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halogamer1989 on 02 September 2008
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Sullla said:
halogamer1989 said:

Make no mistake, I am all for registering more people. But if you'll see on XBL no issues are mentioned just a way to register and gamertags.  When you register you are supposed to do so based on something that drives you to do it.  In this instance, a particular candidate's respective standpoints, whether it be McCain, Obama, Barr, Nader, or even McKinney for Pete's sake.  It is akin to a Tammany Hall system of registering the dead to vote. For if you vote w/ knowledge you are a zombie to your cause, dead to the issues at heart. 

Yeah - that's exactly the point. You register voters and let them make up their own mind on the issues. Do you seriously think that potential voters need to be "informed" on the issues? And who's going to be doing the "informing"? You?

Honestly, get off your high horse and have some faith in the common person. With every post in this thread, you lose more credibility. Registering more young people to vote is always a good thing, regardless of what values they support. They can all vote Libertarian if that's what they prefer. Part of a democratic system means the freedom to throw your vote away if that's what you want.  

The fallacy of this thread is an assumption that YOUR stance (McCain's stance) on the issues is "right", and anyone who disagrees is "wrong". The arrogance coming across is not pleasant to read.

Your damn right.  I am a McCain staffer and have canvassed and phone banked almost weekly.  Before you comment with your point, please read my thread first instead of picking apart my words and putting SOME of them in bold like a freaking newspaper, shall we say the New York Times.  I DID MENTION the Independent candidate Ralph Nader, Libertarian Bob Barr, and even Green Cynthia McKinney whom I'm sure is a new name to you. If I was arrogant, do you think I would mention my opponents?  Think about it, man!  I may be trying to say things that some might not agree with and that's fine.  Nevertheless, Xbox Live's Rock the Vote program did not even have a way to inform viewers of the issues on the service. Democracy on a technological forefront is inherently futile without IMMEDIATE ways to get your point across, in this instance the respective issues of all the candidates.  Granted the Net can provide for that after registering but it is much more expediant to have it all laid out in front of you.  You know what the best American adage for this is--They need to have it their way.  Everything right there, right now.