Who are you going to vote for?

[shecky]

The other thread was started well before the announcements of the candidate's picks for vice president; so i think a revised thread is in order.

So, as of now, who do you plan to vote for in November?

[aethelbert]

Where's the option for neither? Please.

[ucfgrad93]

McCain / Palin

[obeygiant]

You could probably give McCain a 50 vote handicap but Obama would still win amongst this group.

[sushi]

You could probably give McCain a 50 vote handicap but Obama would still win amongst this group.
That's true! :)

[NC MacGuy]

You could probably give McCain a 50 vote handicap but Obama would still win amongst this group.

Ya think? I'd never have guessed.:D

Where's my man Nader on the poll?

[Ntombi]

You could probably give McCain a 50 vote handicap but Obama would still win amongst this group.

Would that this group were an accurate microcosm of the country. ;)

[ucfgrad93]

Would that this group were an accurate microcosm of the country. ;)

Personally, I'm very glad its not.:D

[.Andy]

No one is repressed like white, middle class, conservative males. Fight the power guys!

[gibbz]

Obama / Biden here. I don't think Palin will be able to overcome John McCain's policies. Her pick, while savvy, is simply a ploy. If Hillary had been picked as VP, I would lay money that McCain would not have chosen her.

[r.j.s]

I'm not fully decided yet, but I'll probably vote for Barr/Root.

[OutThere]

McCain's campaign surprises me on a daily basis...I find it hard to believe that people actually take him seriously, never mind want to vote for him. :eek:

[it5five]

Where's my man Nader on the poll?

Same. I'll be voting Nader/Gonzalez.

[nick9191]

Is there an election going on? You'd have never of guessed :rolleyes:

[Mike Teezie]

Obama/Biden for me, and hopefully for the majority of the Electoral college.

[rdowns]

Obama/Biden. The uncertainty of Obama is better to me than the certainty of McCain.

[Dagless]

Tories.

[Sky Blue]

Barry O.

Don't think he's gonna win though :(

[NC MacGuy]

Same. I'll be voting Nader/Gonzalez.

See, we can agree on something! I even made my son who wasn't going to vote because he doesn't like either of the main two listen to his NPR interview a few weeks back and he was shocked that the dude's got some valid points and is going to vote Nader as well. Talk about change.

[it5five]

See, we can agree on something! I even made my son who wasn't going to vote because he doesn't like either of the main two listen to his NPR interview a few weeks back and he was shocked that the dude's got some valid points and is going to vote Nader as well. Talk about change.

And I like Flight of the Conchords as well, so that's another thing we agree on.

Nader is a very smart man, and in my opinion, the only guy running that has much concern about the average American. He's devoted his life to doing so in a very direct way.

I would urge the undecideds or the Obama supporters in heavily blue states to take a look at some of Naders issues: http://www.votenader.org/issues/

Nader is polling pretty well for the amount of media coverage he gets (none) and no television advertising (at least in Arizona. I don't know about other states). He's at about 7-8% in NM and PA, and polling at about 4% nationally. It's a real shame that he's not being allowed to join the debates though. Third party candidates have just as much right to be there as the corporate candidates.

[Prof.]

The only clear choice - Obama/Biden:cool:

[ipodtoucher]

The only clear choice - Obama/Biden:cool:

Agreed... We don't need four more years of the last eight :)

[JW8725]

If that old prune and his trashy vice president win the white house then there is no hope for you guys. Its no secret that America is disliked world wide.

Its a shame really, but come November I hope you lot can fix it and get Obama in.

[redwarrior]

Personally, I'm very glad its not.:D
+1

[Krafty]

The Big Obama.

[solvs]

If that old prune and his trashy vice president.

While unfortunately I agree with most of the rest of your post, this part was kind of uncalled for.

I, for one, am voting for the not-Republican.

[FadeToBlack]

Obama.

I will say, though, that I wish that the other candidates could participate in the debates. I, myself, am registered independent and I think that the 2 party system sucks. Everybody should get an equal opportunity to have their say so, no matter what their party is. My $.02.

[JW8725]

While unfortunately I agree with most of the rest of your post, this part was kind of uncalled for.

I, for one, am voting for the not-Republican.

sorry mate (just don't get em into the White House):p:p:p

[solvs]

sorry mate (just don't get em into the White House):p:p:p

It's ok. This time. Spiderman says everybody gets one.

[Samwise592]

Cynthia McKinney! 100%

I agree completely with her politics.
I'm voting my conscience this time. No guilt for me, I refuse to be responsible for the next 4 years of horror in this country.
Even though i live in New York and I know that the electoral votes are going to Obama anyway, I'll feel better knowing that I voted for someone who I actually believe in.

[MattG]

Obama. Why, is there a choice?

[Wotan31]

McCain's campaign surprises me on a daily basis...I find it hard to believe that people actually take him seriously, never mind want to vote for him. :eek:
I don't think it's that anyone is in love with McCain, but rather that the alternative's complete lack of any experience is frightening. :eek:

Some might argue that Obama does indeed have leadership experience while citing his time as a Senator. I would counter with the fact that he's been on the campaign trail since day 1 in the senate - he's an "absentee senator" which means his experience is exactly ZERO. Be afraid.

[yg17]

I don't think it's that anyone is in love with McCain, but rather that the alternative's complete lack of any experience is frightening. :eek:

Some might argue that Obama does indeed have leadership experience while citing his time as a Senator. I would counter with the fact that he's been on the campaign trail since day 1 in the senate - he's an "absentee senator" which means his experience is exactly ZERO. Be afraid.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2007/04/mccain_most_absentee_08_senato.html

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), missing another major vote on the Iraq war today in favor of presidential campaigning, has pulled far ahead of his 2008 rivals in at least one category: absenteeism.

...

Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), have been present so often on the chamber floor you wouldn't even know they're running for the White House. Obama has missed seven votes, Clinton three.


He's been a senator since 2005. Campaigning didn't begin until 2007, and he still returns to Washington for votes while on the campaign trail.

[Sky Blue]

I don't think it's that anyone is in love with McCain, but rather that the alternative's complete lack of any experience is frightening. :eek:

Some might argue that Obama does indeed have leadership experience while citing his time as a Senator. I would counter with the fact that he's been on the campaign trail since day 1 in the senate - he's an "absentee senator" which means his experience is exactly ZERO. Be afraid.

I love how these right wing talking points have popped up in the last couple of days to deflect attention from McCain's horrible VP pick.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/07/29/us/politics/30obama.GRAPHIC.gif

His bold legislative work on the Illinois Death Penalty, and how he made a difference between life and death:
http://www.icadp.org/page236.html
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/12/obama.death.pena... /

His sponsorship of a bill that brought health insurance to 150,000, including 70,000 uninsured Children, again, during his time serving in the Illinois Statehouse:
http://factcheck.barackobama.com/factcheck/2007/12/14/f...
http://mediamatters.org/items/200712170003

His work on both the Immigration bill during his time in the US senate and his sponsorship of Ethics legislation (something he did both while in the State House, and in the Senate) that called for some of the most impactful reform regarding lobbyists since Watergate (as he likes to term it):
http://factcheck.barackobama.com/factcheck/2007/12/14/f...
http://feingold.senate.gov/~feingold/releases/07/01/200...

"Only in Republican America would a black man with a law degree from Harvard, 12 years in politics, four years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and manager of one of the most impressively flawless and forward thinking presidential campaigns ever not be ready for the presidency while a white female evangelical with 19 months in national politics and a bachelors in journalism is considered "ready on day one."

[Me1000]

You could probably give McCain a 50 vote handicap but Obama would still win amongst this group.

Hey Mac users are pretty smart...

besides, you could probably do the same for the actual elections, diebold will make in interesting though! They always have...

[ipodtoucher]

Some might argue that Obama does indeed have leadership experience while citing his time as a Senator. I would counter with the fact that he's been on the campaign trail since day 1 in the senate - he's an "absentee senator" which means his experience is exactly ZERO. Be afraid.

No be afraid that Palin has been in a political career for only a year....No Law Doctorate....Mayor of a 6,500 town? there's 6500 in a block of NYC.... Just be afraid when the 73 year old McCain passes and Palin is left to preside over this nation.... that is what scares me...:eek: