[poll]Who ya voting for?
[poll]Who ya voting for?
I saw Fahrenheit 911 the day it came out and it was sold out in every theater in Memphis for the 12-1 o'clock showing.
Now, that this is out (and they have to stop advertising in July because it might "disrupt the election"), I'm wondering who has decided to vote for whom. Just a general poll, really.
You don't have to give a reason, just give a response.
Now, that this is out (and they have to stop advertising in July because it might "disrupt the election"), I'm wondering who has decided to vote for whom. Just a general poll, really.
You don't have to give a reason, just give a response.
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Because you asked: Latham. Or, to be more correct, Helen Constas, the local Labor representative.
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Asuming that my absentee ballot paper work works out ok, I'm not sure who I'm voting for. Veed would be my first choice, though he's not elligible. So, I'll either vote for Kerry, or some obscure leftist candidate that I haven't decided on yet. Last time I went with the 'block Bush vote' and it really didn't seem to matter, so I don't know if I want to go that route again or vote for someone I actually agree with.
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I'd also vote McCain/Powell. Hell, I pondered doing a write-in, only I'd rather not waste my vote.
As for the current candidates, I am still undecided and will probably remain so for at least a couple more months until I feel I have heard enough to adequately make my decisiion.
As for the current candidates, I am still undecided and will probably remain so for at least a couple more months until I feel I have heard enough to adequately make my decisiion.
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I don't vote. I won't until the Electoral College is disbanded.
That aside, I would not vote for Bush. My Dad'll vote for Bush because he's so old-school he's Proto-Conservative. My Grandmother is a leading member of the Bush fan club, and even though she helped elect Kelly to the Senate she'll vote Bush because he looks like my Great-Uncle James before he got all that shrapnel in his face.
I would only vote for Kelly because I dislike Bush more.
I would not vote McCain because frankly I have no idea who he is.
I would vote for General Wesley Clark, because he is more or less directly responsible for saving my brother's life.
I would vote for Colin Powell, because he's got major credibility in my book.
I would not vote for Nader or Gore because...well, I dislike both of them. Same for Hillary Ex-Clinton.
I would vote for Elizabeth Dole, if only because she's a damn sight more qualified than Bob ever was.
That aside, I would not vote for Bush. My Dad'll vote for Bush because he's so old-school he's Proto-Conservative. My Grandmother is a leading member of the Bush fan club, and even though she helped elect Kelly to the Senate she'll vote Bush because he looks like my Great-Uncle James before he got all that shrapnel in his face.
I would only vote for Kelly because I dislike Bush more.
I would not vote McCain because frankly I have no idea who he is.
I would vote for General Wesley Clark, because he is more or less directly responsible for saving my brother's life.
I would vote for Colin Powell, because he's got major credibility in my book.
I would not vote for Nader or Gore because...well, I dislike both of them. Same for Hillary Ex-Clinton.
I would vote for Elizabeth Dole, if only because she's a damn sight more qualified than Bob ever was.
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I'm hoping that McCain pulls like a 3% write-in vote, that'd be righteous.
Barring that, I'm voting against Bush, i.e. Kerry.
Which sparks another chance to skew this thread off topic--Do you really plan on voting for a candidate, or are you actually planning to vote against a candidate?
Barring that, I'm voting against Bush, i.e. Kerry.
Which sparks another chance to skew this thread off topic--Do you really plan on voting for a candidate, or are you actually planning to vote against a candidate?
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I'm only voting for Kerry because I'm voting against Bush, and Kerry is the only candidate who has any chance against him.
And if McCain/Powell ran, I'd be in the happiest of spirits to bolt down to the polls.
Unfortunately, for this election, I'm going to be bitchy and upset election day. I don't want to vote for Kerry, but, for me, leaving Bush in office is like signing a direct reason for this country to go to fucking hell.
And if McCain/Powell ran, I'd be in the happiest of spirits to bolt down to the polls.
Unfortunately, for this election, I'm going to be bitchy and upset election day. I don't want to vote for Kerry, but, for me, leaving Bush in office is like signing a direct reason for this country to go to fucking hell.
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I'm voting for Bush because the other options are - and I wish it wasn't so - worse.
I'd consider voting Democrat to avoid voting for McCain, and if you know anything aobut me, you know it's pigs flying before I think about voting Democrat.
I'd consider voting Democrat to avoid voting for McCain, and if you know anything aobut me, you know it's pigs flying before I think about voting Democrat.
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Senator Robert Kelly, I believe. Fuck, I can't remember what state he was from.Salvation122 wrote:You mean Kerry? Christ, the keys aren't even anywhere near each other.Ancient History wrote:I would only vote for Kelly because I dislike Bush more.
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All right, now you're the /only/ person who won't vote for McCain, so you've got to tell me why [so I can address it in time for the 2008 elections].Marius wrote:I'd consider voting Democrat to avoid voting for McCain, and if you know anything aobut me, you know it's pigs flying before I think about voting Democrat.
Simply to begin with, freedom of speech, which is probably more than enough. Campaign finance is so far John McCain's flagship. The reality of that issue is that McCain and other incumbent politicians have dismantled the first amendment, removing effective political competition for themselves.
I'm reviewing his 2000 positions now. Generally I like his budget plans, none of which he'd be able to achieve. Still, they look ok. I'm not really keen on totally elimiinating funding for the arts, but I'm sure willing to go along with it. I like that his stance is generally, lower taxes, don't worry about the federal deficit/debt, fix Social Security, increase and streamline defense funding. All non-starters, but pretty on paper.
I'm reviewing his 2000 positions now. Generally I like his budget plans, none of which he'd be able to achieve. Still, they look ok. I'm not really keen on totally elimiinating funding for the arts, but I'm sure willing to go along with it. I like that his stance is generally, lower taxes, don't worry about the federal deficit/debt, fix Social Security, increase and streamline defense funding. All non-starters, but pretty on paper.
There is then a need to guard against a temptation to overstate the economic evils of our own age, and to ignore the existence of similar, or worse, evils in earlier ages. Even though some exaggeration may, for the time, stimulate others, as well as ourselves, to a more intense resolve that the present evils should no longer exist, but it is not less wrong and generally it is much more foolish to palter with truth for good than for a selfish cause. The pessimistic descriptions of our own age, combined with the romantic exaggeration of the happiness of past ages must tend to setting aside the methods of progress, the work of which, if slow, is yet solid, and lead to the hasty adoption of others of greater promise, but which resemble the potent medicines of a charlatan, and while quickly effecting a little good sow the seeds of widespread and lasting decay. This impatient insincerity is an evil only less great than the moral torpor which can endure, that we with our modern resources and knowledge should look contentedly at the continued destruction of all that is worth having. There is an evil and an extreme impatience as well as an extreme patience with social ills.
It's an issue that you can't directly effect with policy changes (or rather, the changes needed to directly affect that are likely so drastic they wouldn't get approval). And getting rid of the federal debt is nigh impossible nor is it really the best course of action for the economy.lorg wrote:That isn't an issue to worry about?Marius wrote:don't worry about the federal deficit/debt
I'd be very happy to see the deficit shrink and dissapear though.
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Actually that is largely false, from my understanding. While Federal Law does not prohibit the The Electoral College from voting differently, most States have enacted laws that prohibit it.You do know that the Electoral College is not required to vote as the population does, right?
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That doesn't make any sense. Even without such a requirement, the fact is that the electoral college, in almost every case ever, /has/ voted with the population. Therefore, irrespective of what /could happen,/ the fact is that people's votes /have/ counted. [Inasmuch as any single vote can "count," at least.]Ancient History wrote:Do any of you think that your vote actually matters towards electing the president? You do know that the Electoral College is not required to vote as the population does, right? Which makes the popular vote damn near meaningless.
I don't like the electoral college any more than you do, AH, but this isn't a valid objection.
No. Because it could happen, but almost never happens, is not a valid reason to object on the grounds that one's vote is meaningless. The valid objection would be that one's vote /could be/ meaningless /if it did happen./ And if Moo is in fact correct, the objection would furthermore be only meaningless if all both conditions were satisfied, as well as the condition of living in one of the states where it /could happen./
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There are three cases I know of where the popular vote did not meet with the electoral colelge vote:
Abraham Lincoln.
John F. Kennedy.
George W. Bush.
Frankly, I call that 1/1/1, at best.
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Abraham Lincoln.
John F. Kennedy.
George W. Bush.
Frankly, I call that 1/1/1, at best.
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