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Coppy · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 2569 Location: Chambersburg

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.45chel · Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 3043 Location: Chambersburg

I understand your point.

It is something I have heard before and unfortunately, my son heard it, too. (which is what really bothered me.)

I guess I feel like talking about it, gives it weight. I don't want to consider it as a legitimate subject, not because I think you are trying to force the issue as a reason to vote or not vote for someone, but because I want to believe that people who make such threats are really impotent, ignorant beings.

I am not naive. I know bigotry exists. But let me believe that it is not as pervasive as it seems, that it really is not sprinkled throughout our country like a posionous cupcake topping...Let me pretend that we are all high-minded folk for just a little longer.

Pretty Please, with non-poisonous sprinkles on top?
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Nevermind.

Torgo · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:34 am Post subject:

walrus1 · Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 63

Hey who stole the other thread?

I shall answer some of the remarks here.

My post wasn't meant as an anti-hillary post only that whatever the DNC decides to do it has to look fair for the good of the party. And whatever the outcome, the sooner the Obama/Hillary mess is resolved the better.

Personally I do support Obama but my second choice would be McCain. Although I don't agree with McCain on some things I find him honest and moderate enough. Not meant as a threat just my personal choice. they say 40% vote Democrat, 40% vote republican, I like to think I am part of the 20% who gets to decide the election.

.45chel · Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 3043 Location: Chambersburg

Coppy · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 2569 Location: Chambersburg

sassy moose · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 284 Location: Virginia

Okay, that made my day Laughing

Coppy · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 2569 Location: Chambersburg

sassy moose · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 284 Location: Virginia

Oh, Coppy, you make me giggle.

Anyway, it's a secret. And I'm not tellin'.

I will tell you this:
McCain has ideas I like and Obama has ideas I like and neither one of them seems like a complete idiot. If it comes down to those two, I'd probably vote for Obama, at least at this point. We'll see how it goes.

I don't like Hillary. I realize that her ideas are quite similar to Obama's, but...I don't know. I have no stellar logic or reasoning to go on here. It was kind of the same with Edwards. I didn't like him either, but couldn't really iterate why exactly. She annoys me.

Huckabee seems like he'd be fun and has a few good ideas, but I've said it before: just because someone is fun doesn't mean he would be a good president. I'd totally want him to be my preacher though. Just not from the Oval Office.

About the primary:
There were six people on each ballot, even though most of them were already out. I don't know if people were trying to make a statement or, sadly, people really don't pay attention. But in Virginia, 18,000 people voted for Romney, 3,500 for Thompson and 2,000-something for Giuliani. The Democrats were a little smarter: just more than 5,000 voted for Edwards, 1,600 for Kucinich, and less than 1,000 each for Richardson and Biden. Those aren't large percentages, but that's still a lot of people.

So what do you think? Were people that clueless or were they trying to make a point and vote for who they wanted even if he wasn't in the race anymore?