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If you weren't eligible to vote (from a country other than the USA...underage...whatever), but would have voted for one of the two, please feel free to answer the poll as you would have voted.
ok, humor me... Obama/McCain
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Posted 2008-November-12, 21:31
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Posted 2008-November-13, 03:25
Obama.
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Posted 2008-November-13, 05:22
I think McCain would have been better for Europe. If I had been living in the US, I would probably have been selfish enough to vote for Obama. Or at least to vote against Palin, lol.
I voted "Neither". Maybe "Obama" would have been more honest. I dunno. If I had been a US voter I would obviously have made myself better informed.
I voted "Neither". Maybe "Obama" would have been more honest. I dunno. If I had been a US voter I would obviously have made myself better informed.
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Posted 2008-November-13, 10:31
On Leno last night, McCain said that he was now sleeping like a baby.....waking every 2 hours and crying....
Almost makes me want to vote for him like I might have if I had not observed the last 6 months of the campaign...
Almost makes me want to vote for him like I might have if I had not observed the last 6 months of the campaign...
The Grand Design, reflected in the face of Chaos...it's a fluke!
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Posted 2008-November-13, 11:53
As promised, I voted for Obama and I wish him well. In the Post this morning there was an article about the reaction from Iran. Apparently a meeting without preconditions between heads of state is now being described as a devious plot by the United States. His welcoming introduction to world politics. Good luck, buddy, you will need all you can get.
Btw, Al, the "sleeping like a baby" is a very old joke. Leno needs to get a new crew of writers.
Btw, Al, the "sleeping like a baby" is a very old joke. Leno needs to get a new crew of writers.
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Posted 2008-November-13, 14:19
I would have voted Nader, because of his concern to environmentalism...
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Posted 2008-November-13, 15:35
gauchy, on Nov 13 2008, 03:19 PM, said:
I would have voted Nader, because of his concern to environmentalism...
I would have voted for Nader, too. In fact, I have in the past. But, this year I wanted my vote to count, even if it just added to the margin of victory.
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Posted 2008-November-13, 15:40
kenberg, on Nov 13 2008, 12:53 PM, said:
As promised, I voted for Obama and I wish him well. In the Post this morning there was an article about the reaction from Iran. Apparently a meeting without preconditions between heads of state is now being described as a devious plot by the United States. His welcoming introduction to world politics. Good luck, buddy, you will need all you can get.
Btw, Al, the "sleeping like a baby" is a very old joke. Leno needs to get a new crew of writers.
Btw, Al, the "sleeping like a baby" is a very old joke. Leno needs to get a new crew of writers.
For sure, it was just more in character with the "character" that I had seen previously. He got pretty damn ridiculous toward the end of the campaign. Must have been the Palin factor....(puts the l in Pain...lol)
The Grand Design, reflected in the face of Chaos...it's a fluke!
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Posted 2008-November-13, 17:43
TimG, on Nov 13 2008, 03:35 PM, said:
gauchy, on Nov 13 2008, 03:19 PM, said:
I would have voted Nader, because of his concern to environmentalism...
I would have voted for Nader, too. In fact, I have in the past. But, this year I wanted my vote to count, even if it just added to the margin of victory.
Have you seen his post-election "Uncle Tom" interview comments? That might cure you from any temptation to ever vote for him again
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Posted 2008-November-13, 18:14
cherdano, on Nov 13 2008, 06:43 PM, said:
TimG, on Nov 13 2008, 03:35 PM, said:
gauchy, on Nov 13 2008, 03:19 PM, said:
I would have voted Nader, because of his concern to environmentalism...
I would have voted for Nader, too. In fact, I have in the past. But, this year I wanted my vote to count, even if it just added to the margin of victory.
Have you seen his post-election "Uncle Tom" interview comments? That might cure you from any temptation to ever vote for him again
I was cured of that temptation after Florida 2000
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Posted 2008-November-13, 18:27
I voted for Cynthia McKiney (sp?). She was the Green Party candidate.
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Posted 2008-November-13, 21:13
cherdano, on Nov 13 2008, 06:43 PM, said:
TimG, on Nov 13 2008, 03:35 PM, said:
gauchy, on Nov 13 2008, 03:19 PM, said:
I would have voted Nader, because of his concern to environmentalism...
I would have voted for Nader, too. In fact, I have in the past. But, this year I wanted my vote to count, even if it just added to the margin of victory.
Have you seen his post-election "Uncle Tom" interview comments? That might cure you from any temptation to ever vote for him again
No, I haven't seen any post-election interviews. Maybe I will look for it.
I really do not know a whole lot about Nader; my votes for him have been more along the lines of "none of the above" than any real liking for Nader. The few things that I have heard him speak about have made sense to me, though.
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Posted 2008-November-14, 01:00
Would Al Gore have had a chance? This is a serious question because who knows which party he would represent apart from Republican.
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Posted 2008-November-14, 10:32
On a national platform, I don't think any third party candidate really has a chance. If you mean, would he have had a chance running in the Democratic primary and trying to get the nomination, maybe a very outside chance. If you mean running against both Obama and McCain, a la Ross Perot, I think all he would have done is win the election for McCain.
Edit: By "a very outside chance" I mean somewhere between 1% & 5%.
Edit: By "a very outside chance" I mean somewhere between 1% & 5%.
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C. It's the nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms.
IV: ace 333: pot should be game, idk
e: "Maybe God remembered how cute you were as a carrot."
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IV: ace 333: pot should be game, idk
e: "Maybe God remembered how cute you were as a carrot."
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Posted 2008-November-14, 11:09
Nader is the "very old joke".
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Posted 2008-November-14, 11:13
Voting for a 3rd party candidate is doing nothing more than taking a vote away from either the Democrats or Republicans, and if you want your vote to mean absolutely nothing then go right ahead. I would rather make a positive statement and vote for someone who is running with a chance of winning.
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Posted 2008-November-14, 11:31
No vote means absolutely nothing. The fact that people believe they have reason to vote for a person who is not their first choice makes the whole system not work. I strongly disagree with voting your preference out of who has a chance to win if it's not your first choice. That gives people crazy ideas like that 50 million people want George Bush to be president from time to time.
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Posted 2008-November-14, 11:41
I don't disagree in principle with voting for a candidate with no chance of winning. But the main point Nader supporters seem to have made in 2000 was "there is no difference between Gore and Bush anyway".
I guess Nader still thinks that is true...
I guess Nader still thinks that is true...
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Posted 2008-November-14, 11:43
I actually think the best system theoretically would be to deduce the true opinion of each voter about each candidate on a scale of say 0 to 10 and then add up the total points. Of course it would never work in practice, mostly because people would rate their favorite 10 and everyone else 0.
Such a system would surely have worked against Obama this year...
Such a system would surely have worked against Obama this year...
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Posted 2008-November-14, 12:01
JoAnneM, on Nov 14 2008, 12:13 PM, said:
Voting for a 3rd party candidate is doing nothing more than taking a vote away from either the Democrats or Republicans, and if you want your vote to mean absolutely nothing then go right ahead. I would rather make a positive statement and vote for someone who is running with a chance of winning.
I don't think settling for a major party candidate when you think someone else would make a better President is necessarily a "positive statement".