David created one four years ago, figured we should have another one.
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/politics-world-events/387287-election-poll-whos-your-daddy-open-9-24-closes-10-1-a.html
Who are you planning on voting for this year?
Bandoman
10-01-08, 03:22 PM
Obama.
Venusian
10-01-08, 03:24 PM
I voted don't know but it looks like it will be no one
mbs
10-01-08, 03:30 PM
I'm voting for Obama.
I don't like either candidate, but I wonder about McCain's judgment given who he selected as a running mate. I considered not voting (since I really like neither), but the Palin choice tipped the scales.
Groucho
10-01-08, 03:43 PM
Looks like last year's poll reflected the actual results. Amazing!
kvrdave
10-01-08, 03:55 PM
3rd party
Mordred
10-01-08, 03:56 PM
I miss sfsdfd :(
kvrdave
10-01-08, 04:02 PM
I'm voting for Obama.
I don't like either candidate, but I wonder about McCain's judgment given who he selected as a running mate. I considered not voting (since I really like neither), but the Palin choice tipped the scales.
Certainly everyone is entitled to an opinion, but this just sounds too unbelievable to be true. I can't imagine anyone was actually considering voting for McCain until he picked Palin. I can't imagine anyone could look at his entire political career, but reduce his overall judgment to a VP pick. That just sounds like stuff people say to try to influence others, but not something someone could reasonably hold as legitimate reasoning.
Groucho
10-01-08, 04:07 PM
Wow, even kvrdave says something intelligent from time to time. Who knew?
wendersfan
10-01-08, 04:15 PM
Certainly everyone is entitled to an opinion, but this just sounds too unbelievable to be true. I can't imagine anyone was actually considering voting for McCain until he picked Palin. I can't imagine anyone could look at his entire political career, but reduce his overall judgment to a VP pick. That just sounds like stuff people say to try to influence others, but not something someone could reasonably hold as legitimate reasoning.I might have voted for McCain if he had picked someone like Christine Todd Whitman, a Republican former governor who actually has brain and reads newspapers and magazines.
bunkaroo
10-01-08, 04:21 PM
3rd party
Go ahead - throw your vote away!
grundle
10-01-08, 04:22 PM
I'm writing in Ron Paul.
mbs
10-01-08, 04:22 PM
I can't imagine anyone was actually considering voting for McCain until he picked Palin. I can't imagine anyone could look at his entire political career, but reduce his overall judgment to a VP pick. That just sounds like stuff people say to try to influence others, but not something someone could reasonably hold as legitimate reasoning.
Well, as I said, I honestly don't like either candidate.
I don't see why the Palin nomination tipping the scale is so far out there. She was picked solely to pander to the voters. He could have made plenty of more reasonable choices, but instead went with the "flashy" pick. Meanwhile, while Biden is no great catch, he does add something that Obama is missing: foreign policy experience. If Obama simply wanted flash from his VP, he would have picked Hillary.
It's not like I suddenly like Obama, either. I don't support most of his agenda. But after McCain chose Palin (and we see what she is made of), I'm voting for what I consider the lesser of two evils.
Sorry, but picking a VP amounts to showing a candidate's judgement. And McCain's judgement on the matter was piss-poor (to put it mildly).
kvrdave
10-01-08, 04:23 PM
I might have voted for McCain if he had picked someone like Christine Todd Whitman, a Republican former governor who actually has brain and reads newspapers and magazines.
Hypotheticals aside, I simply cannot believe that anyone willing to vote for a presidential candidate is swayed away because of who they pick for VP. If there was anything (politically) persuasive as to the validity of that, I do not think Cheney would have been the VP pick the second time around. I do not think Quayle would have been the pick of Bush Sr. And I do not believe that in the voting booth, the VP pick would have changed your mind for president.
wendersfan
10-01-08, 04:27 PM
The choice of running mate is the only "presidential" decision a candidate makes prior to the election. I personally consider it to be of great importance. You can choose not to believe me, of course.
kvrdave
10-01-08, 04:28 PM
Well, as I said, I honestly don't like either candidate.
I don't see why the Palin nomination tipping the scale is so far out there. She was picked solely to pander to the voters. He could have made plenty of more reasonable choices, but instead went with the "flashy" pick. Meanwhile, while Biden is no great catch, he does add something that Obama is missing: foreign policy experience. If Obama simply wanted flash from his VP, he would have picked Hillary.
It's not like I suddenly like Obama, either. I don't support most of his agenda. But after McCain chose Palin (and we see what she is made of), I'm voting for what I consider the lesser of two evils.
Sorry, but picking a VP amounts to showing a candidate's judgement. And McCain's judgement on the matter was piss-poor (to put it mildly).
Al Gore probably had more say as president than anyone else that I can remember. And when it came down to it, he had none. The Biden pick (just as the Palin pick) is about appearances only and will will contribute nothing but what he is told to do and say if Obama is the president. If we were picking co-presidents in a system with a history of co-presidents, I would agree. If I could point to any VP that put forth policy, I would agree. Obama's wife will have more power than Biden will, just as McCain's wife would have more power than Palin.
Red Dog
10-01-08, 04:28 PM
I'm writing in Ron Paul.
You're not voting for who he endorsed? ;)
No one for me.
kvrdave
10-01-08, 04:29 PM
The choice of running mate is the only "presidential" decision a candidate makes prior to the election. I personally consider it to be of great importance. You can choose not to believe me, of course.
I can believe you believe that. i just can't believe how wrong your belief is. :)
mbs
10-01-08, 04:32 PM
Al Gore probably had more say as president than anyone else that I can remember.
You are missing my point, I think. I don't care how much power they have. Nor do I really believe that McCain is going to drop dead during the next 4 or 8 years. But picking a VP (the act itself) is an important political/campaign decision. And if McCain really believes that Palin is the best choice, well, that is a big negative for me.
I'm not suggesting that no one should vote for McCain because of Palin, but both candidates were equally distasteful to me before Palin and now McCain is just ever-so-slightly more distasteful.
X
10-01-08, 04:32 PM
The choice of running mate is the only "presidential" decision a candidate makes prior to the election. I personally consider it to be of great importance. You can choose not to believe me, of course.I'd rather have the first person I ran into when I went outside my house than Joe Biden for VP. I consider him a major danger to this country if he were to become president. But that's certainly not going to be the definitive factor in my voting decision when he's just VP.
wendersfan
10-01-08, 04:33 PM
I can believe you believe that. i just can't believe how wrong your belief is. :):lol:
Fair enough.
dork
10-01-08, 04:33 PM
I might have voted for McCain if he had picked someone like Christine Todd Whitman, a Republican former governor who actually has brain and reads newspapers and magazines.
This is the first time I've ever seen anyone assert that Christine Whitman has a brain.
mbs
10-01-08, 04:33 PM
The choice of running mate is the only "presidential" decision a candidate makes prior to the election. I personally consider it to be of great importance. You can choose not to believe me, of course.
:up:
This is also my point, but much better stated than my arguments.
kvrdave
10-01-08, 04:38 PM
You are missing my point, I think. I don't care how much power they have. Nor do I really believe that McCain is going to drop dead during the next 4 or 8 years. But picking a VP (the act itself) is an important political/campaign decision. And if McCain really believes that Palin is the best choice, well, that is a big negative for me.
I'm not suggesting that no one should vote for McCain because of Palin, but both candidates were equally distasteful to me before Palin and now McCain is just ever-so-slightly more distasteful.
I understand what you are saying. If McCain had a relatively short political career, I can see where I would question his judgment based on a VP pick (maybe), but I can't see that one decision swaying me against all he other judgments as a politicians in its entirety. And I'm not trying to convince anyone to vote for McCain. I'm certainly not going to. I just can't imagine weighing this decision so heavily when he has a lifetime of decisions that seem to be far more important in deciding if he is worthy of a vote. :shrug:
cungar
10-01-08, 04:40 PM
This is really funny stuff. The Faux News shill says it's split but a little toward Obama. Only 1 person raises their hand for McCain and his wife drags it down. EVERYONE else raises their hand for Obama.
I understand what you are saying. If McCain had a relatively short political career, I can see where I would question his judgment based on a VP pick (maybe), but I can't see that one decision swaying me against all he other judgments as a politicians in its entirety. And I'm not trying to convince anyone to vote for McCain. I'm certainly not going to. I just can't imagine weighing this decision so heavily when he has a lifetime of decisions that seem to be far more important in deciding if he is worthy of a vote. :shrug:The thing about McCain's not-so-short career is that it's a mass of contradictions. I'm not singling him out with that, mind you, but he's really been all over the map on some things. Because of that it's hard to make a concrete decision based on his Senate record.
kvrdave
10-01-08, 04:57 PM
The thing about McCain's not-so-short career is that it's a mass of contradictions. I'm not singling him out with that, mind you, but he's really been all over the map on some things. Because of that it's hard to make a concrete decision based on his Senate record.
Agreed. And that is a great reason to not vote for him. I just can't imagine that in the face of that, you might waffle until the Palin pick.
wendersfan
10-01-08, 04:58 PM
Agreed. And that is a great reason to not vote for him. I just can't imagine that in the face of that, you might waffle until the Palin pick.Dave, I'm having a lot of problems with this election. The idea that I won't/can't vote for anyone is very distressing. :(
Red Dog
10-01-08, 05:00 PM
I kind of agree with kvrdave, but I must admit, if there was an iota of a chance of me voting Obama, that would have been extinguished with his selection of Joe Biden, who has the wrong view on just about everything important to me.
Red Dog
10-01-08, 05:01 PM
The idea that I won't/can't vote for anyone is very distressing. :(
You'll get over that.
kvrdave
10-01-08, 05:03 PM
Dave, I'm having a lot of problems with this election. The idea that I won't/can't vote for anyone is very distressing. :(
:lol: you get use to it.
Groucho
10-01-08, 05:04 PM
I might have voted for McCain if he had picked someone like Christine Todd Whitman, a Republican former governor who actually has brain and reads newspapers and magazines.I would hate to see what would happen if she met Obama. She might try to frisk him.
kvrdave
10-01-08, 05:07 PM
This poll is going to kill CRM and his belief that this forum is so far to the right. :lol:
classicman2
10-01-08, 05:07 PM
Other than the fact that he's a Republican, the principal reason I wouldn't vote for McCain is that I believe he is dangerous.
Red Dog
10-01-08, 05:10 PM
Other than the fact that he's a Republican, the principal reason I wouldn't vote for McCain is that I believe he is dangerous.
That the difference btwn him and Obama to me - there was never an iota of a chance that I would vote McCain. I think my posts about McCain over 8 years here have amply demonstrated that.
Red Dog
10-01-08, 05:10 PM
This poll is going to kill CRM and his belief that this forum is so far to the right. :lol:
Nah. It was. It just got Obamatized. ;)
kvrdave
10-01-08, 05:15 PM
Other than the fact that he's a Republican, the principal reason I wouldn't vote for McCain is that I believe he is dangerous.
That was why I couldn't and can't as well. I am still in awe of how easily he won the nomination.
kvrdave
10-01-08, 05:16 PM
Nah. It was. It just got Obamatized. ;)
:lol: And now we are Obamatons.
classicman2
10-01-08, 05:18 PM
If McCain is dangerous - what is Obama? An empty suit who poses no danger to anything? ;)
Pharoh
10-01-08, 05:32 PM
Now what the fuck am I supposed to do? I can't even vote for my damn Representative anymore, which I have told him.
kvrdave
10-01-08, 05:38 PM
If McCain is dangerous - what is Obama? An empty suit who poses no danger to anything? ;)
Less dangerous if no action is required, more dangerous if action is required. :lol:
McCain would screw things up when no action was necessary. Obama will screw them up when action is necessary, imo.
classicman2
10-01-08, 05:42 PM
The thing I fear most from Obama is that he might stray from a 'interest based foreign policy' for the United States.
I would hope not.
JasonF
10-01-08, 05:42 PM
Those of you in swing states (Red Dog, Pharoh, and wendersfan -- I'm looking at you!) who feel we're screwed either way, can you please vote for Senator Obama? It won't make a difference to you, and it will make me happy. Thanks!
wendersfan
10-01-08, 05:50 PM
Won't make a difference to Pharoh?
:lol:rotfl:lol:
wm lopez
10-01-08, 05:55 PM
More proof DVDTALK is full of liberals.
No wonder I piss so many off.
JasonF
10-01-08, 05:56 PM
Won't make a difference to Pharoh?
:lol:rotfl:lol:
I thought Pharoh had moved to the "pox on both their houses" camp. I know he hates Senator Obama, but I thought he hated Senator McCain too.
If I'm wrong about that, it just means I will be all the more grateful to you, wendersfan, for casting your Ohio vote for Senator Obama. Pretty please?
parrotheads4
10-01-08, 05:59 PM
You must listen to this. Sal "The Stockbroker" went to Harlem and asked blacks who they were voting for. Sal then presented McCain's views to the people - saying they were Obama's to see if the people would still support Obama. Classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PgV3_1_qlc
Maybe NSFW
kvrdave
10-01-08, 06:00 PM
I thought Pharoh had moved to the "pox on both their houses" camp. I know he hates Senator Obama, but I thought he hated Senator McCain too.
If I'm wrong about that, it just means I will be all the more grateful to you, wendersfan, for casting your Ohio vote for Senator Obama. Pretty please?
Even though I am not in a swing state, I would feel dirty voting for any politician to come out of the Chicago area.
Red Dog
10-01-08, 06:00 PM
Those of you in swing states (Red Dog, Pharoh, and wendersfan -- I'm looking at you!) who feel we're screwed either way, can you please vote for Senator Obama? It won't make a difference to you, and it will make me happy. Thanks!
Sure. Make me an offer. Your happiness ain't going to do it. ;)
wendersfan
10-01-08, 06:07 PM
More proof DVDTALK is full of liberals.
If anything this poll is proof of how disliked McCain is by conservatives.
General Zod
10-01-08, 06:08 PM
McCain more closely aligns with my views on things so I will be voting for him. I am opposite Obama on almost every issue. I also, admittedly, vote with an eye on my wallet so that definitely rules out Obama.
However I live in California so my vote doesn't matter in the slightest..
Quake1028
10-01-08, 06:09 PM
I'm in Florida, a huge swing state. Chances I vote for:
Obama: 1%
McCain: 3%
Third Party: 10%
Stay home: 86%
Red Dog
10-01-08, 06:10 PM
You must listen to this. Sal "The Stockbroker" went to Harlem and asked blacks who they were voting for. Sal then presented McCain's views to the people - saying they were Obama's to see if the people would still support Obama. Classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PgV3_1_qlc
Maybe NSFW
That's fucking priceless. rotfl
Q: "If he (Obama) wins, would you have any problem with Palin as VP?"
A: "No I wouldn't. Not at all."
:lol:
mosquitobite
10-01-08, 06:10 PM
If anything this poll is proof of how disliked McCain is by conservatives.
:up: exactly
kvrdave
10-01-08, 06:16 PM
McCain more closely aligns with my views on things so I will be voting for him. I am opposite Obama on almost every issue. I also, admittedly, vote with an eye on my wallet so that definitely rules out Obama.
However I live in California so my vote doesn't matter in the slightest..
:lol: And here I almost vote opposite my wallet. Democrats are great for slumlords, I'll be upfront about that. When Bush first came into office and cut HUD funding, I was thinking, "What the hell did I do?"
Giantrobo
10-01-08, 06:18 PM
You must listen to this. Sal "The Stockbroker" went to Harlem and asked blacks who they were voting for. Sal then presented McCain's views to the people - saying they were Obama's to see if the people would still support Obama. Classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PgV3_1_qlc
Maybe NSFW
Wow!! rotfl
Kool Aid drinkers literally and figuratively. :p
JasonF
10-01-08, 06:31 PM
Sure. Make me an offer. Your happiness ain't going to do it. ;)
I'm pretty sure it's illegal for me to give you anything of value in exchange for your vote (fortunately, my happiness has no value).
Can I interest you in the rights to tell me what should go in my signature? I could even be persuaded to say something unflattering about the University of Virginia. ;)
wendersfan
10-01-08, 06:34 PM
"Ralph Sampson was a skinny loser"
Red Dog
10-01-08, 06:35 PM
Legal Schmegal.
I do quite nicely saying unflattering things about UVA. I don't need help. For example....they just got smoked by Duke.....in football.
BTW, if vote buying is illegal - it is absurd when you consider how much money can be donated to political candidates which is spent to generate votes. I say take out the middle-man.
kvrdave
10-01-08, 06:40 PM
:lol:
JasonF
10-01-08, 06:41 PM
"Ralph Sampson was a skinny loser"
:lol: He certainly was skinny, and while he was a great player, given his zero NCAA championships and zero NBA championships, there is some truth to that. I wonder what kind of career he would have had if he hadn't spent so much time injured.
Still, that match-up with Patrick Ewing in 1982 was the stuff of legends.
Breakfast with Girls
10-01-08, 06:42 PM
Certainly everyone is entitled to an opinion, but this just sounds too unbelievable to be true. I can't imagine anyone was actually considering voting for McCain until he picked Palin. I can't imagine anyone could look at his entire political career, but reduce his overall judgment to a VP pick. That just sounds like stuff people say to try to influence others, but not something someone could reasonably hold as legitimate reasoning.Not true! My girlfriend's mom, a small business owner, was legitimately planning on voting for McCain until she heard about some of the truly stupid things Palin said and believed, at which point she reneged. Although in her mind McCain was still linked to his "maverick" persona, which she also later decided was a, shall we say, outdated impression.
kvrdave
10-01-08, 06:44 PM
-ohbfrank- What women will do does not count as a reasonable response.
JasonF
10-01-08, 06:46 PM
Legal Schmegal.
I do quite nicely saying unflattering things about UVA. I don't need help. For example....they just got smoked by Duke.....in football.
:sad: But we kick ass in soccer, lacrosse, and other sports nobody gives a rat's ass about.
I'm just hoping we beat Maryland this week. One of my brothers is a Maryland alum and the other is a student there now, so I'd like to have those bragging rights. I'm not counting on it, though.
Sheff
10-01-08, 06:53 PM
:sad: But we kick ass in soccer, lacrosse, and other sports nobody gives a rat's ass about.
I'm just hoping we beat Maryland this week. One of my brothers is a Maryland alum and the other is a student there now, so I'd like to have those bragging rights. I'm not counting on it, though.I'll add my gift of happiness for a vote in a swing state. That's a whole lot of happiness, man.
kvrdave
10-01-08, 06:58 PM
JasonF - Serious question....why do most lawyers seem to be for Democrats? Is it easier to sue when they are in office, or do more complicated laws get passed that allow for more litigation, or what? I'm being serious. I don't understand it.
Breakfast with Girls
10-01-08, 07:04 PM
-ohbfrank- What women will do does not count as a reasonable response.:lol:
As for me, I'm with <b>Red Dog</b>. I'll probably go vote for the libertarian in the local elections, but I think I'll just leave the presidential vote empty. Realistically, none of it will make any difference here in Washington state.
JasonF
10-01-08, 08:59 PM
JasonF - Serious question....why do most lawyers seem to be for Democrats? Is it easier to sue when they are in office, or do more complicated laws get passed that allow for more litigation, or what? I'm being serious. I don't understand it.
I don't think most lawyers are Democrats. I would say it's 50-50. In my law firm -- a large firm that represents major companies in litigation, in corporate transactions, in securitizations, and so on -- I work with Republicans and Democrats, including some from both sides of the aisle whose names you would recognize.
As a general rule, I think the so-called trial lawyers -- lawyers who represent plaintiffs who sue large corporations -- tend to be Democrats. I'm not sure why that is, but I suspect the kinds of people who would go into that kind of legal practice believe to a lesser or greater degree that corporations are bad and the little guy is good.
But outside of the trial lawyers' bar, I don't think there's any real pattern to peoples' affiliations.
Pharoh
10-01-08, 10:09 PM
I thought Pharoh had moved to the "pox on both their houses" camp. I know he hates Senator Obama, but I thought he hated Senator McCain too.
If I'm wrong about that, it just means I will be all the more grateful to you, wendersfan, for casting your Ohio vote for Senator Obama. Pretty please?
I will answer nicely.
I have never been more disgusted with our entire government as I have been over the last couple of weeks. I have simultaneously grown even more disenchanted with the McCain/Palin ticket. However, I could never vote for Mr. Obama or Mr. Biden.
So as nice of a guy as you are, sorry.
wendersfan
10-01-08, 10:28 PM
If I'm wrong about that, it just means I will be all the more grateful to you, wendersfan, for casting your Ohio vote for Senator Obama. Pretty please?No offense Jason, but if my own wife can persuade me, what makes you think <i>you</i> can? :)
JasonF
10-01-08, 10:57 PM
No offense Jason, but if my own wife can persuade me, what makes you think <i>you</i> can? :)
You're going to compare the relationship between two guys who have never met each other, live hundreds of miles apart, don't know each other's names, and talk about DVDs on the internet to something as trivial as matrimony? Have some perspective, man!
JasonF
10-01-08, 11:01 PM
I will answer nicely.
I have never been more disgusted with our entire government as I have been over the last couple of weeks. I have simultaneously grown even more disenchanted with the McCain/Palin ticket. However, I could never vote for Mr. Obama or Mr. Biden.
So as nice of a guy as you are, sorry.
Aha! I've seen enough TV shows to know that as soon as you say "I could never do X," we instantly cut to a scene of you doing X.
:banana: I'm therefore going to assume I've got Pharoh's vote locked up. Now to concentrate my efforts on Red Dog and wendersfan. :banana:
wendersfan
10-01-08, 11:01 PM
You're going to compare the relationship between two guys who have never met each other, live hundreds of miles apart, don't know each other's names, and talk about DVDs on the internet to something as trivial as matrimony? Have some perspective, man!
You forget: I know <i>your</i> name. ;)
JasonF
10-01-08, 11:02 PM
You forget: I know <i>your</i> name. ;)
That means you owe me! I'm calling in my favor!
IIG
10-02-08, 02:41 AM
Obama... I look forward to casting my vote.
bdshort
10-02-08, 03:30 AM
Probably Obama
Venusian
10-02-08, 08:36 AM
does no one care about my almost swing state ga vote? Might I add that I have a lot of influence over other votes too, but i would never use that influence for evil ;)
JasonF
10-02-08, 11:06 AM
does no one care about my almost swing state ga vote? Might I add that I have a lot of influence over other votes too, but i would never use that influence for evil ;)
Too be honest, I haven't really considered Georgia in play for a few months. But if you think Senator Obama has a chance, I'm willing to beg you, too.
i dont think its in play either but one of my friends who is mccain supporter is worried...but i dont put much stock in his opion of poitics ;)
Mordred
10-02-08, 11:30 AM
You forget: I know <i>your</i> name. ;)Please let it be Fluffernuckle.
Mordred
10-02-08, 03:51 PM
Well we know who Homer wants to vote for:
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The Bus
10-02-08, 04:42 PM
N/A :sad:
bfrank
10-02-08, 07:15 PM
Twikoff! :)
Lateralus
10-02-08, 07:21 PM
Ugh I would like to vote for McCain / Palin as I am stout pro-life but I shudder to think of Palin sitting in office with the economic crisis we have now, so I won't vote for any of them.
The only good thing I can see coming out of this election is that if Obama wins Hillary will never become president.
X
10-02-08, 08:00 PM
Ugh I would like to vote for McCain / Palin as I am stout pro-life but I shudder to think of Palin sitting in office with the economic crisis we have now, so I won't vote for any of them. Are you kidding? I think she'd have better sense about that than either of the candidates who voted to approve the Senate bill and the president who had an even worse proposal.
Maybe she would even have enough sense to fire whoever was the treasury secretary if he came from a major investment firm and put together a deal that benefits them immensely.
Red Dog
10-02-08, 08:05 PM
Maybe she isn't smart enough to use a pen. That's good enough for me.
hahn
10-02-08, 08:44 PM
:lol: And now we are Obamatons.
Better than being Obaminations. :)
hahn
10-02-08, 08:45 PM
Twikoff! :)
*gasp* bfrank is back!!! -ohbfrank- ;)
Venusian
10-10-08, 09:56 AM
I realized i'm probably not voting for anyone this cycle. I will only be voting against people...and mostly by voting for third parties. is it even worth voting?
classicman2
10-10-08, 10:00 AM
If you cast your for Jones - you're voting for Jones.
Red Dog
10-10-08, 10:02 AM
I realized i'm probably not voting for anyone this cycle. I will only be voting against people...and mostly by voting for third parties. is it even worth voting?
Where do you live? Is it usually worth voting? Are the races usually competitive to begin with?
General Zod
10-10-08, 10:04 AM
I realized i'm probably not voting for anyone this cycle. I will only be voting against people...and mostly by voting for third parties. is it even worth voting?
You know what... going to the polls and voting against any incumbent is not a bad idea. Not a bad idea at all.
Venusian
10-10-08, 10:05 AM
Where do you live? Is it usually worth voting? Are the races usually competitive to begin with?
atlanta. looks like the only race that is close right now is the Senate. But Saxby sucks and I'm not impressed by Martin...plus I don't want the Dems to have fillibuster proof majority.
Red Dog
10-10-08, 10:11 AM
I heard something very funny on Morning Joe this morning. Chuck Todd said that the Democrats would be happier with 58 Senate seats and no Senator Al Franken win than 60 seats (since that almost certainly would mean a Franken win). I tend to agree. :lol:
Red Dog
10-10-08, 10:13 AM
atlanta. looks like the only race that is close right now is the Senate. But Saxby sucks and I'm not impressed by Martin...plus I don't want the Dems to have fillibuster proof majority.
The funny thing is that the only close race for me is President. That's never been the case for me no matter where I've lived (Maryland or Virginia). My Senate and Congressional races are going to be blowouts. Democrats always sweep the local races.
stp115
10-10-08, 10:35 AM
I realized i'm probably not voting for anyone this cycle. I will only be voting against people...and mostly by voting for third parties. is it even worth voting?
I'm in Roswell and have come to pretty much the same conclusion. I think the final numbers are going to be a lot closer than most think, mainly because while I'm not inspired/impressed enough to defend McCain, I will reluctantly vote for him. This looks like a repeat of the last election cycle where except for president, I voted libertarian whenever possible.
JasonF
10-10-08, 10:51 AM
I heard something very funny on Morning Joe this morning. Chuck Todd said that the Democrats would be happier with 58 Senate seats and no Senator Al Franken win than 60 seats (since that almost certainly would mean a Franken win). I tend to agree. :lol:
I hadn't realized Franken was that unpopular among his would-be colleagues.
Red Dog
10-10-08, 10:55 AM
I hadn't realized Franken was that unpopular among his would-be colleagues.
Chuck Todd compared it to '94 where the Republicans wanted to win everything except for VA's Senate seat (Ollie North).
firteen88
10-10-08, 12:33 PM
Obama. He IS the best candidate we've had in a long time.
classicman2
10-10-08, 12:38 PM
He could be - but he's not.
B.A.
10-10-08, 01:10 PM
Third Party or None of the Above.
Shannon Nutt
10-10-08, 02:29 PM
I'm voting for "That One". :)
Ronnie Dobbs
10-21-08, 06:59 PM
Third party is what Nader?
Ronnie Dobbs
10-27-08, 03:19 AM
He could be - but he's not.
who do you think then?
pro-bassoonist
10-27-08, 03:43 AM
Other than the fact that he's a Republican, the principal reason I wouldn't vote for McCain is that I believe he is dangerous.
I could not agree any more. Especially on the second point.
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