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Originally Posted by merylsilverburg

But see, I don't quite get it. If you didn't like Kerry to begin with, even if you agree with his reasons, how would you know that he will follow through with everything that he says he'll do? What I mean is, if a person didn't like that person's personality/outlook/exterior/whatever, how would you be able to vote for someone you didn't like? Because you won't be able to trust him and his policies, even if he said he'll try to restore America and take care of everything that Bush screwed up. But, maybe this is just me, I'm not asking you to divulge your personal reasons, but I just don't quite see this part.

*hopes lunch doesn't burn... eek!*

Yes, I understand why that mya seem hypocritical of me, meryl. However, like I said, my reasons are very personal, and I wouldn't like to share them on an open forum. However, if I were to explain to you in private, then I'm sure you'd understand.

Let me say this, though: I did not say I disliked Kerry. There were some policies he had that I agreed with very much. For example, his policies on abortion, stem cell research, and gay marriages - these I agreed with, and because Bush is a con to these policies, I would choose Kerry. What I meant about the "not being a fan" thing was that Kerry did seem unappealing. Like Fortune said, I think it was the way he looked, as incredibly superficial as that may sound. I felt that he needed more zest and charisma to with over the full approval of the people. I liked his policies, I just simply did not like the way he presented them. Hence, that is why I wasn't his "fan" or anything. Like Gore, for example, I was his fan... 100%. I was in full agreement with most of what he said, and I loved his enthusiasm. In politics, I doubt there will ever be one I fully agree with, but if some people refrain from voting because their beliefs don't match absolutely, then they will never vote. I suppose one just has to pick the lesser of two weevils.

Err...I don't quite know what happened in Ohio (I didn't see the entire election all the way), but okay...so what if I lived in Ohio and I said I didn't vote and I gave my same exact reasons? So will I get smacked then? I dunno, but I think your response to my post would be different if I did live in Ohio and not one of the pro-Kerry states. I just don't think it's a very fair comment. Or perhaps I'm misunderstanding you?

Oh, sorry.

In Ohio, I guess you could say that, well, pretty much everything was up to the - the entire election. What the Democrats needed in order to win was to win over a state that had in the 2000 elections voted Republican. Since most states kinda just "vote the same each time," (like CA, always D. and LA. always R.) they democrats thus needed to win a state that usually voted republican in order to detract from the electoral points of the republicans. Since you said your state is democrat, then even if you would have voted republican, it wouldn't have made much of a difference. In my state, it is pretty much totally liberal, so it always goes democrat, so even if I would have voted republican, is wouldn't have matter much.

However, Ohio was pretty much up for grabs for either party. Thus, every vote in that state was signifficant, whether it be republican or democrat.

The smack thing was a joke, meryl...

What I mean by that is that even though some people in Ohio knew that their state was pretty much the one that would decided the election (and since it could have gone easily either way), they still didn't vote. That to me is just wrong.

If you lived in Ohio and didn't vote, you would have had every right to do that. However, frankly, yes... my responce would have been different. Like I said, one can't hope to vote for someone that is going to agree with one on everything, but I'm sure that there was one that you liked more than the other, and these don't have to be either Bush or Kerry. When a state is such a big factor in the elections, it is imperative for every one in that state to vote. Hey, there are always those green/independent parties, ya know? And I always appear on every ballot, so you could have voted for me!!