To answer your OP question: Of course I’m voting Democrat next year, are you kidding?!?
Would I vote for Kerry? In a heartbeat. I’ll vote for any Democrat.
Unless they nominate Lieberman, in which case I’ll probably just fucking shoot myself.
I don’t know a great deal about his voting record, but Gore was pro-life, at least in Congress. I’m not sure what he did as a Senator. My basic understanding is that he switched when he made his attempt at the Presidential nomination in '88.
No, I’m obviously not. 
I couldn’t vote for Gore because we differed on many key issues and I didn’t trust him. If they run someone about whom I feel similar, I definitely won’t vote for him. This position IS heavily affected by the fact that I live in a state that I know will go Democratic. Ultimately, I think if the Democrats continue to skew so conservative and quibble with Republicans over center/right votes while ignoring the left, they’re screwed anyway.
Marley, this is a public board. When you post something to IMHO, anyone who wants to may reply. If you don’t like my advice, you’re free to ignore it, but don’t tell me not to contribute to the thread – you don’t have that authority.
I don’t disagree with voting for third-party candidates in a normal situation and have done it myself – even in close elections. Although I think a Nader vote in 2000 was the wrong one, it was by no means irresponsible. But if a progressive voter votes for anyone other than whoever has the best chance to get rid of Bush in '04, that is irresponsible. He’s killed tens of thousands of people already, and he’s not done. He’s doing irreparable harm to the rule of law. We are under the gun here.
–Cliffy
Actually, Dennis Kucinich has a progressive program which attacks the Republican right on all fronts. It is really the only program which can bring Reagan Democrats back to the Democratic Party. The wealthy people who own the Democratic Party are will not give him any money however,as he is serious about changing the whole political agenda in this country.
Dean’s role in this campaign is the recognized “respectable liberal”. A good man (and a fiscal conservative) who really doesn’t offer low income white working class people an incentive to support him. I’m convinced that this constituancy must be returned to the Democratic fold in order to overturn the Republican domination of our politics.
Kucinich can do that. He’s proved it in his congressionsal district in Ohio when he seized a longtime republican seat in 1996and has held it with 75% of the vote. This at a time when Democrats have been unsuccessful in reclaiming the several dozen congressional seats lost in 1994.
Dennis Kucinich rocks. He’s the best hope to come along in American politics since Bobby Kennedy. Even though the party establishment is trying to marginalize him, he’s been generating excitement wherever he goes. Imagine that—someone who can actually get Americans interested in voting again! Someone who can spark people’s imagination instead of making them disgusted and bored with the same old system. Give him a chance.
I won’t shoot myself if Leiberman gets the nod. I’ll just move to Canada.
Seriously, I’d love to vote my conscience, but I really don’t want to see what will happen if Bush gets four more years, so if the Democrats put up someone who isn’t almost exactly like Bush, I’ll vote for them.
I’m still trying to decide whether to become a registered Green. I consider myself a “green,” (see my username!) but I’m having trouble getting on board with the Green Party itself.