Imagine it's Election Day 2008. - Democratic Underground

TahitiNut

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:22 PM
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Poll question: Imagine it's Election Day 2008.

You walk into the voting booth and are confronted by the ballot. It's time. You're there.

For whom do you vote?

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Swamp Rat

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:23 PM
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1. NeoGore is "The One!"

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proud2BlibKansan

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:23 PM
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2. I am going to write in Colbert

if Gore doesn't run.

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TahitiNut

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:24 PM
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4. Bzzzt! Wrong answer. Gore IS running.

:shrug:

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ThatsMyBarack

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:26 PM
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5. And DEFINITELY in the GREEN party, right??

He may be out of luck, but I'm STILL voting for GORE! :patriot:

If he doesn't run, I might write in Colbert, too.

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proud2BlibKansan

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:30 PM
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10. If he runs, he gets my vote, regardless of his party affiliation

But my backup plan is Colbert.

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annabanana

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:24 PM
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3. pass. . . . .n/t

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robinlynne

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:27 PM
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6. IF those were the choices.

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bigwillq

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:28 PM
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7. I'm going Green!

:bounce:

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Breeze54

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:29 PM
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8. Strange combo's you posted.

I can't choose but #1 and #2 are definitely out.

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TahitiNut

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:34 PM
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14. Not so strange, if you think about it.

It's a question posed to the DU community specifically ... designed to examine controlling considerations. (Note that the GOP ticket is NOT "pro-life," for example ... but IS nominally Republican.)

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Breeze54

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:43 PM
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16. No, the poll is biased and combines unlikely pairings.

That's like asking me to choose between

Romney and Hillary

OR

Pat Paulson and Ron Paul

OR

Hitler and GWB idiot

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cali

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:46 PM
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18. And just how is your repuke ticket NOT pro-life??

Ghouliani just addressed the value voters and committed to appointing Justices in the mold of Scalia and Thomas, and Ron Paul is no more pro-choice than Randall Terry.

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Blue_In_AK

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:29 PM
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9. If those were the choices

I'd have to vote for Gore, of course -- but it's not going to happen.

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TwilightZone

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:32 PM
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11. As much as I like Dennis and Al....

I'm not interested in another Republican presidency.

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cali

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:32 PM
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12. I'm going to vote for Mighty Mouse/Spongebob Squarepants

Edited on Sat Oct-20-07 06:37 PM by cali

as it's no more unrealistic than your latter two choices.

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onenote

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:33 PM
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13. i go back out and ask for a correct ballot

not one that has someone who isn't running listed on it.

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lordsummerisle

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:38 PM
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15. I'll be writing in Miller-Goldwater n/t

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lordsummerisle

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:44 PM
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17. Actually it's Goldwater-Miller

http://www.goldwatermiller08.com/

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TahitiNut

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:48 PM
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19. Actually, it's worm food and worm food ... two corpses.

:shrug:

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TwilightZone

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:49 PM
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21. But then, so is Fred Thompson.

Oops, he's not in the poll.

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lordsummerisle

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:03 PM
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27. I don't think you get it, it's a Stephanie Miller spoof

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brazos121200

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:48 PM
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20. Al Gore would NEVER run for President as a Green Party

candidate or for any other party other than as a Democrat after what happened to him in 2000. A liberal third party canidate is what made it possible for Bush to steal the election from him that year.

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cali

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:42 PM
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46. DING. DING. DING

That's what really makes this poll ridiculous.

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mondo joe

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:51 PM
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22. I played along. But I don't see Al Gore doing that. He's a Democrat. NT

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gateley

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:52 PM
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23. Gore and Kucinich. Easy. nt

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undeterred

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:56 PM
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24. Help! I voted for Gore Kucinich but my vote switched to Ghooliani as

soon as I was finished! What now?!

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TahitiNut

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Sat Oct-20-07 06:58 PM
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25. Move out of Florida and stop using paperless voting systems.

:shrug:

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Odin2005

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:01 PM
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26. Stupid poll, considered how the Greens screwed Al over in 2000.

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RiverStone

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:04 PM
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28. I'd vote for Al if he was a member of the pool party!

Or even the tupperware party!!!!

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SlowDownFast

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:06 PM
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29. Dayum. I didn't expect to see that.

Gore/Kucinich on a Green Party ticket vs the Democrats?

I'm gonna have nightmares...

:scared:

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ulysses

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:08 PM
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30. I'm writing in the Cocktail Party.

:silly: :hi:

And please god, I'm having a hard enough time rationalizing a vote for HRC, PLEASE don't let the veep nominee be Bayh...

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TahitiNut

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:38 PM
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43. It sure is a ballot that makes some DUers squirm, huh?

:rofl:

If not Bayh, how about Bill Nelson? :evilgrin:
... or Ben Nelson?

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ulysses

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:45 PM
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48. here I am, trying to be the donkey, as enki once said,

and you come interrupting my cognitive dissonance. Damn you.

:P

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TahitiNut

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Sat Oct-20-07 08:26 PM
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59. Then this should be of interest to you. Enjoy.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2096965&mesg_id=2097498

:evilgrin:

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ulysses

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Sat Oct-20-07 08:42 PM
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62. rofl! love the haggis quip.

:D

There's something about that gushiness. I sense something. A presence I've not felt since...

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TahitiNut

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Sat Oct-20-07 08:43 PM
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63. (lol) Prezactly.

:silly:

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:08 PM
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31. The candidates seem aligned with actual party policies.

What a novel, and much needed, idea.

And, it would save wear and tear on a lot of people's noses. K&R

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TahitiNut

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:16 PM
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32. Ding, ding, ding.

Funny ... it took 31 posts for someone to get that. (Why am I not surprised it's you?) :silly: :dunce:

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:21 PM
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34. Silly me, I thought it was obvious.

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mondo joe

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:18 PM
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33. After all the dolts in 2000 who said there was no diff between Gore and Bush it's nice

to see so many acknowledge him. Even though it was the Green candidate who said it.

:-)

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:23 PM
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35. Well, the Democrats who voted for Bush obviously thought there was a difference.

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mondo joe

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:29 PM
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37. I think it goes without saying that anyone who voted for Bush was a dolt.

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:32 PM
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40. I certainly can't argue with that assessment.

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cali

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:25 PM
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36. What? How do Guiliani and Paul represent acutal party

politics? And for that matter, I doubt that Gore would jibe with large and key swaths of the Green Party platform.

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:31 PM
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38. Which ones would he disagree with?

I just did a Google search for their platform. I could find very little there that I think he would disagree with.

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cali

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:41 PM
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45. I think he'd disagree with some of their positions on

business and on means testing for entitlement programs for those earning 50k or more per annum. I totally doubt he'd go for this:
"e. The U.S. is obligated to render military assistance or service under U.N. command to enforce a U.N. Security Council resolutions."
Or this: "g. We seek the permanent repeal of the veto power enjoyed by the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council."
Or:"Dismantle all nuclear warheads from their missiles."
And that's just to start with. There are other items on the platform that I completely doubt Gore would endorse.

Now what makes you think Rudy and Ron are representative of the repukes?

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:51 PM
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49. I don't.

The two major parties present platforms that are more or less catchalls of platitudes and are easily ignored by the candidates once elected.

As to Gore - perhaps you're right. It is hard to envision Gore going along with some of the items you cited and I withdraw my previous statement.

:blush:

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cali

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:57 PM
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51. True enough about the two major party platforms but

it appears that Ron Paul isn't acceptable to most repukes, chiefly because of his anti-war stance.

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Sat Oct-20-07 08:01 PM
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54. Just as Kucinich isn't acceptable to most Democrats.

Not only because of his Anti-war stance, but because of such fatal flaws as "looking funny", being "too short", and, of course, being "too liberal".

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cali

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Sat Oct-20-07 08:04 PM
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56. It's not DK's anti-war stance that doesn't resonate with dems

It's a myriad of other things, many of them petty. But also, he's not run an effective campaign.

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Sat Oct-20-07 08:15 PM
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57. Alas, running an effective campaign often conflicts with a principled campaign.

Or, should I say, "usually" conflicts with a principled campaign.

The perceived necessity of "appealing to the broad mass of voters" has certainly contributed to the dumbing down and apathy of the populace accustomed to sound bites and flashy commercials.

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cali

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Sat Oct-20-07 08:31 PM
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60. Focusing on early primary states does not

conflict with running a principled campaign.

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leftchick

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Sat Oct-20-07 08:03 PM
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55. too true Tyl!

right on the "MONEY" too!

:hi:

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Laurab

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:32 PM
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39. I voted for Gore but now changed my mind.

After reading about the Green Party, and how Gore wouldn't run. I want my vote back to write in Colbert/Stewart! Or, Stewart/Colbert - either one would be fine with me!

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AtomicKitten

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:34 PM
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41. I am definitely in alignment with Gore/Kucinich policies.

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Gregorian

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:37 PM
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42. I've been tricked!

I voted for Kucinich and Gore. But now I have to think deeper about what the Independent vote will do. Will it get them into the White House. And I don't know.

Knee jerk reaction from me. But I will say that this thread is similar to one I've been waiting for. Great thinking.

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TahitiNut

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:40 PM
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44. Thank you.

It's been bouncing around in my noodle for some time. I think it's interesting how some folks squirm.

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leftchick

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:55 PM
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50. lol!

you are killing me here TN!

:evilgrin:

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TahitiNut

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Sat Oct-20-07 08:01 PM
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53. (grin)

Edited on Sat Oct-20-07 08:02 PM by TahitiNut

I sorta thought some folks would find it to be an amusing exercise. Funny how the "usual suspects" show up armed with their suitcases of foo feces, though.
:rofl:

I wonder if this would seem so unlikely to some if we had IRV.

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PollThis

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Sat Oct-20-07 07:57 PM
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52. That's a Going Green no-brainer. nt

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AZBlue

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Sat Oct-20-07 08:21 PM
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58. Question: is this assuming here that Gore is actively running or

Edited on Sat Oct-20-07 08:23 PM by AZBlue

is he on the ballot as a write-in/part of a draft-Gore movement?

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TahitiNut

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Sat Oct-20-07 08:31 PM
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61. Whatever floats your boat. The question says on the ballot.

:shrug:

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AZBlue

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Sat Oct-20-07 08:44 PM
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64. True. And I'm going to assume that on the ballot = voluntary and active participation.

That keeps my boat afloat! :)
(I won't vote for anyone who doesn't want to be there, not even Al Gore)
And in that case, I'm a greenie!

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TahitiNut

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Sat Oct-20-07 08:51 PM
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65. That sounds like a principled view to me.

:thumbsup:

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TahitiNut

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Sat Oct-20-07 10:54 PM
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66. Where's the turnout? Consider this a GOTV post.

:silly:

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