10-06-2004, 10:43 PM | #381 |
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Just to get in my rather valuable two cents, I have an opinion on this matter.
Now, it no secret that, in the coming US election, I would rather see a shaved monkey win as opposed to either Bush or Kerry, for Herbert the Chimp could equally well fight a war on terrorism. But. Now, I've looked at all the propaganda, er, campaign commercials, and before anyone says it, yes we do get saturated with it in over here, though God alone knows why; and it seems to me that George Dubya seems just, well, really stupid. I dont know much about Kerry, but at least he seems to at least know what he is actually saying, as opposed to George's "We will terrorise the terrorists" (chortle). Kerry actually seems to have a brain between his ears. Call me silly, but the leader of the US should at least have some sort of mind. Bush is really ridiculously un-impressive. And god bless republicans, after all. The only reason your all behind him is because Bush is the sitting president. Come on, you all know how much of a moron he actually is, dont deny it. Though personally, I'm voting for the shaved monkey. christ I love it, so :
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10-06-2004, 10:47 PM | #382 |
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Psst: Vote libertarian! Get the third party in there!
edit: JD, you don't have to live somewhere to understand it's government. You just have to do enough research. Ask any poli sci major.
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10-08-2004, 06:57 PM | #384 |
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Pres. debate tonight!!!
St. Louis, MS. 9:00 EDT. Town meeting style---Bush & Kerry field questions from a carefully selected audience of undecided voters. Subjects: mainly Iraq & Economy (at least expected). I don't quite understand the Libertarians. How can you expect everything to work right with more freedoms than we already have? You need a balance w/ them. Too much will make it all worse than before and turn towards chaos and anarchy.
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10-08-2004, 07:08 PM | #385 |
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My parents are coming over, we're gonna order pizza, and sit around and throw pillows at the TV! (joke) We've missed the other two debates.
(and I've read the Democratic platform, BTW, and am voting for Bush as of this time)
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10-09-2004, 05:37 PM | #386 |
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Opinions on the debate? (Missed it, stupid time zone *runs off to Reuters*)
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Transcript for Pres Debate #2
FactCheck's article on Debate #2 My opinion? Pretty much of a draw. Bush seemed kind of tired and his voice was hoarse.
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Interesting you should say that. George H. W. Bush believes televised presidential debates should be totally done away with because they take the focus away from what the candidates know and how well they can debate. Even if we say it doesn't, the candidate's looks do affect our perception of them. The first tv pres. debate was between Kennedy and Nixon. The people who watched it on tv thought that Kennedy won. Those who heard it on the radio or read it thought that Nixon won. Kennedy had the onscreen charisma. Nixon actually knew more. Transcript of first televised debate Documentary on the first tv debate
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As you said - those who saw Nixon and kennedy on TV thought Kennedy won, those who only listened to it on the radio thought that Nixon won. Now reduce that down to where you don't even hear the debate in the person's own voice but only read it. The one thing I think the media should do completely away with is the damn polls. It has a way of influencing people and causes "group think". people should base their decisions on who they want to vote for. If people feel, becuase of polls, their candidate is losing by a landslide - they may think it's a complete waste to go vote - thus producing a self-fulfilling prophecy. On the other end - someone who is unsure may see that one side is doing really well in the polls and say - "well everyone else thinks he's better - I'll just vote for him." Polls have a way of influnencing people and I think should be done away with. I also do not think that the media should be announcing winners for the various states until ALL polling places in ALL states are closed, this includes Hawaii and Alaska. If a candidates supporters see that their candidate is losing in the eastern states - they may not feel that their vote will matter. The same can actually go for the person who is winning too. California actually usually matters - but seeing who is leading could influence someone's decision on the west coast as to whether they will just head home after a hard day at the office - or go to the polls to cast their vote. Anyway - the election isn't even official until the House of Representatives "counts the electoral votes" and declares a winner. I think the media has become too much of an influence on how people vote, from the pundits that analyse everything the candidates wear and how they present themselves, to the polls they use that tell us how "everyone" thinks. It's as if they feel the American public can't make up their mind for ourselves or make judgements on who did better in a debate - so they've taken it upon themselves to tell us what to think because they're the so-called experts. That's why I've gone to watching C-SPAN more - I can see the press conferences without the pundits and reporters telling me what to think - I then watch the news to see how they've presented it. I've gone and downloaded the Duelfer Report becuase I want to see what is exactly in it. The media isn't going to report everything - they're going to just pick and choose. I want to see what it really says - that's also why I got the 9/11 Commission Report. I trust the media far less than I trust the candidates. I also don't trust websites. If I read something - I want the source, I don't want it picked over by someone who is going to spoon feed it to me, or in the case of websites especially - put their own political bias into it.
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I do trust VoteSmart because they present the candidates voting records. For instance here is the public statements made by President Bush - here is a list of all the people running for president and vice president - here is the information on Kerry.You can also go to the congressional records and see what was included in any bill and find out. I have key issues I vote on - I don't care what the candidates feel about many issues. I also don't care whether Kerry felt the need to have his face painted so he looked tan. BTW - I love the candidate - Mr. HRM Caesar St Augustine De Buonaparte Emperor of the "Good Party" He seems to want to overthrow the US government or something by his public statement.
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I've been to that vote smart website before.
Here is the guy running for Pres. under the United Facist Union from Elkton, MD.
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I really liked how the Socialist candidate stated raising the minium wage to over $8 an hour, how it doesn't cause unemployment because it works so well in oregon and that it doesn't hurt businesses at all. I guess he hasn't noticed that Oregon has the highest unemployment rate in the country which was exactly what the questioner was basically saying. As was pointed out - a business has a choice - pay someone $8 an hour or not hire them. In oregon it seems that a lot of businesses have decided not to hire people since their unemployment rate is between 8 - 10%, while NJ's unemployment rate is below 5%. Raising the [edit] minimum wage [/edit] does NOTHING to solve poverty - because when the lowest wage is raised - all other wages above it must be raised. In addition, the cost of good produced by those new wages would have to go up, or else businesses would have to cut it's workforce to save money.
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I started reading the second debate at the C-SPAN website, thanks for the link JD. I couldn't find where you can actually watch it.
I thought it was quite interesting. Probably I would find it even more interesting if I was American and/or followed the politics and government policies more closely. There's a comic on "No Child Left Behind" here. Would anyone care to explain to me why this is funny? Anyway, I remember, JD, earlier you mentioned that only Americans can truly understand the workings of American government and politics. (paraphrase) I think what you're referring to is the "feel" of it - something you have to experience directly. But a foreigner could still study and understand the government, knowing the nuts and bolts well is means that person has a legitimate opinion, regardless of nationality. In addition, George W. Bush or any other American president affects other countries too. In this respect all nationalities are entitled to their opinion (though I don't think that's what you were referring to in your earlier statements). How many parties do you have that aren't mainstream? The one you pointed out Mercutio looks... um... exciting. Is that like when Barbie ran for governor of California a few years ago (IIRC)? (Though maybe they're not much better off now. )
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I agree that polls are over-done, and that journalists are often incapable of, to paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, telling the difference between the end of the world and a bicycle accident.
However, I don't agree that the best approach is to read all the primary documents yourself. Here are three reasons why: 1) Doing that has never been practical for the vast majority of any electorate. 2) Even primary documents have a source, and are subject to bias, censorship and/or manipulation. 3) A good quality secondary review will give you a much more informative view of any topic. If you had heart disease, would you spend 5 years studying medicine then read every article in the medical literature on the topic before deciding on your treatment? No, you'd go and see a doctor. These people are experts for a reason, and the same rationale applies to journalism. In politics, it's particularly important, because politicians are particularly expert at evading the truth. Of course, most journalism is ratings-obsessed populist trash, but that doesn't mean that it's not a cornerstone of a free society. |
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