Who do you think the country would find more of a bad choice, Hillary or a Republican?

Thompson, maybe. Paul? Not a prayer. McCain's over the edge. The rest I'm just not familiar enough with yet.

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I knew that back in 2000 which is exactly why I didn't vote for Bush. It's about time you all catch up to what I already figured out

I had asked once upon time if going from Mayor to President was too big of a leap. IIRC, most seemed to think mayor of NYC is different then mayor of anywhere else. It made me wonder if the events of 9/11 elevated the position of mayor of NYC in the minds of people.

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Tim;

I don't see it as a "homophobic" issue, but your turn of phrase to tar those that don't feel like you and have other reasons for being anto gay marriage is noted.

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It passed by like the second biggest margin of any gay marriage ammendment put on the ballot.

I think it was almost 80% of folk who voted to keep marriage between a man and a woman, pretty amazing majority.

Leadership? What leadership? He was a mayor, FFS. He's got no international experience. He's got no national experience. He's got a temper, and lots of personal baggage.

What terrorism did he fight? He was mayor post-911 for 4 months. I think you've bought into a lot of propoganda which will quickly disappear if the GOP makes the mistake of nominating him.

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McCain was one i was gonna mention above who could do it without many people finding dirt onhis personal life but he has no support from conservatives and rightly so. Thompson yes but he was a former Senator which rules him out in my book. I was gonna ask the same question (who you thought was a good idea) but i figured you just meant it in context to Rudy not being a good pick.

Which is exactly why I was so embarrassed. I'm a social liberal and when that passed by such a large majority I just wanted to cry. It was the first time I felt, politically speaking, Texas is not the place for me.

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I'd have cut off a toe with a set of gardening shears before I'd have voted for Bush.

I dunno. I think if the elections were right after 9/11, the story woudl be different. I think most of the US is fairly well sick of how self-important NYC has become, and I don't think that most voters are stupid enough to believe that being mayor of one large city somehow qualifies you to be POTUS.

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i hope this doesnt become an agenda in 08

but i am afraid it will....the MAJORITY of americans are for marriage to stay the way it is

if the liberal/gay groups pushing marriage would comprimise with a Civil Union this would be no issue at all......

He was mayor of the most populated city in the land, and the most out of control at the time. He has a temper...err you think Hillary doesn't? She's a vicious whore and he comes off a saint in comparison. No international experience? Err he went after terrorists in his time atthe justice department not to mention not one single one of the candidates now running has any international experience, serving in the Senate doesn't count. Maybe Biden as he is the chairmen of the forign relations committee. Anyway how many of any of our presidents have had any international experience???

He fought terrorism when he was a member of the DoJ and a prosecutor, he specifically went after them. Propeganda my ass. Oh and there was that whole first trade centre attack in 93...

Just a thought, Traveler: you're so jaded that you really can't see it. Personally, I don't like either of them, so I can see them both for what they really are.


Oh, and cite one thing that he did to prevent a terrorist act.

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Too bad he wasn't mayor then

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Yeah i was gonna ask, i don't mean it an offensive way but err you seem completely out of touch with the view of the majority of the state...especially not voting for Bush so early on. His support has dwindled a little lately but he's still viewed favorably by a good majority of the state.

The thing that made me say that vote was amazingly successful was not so much the policy but the fact that such a huge (heck we won the election that year based on it) issue would pass with such a huge majority goes to show the truly united view our state has on it. I dunno just my view.

I really don't see how it can be classified any other way. The argument that homosexuals are somehow "damaging" or "destroying" marriage as indicated by the title of the homophobic regulations against it ("protection" of Marriage act etc) is clearly nonsense. I figure it's just a cover for fear or hatred of homosexuals: homophobia.

Also I couldn't resist the reference to the "homosexual agenda" that I read so much about here.

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