Hawaii Vote 2006
Tuesday is voting day and here I am doing my best impression
of an unintelligent Bill O'Reilly.  I'm
posting this for my fellow Hawaii
voters to give you an idea on how to vote if you had no idea what to
expect. I don't want anyone to take my votes and opinions and adopt them
as your own. Make your own decisions people. That's what makes the
voting process so special!  Feel free to
use this as a tool or at least something to give you an idea of what you will
be seeing come Tuesday on the Hawaii
ballots. I am by no means a political pundit but I think I know enough to
make an educated decision. Enjoy this. If you're not from Hawaii
then you can just totally disregard this blog. 
Key:
D = Democrat
R = Republican
L = Libertarian
G = No Party
* = Incumbent
Bold = My vote
Governor/Lt. Governor
Randy Iwase/Malama Solomon (D)
*Linda Lingle/James (Duke) Aiona (R)
Ozell Daniel/Li Zhao (L)
Jim Brewer/Renee Ing (G)
I cannot vote for Ozell Daniel because I can’t find any
information on him other than the fact that he’s a comedian. Jim Brewer, though he has some great stances,
I can’t vote for him because it’ll feel like a wasted vote. There’s no way he can win.
I think people overestimate the job that Linda Lingle has
done. It was easy for her to do well
because she succeeded one of the worst governors in Hawaii
history in Ben Cayetano. She’s not
Pro-choice, anti-death penalty, “Addicts get treatment; dealers & repeat
users get jail”, no gambling and so forth.
And you guys should know that she’s a firm supporter of George Bush and
always has been. I need to mention the
one thing that I hated about Lingle during her campaign was her ridiculous
radio ad where she has her little niece asking why Iwase is being mean to “Aunty
Linda”. I mean come on … Lingle spent
almost 20 times as much on her campaign than did Iwase and she still has not
said what she will do for the people of Hawaii in her next term.
Randy Iwase came out on fire during the debate. I only saw bits and pieces of it but he went
on the attack and Lingle put up a very timid defense. I think he got a big boost by being endorsed
by the HSTA (HI State Teacher’s Association) and the fact that Lingle seemed
afraid to debate him more than once.
I’m voting Lingle just because I don’t think she’s done a
terrible job and I don’t have a lot of confidence in Iwase or Malama
Solomon. Jim Brewer may actually be my
favorite candidate but I don’t think he’s capable of leading this state.
Senator
*Daniel Akaka (D)
Cynthia Thielen (R)
Lloyd Jeffrey Mallan (L)
How many of you knew that Thielen was voted “Hempster of the
Year” for her work in promoting the industrial use of marijuana? How funny is that. Other Thielen notes include that she voted
for bills that prohibit landlords and employers from discriminating against homosexuals
and transsexuals; is against importing foreign oil and is for developing renewable
resources and using domestic oil; voted against the fluoridation of Hawaii’s water
and is for abortion in all instances (Pro choice).
Now on to Akaka. I
don’t have much to say about him and that’s a sad fact. He has been a senator of Hawaii
for 16 years and I can’t name one thing that he has done for us. Actually, the one thing I can name is that he
attempted to get the Akaka Bill passed and he couldn’t. Also, I am Hawaiian, and I, in no way,
support the Akaka Bill. The injustices
that the Hawaiian people suffered were in no way comparable to that of the
Native Americans. Accept it. The overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani was
illegal and was an awful thing and there should be some sort of reparation but
the Akaka Bill is not the answer. I don’t
want to give Akaka another 4 years to do nothing but work on a Bill that I do
not support (and he’ll never get it passed).
I’m not going to talk much about Mallan because I don’t know
anything about him other than the fact that he’s for Hawaiian Sovereignty. He’ll get votes from his mom and that’s about
it.
My vote is for Cynthia Thielen. I do not agree with her stance on importing
foreign oil but I think that Hawaii
needs a change. Ed Case would have been
ideal but Thielen is better than Akaka.
Congress
*Neil Abercrombie (D)
Richard (Noah) Hough (R)
Brief notes on Abercrombie:
He’s pro choice in regards to abortion, is for embryonic stem cell
research, is for same-sex marriage and gay adoptions, voted against prohibiting
US flag desecration, voted against more sentencing and prosecution of juvenile
criminals, is against the death penalty, against prayer in schools, and that’s
all for now. It’s unreal to read how
this guy has been voting in the last 16 years.
Totally against a lot of what I believe in as a person. Plus, I remember reading an article a while
back that stated that Abercrombie had the worst attendance out of all
congressmen in the US. Embarrassing.
I don’t know much about Hough. He’s a newcomer and I don’t know how he beat Mark
Terry in the primary. Still, I read
though his website and he does stand for a lot of things that I do like the preservation
of the pledge of allegiance, no tax hikes and other things. Plus, you really have to read though that
link I provided. He’s funny as heck
man. For example:
Noah
favors adopting the 9/11 Commission Recommendations
Neil
Abercrombie believes that the recommendations are misguided and that we just
need a Department of Peace - then the world will sing kumbiya!
I’m voting for Hough just because I cannot vote for
Abercrombie. Much like Akaka,
Hawaii needs a change.
U.S. House Representative II
Mazie Hirono (D)
Bob Hogue (R)
*Ed Case held position before giving it up to run for Senator ... I voted for
him! Mazie is a former Lt. Governor where she served with Ben
Cayetano. And I mentioned that I didn’t
like him. Still, . The only thing that disappoints me is that
the tactic she uses to “discredit” Bob Hogue is that she paints him as a George
Bush stooge and herself as anti-Bush.
Her commercial is all about that.
Showing images of Hogue with Bush (edited together … they’re not
physically in the same room) and naming Bush policies and saying that she’ll do
the complete opposite. Her campaign is
just anti-Bush. There should be more
substance than that.
As for Hogue, don’t know much about his political stance. All I know is that he used to be a
sportscaster alongside Joe Moore on Channel 2 news. I mean, even his Bob Hogue 2 Congress site
doesn’t have much information on his political stances. I just can’t vote for him … even though it
pains me to vote for a Cayetano supporter.
State Representative (District 26)
*Sylvia Luke (D)
Bob Tom (R)
This one is just for me because I doubt anyone else reading
this lives in my district. These two
people have been running ever since I’ve lived here in my district. I voted for Sylvia Luke last time and I’m
changing my stance. Sylvia Luke has been
our representative for a while now and I don’t know what she’s done. I’ve seen her once and that was at a Kawananakoa
Middle School band event. At least I know that Bob Tom is against the
idiotic rail transit system and that’s something. What does Luke stand for? No idea.
Constitutional Amendments
"Shall the governor be required to select board of
regents candidates from a pool of qualified candidates screened and proposed by
a candidate advisory council for the board of regents of the University
of Hawaii as provided by law?"
NO
"Shall the Constitution be amended to provide for a salary commission to
review and recommend salaries for justices, judges, state legislators, the
governor, the lieutenant governor, the administrative director of the State,
state department heads or executive officers of the executive departments, and
the deputies or assistants to department heads of the executive departments,
excluding the superintendent of education and the president of the University
of Hawaii?"
NO (in the words of Bob Jones … “Salary commissions do make sense, but this
says the recommendations must either be totally accepted ... or totally
rejected. That makes no sense.”)
"Shall the mandatory retirement age of seventy for all state court
justices and judges be repealed?"
NO
"Shall the Constitution of the State of Hawaii be amended to provide that
in continuous sexual assault crimes against minors younger than fourteen years
of age, the legislature may define:
(1) What behavior constitutes a continuing course of conduct; and
(2) What constitutes the jury unanimity that is required for a
conviction?"
YES!!!!!!!!
"Shall the State be authorized to issue special purpose revenue bonds and
use the proceeds from the bonds to assist agricultural enterprises serving
important agricultural lands?"
YES
Charter Commission
Questions
Do the charter questions on your own because there are just
too many for me to list for you. Read up
on them here
I hope this does something for you. I really did my homework this year.
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