What is your no. 1 reason for voting for Kerry?

[Pushed To The Left]

Poll question: What is your no. 1 reason for voting for Kerry?

There are many good reasons to choose Kerry over Bush, but what is your no. 1 issue that really drives you? For me, it's the Supreme Court issue. I have never been this passionate about a presidential election before, and that issue is the biggest reason.

[Skuk]

1. Anybody but Bush man

we need to put someone who isnt owned by corporate america in power

[GimmeDANEger]

35. look, I'm voting Kerry too

but don't be naive. Corporations will have power in Kerry's administration too. Not as much, but they still will.

[Skuk]

40. its a different kind of power

i dont think it will be responsible for our foreign policy.

[Veggie Meathead]

2. Bush.

[tedoll78]

3. If we win..

we will have denied the GOP an appointment to the Supreme Court for a whole 17 years. We could control that court for the next 20 if we were to win.

[NMDemDist2]

4. he's sane

that's enough for me :shrug:

[madmax]

7. lol oh yeah...

:hi:

[dennis4868]

5. My No.1 Reason....

is that I seriously feel that there is a cancer in the executive branch of our government that is full of scandal, lies, and crimes that must be taken out as soon as possible...I could care less about any of the issues you listed above....I dont even care what Kerry's positions are on domestic issues or foreign policy.....if congress and the media will not hold Bush and his thugs accountable than he must be voted out!

[wurzel]

6. Bush.

[blue neen]

8. All of the above.

[kikiek]

9. All of the above plus I like Kerry's health care plan and job creation

plan. I think he will be a wonderful president. All the reasons you listed are why Bush failed.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

10. John Kerry the man himself, more than any one issue.

MY number one issue is the environment, but, that's just part of the reason I'm so enthusiastic about Kerry.

[blue neen]

19. Just got done watching a tape of the K/E rally in Springfield.

Every time I watch Kerry, I get more and more impressed by him.

[madmax]

11. For me it's the USSC

A packed RWCourt will turn this country back 50 or more years and last thru entire generation. Considering they're appointed for life - it's just too important. We can over come a lot of crap, but, imho when the court goes we're screwed for a very long time.

Also, pay backs a bitch. I will never forget 12/13/00. That's the day I lost my faith in America. :cry:

[liberal N proud]

12. That's tough, bush has fucked up each and every one!

So I am voting for Kerry with the hope that he can fix some or most of the problems dubya has left this country burdened with.
I know he can't fix it all which is what the pukes will use against him in for the next 4 - 8 years

[w13rd0]

All of the above...

...and one issue that made me consider supporting him in the beginnings of the primaries, energy independence, he's always been pretty vocal and well-informed on that...

[liberalnurse]

13. I too picked the Supreme Ct.

Our culture is defined by the U.S Constitution mostly by who has the final word, the Supreme Ct. All the other issues listed are a sub-group that can be effected by this Court.

I don't see the present guardians of the Constitution being very effect ....If repug appointments are rendered in the next administration...the Constitution is doomed!

[Queen Jane]

14. all of the above

and then some!

[Guaranteed]

15. I'm defending our country's values. nt

[elperromagico]

16. Supreme Court appointments are a President's longest-lasting legacy.

Do you realize that there were still Roosevelt appointees on the Court in the 70s (Black, Douglas)? An Eisenhower appointee - Brennan - was still on the court in the early 90s.

Look at the Court these days. The youngest one there is Thomas, who's in his mid-fifties. Rehnquist and Stevens are both in their 80s. The rest are all on the far side of 60. The possibility that three of them could keel over or resign in the next four years is very real indeed.

Now, look at how many of the Court's decisions these days have rested on the very precipice - 5-4. There's no room to breathe there. Let's say Stevens goes. Do you think Bush is going to replace Stevens with someone just as liberal-minded? You know damned well he won't. He'll try and put a Pickering on there. There is no liberal seat on the Supreme Court.

If the Court is the President's longest-lasting legacy - whose legacy do you want to see in 20 or 30 years time?

[LibDemAlways]

17. He isn't a crazed, rw nutjub

named GW Bush. The chimp is the issue for me.

[Chili]

18. because I'm a Democrat...

...and we would have to be running a truly repugnant candidate - and the Republicans would have to be running a moderate - for me to ever vote otherwise (or the 3rd party candidate would have to be extraordinary and have a real chance of winning).

I don't agree when independents say "I don't vote for the party, I vote for the man." The party's principles are what defines the man. I don't see myself straying from that unless the country might go to hell with the Democrat. And any Democrat true to the party's principles - or at least come close, LOL - won't let that happen.

[DrFunkenstein]

20. Energy Independence, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Corporate Crime

Kerry's enviro record is phenomenal, something close to his heart.

Kerry's foreign policy - HIS vision - is impressive and extremely forward-thinking (don't expect to get a sense of that in the swing states, though).

Kerry's health care plan is spot on. Smart, cost-cutting, and passable.

And I love Kerry's willingness to take on corporate malfeasance head-on. Eliot Spitzer may not get into his cabinet, but that same spirit is there.

[kyattaman]

21. Bush sucks

Bleah!

[Senior citizen]

22. I like Teresa.

But Teresa isn't running so I have to vote for John. Hmmmm....does this mean that 8 years from now when John leaves the Presidency, Teresa will run for the Senate?

[cheshire]

23. All of the above plus He speaks for me.

[Sugarbleus]

24. All of the above BUT Supreme Court appts. ARE very important too. eom

[Walt Starr]

25. I am voting for John Kerry because he will be the BEST PRESIDENT

in United States History.

I mean that sincerely.

[Iceburg]

26. He was instrumental in ending the Vietnam War....

he rose when many men faltered.
he understood what most men could not comprehend.
limbs lost, faces torn, man on man
he spoke the truth when most men sought comfort in denial.
he rose then and will rise again.
truth outweighs denial.

[fortyfeetunder]

27. We need two Johns to flush the crap out of Washington! n/t

[jonnyblitz]

28. He isn't Bush. n/t

[Capn Sunshine]

32. NOT BUSH

He's the worst candidate since Dukakis, but he's not Bush.

[ikojo]

29. Primarily, I am voting not FOR Kerry but rather AGAINST Bush.

If I see more of the Kerry on display last night in Ohio then I will become more enthusiastic about my vote. I will work for Kerry where and when I can but I am more concerned about getting Bush out of the White House.

One thing I hope would not happen in a Democratic administration is the three year war on working people that Bush and his Labor Department has engaged in. I would hope a Democratic president would not change the overtime laws as Bush has.

Why do I have to "hope" a Democratic president would not screw workers the way Bush has? Well, because it was a Democrat (Clinton) who did all he could to get NAFTA passed. it was a Democrat (Clinton again) who pushed hard for the passage of PNTR (permanent normal trade relations) with China. Both of these things were a death blow to manufacturing jobs and we are now seeing the same thing happen to back office type work thanks to trade deals that don't protect American workers let alone the Chinese and Indian worker.

So, my primary reason for casting a vote for Kerry is that he is not Bush and the second is that I hold out hope that he would stop the war on the working class.

[progressivebydesign]

30. Because I truly like and respect Kerry..

.. and want him to be my next president. I like the guy! He's strong, decisive, kick-ass, and.. really nice. He's top flight presidential material. I'm not voting to be anti-Bush, I'M PRO KERRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sangh0]

31. Because of John Kerry, the man

.

[Rabelais]

33. supreme court

and he isnt Bush.

[Spiffarino]

34. Economy makes the world go 'round

A strong economy - one that strengthens the middle class - is the single most important way to achieve the multiple goals of peace, enhanced freedom, and opportunity for all. A weak economy causes dislocation, stress, and anger, all of which plays into the hands of the BFEE and allows them to further their apparent goal of castrating the middle class and turning this country into something like a 12th century fiefdom.

Is it any wonder people of color loved Bill Clinton? His help in the creation of the most powerful economic engine in history gave millions of downtrodden Americans a chance at a prosperous future.

Our new "leader" is busily taking everything apart that Clinton helped build, and all that hard work will be for nothing if the Shrub is re-appointed. We need a leader who wants as many of us to succeed as possible so we can have a share of the American Dream. John Kerry is that leader.

[laruemtt]

36. ABB. nt

[TheRovingGourmet]

37. ABB

[TheDonkey]

38. ABB, the whole lot is important.

Bush needs to GO!
Kerry is the man.

[AuntPatsy]

39. Honestly I don't have a number one issue?

I'm doing okay, my beef is for this country to be fair to everyone and for everyone to have the same freedoms and rights no matter who you are....

He gets my vote for he is above Bush for all of the above, but you didn't have that one to check..

[Stew225]

41. Kerry is more than qualified and

very sincere. I believe that he has ethics, also---at least for a politician.

[MasonJar]

42. I think that John Kerry has proved through many years of public

service that he is the right man for the job. That Time poll has to be an aberration. There were not 11% undecided left and all of them will certainly not break for Stump.

[ScreamingMeemie]

43. I have children. I want them to sleep at night without worry.

I want them to grow up in true freedom. I want them to have clean air to breathe, a good education, money in their pockets. :hi:

[chum]

44. My #1 reason for voting for Kerry is

he's NOT BUSH!

[agincourt]

45. This piece of Texas,

u-know-what, thinks he was appointed by Mel Gibson's bloody plastic Jesus to rule us. He and his freeper base believe that to oppose him is to oppose God. The politician who thinks he was chosen by God to keep the children in line is the one to oppose by any means necessary.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

46. All of the above

Plus if we have a president who's actually seen combat we are less likely to get involved in unnecessary wars but we'll still see a strong military for when we really need it.

[Spirochete]

47. To get rid of Caligula

and all of the above.

[oasis]

48. The 2005 draft.