Students for Gore - Exercise your right to vote!

[SkeeBunny]

If you are a student (either in high school, college, or grad school), make sure you have signed up with Students for Gore! They are coordinating a roll-out this week of students who support the Gore-Lieberman ticket, and need your names, e-mails, and state. Check out www.algore2000.com/sfg to
sign up! Or, e-mail Students for Gore Chair Alison Friedman at afriedman@gorenet.com.

Thanks.

[mgdzkm433]

What about students for Bush?

[Eclipse]

mgdzkm433, ARe you asking why didn't SkeeBunny post information about students for Bush? I certainly can't speak for SkeeBunny, but I think she was trying to pass on some information that would be of benefit to others. Maybe she did not have any information on Students for Bush, or, maybe she didn't think anyone would benefit from that information. I don't know. But, if you have some information that you think would be worthwhile, please share!

[tcsparky]

mgdzkm433- I'm with you. I am getting involved with the Young Republicans here myself. I for one am not anxious to see a One-World Order, Anti-gun president in the White House for yet another term.

[mgdzkm433]

Actually, I was just joking. I don't enjoy the political areana, and I'm no longer a student, I just thought I would insert the oposing side and see what happens. I plan on voting for Gore personally--I suppose I consider him the lessor of the two evils. I have noticed recently that Bush seems to target seniors in his campaign adds on TV, and I know that seniors and older adults vote more than young people, but I still can't help but think that although they are trying to appeal to the group that votes--we as young adults and teens are the future of the country. I feel it's more important to focus on the future of the country. Just my opinion. I haven't seen many of Gore's campain ads, which is odd considering I live in a democratic state, so I don't know what he is targeting. I do know I like his stand on education better than Bush. But one of the main reasons I plan to vote for Gore is the religion issue. I am all for freedom of religion--and from what I've read, Bush obviously is not. I believe people should be able to practice what they want, when they want. I read an artical about Bush--which I will try to find and post here--that he doesn't agree that witchcraft or wicca is a religion and that the people in the military should not be allowed to practice. It is by constitutional law a religion--made so in 1985 I believe. I will try to find the artical and post online. It is in the archives of www.witchvox.com. This is one of the main reasons I am not going to vote for Bush.

[mgdzkm433]

Here's the link:

http://www.witchvox.com/homepages/hp..._19990628.html

[33girl]

Whether it's Gore, Bush, Nader or LaRouche (I'm sure he's running again, isn't he?), REGISTER AND GET OUT AND VOTE! OUr forefathers and foremothers didn't fight for this right so we could take it for granted.

Here's a scary statistic from US News:

In 1900, voter turnout was 73.7%.

In 2000 (so far), it was 48.9%.

Just remember - if you don't exercise your right to vote, you lose your right to complain!

[SilverTurtle]

I think it is pretty neat. It is a bizarre combination but they are doing a great public service. They have registered over 60K voters, and I like the fact that they are encouraging people to vote but aren't telling them who to vote for. I am curious to know whether or not the candidate will accept the SmackDown! challenge. For anyone who doesn't know what that is, they are encouraging the cadidates (3rd party candidates also) to come on an episode of SmackDown and speak about the issues. I think it is a good way to get younger people to be more aware of what's going on.

I just re-read my post, and I think I might have worded it poorly. While I do think it is a bizarre combination, I, too, think it is a good one.



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[James]

Originally posted by 33girl:
Whether it's Gore, Bush, Nader or LaRouche (I'm sure he's running again, isn't he?), REGISTER AND GET OUT AND VOTE! OUr forefathers and foremothers didn't fight for this right so we could take it for granted.

Here's a scary statistic from US News:

In 1900, voter turnout was 73.7%.

In 2000 (so far), it was 48.9%.

Just remember - if you don't exercise your right to vote, you lose your right to complain!

I definitely agree that to not vote is to surrender complaining rights. Also, to not vote because you don't like any of the candidates is not a good reason either, its avoiding the question.

As a response to the statistics above, don't forget that the percentage of the population allowed to vote is much higher now also.

Plus, it just occurred to me that the 48.9% voter turnout we have now is the percentage of REGISTERED voters which I believe is somewhere around half the eleigible voters. I am almost positive that I am correct on this.

[SilverTurtle]

I rarely like either of the candidates, and I get frustrated by the (unconstitutional) 2 party system that limits our choices so much.

But I wondered what everyone thought about the WWF voting campaing? (If you don't know, a lot of WWF stars, such as The Rock, have been speaking at both Republican and Democratic conventions in a general effort to get WWF fans out and voting). I guess it's like Rock the Vote for wrestling fans? It just seems like a bizarre combination to me.

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[ZetaAce]

Originally posted by SilverTurtle:
But I wondered what everyone thought about the WWF voting campaing? (If you don't know, a lot of WWF stars, such as The Rock, have been speaking at both Republican and Democratic conventions in a general effort to get WWF fans out and voting). I guess it's like Rock the Vote for wrestling fans? It just seems like a bizarre combination to me.

I think it is pretty neat. It is a bizarre combination but they are doing a great public service. They have registered over 60K voters, and I like the fact that they are encouraging people to vote but aren't telling them who to vote for. I am curious to know whether or not the candidate will accept the SmackDown! challenge. For anyone who doesn't know what that is, they are encouraging the cadidates (3rd party candidates also) to come on an episode of SmackDown and speak about the issues. I think it is a good way to get younger people to be more aware of what's going on.

ZetaAce

[Corbin Dallas]

Originally posted by 33girl:
Whether it's Gore, Bush, Nader or LaRouche (I'm sure he's running again, isn't he?), REGISTER AND GET OUT AND VOTE! OUr forefathers and foremothers didn't fight for this right so we could take it for granted.

Just remember - if you don't exercise your right to vote, you lose your right to complain!

I hate to be a cynic, but voting for a third party candidate is throwing your vote away. I honestly wish it wasn't. I sure don't want to vote for Gore or Bush, but I honestly think Bush is the lesser of 2 evils. I just don't want 4 more years of bleeding heart liberals. I hate politics...

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Steve Corbin
Lambda Chi Alpha
Theta Kappa Chapter
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.

[SilverTurtle]

I hate to be a cynic, but voting for a third party candidate is throwing your vote away. I honestly wish it wasn't. I sure don't want to vote for Gore or Bush, but I honestly think Bush is the lesser of 2 evils. I just don't want 4 more years of bleeding heart liberals. I hate politics...

About 80% of the people I talk to say this same thing. Imagine if they all voted for that 3rd party candidate (assuming s/he was worth voting for)..

But.. I still can't figure out who's the least evil, either. *Sigh*

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[Corbin Dallas]

Originally posted by SilverTurtle:
About 80% of the people I talk to say this same thing. Imagine if they all voted for that 3rd party candidate (assuming s/he was worth voting for)..

Well, that's assuming all 80% vote for the same 3rd party candidate, and assuming the election system really works.

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Steve Corbin
Lambda Chi Alpha
Theta Kappa Chapter
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.

[moe.ron]

I'm personally voting for Ralph Nader this November. Find out about other candidate, who will be ignored and silenced by the biased media during the debate. Here is his homepage www.votenader.com. Since I'm not the media, here are the full list of those running for the president, and their web sites.
Harry Browne (Libertarian) http://www.harrybrowne2000.org
Pat Buchanan (Reform) http://www.buchananreform.org
John Hagelin (Natural Law) http://www.hagelin.org
David McReynolds (Socialist) http://www.votesocialist.org
Ralph Nader (Green) http://www.votenader.com
Howard Phillips (Constitution) http://www.phillips2000.com
George Bush (Republican) http://www.georgewbush.com
Al Gore (Democrat) http://www.algore2000.com

And for the fun of it:
Darth Vader (Sith) http://www.vaderfor2000.org
Barbie (Independent?) http://Barbie.com/girls/wob/bfp/
Bill Gates http://www.billgates2000.net
Ambassador Duke http://www.duke2000.com


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