2008 TTLG Mock presidential election. Poll included - by io organic industrialism
Gingerbread Man on 16/10/2008 at 00:52
I dunno. I think it adds a certain quaint charm to have more ignorant rednecks scattered around the place. Don't get me wrong, fett's still our token Ignorant Hillbilly Fuck, but it's always nice to have new and enthusiastically retarded kids to play with.
BEAR on 16/10/2008 at 00:55
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Tonight we've received reports that indicate that one Alfred Smith, born in Hawaii in 1969, was in fact not born on US soil. The proof comes from a forensics expert named techdude, who determined that Smiths birth certificate was a fake. Amazingly this managed to get past all government officials for nearly 40 years. Smith thought he had gotten away with it, until called out by some guy from Kentucky, proving once and for all that you can't get
shit past a redneck.
You heard it here first! This is now legitimate news! Are you interested now Mon Capitán?
Gingerbread Man on 16/10/2008 at 00:57
dear god the internet is powerful indded
do me next! :D
BEAR on 16/10/2008 at 02:59
Well there went another real productive debate. I couldn't stand to watch the whole thing (I've seen it before - twice), but once again Obama came off looking like an intellegent thoughtful presidential figure and McCain came off as an ornery old man. He has this snide condescending tone all the time now when talking with/about Obama that irks me.
I enjoy quite a bit when Obama corrects McCain's misrepresentations of Obama's voting record (Biden did the same thing in the VP debate). Case in point, McCain claiming that Obama voted against medical care for partial birth babies or failed abortion babies (I think thats it, I can't recall what the term was) and it sounded terrible for Obama. He repudiated it explaining the reason was that there was already one on the books and the bill undermined roe vs wade. Also his vote against a ban on late term abortions. They sound terrible for Obama, but make him sound better when he can instantly repudiate them. Makes me wonder why McCain brings it up at all, like he's hoping Obama doesn't remember his own voting record. It really makes McCain look like a fool, not probably that "independents" will really notice.
I expect McCain to claim another resounding victory while his poll numbers continue to fall.
Ko0K on 16/10/2008 at 03:10
Predictions set aside, it's amazing that these debates have any bearing on the minds of the voters at all. How can people be still undecided by now? I can understand that some people might still need time to do research on some of the propositions on the ballot, but undecided as to who they're going to vote for the next president? Hm...
heretic on 16/10/2008 at 03:19
Quote Posted by fett
I'm going to go with my gut here and say that that all of these stupid internet rumors and scary stories go back to the simple fact that people are afraid of a black man running the country.It's fucking racism.
If these so-called racist "rumors" are propagated by the political right than that does little to explain the widespread grassroots attempts by Republicans and other conservatives to draft Colin Powell, Condi Rice or Alan Keyes in a bid for a presidential run well before Obama was even on the radar.
Most folks have moved beyond race. It's culture, more specifically religious concerns (whether real or imagined) that are the real issue here.
Can you name one Republican or conservative that doesn't both admire and greatly respect Clarence Thomas?
Turtle on 16/10/2008 at 04:19
I lol'd so hard at that during the debate, I rewound it and made my wife watch it again.
Priceless.
Ko0K on 16/10/2008 at 04:22
Quote Posted by heretic
If these so-called racist "rumors" are propagated by the political right than that does little to explain the widespread grassroots attempts by Republicans and other conservatives to draft Colin Powell, Condi Rice or Alan Keyes in a bid for a presidential run well before Obama was even on the radar.
Most folks have moved beyond race. It's culture, more specifically religious concerns (whether real or imagined) that are the real issue here.
Can you name one Republican or conservative that doesn't both admire and greatly respect Clarence Thomas?
Oh, geez, I don't know... How about the guys who yelled "traitor" and "Off with his head"?
(edit) Look, I'm not saying that all Republicans are like that, and there are fringe lunatics on both sides, but racism and far right go hand in hand in just about any country in this world.
BEAR on 16/10/2008 at 04:32
Quote Posted by heretic
Most folks have moved beyond race. It's culture, more specifically religious concerns (whether real or imagined) that are the real issue here.
This is the way I like to think. Its more how I thought prior to the election. I really do think institutional racism is basically over in the US, but that obviously cultural racism will be longer in disappearing, but we've come a long way.
That said, I think I tend to greatly over-estimate the American people in that respect. It really saddens me to realize how many racist people there are. In my neck of the woods, its the kind of thing that if you don't talk about it, you would have no idea. There are people that I consider to be good people that, given the chance, will spout terrible racist rhetoric. Granted its mostly harmless, they aren't the type of racists that go out and do anything about it, they just have strong ignorant opinions based on a severely narrow perspective.
I don't think any of us want to know the real numbers here as it would be very depressing to us and all of the world.
