Voting

[Tyme2fish]

Geo, Ive been in that same predicament and this how I now handle that situation.

I look up a sample ballot on line prior to voting. If I am stumped by not knowing a candidate, I then Google that candidate's website to gain more information. In this manner I can now vote with some sense of knowledge.

[mhall]

Indiana Tea party has spoken........Goodbye **** Lugar you Democrat in Pub clothing.

Oh I smell a major change coming and one I like not that change crap Obuma has been peddling...

[elnutsmalljaws]

I make it easy on myself, I DO NOT VOTE. Never voted in the past 44 years and won't vote during the next 44 years. When I did try and figure out which side of each candidate was talking out of they would switch to the other side. I dont care who gets elected because one of them will cut your throat and the other will shoot you. Too many of these idiots vote down party lines just to keep the party leaders happy. If there are three of us in my boat and I say the fish are on the starboard side but you are in the back of the boat and know for sure I am an idiot and the brush pile on the ledge is on the port side, what do you do? If all 3 of us sit anchored firing cast after cast on the wrong side into no mans land and you know for sure I am wrong but to keep the " party " happy you do the same. I want no parties, no party lines, want to vote for JimBob "Bubba" Hatfield, NOT Republican JimBob "Bubba" Hatfield. Too many time they say this and do that. Put whomever into office because it DOES NOT MATTER

[DJD]

I make it easy on myself, I DO NOT VOTE. Never voted in the past 44 years and won't vote during the next 44 years. When I did try and figure out which side of each candidate was talking out of they would switch to the other side. I dont care who gets elected because one of them will cut your throat and the other will shoot you. Too many of these idiots vote down party lines just to keep the party leaders happy. If there are three of us in my boat and I say the fish are on the starboard side but you are in the back of the boat and know for sure I am an idiot and the brush pile on the ledge is on the port side, what do you do? If all 3 of us sit anchored firing cast after cast on the wrong side into no mans land and you know for sure I am wrong but to keep the " party " happy you do the same. I want no parties, no party lines, want to vote for JimBob "Bubba" Hatfield, NOT Republican JimBob "Bubba" Hatfield. Too many time they say this and do that. Put whomever into office because it DOES NOT MATTER

I know you have heard this before but it does matter. Yes we are choosing the lessor of two evils but it's a choice none the less. Your an educated well spoken guy and I'm surprised you feel that way. No doubt it's to each his own but people die around the world and in our history to be given the freedom to vote. Hell even if you voted for numb nuts (obuma) at least you were part of the process. Not judging just sayin...... Go ahead and vote!!! Feel the power!!! Lol

[elnutsmalljaws]

That is just it, I think they are all numb nuts. They say what it takes to get in office then do what it takes to stay in office. If just one of them actually followed thru with what he says to get elected while in office it would be different. Too many of these politicians never worked in the real world a day in their life. The guy I want in office is the factory worker or restaurant worker who works 2 jobs to barely get paycheck yo paycheck.

[bassin_bug]

The newspaper reporters in our area, all over the state, arrange interviews with the candidates and question them on their education, experience, and platform. Each reporter arranges separate interviews according to their schedule. Then they print all the information they obtained from each candidate. I pay careful attention to each question and the answers given and it helps me to select the person whom I believe to be the best for the job.

Last fall we had an election for sheriff and one of the men was asked about experiences he had that qualified him to be sheriff. He said, "Well, I ain't never been no deputy or sheriff an I ain't got much education but I'm sho I can handcuff dem drunks and drug sellers." His experience was that he worked 18 years for the county roads department. He was a good employee but he just didn't have what it takes to be a sheriff.

The other candidate was asked the same question and he had a teriffic resume. Former NYPD Captain, Military Police Instructor, college graduate with degree in criminal justice, graduate of a police academy, eight years as chief deputy. Since I didn't know the first man and had met the second man but didn't know anything about his qualifications, those interviews helped me to decide who to vote for.

While that was on the local level, I am an avid reader and try to cover everything I can about politicians on the state and federal level. When it comes time to vote, if I am undecided about a candidate, I try to remember what I read or heard on tv and then go with my gut feeling. That's the best I can do and I will not sacrifice my freedom to vote because someone gets a chip on their shoulder.

If I vote I get the right to b***h about the politician; if I don't vote, then I can't complain if some politician shines his boot on the seat of my pants.

[elnutsmalljaws]

You are correct in that if you vote you get to bitch and complain about those in office. I don't vote but I also don't bitch and complain about those that get elected. I think they are all crooks. This Government is trying to fix the last Government problems and the next will try and fix this one and the next ......