The next U.S. President (for non-US members only)

Slartibartfast wrote: Better watch what you say Croatia and Wales.  Is that WMD I smell you cooking up there?  And damn sure better not have any oil. I spoke a little too soon about and then there were four.  Apparently some Republicans aren't so easy to quit as the debate last night was a four way.  I'm really disappointed in the Democrats.  I think Edwards would have beaten any Republican nominee in a landslide, should have hung in a little longer. For any of you furreners around the around the world that might be interested, these are my predictions for matchups of the top four from a US American (anyone know where I can find some maps?): McCain vs. Hillary, too close to call. McCain vs. Obama, McCain (too many in this country who vote [and by that I mean those who haven't been disenfranchised] who won't vote for a black guy) Romney vs. Hillary, Hillary (too many religious fanatics that don't trust Mormons, but then again they probably wouldn't vote for Hillary either) Romney vs. Obama, too close to call. Stay tuned for updates, when it come to opinions, I am full of it.

do you really think so? (especially the first one) To me, it seems that Obama is wildly popular, especially among moderates - I think if he went up against Romney in particular, that he would win over a good chunk of the moderate-conservative vote...it would be a landslide.  Actually I think Obama probably will beat anyone the GOP chooses, because his character is such that people find it hard to dislike him...hell, even Fixed News has laid it easy on him.  I honestly don't think the race issue is as big as some may think.  Of course I could be wrong, maybe it's worse farther south (you would know in Georgia...).  I'm also disappointed that Edwards dropped out, but he just wasn't getting any attention with the media focussing on anything but policy issues - Edward had the most clear view of where he was going and what he would do in the white house.  If you ask me, there were some strings being pulled behind the scenes before super tuesday (hopefully not by Clinton).  IMO a ticket with Obama & Edwards (VP) would be the way to go for the Dems...otherwise I'll vote for Nader if...when he jumps in again

Obama cracks me up.  His platform is simply the word "change".  What does he want to change?  He rarely mentions.  How does he plan on going about these changes?  He doesn't have any idea.  BUT, unlike every candidate in history who has promised change (read: all of them), Obama will ACTUALLY change things.  

Slartibartfast wrote: I hope to be proven wrong regarding Obama, but even if you put race aside (and maybe my perspective is colored a bit by living in the south east US all my life), don't underestimate the ability of the right wing noise machine, and vote shenanigans to pull off a Republican victory.  My wife (who's black) thinks that if Obama is in a tight race and there are shenanigans like in 2000 and 2004, people aren't going to stand for it and there will be riots.  I'm not so sure it won't be like 2000 and 2004 all over again, a minority of the people will get very upset but most will just take it.  If HC is the Democratic nominee, I'd still vote for her over any Republican or even Nader (though I like Ralph).  Or how about "Don't blame me, I voted for Zappa"?

I wouldn't be surprised if there is rioting after a GOP victory...the only way they can possibly win is to play dirty. 

haha, you know we will...as long as the Actors Guild pretends to be on our side

Twitt

As long as a non-white male doesnt win,thats fine be me,the rest keep seeing to f#ck it up lol

Ron Paul would be nice, but I have to be practical. Personally, McCain seems a bit unstable, Hillary is a part of the 2 family dynasty, and Obama wants to end space exploration. No good choice. Theres no candidate for me anyways, I believe in self-reliance, but I'm not a hard ass. Small federal government which noone except Paul really wants to do.  A mixture of Harm-Reduction and Prohibitionist policies to curb drug use.Where can a libertarian-slanted centrist ever find peace?

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I just find it so funny that a left-wing politician in the US is best described as a right-wing one here in Sweden . And no, I'm not trying to make a statement out of that. My vote goes for Obama, for all I've heard/read so far.

Ghandi 2 wrote: rileydog22 wrote: Obama cracks me up.  His platform is simply the word "change".  What does he want to change?  He rarely mentions.  How does he plan on going about these changes?  He doesn't have any idea.  BUT, unlike every candidate in history who has promised change (read: all of them), Obama will ACTUALLY change things.   Actually. he talks about it about a lot, if you listen. I am aware that is bogged down in political speak, but he gives solid ideas. And he has actually accomplished things. As a Paul-ite, I doubt you would vote for him anyway, and I'm not sure I will vote for him, but I want to combat such a popular misconception.   By the way, Ron Paul is racist, in addition to being insane. However, he never had any chance of winning, so it's not really an issue.   There's really no need to make such condescending remarks about how racist America is; polls and the current election results do not support that at all.

The claims of racism are a bit disheartening, but it seems a tad dodgy that only on copy of that newsletter existed, so  I dunno. It just seems unlikely that he would commit such blatant political suicide. But as you said, he'll never be elected, so I doubt it matters wither way.

Now here's a racist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXGMi7a53jA


Edited by Deathrabbit - February 08 2008 at 16:17