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[quidditchgrrl]

For those of you who've been posting political things in their LJs today, thanks (and yes, littletort, I threw up a little in my mouth at the idea of health being a privledge, not a right).  I've been catching up on speech-reading, which has taken longer than usual since I have to get up every page or so to pace around and pull my hair.

I am neither Republican nor Democrat (I'm mainly of the opinion that they're one in the same, religious posturing from the GOP aside).  I'm a strong Constitutionalist, registered Green Party member, not beholden to any one person or candidate.

(NOTE that I am NOT referring to the Constitution Party, who are truly scary to behold - just read their platform on  AIDS and "Family")

That said, and as I explained to 1anonymous1 earlier tonight, I will force myself to vote for the lesser of two evils.  That's what it comes down to most of the time, right?  You vote for the candidate who you feel will screw you over the least, the one who stands on the side of your biggest hot-button issue.  You do what you can for what you believe in, if you're not too well-fed and comfortable to care.



The GWA of Ohio resigned this week.  Normally this would be no more than a blip on my radar screen, but the GWAA (we move up from GWAA in Ohio) is from my Assembly.  She is, understandably, upset about this development.  Instead of 10 months to attend school and plan her year, she is now the acting GWA.

*sigh*  You just can't guess how folks are going to act under stress.  I do feel sorry for the girl who ran against our now-ex GWA last year, who could now be doing a bang-up job as GWA, but isn't.  The state will have to do with Whitney (and by 'do with', I absolutely know Whit can do this and well, but she can't drop every damn thing right now), and Whitney will have to salvage her first year of college and be judged as GWA before she's ready.  That sucks.

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[tonksnymphadora.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. There isn't a person out there that really does encompass all our views, because we all want different things. Basically there are a lot of things fucked up in this country and until we have a person who can actually sit down and make some really big decisions rather than some guy who just wants a title so he can go sit next to the Kennedys in Hyannis Port.

We need a woman in the White House. Let's just face it.

[quidditchgrrl.livejournal.com]

And until we can find a guy who doesn't ignore his own intelligence committee's findings before starting a never-ending conflict...

I always thought the US needed a woman - women are so much tougher under pressure than men!

[hoblik.livejournal.com]

LOL, I love your icons, both the Bush one and the HP/political one.

[azurerose.livejournal.com]

wooo... why'd she resign? too much stress? or (glancing around) one of those 'tummy tumors'? or something else entirely?

Poor Whitney, though. Does this mean she's Acting GWA this year, and GWA next year? or is this year "it" for her?

[quidditchgrrl.livejournal.com]

The letter said she resigned for "medical reasons". She had surgery last year for female troubles, but she seemed to be doing much better.

Honestly, this year should have been the easiest of the past three. Over the past two years, she was living 4 hours from home (here in Columbus), going to uni full-time, working, coming to our meetings, and traveling full time. Once she got past the October banquet rush, she would have been home free, really.

Whitney will spend this year as 'acting' - using Shannon's theme, colors, etc. - then Whitney will have her year as GWA in 2005-6. Basically, she's got to be GWA for two years. Whit's very upset - she just started at college and while the SD will help coordinate functions with her, it's just a lot of stress she doesn't need.

[authenticjoy.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit cranky these days also. I'm a Libertarian. (Leave me alone and I'll leave you alone.) Same as you - Not beholden to any single person or candidate. It's the party I work for.

I'm not happy about having to vote for my fears and not for my hopes.

It's funny, a lot of third party people are getting more and more cranky as the election draws closer. We know what we have to do and we are holding our noses as we have to do it.

Maybe local elections are the way for us to introduce the concept of strong multiple parties. We certainly can't repeat the last four years.

[quidditchgrrl.livejournal.com]

I know I'm certainly feeling more and more anxious as election day gets closer, as much for the fact that third-party voters will determine the outcome of the election as the fact that we can't take four more years of this yahoo.

*mutters to self, 'you must vote Kerry, you must vote Kerry'*

[authenticjoy.livejournal.com]

Libertarians for Snape? I just read your icon. *LOL* That's great. Actually, a good chunk of the party would be more like Sprout. "Yo, Sprout. You get those grow lights in yet? Cuz we got some wicked bud in and we got seeeee-eeed!"

I know how you feel. I keep telling myself that I've always liked Kerry on the floor. He's always been a good guy and seems to have his heart in the right place. (Unlike Chimp and his handler, The Lizard-Man)

I just keep reminding myself that real politics is done at the local level when people have stopped looking. In between Presidential elections. That's when the real work and the real elections get done. The stuff where you really feel the effects and can really make a difference in how you live. I think people forget that.

We need collective voices at the national level. Our individual voices are much louder voices at the local level and we need to use them.

(My race is next year and I have to decide if my name is going to be on the ballot.)

[quidditchgrrl.livejournal.com]

I agree - real politics, real changes - happen at the local level.

When national politics begin to affect the daily life of the common man is when it starts to get scary for me.

Ooh, what are you running for up there? Good luck! :D

[authenticjoy.livejournal.com]

Just an elections inspector. It's the lowest federal position you can have.

However, Stalin once said that it is not the number of votes that determines the leader, it is the person who counts the votes that determines the leader. Huh. Florida. Well, I don't live there, so I couldn't do anything but complain loudly here.

It's funny, I am watching our local and state taxes rise dramatically and I am laughing like crazy. (Well, sorta - Laughing and crying at the same time.) No one here puts it together with Bush and his Federal tax cuts, which few of us in the middle to lower middle class rural folks will see. (Rural people are always at the lower end of the wage scale.) They all blame the local guy for loosing the federal grant money and not Bush for pushing through his measley little refunds.

They just don't get it.