In Australia everyone must vote from the age of 18 years.  It is illegal not to vote huge fines ETC.

I voted last election and lost  . But hopefully, this time things will change. I'm part of the lower class and I've gotta say it's so hard on us. Just last week, I paid $100 more on griceries than I did a year ago. But I'm mostly worried about our troops. I really don't mind the other issues. just worry about the repercusions of this war. I don't want to see Vietnam all over again or worse. My dad was a Vietnam vet and what he told me, it's scary how these guys and girls go through and then have to come back to families who don't understand what they went through. I pray for them all the time.

To answer Karen JSH's question ..... NO ...... I don't ..... good thing I don't live in Australia huh? LOL

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Pogogirl xx

I guess we are lucky that we dont live in countries like South Africa where they are told who their presidents are, or those who are under Military rule.

Guess we are lucky to be able to have some say or a choice.

Albeight I am out of USA,I have your favorite,I tell you directly I am not republican,I apologize for my honesty.I know your way of voting,here voting proceed,that we go to voting room,and we get voting card where are candidates,then we go to voting booth and mark our canditate.Then we clap that to ballot box and all voting is behind us.Then election comitee sum all votes from all township and declare result.Bibi
PS: I vote of course,because my voting room is in  my ex elementar school and she is far from our house perhaps 50 metres

That is right, unless everyone looks after the enviroment around us saving money for the future means didily swat.

I don't agree with you...ok, republicans are not perfect, but democrats are not perfect too. I don't believe in Obama, I'm affraid of him, if he lies or not...because a politician can be a good actor and saying the better for winning. I think they are all like that...but....Obama is so socialist, a big step near communism. I think the only things about Sarah Palin where I don't agree are the hunt (I hate hunting), the no respect of environment and for the guns. But for the other things (I think if I know all), I totally agree.

McCain could have die for his country, Obama not...

I don't want to fight with you, it's only my opinion. Saving the world by war or letting do and everybody dies, you have to choose and for people who igniore history, war has always existed and there is a reason we are alive today. I think it has to do sacrifices for saving lives.
And I have only socialist friends ! (but I never speak about politic because I want no conflicts and socialists or not, I love them, but I can't bear communism enven if I believe I've also communist friends...but I forget it, as long as possible)

[Astrologically speaking, Obama is more dangerous than McCain because Obama is dangerous for everyone (even for those who will vote for him !) and McCain, only in war against ennemies. I believe in astrology and this is not me who has said that, but the other members in a french forum. I don't know if they're right or wrong, we'll see that....]

It's so easy to destroy republicans because of Bush...but every republicans are NOT like Bush !!!!! it's so easy to take a revenge like that, puninshing every members of a political party... I think Reagan has been a good president for you, and he was republican ! so, he was Bush too ?

If 9/11 attacks didn't exist, Bush maybe didn't want to go on war with Iraq.

I've seen a video from US TV where Obama speak about "my muslim faith"....and now, I'm a bit more affraid....I'm sure it was a lapsus [According to Freud, in his early psychoanalytic theory it represents a missed deed that hides an unconscious desire.
] so that's why I'm affraid

This is not racism...this is fear and distrust. I've many friends throughout the planet.

And for the no respect of environment, we don't need a politician with green ideas...we can ourselves make efforts and more than very politicians together. We are free to do that, after all ! and sure that we can make more than a politician can do


It's so rare that I think and speak about politic but I think here is a crucial challenges for the world...

Obama has no speech problems because he is sure of him (he's Leo, don't forget it), and does not suffer as much pressure as its candidate, it' so easy, and MacCain has to bear Bush stupidities on his back so for him it's a big challenge and defending himself is dificult. If being democrat has become fashionable, I do not want to follow this way and I prefer stay myself.

I don't believe in media, I can't bear them anymore...often wrong, and there are their favorite so they do all for him and destroy the other, here the republicans (like always). Why there is not neutrality in the media ? in the newspapers ? It's maybe  because of them I think politic like that !! I don't like media support..because the is always the same support, for the same party etc...even in France, always for the socialists...ya basta ! (I'm just angry) lol I prefer neutrality in the media...

For weird stuff Sarah could do on her, I think she is very a phobic person, she's affraid of all around her, she feels persecuted....no ? 

I just would share my opinion, and for Obama, I just hope with all my heart I'm wrong, after all, I'm not in the USA for seeing that...so I can be wrong