tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918482066671965160.post5891774684911505749..comments2009-03-26T22:03:29.523-07:00Comments on Sturgesia: I Voted TodayMatthew Sturgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955173278935986450noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918482066671965160.post-85399141681344549592008-10-29T23:28:00.000-07:002008-10-29T23:28:00.000-07:00i voted about a week ago. man what a bummer and w...i voted about a week ago. man what a bummer and what a poor choice.<BR/><BR/>i went ahead and voted for barak obama, but not because i thought he was the best candidate. i voted for him because i thought that for the next 4 years he would do us (the peeps) the least amount of harm.<BR/><BR/>i started to vote straight libertarian, but i really didn't want to waste my vote for president. i know that "no vote is a wasted vote" but in texas, any vote that's not republican is probably a wasted vote anyway.<BR/><BR/>man - i wish that there would be a law that gave every candidate that declared for president (and had maybe a hundred thousand or so signatures on a petition) a million dollars and that's all they could spend. then they'd really have to battle it out over policy - talking points don't go too far on 1 million dollars.<BR/><BR/>as long as i'm wishing - why not limit the president's term to 1 year and give him a lifetime stipend of 10 million dollars a year for the rest of his life after that. i bet we'd see some come-to-jesus government if POTUS didn't have to worry about reelection or wealth.Steve McBainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06319382384822330964noreply@blogger.com