Who are you voting for? (Mid September)

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Who are you voting for (if you could vote in the US election)?

George W. Bush
18
21%
John Kerry
54
63%
Michael Badnarik
3
3%
Ralph Nader
2
2%
Other Third Party (please specify)
3
3%
I wouldn't vote
6
7%
 
Total votes: 86

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I'm flip flopping between Badnarik and Kerry every couple of hours, now favoring Kerry (despite voting Badnarik in the poll a few minutes ago) since although Bush and Kerry are scumbags, Bush has been demonstrably so. Gridlock may stop some of the more harmful proposals.

Much as I like Badnarik's stance on getting Congress's fingers out of the internet [url], that's not a high priority issue, and whats more, due to that fact, a spoiler effect would not be that favorable to improving this issue. Besides, the LP will probably be more of a spoiler for Bush than Kerry.

I can't vote, so the above is irrelavant (perhaps for the better).

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I am giving both major parties the finger, and voting for Badnarik.
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Kerry. Say what you like about his personality and ability to campaign, but I like his policy.
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Zaia wrote:Sis-boom-bah, baby. The thought of Bush taking the Oval Office for another four-year joyride makes me feel nauseated, so even though I never thought I'd do it, I'm voting to keep someone out of office instead of voting to elect someone in. Nasty shit, but there it is.
It's really pathetic when the best campaign a presidential candidate can martial up is "I'm not Bush."

It's even more pathetic that this is a VERY convincing argument...
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i´ll vote for kerry.
if it wasn´t for getting rid of bush i´d actually vote for nader but then he´s not on the list of illinois.

why actually are some candidates on lists of some states but not on the lists of other states?
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Hmmm...that's a tough choice...but I'm writing in Fuzzy.
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Kerry.
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the problem with the Libertarian party is that much of their military and foreign policy platform is straight out of the 1830's. As for Millionare Liar vs. Billionare Douchebag...... who cares, we're equally fucked with either of them.
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Choosing between Bush & Kerry is like choosing between having your balls cut off or having your dick ripped off.

I'll write in The Shep, because explosions are cool. :D
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aerius wrote:Choosing between Bush & Kerry is like choosing between having your balls cut off or having your dick ripped off.

I'll write in The Shep, because explosions are cool. :D
Hey, there's an idea! If he wins, he could pardon himself! :wink:
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Kerry...for lack of better option.
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What's with all these foreigners voting? :P
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Rogue 9 wrote:What's with all these foreigners voting? :P
Do you even know where Denmark is ? :P
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SecondStorm wrote:
Rogue 9 wrote:What's with all these foreigners voting? :P
Do you even know where Denmark is ? :P
Yes. :P
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SecondStorm wrote:
Rogue 9 wrote:What's with all these foreigners voting? :P
Do you even know where Denmark is ? :P
Isn't it somewhere south of Mexico? :wink:

It's hard enough avoiding mixing up Austria and Australia. :mrgreen:
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Rogue 9 wrote:I'll write in The Shep, because explosions are cool. :D
Hey, there's an idea! If he wins, he could pardon himself! :wink:[/quote]

Vote for The Shep!
Because The Shep is Zaia! :D
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Bush. Better to stay with the devil you know.
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Kerry. He's going to lose, but I'll vote for him anyway because it's a solid vote against Bush. Of course, that's how I feel now; I've no idea whether or not that will hold to the moment I actually step into the booth. Basically, I'm protest-voting in this race.

But as for Ralph Nader getting my vote, I wouldn't piss on that man if we were trapped in a burning building.
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If Bush wins I'm going to Canada...
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I refuse to believe that Kerry could be worse than Bush. Bush is a remarkably bad president, and there's no way you catch two candidates of that calibre within ten years.
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Illuminatus Primus wrote:I refuse to believe that Kerry could be worse than Bush. Bush is a remarkably bad president, and there's no way you catch two candidates of that calibre within ten years.

Richard Nixon: 1969-1974
Jimmy Carter: 1977-1981

Less than 3 years between those two luminaries. :P

It's entirely possible Kerry could equal or surpass GWB on the awfulness scale. If his campaign is anything to go by, he's at least Bush's equal in this regard.
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Glocksman wrote:
Illuminatus Primus wrote:I refuse to believe that Kerry could be worse than Bush. Bush is a remarkably bad president, and there's no way you catch two candidates of that calibre within ten years.

Richard Nixon: 1969-1974
Jimmy Carter: 1977-1981

Less than 3 years between those two luminaries. :P

It's entirely possible Kerry could equal or surpass GWB on the awfulness scale. If his campaign is anything to go by, he's at least Bush's equal in this regard.
What is he going to get us into that's going to equal the military and policy and economic quagmire equivalent to Iraq? What social disaster is going to heave on us like supporting banning gay marriage and attacking Seperation between Church and State?
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Illuminatus Primus wrote:
What is he going to get us into that's going to equal the military and policy and economic quagmire equivalent to Iraq? What social disaster is going to heave on us like supporting banning gay marriage and attacking Seperation between Church and State?
He'll support banning gay marrage, and consult and consort with the UN dragging the US into their military and economic quagmires.
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