11-11-2000, 01:06 PM | #41 |
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Re: An attempt to get back on topic
hmmm yes, It has gotten a bit off topic hasn't it? I'm not going to delete Abigail Adams or bmilder's posts about the elections. I felt that it was necessary to let them respond to Gil's serious accusation.
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11-11-2000, 01:14 PM | #42 | ||
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Re: Thanks *sniff*
Also in response to Gil, I would like to post these quotes, and FACTS from an article I was reading.
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11-11-2000, 10:16 PM | #43 |
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Re: Thanks *sniff*
Its the age of technology and we're still "punching holes" sheesh
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11-12-2000, 03:36 AM | #44 |
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Re: Thanks *sniff*
This will be the THIRD count. Enough is enough. Dead people voted in 1960, and Nixon was man enough to step down and say that he lost fair and square. Now we're haggling over punched holes. If Gore's gonna be a S.O.B about it, I say that the Republicans should cause some fuss in Wisconsin and Iowa(Where Democrats handed out cigarretes to homeless people to get them to vote for Gore.)
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11-12-2000, 03:53 AM | #45 |
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"Palm Beach County is a Democratic stronghold"
Um... since when does that qualify as a fact? |
11-12-2000, 04:05 AM | #46 |
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Stupid question! I'm not one to say since when (because I'm so young). But IT IS NOW! I have several relatives living in Palm Beach County. Do you have any "Proof" to support your view, Johnny Lurker? All you have is republican quotes probally made by Bush himself who isn't very bright..................
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11-12-2000, 06:41 PM | #47 |
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Silly, silly you.
"Do you have any "Proof" to support your view, Johnny Lurker?"
The views I've expressed in this thread are CONJECTURE. AND THAT IS WHY I SAID, "(Standard disclaimer applies - everything in here is strictly IMO)"! "IT IS NOW!" Quoting a media report doesn't prove ****. Heck, even quoting numbers from the media doesn't work any longer, since the media's proven again and again that they don't know what the heck is going on. "All you have is republican quotes" Post proof or retract. |
11-13-2000, 04:41 PM | #48 |
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Re: Silly, silly you.
I think all of this recounting is very important. We shouldn't just give up and say Bush won. Everyone's vote should count, and if they don't, and if we give up, and Bush wins, we may never know if he really is our president. I think this should go on as long as it needs so we will truly know at the end who our leader is, and have no doubts.
I now accept the position of Vice President of Entmoot. Thank you HOBBIT. Can I get a title that says "Vice President", now? I should really change my sig and pic. |
11-13-2000, 09:00 PM | #49 |
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Re: Silly, silly you.
Every vote does count! Even if you voted for Gore in TX, that STILL makes a difference. Gore is going to win the popular vote. Some idiot and Florida just said that they have til tommorow at 5 PM to count the votes.... Thats not enough time! They need til atleast Friday..
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11-13-2000, 10:07 PM | #50 |
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I'll take that as a "retract".
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11-14-2000, 02:33 AM | #51 | |
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Johnny Lurker, you don't live in this country. You're from Canada. I don't know the first thing about Canadian politics, and I don't expect you to be an expert on American politics. So don't don't pretend that you are. Contesting silly things like whether or not Palm Beach County is heavily Democratic is stupid. I have the feeling that if wrote 1=1 you'd be suspicious and demand proof .
I went to CNN and found an article from last week: www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLIT...index.html Quote:
MerloMo, you mention Richard Nixon in 1960. One major difference is that Gore seems to have won the national popular vote, and Nixon had lost that to Kennedy. Winning the popular vote provides the "legitimacy" for Gore's claims in Florida. Gore was the choice of the people in this country, and he also seems to be the choice of people in Florida, had they not been thwarted by confusing ballots, incompetent bureaucrats, and "hanging chads." Did you know that they still use paper ballots, and if you don't punch it completely through, it won't be counted? That's why a hand count is needed. If the little paper square (chad) is clearly detached on 3 corners, the machines might not catch it, but an actual person could. The Florida Secretary of State is being ridiculously partisan by saying that the hand recounts need to be done by tomorrow. The absentee ballots don't even have to come in by Friday, so she can't certify it until then. A just solution is better than a swift solution. If people wanted to vote for Gore, their vote should be counted. Bush had the oppportunity to ask for a recount in Republican counties but didn't. Why not? I don't know; his loss. Bush is incredibly hypocritical as well; in fact, in 1997, Bush signed a law in Texas saying that manual recounts would be preferable to mechanical recounts! And the Republicans aren't complaining about the manual recount that gave Bush his lead in New Mexico. The Republicans should just let the most accurate count happen. I favor accuracy over speed, and I'm sure the majority of the electorate would agree with me. |
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11-14-2000, 08:49 PM | #52 |
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Yes, you're right. Sadly, in an hour and fifteen minutes from now, the votes all have to be counted cuz the judge didn't extend the deadline (which is a bunch of bs).
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11-14-2000, 11:37 PM | #53 |
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No, no, no.
"So don't don't pretend that you are."
If you think I'm being pretentious, great. Go ahead. I don't mind. "Contesting silly things like whether or not Palm Beach County is heavily Democratic is stupid." Did I contest it? Perhaps. Or perhaps I simply pointed out that the media's claiming things as fact without proof - whether or not there is proof to back it up. And no, I don't count freakin' exit polls as proof... those are simply moronic. |
11-15-2000, 12:17 AM | #54 |
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Re: No, no, no.
Guys, can this conversation about why America is screwed up please go to the American election thread? This is the place where we say YAY HOBBIT!!!
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11-15-2000, 12:24 AM | #55 |
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Re: No, no, no.
Yay HOBBIT! Yay new VP (me)!! Where's my title? Yay HOBBIT!
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11-15-2000, 06:29 PM | #56 |
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I guess I should move my commentary over to the appropriate thread. I'm reading a lot of regurgitated anti-American pro-Gore propaganda here.
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11-15-2000, 10:04 PM | #57 | |
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hmmmm I origninally said something like this "My opinion is that your opinion sucks!!" but i relized that saying that was very un-moderator like..... But i have to disagree with you!!
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11-15-2000, 10:04 PM | #58 |
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. *Nevermind*
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11-16-2000, 09:04 PM | #59 |
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"Anti-American" as in support for doing away with our
constitutional republic and the rule of law. I've explained it past the point of irritation. I don't care what any ignorant folk think of my opinion. I'm not a Republican, as I've made clear on previous occassions. But I see Al Gore trashing what little good will remained in this nation and attempting to destroy the very fabric of our law. Why do you city-folk support this? |
11-16-2000, 11:09 PM | #60 |
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Re: Thanks *sniff*
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