# Reasons to vote against the Republicans **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 2, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-vote-against-the-republicans/262767 "2004-09-02T14:19:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-vote-against-the-republicans/262767/21 "2004-09-03T00:55:52Z")
Good, comprehensive list. Might want to add: 1. Penchant to play dirty politics a. connections to Swift Boat Veterans b. “Bandaid Purple Hearts” c. cannibalizing party members with no shame (e.g. John McCain) d. tendency to play fast and loose with quotes taken out of context (Cheney: “John Kerry says he wants to fight a sensitive war.”) ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-vote-against-the-republicans/262767/22 "2004-09-03T01:47:59Z")
Holding political prisoners …? > [@](#): > > NEW YORK - A judge ordered the immediate release of nearly 500 protesters just hours before President Bush’s speech at the Republican convention, then fined the city for refusing to comply with his order. > > State Supreme Court Justice John Cataldo fined the city $1,000 for every protester held past a 5 p.m. deadline that he had set for their release. It was unclear how many detainees were still in custody, but Cataldo had ordered the release of 470 people. > > “These people have already been the victims of a process,” Cataldo told the city’s top lawyer. “I can no longer accept your statement that you are trying to comply.” > > – snip – > > “The evidence shows that the city told defendants that they would not be released until George Bush went home,” said Dan Alterman of the National Lawyers Guild. Source: [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=716&e=6&u=/ap/20040903/ap\_on\_el\_pr/cvn\_protests](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=716&e=6&u=/ap/20040903/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_protests) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-vote-against-the-republicans/262767/23 "2004-09-03T10:49:46Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Holding political prisoners …? > > Source: [Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=716&e=6&u=/ap/20040903/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_protests) Damn excellent, that one. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_the\_Tomato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@Bob\_the\_Tomato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_the_Tomato)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-vote-against-the-republicans/262767/24 "2004-09-03T12:56:47Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Damn excellent, that one. Yes, everyone knows the hotbed of Republican affairs is centered in NYC afterall. I hear that they run that city with an iron fist. Those three Republicans on the [NY City Council](http://www.nyccouncil.info/constituent/member_list.cfm) effectively silence the 48 other Democrats by bullying and name calling on a daily basis. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Rashak\_Mani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-vote-against-the-republicans/262767/25 "2004-09-03T13:05:02Z")
Science: Mention the scientists that attacked Bush for trying to meddle with scientific reports for political purposes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-vote-against-the-republicans/262767.md?page=1)