The American (USA) 2016 presidential elections thread?

[ellipsis]

...your skills of comprehension are rather lacking boghed...as are your quests to be one of the greatest of the warriors who inhabit the web...this is entertainment only and I love it...you do realise that the bigger the warrior translates to the bigger the wanker...if you believe your own shit and need to constantly remind everyone else in etherland that you do, carry on...it's just entertainment...and cunts that dont vote in my world, a fairly real one, are still cunts...you may not be a cunt but you are still an web wanker...fuck off and taunt oldrider, he loves it obviously...your retorts and such are quite juvenile and usually reactive to whatever your fingers can tap...pure entertainment and you are part of it...

[TheDemonLord]

...your skills of comprehension are rather lacking boghed...as are your quests to be one of the greatest of the warriors who inhabit the web...this is entertainment only and I love it...you do realise that the bigger the warrior translates to the bigger the wanker...if you believe your own shit and need to constantly remind everyone else in etherland that you do, carry on...it's just entertainment...and cunts that dont vote in my world, a fairly real one, are still cunts...you may not be a cunt but you are still an web wanker...fuck off and taunt oldrider, he loves it obviously...your retorts and such are quite juvenile and usually reactive to whatever your fingers can tap...pure entertainment and you are part of it...

U mad Bro?

[Madness]

[Hemi Makutu]

U mad Bro?

The bogoff did an expost-facto post edit worthy of the husashill.. & still missed the obvious point..

It was so 'ken funny, I should've quoted it.. before he changed it.. &/or reported him for being off-topic & stupid...

[bogan]

...your skills of comprehension are rather lacking boghed...as are your quests to be one of the greatest of the warriors who inhabit the web...this is entertainment only and I love it...you do realise that the bigger the warrior translates to the bigger the wanker...if you believe your own shit and need to constantly remind everyone else in etherland that you do, carry on...it's just entertainment...and cunts that dont vote in my world, a fairly real one, are still cunts...you may not be a cunt but you are still an web wanker...fuck off and taunt oldrider, he loves it obviously...your retorts and such are quite juvenile and usually reactive to whatever your fingers can tap...pure entertainment and you are part of it...

You do sound an awful lot like oldy with that one though...

Votes in NZ don't affect US results, thus it is not hypocrisy to complain about the US result and not vote in NZ. You should be able to comprehend that.

[bogan]

The bogoff did an expost-facto post edit worthy of the husashill.. & still missed the obvious point..

It was so 'ken funny, I should've quoted it.. before he changed it.. &/or reported him for being off-topic & stupid...

It was an addition, the second sentence. The meaning was clarified, not changed.

Oh, and try bogroll, probably a funnier option than bogoff (not actually a thing is it?).

[pritch]

Having just had an election to select from two of the least appealing candidates ever, some people in the US want another option added to the ballot: "None of the above".
Should "none of the above" get most votes the parties would be required to select new candidates.

Probably won't happen of course. We don't have a president and it probably has no application here, but the phrase "none of the above" has a lot of appeal when applied to politicians.

[Katman]

Probably won't happen of course. We don't have a president and it probably has no application here, but the phrase "none of the above" has a lot of appeal when applied to politicians.

An idea so crazy it might just work.

[oldrider]

Having just had an election to select from two of the least appealing candidates ever, some people in the US want another option added to the ballot: "None of the above".
Should "none of the above" get most votes the parties would be required to select new candidates.

Probably won't happen of course. We don't have a president and it probably has no application here, but the phrase "none of the above" has a lot of appeal when applied to politicians.

The electorate here (NZ) does not elect our Prime Minister - cabinet does that!

The electorate doesn't even elect the government - we simply vote to give them permission to form a government among themselves!

That is why their loyalty is to each other - rather than to the electorate!

"None of the above" might be an interesting addition to our voting options.

[Grumph]

"None of the above" might be an interesting addition to our voting options.

We've effectively got that with the party vote. You can withhold your vote for the individuals in your electorate but use your party vote for a party not standing a candidate in your electorate. But yes, adding that to the party vote page might make for interesting results.

[YellowDog]

An airplane was about to crash. There were 4 passengers on board, but only 3 parachutes.
The 1st passenger said, "I am Steph Curry, the best NBA basketball player. The Warriors and my millions of fans need me, and I can't afford to die." So he took the 1st pack and left the plane.

The 2nd passenger, Donald Trump, said, "I am the newly-elected U.S. President, and I am the smartest President in American history, so my people don't want me to die." He took the 2nd pack and jumped out of the plane.

The 3rd passenger, the Pope, said to the 4th passenger, a 10 year old schoolboy, "My son, I am old and don't have many years left, you have more years ahead so I will sacrifice my life and let you have the last parachute."

The little boy said, "That's okay, 'Your Holiness', there's a parachute left for you. America 's smartest President took my schoolbag."

[Brian d marge]

The electorate here (NZ) does not elect our Prime Minister - cabinet does that!

The electorate doesn't even elect the government - we simply vote to give them permission to form a government among themselves!

That is why their loyalty is to each other - rather than to the electorate!

"None of the above" might be an interesting addition to our voting options.

exaxtly , add to that the threat of crossing line line and complaining about something u shouldn't , Palestine , for example and yes YOU MUST toe the line , you even have a party whip that puts u back in ur place if you go against the party or say something u shoudnt ,

My idea, One Politician , one bullet , one vote

and the sooner the better , biggest con job ever !

u know Spain STILL hasn't a government ! Belgium was fine for a few weeks !

[mashman]

Having just had an election to select from two of the least appealing candidates ever, some people in the US want another option added to the ballot: "None of the above".
Should "none of the above" get most votes the parties would be required to select new candidates.

Probably won't happen of course. We don't have a president and it probably has no application here, but the phrase "none of the above" has a lot of appeal when applied to politicians.

The radical thing about putting such an option on the ballot is that people would actually have something to vote for that otherwise have no option to choose from. If they do add "None of the above" as an option, then I'm going to create a party called "None of the above" .

[mashman]

Belgium was fine for a few weeks !

heh... 541 days according to internet.

[bogan]

We've effectively got that with the party vote. You can withhold your vote for the individuals in your electorate but use your party vote for a party not standing a candidate in your electorate. But yes, adding that to the party vote page might make for interesting results.

Problem is that tallying them up is all it would be. No change would be effected.

The more the democratic system is discussed, the more I come to the conclusion it gives us the standard of leadership we deserve, not the standard we are capable of. Broken media, proliferation of bad information and echo chambers, broken voting systems, broken candidates; all of this could be fixed by simply having smarter voters.