"Tears are welling up in my eyes."
And in mine, but for entirely different reasons.
"I voted Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I've decided to marry my horse."
Slippery Slope FTL! Animals can't enter into legal contracts. If they could and did, though...guess what? I wouldn't mind if someone married his/her horse. Yeah, it'd be hecka weird, but unlike you, weirdness alone isn't reason enough for me to proclaim "y'know, they really ought to ban that".
"I voted Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 5% on a gallon of gas are obscene but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 18% isn't."
Actually, though there might be a case for the gasoline tax being too high, the tax on the buying and selling of things is one of the very few truly fair taxes there is. Rich people typically buy more things, and more expensive things, than poor people do; therefore, the rich pay more than the poor, as it should be.
"I voted Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would."
No argument here. Citizen spending > government spending, on any day of the week. You may be an RR-tard, but hey...even a broken clock is right twice a day. *smirk*
"I voted Democrat because freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it."
Pot. Kettle. Black. That is all.
"I voted Democrat because when we pull out of Iraq I trust that the bad guys will stop what they're doing because they now think we're good people."
I'm thinking the insurgents (I don't say "bad guys" because that dubious honor goes to George Bush and his hawkish advisors) will leave us alone, not because we're good people, but because we've stopped trying to play Judge Dredd to the entire effin' world.
"I voted Democrat because I'm way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves."
Ever stopped to think that, if we didn't make so many damn things like drug use, prostitution, and gambling illegal simply because they offend the fragile sensibilities of people like you, they could be properly regulated, thereby greatly reducing the number of murderers and thieves?
"I voted Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius."
You're partly right. We should be free to buy whatever kind of vehicle we want (and can afford). However, I'm much less worried by people who exaggerate humans' role in global warming than by those who believe global warming isn't a problem at all (or even worse, those who believe the problem is actually a good thing because it's a sign of their messiah's impending return).
"I voted Democrat because I'm not concerned about the slaughter of millions of babies so long as we keep all death row inmates alive."
Once again, since you clearly missed it before: clump of cells with no consciousness =/= fully-grown, already-born baby. During such time as the former remains the former, a woman should be free to accept or reject it as she sees fit.
"I voted Democrat because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as IT sees fit."
If you so-called conservatives really were all about conserving, as opposed to being the nation's morality squad, there'd be a lot less need for corporations to give away profits. Do we really need to have more war-toys than the rest of the world combined?
"I voted Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite The Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters."
Bitch, PLEASE!!
When did the Constitution ever say there should be a Pledge of Allegiance at all, let alone one that contains "under God"? When did it ever decree that "In God We Trust" be printed on our money? When did it ever contain any of the things you say judges are trying to rewrite?
Face it, RR-tards. "Activist judge" is simply a code-phrase for "judge who made a legal decision we don't like".
"I voted Democrat because my head is so firmly planted up my --- that it is unlikely that I'll ever have another point of view."
Once again...pot. Kettle. Black. That is all.
""A Liberal is a person who will give away everything they don't own."
...and a Conservative is a person who never got over the embarassment of being born nude.
For all those reasons, that's why I vote Libertarian. And, by the way, Geno...
*Rat of Steel draws a pistol and shoots ten bullets at a target about 50 yards away, then fetches and returns with the perforated target. Holding a copy of the Brady Law up in his right hand, he states...*
This is tyranny disguised as safety.
*Then he holds up the shooting target in his left hand, showing that all 10 rounds are grouped to within 2 inches*
This is gun control.