Originally posted by CupCake :
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I hope I was able to vote. My vote will go to Bush, Why? Because as a women I think all this right to choose is simple crap, nobody has the right to take an innocent life away just because you feel like it, so democrats say that is ok to kill an innocent baby but it is NOT ok to kill somebody that is a criminal by the death penalty, I don't think that is right, it doesn't make any sense.
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If you are not a U.S. citizen you cannot vote in a federal (presidential) election...but you may vote in local and state elections.
Your views on abortion 'right's' and the death penalty are a welcome breath of fresh air, coming from a woman and an immigrant who appreciates the United States as many native-born American, sadly, do not. I agree that killing an unborn baby in it's mother's womb - which should be safest place on earth for that baby - is a monsterous act that far too many women use as a form of birth control in this country. As
'rbohm' stated: personal responsibility must be returned as the
status quo in America. The 'victim mentality' ideology of the political left is simply an excuse for failure, usually based on a lack of responsible behavior. The Democrat/liberal ideology that allows too many people to be indolent and irresponsible is hurting our nation, which is why I speak out against it on this and other internet forums.
The death penalty is a punishment used in 38 states. Each state decides the issue - there is no federal death penalty - and it's used with caution, after many appeals and many hearings that usually take years, sometimes 10 or more years, before the convicted murderer is actually executed. While some past murder convictions have been problematic, most are not and the convicted murderer's guilt is clear-cut. That Democrats protest the death penalty and sometimes work for the release of murderers while casually condemning innocent unborn babies to death in the womb as a 'woman's right' is a dichotomy that I have been never been able to understand.
I expect that it has to do with the fact that supporting abortion 'rights' (what about the unborn child's rights?) allows a woman to avoid the consequences of having sexual relations and, in the case of opposing the death penalty, allowing murderers to avoid the ultimate consequences of murder. Thus, we come full circle and see that avoiding personal responsibility is the hallmark of Democrat/liberal ideology, along with wealth distribution and other discredited socialist schemes that have failed miserably elsewhere, for generations.
Cupcake, we're pleased to have you as a member of our country (and MustangWorks) and I personally applaud your clear-thinking and support for President George W. Bush, a decent man doing a good job against heavy opposition. Although you may not be able to vote (if you have not obtained U.S. citizenship as yet) in this presidential election, your heart (and your political sympathies) are definitely in the right place. I hope you'll spread your enthusiasm to all you meet that may still be undecided as to how to vote on November 2nd. President Bush is in a tough fight with most of media and some powerful forces arrayed against him but with enough energized folks like you on his side, he'll win. When he does, we'll all be better off and you'll know that you did what you could for what you thought was right, just as President Bush is doing.