Who will you be voting for? (anonymous poll)

[dipshit]

McCain is an idiot, Obama is a dangerous idiot..... what a fucking choice

But you have to vote for one of them...!!!

[jafar]

Well Hitler was voted in under an MMP system. Good little brainless sheep those German people were at the time.

You sure about that? I was under the impression that Germany didn't go to MMP until after the war.

Robert Mugabe was voted in & then changed the rules to stay in power, even when voted out he just said "fuck it I'm staying" & is still there........ even with ruining the country & 2,000,000+% inflation. We don't have it too bad here

[cs363]

McCain is an idiot, Obama is a dangerous idiot..... what a fucking choice

What's worse is that McCain is likely to cark it in office and put an even bigger idiot in charge.....that really scares me. I think the Americans have a much, much harder choice when they head to the polling booths this election than we do, and the choice we are faced with isn't exactly awe inspiring.

[jafar]

But you have to vote for one of them...!!!

Ah that one is easy, I'd vote for McCain... as he is only an idiot

[cs363]

Ah that one is easy, I'd vote for McCain... as he is only an idiot

yes, yes....but see my post above - what if he shuffles off???

And no, that certainly isn't a vote for Obama. I'm still trying to work out which is the lesser of two evils there...

[jafar]

yes, yes....but see my post above - what if he shuffles off???

And no, that certainly isn't a vote for Obama. I'm still trying to work out which is the lesser of two evils there...

The impression I got when I was in the states a couple of months ago was as stated, neither are rocket scientists.

If McCain dies in office then Palin becomes the leader of the free world, well for 3 weeks of a month anyway
Thats better than they have now. george is out either way

[cs363]

The impression I got when I was in the states a couple of months ago was as stated, neither are rocket scientists.

If McCain dies in office then Palin becomes the leader of the free world, well for 3 weeks of a month anyway
Thats better than they have now. george is out either way

Well certainly can't argue that almost anyone would be better than Dubya....McCain was probably the way I would have lent until he hooked up with Palin, from what I've read she's even less experienced than Obama and just as dangerous, though that's all conjecture and I'll freely admit I haven't been following it that closely.
Palin may not be as bad as some sections of the media seem to be making out, but it certainly has put a big question mark in the minds of many voters over there along with myself.

She's a lot more pleasing to the eye than our dictator, I'll give her that though

[jafar]

Well certainly can't argue that almost anyone would be better than Dubya....McCain was probably the way I would have lent until he hooked up with Palin, from what I've read she's even less experienced than Obama and just as dangerous, though that's all conjecture and I'll freely admit I haven't been following it that closely.
Palin may not be as bad as some sections of the media seem to be making out, but it certainly has put a big question mark in the minds of many voters over there along with myself.

She's a lot more pleasing to the eye than our dictator, I'll give her that though

You have touched on part of the problem with Obama, he is seriously unexperienced, as is Palin. Palin is however running for deputy not the main job. She can prove herself just as incapable as the rest of the candidates I'm sure.

[cs363]

You have touched on part of the problem with Obama, he is seriously unexperienced, as is Palin. Palin is however running for deputy not the main job. She can prove herself just as incapable as the rest of the candidates I'm sure.

lmao...yep, though as many pundits have pointed out, McCain at his age and with his health issues in highly likely to either cark it or fall ill and be unable to fulfill his presidential obligations (assuming of course that he wins) then the deputy has to step up to the plate......

[jafar]

lmao...yep, though as many pundits have pointed out, McCain at his age and with his health issues in highly likely to either cark it or fall ill and be unable to fulfill his presidential obligations (assuming of course that he wins) then the deputy has to step up to the plate......

So they end up with a woman running the show.... Helen & Jenny have been keeping us poor for how long??

Another way of looking @ it is you have a choice of a black man or a white woman for the White House. As they are about as inexperienced as each other , the choices are interesting to say the least...... Either way it is uncharted territory for the seppo's.
Previous experience would tend to show that the Female would be the lesser of two evils

[cs363]

So they end up with a woman running the show.... Helen & Jenny have been keeping us poor for how long??

Another way of looking @ it is you have a choice of a black man or a white woman for the White House. As they are about as inexperienced as each other , the choices are interesting to say the least...... Either way it is uncharted territory for the seppo's.
Previous experience would tend to show that the Female would be the lesser of two evils

I tend to agree, and if push came to shove and I was actually voting in the US election I think I'd probably still vote for McCain/Palin. i don't have a problem at all with having an African-American president, in fact like a female president I believe it's inevitable. I just do not believe that Obama is the right person for the job. Certainly makes it interesting from our standpoint.
I'm expecting to head over to the US late this year/early next again, so it will be interesting to catch up with friends and business associates and get their take on whatever has eventuated.

[jafar]

I tend to agree, and if push came to shove and I was actually voting in the US election I think I'd probably still vote for McCain/Palin. i don't have a problem at all with having an African-American president, in fact like a female president I believe it's inevitable. I just do not believe that Obama is the right person for the job. Certainly makes it interesting from our standpoint.
I'm expecting to head over to the US late this year/early next again, so it will be interesting to catch up with friends and business associates and get their take on whatever has eventuated.

Sad to say but the American friends we have will tell you they back "the president" whichever one they end up with. It's considered unpatriotic to say otherwise...... especially to a foreign national

[cs363]

Sad to say but the American friends we have will tell you they back "the president" whichever one they end up with. It's considered unpatriotic to say otherwise...... especially to a foreign national

Actually my experience has been quite the opposite, back when Bush was elected I couldn't believe how many people were talking about how the election was rigged/illegal (insert Michael Moore script here ) and the problems that he would cause - though the majority of these people were ones I deal with on the West Coast, as you move further to the east (and closer to DC) it did become more as you describe. It probably changes within the circles you move in too I guess, the majority of these folks were motorcycle industry or racing people FWIW.

[dipshit]

You sure about that? I was under the impression that Germany didn't go to MMP until after the war.

It was a system very similar to MMP. There were party lists. Hitler's party only got 18% of the votes but under that system he got control.

They fine tuned it after the war and came up with MMP to try to avoid something like that happening again.

[James Deuce]

BTW, in the US they don't vote for their President. Their votes go to electoral colleges who select the President.