Revenge Voting
The New York primary is over, but a friend is still trying to convince me that Hillary is the best choice for president and claims that she will never vote for Obama. I believe it’s time to move on and focus on McCain.
Others seem to be making a serious effort to undermine Hillary Clinton, instead of McCain’s credibility. Should Hillary become the Democratic nominee for president, angry Obama supporters are insisting that they would not vote for her in November.
In Pennsylvania, a statewide poll shows 20 percent of Democrats insist that, if their candidate doesn’t win the Democratic primary nomination, they’re voting for John McCain. If a sufficient number of people assume this disgruntled, revengeful attitude they’ll guarantee at least another four years of our troops dying in Iraq.
This kind of irresponsible behavior has infected Rep. Gillibrand’s reelection bid in New York’s 20th. Congressional District. I found it necessary to respond to an e-mail urging me to attend an end the war protest by telling the promoter that I wouldn’t be attending their antiwar “Die-in” in Delhi. Their plan was to present two ‘shrouds’ with the names written on them in red ink neatly folded like flags to Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand’s district office. I disapproved of the plan, because it gave the erroneous impression that Gillibrand doesn’t want to get our troops out of Iraq. Gillibrand is in favor of withdrawing our troops, but these antiwar protesters were angry at Gillibrand for not voting to cut funding for the troops in the field. I will continue to attend peace vigils in Delhi, but not if they resort to tactics, which serve to undermine the electability of Democratic candidates.
Nothing will change if Senator McCain becomes the Commander-in- Chief in January, because he’s another imperialistic neo-fascist, who finds nothing wrong with using young Americans as economic cannon fodder.
I’ve been told that: “If, we need clear thinking and practical politics, we probably need passion to.” I consider passion incompatible with clear thinking and practical politics. Anger is an emotional response to a situation, but a reasoned response is eventually more productive.
Others seem to be making a serious effort to undermine Hillary Clinton, instead of McCain’s credibility. Should Hillary become the Democratic nominee for president, angry Obama supporters are insisting that they would not vote for her in November.
In Pennsylvania, a statewide poll shows 20 percent of Democrats insist that, if their candidate doesn’t win the Democratic primary nomination, they’re voting for John McCain. If a sufficient number of people assume this disgruntled, revengeful attitude they’ll guarantee at least another four years of our troops dying in Iraq.
This kind of irresponsible behavior has infected Rep. Gillibrand’s reelection bid in New York’s 20th. Congressional District. I found it necessary to respond to an e-mail urging me to attend an end the war protest by telling the promoter that I wouldn’t be attending their antiwar “Die-in” in Delhi. Their plan was to present two ‘shrouds’ with the names written on them in red ink neatly folded like flags to Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand’s district office. I disapproved of the plan, because it gave the erroneous impression that Gillibrand doesn’t want to get our troops out of Iraq. Gillibrand is in favor of withdrawing our troops, but these antiwar protesters were angry at Gillibrand for not voting to cut funding for the troops in the field. I will continue to attend peace vigils in Delhi, but not if they resort to tactics, which serve to undermine the electability of Democratic candidates.
Nothing will change if Senator McCain becomes the Commander-in- Chief in January, because he’s another imperialistic neo-fascist, who finds nothing wrong with using young Americans as economic cannon fodder.
I’ve been told that: “If, we need clear thinking and practical politics, we probably need passion to.” I consider passion incompatible with clear thinking and practical politics. Anger is an emotional response to a situation, but a reasoned response is eventually more productive.
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