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Date: 14-Oct-02 @ 03:10 PM -
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Okay - so with some elections coming up, of particular interest to me is the election for governor in my homestate of Taxachusetts, I decided it was time to check the candidates. Over the last couple of years here at DT, my awareness of the fundamental problems with our countries political situation has risen significantly. While still a supporter of my country and many of the positions it stands for, I have found myself increasingly abandoned by the mainstream parties. On many issues, I was represented by one party or the other, but as the years have gone by, the 2 major parties in the US have gotten closer and closer to each other. Kind of frightening. Not news to many of you here, but for me, changing my political views is a gradual process.
So this year I registered Libertarian, after voting for Nader last year. I'm not anti-big business, but I am anti-big business with its forays into politics. I also don't think zero state income tax is going to work either. So perhaps libertarian is not where it's at.
Soooo, my research came up with the green party. And this bit of information I found particularly interesting...
http://www.therealdifference.com/difference2.html
Perhaps I am Green, then? Jill Stein (candidate for governor in Taxachusetts) is on target, I think.
So for the other Americans around here, is there anyone willing to answer the questions "who are you voting for" and "why"?