QUOTE (robz71lm7 @ Sep 13 2005, 08:57)
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Anyone who votes on a single issue shouldn't be allowed to vote. Which is what the majority of NRA members do.
I'm an NRA member and I don't care for Bush. The notion that someone shouldn't have the right to vote because of how they vote on one issue is absurd. I don't think I need to say more regarding that. It's a slippery slope and before you know it a steak knife is an assault weapon-ask the people across the pond.
I do agree that they should be allowed to vote. As stated, it bothers me when it seems that people don't take the best interests of the country into account (unless they think that elminating abortion will save the world) and vote for their single minded pursuit of one "agenda". It's their right, but it's frustrating to me. I fully suspect that Kerry would have done more harm to one of my hobbies (firearms) than Bush, but I suspect Kerry might have done less harm to the country as a whole than Bush. So, who do you vote for? My own hobbies, or "all of us"?
And, for the anti abortion crowd who voted for Bush, what has he done for you lately? (nothing). It's great to rally behind your guy for your chosen cause, but when he gets in office and ignores the issue, what was the point of voting for him. You could have voted for another issue that might actually get addressed during his administration and come up with something useful. I guess it's a way to feel that you are doing your religious duty by voting for a "cause". Even if it lacks any bearing in the real world.
I'm not picking on the anti abortion group so much as using the first hand example that I have (my sister in law). You can insert any group here and it often applies.