US Presidential Elections thread - the fate of the world to be decided (11 Viewers)

[KB824]

++ [ originally posted by Petrovich ] ++


"Vote or Die"

You can thank P. Diddy for that.

Out of those 120 million people, how many of those do you think know what they're voting for?

A larger percentage than what most people outside the US are giving us credit for, to be honest.

In this day and age, there is so much information everywhere, that you end up stumbling upon it even by accident, even in comparison to the 2000 election.

The situation that we have at the present time is you have a President whom half the country dislikes running against a candidate whom half the country don't even know much about or can connect with.


A poll that was done this morning show that President Bush has the support of 97% of people who are either registered Republicans or find themselves leaning towards their platform, while Senator Kerry "only" has the support of 90% of registered Democrats or those who are sympathetic towards his platform.


What does this mean?

Well, what pundits have been saying for the past 6 months. Love or hate George Bush, at least you know where you stand with him and his supporters have a better understanding of what he's about than those who support Kerry and who consider themselves as Democrats.

How this plays out in the next 8 hours is anyone's guess. I'm not voting until around 6 pm when I get out of work.

 

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[Tom]

++ [ originally posted by Sergio ] ++
Well, the early results are in.

A smal town in New hampshire has voted 35-21 in favor of President Bush, so Senator Kerry has a long way to go to catch up

Bollocks :frown:

 

[The Pado]

++ [ originally posted by Sergio ] ++
Already looking forward to 2008:


VOTE PADOVANO FOR PRESIDENT IN 2008.


"EWE'LL LOVE HIM AS MUCH AS WE DO"

Vote for me, I promise Medicaid payments for blistered hands and bruised schlongs. I offer you a wank-load in every shoe (limit one per household), and I believe that Viagra should have an all-female sales staff that offers to let you sample before buying. A vote for Pado is a vote for masturbation. I'll be shaking hands in front of the Civic Center today between 1:00 and 4:00.

 

[KB824]

Oh, I can just see it now in 2008.

P. Diddy with "Wank or Die" shirts.

R.E.M. singing "Its the end of the Wank as we know it"

Me in a menage-a-quatre with the Dixie Chicks.


I just can't wait for 2008.

 

[Layce Erayce]

++ [ originally posted by Sergio ] ++


A larger percentage than what most people outside the US are giving us credit for, to be honest.

In this day and age, there is so much information everywhere, that you end up stumbling upon it even by accident, even in comparison to the 2000 election.

The situation that we have at the present time is you have a President whom half the country dislikes running against a candidate whom half the country don't even know much about or can connect with.


A poll that was done this morning show that President Bush has the support of 97% of people who are either registered Republicans or find themselves leaning towards their platform, while Senator Kerry "only" has the support of 90% of registered Democrats or those who are sympathetic towards his platform.


What does this mean?

Well, what pundits have been saying for the past 6 months. Love or hate George Bush, at least you know where you stand with him and his supporters have a better understanding of what he's about than those who support Kerry and who consider themselves as Democrats.

How this plays out in the next 8 hours is anyone's guess. I'm not voting until around 6 pm when I get out of work.

Sergio the 10% are still living in the primaries. I think it probably happens every election. "I wish Screamin Dean won the primaries..." "Damn, foo Sharpton would have kerhizzled Osama, breakin a foot off in his ass in the name of America!" etc etc

 

[KB824]

So Josh, what does this say about the strength and solidarity of the Democratic party?

Like I said, love him or hate him, at least Bush's supporters know where they stand with him.

To me, in the last 20 years, the Republican candidates have been a steady stream of mediocrity, but at least they've been consistent, whereas with the exception of President Clinton, the democratic candidates have gotten worse (Mondale in '84, Dukakis in '88, Gore in '00, Kerry in '04)

 

[Layce Erayce]

The democrats are weak petty and divided on trivial issues- there I said it.

But when I look at the larger picture your absolutely right- Very few of the democrats Ive seen have shown quality leadership. Not worse than Bush,(especially considering Bush isnt capable of doing ANYTHING on his own) but bad nonetheless- maybe there were just too many of them, and underestimated Bush's approval ratings.



The only exception I saw was Wesley Clark- he had potential

 

[swag]

I know they're necessary evils, but I've had it with political parties. They suck, and I am happy to tell them so.

Some woman came to my door a month ago asking for money to support the the political party behind a certain presidential candidate (I won't claim who, but most of you can probably guess). I told her that my wife and I actually co-hosted an earlier fundraiser for that candidate at our neighbor's house (true story). So she naturally assumed I was going to whip out the checkbook and support the party he's affiliated with.

WRONG! "Eat wood, lady." (Slam!)

Just because I support a candidate doesn't mean I give a rat's ass about his party affiliation. The blind party supporting weenies are all sleazebags as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Bjerknes]

Well I just got back from voting, and it only took a meager 2 HOURS to step into the poll booth. It was absolutely ridiculous that in an area the size of the attendances of last few matches at Stadio Delle Alpi, they had only 5 booths available to vote in.

Moreover, they had two lines; one for last names beginning with A-L, the other being M-Z. I was astonished to find that in the M-Z line there was no wait to go in and vote. But in my line, the A-L, there was a friggin line a mile long. Who is the idiot that set this up? Probably some guy whose family name begins with M-Z. Now I can understand why people hate voting.

 

[Bjerknes]

++ [ originally posted by swag ] ++
Just because I support a candidate doesn't mean I give a rat's ass about his party affiliation. The blind party supporting weenies are all sleazebags as far as I'm concerned.

That's exactly right Greg, I agree 100%. People who vote for a ticket just because they are affiliated and have voted for the same party overtime seem to pass by important issues all too often. Since they are affiliated with one party, they might not see discrepencies in a candidate's plans, and so they vote for what their party tells them to vote for. To be an unbiased voter, you must see through the smokescreens blown by party affiliations.

 

[KB824]

Greg, you'd be surprised how party affiliations among families is actually a generational hand-me-down, so to speak.

I hear it all the time. "Well, we've been democrats/republicans in my family for 50 odd years now."

Even if they don't serve what's in your best interests or the interests of the nation at that particular point in time?

 

[Petrovich]

It is 7pm, and the polls in six States have closed.


Georgia, Indiana, and Kentucky have already been declared as Bush states, while Vermont has been won by Kerry.

Still a long way to go though.

 

[Dragon]

I have a feeling Kerry is going to win

 

[Bjerknes]

Talk about voter turnout, this was at 2:00pm, in a place where only 2,000 voters are registered. The line flows all the way to the back of that building.

 

[Bjerknes]

The three most important States; Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania are all still too close to call. Which ever candidate takes two of those respective States, he will probably take the country.

 

[Vinman]

its gonna be close.............................

 

[Petrovich]

Could it get any closer than last time?

 

[3pac]

are we going to have at least a good idea of who won by the end of tonight? i hated that shit with having to wait like 3 months to know whos the president

 

[Vinman]

++ [ originally posted by Sir Sebastian ] ++
are we going to have at least a good idea of who won by the end of tonight? i hated that shit with having to wait like 3 months to know whos the president

I think so, but I fear it will be late, way past my bedtime !!!!

 

[3pac]

++ [ originally posted by Vinman ] ++


I think so, but I fear it will be late, way past my bedtime !!!!

i have loads of homework to do. plus we're having a family dinner since its my grandparents last night here from england.