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Originally posted by rcyannacci
Question for my friends here, based on a conversation I had with my DH (another avid Kerry supporter). What happens if this election ends up at the Supreme Court again? Not in terms of whose declared the winner (we've had experience with this unfortunately), but in terms of what it means about our election system and mechanics. Would this be a situation where the Constitution is tested? People have now had 4 years to come up with new reactions to this scenario- what could be different? Am I making any sense here? I just think there could be major repercussions if the courts have to step back into a presidential election. Any thoughts?
Are you referring to the controversy in Colorado? I wonder about that too and what would happen if every state split their electoral votes. I hope that this election is smoother than a lot of people expect.

I can't believe that anyone is saying that only welfare recipients and so on vote for Democrats. That's just too much. :rolleyes:
 
I'm hoping that because of the way the 2000 election turned out, more people are actually paying attention to how they vote this year.
Not just for who they vote for, but that they're actually doing it right! and if their candidate is left off the ballot, they speak up about it.
 
I have to say it....you all just crack me up and I just LOVE this thread.

Very encouraging news about FL....I had my 2 year old DS chanting "go blue, go blue!". Hey, can I register him? If he stands on his tippy-toes, he may be able to reach the voting booth ;)
 

Originally posted by Therapeutic Smile
They should be... no incumbent in this century has been re-elected with an Approval Rating of less than 50% going into election week. W's been in the mid-40s lately

Not only that, there are plenty of experts who will tell you that undecided voters usually break towards the challenger and this President's lead is slim... if he leads at all, that is...

I picked up an absentee ballot today, and there must've been a line 100 people long to check in. People were just so anxious to vote. Generally, that doesn't bode well for an incumbent. When people are chomping at the bit to vote, they're generally voting against something.

And then there was the chatter. I heard a lot of people talking about the "mess in Iraq", the high gas prices, and this being SW Forida, the 17% increase in Medicare. Not many Koolaid drinkers in the group I was waiting with.
 
Anyone heard that Iran has offered to endorse Bush? There was just a quick "blurb" about this on the radio during their news summary on the hour (I was listening to the Randi Rhodes Show). I can't remember a lot of the details since my DD was having a bit of a meltdown in the car. However, I did hear that one of the upper level Iranian officials said that they felt more comfortable having Bush in the White House than Kerry (Iran feels it does better under if the US has a Republican President rather than a Democrat).

Seems to me that it is a good sign for Kerry.

ON a side note, we had completely forgotten about the under age voters. We've got college students, nursing home residents, illegal immigrants and now the under 18 year olds. With all these on our side, we've got it made.

One question - what is the thing about Kool Aid references and politics? I obviously have missed something...
 
Hey all you lurking Bush supporters! How ya doin? I just read the first few pages of your thread. Very interesting. :)

Just so you know, the pizza thing started out as a joke, but I'll take any of my kids friends out for pizza on election night as long as they vote for someone. I do give them more credit than being swayed with a free piece of pizza or new boxers. It was a joke. You know-haha funny.

To all the Kerry supporters: My ex told me he is finally off the fence and will vote for Kerry. This man has voted Republican in every election since he was 18. When I asked him why he said you know why I don't have to tell you.
:teeth: He gets pizza too. I'm sure that's the real reason he came over anyway. :rolleyes:

Also please let it be noted that I do not think our country will fall apart at the seams if Bush is reelected. I just think Kerry is the better choice between the two. :)
 
Originally posted by LisaZoe
Anyone heard that Iran has offered to endorse Bush? There was just a quick "blurb" about this on the radio during their news summary on the hour (I was listening to the Randi Rhodes Show). I can't remember a lot of the details since my DD was having a bit of a meltdown in the car. However, I did hear that one of the upper level Iranian officials said that they felt more comfortable having Bush in the White House than Kerry (Iran feels it does better under if the US has a Republican President rather than a Democrat).

Seems to me that it is a good sign for Kerry.

ON a side note, we had completely forgotten about the under age voters. We've got college students, nursing home residents, illegal immigrants and now the under 18 year olds. With all these on our side, we've got it made.

One question - what is the thing about Kool Aid references and politics? I obviously have missed something...
That's a classic :teeth:

Not only can you, but personally I think it's your moral obligation to do so! He'll thank you for it later, trust me!!!
Maybe we'll take care of it on an absentee ballot ;)

I'm off to Vegas tonight y'all so keep the faith and keep Kerry supporters on the front page!
 
Re: Kool-Aid and politics (although we use the phrase at work too). Do you remember the whole Jonestown tragedy? They were basically a cult who followed their leader Jim Jones down to Guyana. In 1977, I believe, there was a mass suicide. The followers were given a punch (like a kool-aid) that was poisoned. Over 900 people died.

So, when you hear someone using the phrase, it is usually meant that the person is blindly following the leader. (edit or as Answr says :) )
 
Originally posted by LisaZoe
One question - what is the thing about Kool Aid references and politics? I obviously have missed something...

The Kool Aid reference goes back to Jim Jones and the mass suicides at Jonesboro, 1978 or so. Jim Jones's followers were fanatics and committed suicide with him. Poison was put in the Kool Aid (actually Flavor Aid) and the cultists drank it.

As to politics, a Kool Aid drinker is someone who buys into all the hype and BS and propoganda their side puts out.
 
Originally posted by LoraJ
Re: Kool-Aid and politics (although we use the phrase at work too). Do you remember the whole Jonestown tragedy? They were basically a cult who followed their leader Jim Jones down to Guyana. In 1977, I believe, there was a mass suicide. The followers were given a punch (like a kool-aid) that was poisoned. Over 900 people died.

So, when you hear someone using the phrase, it is usually meant that the person is blindly following the leader. (edit or as Answr says :) )

Thanks, I thought that might be it but wanted to be sure. I have to admit I used this joke once at work when we had all the trainers from our call centers come to the corporate office where I worked. My office was directly next to the meeting room where they held their workshop. At one point I heard chanting (I swear) and had to comment to other co-workers that it would be best to find a reason to turn down any "refreshments" the group might offer. :)
 
There sure are a lot of political threads on the CB right now. I'm going to stick to my resolve to open none of them both pro and con Kerry. I feel better already. :)

Maybe it's something in the Kool Aid. :teeth:
 
Just let me go to Disney World for the Food and Wine Festival and Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party and what happens? A wonderful thread breaks out!

Hi everyone. Thanks. I've enjoyed reading all 15 pages and gotten fantastic ideas of how I can help with the "illegal voting". Vote early and often, that's my motto.

Oh and I have a joke:

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How many Bush administration members does it take to
change a light bulb?

Ten:

One to deny the bulb needs changing.

One to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the
bulb needs to be changed.

One to blame Clinton for turning the bulb on.

One to tell the nations of the world that they are
either: "For changing the bulb or total darkness."

One to give a billion dollar no-bid contract to
Haliburton to change it.

One to arrange a photograph of Bush in a janitors jump
suit on a step ladder to proclaim "Bulb Change
accomplished".

One insider to resign and write a book detailing the
fact that Bush was in the dark.

One to viciously smear the book writer.

One surrogate to campaign on TV and at rallies on how
Bush has had a strong bulb changing policy all along.
and

One to confuse the American people about the
difference between screwing a light bulb and screwing
the country.
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Those are funny crazyforgoofy! I particularly like the last one. :teeth:
 
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOE THE REPUBLICAN

Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water for his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging commie liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards.

With his first swallow of coffee, Joe takes his daily medications His medications are safe to take because some evil lefty bomb-throwers fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised.

All but $10 of Joe's medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some fire-breathing lazy [beep] union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Joe gets it too. Never would he turn it down.

He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.

In his morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained. Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is healthy because some environmentalist wacko trouble making militant fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air

Then Joe walks to the subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants free thinking [beep] fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some fire-breathing Viet -Cong-loving union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays these high standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union in. So Joe benefits from what others have gained.

If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a workers compensation or unemployment check because some stupid pinko troublemakers didn't think Joe should lose his home because of a temporary misfortune.

At noontime Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal red wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression. He can thank that Stalinist UnAmerican Franklin D. Roosevelt for that.

Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some elitist pointy-headed liberal decided that Joe and the whole society would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime. That's okay, but the [beep] tricked him because he has to pay taxes. Bush will fix that, he tells himself.

Joe gets home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some big-government New Deal Stalinist liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.

Joe is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating Marxist made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.

Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that over the decades the beloved Republicans have fought to defeat every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day.

Joe agrees with the talk-radio loudmouth: We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a self-made man and a good Republican and I believe all Americans should take care of themselves, just like I have!
 
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