Mike Hicks

4th district court
I don't usually vote for judges cuz I generally don't do the research. I looked up candidates for the primary and was trying to decide between two candidates. My son came home and I invited him to walk with me to the polling place. He told me that the "League of Pissed Off Voters" had endorsed the two I was looking at. Susan Burke was one of them.

I thank you for your thoughtful comments and I have one request. PLEASE don't vote for Nader in this election. Even if Nader can't see it, we need every vote to insure Bush does not continue his destruction of Nader's legacy. We need every vote we can get for Kerry, as the only chance to get Bush as far away from the big red button as possible. Thank you.

Hey, I agree with Glenn! I'm a waaaay progressive person politically, was out there protesting the war (and the one before), believe Nader has done wonderful things for this country - but if Kerry doesn't win Minnesota (and despite what the polls say, he just might not), we're going to definitely see four more years of sending this country down the drain. There IS a big difference between Bush and Kerry - Please don't vote Nader!
Oh, and nice to hear more about the League of PIssed Off Voters - sounds like a useful group.

Vote for who you think is the best candidate. I think that people who have nothing more to contribute to a discussion about Nader than "you're spoiling the election for Kerry" should all stop talking about politics. They are making America dumber, and that is hard.

Mike - thanks for doing some of the research on the local ballot. It cleared up a few questions for me.

On the topic of Nader, as much as I'd like to vote with my heart, I believe that as voters we must be pragmatic. I found the following comment from a slashdot.org poll quite apt.
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Voting is not some sort of poll of your innermost beliefs. It's a choice with foreseeable consequences. Voting third party is like flipping a light switch that isn't wired, and proclaiming "But I want this switch to be wired." That's nice. But the fact is, it's not. Flipping it does not achieve your goal.

Or, look at this way. If it's raining and there's a hole in your asphalt roof, you can choose to let it drip on you while saying "My true preference is for a tile roof, and I'm not going to compromise." Or you can go patch it with an asphalt shingle, even if you don't honestly like them much. Getting the drip to stop is not about your personal tastes in roofing.

If you want to vote 3rd party, you first have to change the voting mechanism so that voting 3rd party actually helps achieve your goals.
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There is one really good reason for voting Kerry. He looks at the facts and makes informed decisions based on those facts. He can recognize a bad law and vote against it rather than just reading the name of the bill and making up his mind.

I do not want to see four more years of Bush. Count me in as one of those in the reality based community.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/magazine/17BUSH.html

WARNING regarding Gregory J. Bownik, He's a radical Zionist as evident in his article titled, "Shimon Peres is no Richard Nixon." We don't need any more extremist or neo-cons in public office

Hi, great stuff here.

Thanks for the heads-up on Bownik. Any info on the guys he's running against for District 5? Seems hard to find info on them.

Thanks,
CAH