Tucker Carlson: "I'm Not Voting"

[eriffle]

Tucker came to my university to debate Rev. Al Sharpton this past Thursday and those were his words. I unfortunatly did not attend because I had a job fair to go to, but it was the talk of the Dem HQ this morning before canvassing. So, I have no idea what exactly the context was. From what I heard he said he couldn't vote for Kerry but Bush wasn't much better. I wonder how many old school conservatives will stay home?

[barbaraann]

1. I cannot find the words to express my disdain for this.

n/t

[glarius]

17. Then WHY is he on CNN daily ranting about the virtues of Bush as

opposed to Kerry.If he REALLY does not agree with Bush enough to vote for him, then he is a complete fraud to be doing this.

[Skittles]

38. it's called being a whore, glarius

Tucker is a Bush whore

[trogdor]

42. Because it's his job.

In other recent public appearances, TC seemed much more intelligent than he does on Crossfire.

[LuminousX]

48. Sophist

[Atlas Mugged]

2. Tucker claims he's more conservative than Bush

A genuinely bizarre statement. Could that be it?

[aquart]

9. Bush is not a conservative. Bush is a fascist. Fascists are radicals.

[Book Lover]

15. Technically true

Tucker is a truer traditional conservative; Bush has increased the size and scope of the federal government and sent our armed forces out on a mission of conquest, neither of which are traditional conservative values. Then again, Bush is a figurehead for the PNAC power/fear/war-mongers...

on edit: And by the way, Tucker, you asswipe, what about every other issue on your ballot? Or are you just interested in "the big game"? Imbecile...

[calimary]

29. That's okay! Let hiim sit this one out. Perhaps his saying so will

encourage others like him to do so, too. One less republi-CON going to the polls means one less vote, each, for all republi-CON candidates and ballot initiatives. It's a win-win situation for us. Let him. Adds luster to his reputation as a hypocrite, too.

[Book Lover]

33. Yes, I completely agree with your point

To paraphrase, it's not enough for Kerry to win - Bush must lose.

[cidliz2004]

47. I agree totally and had said this a long time ago

Bush has pissed off many traditional Republicans, I'm hoping many of them will sit home. The less Republicans voting for Bush the better.
I thought that this would be the case a long time ago and I hope that I am right.

[Carni]

28. There is nothing fiscally conservative about bush

The only thing the dumb bastard is conservative on is social issues...who the hell in the history of the US has grown Government more than the chimp?

[tsuki]

32. Only if he was dead.

Where do I send flowers?

[sallyseven]

43. Yes bush is not conservative he is a whore for business and rich

people. Not all conservatives are rich. bush has no moral compass and is devoid of any ideology except greed. Conservatives believe in less government. But they also know that this jerk is not leading in the right direction. they are pissed at him. Only red necks rally think he is swell.

[aquart]

3. What a rotten excuse for a citizen.

What's more, my mama says if you don't vote, you lose your bitching privileges.

And what about Senatorial and Congressional races?

[T Square]

21. On the plus side...

If Tucker doesn't vote, maybe he'll take your mama's advice and quit Crossfire.

[Skittles]

39. your mama is correct

for chrissakes at least write someone's name is but VOTE.

[spooky3]

49. you guys are all too principled--let him stay home!

I'm not sure I believe Tucker. I suspect he'll go and vote for Bush, but maybe he sees disaster looming and doesn't publicly want to be on the losing side.

[MichiganVote]

4. Works for me.

[susanna]

8. What MV said... n/t

[xultar]

5. That right there is a vote for Kerry....oh BTW I'm borrowing your WTF

I'm printing it and putting it in my car window. Welcome to DU
:hi:

[eriffle]

12. Go Ahead

That's what it's there for I've gone through two boxes of shipping labels and I just made it up last week.

[The Magistrate]

13. Indeed, Ma'am

Suppressing the vote for the enemy is as vital as building up our own. This is just one more straw in the wind of indications there are many on the right who will, for their own reasons, find themselves unable to support the continuance of the criminals of the '00 Coup in office, and even if they cannot bring themselves to vote for Sen. Kerry, their abstention from voting for Andover cheerleader is of material benefit to our cause.

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

34. You ee-nun-ci-ate so well when you say that!

[Liberal Veteran]

6. Way to make your voice count there Bowtie Boy....

:eyes:

[rockydem]

7. whatever happened to his PBS show?

that thing just vanished...at least here anyway...

[crimson333]

41. It was on last night here

in Alabama

[d_b]

10. Ironic

[MassLiberal]

11. I heard him say that not voting is an honorable choice

Last week on his show, after interviewing Alexandra Pelosi about her new film about the Democratic candidates. He said if you don't care for either candidate, then choosing not to vote--staying home on Election Day--is an honorable choice.

[MADem]

18. And with that remark...

He just told us what an IDIOT he really is. When he was a little kid, his momma probably tied his bowtie too tight, cutting off his oxygen, and causing him to sleep through civics class.

What a loser--he's lost his credibility with that comment!

[Robbie67]

26. I don't know about "honorable"

but that's one less vote for Bush

[incapsulated]

14. Good.

Next goal: "I'm not working."

[Czolgosz]

16. I guess the ass-kicking he took from Jon Stewart took the wind

right out of his bow-tied sails.

[n2mark]

19. Can"t you just see him

sitting in a high chair crying, I want my mommy! I want my food! I want, I want, cry, cry , cry..... kicking and screaming. As a woman am I suppose to see him as a man? Don't think so! He is doing the samething now just as an adult/child! God, Tucker grow up!

[Wright Patman]

20. There is a balance

that is missing in some of the comments. Historically, totalitarian governments have had laws making voting mandatory. This was to give the illusion of the governed's consent.

I see no reason why anyone should castigate Carlson for not voting. He is violating no law. And since there is no way in hell he is ever going to vote for a Democrat, I would think there'd be more laudatory comments about this decision.

I see no reason why there can't be a "none of the above" choice on ballots in all races. There is a great deal of discontent with the duopoly. Both establishment power factions are for continuing the quixotic and endlessly wasteful and expensive war on a concept. I will go ahead and vote for Kerry, but I'm in Texas, so it won't make any difference in the larger scheme of things.

[eriffle]

22. That is basically my opinion

Not in this election because I really like Kerry's position but in 2000 even though I voted for Gore, I really wasn't die hard about him. I know a lot of conservatives, even fundamentalists who disagree with Bush over Iraq and the deficit and other things and some of them have thought aloud about staying home. One should read Carlson's article in Esquire magazine I think it ran in September. He wrote two articles, one in which why he doesn't want to vote for Bush, and one in which he says he HAS to. From my memory the only things he talks about in his HAS to article is terror terror terror.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

37. So if he wrote two articles, which one is supposed to represent his

"actual" point of view? I mean, WTF?!?!

[Fleshdancer]

23. True conservatives have no real representation right now

What do we expect Tucker to do? Vote for Kerry even though he doesn't agree with the same principles Kerry stands for? That doesn't seem very reasonable...I wouldn't vote for a Republican president if the Democratic party was hijacked by someone as equally strange as the neocons.

Then again, there's nothing wrong with writing in a candidate...assuming you don't have to cast a ballot on an electronic voting machine. :shrug: My guess is that Tucker is not alone in his decision.

[calimary]

30. I have an elderly neighbor like that. Always votes a straight

republi-CON ticket. Can't bear to vote for bush this time - hates what's going on with the war. But somehow she just can't vote for Kerry. Her reasoning tells me she's just swallowed the talking points whole - the flip-flop thing. So she said she's probably gonna go Nader, or write somebody in. I bet there are LOTS of folks out there like her.

[crispini]

45. I expect Tucker

to educate his ASS on his LOCAL candidates and get out there and make an intelligent choice in these races, where it really matters.

And he can always write in someone, even if doing electronic voting.

[bushwakker]

24. He's full of shit

you can bet he'll be pulling that lever for AWOL. That fact that he's ashamed of it makes him an even bigger piece of shit.

[Eric J in MN]

25. Bingo. He's so swarmy, we can't just take his word for it.

My guess would be that Tucker Carlson votes for Bush, for his tax break.

[bushwakker]

27. I know assholes like Carlson

ohhh I'm not a Republican....but they always seem to vote for 'em. Fuck these people.

[spooky3]

50. egg-sactly

[Laelth]

31. My 2 Cents

Just my opinion mind you, but ...

A. There is no way that Tucker Carlson is not voting. I'd bet a sizable chunk of change he's voting for Shrub. In other words, I think he's lying.

B. Thus, his intent is to further suppress the Democratic vote (knowing that his lock-step wing-nut buddies are voting no matter what he says).

C. This is the guy who said in 2000: "I love Catherine Harris." I will never, ever trust a word that comes out of his mouth. He actively favored the actions of the woman who engineered the disenfranchisement of thousands of Florida voters.

In conclusion: Tucker Carlson sux, and he is not to be trusted.

:puke:

-Laelth

[grasswire]

35. if you don't vote, you can't complain..

....so I guess he won't be criticizing our President Kerry, will he?

[Clinton Crusader]

36. This is gonna get me killed......

but I respect him for it. He's a loud mouth obnoxious conservative, but he cant vote for * and obviously cant vote for JK. So rather than place a meaningless vote he doesnt believe, he wont vote. You gotta respect him on some level....

Throws on asbestos pj's for flames
:kick:

[demigoddess]

46. We can't blame him if his party won't offer up decent candidates.

They are so awful we can't even stand to listen to them. It 's not that they are wrong but that they are sooooo wrong.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

40. When I see it in writing from him, I'll believe it.

I do think it's a wussy move to be thrashing on Dems every day and then say you're not going to vote.

I don't doubt that he might have said this. But I bet he doesn't admit to it, or says something else in writing.

[sallyseven]

44. He has to, he is the resident blow hard republican on the

show. He can't say he would vote for Kerry. No one listens to Novak, he is useless. I watch crossfire sometimes just to see Tucker's expressions. they are priceless. What a dufus.