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Which party wants to deny you your freedoms next?

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(idea) by tsunake (1.9 y) (print)   ?   1 C! I like it! Thu Aug 10 2000 at 3:36:22

Whether it's the Republicans or the Democrats, I don't really care. Both are guilty. In this uhm, glorious land we call America, politics seems like another fucked up way to make yourself feel better.

I personally like Bush much more than Gore. However, being raised in a Republican household, I'm biased. I find Gore despicable, although I can't exactly write it out right now (He's lying. I can tell). George W. Bush has his faults, as well. I welcome commentary on the Republican party, as I'm having difficulty critiquing it.

The Democrats don't seem to care for the Constitution at all. They care about the children. Right. They seem to want to drive this country into socialism, and that I can't think for myself. Heaven forbid I make a decision on my own.

Being 16, I can't vote. I wouldn't vote Bush or Gore, however. I don't know who I'd vote for. Ralph Nader seems to be popular, however, with a name like the Green Party, I just know they'd rather force me to save the trees than give me a choice and a good reason. I find Libertarian philosophy agreeable; they'd definitely get my consideration.

Whatever happened to Freedom? Liberty? Justice? Drug laws, affirmative action, and gun control make a mockery of the values America was founded on. It's absurd. Fuck Big Government.

All I really know is that America is truly fucked up. It's time for a revolution.

Uh oh! They'll probably call me crazy and tell everyone I want to eat their children!


(idea) by prole (1.6 d) (print)   ?   1 C! I like it! Thu Aug 10 2000 at 4:08:56

answer: they all do.

sad, huh, that lying bastard politicians have stopped even pretending to want anything but power. they don't want to disclose what they'd do with it, they just stick to what's popular, stay as close to the middle ground as possible while still offering up some sort of contention with each other about issues it seems people are unlikely to ever reach consensus on (abortion, gun control, social programs..).

bush and gore are intellectually uninspiring actors. they offer little of substance. and everyone claims to care about the children. maybe this is supposed to prove their sincerity, their humanity - tapping into the common perception of children as innocents, they put a sensitive face on whatever calculated policies their party claims to represent.

i'd rather see a swarm of would-be presidents, all arguing vociferously and offensively, all trying to prove the things they really feel equate utilitarianism, rather than taking the least argumentative route and challenging the bovine populace (someone said it: a person is smart; people are stupid) as little as possible. there's no choice - one may as well argue that coke is better than pepsi. same idea, same good and bad aspects, different packaging.

our leaders are not people with faith in their convictions. they're just little rich boys who grew up wanting to be famous and revered. they make decisions that change our lives based on how long those decisions will extend their fame. show me a political revolutionary who defended his or her causes without care for popularity and i will show you a long-buried corpse. the presidential candidates look pretty on tv. they're good at kissing ass and making deals. they know shit about vehement opposition. and that's sad because i for one would like to see a lot more of it.

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