Politics...revealed

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:40 pm

That whole Clinton is going to lose in NH just because she came in a close third in Ohio was just crap. NH is a freaky state that has never been very predictiable. Edwards was the biggest man for Ohio and still only came in a distant second. Clinton was the weakest one going into Ohio and yet still pulled well. Then people looked and said if you do bad in one state that you have to lose everything else. The critics were looking for a reason to bash Clinton and now they look like a batch of old fools.

Granitehewer · Post by **Granitehewer** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:44 pm

didn't know that ''batch'' was the collective term for fools,thought it was ''a pod of'', ''mob of'' or ''government''

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:50 pm

I'm sick, bed ridded and suffering! I am in a bad mood and so I just want to break those stupid freaks over my knee.

Today is going to be a beautiful day for beatings!

Granitehewer · Post by **Granitehewer** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:53 pm

for the whole knee breaking thing,you might need a conveyor belt,if bedbound, try meccano or lego

Enkidu · Post by **Enkidu** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:01 pm

I've just had a quick glance at wikipedia (I know it's unreliable, but for dealing with day to day curiosity, or random searching when you are bored, it's great) and it's not a question with a simple answer, is it?
A phrase I keep coming across, both there, and in the answers here, (thanks, BTW) is Democratic/Republican Registered Voters. Is this a looser affiliation than party membership, or just a synonym for membership? I notice on a lot of US films and TV programs that deal with elections, campaigns are staffed by people who seem to volunteer on a short term basis, often literally off the street, organized by a cadre of professionals. Are the parties relatively small organizations who call out a "militia" of sympathetic citizens for the election campaigning?

Post by **Mikey** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:14 pm

Someone can be (and many are) registered Democrats or Republicans without actually going out and working on a campaign, etc. However, you do need to be registered as a party member to vote in a primary.

PS Jordanis - I could have sworn that I read that Wisconsin was losing half its RNC delegation, but you've proven me to be a dumba** before, so...

Jordanis · Post by **Jordanis** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:31 pm

Mikey wrote:Someone can be (and many are) registered Democrats or Republicans without actually going out and working on a campaign, etc. However, you do need to be registered as a party member to vote in a primary.

PS Jordanis - I could have sworn that I read that Wisconsin was losing half its RNC delegation, but you've proven me to be a dumba** before, so...

Well, it's ONE of those vaguely-mitten-shaped great lakes states...

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:14 am

Recount:

Kucinich alluded to online reports alleging disparities around the state between hand-counted ballots, which tended to favor Sen. Barack Obama, and machine-counted ones that tended to favor Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. He also noted the difference between pre-election polls, which indicated Obama would win, and Clinton's triumph by a 39 percent to 37 percent margin.

I heard about this rumor but apparently it has more weight than I thought.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080111/ap_ ... nh_recount

Now what would happen if they showed that Obama actually won and that they were tampered with. Wouldn't that be a twist?

Jordanis · Post by **Jordanis** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:45 pm

What kind of machine count does NH have? One of those optical scanner things? I hope so, the fully electronic machines from diebold don't have paper records to recount, and that would really start making people suspicious.

Captain Peabody · Post by **Captain Peabody** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:21 am

Well, it's official; we have hit a new low in political discourse...

McCain "Swift Boated."

Sound familiar?

Jordanis · Post by **Jordanis** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:57 am

Sure does. I hate those '409' organizations, or whatever it is they're called (I have forgotten since 2004). They're never run by normal citizens, just more branches of the entrenched power structure.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:03 pm

Not only that, but they more often than not either don't have the facts, or intentionally ignore them.

I'm not voting GOP no matter who gets the nod, but to belittle the suffering of a POW as McCain was is just base.

Captain Peabody · Post by **Captain Peabody** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:03 pm

The saddest part is not that politicians would try this kind of stuff, but that it usually works...

Sheesh.

Jordanis · Post by **Jordanis** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:15 pm

Research the issues that will determine my economic and social wellbeing for the next four years?

American Idol is starting, c'mon man.

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:11 pm

Thought this was pretty funny. The language is kind of bad so if its too bad for this forum feel free to edit this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86-or9XrUl0