Official NH Primary Thread

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-01-27 11:18pm

Gil Hamilton wrote:
Joe wrote:Edwards?
No, Kucinich. He's coming up like a shark. As long as he avoids birds of prey, he's going to get President Bush in '04.

I don't know, haven't you heard about the Joementum?

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-01-27 11:21pm

Joe wrote:I don't know, haven't you heard about the Joementum?

I... no, I can't even play along. That's just stupid. Joementum. God... who'd think that Lieberman would be starting to get weirder that some of his competiters.

EmperorSolo51 · Post by **EmperorSolo51** » 2004-01-28 12:15am

I voted in the NH Republican Primary today. I had voted for George Bush for President and Zell Miller for Vice-President.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-01-28 12:44am

Dean is officially dead in the water, now. He doesn't really have a chance at the southern states coming up, and if he goes for that long without a single victory he'll be screwed in a couple weeks--especially since so much of his campaign was based around the idea that he was the guy to beat Bush "and take back the White House! YEEAARGH!"

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-01-28 12:50am

Last I checked he was polling first in AZ, which is next week. Those numbers may change now, of course.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-01-28 01:00am

Howedar wrote:Last I checked he was polling first in AZ, which is next week. Those numbers may change now, of course.

IMO, he would have to win AZ and at least twp other states next week in order to have a legitimate chance at the primary, now, and realistically I don't think he can do that. With hard-fought losses in Iowa and now NH, going into places like Carolina, I don't think he's got enough wind left in his sails to beat out Kerry, and he might not even stay ahead of Edwards.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-01-28 01:01am

Howedar wrote:Last I checked he was polling first in AZ, which is next week. Those numbers may change now, of course.

Fuck I wish I could vote in the AZ primary

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-01-28 01:04am

::does a dance on Howard Dean's grave::

Funny, I can seem to recall a member of SD.Net telling me he'd be the future president. Oh well.

::Dances some DISCO!::

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2004-01-28 01:14am

Gah... I've heard bad things about Kerry's flip-flopping (moreso than Dean). At least we know what Bush is up to... ugh.

Bush with a Democratic congress then would be the ideal... due to the fact that Kerry has blatantly flip-flopped, which I dislike, and Edwards is a trial lawyer and fundie? and panders to such organizations such as the MPAA?

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-01-28 02:02am

Master of Ossus wrote:
Howedar wrote:Last I checked he was polling first in AZ, which is next week. Those numbers may change now, of course.
IMO, he would have to win AZ and at least twp other states next week in order to have a legitimate chance at the primary, now, and realistically I don't think he can do that. With hard-fought losses in Iowa and now NH, going into places like Carolina, I don't think he's got enough wind left in his sails to beat out Kerry, and he might not even stay ahead of Edwards.

I don't think he has a legitimate chance period.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-01-28 03:50am

Non-functioning Sig removed because MKSheppard is threatening to introduce my the back of my skull to a 12 gage buckshot shell. He scares me.

LOL, you could just have figured out what was wrong.... and put it back up...
no need to get touchy...

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-01-28 10:10am

MKSheppard wrote:LOL, you could just have figured out what was wrong.... and put it back up...
no need to get touchy...

I know what's wrong, my friend is changing servers so my webspace isn't connected to the internet anymore. Rather than just removing it, I figgered I'd put a new message there.

mauldooku · Post by **mauldooku** » 2004-01-28 11:15am

Master of Ossus wrote:Dean is officially dead in the water, now. He doesn't really have a chance at the southern states coming up, and if he goes for that long without a single victory he'll be screwed in a couple weeks--especially since so much of his campaign was based around the idea that he was the guy to beat Bush "and take back the White House! YEEAARGH!"

The funny thing is, the exit polls showed that many who voted for Kerry thought that Dean didn't have the temperament for the Presidency....

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-01-28 11:35am

Pu-239 wrote:Bush with a Democratic congress then would be the ideal... due to the fact that Kerry has blatantly flip-flopped, which I dislike, and Edwards is a trial lawyer and fundie? and panders to such organizations such as the MPAA?

ArsTechnica has a rundown of some of the Democrat contenders.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-01-28 12:27pm

Will someone please enlighten me as to why New Hampshire means a fucking thing? why is it such a big deal? 1.2 million people, Whoopideedoo *Spins finger* but the press and others treat it like it's the political Mecca of the universe. No offense to New Hampshireites, but shit, seems to me like places like New York et al. should be getting a wee bit more coverage. The only reason anyone, (inasmuchas I can tell), give a flying fuck about the New Hampshire primary is because it's A) Early in the year and B) The press pushes it.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-01-28 12:31pm

New Hampshire's primary is important only because it is the first true primary of the election cycle. This means that it is a VERY good indicator of who's going to win the primary, both because its voters tend to represent the general feelings of everyone outside the state and because LOTS of people in primary elections look for the candidate who everyone else is voting for.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-01-28 12:35pm

Master of Ossus wrote:<snip>...and because LOTS of people in primary elections look for the candidate who everyone else is voting for.

Like good little sheep. I had a feeling about that...people just following the damned Gallup polls. Ooh! Don't want to be in the minority!!!

Some people.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2004-01-28 01:16pm

phongn wrote:
Pu-239 wrote:Bush with a Democratic congress then would be the ideal... due to the fact that Kerry has blatantly flip-flopped, which I dislike, and Edwards is a trial lawyer and fundie? and panders to such organizations such as the MPAA?
ArsTechnica has a rundown of some of the Democrat contenders.

Hm... so Kerry is a "shill for Disney" , and Edwards is still a trial lawyer, so ugh... Bush would be better than both of them (and there is a slim chance he might view Ashcroft as a liability and dump him). And I'm normally a liberal person... see:

http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic. ... ush#867140
http://bbs2.stardestroyer.net/Archive/v ... ush#465458

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2004-01-28 03:50pm

I think its obvious that Sharpton is just poised for a lightning comeback.

mauldooku · Post by **mauldooku** » 2004-01-28 10:42pm

HemlockGrey wrote:I think its obvious that Sharpton is just poised for a lightning comeback.

Oh, I agree.

How much money does he have/spend for campaigning, anyway? It seems like a waste if he actively campaigns...