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[spacebabie]

ganked from crzydemona

If the "other guys" win on Election Day, I will not:

- Move to another country, nor even claim I want to
- Say "He's not MY president"
- Rant about how we're all going to be dead, in concentration camps, living under the eye of Big Brother, starving in the streets, and/or under martial law before the 4 years are up
- Call my fellow voters stupid (or worse) for their choices
- Delete my LJ or abandon it in disgust
- Say I no longer like or recognize this country
- Cease speaking to anyone, nor drop any of my hobbies and loves, nor change what I eat for breakfast, based on the outcome of this election

Can you post the above in your journal, and follow it?
Not saying you have to. Just wondering: can you?

(Really, dudes: 8 years of Reagan didn't destroy us. 8 years of Clinton didn't destroy us. Not even a freaking Civil War destroyed us. And if you give up on liking America because of the headlines on Nov. 3, then...say it with me...the terrorists will have won!)

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[puaena.livejournal.com]

The sentiment is humorous and nice but I don't quite agree with: And if you give up on liking America because of the headlines on Nov. 3, then...say it with me...the terrorists will have won!.

That comment is fairly presumptuous on why someone may say that they don't like the direction of the country. When someone says "I don't like where my country is going" or "I don't recognize my country", that is a statement that is not said lightly. Some of it may be the Iraq War, but then it may not have anything to do with the terrorism issue.

I'm particularly concerned at the rise of gay baiting, the attack on abortion rights, the encroachment of "faith-based" preferences, the policies (or lack thereof) on the environment, and the growing, massive deficit. Those issues are separate from the war on terrorism.

Instead of the pledge above, I prefer this pledge.

It is from Andrew Sullivan's blog (http://andrewsullivan.com) and he is paraphrasing from another site:

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I TAKE THE PLEDGE: Jeff Jarvis has the details. Bottom line:

After the election results are in, I promise to:
: Support the President, even if I didn't vote for him.
: Criticize the President, even if I did vote for him.
: Uphold standards of civilized discourse in blogs and in media while pushing both to be better.
: Unite as a nation, putting country over party, even as we work together to make America better.
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That last point is the most important to me. Both the major parties seem to put party over country and that bothers me. From now on, I think we should all declare ourselves "Independents."

Respectfully ~ P.

[rashomonchb.livejournal.com]

I will accept the outcome either way. I only wish for an election without bitching, without lawyers, without FUCKING MICHAEL MOORE. Each side accept defeat graciously. I don't need to hear about voter fraud. I come from Illinois where Chicago is notorious for it. The Democrats want to bitch about it while they bus voters to several couties to vote multiple times as they take advantage of Ohio's lax voting rules. Just accept the outcome. Feel free to point out the voting problems as long as both sides can accept the same. No hypocracy or whining, lawsuits or supreme courts.

And no FUCKING MICHAEL MOORE. Someone tell the asshole that bringing cameras into voting locations is INTIMIDATION.

I just want this to all be over. South Park was right.

[slai.livejournal.com]

Hi Chris,

That reminds me. Who is the giant douche, and who is the turd sandwich O~O?! I can't figure it out X(!