Some Thoughts Going into Election Day
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As in years past I am not endorsing any candidates for any offices.
I will, however, make two anti-endorsements:
1. Vote for anyone — anyone — other than Hillary Clinton, who not only has sold out gays at every turn but is also a carpetbagger who refuses to serve out a full term.
2. Vote for anyone — anyone — other than Alan Hevesi, who is just too contemptible, even by New York politician standards.
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All I need to be content tomorrow night (or whenever) will be three things:
1. The defeat of Rick Santorum.
2. The defeat of George Allen.
3. The defeat of one bigot amendment. Just one.
So far the odds are looking good that I will be content.
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Regarding the notion of "Don't vote for Democrats — vote for gridlock!" I think that it is a perfectly rational choice for libertarian voters to make. Just be careful what you wish for: If the Democrats take control of both the House and the Senate, and then a Democrat is elected president in 2008, then there goes your gridlock right out the window. I am instead hoping for a Democratic House coupled with with my previously hypothesized 52-48 Republican majority in the Senate, but with three of the 52 Republicans being the incumbent New England liberals, which would still kill the radical social conservative agenda without the risk of a unified Democratic Washington down the road.
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"All politics is local."
If that was ever really true, it certainly isn't now. Given the abundance of rubber-stamp incumbent Republicans in Congress, it is wholly legitimate to regard this election — at least in the several races where the incumbent has a 90% or more "vote with Bush" record — as a referendum on President Bush and the Iraq War — which incidentally is now at 2,836 American soldiers dead and $340 billion in taxes and debt.
I will, however, make two anti-endorsements:
1. Vote for anyone — anyone — other than Hillary Clinton, who not only has sold out gays at every turn but is also a carpetbagger who refuses to serve out a full term.
2. Vote for anyone — anyone — other than Alan Hevesi, who is just too contemptible, even by New York politician standards.
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All I need to be content tomorrow night (or whenever) will be three things:
1. The defeat of Rick Santorum.
2. The defeat of George Allen.
3. The defeat of one bigot amendment. Just one.
So far the odds are looking good that I will be content.
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Regarding the notion of "Don't vote for Democrats — vote for gridlock!" I think that it is a perfectly rational choice for libertarian voters to make. Just be careful what you wish for: If the Democrats take control of both the House and the Senate, and then a Democrat is elected president in 2008, then there goes your gridlock right out the window. I am instead hoping for a Democratic House coupled with with my previously hypothesized 52-48 Republican majority in the Senate, but with three of the 52 Republicans being the incumbent New England liberals, which would still kill the radical social conservative agenda without the risk of a unified Democratic Washington down the road.
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"All politics is local."
If that was ever really true, it certainly isn't now. Given the abundance of rubber-stamp incumbent Republicans in Congress, it is wholly legitimate to regard this election — at least in the several races where the incumbent has a 90% or more "vote with Bush" record — as a referendum on President Bush and the Iraq War — which incidentally is now at 2,836 American soldiers dead and $340 billion in taxes and debt.
Related Posts (on one page):
- Some Thoughts Going into Election Day
- Election Day Endorsements (or Lack Thereof)
- A Stitch in Haste Withholds Presidential Endorsement
Posted by Kip on
6 November 2006
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