OT: US Pres election

[Trumanator]

Hopefully I won't regret starting this discussion.
I was wondering if any dominions players have opinions about the election that I am watching in my country.
Please try not to trash each other please.

[licker]

I am of the opinion that voting for McCain or Obama is a wasted vote as they both serve the same interest.

Voting for anyone else is the only sane choice.

Otherwise, McCain is going to win, which just goes to show how pathetic the electorate has become, or continues to be, depending on just when you think the electorate moved from misguided to pathetic.

[Trumanator]

Eh?? 1: Who else could you vote for. 2: What interest are they serving?

[JimMorrison]

Originally Posted by Trumanator

Eh?? 1: Who else could you vote for. 2: What interest are they serving?

1) Me.

2) Corporate interests.

[capnq]

Originally Posted by Trumanator

Eh?? 1: Who else could you vote for.

You could vote for whichever of the fourteen "third-party" candidates have managed to get on the ballot in your state.

I've considered myself a Republican since I was old enough to understand the concept of political parties, but the neoconservatives who've controlled the party for the last decade or so have proven themselves so incapable of governing that I don't think the second coming of Abraham Lincoln could win on the Republican ticket this year. I'm actually hoping that we Republicans suffer such an embarrassing defeat at all levels of government that it will shake most of the deadwood out of the party leadership. That will give the Democrats four to eight years to demonstrate that they're equally incompetent at running the country, hopefully leading to a similar purge on their side of the aisle.

[quantum_mechani]

Originally Posted by capnq

You could vote for whichever of the fourteen "third-party" candidates have managed to get on the ballot in your state.
I'm actually hoping that we Republicans suffer such an embarrassing defeat at all levels of government that it will shake most of the deadwood out of the party leadership. That will give the Democrats four to eight years to demonstrate that they're equally incompetent at running the country, hopefully leading to a similar purge on their side of the aisle.

Well, don't bet on it, I for one am fully expecting a Mcain victory. However, I suggest you go out and vote democratic if you would really rather Obama wins.

[DonCorazon]

I tried to sanitize this for the boards but you really need the last word to get the full nuance of the philosophy, which I think sums up U.S. politics beautifully:

"Same crap, different asswhole."

Anyway, I am voting for Obama

[Trumanator]

Well, I guess I have more faith in the differences between parties. At any rate, my vote's with McCain. Not that it will help since I live in the socialist republic of Washington state....Well, its not that bad but my vote still won't matter.

[JimMorrison]

I find it hard to believe that anyone who is well informed about national+world affairs could possibly vote for McCain. I'm not pushing Obama, but the McCain+Palin ticket just seems like an expensive prostitute with large hands and an adam's apple.

[JimMorrison]

Oh I'm an American. And you may soon find my presidential candidate rhetoric to by incredibly ironic. Don't touch that dial.