That is the most import to you in the up coming Presidential election and state why it is import and how it effects you. No party bashing or attacks on people.
One Issue only
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There is no right or wrong answer here, just opinions.
This is not about who you will vote for but more about what one Plank is most important to you in anyones platform.
Mine is National security. If we fail to win this war on terrorism our lives will be like that of those in Isreal. That will effect many other issues such as it already has done.
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(meaning GW's views on abortion, same sex marriage etc etc)
This is why I'm voting GW in 2004
In a statement released Wednesday night, President Bush said the ruling was "deeply troubling.
"Marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman," Bush said. "If activist judges insist on re-defining marriage by court order, the only alternative will be the constitutional process. We must do what is legally necessary to defend the sanctity of marriage."
In his State of the Union address January 20, the president stopped short of endorsing a constitutional amendment that would ban marriages for gay and lesbian couples, as social conservative groups had hoped.
But he said, "... if judges insist on forcing their arbitrary will upon the people, the only alternative left to the people would be the constitutional process."
National security is my primary issue in this presidential cycle also. No one with half a brain can deny that the world is now a better and safer place than it was two years ago. Thats not to say the world is a safe place, but it is safer (is that a word?)
Most other issues tend to fall in line when a country feels secure. The economy is a good example. The tax cuts can be credited for some of the prosperity, but I think that the confidence that many americans feel as a result of our recent ventures in Iraq and Afghanistan have as much a bearing on spending as the tax cuts did.
Confidence is what drives the American market. Strong National security policies = confidence.
Logs, This next statement kind of goes hand in hand with your other thread on how the world views America.
I don't think that the rest of the world cares to much about our day to day internal politics, or what we watch on T.V.
Much like when we read or hear about a policy in France, Germany, Spain, Russia, Turkey, England etc.etc. We neither care nor are interested in the lengthy debates about HOW a decision was made. We are only interested in what the end result is. Will that country (A) Support whatever the issue of the day is, or (B) Not support Whatever the issue is.
I think that the rest of the world views us in much the same way. They get the "distilled" version of our stance on an issue.
I doubt there is a person alive on the Planet that has not heard of George Dubya Bush. I suspect that there is not a TERRORIST alive that does not know that President Bush has made it his mission in life to exterminate them.
Pick ONE issue
