Comments on: Political Endorsements

By: xJane

xJane — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:01:24 +0000

...is Obama an atheist? If so, people are gonna be really pissed when they find out. My candidate of choice is still Dennis Kucinich. But I'm not allowed to vote in the democratic primary. A true green's green; I've no idea why he's a democrat, but I guess it got him that much closer to getting votes.

By: Lessie

Lessie — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:06:30 +0000

I went to my party’s caucus and voted for Hillary. I just really like her health care plan. If Obama turns out to be the candidate, I’ll happily vote for him though.

By the way, caucusing is a blast. I’d never been to one before.

By: John

John — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:51:29 +0000

Kevin and Mark, I think there are some issues that are common to many freethinkers in the U.S., including emphasis on church-state separation (especially in the wake of 8 years of domination of the executive by the religious right, and its infiltration into the justice system) and on scientifically-grounded policies and government support for science education and research.

Plus, this is a skeptically-themed blog, so I made my case by pointing to people that many MoF readers respect and admire.

One final note: “party ass kissing candidate” qualifies of criticism of other candidates, which I asked people to refrain from in this post. I let Mark slide, but I hope the rest of you will respect my guidelines for this post.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:45:38 +0000

I don’t know why you get that impression – I don’t imagine it to be true (or am I missing something?). As far as I’m concerned, the only thing atheists have in common is their disbelief. This disbelief wouldn’t lead them to vote for one candidate over the other, would it? All I’m saying is that if there is an atheist bandwagon I want a memo.

By: Mark J. Seydel

Mark J. Seydel — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:04:34 +0000

Why do I get the impression that atheist are voting for a candidate because they are atheist. That would be insane. It’s suppose to be what’s best for America.

I am an atheist and support Ron Paul because the man is radical yet makes sense. This country is truly fucked and we don’t need another party ass kissing candidate in office.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:26:27 +0000

I like Obama and voted for him in the primary. However, my libertarian side really likes Ron Paul. I just wish he had some sort of chance. If he were the GOP candidate, I would probably vote Republican (however, I would then leave the polling station and throw up ).