Where do you stand?

[sameoldsht]

The next few months will be rather ugly as far as politics go - even uglier than it currently is. Nothing new, politics have always been an ugly game. It'll be interesting for sure.

Just wondering where the majority of gamblers reading this forum are as far as political affiliation. It certainly appears that the left may be dominant, but many folks lurk and don't post. So...an anonymous poll.

[ThaSaltCracka]

wheres the none of the above button?

[sameoldsht]

I left the "None of the Above" option out on purpose - too easy to say "None, I'm a Centrist" or "None, I'm a Moderate". There will be no serious Centrist Party or Moderate Party candidate on the ballot in November. You simply have to choose one of the two dominant parties or cast a protest vote for some other guy with absolutly no chance of ever winning, which is your right of course - go for it.

I guess I could have included "Obscure Party With No Chance of Ever Winning An Election" as an option, but I thought "Wacko" covered that pretty well.

[ThaSaltCracka]

your question was "which party do you lean torwards", not which parties candidate are you going to vote for. You may be surprised to find that many of the people on here are independant/libertarians. So you should have included the none of the above button.

[sameoldsht]

I guess I coulda made the poll question a bit more clear - too late to edit now. The results will still be interesting.

The vast majority will vote here for the party they will vote for (and therefore "lean" toward) in November, which was the point of the poll.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

You seem to be of the opinion that anybody who isn't a democrat or republican is either a "wacko" or politically illiterate.

If want a good look at a political illiterate, go look in mirror.

[Garbonzo]

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I guess I coulda made the poll question a bit more clear - too late to edit now. The results will still be interesting.

The vast majority will vote here for the party they will vote for (and therefore "lean" toward) in November, which was the point of the poll.

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Did you make an account here for the sole purpose of political discussions?

[sameoldsht]

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If want a good look at a political illiterate, go look in mirror.

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Was the personal attack really necessary? I assume this was sarcasm. Or can you not complete a simple sentence?

Yes, I think the majority of Green Party, Socialist, Anarchist, and other radical fringe groups are pretty "wacky". They're fun to listen to though...they make me laugh.

[mikeyvegas]

I thought the word "Illiterate" was pretty much tied to one meaning. Maybe politaclly ignorant would be better.

[sameoldsht]

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Did you make an account here for the sole purpose of political discussions?

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Discussion is always a good thing, but it was more of a curiosity thing. There are lots of lurkers who don't post so I was wondering where the readers stand as whole, as opposed to just the usual list of posters.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

Was the personal attack really necessary? I assume this was sarcasm. Or can you not complete a simple sentence?


I'm sorry. I left a word out of the sentence. Allow me to clarify. If you think that any choice other than the democrats or repubicans indicates flawed thinking or indicates illiteracy it is you who are (at best) politically illiterate or (at worst) have been brainwashed.

An election is not a horse race. The goal is not to pick the winner. The goal is to use your one vote to accomplish something. I live in a state that is a guaranteed win for Kerry. Leaving aside for a moment the fact that there is not a power on earth that could get me to vote for a Democrat, the fact is that I have not been pleased with the path the GOP has taken over the past 25 years. The party that used to be for free-market capitalism and individual freedom has pretty much abandoned both. So, since the Democrats are themselves champions of neither, I choose to vote Libertarian (which by the way is the 3rd largest party in the US based upon elected office holders). Why do I vote LP? Because I think they'll win? No, I'm not as ignorant as you might want to believe. I vote libertarian because somehow I want their principles to float into the GOP, maybe make the GOP truly become a party of limited government.

So if you want to make posts that insult the intelligence and mental acuity of anyone who doesn't toe the republicrat line, go ahead. That's called freedom of speech. But don't go whining like a nancy-girl when somebody calls you on it, because that's freedom of speech, too.

[ThaSaltCracka]

haha, very nice /images/graemlins/grin.gif
I love it when new people say really stupid things and then get it handed to the, nice post.

[ACPlayer]

Are we talking which party we are registered under or to which party we plan to vote for? For me the answers are different.

[craig r]

wow, there is an "anarchist" political party? i didn't know that. are a lot of anarchists for government now?