Bush vs Kerry

[Capt. Tex]

Condi Rice - her as running mate would attract a ton of women and black voters

Think again...

 

[bart]

OK, for those of you that prefer platitudes rather than facts:

Total non-farm employees

1999: 128,993,000

2003: 129,932,000

Not quite a million more, but d@mn close.

So babble all you want, those are the facts.



For those of you that took economics understand that job growth is the last thing to occur in a recovery. For those of you that did not take economics, or forgot all you learned, quit watching CNN and read a book.

 

[CFI'er]

Voter Results Sealed

1. What needs to be done is seal all results, across this great country, until the last voter booth is closed.

2. Change the vote day to a Saturday so that all workers have a chance to vote. I know that we can vote by absentee ballet, but how many more would vote if the election in on a Saturday?

3. Disallow the so-called exit polls, which in return prevent the "Jump on the bandwagon" syndrome. The Liberal media will just have to wait until all voter booths are closed and accounted for.

 

[cheater1239]

I'm in a union...I'll vote for the candidate with a D next to his name

 

[Timebuilder]

For those of you that took economics understand that job growth is the last thing to occur in a recovery. For those of you that did not take economics, or forgot all you learned, quit watching CNN and read a book.

Liberals have their most success when people don't think for themselves, and instead listen to their hyperbole, like, for example: "republicans want to put old people out on the street and take away their medical care."

They hope they will get their largest response to what amounts to uniformed "feelings", rather than a well considered discussion of issues. That's death to them.

 

[jarhead]

CFIer

I am not certain about this, but I always thought that the first Tuesday in November was mandated by the constitution for election of the Pres. Could be wrong, but that is what I thought. The reason he does not take office until Jan 20th, is back in the days of horse and buggy transport, that's how long it took to get all the ballots to Washington, get them tabulated and presented to the electoral college.

Also, changing to Saturday to allow all working folks to vote???
There are an awfull lot of people who work Saturday and Sundays....pilots included. It ain't 9 to 5 any more. I also believe most places of employment are required to let an employee off to go vote if his schedule won't accomodate it. How about the salesman on the road away from his district. That indeed is an example of why there are absentee ballots.

I like the idea of a news blackout on election day untill all the polls are closed. From New York to Hawaii.

 

[ShawnC]

Re: CFIer

That indeed is an example of why there are absentee ballots.

I almost always vote absentee, it's alot easier because it allows you to research and ponder the issues.

 

[jarhead]

Do you mean you can't research and ponder the issues without an absentee ballot????

 

[ShawnC]

Do you mean you can't research and ponder the issues without an absentee ballot????

None of the local newspaper put out the sample ballots like the use to.

 

[Singlecoil]

I think exit polling is illegal in Canada, but I'm not sure.

 

[jarhead]

ShawnC

That's too bad. I always like to have a sample ballot, and then can look at the various candidate's positions and voting record if they're an incumbent. During the last election, I was able to get the sample ballot a few weeks ahead of the election off the Internet. I can't recall where it came from, or what group put it up, but it was valuable. I too, live in a small town with not much for a local paper, so the only thing covered well were the offices for state and federal office. Not much about my local aldermen, school board, tax levies or special propositions. I see what you mean now, about an absentee ballot givng you access to who is running for less well known races, Judges, etc.

 

[I Hate Freight]

I'm in a union...I'll vote for the candidate with a D next to his name

That's it? If I'm in a union, I'll vote for the person with an R next to his or her name. I am not a one issue voter.

I HATE FREIGHT

 

[I Hate Freight]

I can just see the headlines: Rehnquist court throws out all votes from California, Washington, Oregon, Ohio, Wisconsin, New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, New Mexico, and Florida. Presidency is awarded to Bush with 5% of the vote.

Let's see... Bush won the first count, Bush won the automatic recount, Bush won the third count, the US SC puts an end to the fourth selective recount ordered by the all left-wing liberal FL SC in four heavily democrat counties ONLY, all the while the Gwhore team was trying to get military absentee ballots THROWN OUT because Liberals HATE the Military. Oh, but Bush stole the election!

Election Stats

Counties won by Gore: 677
Counties won by Bush: 2,434

Population of counties won by Gore: 127 million
Population of counties won by Bush: 143 million

Square miles of country won by Gore: 580,000
Square miles of country won by Bush: 2,427,000

States won by Gore: 20
States won by Bush: 30

Average Murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Gore: 13.2
Average Murder per 100,000 residents in counties won by Bush: 2.1

I HATE FREIGHT!

 

[TWA Dude]

I Hate Freight:

I just love it when when Bushies post those stats and conveniently omit the fact that more people in this country voted for Gore than Bush. You can try to make it seem like it's irrelevant but you'll fail. Yes, I'm aware of the electoral process which allows for a candidate to lose the popular vote yet win the election. We live in a democracy but it isn't a perfect one.

It's my sincere hope that whomever wins the popular vote this November wins the election.

Dude

Anyone But Bush!

p.s. in the Missouri gubernatorial election I voted for a deceased Democrat over (now attorney general) Ashcroft -- not out of sympathy but because I knew who'd do a better job.

 

[Timebuilder]

You can try to make it seem like it's irrelevant but you'll fail.

I'm glad you appended that comment with an observation of how US election law works. Bottom line: Bush is the legal president, having won the election according to law. No amount of whining will change that.

As far as voting for a dead person, I can only imagine what that says about you as a partisan political animal.

On second thought, I don't want to imagine that.

 

[TWA Dude]

As far as voting for a dead person, I can only imagine what that says about you as a partisan political animal.

Ooh, I just love being labeled! I think it says a lot when a poster chooses to label (denigrate) his dissenters rather than provide any meaningful counterpoints.

Dude

 

[bart]

I will just say that voting for a dead person is quite a protest, but not a very practical idea. It speaks volumes about how one probably puts emotional statements ahead of well reasoned, thought through actions.

I also notice that none of the democrats and liberals responded to the employment stats I posted earlier in the thread.

As I suspected, when confronted with facts, liberals and democrats:

1) Start screaming

2) Change the subject (they used that one here)

or 3) Call you a racist.

Anything but an unemotional look at the facts.

 

[TWA Dude]

I will just say that voting for a dead person is quite a protest, but not a very practical idea.

It wasn't a protest vote. The deceased Democrat won and his Democrat wife was appointed in his place. I had no idea who would actually be appointed but I knew s/he would be a better choice than Ashcroft.

Dude

 

[Timebuilder]

Ooh, I just love being labeled! I think it says a lot when a poster chooses to label (denigrate) his dissenters rather than provide any meaningful counterpoints.

Oh, I see now.

Voting for a dead person qualifies you as worthy of intelligent discourse.

I don't think so.

It qualifies you as a mind numbed liberal, just as I once was. I wouldn't call anyone a name that I could not myself relate to in my experience.

 

[kevdog]

I think the Republicans on this site should each give $10 to the flightinfo fund if Kerry wins, and vice versa with the Democrats/Liberals/Commies etc. if Bush wins.

Enough wasted space already!

Go fly an airplane or play with yourself or something.