Comments on: Electionpalooza Tuesday: The 2008 Election in Michigan

By: farlane

farlane — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:07:40 +0000

Voters report polling problems from the Freep:

As of 11 a.m. complaints from Michigan voters had come from 13 cities. They were Detroit, Battle Creek, Auburn Hills, Three Rivers, Redford, Taylor, Burton, Muskegon, Grosse Pointe Woods, Warren, Lapeer, New Baltimore and Tecumseh. "Many voters are angry and unaware of the legality of the recourse being offered by poll workers. In many cases, poll workers are asking voters to cast their ballot on paper and they will count them later," an e-mail update from Election Protection said. "Some voters are being asked to vote on paper with magic markers."

...at least it's not crayon I guess.

By: HANANE

HANANE — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:33:27 +0000

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By: Bob van Ee, a DAD

Bob van Ee, a DAD — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:14:27 +0000

Is there a men v. women referendum in the 2008 election cycle?
Simple answer to a simplistic question: yes. Of course American women are not a monolithic block, voting in lock step anymore. Sometimes it has been written â€œgood men and women of faithâ€ with others ignored. Americans in 2008 should by now have heard of feminists, feminism, femini-nazis, radical feministsâ€™ and the maternal revenue service; still American Women are not a monolithic group nor are American men.
Pro abortion, incessant demand for child support, VAWA and equal pay for equal work tend to be associated with feminists. End of misandry or Father bashing, Boyz Crisis, Child Custody and parenting time tend to be associated with men. As there are various types of women, so to, there are different types of men: masculinists, anti-misandrists, Fathers Rights advocates, shared parenting advocates.
2008 has an American Presidential election, various elections for United States Senators and Representatives, representatives and senators for various state assemblies, judges and other local positions. In the several hundred elections being conducted, principally, November 4, 2008, no candidate has explicitly stated I am pro feminist or pro masculinist.
2008 US Presidential Race:
Obama articulates his position, first by saying â€œI was shaped more by my Fatherâ€™s absence, than by his presenceâ€. Obama authored the Responsible Fatherhood Act (mentions child support sixty-five times), explicitly endorses â€œwomenâ€™s choiceâ€, supports VAWA, and, speaks of families most often as â€œa single mother and her childrenâ€. Obamaâ€™s Vice Presidential mate, Joe Biden is the author of VAWA.
McCain asserts that abortion and Fatherâ€™s Rights are best left to the States. The Republican Party appears to be pro-life, against VAWA and in the summer of 2008 congressional republicans passed the Child Support Collection assessment fee to custodial parents. We could simply view http://mensnewsdaily.com/. Republicans speak often about Social Security Reform, far too often men fail to realize that Social Security Act Title IV-D et al take substantial monies from the Social Security Fund (no longer a Trust since LBJ in 1964) to pay for TANF, Child Support Collection Systems and incentives, as well as other non-retirement expenditures. The republicans did have Boy Scouts at the RNC National Convention and at the announcement of Sarah Palin as the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate. The Department of Justice no longer accepts Duluth as a therapy for domestic violence, and Minnesota Program Development, copy right owner of the various published power and control wheels, dropped its published call â€œfor and end to patriarchy and establishment of an equalitarian societyâ€.
2008 elections in Michigan
In Michigan, long time Fatherâ€™s Right supporter, Michigan Representative Jack Hoogendyk is challenging U.S. Senator Carl Levin a long time defender of VAWA for one of Michiganâ€™s US Senate seats. The entire Michigan House of Representatives is up for election, incumbents Kevin Green, Dave Agema, Fulton Sheen, Rick Jones, Tome Pearce, Arlan Meekhof and others have all sponsored or co-sponsored Father Friendly legislation. Justin Amash running for his first term in the Michigan House of Representatives explicitly states his endorsement of Fatherâ€™s Rights as do two Circuit Court Judge Candidates seeking office for the first time, Kevin Cronin and Brian Downs.
2008 elections across America
Men seem to be notorious for not working or voting together on Public Policy, in Michigan, you may need to ask one hundred guys before one could tell you of a pro male or pro Father candidate.
Is your candidate opposed to abortion, VAWA, spending social security dollars on non-retirement expenditures? Is your candidate in support of FairTax, shared parenting, Father Custody, advocating for and end to judicial creation of laws? You may have a pro male or pro Father candidate entered in elections you will be a part of.
Why a referendum at al?
At this moment buses in Dallas Texas are driving around with Father bashing domestic violence posters for all to see( DART): misandry in America, indeed across the globe, hurts all males individually and as a group. Prosecuting attorneys in California are arresting family members of Dads who have a child support arrearage, for assisting criminals.
As American men, we may disagree on pennant races, or the economy, even which soda pop we prefer; the examples are countless, mi hermanos, brothers, bruders: only by standing in solidarity will we end misandry in public policy and social perception.
resources
Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D.
Obama/Biden: Escalating the War on Fathers and Families
http://mensnewsdaily.com/2008/08/24/obamabiden-escalating-the-war-on-fathers-and-families/

John Maguire
Bidenâ€™s nomination allows us to put his VAWA law, and all its family-killing provisions, in a national spotlight. (High-five!)

Carey Roberts
Sen. Bidenâ€™s VAWA Cover-Up

Pro-male philanthropy
Instead of United Way, Give to MND

Glenn Sacks (on the DART debacle)
CAMPAIGN ROUND 2â€“Contact Dallas City Officials!

Bernard Chapin
Rejecting Obama â€” For the Right Reasons

antimisandry dot com
http://antimisandry.com/forums.php?s=d123a319d22e77e2a538a2b52a17ae6a

Mensightmagazine
http://mensightmagazine.com/

By: farlane

farlane — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:21:19 +0000

Michigan Student Mock Election results (pretty closely mirrorerd:

Barack Obama / Joe Biden (Democrat) Percent of votes: 63.87% John McCain / Sarah Palin (Republican) Percent of votes: 31.74% Ralph Nader / Matt Gonzalez (Independent) Percent of votes: 1.44% Bob Barr / Wayne A. Root (Libertarian) Percent of votes: 0.61% Cynthia McKinney / Rosa Clemente (Green) Percent of votes: 0.59% Chuck Baldwin / Darrell Castle (Constitution Party) Percent of votes: 0.53%

Here's a report from one of the regional mock elections held in Leland.

By: farlane

farlane — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:27:58 +0000

Apparently, a returned postcard isn't enough to strip you of your right to vote.

Michigan must not throw registered voters off the rolls, even if their voter ID cards were returned as undeliverable, an appeals court said Thursday. With the election just days away, the court refused to stop an injunction ordered by a federal judge in Detroit. The case involves 5,500 people who have registered since January 2006, just a fraction of the 7.47 million state voters. The appeals court said Michigan voters are properly registered when applications are approved and names are added to the rolls - not if they receive a card in the mail.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:40:22 +0000

Leave the buttons at home kids!
http://blog.mlive.com/a2politics/2008/10/judge_political_tshirts_banned.html

By: Ralph Krawczyk Jr

Ralph Krawczyk Jr — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:16:14 +0000

Great post – thanks.