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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Gay Boy on September 29, 2007, 04:00:05 PM

Title: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 29, 2007, 04:00:05 PM
I made this for gaf but I put too much effort looking up numbers for it to go to waste.


PRIMARIES - DEMOCRATS

National (Gallup 9/16):
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Clinton 47%
Obama 25%
Edwards 11%

Iowa (Strategic Vision 9/23):
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Clinton 24%
Edwards 22%
Obama 21%

New Hampshire (CNN 9/24):
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Clinton 41%
Obama 19%
Edwards 11%



PRIMARIES - REPUBLICANS

National (Gallup 9/16):
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Giuliani 27%
Thompson 18%
Romney 10%

Iowa (Strategic Vision 9/23):
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Romney 30%
Giuliani 17%
Thompson 13%

New Hampshire (CNN 9/24):
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Romney 23%
Giuliani 22%
Thompson 12%


GENERAL - CLINTON VS. GIULIANI
(Fox News - 9/26)
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Clinton 46%
Giuliani 39%

GENERAL - CLINTON VS. ROMNEY
(Rasmussen - 9/23)
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Clinton 49%
Romney 40%

So what are your thoughts on how the race looks so far? Hillary is obviously the shoe-in for the dem nomination and for the republicans it looks like it will be Rudy or Romney (thompson has gotten no traction) and they both would lose to her as it stands right now.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 29, 2007, 04:04:17 PM
i would not vote for hilary or giuliani. this isn't even a "lesser of two evils" choice, this is choosing how deep the razor-edged rusty dildo gets rammed up your rectum. fuck, i'd even vote for that shallow muppet ron paul over one of these two! why is the electorate so fucking stupid? it almost makes a man want to don a tin-foil hat and join hans in a bunker.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 29, 2007, 04:07:56 PM
i would not vote for hilary or giuliani. this isn't even a "lesser of two evils" choice, this is choosing how deep the razor-edged rusty dildo gets rammed up your rectum. fuck, i'd even vote for that shallow muppet ron paul over one of these two! why is the electorate so fucking stupid? it almost makes a man want to don a tin-foil hat and join hans in a bunker.
don't you live in a "safe" hillary state? lol
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 29, 2007, 04:08:13 PM
Romney > Giuliani. The only good thing about Clinton is we get Bill with her, which is a positive. But choosing between Mr Mormon and my paranoia regarding his religion, or Clinton...tough choice.

But yeah, GayBoy is right, doesnt matter who I vote for at this point considering how strongly my state leans either way and can be overridden by other states. Guess ill just have to hope for the best.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 29, 2007, 04:13:34 PM
romney's a slightly less stupid giuliani, yet he's still cut from the same platform and political cloth as giuliani and bush, plus i can't say i want a mormon in the nation's highest office. hillary is a slithering powermonger and officious to a fault, and lord only knows how many creepy folks she owes -- and will pay back during her potential administration -- among the crooked dc elite. elect her, and we elect legion. giuliani *is* the worst, though, because he combines the petty political dependency of hillary with the stupidity of junior. :'(
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 29, 2007, 04:16:03 PM
Not sure we can vote for anyone safely. Giuliani has no head for foreign policy beyond the soundbites after 9/11, and this presidency will require the mending of a lot o fences.

I would have preferred Obama but I doubt we'll see that at this point :(
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 29, 2007, 04:17:44 PM
yeah, i think i could settle for obama at this point
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: CajoleJuice on September 29, 2007, 04:19:46 PM
Well, I know Clinton has MY state wrapped up. :-\

I'm still not registered.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 29, 2007, 04:21:01 PM
Unfortunately Obama just lacked the visible passion to capture more votes from Hillary. IIRC he tended to fold a bit at debates most of the time.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 29, 2007, 04:55:41 PM
maf i thought you were heavily afraid of romney? i fear Guliani more

I've warmed up to the inevitability that I'll be voting for Hillary in the general election. I'm a Biden guy though, so I'll be voting for him in the Michigan (lol) primary
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Mandark on September 29, 2007, 04:56:31 PM
The weird thing about the Hillary campaign is how many people think she's further left than she is.  Polls pretty consistently show that voters believe she's more liberal than Obama or Edwards, and anecdotally, a lot of political junkies seem to suspect she's waiting to unleash her Secret Leftism.

Not that it matters, but I'd vote for Hillary in the general election without thinking.  I wouldn't risk that much on the health of John Paul Stevens.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 29, 2007, 05:01:06 PM
I have CONSPIRACY theories when it comes to Romney, but none of them are valid. Guiliani has used 9/11 to build a political platform, and in my opinion thats suggests he has a scary evil capacity
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 29, 2007, 05:03:11 PM
Hillary isn't that liberal on the war. I don't think she's gonna get in office and start pulling troops out, like some of the other candidates want. I like her position on Iraq more than Obama's and Edward's. I like Biden's three state plan on paper, but I don't know if it will work in real life :-\
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Mandark on September 29, 2007, 05:04:32 PM
Hey, you remember how Rudy was at an NRA event, and he interrupted his speech to take a call from his wife?  Guess why he did it!

Quote from: NY Daily News
Elaborating for the first time on why he interrupted a speech to the National Rifle Association this month to take a cell-phone call from his wife, Judith, Giuliani explained that, since 9/11, he and the missus always chat before flying.

"Quite honestly, since Sept. 11, most of the time when we get on a plane, we talk to each other and just reaffirm the fact that we love each other," the Republican presidential hopeful told the Christian Broadcasting Network.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 29, 2007, 05:05:45 PM
haha
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: demi on September 29, 2007, 05:06:15 PM
The Christian Broadcasting Network (aww)
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Candyflip on September 29, 2007, 06:48:37 PM
i would not vote for hilary or giuliani. this isn't even a "lesser of two evils" choice, this is choosing how deep the razor-edged rusty dildo gets rammed up your rectum. fuck, i'd even vote for that shallow muppet ron paul over one of these two! why is the electorate so fucking stupid? it almost makes a man want to don a tin-foil hat and join hans in a bunker.
.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 29, 2007, 07:15:00 PM
Sigh.  Oh homosexual lad, here we go again.

Your data is dated, as far is pertains to Iowa anyhow. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21038955/site/newsweek/page/1/)

Among likely Caucus goers:

Obama (wtf lol) 28%
Hilldog 24%
Edwards 22%

Sadly, I have come to the conclusion that it doesn't really matter- Hillary is getting the nomination and likely the Presidency, which is something that makes me feel decidedly icky as it really feels like Americans are so dumb that they've decided to voluntarily subject themselves to an aristocracy of Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton.

The only chance for an upset is if Edwards can pull off Iowa (he is hinging his entire strategy on this) and then catch fire and win a bunch of early states and appear like an actual front runner.  I would vote for Edwards without a second thought in the general election, but there's no way I'm going to vote for a voluntary aristocracy.  This is the dumbest Presidential election I can remember- the media enjoys being fellated by Hillary's camp and will dance to her tune, letting her cruise to the nomination and victory.  Meanwhile, I'm busily learning French so I can move to Vancouver.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 29, 2007, 07:27:04 PM
The media seems content to just let Hillary sail to victory. Outside of Russert at the debate, I haven't seen anyone ask her tough questions and then follow them up after she either bullshitted out of answering or laughed like a condescending prick. She's definitely doing a great job dodging questions and mis-steps at the same time from a political perspective, but I want to see her challenged.

Obama seems perfectly fine with sitting back while she invalidates him. Edwards seems like the only person (outside of his wife) willing to take it to her directly

Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 29, 2007, 07:32:42 PM
The sad fact about the media is that they are essentially a bunch of petulant middle schoolers.  All you have to do to make them your lapdog is show them a lot of attention, and Hilldog's machine is very good at this.  It's a large reason why Gore and Kerry lost their elections, and why Dean ended up losing in the primaries.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 29, 2007, 07:40:34 PM
Yeah. Clinton holds a certain mystique among the media, and her machine knows how to capitalize on it. Seeing Chris Matthews on the climax of orgasm as he chit chats about "Bill and Hillary" is just nauseating. It's sort of like videogame "journalists" who love being invited to developer parties and getting "inside info" so much that their ability to be impartial is compromised.

Hillary is playing chess with everybody
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: brawndolicious on September 29, 2007, 07:45:33 PM
Well, I know Clinton has MY state wrapped up. :-\
I'm still not registered.
you probably have a long time.  I registered as a democrat so that means I get to vote who gets to be the democratic nominee, right?  Fock.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Mandark on September 29, 2007, 08:25:57 PM
Sadly, I have come to the conclusion that it doesn't really matter- Hillary is getting the nomination and likely the Presidency, which is something that makes me feel decidedly icky as it really feels like Americans are so dumb that they've decided to voluntarily subject themselves to an aristocracy of Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton.

Here's a paper that was making the rounds a little while back (http://www.princeton.edu/~bartels/thinking.pdf) (involves math that I forgot if I ever knew, but you can get the gist of it without), about how American voters act.  Big surprise: they seek out information that conforms to their decisions, and tune out information that doesn't!

Anyway, I think the Bush/Clinton era wouldn't reflect a new aristocracy (which had more to do with the Adamses, Roosevelts, and Kennedys), but the celebrity culture.  We think of people like McCain and Edwards as being well-known, but Hillary is way more prominent in the public consciousness.

There are very few people in politics whose fame transcends it, and she's one of them.  It's why Arnold had such an easy time of it.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 29, 2007, 09:07:13 PM
Yeah. Clinton holds a certain mystique among the media, and her machine knows how to capitalize on it. Seeing Chris Matthews on the climax of orgasm as he chit chats about "Bill and Hillary" is just nauseating. It's sort of like videogame "journalists" who love being invited to developer parties and getting "inside info" so much that their ability to be impartial is compromised.

Hillary is playing chess with everybody
Yes and this may be her key advantage why her popularity in the electorate is slowly increasing.

The media was hard as hell on Gore (not anymore though lol) and Kerry while most of the media, outside of Russert masturbates to her every word.

Even Fox News loves her to death. They constantly bash Obama and friends but are nothing but kind to her.

About the aristrocacy....well it ends with Hillary. There is no more electable Bush's (W. tarnished Jeb's chances ages ago) and I highly doubt Chelsea Clinton will be getting into politics.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Fresh Prince on September 29, 2007, 09:10:23 PM
Why don't people\media like Edwards? He seems like (fairly) honest individual.

Hey, you remember how Rudy was at an NRA event, and he interrupted his speech to take a call from his wife?  Guess why he did it!

Quote from: NY Daily News
Elaborating for the first time on why he interrupted a speech to the National Rifle Association this month to take a cell-phone call from his wife, Judith, Giuliani explained that, since 9/11, he and the missus always chat before flying.

"Quite honestly, since Sept. 11, most of the time when we get on a plane, we talk to each other and just reaffirm the fact that we love each other," the Republican presidential hopeful told the Christian Broadcasting Network.

Yeah then he texts his mistress to meet after the debate.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 29, 2007, 09:14:56 PM
The phone call was staged to make him seem like a family man due to his 3 wives and children hating him.

The EXACT same thing happened at another event he did.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on September 29, 2007, 09:16:39 PM
Isn't his college-age daughter a pro-Obama democrat?  Giuliani sounds like he's been really lousy as a father/family man.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 29, 2007, 09:18:00 PM
Isn't his college-age daughter a pro-Obama democrat?  Giuliani sounds like he's been really lousy as a father/family man.
Yeah her daughter is part of 1 million strong for obama on facebook lololol. His son told the media he could never vote for his father for president iirc.

This is a dude who married his COUSIN remember.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Fresh Prince on September 29, 2007, 09:24:56 PM
Giuliani sounds like he's been really lousy as a father/family man.

Quote
In May 2000, the New York Daily News broke news of Giuliani's extramarital relationship with Judith Nathan, a sales manager for a pharmaceutical company. Giuliani then called a press conference to announce that he intended to separate from Hanover.[112][113][114] Hanover, however, had not been told about his plans before his press conference,[115] an omission for which Giuliani was widely criticized.[116] Previously, Giuliani had hinted at the relationship by referring to Nathan as his "very good friend." Giuliani now went on to praise Nathan as a "very, very fine woman", and said about his marriage with Hanover, that "over the course of some period of time in many ways, we've grown to live independent and separate lives." Hours later Hanover said, "I had hoped that we could keep this marriage together. For several years, it was difficult to participate in Rudy's public life because of his relationship with one staff member," a reference to Lategano. Giuliani, Hanover and Nathan appeared on the cover of People magazine in the aftermath.[117]

Giuliani then moved out of Gracie Mansion and into an apartment belonging to two gay friends.[118] Giuliani filed for divorce from Hanover in October 2000,[119] and an unpleasant public battle broke out between their representatives.[120] Nathan was barred by court order from entering Gracie Mansion (where Hanover still lived) or meeting his children before the divorce was final.[121] In May 2001, in an effort to mitigate the bad publicity from the proceedings, Giuliani's attorney revealed (with the mayor's approval) that Giuliani was impotent due to his prostate cancer treatments and had not had sex with Nathan for the preceding year. "You don't get through treatment for cancer and radiation all by yourself," Giuliani said. "You need people to help you and care for you and support you. And I'm very fortunate I had a lot of people who did that, but nobody did more to help me than Judith Nathan."[122] Giuliani argued in a court case that he aimed to introduce Nathan to his children on Father's Day, 2001, and that Donna had prevented this visit.[123] Giuliani and Hanover finally settled their acrimonious divorce case in July 2002, after his mayoralty had ended, with Giuliani paying Hanover a $6.8 million settlement and granting her custody of their children.[124]

Giuliani subsequently married Judith Nathan on May 24, 2003, and thus gained a stepdaughter, Whitney. It was also Nathan's third marriage after two prior divorces.[117]

By March 2007, The New York Times and the New York Daily News reported that Rudy Giuliani had become estranged from both his son Andrew (now a golf team member at Duke University) and his daughter Caroline (graduated from Trinity School in 2007, attending Harvard University), missing major events in their lives, such as graduations, and sometimes going long stretches without talking to them, and that neither of them was taking part in his presidential campaign.[125][126] Caroline uses her mother's surname, Hanover, rather than Giuliani's, and according to reports, she did not inform Giuliani when she was accepted to Harvard.[117] Caroline apparently linked her personal Facebook page to the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate, Senator Barack Obama.[127][128] However, after a slate.com contributor reported this link, Caroline removed this link from her "Facebook" page.[129]
Pure loving, Christian fatherhood material there.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on September 29, 2007, 09:35:41 PM
While I don't really care about his personal life, I disagree with his politics strongly enough that I hope the mess that is his personal life prevents hardcore Christian nutjobs from voting for him.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 29, 2007, 09:40:56 PM
Oh man I hope Hillary's campaign is coming up with some witty comeback to retort with when Guliani inevitably attacks her personal relationship. OMG

Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 29, 2007, 09:46:57 PM
Oh man I hope Hillary's campaign is coming up with some witty comeback to retort with when Guliani inevitably attacks her personal relationship. OMG


To be sure.  I mean, the media is pretty much gonna go hogwild on whoever the Republican nominee is.  Hilldog's machine is probably actively salivating at the opportunity to bury Rudy.  If the Republicans were smart, they'd nominate someone relatively unknown and vanilla like Romney.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 29, 2007, 09:50:02 PM
Oh man I hope Hillary's campaign is coming up with some witty comeback to retort with when Guliani inevitably attacks her personal relationship. OMG


It has been said that those within "Clinton Camp" are giddy at the idea of going against Rudy. They much prefer him over Thompson or Romney.

A rudy nomination basically means Bill's love of women if you will is basically nullified completely as a campaign issue. Republicans NEED a Romney if they want to win. Rudy's image in America is sealed up and well known, they can't turn him into a family man while Romney is a clean slate.

One of my favorite Hillary quote goes well with this:
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“When you’re attacked, you have to deck your opponents."
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on September 29, 2007, 09:52:16 PM
UPPER DECK your opponents, amirite?! lololol
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 29, 2007, 09:52:53 PM
Still, Hillary is taking note from Karl Rove's book of politics in that you have to be vicious.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Fresh Prince on September 29, 2007, 09:55:26 PM
Hillary would win that side of the debate anyway wouldn't she, 'with the stand by your man' crowd ???
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on September 29, 2007, 09:56:49 PM
For all their marriage problems, to their credit, the Clintons have stuck with it.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 29, 2007, 09:58:36 PM
Chris Matthews while a bit kooky was 100% right in what he said the other day. If Romney is the nominee the republican machine can create a perfect image for him. If it's Rudy...Hillary will crush him in a Reagan style landslide.

Rudy's past and image is just waiting for the Clinton folk to dredge up, and his well lack of religion and morals means the religious right won't show up to vote in the general.

Republicans only shot is with Romney, and even then that is a iffy shot.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 29, 2007, 11:18:30 PM
why is fred thompson lagging? he seems to be the perfect republican candidate given his law & order character and erstwhile would-be reagan platform.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 29, 2007, 11:29:44 PM
I think that the Republicans have just lost their smile.  They don't care, which is a shame since it's much more fun to kick someone who is trying to fight back instead of being all fucking emo about it.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 29, 2007, 11:33:43 PM
why is fred thompson lagging? he seems to be the perfect republican candidate given his law & order character and erstwhile would-be reagan platform.
He got christian right REEAAALLY pissed off because he said he didn't think it was proper to discuss religious beliefs when running for president. And he happened to mention he doesn't go to church.

I think that the Republicans have just lost their smile.  They don't care, which is a shame since it's much more fun to kick someone who is trying to fight back instead of being all fucking emo about it.
Yeah. Go look at Free Republic. Most of them seem convinced Hillary will win.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 29, 2007, 11:39:00 PM
For all their marriage problems, to their credit, the Clintons have stuck with it.

The only reason they're still "together" is because of Hillary's presidential aspirations. Divorcing Bill would have ended her career most likely.

They're a partnership a few steps from becoming a corporation
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on September 30, 2007, 12:00:10 AM
For all their marriage problems, to their credit, the Clintons have stuck with it.

The only reason they're still "together" is because of Hillary's presidential aspirations. Divorcing Bill would have ended her career most likely.

They're a partnership a few steps from becoming a corporation

You're too gullible, PD.  That's the media and the Republican spin on it, but I personally don't believe it's true.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 30, 2007, 12:14:44 AM
For all their marriage problems, to their credit, the Clintons have stuck with it.

The only reason they're still "together" is because of Hillary's presidential aspirations. Divorcing Bill would have ended her career most likely.

They're a partnership a few steps from becoming a corporation
Not true. Carl Bernstein's (guy who took down nixon) book has A LOT of negative info and stories about hillary in his bio on her. But one thing that was clear was that they are honestly in love to this day despite Bill's cheating ways.

Though my favorite story from it was when she found out about Monica from bill she chuck a lamp at his head.  :lol
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on September 30, 2007, 12:20:23 AM
You guys are funny. The rupublicans have only one chance. He is the only candidate on either side that doesnt spew BS.

(http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/congress/members/photos/228/P000583.jpg)

80% of the american people want to leave Iraq. Ron Paul would get use out tomorrow if he could. How can the GOP be so dumb and not be supporting this guy more.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: brawndolicious on September 30, 2007, 12:21:36 AM
cause he's ron paul dude.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 30, 2007, 12:21:49 AM
the same reason the dems aren't supporting kucinich
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on September 30, 2007, 12:24:32 AM
Yea but Ron Paul would beat any of the dems. All of the right would be forced to vote for him, as would the libertaians and many of the anti war crowd since he dint vote for the war originally. (Ahem Hillary). He would be president if he was nominated. And a fine president he would be.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Fresh Prince on September 30, 2007, 12:34:06 AM
You guys are funny. The rupublicans have only one chance. He is the only candidate on either side that doesnt spew BS.

80% of the american people want to leave Iraq. Ron Paul would get use out tomorrow if he could. How can the GOP be so dumb and not be supporting this guy more.
Because ultimately the GOP and Ron Paul have different views on nearly everything and they know the amount of control they could exert over him would be very little.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 30, 2007, 12:37:34 AM
Ron Paul wouldn't win a general election. Dismantling the department of education and the ilk makes him unelectable. Iraq isn't the only issue kiddo, it may be to college kids but the economy and medical care and the like are nearly if not equally significant. You have your head up your ass if you think Iraq is the only thing people are going to be voting on. And that is all Ron Paul has. His other views are polar opposite of the public at large.


NOW BACK WHERE WERE WE?

 Bill and Hillary still are a "couple" and I see no reason to believe otherwise.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Mandark on September 30, 2007, 01:15:09 AM
why is fred thompson lagging? he seems to be the perfect republican candidate given his law & order character and erstwhile would-be reagan platform.

All the main GOP candidates are basically running on the same Reagan-lite platform.  It's just that the base is suspicious of whether they really believe it.

Thompson doesn't have any super-special name recognition among the public, and he was never a rightwing folk-hero like Reagan.  At the end of the day, he's a pretty unexciting, wrinkly senator who tells the primary voters what they want to hear, but have already heard a lot.  He's the Republican Chris Dodd.

Also, he's apparently running an amateur-hour campaign that's barely raising any money.


FoC: You're stupendously dumb.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: etiolate on September 30, 2007, 01:21:37 AM
For all their marriage problems, to their credit, the Clintons have stuck with it.

The only reason they're still "together" is because of Hillary's presidential aspirations. Divorcing Bill would have ended her career most likely.

They're a partnership a few steps from becoming a corporation

You're too gullible, PD.  That's the media and the Republican spin on it, but I personally don't believe it's true.

Eh? That is my take on it and always has been, and I didn't know anyone else was with me(they're always lagging behind!).  She was supposed to be this hero for women, and the one time she has to prove it, she sells them out so she can retain political ties and power.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: etiolate on September 30, 2007, 01:23:47 AM
Oh and what happened to McCain? I would love to see him and Hillary fight.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Fresh Prince on September 30, 2007, 01:26:46 AM
Eh? That is my take on it and always has been, and I didn't know anyone else was with me(they're always lagging behind!).  She was supposed to be this hero for women, and the one time she has to prove it, she sells them out so she can retain political ties and power.
She would of endeared herself to most women that's for sure, couldv'e gotten re-married within 8 years or so and still have a good chance imo.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Mandark on September 30, 2007, 01:28:07 AM
Bill and Hillary still are a "couple" and I see no reason to believe otherwise.

I see no reason to care otherwise.

It's a really frustrating dynamic at work.  The media will spend a bunch of time on Hillary's marriage, hair, and cleavage, and will generally ignore stuff that I'd like to see discussed (mainly her special interest ties and advisers).

It's not so much that the coverage will be too positive or too negative, but that it will be too frivolous.


et: Yes, you were the ONLY PERSON to speculate that Hillary's really a big phony who stayed married to Bill so she could get power.  Yeesh.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: etiolate on September 30, 2007, 01:48:30 AM
mandy I never said I was the only one, just the only one I knew!
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: ToxicAdam on September 30, 2007, 01:54:37 AM
I don't understand people that say they vehemently oppose Guliani's "politics". The guy was a fucking MAYOR .. he doesn't have any politics nor record to even oppose. Dumb shits. Anything he says now is clearly positioning in his bid for the nomination. Look at GWB .. 95% of what he "ran on" in the election was thrown out the window once he made office. So, if you want to oppose Rudy because he is an unknown quantity with no real experience in the national body poltic ... fine. But to fall for the demonizing spin that he is some sort of autocratic monster, just makes you seem like a fool/tool for the left.

Anways ... I'm pining for my old, cuddly dumpling Newt to run. What a shame he needs a second house to hide all of his skeletons and even Hillary laughs at his negatives ... but what can ya do .. I'm still stuck in 1993.


Newt has his self-empowerment speech down to a T. It fucking makes Republicans get all hot and bothered and start humming the star spangled banner and dreaming of that shining city on a hill. The same kind of shit that Obama uses to sway some of them.




 
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 30, 2007, 02:05:48 AM
Im gonna write-in vote for Robocop.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Mandark on September 30, 2007, 02:06:49 AM
If a mayor has no politics to oppose, the corollary is that he has no politics to support, no?




MAF: *lame joke about robot parts made in Japan disqualifying him for office*
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 30, 2007, 02:07:26 AM
ED-209 then

They would have to refit AirForce One tho. I mean stairs...
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 30, 2007, 02:11:59 AM
well, there is one upside to hillary winning the election: jaydubya's head would burst like an overripe grapefruit
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on September 30, 2007, 02:13:36 AM
I don't understand people that say they vehemently oppose Guliani's "politics". The guy was a fucking MAYOR .. he doesn't have any politics nor record to even oppose. Dumb shits. Anything he says now is clearly positioning in his bid for the nomination. Look at GWB .. 95% of what he "ran on" in the election was thrown out the window once he made office. So, if you want to oppose Rudy because he is an unknown quantity with no real experience in the national body poltic ... fine. But to fall for the demonizing spin that he is some sort of autocratic monster, just makes you seem like a fool/tool for the left.

LOL.  Giuliani's political beliefs and positions are incredibly well-documented.  He wasn't MAYOR of Shit Creek, Iowa.  He was MAYOR of NEW YORK FUCKIN' CITY, a huge metropolis with an ethnically diverse population.  I saw how he dealt with problems there and it gives me a good idea of how he'd deal with problems as president.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 30, 2007, 02:18:53 AM
I don't understand people that say they vehemently oppose Guliani's "politics". The guy was a fucking MAYOR .. he doesn't have any politics nor record to even oppose. Dumb shits. Anything he says now is clearly positioning in his bid for the nomination. Look at GWB .. 95% of what he "ran on" in the election was thrown out the window once he made office. So, if you want to oppose Rudy because he is an unknown quantity with no real experience in the national body poltic ... fine. But to fall for the demonizing spin that he is some sort of autocratic monster, just makes you seem like a fool/tool for the left.

LOL.  Giuliani's political beliefs and positions are incredibly well-documented.  He wasn't MAYOR of Shit Creek, Iowa.  He was MAYOR of NEW YORK FUCKIN' CITY, a huge metropolis with an ethnically diverse population.  I saw how he dealt with problems there and it gives me a good idea of how he'd deal with problems as president.

You mean fear-monger and say dumb things? lol
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on September 30, 2007, 02:20:43 AM
The guy was an authoritarian psycho with absolutely no sense of tact in regard to dealing with minorities and the underprivileged.

Sort of like George W. Bush, but mean instead of stupid.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Mandark on September 30, 2007, 02:21:33 AM
GWB's campaign was a pretty decent blueprint for his future policies.  A national education program that tied funding to standardized testing (even using the phrase "no child left behind"), a less internationalist foreign policy centered on the use of military force, a Medicare prescription drug benefit, a cut in the income tax, a repeal of the estate tax, and a Social Security plan featuring partial diversion into individual accounts.



MAF: *lame joke about nobody wanting to join the cabinet*

I'm so lazy tonight.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 30, 2007, 03:26:25 AM
For all their marriage problems, to their credit, the Clintons have stuck with it.

The only reason they're still "together" is because of Hillary's presidential aspirations. Divorcing Bill would have ended her career most likely.

They're a partnership a few steps from becoming a corporation
Not true. Carl Bernstein's (guy who took down nixon) book has A LOT of negative info and stories about hillary in his bio on her. But one thing that was clear was that they are honestly in love to this day despite Bill's cheating ways.

Though my favorite story from it was when she found out about Monica from bill she chuck a lamp at his head.  :lol

Sorry, I don't believe that for a second.

And wtf @ FoC. Ron Paul is insane
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on September 30, 2007, 03:27:34 AM
You don't believe in evolution either.  Some people just can't be helped when it comes to the facts. *shrug*
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 30, 2007, 03:35:06 AM
You don't believe in evolution either.  Some people just can't be helped when it comes to the facts. *shrug*

There's no way for anyone on the outside to truly know all the facts with respect to their relationship, or any relationship for that matter. When I look at Hillary's history I see a woman who was calculating, precise, and brilliant when need be. I firmly believe her decision to stay married to someone as sleazy as Bill was strictly political.

It's all guesswork but I've been known to guess on the right side of logic before
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on September 30, 2007, 03:45:31 AM
You don't believe in evolution either.  Some people just can't be helped when it comes to the facts. *shrug*

There's no way for anyone on the outside to truly know all the facts with respect to their relationship, or any relationship for that matter. When I look at Hillary's history I see a woman who was calculating, precise, and brilliant when need be. I firmly believe her decision to stay married to someone as sleazy as Bill was strictly political.

It's all guesswork but I've been known to guess on the right side of logic before

Plz tell me all these calculating moves by Hillary in regards to her marriage.  Otherwise I'm just going to think you're pulling this "logic" out of your ass based on Republican spin.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 30, 2007, 03:58:32 AM
You don't believe in evolution either.  Some people just can't be helped when it comes to the facts. *shrug*

There's no way for anyone on the outside to truly know all the facts with respect to their relationship, or any relationship for that matter. When I look at Hillary's history I see a woman who was calculating, precise, and brilliant when need be. I firmly believe her decision to stay married to someone as sleazy as Bill was strictly political.

It's all guesswork but I've been known to guess on the right side of logic before

Plz tell me all these calculating moves by Hillary in regards to her marriage.  Otherwise I'm just going to think you're pulling this "logic" out of your ass based on Republican spin.

In regards to her marriage? Look at her political career. She's been planning this for what, 30 years? Before she entered college she had detailed aspirations to be a senator and president. Bill was able to get her further into the door. Divorcing him would have thrown away all her hard earned work. In order to inherit Bill's political machine among other things, she stayed married; why would such a strong willed, independent woman's woman like Hillary stand by and let her husband embarrass her over and over again? Aren't there reports that she knew about many of Bill's former ladies and helped cover it up? It hurt her, but she let it slide because she knew Bill was her ticket to her political aspirations.

I'm not saying she doesn't "love" Bill but I get the feeling that they're more of a partnership than a couple.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on September 30, 2007, 04:46:50 AM
Uhhh...that sounds like a lot of unsourced bullshit to me.  Where is the "new" Phoenix Dark who backs up his inane theories with facts?  It's just as likely that she forgave Bill Clinton his indiscretions because she loves him, instead of this ridiculously insane idea that she's been master planning her presidency for 30 years and hitched her wagons to a poor boy from Arkansas instead of, y'know, dating and marrying someone from a blueblood family with political aspirations and deep pockets.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: brawndolicious on September 30, 2007, 05:31:04 AM
a girl in high school thought it'd be cool to be president and he's basing it off of that?
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on September 30, 2007, 05:54:57 AM
I just find it funny that PD honestly seems to think Hillary Clinton has had some master plan for the last thirty or forty years to take over America, and that part of that plan was dating some schmuck from Arkansas in college. :lol
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Fresh Prince on September 30, 2007, 08:44:22 AM
(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/04/14/us/14wellesley.large1.jpg)
I wasn't always a bitch PD!
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 30, 2007, 08:58:14 AM
Hillary while in college talked about how she wanted to either be a Senator or a Supreme Court Justice. That is where PD got it from I believe.

She also worked at the Republican National Convention and worked for a Republican congressman when she was getting her degree.

Oh and

Sort of like George W. Bush, but mean instead of stupid.
That describes Rudy in a nut shell and is also why I "fear" Rudy more than Bush.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on September 30, 2007, 09:03:46 AM
I think it's a big stretch to go from "she wanted to be a senator" to "she hitched her wagon to Bill Clinton's star so she could accomplish her goals."  It's pretty obvious Clinton has been cheating on Hillary since long before he became governor, back when he was just an attorney.  She could have divorced him back then, no fuss, no muss.  She stuck with him, and all reports from friends and acquaintances of the Clintons lead me to believe that they care a lot about each other, despite his chronic infidelity.

And yeah, Rudy scares me.  Of all the candidates in the running, I think he and Thompson would be the worst...Romney and McCain are the best on the Republican side.  Clinton and Edwards are the best on the Democrat side.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Fresh Prince on September 30, 2007, 09:13:25 AM
Rudy = slimeball, Bill = lovable philanderer
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 30, 2007, 11:25:44 AM
It's awesome to see that FoC didn't get any smarter in my month and a half or so vacation.  :lol
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 30, 2007, 11:40:46 AM
At least he has gotten over the idea that Ron Paul will win the nomination.  :lol
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 30, 2007, 12:14:55 PM
But remember, he's a Democrat with black friends.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 30, 2007, 12:18:05 PM
Believe what you will about Hillary. As for me I'll continue to tote the warning horn :violin

WHY do so many people like Ron Paul? I understand he's one of the few true conservatives in the race, but based on his crazy ideas how is that a good thing. I remember him answering questions from young voters on CNN. The question was along the lines "as president how would you help make college more accessible to those who can't afford it." His answer? Well that's not the federal government's problem, in fact the education board should be dissolved.

Technically he may be right but if you want to be president...yeah
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 30, 2007, 12:21:53 PM
Believe what you will about Hillary. As for me I'll continue to tote the warning horn :violin

WHY do so many people like Ron Paul? I understand he's one of the few true conservatives in the race, but based on his crazy ideas how is that a good thing. I remember him answering questions from young voters on CNN. The question was along the lines "as president how would you help make college more accessible to those who can't afford it." His answer? Well that's not the federal government's problem, in fact the education board should be dissolved.

Technically he may be right but if you want to be president...yeah
All his fans care about is Iraq. The mere results of him closing down virtually every government agency and how that will ensure absolute chaos is not important. Cause IRAQ!
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 30, 2007, 12:24:49 PM
I wonder what would happen if he was elected. Would he get his way, or would the CIA save us  :shh
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 30, 2007, 12:28:36 PM
First mutiny in US history perhaps! There is no way the congress, judicial branch, CIA, etc would ever go along with his batshit insane ideas. He'd have no control over any element of government.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: ToxicAdam on September 30, 2007, 04:19:59 PM


LOL.  Giuliani's political beliefs and positions are incredibly well-documented.  He wasn't MAYOR of Shit Creek, Iowa.  He was MAYOR of NEW YORK FUCKIN' CITY, a huge metropolis with an ethnically diverse population.  I saw how he dealt with problems there and it gives me a good idea of how he'd deal with problems as president.

Quick, show me a large city in America that isn't "ethnically diverse". How exactly did you "see" what Guliani did in New York? Did you live there during his administration?

No matter what the size of a city, no mayor job is similar to the same roles/duties of a President. Period. The only equivalence would be the magnitiude of public scrutiny.



Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Mandark on September 30, 2007, 04:43:31 PM
So, you were ready to vote for Giuliani or Bloomberg on the basis that you had no idea what they'd do as president?
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on September 30, 2007, 06:27:46 PM
Quick, show me a large city in America that isn't "ethnically diverse". How exactly did you "see" what Guliani did in New York? Did you live there during his administration?

No matter what the size of a city, no mayor job is similar to the same roles/duties of a President. Period. The only equivalence would be the magnitiude of public scrutiny.

I actually traveled there four years in a row when he was mayor, so yes, I did "see" what Giuliani did in New York.  And I find it laughable that you're saying mayor of NYC is comparable to mayor of any other large city in America.  There really is no point of comparison...I am assuming you've been to New York, haven't you?
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 30, 2007, 08:50:01 PM
Mayor of NYC is more comparable to a governership than a normal mayor.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Fresh Prince on September 30, 2007, 08:53:04 PM
I wonder what would happen if he was elected. Would he get his way, or would the CIA save us  :shh
All you have to do is look at how the survivalists live. Homeschooling (hur hur), subsistence living, use of money as savings rather than spending etc.

Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 30, 2007, 08:53:28 PM
New York is fuck huge. If California is big enough to be its own country, I think New York is almost big enough to be its own state.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 30, 2007, 08:54:06 PM
New York is fuck huge. If California is big enough to be its own country, I think New York is almost big enough to be its own state.
Exactly. I think it's safe to say we can judge how he'll be as president based on how he was as Mayor.

In a nutshell, batshit insane.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 30, 2007, 09:20:09 PM
I wonder what would happen if he was elected. Would he get his way, or would the CIA save us  :shh
All you have to do is look at how the survivalists live. Homeschooling (hur hur), subsistence living, use of money as savings rather than spending etc.



what is the point of saving money for the end of civilization when currency will have no value

better to turn that money into ammo and cans of baked beans
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 30, 2007, 09:21:15 PM
You'll need ammo to open those cans of baked beans
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 30, 2007, 09:22:39 PM
lol wrong thread
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Fresh Prince on September 30, 2007, 09:27:38 PM
Yeah, what I meant to say is that they live off their savings rather than spend it frivolously.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: brawndolicious on September 30, 2007, 10:26:22 PM
New York is fuck huge. If California is big enough to be its own country, I think New York is almost big enough to be its own state.
yeah but look at our governor...

until I see Arnold taking the oath of office, I'm just going to judge Giuliani on what he's said after he started his campaign.  doesn't matter though, I'm either voting for a bitch or half-muslim anyways.

edit: whoa, 7,000 posts.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 30, 2007, 10:27:00 PM
Yeah, what I meant to say is that they live off their savings rather than spend it frivolously.

So basically they're the anti-MAF?
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 30, 2007, 10:49:12 PM
On the bright side Rudy will end crime if he becomes president.

...

 :-\
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 30, 2007, 11:12:28 PM
I don't understand why American politics is the way it is. Why only two parties?? Whoever wins most of the votes gets to call the shots NO MATTER WHAT and the opposing party has no say in ANYTHING. That's RIDICULOUS. RI DICK YOU LUSS.

AMERICA LOL
Separate branches with separate elections gives America the choice to have two parties have control and fight amongst each other.

That's why opposition controlled Congress does wonders. Bill Clinton did most of his best work when Newt Gingrich was in control of congress.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Mandark on September 30, 2007, 11:14:03 PM
That's why opposition controlled Congress does wonders. Bill Clinton did most of his best work when Newt Gingrich was in control of congress.

It's sure working wonders right now!
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 30, 2007, 11:16:12 PM
That's why opposition controlled Congress does wonders. Bill Clinton did most of his best work when Newt Gingrich was in control of congress.

It's sure working wonders right now!
It works well when you have a President who realizes he has to make deals (like Clinton did, the balancing of the budget being outcome of this) with Congress to get things done. Which Bush refuses to do. He just vetoes anything he doesn't like and doesn't go down to congress to make deals.

Lyndon Johnson was AMAZING at going down to congress and trying to work out stuff.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 30, 2007, 11:20:56 PM
That's why opposition controlled Congress does wonders. Bill Clinton did most of his best work when Newt Gingrich was in control of congress.

It's sure working wonders right now!
It works well when you have a President who realizes he has to make deals (like Clinton did, the balancing of the budget being outcome of this) with Congress to get things done. Which Bush refuses to do. He just vetoes anything he doesn't like and doesn't go down to congress to make deals.

Lyndon Johnson was AMAZING at going down to congress and trying to work out stuff.

LBJ  :heartbeat

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Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 30, 2007, 11:32:05 PM
Take high school history fucker. Not knowing who Lyndon Johnson is and being an American citizen? For fucks sake. HE WAS PRESIDENT.

He had far more of a impact on American politics than JFK did. Though people like to credit all the good stuff LBJ did to Kennedy.  :lol  :-\

Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Mandark on September 30, 2007, 11:36:18 PM
You're bringing up LBJ in the context of praising opposition control of Congress?

Really?
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 30, 2007, 11:36:52 PM
You're bringing up LBJ in the context of praising opposition control of Congress?

Really?
I was praising how LBJ handled congress as opposed to Bush.

Bush ignores congress, LBJ went down there and grabbed his enemies in the senate and held them up against a wall and cursed them out.  :lol
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: brawndolicious on September 30, 2007, 11:37:23 PM
ruzbeh's from the netherlands.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 30, 2007, 11:37:54 PM
ruzbeh's from the netherlands.
Then why would he question us knowing who our own presidents are...? 
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on September 30, 2007, 11:39:14 PM
But in all honesty, if you ask most high school kids today who Lyndon B. Johnson was, how many do you think would be able to give you the right answer?  Most of them don't even know what century the Civil War was fought in.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 30, 2007, 11:40:25 PM
Take high school history fucker. Not knowing who Lyndon Johnson is and being an American citizen? For fucks sake. HE WAS PRESIDENT.

He had far more of a impact on American politics than JFK did. Though people like to credit all the good stuff LBJ did to Kennedy.  :lol  :-\



You know how I feel about LBJ. So much to love, but alas how can he be forgiven for the Tonkin shit. But on the homefront, here you had a southern democrat who was able to get many in his party to support the civil rights bill. He knew how to get what he wanted in Congress, in part because of his experience as a democrat whip.

Teddy is my favorite president, but LBJ is so bittersweet for me.  :'(
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on September 30, 2007, 11:40:46 PM
But in all honesty, if you ask most high school kids today who Lyndon B. Johnson was, how many do you think would be able to give you the right answer?  Most of them don't even know what century the Civil War was fought in.
That doesn't make it right. It shouldn't be too much to ask for someone to know who our last 7 president's are.

Also Teddy was great. He was more enviromentally obsessed than Al Gore. And him running as a third party candidate after growing to hate the Republicans which led to Woodrow Wilson (a fav of mine) being elected was AWESOME.

BULL MOOSE PARTY!
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 30, 2007, 11:51:49 PM
Teddy was larger than life. That's such a cliche today, but there are few Americans who truly deserve that title. In some ways he was like a modern George Washington: a brave, fearless military hero who ascended to the presidency but never lost his sense of the people. He was hard on big business but still recognized its importance to the economy. He wasn't afraid to champion environmentalism. He invited Booker T. Washington , the black leader* of his time, to dinner at the Whitehouse. And then there are the crazier stories that have nothing to do with politics, like his Bigfoot experience.







*Du Bois definitely had the intellectual edge on every subject, but Washington was seen as the "leader" of the black community by most. As a huge critic of Washington myself I'm always hesitant to call him a leader, but it's more of an issue of history than my personal feelings 
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Mandark on September 30, 2007, 11:56:07 PM
Shut up.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 30, 2007, 11:59:43 PM
Shut up.

You don't like Teddy, or is it you don't like me - even when I'm having a nice conversation?  :'(

Cheebs who's your favorite president?
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on October 01, 2007, 12:02:40 AM
Cheebs = Phoenix Dark.  He's talking to himself.  :lol
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on October 01, 2007, 12:03:48 AM
My favorites are the two Roosevelts. A top 5 would be:

I won't include Washington or Lincoln, waaay too easy and cliche.
1. Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. Theodore Roosevelt
3. Woodrow Wilson
4. Thomas Jefferson
5. Harry Truman

LBJ is close but Vietnam...eeeegh.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on October 01, 2007, 12:05:44 AM
Best presidents:

1. Warren G. Harding (he inspired the greatest hip-hop superstar of our times).
2. Ulysses S. Grant (he inspired the greatest James Joyce novel of our times).
3. Bob Saget (not a real president, but he should be).
4. Benjamin Franklin (ditto).
5. Herbert Hoover (he invented the vacuum cleaner).
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on October 01, 2007, 12:06:21 AM
Honestly, I don't think Franklin would have made a good president. He seemed WAAAY to cocky to handle that much power.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on October 01, 2007, 12:09:16 AM
At least you agree with me on Bob Saget.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on October 01, 2007, 12:10:38 AM
Honestly, I don't think Franklin would have made a good president. He seemed WAAAY to cocky to handle that much power.

Don't forget about the baby skulls under his house  :shh

I'll have to make a top 5 later. Teddy and Truman are my top two though

And Ichi I love how your list features three of the worse US presidents; I bet no one else noticed this but me. Do I get a cookie  :heartbeat :cookie
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on October 01, 2007, 12:12:09 AM
I noticed it, it just wasn't worth commenting on lolol.

Also cause I am fucking bored here is how I'd rank the last 10. Yes I PUT NIXON AHEAD OF REAGAN. I kind of liked Nixon for some god awful reason.  :-[ And yes Gerald Ford is in my top 5 loooool

1. Lyndon B. Johnson
2. Dwight Eisenhower
3. Bill Clinton
4. John F. Kennedy
5. Gerald Ford
6. George H.W. Bush
7. Jimmy Carter
8. Richard Nixon
9. Ronald Reagan
10. George W. Bush
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Mandark on October 01, 2007, 12:13:09 AM
Quote from: Theodore Roosevelt
I had a headache and Conie and Ellie made a tremendous noise playing at my expense and rather laughed when I remonstrated.

But what do you expect?  He was homeschooled.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on October 01, 2007, 12:14:49 AM
I noticed it, it just wasn't worth commenting on lolol.

Also cause I am fucking bored here is how I'd rank the last 10. Yes I PUT NIXON AHEAD OF REAGAN. I kind of liked Nixon for some god awful reason.  :-[ And yes Gerald Ford is in my top 5 loooool

1. Lyndon B. Johnson
2. Dwight Eisenhower
3. Bill Clinton
4. John F. Kennedy
5. Gerald Ford
6. George H.W. Bush
7. Jimmy Carter
8. Richard Nixon
9. Ronald Reagan
10. George W. Bush


How could you possibly justify putting Nixon, CARTER, HW, and Ford ahead of Reagan?  :lol
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on October 01, 2007, 12:16:10 AM
My justification is it's all subjective.

I LOOOOOOOVE Ford, I have no clue why. I just do. Nixon is such a interesting figure, I adore him. I have always respected HW, I really think he is a smart cookie while I found Reagan kinda dim. As for Carter? Carter is totally the Mr. Rogers of President's how can't I love him?
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on October 01, 2007, 12:18:13 AM
Nixon was a badass.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on October 01, 2007, 12:26:14 AM
And Ichi I love how your list features three of the worse US presidents; I bet no one else noticed this but me. Do I get a cookie  :heartbeat :cookie

I was hoping someone would notice. :lol

Cookie for you!  :cookiem
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: brawndolicious on October 01, 2007, 12:33:19 AM
who the fuck compares TR to the guy who only became president because he wore his french-indian war uniform (which during the two battles he led, he lost one and the other he won was against a diplomatic party) to congress every day when the constitution was being written and who couldn't make his mind up about whether slaves should really be free but that hey, I should switch them between houses in different states so that they don't become free after 6 months?

the guy was an idiot, but I guess he looked good as a figurehead so the senators and representatives elected him.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 01, 2007, 01:39:56 AM
Best president was Washington.

(http://holydays.tripod.com/wash.jpg)

  :bow :bow :bow :bow

Our founding fathers were so smart.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on October 01, 2007, 01:44:02 AM
Smart indeed. I think if our founding fathers were alive today, they'd at least know better than to hotlink from a Tripod site.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on October 01, 2007, 02:02:02 AM
who the fuck compares TR to the guy who only became president because he wore his french-indian war uniform (which during the two battles he led, he lost one and the other he won was against a diplomatic party) to congress every day when the constitution was being written and who couldn't make his mind up about whether slaves should really be free but that hey, I should switch them between houses in different states so that they don't become free after 6 months?

the guy was an idiot, but I guess he looked good as a figurehead so the senators and representatives elected him.

Washington's military record speaks for itself lol. I'm more fascinated with some of the more iconic sieges he led, not to mention coming out of battle with musket shots through his clothes but no injuries. The man was bad ass. Washing-ton
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: brawndolicious on October 01, 2007, 02:18:57 AM
no, he was a fucking idiot.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Fresh Prince on October 01, 2007, 04:50:31 AM
So basically they're the anti-MAF?
Alcohol is never frivolous.

Thomas Jefferson was a total hypocrite. I remember seeing a documentary about the black Jefferson descendants and the white Jefferson descendents met or some such. Fun times.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: brawndolicious on October 01, 2007, 04:54:36 AM
Alcohol is never frivolous.
Thomas Jefferson was a total hypocrite. I remember seeing a documentary about the black Jefferson descendants and the white Jefferson descendents met or some such. Fun times.
what happened?
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Fresh Prince on October 01, 2007, 05:00:06 AM
Country club debacle.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_26_95/ai_54851954
I'm not sure if they televised this part though or something else between the black-white descendents (who were from Hemming but went into the white community) or the black-black descendents (who remained in the black community).
A link to the documentary: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/jefferson/view/
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: FatalT on October 01, 2007, 05:10:13 AM
So who are we voting for?
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: brawndolicious on October 01, 2007, 05:38:49 AM
how does that make thomas jefferson a hypocrite?  that he didn't admit he took on a black mistress when in office?  he probably would have been killed.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Fresh Prince on October 01, 2007, 06:19:44 AM
Look at wiki or some other source. In general he advocated that slavery was immoral and that all men were born equal but he owned slaves. Personally from what I remember he didn't release Heming from slavery after his death (though I think his children may have been).
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on October 01, 2007, 08:08:38 AM
Best president was Washington.

(http://holydays.tripod.com/wash.jpg)

  :bow :bow :bow :bow

Our founding fathers were so smart.
Who is your favorite that isnt Washington or Lincoln.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Human Snorenado on October 01, 2007, 10:18:42 AM
Oh awesome, the Teenage distinguished mentally-challenged fellow Brigade shat up the thread.  Way to go, boys.

HEY GUYZ WHOZ YER FAVE PRES I LIKE FORD LOL
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on October 01, 2007, 10:20:33 AM
Oh awesome, the Teenage distinguished mentally-challenged fellow Brigade shat up the thread.  Way to go, boys.

HEY GUYZ WHOZ YER FAVE PRES I LIKE FORD LOL
Ford was in my top 5 president list? I didn't know that.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on October 01, 2007, 10:24:01 AM
Oh awesome, the Teenage distinguished mentally-challenged fellow Brigade shat up the thread.  Way to go, boys.

HEY GUYZ WHOZ YER FAVE PRES I LIKE FORD LOL

The distinguished mentally-challenged fellow Squad STARTED this thread, whatchoo talkin' 'bout? ???
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on October 01, 2007, 10:26:58 AM
Don't go calling me distinguished mentally-challenged on politics when you have FoC in this thread. LOLOLOLOL Ron Paul.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Himu on October 01, 2007, 10:29:09 AM
I refuse to vote for Hilary.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Ichirou on October 01, 2007, 10:32:05 AM
Don't go calling me distinguished mentally-challenged on politics when you have FoC in this thread. LOLOLOLOL Ron Paul.

There are varying degrees of mental distinguished mentally-challenged.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 01, 2007, 10:57:45 AM
How could someone be against alcohol?
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 01, 2007, 10:58:45 AM
Yeah, what I meant to say is that they live off their savings rather than spend it frivolously.

So basically they're the anti-MAF?

I could die any day! Savings wont save me!
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 01, 2007, 11:14:38 AM
You guys are funny. Hillary is such a bad candidate. The only person worse would be Rudy.

Our only hope is someone who actually cares about freedom.

(http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper657/stills/l3q5j70n.jpg)
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 01, 2007, 11:16:05 AM
If that man really cared about freedom he'd have an American Flag tie on
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 01, 2007, 11:16:32 AM
If that man really cared about freedom he'd have an American Flag tie on
:'(

Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 01, 2007, 11:17:11 AM
At least his wife doesn't call him to remind america who was the mayor of a city during 9/11  :maf
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 01, 2007, 11:25:42 AM
Does he even have a wife? I bet he's bad with 'the chicks'
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on October 01, 2007, 01:21:29 PM
Ron Paul would destroy this country. You can't fucking dismantle the public education system and other batshit insane ideas he has. The country would fall apart.

Is he right on Iraq? Yes. But who the fuck cares about Iraq when he'd tear apart this country?
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Human Snorenado on October 01, 2007, 01:23:02 PM
Ron Paul would destroy this country. You can't fucking dismantle the public education system and other batshit insane ideas he has. The country would fall apart.

Is he right on Iraq? Yes. But who the fuck cares about Iraq when he'd tear apart this country?

FoC, of course.  The "democrat with black friends".
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Phoenix Dark on October 01, 2007, 01:35:09 PM
Quote
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday that the front-runner for his party's nomination, Hillary Clinton, does not offer the break from politics as usual that voters need.

Both Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-New York, and her husband, former President Clinton, have criticized Obama for his lack of political experience. (Related: Bill Clinton hits Obama on experience)

Obama said he understands their argument.

"They want to make the argument that Senator Clinton is just an extension of the Bill Clinton presidency," Obama said in an interview with The Associated Press. "They've been the dominant political family in the Democratic Party for the last 20 years now. So it's not surprising that they want to focus on their longevity.

But, Obama said: "My belief is that the American people are looking for a fundamental break from the way we've been doing business."

Obama said his opposition to the Iraq war before combat began shows his experience. Clinton voted to authorize military action in Iraq.

"On the single most important foreign policy issue of our time, I got it right," Obama said.

This week marks the fifth anniversary of a speech Obama gave in 2002 opposing the Iraq war, and he'll spend the week revisiting that address and discussing the foreign policy challenges he says it has created.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

Typical CNN hyperbole. I saw a link saying "Obama blasts the Clintons!" and I'm like awesome, about time. But then I read the article lol.

Obama needs to start slamming her on Iraq. He was right about Iraq in the beginning and should focus on that more. Hillary made the easy, politically expedient vote on the war. Her entire "knowing what I know now..." excuse is invalid, as Kucinich and others have pointed out; there was more than enough evidence out suggesting Iraq had no WMD, no ties to 911, and no ties to terrorism before the war began. Of course the media would have us believe these revelations came out a year or so later, to cover their own asses - they didn't do their jobs when it was most important.

Obama is a great writer and is surrounded by great writers, yet he can't come up with some line or point to really address Clinton.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: brawndolicious on October 01, 2007, 01:42:49 PM
Look at wiki or some other source. In general he advocated that slavery was immoral and that all men were born equal but he owned slaves. Personally from what I remember he didn't release Heming from slavery after his death (though I think his children may have been).
yeah I'd imagine a lot of people said they hated slavery to seem open-minded.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 01, 2007, 02:56:14 PM
Ron Paul would destroy this country. You can't fucking dismantle the public education system and other batshit insane ideas he has. The country would fall apart.

Is he right on Iraq? Yes. But who the fuck cares about Iraq when he'd tear apart this country?

Dude, all he is saying is that the Federal government should be smaller. The FEDERAL government. Plus, even if he was elected he would not be able to abolish very many government agencies. I don't think he should. He should just make them smaller and more efficient.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on October 01, 2007, 02:57:08 PM
He doesn't want to make them smaller he wants to get rid of them
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 01, 2007, 02:57:36 PM
He doesn't want to make them smaller he wants to get rid of them

It wouldnt happen.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Gay Boy on October 01, 2007, 02:58:16 PM
Know what else won't happen? Ron Paul getting even 5% in a single primary state.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Fresh Prince on October 01, 2007, 08:45:19 PM
yeah I'd imagine a lot of people said they hated slavery to seem open-minded.
It wasn't neccessarily that, there was some conviction to what he said but I think politics or economics won out in the end.

Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 01, 2007, 09:01:55 PM
There wouldn't have been a union without compromise.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: brawndolicious on October 01, 2007, 09:14:23 PM
It wasn't neccessarily that, there was some conviction to what he said but I think politics or economics won out in the end.
yeah I agree.
There wouldn't have been a union without compromise.
what?
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Fresh Prince on October 01, 2007, 09:30:30 PM
There wouldn't have been a union without compromise.
Yes but that doesn't explain why he had slaves purely as assets.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: brawndolicious on October 01, 2007, 09:38:29 PM
oh, that union.  yeah but slaves are fucked up.
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: Human Snorenado on October 01, 2007, 11:32:45 PM
oh, that union.  yeah but slaves are fucked up.

Only if you're the slave!
Title: Re: Election 2008 update (politics lololol)
Post by: brawndolicious on October 02, 2007, 12:00:30 AM
Only if you're the slave!
it was like 50/50 in the south.  and besides, this is just argueing over the personal beliefs of the old dead mistress-fuckers.