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 Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:45 pm
So in the USA the primaries for the presidential election are coming up. Now I know a lot of you don't live in America, but that's okay. If you know about the canidates tell us what you think. If not, tell us about elections where you live. For those of you who do live in the US, can you vote? Are you going to? Who are you voing for/who would you vote for if you could? What are your views on the issues? For those of you who don't live in America, the main issues (according to my government teacher) are abortion, immigration, gay marriage, the war in Iraq, taxes, and social security. Tell us what you think!
Also, I know political discussions can get heated, so lets keep this civil everyone.
Edit:
Here are the candidates in the USA. The ones with a strike have dropped out. I bolded the ones left so it'd be easier to tell.
Democratic:
Joe Biden
Hillary Rodham Clinton*
Chris Dodd
John Edwards
Mike Gravel
Dennis Kucinich
Barack Obama*
Bill Richardson
Republican:
Rudy Giuliani
Mike Huckabee
Duncan Hunter
Alan Keyes
John McCain*
Ron Paul
Mitt Romney
Tom Tancredo
Fred Thompson
*People to watch
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Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:58 am
I don't really know who are the US candidates...because I haven't kept track of it. I don't really watch T.V...and So I'm not sure....but I'll be checking here to see what everyone thinks about the elections in the US and around the world.
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:45 pm
lilipepper I don't really know who are the US candidates...because I haven't kept track of it. I don't really watch T.V...and So I'm not sure....but I'll be checking here to see what everyone thinks about the elections in the US and around the world. Ah, perhaps I should list them. Democratic:Joe BidenHillary Rodham Clinton* Chris DoddJohn EdwardsMike Gravel Dennis KucinichBarack Obama* Bill RichardsonRepublican:Rudy GiulianiMike Huckabee Duncan HunterAlan KeyesJohn McCain* Ron Paul Mitt RomneyTom TancredoFred Thompson*People to watch An interesting little fact: the commedian Stephen Colbert is trying to run on both ballets! As far as I know he hasn't been accepted by most states though.Hopefully this thread will help you to form some opinions about the election.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:30 pm
Colbert's now given up on the Rebublican ballot. The entry fee thing was high enough that by paying it he'd have paid enough on his campaign for Federal Election laws to apply to him. *watches the Colbert Report almost religiously and is damning the writers' strike*
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:07 pm
As far as I can tell, we only have two candidates for Prime Minister here in Australia.
There might be more, but the two main ones are clear.
Kevin Rudd versus current PM John Howard.
Liberal versus Labour, though I don't know who's who.
Kevin Rudd is a smug b*****d who you really want to punch in the face.
He can talk Chinese Mandarin and there is a bit of contraversy over him because most of the people in his party are union or ex-union.
I was always under the impression that workers unions were a good thing, but according to John Howard, apparently not.
John Howard looks like a *****, no joke. He is the a**-kisser of Dubya Bush, his views are strictly conservative and his eyebrows are beyond radical.
And he has such an obnoxious voice. I'd hope he loses just so I never have to hear it again. Apparently he's going to step-down mid-way through the term and hand it over to Peter Costello, which is like, "why should we vote for you when you're just going to hand it over half-way through the job?"
I'm not much into politics though.
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:54 am
Luciferian_Depression Colbert's now given up on the Rebublican ballot. The entry fee thing was high enough that by paying it he'd have paid enough on his campaign for Federal Election laws to apply to him. *watches the Colbert Report almost religiously and is damning the writers' strike* Has he? I'm not allowed to watch much TV so I'm not really able to watch it.
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:55 am
The Phrenologikal Cat As far as I can tell, we only have two candidates for Prime Minister here in Australia.
There might be more, but the two main ones are clear.
Kevin Rudd versus current PM John Howard.
Liberal versus Labour, though I don't know who's who.
Kevin Rudd is a smug b*****d who you really want to punch in the face.
He can talk Chinese Mandarin and there is a bit of contraversy over him because most of the people in his party are union or ex-union.
I was always under the impression that workers unions were a good thing, but according to John Howard, apparently not.
John Howard looks like a *****, no joke. He is the a**-kisser of Dubya Bush, his views are strictly conservative and his eyebrows are beyond radical.
And he has such an obnoxious voice. I'd hope he loses just so I never have to hear it again. Apparently he's going to step-down mid-way through the term and hand it over to Peter Costello, which is like, "why should we vote for you when you're just going to hand it over half-way through the job?"
I'm not much into politics though.
I'm embarrassed to say that don't know anything about Australian government. But wow. They sound rather eccentric. Which one do you like?
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:20 pm
Hydra-Star The Phrenologikal Cat As far as I can tell, we only have two candidates for Prime Minister here in Australia.
There might be more, but the two main ones are clear.
Kevin Rudd versus current PM John Howard.
Liberal versus Labour, though I don't know who's who.
Kevin Rudd is a smug b*****d who you really want to punch in the face.
He can talk Chinese Mandarin and there is a bit of contraversy over him because most of the people in his party are union or ex-union.
I was always under the impression that workers unions were a good thing, but according to John Howard, apparently not.
John Howard looks like a *****, no joke. He is the a**-kisser of Dubya Bush, his views are strictly conservative and his eyebrows are beyond radical.
And he has such an obnoxious voice. I'd hope he loses just so I never have to hear it again. Apparently he's going to step-down mid-way through the term and hand it over to Peter Costello, which is like, "why should we vote for you when you're just going to hand it over half-way through the job?"
I'm not much into politics though.
I'm embarrassed to say that don't know anything about Australian government. But wow. They sound rather eccentric. Which one do you like? Well, Rudd has better policies, like for IR laws, environment (Global warming) and the whole "War in Iraq" or where ever the cookies we are. But since he got elected (Elections are over, Rudd won), all rights for gays in this country have gone out the window. They weren't great before, but there were acknowledged.
Despite this, I still have to say I'd go for Rudd more. (Actually, I'd have voted for the Greens. Not only are they serious about stopping all this environmental disaster stuff, but the leader is a gay, so you know there'd be plenty of gay rights under Greens for PM.)
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:25 pm
Hydra-Star Luciferian_Depression Colbert's now given up on the Rebublican ballot. The entry fee thing was high enough that by paying it he'd have paid enough on his campaign for Federal Election laws to apply to him. *watches the Colbert Report almost religiously and is damning the writers' strike* Has he? I'm not allowed to watch much TV so I'm not really able to watch it. Yup. Apparently the Repulican entry fee is something between $15k and $35k (I can't exacty remember, they haven't had that rerun on lately that I've seen) and the laws he's attempting to avoid (or at lest last I heard he was trying to avoid them, I may have missed a couple episodes) kick in if you spend $5k or more on your campaign in general. I'm not convinced he's serious about winning anyway though, I think it's just a bit of a joke to show that anyone can run if they want to.
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:18 pm
Super Tuesday is a few days past and woah. What a day. I watched CNN for several hours. The democratic race is still anyone's bid, but the republican's is looking towards McCain. Thoughts? Feelings?
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:08 am
I too watched Super Tuesday. I've been keeping count of all the states and votes received by Obama and Clinton. I'm really pulling for Obama.
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:16 pm
Tomorrow is my voting day, so it'll be a heck of a busy day for me XD
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:24 pm
InsanityBecomesHer Tomorrow is my voting day, so it'll be a heck of a busy day for me XD Ooh. Exciting. Who're you voting for? @Asilla_Nailo: I like Obama, but I'm voting for Clinton. biggrin I'm certainly not going to be sad whoever wins the democratic race though. I like them both.
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:13 pm
If we can't do something important with life I live in New Yorkk and I can honestly say Clinton's pretty much ruined the place. We're worse off now than before her x_X
Plus I've been watching her debates and she really comes off like she's only saying what she thinks people want to hear.
I prefer Obama.
Though I'm not reallyon anyone's side, because no one is on my side
I'm pro-iraq, pro gay rights, pro-life and pro stem-cell research... Then what the ******** are we here for
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:39 pm
Blood_Poet_Kaiya If we can't do something important with life I live in New Yorkk and I can honestly say Clinton's pretty much ruined the place. We're worse off now than before her x_X
Plus I've been watching her debates and she really comes off like she's only saying what she thinks people want to hear.
I prefer Obama.
Though I'm not reallyon anyone's side, because no one is on my side
I'm pro-iraq, pro gay rights, pro-life and pro stem-cell research... Then what the ******** are we here for *shrug* I prefer Clinton, but each to their own. I am pro everything you are except Iraq. I am very much anti-Iraq.
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