Sure, the courts handed Bush the White House, but you can't deny that if Nader didn't run, those votes he stole from Gore would likely have put Gore in the white house instead of Bush. I can understand this happening once, but for Nader to propose doing the same thing in 2008 is irresponsible on a worldwide level. Regardless of Nader's reasons to want to run, if he risks handing the white house to McCain, then we WILL remain in Iraq for eternity. That cannot be a good thing.noisetonepause wrote:As I recall it, the courts handed Bush the White House by, you know, handing him the White House.nebulae wrote:I have a lot of respect for what Nader's done, but this is quite possibly the most selfish move ever, especially after handing Bush the white house in 2000 by taking Gore's votes.
If you don't want people to vote for the guy they want to vote for, why do you want to have these vote thingies at all?
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They might have had to cheat a little more than they did...nebulae wrote:Sure, the courts handed Bush the White House, but you can't deny that if Nader didn't run, those votes he stole from Gore would likely have put Gore in the white house instead of Bush.
I can understand this happening once, but for Nader to propose doing the same thing in 2008 is irresponsible on a worldwide level. Regardless of Nader's reasons to want to run, if he risks handing the white house to McCain, then we WILL remain in Iraq for eternity. That cannot be a good thing.
noisetonepause wrote:If you don't want people to vote for the guy they want to vote for, why do you want to have these vote thingies at all?
Suit #1: I mean, have you got any insight as to why a bright boy like this would jeopardize the lives of millions?
Suit #2: No, sir, he says he does this sort of thing for fun.
Suit #2: No, sir, he says he does this sort of thing for fun.
Landwhale wrote:Oooh, oooh, I love the playing the voting game. Can I play? I wanna be red, cuz' red is better than blue! Err, wait....which one is best again, blue or red? I think the red team won the championship belt twice in a row, plus they beat Iraq didn't they?
Plus I'm right handed, so it would be easier to check the box. Yeah. I wanna be on the red team son. I hope they let me be on their team.
Shit, I mean yeah, I'M IN CONTROL in this game, I get to choose which team I'm on, not them! Fuck yeah, this game fuckin' rules bro! It must suck to live in other countries man, I heard they don't even HAVE this game over there. haha, no wonder they hate us, no voting game, ugly ass clothes , they're cars are OLD as fuck, no freedom. No wonder terrorists hate our freedom, they wish they could be just like us.
I bet those Iraqees (the good ones, not the bad ones) are really thankful that we beat them, now they will get to have the voting game, plus we're probably hooking em' up with kick ass jobs making clothes or something. Hey maybe then they won't dress so bad anymore! Oh shit, the game's back on. WHAT?? The blue team is winning now? Dammit, I'm on the wrong team again. Good thing I can switch pretty easy. No one will notice if I switch real quick, they're too busy talking shit to each other.
Dude, the black guy seems pretty cool. Wasn't that the dude who was the leader of 911 though? They keep calling him Obama, I thought his name was Al Kida. No wait, I'm thinking of that Al Sharpton dude. He's got a funny ass haircut. Anyways, as long as he's on our side now, and the blue team is winning, I'll vote for him I guess. I don't really know, but I know I don't want to be on the green team, cuz' they NEVER win. They must suck at this game pretty bad. They should get a really hot chick to run for president, I'd definitely "vote" for her, hahaha, HELL YEAH!
Who's Nader? I had a good buddy back in high school we used to call Nader, but it's probably not him. Nah, Nader was cool, he wouldn't be stupid enough to be on the green team. See, that's what's so cool about living in America. The TV always give you the scores and show you all the cool highlights so you know who's winning the game. That way when it comes to down to the final round, you know which team is probably gonna win and so you can vote for them so people don't think you're an idiot.
because sometimes you have to be a bit strategic - it is politics after all - the science of "who to fuck over the least"noisetonepause wrote:noisetonepause wrote:If you don't want people to vote for the guy they want to vote for, why do you want to have these vote thingies at all?
if you have the chance to stop people like the Bush admin getting in then you have to just forego that little self indulgent priviledge of voting for some little wanker who wont get in
it does not take a genius to work out that one of the two bastards from the main parties will get in, so it is all about damage limitation
I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that if Al Gore had got in in 2000 they would not have fucked up anything like this bad
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Yeah right.forge wrote: I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that if Al Gore had got in in 2000 they would not have fucked up anything like this bad
We'd have had different fuck-ups of the same magnitude because the basic premise of a few hundred rich white men legislating on behalf of 300 million individuals is fatally flawed.
The SNAFU concept applies.