Voting

[BD231]

Hey all, I'm young (20) so forgive the ignorance.

I've been thinking about voting for some time now but I'm really having trouble sorting out the facts from the bullsh*t.

Day in and day out there's nothing but sh*t talking going on about every person running for president. Where are we as voters suppose to get our non-bias information?

I'm guessing i need to read my fill of both sides (sh*t talkers and praise mongers) and come to my own conclusion, where should I start??

 

[glenn1]

"The American political system is like a gigantic Mexican Christmas fiesta. Each political party is a huge pinata -- a papier-mache donkey, for example. The donkey is filled with full employment, low interest rates, affordable housing, comprehensive medical benefits, a balanced budget and other goodies. The American voter is blindfolded and given a stick. The voter then swings the stick wildly in every direction, trying to hit a political candidate on the head and knock some sense into the silly bastard." - P.J. O'Rourke, "Parliament of Whores"

 

[MAW1082]

You can get information from anywahere, however, it will almost always be biased. People write things to serve their political agenda, almost always.

To decide which party you will support you should decide which issues you care about:

1. If you are, or are planning to be, a wealthy individual the Republican party will best serve you personal interests.

2. If you belong to the lower working class the Democratic party will serve your interests.

3. If you believe the current political system is largely suspect the Reform party is a definite shoice.

To get information I recommend reading information from the following sites:

ZNet

BBC News

The Guardian

Christian Science Monitor

 

[PELarson]

I try to decide who is the best candidate to SERVE this country. Which rules out the current resident of 1600 in my opinion.

 

[Dissipate]

Originally posted by: MAW1082
You can get information from anywahere, however, it will almost always be biased. People write things to serve their political agenda, almost always.

To decide which party you will support you should decide which issues you care about:

1. If you are, or are planning to be, a wealthy individual the Republican party will best serve you personal interests.

2. If you belong to the lower working class the Democratic party will serve your interests.

3. If you believe the current political system is largely suspect the Reform party is a definite shoice.

To get information I recommend reading information from the following sites:

ZNet

BBC News

The Guardian

Christian Science Monitor

I noticed how you slipped that radically left news source in there: ZNet.

 

[zephyrprime]

Day in and day out there's nothing but sh*t talking going on about every person running for president.

It can be tough to wade through that stuff but it's worthwhile to learn how to do so. The thing to realize is that a lot of what is said aren't really germane, hard facts but instead circumstancial facts with strong connotations that are meant to influence you one way or another.

 

[Doboji]

In order to decide most efficiently who to vote for, IMHO, you first need to decide how you feel on as many issues as you can. Abortion, vouchers, Iraq, Israel, tax cuts etc etc.

Then you need to prioritize what issues mean most to you, and make a judgement call accordingly.

Then you have to look at the candidates and determine which best represents your priorities...

Finally decide whether the candidate will actually follow the policies he says he will.

In my case... I would vote for Kerry, because my priorities are Foreign Policies, and Israel, followed VERY closely by social policy, followed by economic policy.

Kerry claims to backup my foreign policy in that he has said he wont run from Iraq, and he supports Israel... and his Social and Economic policy is right up my alley.

Bush will certainly back my f-policy beliefs... but is way off socially.

So for me the question is.... is Kerry really with my f-policy beliefs?... or is he full of shzt?... If I determine that he's genuine... he gets my vote... if I determine he's bsin... then Bush gets my vote.

-Max

 

[BD231]

Thanks for all the insight and links guys, I've got the general idea down, time to study up!