<p>as you know, there is some bad, bad, BAD things going on in politics.
people arguing about the war etc......
and since some of us will vote in the next election.....
what party will you vote for?
i also want to know what highschoolers think about the govt these days..
what i have found in my school is that people tend to be more liberal than conservative. maybe it is because of our age?</p>
<p>well?</p>
<p>this is also important on the fact that people who turn 18 will have to sign up for selective service. i really really hope they won't have to go to iraq.</p>
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<li><p>This is like...the 50th post about how much Bush sucks. I'm a quasi-Democrat, and even I'm sick of them.</p></li>
<li><p>I wouldn't worry about Selective Service. If it ever gets used, odds are they're not going for college students first. And anyway, if they start a new draft, we've got worse things to worry about than college. </p></li>
<li><p>They'll take you before they take me, so I have no complaints. :P</p></li>
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<p>I'm really torn politically. I consider myself economically conservative to a point, but very socially liberal. And I cannot stand the religious nature of the conservative party. But I also don't want anyone to raise my taxes. I'm very torn.</p>
<p>i never said bush sucks......
but i see where your coming from</p>
<p>oh and i have a Q
do you sign up even after you just become a half citizen (like you become technically citizen of US but another country also?)?</p>
<p>who's to say that because someone has conservative economic values, he/she will have conservative religious/social values as well? It's like there are two blanket parties, and there's no way I could ever agree with one on enough terms to feel comfortable voting with that party. I wish there was a real third party...</p>
<p>oh yeah... i can vote next year... time flies.
there is never really a true republican or true democrat these days anyways since people tend to have overlapping view between the two parties so who knows...</p>
<p>hey ubi_sum. I'm in the same situation. By the time you're 18 you have to chose which citizenship-ry (yeah, 99% sure thats not a word) you want to go with. So if you're of age when voting time comes, then you'd have probably already chosen which citizenship you want to be. :)</p>
<p>I consider myself a centrist, but right now, if I could vote, I would vote on the democratic side. However, I could potentially see myself voting republican - for a moderate candidate, however. And certainly not one who panders to the religious right.</p>
<p>i think Bush lack the virtues of a true religious man - the war in Iraq is obviously NOT based on bringing democratic elements (I just read in the boston globe yesterday that the US's buddy Saudi Arabia just sentenced a bio teacher to a few hundred whips for "leading the students to doubt the koran, discuss the bible and judaism") - more like to bring in gold for the CEOS of oil and military equipment companies. Bush was a drunkard and so were his daughers, partying in nightclubs, and his bro going on sexual tourism in south-east asia, etc. They're against gay marriage yet Cheney has a lesbian daughter?!? I say the current Republican administrators are a bunch of hypocrites exploiting the flag of "morality and religion" while giving us religious people a bad name.</p>
<p>i meant if he really want to be a "just and morally righteous father", he should have set an example to his oldguard redneck voters by disowning her. yet he still remains (from what i could tell on tv during the debates anyways) a tolerant father. So obviously it's okay for his daughter to be gay but it's not okay for other people to do so.</p>
<p>It seems the religious right is looking to create some kind of theocracy, which is something I definitely do NOT want to live under. Anyway I'm looking forward to voting. I just hope there will be someone somewhat good to vote for.</p>
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i meant if he really want to be a "just and morally righteous father", he should have set an example to his oldguard redneck voters by disowning her. yet he still remains (from what i could tell on tv during the debates anyways) a tolerant father. So obviously it's okay for his daughter to be gay but it's not okay for other people to do so.
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<p>She's over 18, its her own life isn't it? Why should he interfere with his daughter's life because of his personal beliefs? He votes against gay marriage, even if his daughter is gay/lesbian, I think that shows integrity - he stands by his belief regardless of his circumstance... and he wont disown his daughter because of it either.</p>