Indulge me.

[kellinator]

For those of you who are planning to vote for Bush in November, would you please tell me why? Preferably a reason a little more nuanced than "Kerry's an asshole"?

Note: You're not going to change my mind on this. If the past four years haven't changed my mind, a fifty-word comment sure as hell isn't going to do it.

I'm just trying to understand. Right now nothing scares me more than the thought of four more years of Bush, but I know there are people I like and respect who disagree for whatever reason, and I want to know why, so I can at least try to understand.

No flaming. If I'm too slammed to post my DragonCon pictures (coming soon!), I'm sure as hell too busy to play referee. Play nice, folks.

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[xforge.livejournal.com]

I kinda respect your friend's choice too, but (1) dang I hate "litmus tests" and (2) you might be able to reason with him that a Democratic administration might actually succeed in reducing the net number of abortions performed. As such: Democrats will fund social programs that support people who might otherwise say "no way I can afford a baby." And they'd support social programs that help pregnant girls get through to adoption rather than having to panic and have an abortion. Whereas the Bush administration (NOT specifically any other Republican mind you) refuses to fund any program that might possibly be interpreted as helping anyone with anything.

Well, that's perhaps a little harsh - but not much. I'm sure you get the gist of what I'm saying.

And Bush's battle to outlaw abortion (oh God, the carnage) would be a MUCH harder battle to fight than getting a few relatively inexpensive social programs in place. No?