AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH [message #352182] |
Fri, 26 September 2008 09:20 |
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cheesesoda
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I'm getting so fucking sick and tired of hearing about Obama and McCain. Neither moron is going to do a fucking thing for America. It's obvious, yet the American people continue to drone on, supporting whichever candidate they feel is lying the best to them. They don't give a flying fuck about us or our nation. They only care about themselves. They want power, and all they're trying to do is grab that power.
You're a god damn moron to think otherwise.
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Re: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH [message #352267 is a reply to message #352182] |
Sat, 27 September 2008 10:30 |
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NukeIt15
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In the age of instant global communication and given the ability to travel anywhere in the country inside twelve hours, there is no reason whatsoever that politicians should be allowed to start campaigning more than a month before any given election.
Here's how I'd like to see it go:
Candidates begin their internal campaigning leading up to primary elections ~February. The primaries are then held in March, after which the candidates are required by law to stop campaigning and return to their goddamn jobs until October. This not only allows the people a breather from bullshit and obnoxious political ads, but it also forces the candidates to make their respective cases through the quality of their work during the intervening months (which would naturally be under scrutiny). Come October, the candidates are then allowed to begin campaigning again. They will hold an open-to-public debate at the end of each week. Any candidate found to be accepting or using additional campaign funds between March and October will be immediately stricken from the ballot and their party will not be allowed to select an alternate. This will encourage compliance. There will be no surprise VP announcements designed to create a last-minute swell of support, as the candidates will be required to declare their VP choices immediately following the primaries in March.
Additionally, any party that misses the registration deadline to be placed on the ballot in any state will bloody well not be placed on the ballot anyway just because they're so influential. I'm looking at you, Texas Republicans and Democrats (yep, both of 'em missed it and it probably won't matter.).
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Re: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH [message #352294 is a reply to message #352257] |
Sat, 27 September 2008 13:14 |
Muad Dib15
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u6795 wrote on Sat, 27 September 2008 08:23 | Anybody watch the debate last night?
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Since my bro was watching a movie, I went on to CBS and watched/listened to a live webcast of it while browsing teh intarwebs. Fucking boring. All they did was rip on each other, THEN talk about what they were going to do.
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Re: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH [message #352295 is a reply to message #352182] |
Sat, 27 September 2008 13:22 |
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u6795
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I watched the last half of it and I think Obama did rather well. McCain seemed somewhat unprepared and mostly concentrated on "WELL IM MORE EXPERIENCED AND BARACK OBAMA IS GENERALLY JUST WRONG." That sort of annoyed me.
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Re: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH [message #352304 is a reply to message #352295] |
Sat, 27 September 2008 14:29 |
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nikki6ixx
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u6795 wrote on Sat, 27 September 2008 15:22 | I watched the last half of it and I think Obama did rather well. McCain seemed somewhat unprepared and mostly concentrated on "WELL IM MORE EXPERIENCED AND BARACK OBAMA IS GENERALLY JUST WRONG." That sort of annoyed me.
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I actually found that to be the opposite. However, I was listening by radio, which presents the debate in a totally different light.
For example, when I first heard Obama saying something along the lines of 'McCain was right' , I didn't figure it was much, if anything, it was a recognition of both men's desire to be bi-partisan, but when I heard similar lines throughout the debate, I was a bit surprised that Obama 'let himself go'.
Now I wasn't able to see his actions at the time, his eye contact, etc, but just coming from the radio, it sounded like he was off his game. Over the air, McCain sounded more grounded.
Keep in mind I was in traffic, so perhaps McCain's speaking style was just easier to pay attention to while trying to dodge traffic in a shitty Econoline.
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Re: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH [message #352320 is a reply to message #352182] |
Sat, 27 September 2008 16:12 |
Muad Dib15
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Actually, it was exactly the same thing with Nixon and Kennedy. People that watched the debate on TV thought that Kennedy won, while people that listened to the debate on the radio thought that Nixon won. Its a two way thing. But they both did pretty good speaking wise. Obama wasn't doing his uhh, uhh, errmm, uhhhh routine that time.
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Re: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH [message #352507 is a reply to message #352257] |
Mon, 29 September 2008 13:58 |
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Starbuzzz
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A bit late on this but IMHO, I think both candidates performed well in the debate.
Only thing that worried me was McCain's spiteful body language. He was aggressive, impatient and needlessly kept bringing Obama into dispute. He even literally gnashed his teeth when he said something about how Obama being in a subcommittee should not have stopped him from visitng Iran and Afganistan.
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Re: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH [message #352780 is a reply to message #352182] |
Wed, 01 October 2008 12:37 |
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BlueThen
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cheesesoda wrote on Fri, 26 September 2008 11:20 | I'm getting so fucking sick and tired of hearing about Obama and McCain. Neither moron is going to do a fucking thing for America. It's obvious, yet the American people continue to drone on, supporting whichever candidate they feel is lying the best to them. They don't give a flying fuck about us or our nation. They only care about themselves. They want power, and all they're trying to do is grab that power.
You're a god damn moron to think otherwise.
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It's near election time, what else did you expect?
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