maplesyrup Posted October 10, 2004 Report Share Posted October 10, 2004 Race for president back in balance Democrat uses TV debates and anger at Iraq to eat into Bush's lead in polls Ha! Ha! Ha! I can't belive my eyes, less than a month to go before the US election, and do my eyes deceive me, or are Americans finally coming to their senses, and are going to reject giving Big Oil Cheney's puppet Bush, a second term? Only in America! Truly amazin' Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maplesyrup Posted October 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2004 Actually it's the body bag count stupid! Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmy Posted October 10, 2004 Report Share Posted October 10, 2004 What a change in tone from Maplesyrup's other ranting I am surprised at the left wing folks who thought Ralph Nader was part of the problem in helping to get rid of Bush.Ralph Nader is the beginning of the solution, and Kerry and the Democrats are part of the problem. Has your opinion changed, Syrup? Now that the polls have this election as "too close to call" or a "dead heat", don't you think that the votes Nader takes away from Kerry, even though it's just a percentage point or two, could make the difference? Do you now see why "the left" thinks Nader is a problem? Do you see why *Republican* supporters were working hard to find enough nominations to get Nader's name on the ballot in more states? Wouldn't Nader be doing "the left" a favor if he went and did a backflip into an empty pool? -kimmy Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slavik44 Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 What a change in tone from Maplesyrup's other ranting I am surprised at the left wing folks who thought Ralph Nader was part of the problem in helping to get rid of Bush. Ralph Nader is the beginning of the solution, and Kerry and the Democrats are part of the problem. Has your opinion changed, Syrup? Now that the polls have this election as "too close to call" or a "dead heat", don't you think that the votes Nader takes away from Kerry, even though it's just a percentage point or two, could make the difference? Do you now see why "the left" thinks Nader is a problem? Do you see why *Republican* supporters were working hard to find enough nominations to get Nader's name on the ballot in more states? Wouldn't Nader be doing "the left" a favor if he went and did a backflip into an empty pool? -kimmy oh he does this all the time he did the same thing with the green party in the Canadian Election. Quote The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. - Ayn Rand --------- http://www.politicalcompass.org/ Economic Left/Right: 4.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.54 Last taken: May 23, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Race for president back in balance Democrat uses TV debates and anger at Iraq to eat into Bush's lead in polls Ha! Ha! Ha! I can't belive my eyes, less than a month to go before the US election, and do my eyes deceive me, or are Americans finally coming to their senses, and are going to reject giving Big Oil Cheney's puppet Bush, a second term? Only in America! Truly amazin' Not so fast MapleSyrup. As much as I would also like to gloat, the election hasn't taken place yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I miss Reagan Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 What a change in tone from Maplesyrup's other ranting Yes I noticed this too, I found it quite amusing. Quote "Liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to offer therapy and understanding for our attackers. Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared for war." -Karl Rove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maplesyrup Posted October 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 The trouble with you guys is you don't change with the times. Now that it's obvious Americans are too stupid to vote for Nader, Kerry actually does have a chance after all. The folks that live in the past, and don't change their ways, die of remorse. Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmy Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 Now that it's obvious Americans are too stupid to vote for Nader, It has always been obvious that nobody would vote for Nader. Always, always, always. The guy never had a chance of doing anything other than taking votes from Kerry. The only people who don't recognize it are you and Ralph. -kimmy Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 I've always wondered how the U.S. could call itself a real, vibrant democracy with only two political parties. Quote America...."the worlds largest, best-armed shopping mall."-Ivor Tossell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmy Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 I've always wondered how the U.S. could call itself a real, vibrant democracy with only two political parties. Do more parties equal more democracy? Having 5 major parties in Canada gave us the Chretien era of almost autocratic rule. -kimmy Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 I've always wondered how the U.S. could call itself a real, vibrant democracy with only two political parties. Do more parties equal more democracy? Having 5 major parties in Canada gave us the Chretien era of almost autocratic rule. -kimmy That's more symptomatic of the electoral system. The problem with having two parties (and remember, Canada has traditioanlly been dominated by one or two parties as well) is that there's a tendency to clump together in th emiddle. Sure, there's drifts rightward (like the G.O.P or CPC) or leftward (NDP), but for the most part, party politics depends on appealing to the broadest spectrum of the electorate as possible, which invariably results in the creation of watered-down, unprincipled political machines bent only on gaining and retaining power. Quote America...."the worlds largest, best-armed shopping mall."-Ivor Tossell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmy Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 Isn't any system going to result in the candidate with broadest appeal being chosen leader? Like, by definition? At some point, won't it always boil down to simple math? -kimmy Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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