When I really don’t like the choices I have (generally local elections), I have done a write in vote for “Any Body Else”.

“Personally, I’m liberal in some areas (social issues), but I’m more conservative fiscally.”

That’s called libertarian, and what baffles me in the US is that while a large portion of sensible people under 50 are libertarian these days (the Ron Paul movement had much to do with that), neither principle party seems to cater to them. The US Libertarian party doesn’t even represent a libertarian voice that well, as they tend towards the extreme libertarian fringe to distinguish themselves, guaranteeing they’ll never grab a significant portion of the vote.

I’ve grown to distrust and dislike the entire system in Canada, to the point I wouldn’t bother voting. But I do believe you really have to vote, so I vote “protest parties” (fringe parties with no chance, whom most people vote for to express their displeasure with the mainstream parties), something we generally have a lot more of in Canada.

At any rate, I enjoyed the read, keep thinking about putting more work into this!

Politicians are like diapers. You have to change them regularly and for the same reason every time.

LOL Hey! Wait, I am a politician. What a world this place would be if all politicians had a good laugh at themselves. =)

A comment on your WP blog showed up in my FeedReader and almost broke it.

I thought that your comment said that Mona is bombarding you with mis-information from her Dad. LOL.

There is a decent chance I will be practicing my “agreeing to disagree” stance in my household for this presidential election. Mona and I get bombarded with mis-information from her Dad about Obama on almost a daily basis. 90% of it is false (and I have told him that…), but I think it has had some impact on Mona. She’s not sure who she wants to support.

That’s ok though. I used to be married to a republican and we always voted opposite in the presidential elections. We would joke that we would both have to make sure to vote to cancel each other out.

I think if more people, in every position of life, were to agree to disagree, there would be a lot fewer itchy trigger fingers. Instead, it seems that the allure of power drags even the most moral of leaders in to the shadows of political corruption. I am thankful that there are still some who seem able to resist.

I think I’ve had a similar discussion with Dragon, where I said that it is just (general) human nature to want to argue a point. I’m paraphrasing myself, of course … my memory is fading. Anyway, if we could do exactly what you are saying and agree to disagree a little more, the world could move forward to being an even more amazing place.

There, that was my “happy/positive” thought process for the month.

pEaCe,

Jules, can you change “her” to “here”, please.