* Separation of church and state doesn't mean politicians can't refer to God [or Allah, or Yahweh, or Satan]. After all, Kerry did a whole lot of stumping in churches the last couple months. It simply means the goverment can't reward or punish followers of a certain religion.
* Voter fraud and voter intimidation is wrong, no matter who does it. There certainly are a lot of assholes who do things like that [those tires didn't slash themselves]. If it comes out that those things were specifically sanctioned by the candidates or their teams, I would definitely hope they are held accountable. But in general that's not the 'party's' or the candidate's fault. That's like saying all men are bad because one man is a rapist. And is a massive and disgusting use of stereotyping.
* The only 'running-down-a-politician' story I heard was someone [a registered Democrat] 'expressing his free speech' and aiming at Katherine Harris.
* I'm personally against abortion, and think it should be illegal in most cases [but the core issue that has not been answered is 'when does life begin'], and was vastly disappointed in Kerry's saying "I oppose abortion, but I will not appoint judges who won't support Roe v Wade." Well, then, you don't really oppose it, do you? I don't know where i stand on gay marriage, but I don't think it should be a Federal amendment [I also don't think the judges/mayors should flout the law and perform them]. I am against affirmative action, specifically the quota system, because it merely reduces fairness rather than adding it, and is insulting to boot. I think welfare provides a needed help, but it is used too often as a sole source rather than a helping hand, and social security as it currently is configured is a waste.
* I believe the federal government should focus more on its core purposes--regulating interstate trade, providing a Supreme Court, defending from enemies internal and external, and give the states and people more of their rights back. We are more likely to head more in that direction under Bush than Kerry. And even if not, if he appoints a few strict consititionalists to the Supreme Court, and pushes for the FairTax like he mentioned in passing a while back, I'll be happy.
* "Bush made a law saying that young people have to show ID and all kinds of things like that because young people are smarter and vote against Bush." I doubt Bush made that law, if one exists. I wasn't asked for my id. And if so, I don't see what's wrong with that--I have to show ID when I write a check for 4 bucks at Food Lion, why the hell not when I vote? If they're so smart [check out the comparisons of 'what college kids know around the world" to show how wrong that is], then they should definitely know enough to bring ID.