What will you do if Bush wins?

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Registered: 08-20-2004
What will you do if Bush wins?
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Fri, 08-20-2004 - 12:02pm
I would like to know what you all will do if Bush wins? I don't know if I can handle another 4 years. Any ideas of how to reclaim our country and restore democracy and freedom? I'm worried that another 4 years will increase the authoritariansm and absolute power that Bush has come to claim and further trample on our constitution and individual liberties. I'm truly frightened.

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Registered: 06-17-2004
Wed, 09-01-2004 - 10:17am
Welcome hkmahon!

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Registered: 08-21-2004
Wed, 09-01-2004 - 10:20am
One persons tomato is another persons eggplant.
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Registered: 04-16-2004
Wed, 09-01-2004 - 10:21am
You must have had writers cramp to write over 550 letters, not to mention the cost of mailing them all out.

Did you hear back from anyone? If so it would be interesting to hear from which people did respond, and what they said.

By the way, the Electoral College was set up so that candidates who were popular in major cities, did not just have to win the major cities, but the rural areas as well.

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Registered: 08-21-2004
Wed, 09-01-2004 - 10:21am
Email any official in Washington, and 99.9999 percent of the time you will never get anything back from them but a computer generated thank you form letter. At least if you send them a letter via snail mail they have to mail you back a form letter on official stationary.
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Registered: 01-14-2004
Wed, 09-01-2004 - 10:22am
I just want to say that your post was very well said!
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Registered: 08-21-2004
Wed, 09-01-2004 - 10:28am
I am well aware of why it was set up, but the demographics have changed, and the majority of the population as in almost every country over time has concentrated into certain geographic areas of the country. The system needs to either be eliminated, or changed to more accurately allow for this very real reality in the distribution of our nation's population base.

As for writing all those letters...Does not take all that much time if you have any basic knowledge of working with Microsoft Word and creating templates. As for postage, do not consider a few hundred dollars very much money here.

As I stated in an earlier post, the responses as is most often the case were the typical thank you for bringing your concerns to my attention...sincerely yours. I think the best piece of history I have is a hand written thank you note from President Clinton that I recieved when I sent him some snapshot type pictures I had taken of him and his daughter Chelsey when he was out on the Campaign trail back in the 96 election.

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Registered: 01-14-2004
Wed, 09-01-2004 - 10:33am
I couldn't agree more. Drinking water contamination has become a huge concern where I live. It is so bad here that the water purification plant must be upgraded! After having my daughter last year, the hospital actually instructed me to only use bottled water if I would be using formula. Talk about scary! And NO, the water contamination is NOT NATURAL!!

I am obviously not directly blaming Bush for this problem. But environmental issues are real and present on the community level. Just because you are not aware of the problems in your area does not mean they do not exist. We need a leader who recognizes these issues and is more concerned with finding solutions than pleasing industry.

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Registered: 01-14-2004
Wed, 09-01-2004 - 10:38am
I have not been able to read all the posts in this thread, so this may have been covered. I ususally don't post in political threads because I know that you rarely make a point that the other side really considers.

However, I am becoming more and more disturbed by the number of people I hear say that although they don't really like Bush, they will vote for him over Kerry because we will be "safer".

1. War Service - Whatever your opinion of Kerry's Vietnam service may be, at least he did serve. What about Bush? He, like so many others, seemed to use his influence to stay out of the conflict. Do not get me wrong. I do not judge anyone on their Vietnam record. That was an amazingly difficult time, and I cannot assume to understand what any man who was called to fight went through. However, I find it ironic that the man who did fight receives more critisicm for being a "coward" than the man who did not fight.

2. Military Dwindling - I am certain there are many in the military who support Bush, but I can also tell you for certain that there are many who do not. My husband is a US Army CPT and has voted Republican his ENTIRE life (as has his family for at least 5 generations). For this election, he will vote differently. We were very fortunate that his position has kept him in the States, thus far, but EVERYONE we know was sent to Iraq. And I cannot tell you how many people are opting to end their service rather than return. These are not cowards, I can assure you. These are men and women who joined the military to serve thier country...and would continue to serve their country if they believed the sacrifice worthy. We have friends from Posts throughout the country, so this is not an isolated phenomenon at a particular unit. In fact, my husband has seen reports coming down from "the powers that be" that warn of extreme personel stresses forcasted, so this situation is one that the military is aware of.

So, if a President's actions actually influence soldiers to retire or exit the service, how is that making people feel safer? Is it just that people do not know what is happening to thier military, or is it because they honestly feel that things would be no better under new leadership??

Oh, and as for the question of what I will do if Bush wins? First, I will probably cry. Then I will sit down with my husband as we seriously reconsider his military career. :(

P.S. For those who continually say "if you don't like it, get out of the country" when someone critisizes Bush I wonder if you are only saying it for effect. Surely, you are not serious? When someone critisizes Bush, they are not critisizing the Country. And since less than half the population actually voted for Bush, I don't see how critisizing him is some extreme point of view. And even if it were, having extreme points of view is what freedom is all about. It is what my husband and most of our loved ones spend every day of their life working to protect, and I take offense to you trying to strip that from anyone!!

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 09-01-2004 - 10:49am
***When I pointed out in one post that if one who held such strong beliefs truly believed that any taking of any human life (percieved or otherwise) was so wrong, that her voting for Bush in light of the fact that Laura Bush killed her high school boy friend, while intoxicated, with her car was being hypocrital,

No, mysticdreamer, I pointed out that it was hypocritical and for you to stop arguing the point.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 09-01-2004 - 11:04am
Well Donna, if someone is concerned about becoming pregnant and maybe needing an abortion, then she needs to be responsible and take her birth control. And if someone is even more responsible and protecting herself from STD's she would also be using a condom. You can get those free as well. If you are not being responsible, then that should be too bad for you. And that goes for ANY situation in life.

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