US President, 2005-2008

bash · Post by **bash** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:40 pm

Really just testing the poll feature. I know alot of folks are voting against a candidate rather than in favor of one but to keep it simple I worded it positively. Poll runs for one week.

Oops, forgot about Nader. Write him in your post if that's your preference as I can't add any additional options to the poll once submitted.

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:48 pm

you should of added American for neither, and non-American for neither. Click edit on your post to add more options <3

bash · Post by **bash** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:57 pm

Goob, don't ya think I checked that, you poll smoker?

Options are not an option.

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:58 pm

I just did it in my forum. I guess its a mod thing.

bash · Post by **bash** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:59 pm

You're a mod.

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 9:03 pm

I just said that. Calm down, listen to some Spin and you will feel better.

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 9:06 pm

Comedy "whoever the libertarians have" option.

SSX-Thunderbird · Post by **SSX-Thunderbird** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 9:09 pm

Sheesh. It's like picking your poison here. I don't like either candidate.

TheCops · Post by **TheCops** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 9:10 pm

add a "yale university skull and crossbones secret society" option in the poll, please bash.

bash · Post by **bash** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 9:14 pm

Actually, I doubt either one serves their full term so I guess *Early Assassination For Whoever Wins* could have been an option too. But then again, Cheney is pretty good life insurance for Bush.

Will Robinson · Post by **Will Robinson** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:21 pm

I vote we give them all 4 years off...sort of a cooling off period.
Just shut down the whole Wash. D.C. machine for a bit, call it routine maintenance or a national bowel movement or something.

TheCops · Post by **TheCops** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:38 pm

just for fun listen to this 25 minute clip... and add it to the poll.

http://freshair.npr.org/day_fa.jhtml?di ... 01/29/2004

the kevin phillips interview.

now, before you start with your played out name calling snide remarks... i already wrote them for you.... he is just a guy pushing a book.

;-0

Kyouryuu · Post by **Kyouryuu** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:05 pm

Insomuch as I don't like Bush, I failed to see what's so great about Kerry and why states so far have chosen the guy almost unanimously.

Then it dawned on me.

He looks like a President.

White guy. (check)
Gray hair. (check)
No facial hair. (check)
Mottled face that has seen it all. (check)

That HAS to be the reason!

Really, in all seriousness, I have no idea what they see in the guy. He comes across as just being the democratic version of Bush and I suspect he flies solely on the "I hate Bush and I'll take anyone else" ticket.

bash · Post by **bash** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:56 am

Can we sticky this for a week so I don't have to bump it everyday?

Will Robinson · Post by **Will Robinson** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:17 am

TheCops,
That interview is as boring and lacking substance as John Kerry himself...was that the point or am I missing something?

I hope he saved the good stuff for the book or else he'll sell only one copy..to his mother!

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:02 am

unlike my spin link up there huh will

Make sure your sounds up. <3

Will Robinson · Post by **Will Robinson** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:16 am

Sorry Gooberman, when I first saw your post I thought "Spin" was a link to some band I'd never heard of. I thought you were offering Bash some sounds to calm him with so I didn't click on it.

Now I have and I'd have to say it's pretty funny. And as you so aptly titled your link that site is chock full of spin too.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:27 am

Interesting results so far. Far from a significantly significant sample but kinda neat none the less. Looks like non-americans are more fed up with Bush that americans are.

Repo Man · Post by **Repo Man** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 12:08 pm

TheCops wrote:add a "yale university skull and crossbones secret society" option in the poll, please bash.

Both Kerry and Bush are Skull and Bones members. Blah.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:58 pm

ooh poll!

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:23 pm

The thing that scares me is 55% of you want more Bush.

Vote Dubya for ex-president!

Skyalmian · Post by **Skyalmian** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:41 pm

The thing that scares me is 55% of you want more Bush.

Vote Dubya for ex-president!

I'll take Bush over Schizokerry, kthxbye.

bash · Post by **bash** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:01 am

Bump of Mass Distraction

Sting_Ray · Post by **Sting_Ray** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:23 am

"Really, in all seriousness, I have no idea what they see in the guy. He comes across as just being the democratic version of Bush"

BUSH is the democrat version of bush :-p. I'll sticky this for a while.

You know.. if I could figure out HOW!

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:17 pm

Sting_Ray wrote:You know.. if I could figure out HOW!

Hit edit on the first topic in the post. There's a radio button for post as: normal | sticky | announcement.

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:02 pm

Kyouryuu wrote: Then it dawned on me.

He looks like a President.

White guy. (check)
Gray hair. (check)
No facial hair. (check)
Mottled face that has seen it all. (check)

That HAS to be the reason!

Unfortunately that is exactly what most people in this country consider when they choose a president. But I dont feel sorry because you get whats comming to you when you elect a con-artist, and that is what most of the House of Reps and Senate is made up of.

As far as this party system and election process is concerned, this is NOT what George Washington had invisioned. If he was alive today and saw the direction this country has been heading to in the last few years, he'd be shouting "WTF" so loud that his wooden teeth would splinter.

Scorch · Post by **Scorch** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 3:23 pm

hmm, I don't really care for Bush, but I don't know who Kerry is. I think I'll vote for Nader.

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:23 pm

I like Nader, but dislike Bush more.

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:34 pm

Shame on all of you for the "whitey" label you're putting on the 2nd JFK. Don't you know that there are some that think of Kerry as being the 2nd "black" president? Also some think of Kerry as the 2nd coming.

Alas, come november he will also be known for coming in 2nd.

Sting_Ray · Post by **Sting_Ray** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 5:19 pm

Stickied. Thanks for the lesson in PHP

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 7:07 pm

LOL woodchip

Kerry is kinda funny -- I've been paying pretty close attention to him, and I still feel like I don't have the slightest clue who he is or what he's about. At least with Howard Dean, I got a feel for who he was and where he was coming from. With Joe Lieberman, I got the same understanding. With Kerry, nothing -- he's running as a populist, but I can't seem to find any common ground, because I can't figure out what ground he's standing on.

bash · Post by **bash** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 7:48 pm

The problem I have with Kerry is similar. I know every politician (and even some DBB posters

) tends to use vague slogans that sound like they mean something but once examined, mean very little, but listen closely to Kerry's *Bringing Change To America* nonsense and you'll see what I mean. He says nothing. It's one *call-to-action* cliche' after another that could mean almost anything, or nothing. It's like it's all being intentionally left blank. To me, that feels like he's hiding his agenda. At least with someone like Sharpton you know what things he would do. The American voters want something they can wrap their vote around. A definitive stand, a promise, a pledge, a plan, a central issue, something. I get the idea Kerry's handlers are telling him to dress conservatively, look contemplative, snipe at Bush, but commit to nothing and simply cross his fingers that he can ride the anti-Bush wave into the Whitehouse. If that were to happen, get ready for a December Surprise. I believe a President Kerry would be a very, very different person than the *impression* he's presenting on the campaign trail.

TheCops · Post by **TheCops** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:15 pm

true.
that's why i choose Richard Martin Burgis as my president.

*** and LOL at your profile bash.

index_html · Post by **index_html** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 2:32 am

With the sparsity of internet access in N. Korea, perhaps it would be fair to pencil in at least one vote for Kerry on behalf of Kim Jong-il (of the Righteous Pompadour and Majestic Jumpsuit). I submit the following in lieu of a mail-in ballot:

North Korea's state-controlled media are well known for reverential reporting about Kim Jong-il, the country's dictatorial leader.

But the Dear Leader is not the only one getting deferential treatment from the communist state's propaganda machine: John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic candidate, is also getting good play in Pyongyang.

In the past few weeks, speeches by the Massachusetts senator have been broadcast on Radio Pyongyang and reported in glowing terms by the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA), the official mouthpiece of Mr Kim's communist regime.

http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServe ... 2571727088

Birdseye · Post by **Birdseye** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 1:49 am

The shortsighted options in this poll are an example of shortsighted voters that are the problem in the political system

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:57 am

How can "options in a poll" be an example of "shortsighted voters"? They can be a sign of the shortsightedness of the pollster or of voters in general, but to be an example of shortsighted voters, they'd have to *be* shortsighted voters, rather than poll options. You're slipping, Birds ;)

Now, you can always write in your vote, but the poll was designed in order to only count the votes relevant to what bash wanted to know. To call such a thing "shortsighted" is a sign that you didn't take the time to think about that.

Zuruck · Post by **Zuruck** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:04 am

bash wrote:I believe a President Kerry would be a very, very different person than the *impression* he's presenting on the campaign trail.

Now who does that sound like?

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 4:52 pm

Algore?

SSC BlueFlames · Post by **SSC BlueFlames** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 8:28 pm

I refer Woodchip to the Bush vs. Bush debate.

Zoop! · Post by **Zoop!** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:54 am

That Bush v. Bush debate was pretty funny.

In the end, I think it comes down to which political party you prefer. Just like Bush changed to fit the Republican demands for the presidency, Kerry would also undergo certain changes if elected by the Democracts.

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