Bravo!
This is a much needed addition. Thank you.
New Forum: Decision 2008 - The U.S. Presidential Election, page 1
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Topic started on 10-6-2008 @ 04:33 PM by SkepticOverlord
Now that the mainstream media has properly anointed the two candidates from the two parties that we've been convinced are our only choices, it makes sense to launch the new ATS forum dedicated to the 2008 Presidential Election.
Decision 2008 Forum
Use this new forum for all discussions about the two main candidates, the election process, other candidates from other parties, voting issues, and all other topics related to the media madness that will be the 2008 Presidential Election in the United States.
Now that the mainstream media has properly anointed the two candidates from the two parties that we've been convinced are our only choices, it makes sense to launch the new ATS forum dedicated to the 2008 Presidential Election.
Decision 2008 Forum
Use this new forum for all discussions about the two main candidates, the election process, other candidates from other parties, voting issues, and all other topics related to the media madness that will be the 2008 Presidential Election in the United States.
reply posted on 11-6-2008 @ 11:43 AM by vfrickey
reply to post by Locoman8
If my vote and every other vote weren't needed to keep Barack Obama out of the White House, I'd vote for Barr, too. I'm a Libertarian. But Obama is a slimy ward-heeling little bastard who has learned how to convincingly simulate having a conscience for large audiences. The man worked as a legal gunfighter for a SLUMLORD, for Christ's sake! Great resume, huh?
I'm no JFK fan, but all the comparisons between Obama and JFK just show how stupid the press today is. For all his faults, JFK served his country in combat; he put in considerable time in Congress - many years - before he ran for the Presidency.
By comparison, Obama's resume sucks. He was a lawyer who handled some dirty work for a slumlord; then he had a teaching job at a law school; an unfinished term in the Illinois State Senate; then his current job in the US Senate, where he's impressed people mainly by his lack of attendance at defense committee hearings and his slavish obedience to the farthest left wing of the Democratic Party. He doesn't represent anything or anybody but Markos Moulitsas and his fellow hard left ass monkeys, as you can tell by looking at his votes.
Then there's John McCain - many years in the US Senate, he's risked the wrath of his own political base to reach across the aisle and make bipartisan compromises (even if some of them, like the McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform Act, were total screw-ups at their intended purpose). Before that, he was in business, not screwing poor families or helping slumlords screw them. and before that, volunteered for dangerous duty in Vietnam - flew combat missions until he was shot down and kept prisoner for years by the enemy.
I've actually seen people on chatrooms (who apparently cut English class in junior high and were social-promoted through high school) talk about not voting for "McCane's war trama ass."
THAT'S an Obama supporter. Do we really want his man in the White House? Not me. Do his supporters want to riot in the streets if their guy loses? Fine. Don't mind the buckshot and police dogs.
If my vote and every other vote weren't needed to keep Barack Obama out of the White House, I'd vote for Barr, too. I'm a Libertarian. But Obama is a slimy ward-heeling little bastard who has learned how to convincingly simulate having a conscience for large audiences. The man worked as a legal gunfighter for a SLUMLORD, for Christ's sake! Great resume, huh?
I'm no JFK fan, but all the comparisons between Obama and JFK just show how stupid the press today is. For all his faults, JFK served his country in combat; he put in considerable time in Congress - many years - before he ran for the Presidency.
By comparison, Obama's resume sucks. He was a lawyer who handled some dirty work for a slumlord; then he had a teaching job at a law school; an unfinished term in the Illinois State Senate; then his current job in the US Senate, where he's impressed people mainly by his lack of attendance at defense committee hearings and his slavish obedience to the farthest left wing of the Democratic Party. He doesn't represent anything or anybody but Markos Moulitsas and his fellow hard left ass monkeys, as you can tell by looking at his votes.
Then there's John McCain - many years in the US Senate, he's risked the wrath of his own political base to reach across the aisle and make bipartisan compromises (even if some of them, like the McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform Act, were total screw-ups at their intended purpose). Before that, he was in business, not screwing poor families or helping slumlords screw them. and before that, volunteered for dangerous duty in Vietnam - flew combat missions until he was shot down and kept prisoner for years by the enemy.
I've actually seen people on chatrooms (who apparently cut English class in junior high and were social-promoted through high school) talk about not voting for "McCane's war trama ass."
THAT'S an Obama supporter. Do we really want his man in the White House? Not me. Do his supporters want to riot in the streets if their guy loses? Fine. Don't mind the buckshot and police dogs.
reply posted on 11-6-2008 @ 09:20 PM by CharlesMartel
reply to post by vfrickey
I am considering voting for Bob Barr.
A 3rd Party can win. Abraham Lincoln led a 3rd Party.
[edit on 11-6-2008 by CharlesMartel]
I am considering voting for Bob Barr.
A 3rd Party can win. Abraham Lincoln led a 3rd Party.
[edit on 11-6-2008 by CharlesMartel]
reply posted on 11-6-2008 @ 11:26 PM by jitombe
reply to post by SkepticOverlord
I would like for ATS to send out a survey to all it's members to see who they are leaning towards voting for/why and post the results on the site (you do have our emails, send out a survey).
I am not going to bother voting but I would like to see Obama win it in November just for kicks. I am a libertarian and my party has zero chance of winning. What's the point of voting for a candidate who has absolutely no chance of winning? I am not trying to be negative about it, I just don't believe in lying to myself. Politics is all about the manipulation of the masses, winning the hearts and minds of the stupid and gullible (no shortage of either in the U.S. and the rest of the world for that matter - they number in the billions). What can I say, I'm just not a people person. I hate everyone.
I would like for ATS to send out a survey to all it's members to see who they are leaning towards voting for/why and post the results on the site (you do have our emails, send out a survey).
I am not going to bother voting but I would like to see Obama win it in November just for kicks. I am a libertarian and my party has zero chance of winning. What's the point of voting for a candidate who has absolutely no chance of winning? I am not trying to be negative about it, I just don't believe in lying to myself. Politics is all about the manipulation of the masses, winning the hearts and minds of the stupid and gullible (no shortage of either in the U.S. and the rest of the world for that matter - they number in the billions). What can I say, I'm just not a people person. I hate everyone.
