Author Topic: Go vote. (Read 4409 times)

1 Thump · **on:** November 06, 2012, 02:15:11 pm

Guys,
Go out and vote. You dont get to complain otherwise. I dont care who you vote for. Here in Cali they have seven on the ballot. I am going to vote for the guy who will not start another war (who is it ?) because we just dont have the money.
Any who, there I said it. Now go !

Chuck D · **Reply #1 on:** November 06, 2012, 03:04:09 pm

Done.

ace.cafe · **Reply #2 on:** November 06, 2012, 03:05:16 pm

I voted.
I'm not saying who I voted for, but I will say that it wasn't either of the two major parties.

Chuck D · **Reply #3 on:** November 06, 2012, 03:09:10 pm

Quote from: ace.cafe on November 06, 2012, 03:05:16 pm

I voted.
I'm not saying who I voted for, but I will say that it wasn't either of the two major parties.

Uhhh.... Gus Hall?

1 Thump · **Reply #4 on:** November 06, 2012, 03:56:51 pm

Nope . Gary Johnson.

Quote from: Chuck D on November 06, 2012, 03:09:10 pm

Uhhh.... Gus Hall?

ace.cafe · **Reply #5 on:** November 06, 2012, 05:19:43 pm

All right, I wrote in Ron Paul.

LarsBloodbeard · **Reply #6 on:** November 06, 2012, 05:59:26 pm

Quote from: ace.cafe on November 06, 2012, 03:05:16 pm

I voted.
I'm not saying who I voted for, but I will say that it wasn't either of the two major parties.

+1

I rarely vote for Rep or Dem presidential candidates. Both have ideals I like and ideals I really hate. People say I'm throwing my vote away, but I say unless you vote for someone you actually believe in, rather than picking either side of a coin, then you are the one throwing your vote away.

GlennF · **Reply #7 on:** November 07, 2012, 10:03:42 pm

Quote from: LarsBloodbeard on November 06, 2012, 05:59:26 pm

+1

I rarely vote for Rep or Dem presidential candidates. Both have ideals I like and ideals I really hate. People say I'm throwing my vote away, but I say unless you vote for someone you actually believe in, rather than picking either side of a coin, then you are the one throwing your vote away.

yep, a two party political system is definitely not a true democracy

Arizoni · **Reply #8 on:** November 08, 2012, 12:54:35 am

America was never intended to be a true democracy.

It is a democratic republic, not that this has anything to do with how many parties are running for elected offices.

Over the years, we've had several elections where third (or fourth?) parties not only ran but won.

GlennF · **Reply #9 on:** November 08, 2012, 03:23:07 am

Quote from: Arizoni on November 08, 2012, 12:54:35 am

Over the years, we've had several elections where third (or fourth?) parties not only ran but won.

Never knew that. All we hear about down in Australia are the Democrats and Republicans.

We have two parties as well but they are both really variants of your democrats, one slightly more right wing than the other.

1 Thump · **Reply #10 on:** November 08, 2012, 04:33:04 am

Who is to say that the third party will not be corrupted in short order? But, we do have a third party, the extreme right wing of the (R) party. It has prevented any form of compromise, any progress, movement forward, and has accomplished a stalemate. Be careful what you ask for....

ERC · **Reply #11 on:** November 08, 2012, 02:18:38 pm

How "right" you are Thump. ERC

1 Thump · **Reply #12 on:** November 08, 2012, 03:39:30 pm

I am sort of independent...but I lived in India for most of my life. They have the kind of democracy that we are talking about , but on steroids. Multiple parties, nobody ever gets a majority, and nothing gets done. Thats one of the big reasons Indias growth rate has declined.
There are always two sides to an argument...I am giving the other side ..

Arizoni · **Reply #13 on:** November 08, 2012, 11:05:46 pm

I was just looking thru the voter information for the Arizona/Federal election we just had.

The candidates were from the Republican party, the Democrat party, the Libertarian party, the Green party and the Independent party.

I don't know about the other States, but Arizona's elections aren't just two party affairs.

redcat · **Reply #14 on:** November 09, 2012, 10:57:41 pm

I Vote for these guys: http://youtu.be/Vvy0wRLD5s8

ridgerunner · **Reply #15 on:** November 14, 2012, 08:40:06 am

I was surprised to see how much coverage the BBC gave the election. I was interesting to read the comments. Apparently they are as divided on our election as we were...are...

tooseevee · **Reply #16 on:** November 14, 2012, 07:07:17 pm

Quote from: 1 Thump on November 08, 2012, 04:33:04 am

Who is to say that the third party will not be corrupted in short order? But, we do have a third party, the extreme right wing of the (R) party. It has prevented any form of compromise, any progress, movement forward, and has accomplished a stalemate. Be careful what you ask for....

You seem to forget the FOURTH party; the extreme LEFT Wing which the president & his administration are members of.

1 Thump · **Reply #17 on:** November 14, 2012, 10:26:08 pm

Oh yes. The FOURTH party that has vowed to rename the country USSA (United Socialist States of America); that is led by a president who was first a not-good-enough-christian, then a muslim, then a kenyan, followed by unamerican, racist, who took your guns away, who authored the patriot act, took you freedom away, preventing you from voting, changed the curriculum to teach evolution in school, supports abortion, supports Citizens United, put left wing nuts on the supreme court, and believes (along with 97% of scientists) that humans have contributed to global warming. That guy, that party is indeed the FOURTH liberal party.

That fourth party, whenever it does come into existance, shall also be corrupted by one interest group or the other.

GlennF · **Reply #18 on:** November 15, 2012, 12:27:30 am

I am not sure Americans really have the faintest idea what an actual extreme left wing party actually is.

I recall one group in my younger days where the Mao-ists actually went as far as firebombing a couple of the Lenin-ists cars

GreenMachine · **Reply #19 on:** November 15, 2012, 03:20:29 pm

Glennf: or shooting rockets at each other...

AgentX · **Reply #20 on:** November 16, 2012, 01:04:37 am

Quote from: GlennF on November 15, 2012, 12:27:30 am

I am not sure Americans really have the faintest idea what an actual extreme left wing party actually is.

I recall one group in my younger days where the Mao-ists actually went as far as firebombing a couple of the Lenin-ists cars

Just goes to prove that most can't see the Maoist for the trees.