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What do you mean, Washington's having a Cactus? (Politics Thread)

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    Caulk Bite 6Caulk Bite 6 One of the multitude of Dans infesting this place Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Zephyr wrote: »
    mccain is too old to live those next 4 years

    Tell that to Bob Dole, who ran in '96, around McCain's age, and is still kicking today.

    Also, Fuzzball has a point.

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2008
    McCain was tortured.

    Tortured man.

    You don't get much more hardcore than that.

    EDIT: Also, where are you guys finding that obama is leading clinton? cnn still reports the opposite.

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    ZeroFillZeroFill Feeling much better. A nice, green leaf.Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    sarukun wrote: »
    ZeroFill wrote: »
    If McCain is nominated I will vote for the Libertarian candidate. A contest between McCain and Hillary or McCain and Obama will be the time to laugh away your vote. With those candidates the American people will be the loser. It is really a sad day when Republican voters back a man like McCain. Very, very sad.

    Jim, Fairfax, Virginia

    I thought it was you saying that.


    I was unsure how to proceed because of what I just said two minutes ago.

    Im not sure what this means but I will be sure to let Jim, in Fairfax, Virginia know

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    The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2008
    I live in Washington.

    I will be going to the Caucus.

    I will throw every ounce of my weight behind Obama.

    Who wants to come with me? We can get lunch, make it a deal.

    I gotsta figure out where it's at.

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    sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    ZeroFill wrote: »
    sarukun wrote: »
    ZeroFill wrote: »
    If McCain is nominated I will vote for the Libertarian candidate. A contest between McCain and Hillary or McCain and Obama will be the time to laugh away your vote. With those candidates the American people will be the loser. It is really a sad day when Republican voters back a man like McCain. Very, very sad.

    Jim, Fairfax, Virginia

    I thought it was you saying that.


    I was unsure how to proceed because of what I just said two minutes ago.

    Im not sure what this means but I will be sure to let Jim, in Fairfax, Virginia know
    sarukun wrote:
    Obama is ahead by 4 delegates and McCain looks to be the nominee for the republican party.


    For the first time in history I may have difficulty choosing because I feel that both candidates are too good.

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    Peter EbelPeter Ebel CopenhagenRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    You know what place I am glad I am not from? West Africa. Here is a quote from the former Gen. Butt Naked that explains why:
    So, before leading my troops into battle, we would get drunk and drugged up, sacrifice a local teenager, drink their blood, then strip down to our shoes and go into battle wearing colourful wigs and carrying dainty purses we'd looted from civilians. We'd slaughter anyone we saw, chop their heads off and use them as soccer balls. We were nude, fearless, drunk and homicidal. We killed hundreds of people — so many I lost count.

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    ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    drugs are bad

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    Volucrisus AedriusVolucrisus Aedrius Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    When I was a kid I wanted to go to Africa because I thought it was a neat place.

    Now I've come to realize what an utter shithole that continent is.

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    mcpmcp Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Heh.

    It's a little misleading, Hillary donated $5 million to her own campaign last month, not this month.

    Still, I'm really happy that the Clintons are struggling to keep up with Barack in the money department.

    Surely lobbyists have deeper pockets than this.

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    ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Sami wrote: »
    Faricazy wrote: »
    i'm not comprehending the reason for calling a vote that does not count
    The Republican side is counting the mail in primaries I think.

    Also, there are more issues than party nomination on the ballot.
    The Republican delegate distribution for Washington is determined half by the caucus, half by the primary. The Democratic delegate distribution is determined purely by the caucus. The primary is just a beauty contest.

    And I'm not aware of any issues other than the primary on the ballot. At least, there weren't any in my voter information packet.

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    ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    mcp wrote: »
    Heh.

    It's a little misleading, Hillary donated $5 million to her own campaign last month, not this month.

    Still, I'm really happy that the Clintons are struggling to keep up with Barack in the money department.

    Surely lobbyists have deeper pockets than this.
    Hillary's problem is that she's tapped her donors dry; they've largely already given the legal maximum to her campaign.

    Obama has been getting lots of small-number donations, which means he can go back and ask those people for more.

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    FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    McCain was tortured.

    Tortured man.

    You don't get much more hardcore than that.

    EDIT: Also, where are you guys finding that obama is leading clinton? cnn still reports the opposite.
    she's leading overall but if you click on the dem rundown it shows that he's up by five full delegates

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    sdrawkcaB emaNsdrawkcaB emaN regular
    edited February 2008
    Faricazy wrote: »
    McCain was tortured.

    Tortured man.

    You don't get much more hardcore than that.

    EDIT: Also, where are you guys finding that obama is leading clinton? cnn still reports the opposite.
    she's leading overall but if you click on the dem rundown it shows that he's up by five full delegates

    Also MSNC just flat out shows it as 838-834 but then again they are pretty blatantly pro-Barack.

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    AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Faggy Toes wrote: »
    And I'm not aware of any issues other than the primary on the ballot. At least, there weren't any in my voter information packet.
    My county put a local sales tax on the ballot, but I'm in a different state, so, y'know, no idea about Washington's shitty system.

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    NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    MSNBC shows Obama with a lead of 4, CNN shows it in Clinton's favor and Politico even more so.

    The math is apparently awfully screwy and they all have their own way of counting things up.

    The point is, neither of them won Super Tuesday, which is the same as saying they both did. The question will become whether or not Obama can pull out the Mid-Atlantic group voting next Tuesday, and if boosted by the caucuses coming up, he can establish a lead.

    If so, then Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas might be more friendly territory.

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    sdrawkcaB emaNsdrawkcaB emaN regular
    edited February 2008
    You washington fucks better not ruin the momentum we have alright

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    The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2008
    You washington fucks better not ruin the momentum we have alright

    I don't have any evidence to back this up, but I get the feeling that most of us here are probably leaning toward Obamarama.

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    mcpmcp Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Republican Mitt Romney will suspend his campaign for the presidential nomination, sources tell CNN.
    What the hell does that mean?

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    sdrawkcaB emaNsdrawkcaB emaN regular
    edited February 2008
    The Geek wrote: »
    You washington fucks better not ruin the momentum we have alright

    I don't have any evidence to back this up, but I get the feeling that most of us here are probably leaning toward Obamarama.

    Well Washington dems are all either rural moderates (which go for Obama almost always) or Seattle, which is pretty similar to places like San Francisco in terms of demographics and political leanings. We do very well among the young, wealthy, and far-left. Seattle should be ok.

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    NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    mcp wrote: »
    Republican Mitt Romney will suspend his campaign for the presidential nomination, sources tell CNN.
    What the hell does that mean?

    That's really odd, considering this speech:

    http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/02/05/sot.romney.keep.on.battling.cnn

    From two days ago.

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    NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Holy shit.

    This guy at the CPAC just called Ayn Rand the greatest freedom fighter of the last century.

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    mcpmcp Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    A candidate may "suspend" his or her campaign rather than dropping out, and technically remain a candidate. In this case, he or she is entitled to keep any statewide pledged delegates as well as their district-level delegates.
    Okay. So, I take it that he's not going to campaign, but he'll stay on the ballot and keep the delegates?

    Is that what this is?

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    NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    mcp wrote: »
    A candidate may "suspend" his or her campaign rather than dropping out, and technically remain a candidate. In this case, he or she is entitled to keep any statewide pledged delegates as well as their district-level delegates.
    Okay. So, I take it that he's not going to campaign, but he'll stay on the ballot and keep the delegates?

    Is that what this is?

    Mike Gravel would do this if he had any delegates to hold on to.

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    KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator mod
    edited February 2008
    hey look, romney quit

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    The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2008
    Man, I don't even know much about the Republican candidates other than Huckabee is a ultra religious looney.

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    KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator mod
    edited February 2008
    i do like huckabee's stance on gun control

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    NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Laura Inghram is up here to announce Mitt Romney.

    What a shallow person to get before Romney has to try to be mature and congratulatory.

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    The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2008
    Knob wrote: »
    i do like huckabee's stance on gun control

    What's that?

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    mcpmcp Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    NotACrook wrote: »
    Laura Inghram is up here to announce Mitt Romney.

    What a shallow person to get before Romney has to try to be mature and congratulatory.
    My mom wanted some book by her for Christmas. Now Amazon recommends me stuff from Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh all the time. :(

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    NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    mcp wrote: »
    NotACrook wrote: »
    Laura Inghram is up here to announce Mitt Romney.

    What a shallow person to get before Romney has to try to be mature and congratulatory.
    My mom wanted some book by her for Christmas. Now Amazon recommends me stuff from Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh all the time. :(

    I don't care how much my mom asked, I wouldn't support that.

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    AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    NotACrook wrote: »
    Holy shit.

    This guy at the CPAC just called Ayn Rand the greatest freedom fighter of the last century.
    That's not that surprising.

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    NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Laura Inghram just talked about how the party needs a true conservative as the only way to win the election - fiscal conservative, social conservative, and tough on national security, and that only Romney is that guy.

    Then she introduced him so he could come out and quit.

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    mcpmcp Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    NotACrook wrote: »
    Laura Inghram just talked about how the party needs a true conservative as the only way to win the election - fiscal conservative, social conservative, and tough on national security, and that only Romney is that guy.

    Then she introduced him so he could come out and quit.
    Yeah, I was giggling all through that.

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    ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    mcp wrote: »
    NotACrook wrote: »
    Laura Inghram is up here to announce Mitt Romney.

    What a shallow person to get before Romney has to try to be mature and congratulatory.
    My mom wanted some book by her for Christmas. Now Amazon recommends me stuff from Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh all the time. :(

    I would actually like to read about what is was like for Laura Ingram to come to terms with her brother being gay.

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    NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Romney just made fun of France.

    Then he paused.

    And waited.

    Then the audience got it and reacted.

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    ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Way to demonstrate your ability deal with their first Pro-US leader in recent memory.

    Dumbass.

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    fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    The Geek wrote: »
    Knob wrote: »
    i do like huckabee's stance on gun control

    What's that?

    if you pray hard enough, God will propel the bullets straight into those heathen arab hearts.

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    NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    This guy isn't inspirational at all. He's just talking about what's wrong with everything. Government is wrong, business is wrong, unions are wrong, foreign countries are wrong. Everything is terrible, and therefore we must be conservative.

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    fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    NotACrook wrote: »
    This guy isn't inspirational at all. He's just talking about what's wrong with everything. Government is wrong, business is wrong, unions are wrong, foreign countries are wrong. Everything is terrible, and therefore we must be conservative.

    ...that's like the standard GOP motto.

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    KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator mod
    edited February 2008
    The Geek wrote: »
    Knob wrote: »
    i do like huckabee's stance on gun control

    What's that?

    everyone should have as many guns of whatever kind that they like and gun control does precisely jack fag squat in reducing gun crime

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