Jess and I had just enjoyed the latest Prison Break episode tonight and were channel-surfing when I was caught off-guard by yet another political commercial.
Usually I don’t watch an entire political commercial – or any commercial for that matter with my lovely DVR, but I stuck on this one and as it finished I grabbed my journal (read: cell phone) and quickly scribbled (read: Twittered) my thoughts.
Thanks to the wonderment of technology my scribblings were apparently read by numerous friends and colleagues and caused enough of a stir inside some of them to warrant a response.
I would love for the dialogue to continue as it has already started on Facebook due to my automatic status-update whenever I use Twitter. I will post the string of “conversation” here in this post and would more-than-welcome anyone else to comment here.
STEVAN @ 9:41PM:
Would NOT voting in November in fact BE voting?
S. JOHNSON @ 9:44PM:
Voting for Ron Paul.. yes. :-)
C. ATKINS @ 9:46PM:
I am in Stevan. Because of your ingenuity I won’t be voting this election.
J. FITCH @ 9:56PM:
Interesting comment…but i think our choices are between an old guy and a socialist…sorry…but i’ll take an old guy any day of the week.
S. JOHNSON @ 10:06PM:
Unless the old guy doesn’t beat the 1 in 3 chances of surviving the 4 year term in which case you’ll be choosing an inexperienced governor of the least populated state in the union. I’ll take the socialist over the odds.
J. FITCH @ 10:23PM:
beautiful logic…this talk of him dying in office if elected is just ridiculous. so lets see…a pro-choice (don’t know you, so this may not be an issue), anti-gun, marxist (socialist), appeaser (lets chat with chavez, ahmadenijad), let judges legislate from the bench, redistribute wealth (pure marxism) candidate or someone who may not have much … Read Moreexperience (still has more EXECUTIVE experience than any of the other 3…they have none) but is pro-life, pro 2nd amendment, capitalist, a reformer, etc.
Personally, my biggest problem with obama is the redistribution of wealth. That is PURE marxism!! No thanks!! I like these debates, lol. The differences are what makes this all interesting.
A. BUTLER @ 10:43PM:
I like Ron Paul too..
S. JOHNSON @ 10:52PM:
Well if you are against the redistribution of wealth, please explain how increasing the cost of living & inflation, the devaluing of the american dollar, and the governments bailout of failing banks isn’t just that? Wealth is being redistributed already, Just to those who already have most of the wealth. It would be a mistake to assume that Capital… Read Moreism is the end all God ordained form of economics. I mean the premise of Capitalism is man’s greed, how is that Christian?
S. JOHNSON @ 10:52PM:
Sorry Stevan for making your status bar a political forum.. you asked for it :-)
I’m not pleased with either of our choices. So, what do you think? Is NOT voting this November actually a viable “statement” to make as a voter or just a wussy way of complaining?
