Comments for Why We Vote

Comment on Republican for a Day by Jordan Wallace

Jordan Wallace — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:24:08 +0000

Jeff truly is my hero but i think he is everyone’s hero in my house my sisters and i miss him dearly. He was a wonderful guy and i believe that America needs more people like Jeff because most people don’t even think about who would be a better president for us they think hey my parents want him so do i or hey they are a black man voting for him might change racism well it won’t there is always that one person out there who is die hard racist man like Jeff was a die hard Republican and you can’t change peoples mind by one little vote we all have to work together like Jeff wanted

Comment on Jeff Rushing by Jordan Wallace

Jordan Wallace — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:13:58 +0000

Jeff was really an amazing guy and i miss him so much i remember when he came home he was so excited about this voter’s panel meeting. he could not stop talking about it. I miss him so much. he was like my real dad. i will always miss my step dad

Jordan Wallace

Comment on Final comments about the election Process by Don Rose

Don Rose — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:11:14 +0000

Now the election is history, I remember the words of former U. S. Senator Alan Dixon, who I know personaly, that your win with humility and you lose with grace. Senator Obama showed humility in his victory speech and Senator McCain showed grace in his concession speech. It now is time for healing.

Comment on The results are in… by M Richtofen

M Richtofen — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:19:48 +0000

I agree with some of what you say but we must look at universal healthcare it is time. Under Obama I believe we will finally get it. God bless Obama

Comment on Too Bad He Missed the Point by Gary Tiffany

Gary Tiffany — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:28:14 +0000

Drew - I don’t disagree with you at all. I think we are somewhat on the same page. If a voter makes the decision to vote for a candidate solely on whether the candidate supports or does not support the right to an abortion, they are not a very informed voter.

For most of the country, it’s not that important of an issue. They would like to see abortions be rare, and like you say, the best way to do that is to reduce unwanted pregnancies, which means we must educate our children on more than abstinence only. And I would agree that most of the country wants abortion to remain legal. It’s certainly a better option than the back-alley abortions we would have if Roe v. Wade were ever overturned.

I also agree that competition in the school system is good. We were able to choose to send our children to a private school and they got a great education. Not every family can do that. Being able to choose schools in the public system would be a help. However, the schools can’t do it all. Parental involvement and promotion of education is a must. When the parent is involved and makes the child do the homework and attend class, the child will learn and will blossom.

My point in writing the original blog entry was not to question either of the topics or try to compare them, it was simply to question the support or non-support of the act of choice. Why do we believe it is necessary to restrict choice on one hand and encourage it on another - regardless of what the topics of choice are? I didn’t intend to imply that the issues I mentioned had anything to do with each other, just that in one instance, the Party supports an individual’s right to choose and in the other, it doesn’t.

Thanks for posting. I like the discourse. Please vote on Tuesday.

Comment on Stating His Case by jennie pollock

jennie pollock — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:00:41 +0000

thanks for writing, gary

Comment on Too Bad He Missed the Point by Drew Williams

Drew Williams — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:40:06 +0000

Gary - CD is correct. You really are comparing apples to prime beef. Two totally different items.

I think choosing your candidate based upon abortion stance is pointless. There is no way Roe v. Wade is going to be overturned in the near future, regardless who is in office. The country is simply too divided on the issue.

Now, that being said, eventually we have get away from abortions. No one likes them. period. Even liberals (of sound mind) don’t like abortions. But liberals feel it is an unfortunate necessity in today’s society. I think everyone agrees that the way to stop abortions is to reduce unwanted pregnancies. I think eventually science will help solve this issue.

The point is, abortion is not just a “personal decision” as you call it. By advocating this stance, you are in favor of abortions in the first trimester. You are against the potentially healthy unborn child having a chance to live. History is filled with “uh-oh” babies that turn out to be the best thing in someone’s life.

The forever sticking point will be for cases of rape and incest. I’m not sure those problems will ever go away. And thus, very difficult decisions will have to be made.

Anyway…school choice is a whole other issue. Competition in the marketplace is a good thing. Competition in schools sort of sounds good, until you think about the children going to “lesser” schools. The only real choice is to continually strive to improve the education system as a whole. (a lot easier said than done)

Again TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT ISSUES that have nothing to do with each other.

Comment on Decisions, Decisions by Conservative-Republican

Conservative-Republican — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:22:40 +0000

The irony is that you, and for that matter Colin Powell, have been thrown that type of Republican. By no means of imagination is Senator Obama a fiscal conservative. Raising taxes to pay for more spending is not really fiscal conservatism. It is tax and spend liberalism. The only problem for Senator Obama is that declining revenues, unlike the late 1990s, will not even pay for his myriad of spending.

Comment on Too blessed to be Stressed (despite the economic upheaval) by Ruben Hernandez

Ruben Hernandez — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:55:00 +0000

Dyanna,

We are here by grace indeed.

God Bless, Ruben…….

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(Ephesians 2:4-10)

4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Comment on RRStar endorsements by Wally Haas

Wally Haas — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:48:26 +0000

Good comments, Don. We do take everything into consideration, but there’s only so much space to make our case. At least two editorial board members agreed with you on the Wait-Tuite race, but Mr. Tuite’s failure to even acknowledge than Illinois had a pension problem and his response to why he decided to go negative with his ads (”he started it”) turned others off.

As to Durbin, we do think it ’s important that he knows Rockford and our issues. Illinoisans send more to Washington than we get back, so we do think it’s important that local projects get federal funding.

Dr. Sauerberg was a good candidate and as we said in the editorial, we’d especially like to see his health-care plan explored.