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Originally posted by David M
Well KathyH, you'd sure have to go edit/delete fair number of your posts that are more candidate oriented than voter/process oriented. You won't, of course.
David, I do care about character and ethics in a candidate, always have, so no need to edit posts. I also care about fairness and fair process. There has not been much reason to post about voting procedure in the past, so of course there will not be much to look at in my past posts, and it is a cheap shot to frame your response that way.
If you look back at my posts, you will not see a single post about me taking any position in the Senate race until the last couple days after I sent emails basically encouraging our incumbent Senator to visit the disaster area, which I did solely trying to be helpful.
So it is not reasonable to say Schatz is "my boy," and it's a personal insult to say that my thoughts on fair voting are coming from a place of wanting the candidate I voted for to win at all costs to fairness. And if you look at the record of right now, Senator Schatz has clearly said that whatever is fair to the voters of Puna will be respected by him (fair in this case is in the province of the courts). He did not lobby against Hanabusa's efforts, even though if she prevailed it would not be favorable to him.
I like him because he his an honorable and fair person (and doesn't support the legal use of dogs and cats as food items or put together sweetheart deals with developers to earn a quid pro quo in the real estate market). I don't like Big Pharma that chooses not to develop promising cancer drugs that won't make enough money, and Big Pharma is against Schatz and has bought Hanabusa.)
So there, those are my reasons for my vote. BUT that does not mean I don't support everyone here getting to cast his or her vote, even if someone else wins. Personally I think the governor and Nago gravely erred in not postponing the election. Then we wouldn't have this mess that is unfair to some voters however it plays out.
My candidate related posts to which you refer were not about bending the rules so someone could win. They were about how someone who is not mature enough or ethical enough to hold office is one of the frontrunners, because a lot of people aren't aware of what she is like, and I believe people should know what they're voting for. Completely different situation.
