Who do you plan to vote for? - Page 2

wolf · 09-18-2004, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by tw

Actually the Economist has been doing a study of swing states, one by one, for months now. Colorado was listed as a swing state.

Pennsylvannia is listed as about as close as one can get. PA still uses punch hole ballots.

What backwoods district are you voting in? We've had either the old style lever voting machines or the new electronic ones since the 80s.

Oh, there were a few elections I did use a punch-ballot in, but that was when I was in college, 81-83 (I switched my registration to my college address). My home district used machines.

Kitsune · 09-18-2004, 09:54 PM

Speaking of electronic voting: I find it cute that you all argue like your vote is going to count.

Griff · 09-17-2004, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Radar

The poll should have Badnarik in it. Michael Badnarik is by far the best choice of every candidate running.

That's where I stand now. If Kerry were to step up on the war issues I could be convinced but as long as he maintains a traditional Dem pessimism campaign... Man I want Bush out.

TheSnake · 09-17-2004, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Radar

The poll should have Badnarik in it. Michael Badnarik is by far the best choice of every candidate running.

Exactly. What is it about personal freedom, free trade, and military discretion that you people don't like?

09-17-2004, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by TheSnake

Exactly. What is it about personal freedom, free trade, and military discretion that you people don't like?

Let's not even go there, O.K.?

Huckamuck · 09-19-2004, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar

The poll should have Badnarik in it. Michael Badnarik is by far the best choice of every candidate running.

AMEN, Brother. The Libertarians are the only party with their collective heads screwed on.

09-16-2004, 07:59 PM

Thursday September 16, 2004--The Rasmussen Reports Presidential Tracking Poll shows President George W. Bush with 49% of the vote and Senator John Kerry with 45%. The Tracking Poll is updated daily by noon Eastern. I also discovered that the most recent polls show Colorado split at 47% Kerry, 47% Bush. Hmmmm... this just might get interesting. I may not write in Bill the Cat after all.

garnet · 09-16-2004, 10:57 PM

I'm still voting for Kerry, although I'm disappointed with how he's run his campaign. I have the sick feeling already that George W. is going to win, but I am hoping that sick feeling will go away soon.

vsp · 09-17-2004, 06:55 AM

If I vote for Dubya, I'm voting to keep things the way they are now, and to continue down the same path.

If I vote for Kerry, I'm voting to get rid of Dubya, Cheney, Ashcroft, both Powells, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, a variety of likely judicial appointments, the preemptive-war Bush Doctrine, as much of the Patriot Act as possible, and the current national strategies having to do with Iraq, terrorism in general, the economy, public schools, civil liberties and taxation.

Kerry it is. If he gets rid of all of the above, he could spend four years being fed grapes by a legion of Lewinskys and I wouldn't mind.

Chewbaccus · 09-17-2004, 11:43 AM

Editorial on the legitimacy of polling

I was talking with my friend who cooked up a theory:

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You consider the whores that the media are, they want to keep you un-informed about what's really going on so that you'll keep watching everyday to see how/of things change. Of course you want to see Kerry up, Bush down and then Bush up and Kerry down. It keeps you watching

*shrug*. Could very well have a point.

Undertoad · 09-17-2004, 12:45 PM

Voting for Nader is like shooting off a flare nobody can see. Voting for Bednarik is like yelling furiously at the rock.

09-17-2004, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Voting for Nader is like shooting off a flare nobody can see. Voting for Bednarik is like yelling furiously at the rock.

Voting for Bednarik is to take the role of the tree falling in the forest with no one to hear.

Radar · 09-17-2004, 01:16 PM

Voting for Badnarik is like slapping the face of those in the major parties and saying you want change instead of getting more of the same. Voting for a Republican or a Democrat is like saying "I love how you've wrecked the free country we once had. By all means do more of the same."

TheSnake · 09-17-2004, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Voting for Nader is like shooting off a flare nobody can see. Voting for Bednarik is like yelling furiously at the rock.

You're right. I guess we should all just mindlessly follow the crowd. If you believe in the platforms of the Republican or Democatic Parties, then by all means vote for one of the two. However, don't harass someone else for voting for what they believe in. I'll be able to sleep easier knowing I voted for what I believed in rather than settled for something I didn't.

hot_pastrami · 09-17-2004, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by TheSnake

However, don't harass someone else for voting for what they believe in. I'll be able to sleep easier knowing I voted for what I believed in rather than settled for something I didn't.

Here's what I believe... I believe that any vote which is not for Kerry is just as good as a vote for Bush. The sad fact is that a vote for anyone aside from the top two candidates is just noise; So if I don't vote for Kerry, then I am failing to contribute to removing Bush from office. I don't like it, but that's the way it is.

But that's just me.

View Poll Results: Who will you vote for in the upcoming election?
Still undecided	2	3.85%
Bush	12	23.08%
Kerry	28	53.85%
Other	8	15.38%
Why bother? I'm not going to vote.	2	3.85%
Voters: 52. You may not vote on this poll

09-16-2004, 07:59 PM	#7
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Thursday September 16, 2004--The Rasmussen Reports Presidential Tracking Poll shows President George W. Bush with 49% of the vote and Senator John Kerry with 45%. The Tracking Poll is updated daily by noon Eastern. I also discovered that the most recent polls show Colorado split at 47% Kerry, 47% Bush. Hmmmm... this just might get interesting. I may not write in Bill the Cat after all. Last edited by marichiko; 09-16-2004 at 08:02 PM.

09-17-2004, 01:16 PM	#13
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Voting for Badnarik is like slapping the face of those in the major parties and saying you want change instead of getting more of the same. Voting for a Republican or a Democrat is like saying "I love how you've wrecked the free country we once had. By all means do more of the same." __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

09-18-2004, 09:54 PM	#2
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Speaking of electronic voting: I find it cute that you all argue like your vote is going to count.

09-16-2004, 10:57 PM	#8
garnet ... Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 657	I'm still voting for Kerry, although I'm disappointed with how he's run his campaign. I have the sick feeling already that George W. is going to win, but I am hoping that sick feeling will go away soon.

09-17-2004, 06:55 AM	#9
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	If I vote for Dubya, I'm voting to keep things the way they are now, and to continue down the same path. If I vote for Kerry, I'm voting to get rid of Dubya, Cheney, Ashcroft, both Powells, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, a variety of likely judicial appointments, the preemptive-war Bush Doctrine, as much of the Patriot Act as possible, and the current national strategies having to do with Iraq, terrorism in general, the economy, public schools, civil liberties and taxation. Kerry it is. If he gets rid of all of the above, he could spend four years being fed grapes by a legion of Lewinskys and I wouldn't mind.

09-17-2004, 12:45 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Voting for Nader is like shooting off a flare nobody can see. Voting for Bednarik is like yelling furiously at the rock.

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