2012 Election~can I ask you some questions?

[~~Who,Me?~~]

I'd like to ask you all some questions, and since they are about the 2012 election, figured I might as well put them here, lol.

Any and all responses may appear on my special needs parenting blog. I will not use names unless I contact you first. I'm working on a series of election related posts. Nothing formal, just read these questions and give me your off the cuff responses. Answer one, answer them all......I'm just trying to get some ideas and Thanks in Advance!

1. If you are a parent, what are the most important issues to you? If most of your responses are parent related (education, etc.) do you feel at all selfish for not making global issues a priority? Or do you try to make both global and personal issues a priority?

2. Do you vote all the time? Most of the time? Have you ever contacted one of your local politicians, either one in office or one running for office? What was it about?

3. When you see candidates with kids, do you feel that you can relate to them better (if you are a parent)? Do you think kids have a place on the campaign trail, why or why not?

4. How do you feel when a politician takes an issue that is personal to them and makes it political? Which example are you thinking of?

5. If you're not a parent, or if you're the parent of adult children (hence issues like education may not be as important) what issues are important to you?

[CW&M Mom]

1. If you are a parent, what are the most important issues to you? If most of your responses are parent related (education, etc.) do you feel at all selfish for not making global issues a priority? Or do you try to make both global and personal issues a priority? Well, most of the time global issues really only come to play with our national elections not local, state elections. Who I vote for city council has little to nothing to do with global issues. I do take into account if I think an official for a national position will do a crummy job at national security BUT if I had my choice of the elected official wants to save africa or wants to save the USA..I'm going to choose the one the wants to save the USA..cause that is where I live. It's not that I hate Africa..I just don't think we can fix everything going on over there...KWIM?

2. Do you vote all the time? Most of the time? Have you ever contacted one of your local politicians, either one in office or one running for office? What was it about? I vote all of the time. I have not contacted a local politician..I did email Mitt though

3. When you see candidates with kids, do you feel that you can relate to them better (if you are a parent)? Do you think kids have a place on the campaign trail, why or why not? No I do no think that politicians can relate better if they have kids..they have proven to me that they can be just as stupid if they have children. Do I think they should drag their kids on the campaign trail? Not really, other then maybe for short amounts of time..as that is a long time to not see a parent.

4. How do you feel when a politician takes an issue that is personal to them and makes it political? Which example are you thinking of? I think it can be okay, and sometimes it's absurd..because the longer a politician has been in office the longer they get out of touch with reality.


Good example: President Obama watching his mother slowly die of cancer stressing over her medical bills.

Bad example: Rick Santorum telling us he doesn't need "Obamacare" because he has good insurance for his disabled child..thus no disabled child needs Obamacare Yet Rick Santorum has the insurance that every senator and House of Rep get FOR LIFE. And because of Obamacare his child no longer will max out on that plan, and can stay on that plan if she is able to make it to an adult longer ect ect. I'd like to see Rick Santorum not have Obamacare and try to purchase private insurance for his disabled daughter...oh..no..possible... He's a fool.

5. If you're not a parent, or if you're the parent of adult children (hence issues like education may not be as important) what issues are important to you?

Well I'm a parent...so I guess I can't answer this question..but I'm going to answer it anyways.

I am disgusted by Rick Perry and Ron Paul assertion that we don't Need the Department of Education..that we should toss that out the window. The Department of Education is currently working on trying to see if they can legally get my son back in school. They are working on thousands of cases just like my son where Public schools and other entities are screwing with people's civil rights. It is a HORRIBLE IDEA to get rid of the Department of Education..and pathetic to grown up men are so clueless that they don't realize what those departments do...that or they just don't care.

[CW&M Mom]

Bump!

[Smee]

I heard this place was jump

[Smee]

Crap, fat fingered submit. Will finish thoughts and re-post.

[Smee]

I heard this place was jumping last election. I wasn't here, but I heard it was pretty lively. Where are those folks?

I don't really know how to answer the questions as asked, or rather I don't have straight answers. What's important to me depends on context. Like I don't care about morality and who a candidate is sleeping with, but if s/he is stumping on morality and the sanctity of marriage while not living up to the standards they set for the rest of us, I care. I feel like that about a lot of things-- some stuff matters except for when it doesn't.

I vote most of the time. I have contacted local representatives.

I don't think much about them making personal issues political, or at least I can't think of a specific example.

I don't relate to much of the parenting stuff. It's tough to pin down my most important issue(s). I'm not sure what is a deal maker for me, but I know the deal breakers when I see them. They include government roles in marriage (especially) and reproductive rights.

[meggers]

I heard this place was jumping last election. I wasn't here, but I heard it was pretty lively. Where are those folks?

Here I am!

GLENN BECK for President!

[bigsweetie]

mRON PAUL
FOR
PRESIDENT!!

[bigsweetie]

1. If you are a parent, what are the most important issues to you? If most of your responses are parent related (education, etc.) do you feel at all selfish for not making global issues a priority? Or do you try to make both global and personal issues a priority?

As a parent my issues are the national debt (which my children will be repaying in the future), our foreign policy, and education (of which I think the Dept. of Education is a joke). As for global issues, if you mean our foreign policy, yes, it's an issue for me. As for financing the rest of the worlds problems, I'm against it.

2. Do you vote all the time? Most of the time? Have you ever contacted one of your local politicians, either one in office or one running for office? What was it about?

Yes, I vote all the time. Yes, I've contacted politicians to express my distain for some of his voting decisions.

3. When you see candidates with kids, do you feel that you can relate to them better (if you are a parent)? Do you think kids have a place on the campaign trail, why or why not?

I don't think it matters whether or not they have kids. Kids on the campaign trail are strictly for show.

4. How do you feel when a politician takes an issue that is personal to them and makes it political? Which example are you thinking of?

I'm not sure what you mean by this?

5. If you're not a parent, or if you're the parent of adult children (hence issues like education may not be as important) what issues are important to you?

[bigsweetie]

ron paul for president!!

I had this in all caps and MUCH bigger than Meggers! I smell a conspiracy! HCW is biased against RP!!