012
#16
To be honest I have always voted for the idea that we are protecting the safety net (which I have
jwirr
Jun 2012
#17
i ask for a left supreme court, if i get nothing else. now, i know i will get more. but, as a woman
seabeyond
Jun 2012
#19
Maybe over the next four years we need to re-invent our relationship with voting
TheKentuckian
Jun 2012
#21
You know I'm no cheerleader but you are edging toward blaming the final check
TheKentuckian
Jun 2012
#28
No, you are right as rain about that last paragraph. It is Broadway in kRaZyToWn.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2012
#33
Obama already made his stand on Bush Tax Cuts clear three times: In 2008, 2010 and now in 2012!
Poll_Blind
Jun 2012
#26
Yes, do what you fucking said you would do to earn my vote in the first place!
11 Bravo
Jun 2012
#35