Have you switched candidates?

[opebo]

I switched about a month ago.  Not that I'm doing anything about it.

[opebo]

I'm saddened no one cares I've switched from Bush to Kerry.  Or perhaps no one's surprised?

[opebo]

I'm saddened no one cares I've switched from Bush to Kerry.  Or perhaps no one's surprised?

I'm happy to see it, though since you aren't going to vote, and I assume you haven't or aren't going to contribute any money to the campaigns, it doesn't actually make a difference.

I have to admit I'm a bit surprised though, I would have assumed you would have cared more about economic issues than social issues.

Then again, perhaps you are now wealthy enough that protecting social freedoms is more important. That does make sense.

Actually the main reason I would feel comfortable with a Kerry presidency is the Republican congress.  Kerry wouldn't be able to implement many left wing economic policies, whereas Bush might be in a position to push the stultifying christian social agenda.  

[opebo]

I'm saddened no one cares I've switched from Bush to Kerry.  Or perhaps no one's surprised?

I'm happy to see it, though since you aren't going to vote, and I assume you haven't or aren't going to contribute any money to the campaigns, it doesn't actually make a difference.

I have to admit I'm a bit surprised though, I would have assumed you would have cared more about economic issues than social issues.

Then again, perhaps you are now wealthy enough that protecting social freedoms is more important. That does make sense.

Actually the main reason I would feel comfortable with a Kerry presidency is the Republican congress.  Kerry wouldn't be able to implement many left wing economic policies, whereas Bush might be in a position to push the stultifying christian social agenda.  

[indignant] Please.... [/indignant]

You disagree?  With my analysis of the balance of power or of Bush's intentions?

In fairness I'm almost as afraid of leftist social moralizers as I am of the christian type.

[opebo]

I'm saddened no one cares I've switched from Bush to Kerry.  Or perhaps no one's surprised?

I'm happy to see it, though since you aren't going to vote, and I assume you haven't or aren't going to contribute any money to the campaigns, it doesn't actually make a difference.

I have to admit I'm a bit surprised though, I would have assumed you would have cared more about economic issues than social issues.

Then again, perhaps you are now wealthy enough that protecting social freedoms is more important. That does make sense.

Actually the main reason I would feel comfortable with a Kerry presidency is the Republican congress.  Kerry wouldn't be able to implement many left wing economic policies, whereas Bush might be in a position to push the stultifying christian social agenda.  

[indignant] Please.... [/indignant]

You disagree?  With my analysis of the balance of power or of Bush's intentions?

In fairness I'm almost as afraid of leftist social moralizers as I am of the christian type.

I believe that, like many, you make the logical falacy that, because there are people who are concerned with morality in public society, those people, nessesarily seek to impose thier moral standards on others.  This is not the case.  We simply seek to assure that our moral standards do not fall under attack.

P.S. Granted, a small minority do wish to transform this country into a Christianstan, but they don't come close to repressenting the majority.

Its not a logical fallacy.  If you are 'concerned with morality in public society' you are attempting to impose your moral standards on others.  What on earth do you mean by 'assure that our moral standards do not fall under attack'?  Are others attacking them by simply ignoring them, and thinking you laughable and absurd? I think at most that might be called criticising them.  No one really minds if you choose to live in a benighted way.

Your 'moral standards' have absolutely nothing to do with anyone other than yourself, and no one is attacking them.  It is in fact the christians who're doing the attacking, by attempting to impose their hateful agenda on other people who are merely attempting to live their own lives, and mind their own business.

As for the minority wanting a Christianstan, maybe you and I define that differently, but I think we're pretty close already.  What few freedoms we have from puritanism are thanks to the First Amendment, and I'm sure they'd love to do away with that.  I think a large majority of christains, and pretty close to a majority of americans, would like what I would call a 'Christianstan'.