Nobody's Going to Get My Vote on 11/7

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At least for my HoR representative. The Incumbent, Geoff Davis, is awful. Pro-life, pro-punishment (for criminals), pro-big-business...to go on would be foolish, because you know the character traits of a representative of the "rubber-stamp congress."

Ken Lucas, his opponent, is allegedly a Democrat. Look at his stance on the issues:
http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Ken_Lucas.htm

Vehemently pro-life
Vehemently anti-civil rights for gays
Vehemently in favor of "protecting the flag."
Pro-business and anti-individual, as evidence by voting for the leniency on bankruptcy contingencies for business, coupled with the tightening of the reigns for individual bankruptcies.
Against funding for sentencing alternatives (compared to building more prisons)
Supports prayer in public schools (not a big deal to me...but I'm building my case here, so bear with me)
Voted against prohibiting drilling in ANWR
Voted against raising CAFE (fuel efficiency) standards
Rated 84% favorable by the Christian Coalition
Voted for every tax cut proposed in the last 6 years (that he was in office for)
Voted to end the "death tax"

How the fuck can I vote for this guy? I don't want Geoff Davis in, but I feel like this is what my ballot looks like

House of Representatives: 4th District, Kentucky:
Please choose (1):
Geoff Davis (Republican) [ ]
Geoff Davis (Democrat) [ ]

I'm just gonna write-in "Pee-Wee Herman."
 
I'll admit that I'm not even registered to vote. Even if I were I'd be doing the same as you, not voting. VAs "lawmakers" are total fuckwits. And honestly, I hate the "just vote for the lesser of two evils" BS. I'll vote for Cthulu before any of them...
 
maybe it's like that episode of Futurama where the 2 canidates are just clones of each other. One of my fave scenes:

Fry: These are the candidates? They sound like clones. Wait a minute. They are clones!

Leela: Don't let their identical DNA fool you. They differ on some key issues.

Candidate Jack Johnson: [on TV] I say your three cent titanium tax goes too far.

Candidate John Jackson: [on TV] And I say your three cent titanium tax doesn't go too far enough!

Fry: If I were registered to vote, I'd send these clowns a message by staying home on election day and dressing up like a clown.

You could always use Phillip Fry's voting plans...

edit: Now with video... (It's a couple minutes in)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeNMoX__Lh8
 
[quote name='mykevermin']I'm just gonna write-in "Pee-Wee Herman."[/QUOTE]

Don't make a joke vote. Vote for a third-party candidate or for a real person. It's a vote for an alternative to two unsatisfactory choices.
 
Yeah I'd do the same thing if it would actually mean anything. In your case I guess it doesn't really matter, but choosing the "lesser of two evils" is basically what always goes and what I'll have to do.

If you don't vote you're just helping the incumbent. Or you can vote for a third party and also help the incumbent.
 
Hmm... A giant douche or turd sandwich?

It's the same around here.. the main reason to not vote for the democrat congresswoman here is because she's heavily anti-gun, and dodged her taxes for the past 15 years, along with her student loans. The other incumbent congresswoman is pro-gun, but pretty much against everything else I believe in. Bleh.
 
[quote name='SpazX']Yeah I'd do the same thing if it would actually mean anything. In your case I guess it doesn't really matter, but choosing the "lesser of two evils" is basically what always goes and what I'll have to do.

If you don't vote you're just helping the incumbent. Or you can vote for a third party and also help the incumbent.[/QUOTE]

Voting for a third party or someone other than the two major parties is a vote saying I want another choice. Sure, in most cases the person you vote for is not going to get elected. But remember, if we always vote for the Democrat or Republican, that's what we'll always have to choose from. Personally, I want more options.
 
[quote name='elprincipe']Voting for a third party or someone other than the two major parties is a vote saying I want another choice. Sure, in most cases the person you vote for is not going to get elected. But remember, if we always vote for the Democrat or Republican, that's what we'll always have to choose from. Personally, I want more options.[/quote]

Yeah I understand that, but there'd have to be some kind of movement for it to be useful. Essentially your vote says "I want another choice" and that's promptly ignored by the guy that's actually elected and nobody cares.
 
Thanks for the advice. I truly don't plan on writing "Pee Wee Herman," as that's effort I'd just as easily spend skipping over the vote entirely.

I called Lucas' campaign HQ, and spent about half an hour on the phone with a friend from elementary school who just happened to be the guy who returned my call (!!); he'd been working with Rep. Ben Chandler, but was in town working the campaign like a mad man. If nothing else, he did convince me that, even if both candidates are similar, I still have the personal power of lobbying him, and that I'd have immensely better luck doing that than with Davis. That's certainly true.

We also discussed that, while Lucas is *the* most conservative Democrat in the House, his position on issues doesn't necessarily mean he's the kind of person to propose or sponsor issues in that regard. I'm lukewarm towards that kind of logic (it suggests a certain degree of weakness that Lucas will vote for certain conservative causes that he believes in, but will not initiate them himself), but it did marginally warm me towards him.

Most importantly, he pointed out that while Lucas voted to invade Iraq and oust Saddam, as well as to attack Iraq (different votes, with the latter coming first, obviously), he has since admitted he was misled and now publicly regrets his vote (something that Clinton/Leiberman haven't done, thus part of the liberal angst directed at them).

I'm still not sold on my vote, but he did invite me to stop up at campaign HQ for catching up as well as a chat. I'm likely to take him up, though I'd much rather do that over beers at the Hofbrauhaus.
 
[quote name='SpazX']Yeah I understand that, but there'd have to be some kind of movement for it to be useful. Essentially your vote says "I want another choice" and that's promptly ignored by the guy that's actually elected and nobody cares.[/quote]

Yeah, which is why I have yet to vote Libertarian. We just don't have enough power or political clout yet. :/

We used to have a joke for a Libertarian friend back when I was Republican in high school- "How many Libertarians does it take to screw in a lightbulb? None, they're too busy off losing elections." Bleh.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']I'm just gonna write-in "Pee-Wee Herman."[/QUOTE]
WHAT!? Are you trying to make a mockery of the voting process by making a write-in for a clown like Pee-Wee Herman?
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If you're going to write-in, the least you can do is vote for Mark Hamill!
 
I don't think I'll vote simply because everyone I'd vote for is almost certain to win, and I'm gonna be at school most of the day.
 
I think the real issue we learned from 2004 is:

"Who would you rather have a beer with?" :lol:

Kentucky, wow. That's why your location is "Undesirable". Well, you could always vote for Rick Santorum. He lives in Virginia, but he's running for the Pennsylvanian Senate, so apparently location doesn't matter.
 
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