Another reason not to Vote for Coats.

[ddenny5]

explain please

last time I checked, a three way race only needs 34% of the vote to win.

She will be lucky to get 2% of the vote. That is how it is in Indiana.

 

[TopDog]

She will be lucky to get 2% of the vote. That is how it is in Indiana.

That very well may be true. But I made my mind up a long time ago. There is NO WAY I'm voting for that walking crap machine Coats. I'm voting for Rebecca Sink-Burris and feeling good about it.

 

[lashicoN]

Coats is a politician. He knows he has a gun problem. I have given my GOP County Chairman an earful twice now. That is why he is reaching out to prominent members of our community. The political climate in Indiana on guns is very different than it was back in the 80's.

What was the political climate in Indiana on guns like in the 80s? I was born in '87 and my family didn't get into guns until the 90's. I really don't know anything about Indiana in the 80s, politics wise.

That very well may be true. But I made my mind up a long time ago. There is NO WAY I'm voting for that walking crap machine Coats. I'm voting for Rebecca Sink-Burris and feeling good about it.

Same here. I think she is going to get more than 2%. Spread her name around, tell people to go to her website. She has just as much chance as either the Republicans or Democrats. I don't think people are very satisfied with either party right now, rightly so.

 

[photoshooter]

She will be lucky to get 2% of the vote. That is how it is in Indiana.

Actually, I'm a newcomer to the Libertarian arguments. The more I investigate that area of the political spectrum, I'm amazed that more folks are not there already.

But, then I remember that the two main parties have only minor differences - one goes for God and moral issues, the other goes for free expression, and limiting god - but both go for keeping their sorry butts in power so they can move us into a stronger and stronger mode of federal governance.

Keep an eye on the Libertarian party. Right now the so-called "right" has the liberty minded TEA party folks spooked into voting for them (vote for us or ELLSWORTH WILL WIN!)... Wait... isn't that when the other side does to? Vote for us or BUSH WILL WIN!...

I've met more folks that used to be democrats in the Libertarian party than I ever expected. And this election year, liberals aren't very happy with the direction their new leadership is taking the country. I predict a small but steady exodus away from the progressive side of the Democrat party over the next few election cycles. There are only two parties for them to go to: Libertarian and Green. The Green will get the Commies who don't like the slow pace. The Libertarians will get those who want social freedom, but see the need for fiscal discipline.

 

[antsi]

both go for keeping their sorry butts in power so they can move us into a stronger and stronger mode of federal governance.

...and, both are in favor of running our country bankrupt and increasing our secret police security state while trampling our liberties.

There are 3 candidates for the open Indiana Senate seat last I checked...

Elect Rebecca Sink-Burris to United States Senate

She seems strong on the issues and appears to really believe what she is saying.

Sometimes in the past I have voted for the lesser of two evils - I know it's a debatable strategy - but certainly if you're going to do this, one of the major party "evils" has to really be significantly "lesser."

If it's (D) horse manure vs. (R) cow manure, might as well vote for someone you don't have to hold your nose to vote for.

 

[pistol pete]

Coats seems too much like the Washington insider , so will we be better off with him there ?

 

[Blue Tile Spook]

Coats seems too much like the Washington insider , so will we be better off with him there ?

It depends on your definition of "better."

Spending lots of money?
Money we don't have?
Bring home earmarks or "someone else will take it to their state?"
Restricting rights?
Removing rights?
Not voting the will of the constituents?

It all depends on what the definition of the word "is" is...

 

[CarmelHP]

What was the political climate in Indiana on guns like in the 80s? I was born in '87 and my family didn't get into guns until the 90's. I really don't know anything about Indiana in the 80s, politics wise.

Same here. I think she is going to get more than 2%. Spread her name around, tell people to go to her website. She has just as much chance as either the Republicans or Democrats. I don't think people are very satisfied with either party right now, rightly so.

The climate wasn't that much different. Coats courted the gun people his first time around in 1990 in the special election and in 1992 in the regular election. He vowed to oppose the AWB a few days before voting for it, excusing himself by saying that Dick Lugar talked him into it. He bowed out of the 1998 election, knowing he was none too popular. I can never vote for Coats after the 1994 betrayal. He's more of a dirtball now than he was then.

 

[Prometheus]

Keep an eye on the Libertarian party. Right now the so-called "right" has the liberty minded TEA party folks spooked into voting for them (vote for us or ELLSWORTH WILL WIN!)... Wait... isn't that when the other side does to? Vote for us or BUSH WILL WIN!...

The same mental illness affecting the liberals on the left affects the Rhinos on the right as well.

To call it shortsightedness is being kind. The inability to follow out a current path to it's logical conclusion.

Keep voting for socialism (in any form) and you will keep getting socialism. What is so hard to understand about that?

Again, it falls back to the mental disorder and the affliction these people suffer from that precludes them from being logical.

 

[Expat]

What was the political climate in Indiana on guns like in the 80s? I was born in '87 and my family didn't get into guns until the 90's. I really don't know anything about Indiana in the 80s, politics wise.

The climate wasn't that much different. Coats courted the gun people his first time around in 1990 in the special election and in 1992 in the regular election. He vowed to oppose the AWB a few days before voting for it, excusing himself by saying that Dick Lugar talked him into it. He bowed out of the 1998 election, knowing he was none too popular. I can never vote for Coats after the 1994 betrayal. He's more of a dirtball now than he was then.

I think the gun people are more aware now than they were back then. I think they are more organized. Most of the gun people I knew back there tended to be in the Jim Zumbo camp. The 2nd amendment was about hunting guns. I think the internet has been a big part in the change as like minded individuals now talk, and think and plan.