This an e-mail I sent to a very vocal conservative friend of mine.
My friend,
So do you hate me purely because I have different poltiical views than you? Before we get started let me say that we are all Americans, and the amount of hatred that goes into political debates and confrontations troubles me.
I agree when you say that alot of young voters are uninformed, but I believe that that can be said about the entire United States population, at least a very large majority of it.
I am a Democrat, it is no secret to any of my friends, co-workers, and family. But, I am NOT one of those people that are not informed, I have a passion for politics and unfortunately read way too much into most issues.
I am a Democrat because of the ISSUES that are important to me, and I will attempt to break it down slightly for you just to show you that I am not ill informed. These are my personal OPINIONS and are not to be debated, I am providing them to you so that maybe when you talk about those "dirty liberals" you have a slightly different perspective.
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- I am Pro-Choice.
- I am FOR refocusing our military from Iraq to Afghanistan, coming from a person who is ACTUALLY IN IRAQ, our job here is pretty much done and the Iraqi people deserve more credit than they receive on the mainstream media, they are able to defend and protect their own country.
- I am AGAINST off-shore drilling for oil.
- I am FOR giving teachers and educators a raise, and refocusing our country's energy towards a better education system.
- I SUPPORT reasonable taxes. Obama's tax plan does not scare me, and it will actually REDUCE the amount of taxes I personally pay next year.
- I think that EVERY AMERICAN should have ACCESS to health care.
- I am FOR ending poverty. I believe that the welfare system CAN work, it just needs to be utilized properly. No one in their right mind will argue that there are not people who take advantage of the system, but it helps a lot of good people.
- I am AGAINST privatizing Social Security.
- I am FOR equal pay for equal work.
- I want to RESTORE AMERICA'S IMAGE throughout the world. I know that no president can solely accomplish that, but Obama's more diplomatic style of operating will have better results in my opinion.
- I SUPPORT Gay Marriage.
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There are more things that I can say, but I need to return to work and I just realized how long this was.
I will be coming home from Iraq in the middle of December, hope to catch up with you some day.
-Kyle