Aw, geez ... Cheney and *****d.

I definitely hear the "involved in politics" response, but it's a FACT that voting alone does not mean being "involved in politics."

I think your point about 9/11 only comes off as harsh as NYC didn't vote for Bush. At the end of the day, the United States is not a "Democracy" -- and I'm not tryin' to mince words here. If everyone in New York had voted for Al Gore, George W. Bush would still have won. There are representatives between us and who actually wins.

My friend's mother lived in Florida during the last election and she voted for Bush. It totally crushed his spirit. But the point is clear: It is situations like that where New Yorkers need to work harder to educate those in their immediate circles about why voting for George W. Bush doesn't make sense.

By the way, the scariest image on television in recent memory: Last night, Rudy, ****, and Pataki sitting next to each other at the Yankees game. Who ******?

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check it.

Not voting because you don't get involved with politics is quite possibly the biggest crock of **** I've ever heard (no offense meant since you disagree as well, I hope none is taken). Not involving yourself with politics is a dangerous game because politics has a nasty habit of involving itself with you.
Eg. most of you live in the lovely city of New York (I love NYC too if it's not too cliche to say), can any of you honestly say that the government's foreign policy had nothing to do with the tragedy of 9/11?
I know this point comes across as harsh, but what i'm trying to say is that politics affect us all unfortunately, so it should really be the responsibility of every intelligent individual to take and interest in standing up for their rights. Ignoring it and saying when a clown is in power that "it's not my fault, I didn't put him there" still means that you have to live with the decisions of others, why not have your own say?

well, miss firewheel. f**k bush ... i agree. vote, i agree. be more positive and vote for kerry? come on now, its a free country and if someone wants to be positive and vote for bush, so be it. i'm sure people who support bush like good music also and they have every right to vote for bush, be positive, discuss in the giant step forums, have their opinions heard, etc. etc. etc. do i agree with them? no. do i hope that bush suffers a horrible defeat ... so horrible, that kerry is scared shitless about even coming close to what bush does? absolutely!

so please be more positive and support free speech, support open speech and vote and do it while we listen to the giant step jukebox! ;)

cause, if you wanna, then you gotta ...

Man I wish my boyfriend wasn't one of the millions who don't vote, 'because i don't get involved in politics'. I have to admit its difficult to vote when we've had such pathetic excuses for leaders running for high offices in this country. However, I am more motivated to vote this time around then ever. I keep thinking he'll change his mind. However, at least he isn't voting for Bush...

One point I would like to reiterate is this: John Kerry is better than George Puppet Bush/**** Cheney. Come on now folks! I am shocked that people in this forum believe otherwise. Sure, politicians are politicians and most are out of touch with us lay people, but Jesus...Bush is a total embarrassment, especially to me being from Texas. ANYBODY is better than him. Its time to clean the slate and start over!

Now be more positive and vote for Kerry and lets get back to the music.

not to be too harsh but i will be, i feel very strongly that very little is asked of people in this country bascially to vote and to serve on jury duty. and anyone who doesn't vote well i guess they are entitled to their opinions but their opinions don't hold much water for me. if you can't take the time to do the one thing that makes you a citizen who participates in a democracy your opinion can't mean very much. if you don't like kerry or bush vote for someone else and that doesn't mean just Nader there are plenty of third party canidates, socialist, communist, green, workers party, family party. just vote every vote counts and it is what makes democracy work. the pity is that so few people vote, which makes your vote all that more important. scuse me while i step off this soap box

I agree: being worse than George Bush is a pretty good challenge for any candidate. But I won't be surprised if Kerry is not too different from Bush. Two Yale grads, both with life memberships in Skull&Bones, one guy who was born in wealth, and the other who married into it....not a lot of division, culturally speaking. Relying solely on Bush's incomprehensible musings we've had to accept since he took office, I think we all can agree that Bush is certainly not as intellectually gifted as his challenger. But my problem with John Kerry is that his main platform is to play the incumbent's chief critic. That's a clever way to start off, but I hate having to wait until the Democratic National Convention to finally hear Kerry's own ideas.

But it's high time the Bush/Cheney cast & crew exit the stage. But we all need to vote. Perhaps if more people voted against Curious George, we wouldn't need the Supreme Court to perform the tie-breaker.

But making the argument that people south of the Mason-Dixon are laughing themselves all the way to the voting booth is a bit oversimplified. Obviously, as the last few local elections have shown, southerners tend to vote Republican, but have you ever considered reasons why? Yes, there are plenty of voters who prize old-time values and consequently view Bush as a leader rather than a monumental ****up.

But there are just as many who do exactly the same thing that New Yorkers do: vote for the candidate who seemingly best addresses issues directly relating to their lives. Plenty of voters in Marietta, Georgia or Huntsville, Alabama or a million other small southern towns would vote for the Democratic party were their towns, jobs, and hence their ways of living not somewhat dependent on the military. (Air force bases and military forts border both the aforementioned towns.) Not all of the local citizens work for the military, but having a fairly significant number of US troops in the area supports the economy, if nothing else because there are more consumers in the local area. Maybe a vote for Bush isn't a vote for poor environmental policy, decreasing standards for public education, or bans on *** marriage. Maybe a vote for Bush is the hope of keeping your town up and running.

What does all this mean for the Democratic party? Don't let Bush get away with the "down home boy" who's just working for all of us and those "old-time values" act. Yes, military spending will significantly decrease should Kerry get elected, but promise the people who are directly or indirectly supported by the military that they will be okay. That in voting for Kerry they're not assuring their own unemployment. And as for the young men joining the military (a large percentage of which are from west of the Mississippi, south of the Mason-Dixon, "backwater" towns and all), they'll still have the opportunity to get an education independent of serving.

Memo to the Democratic Party: Don't just respond to what Bush says. Provide an alternative.

Bush has got to go! Please!