Pick-A-Prez

Vampyromaniac · Mar 21, 2003, 09:38 PM

I was curious if anyone thinks someone else would be doing a better job

calling the shots in the White House on the Iraq situation

and everything else the US needs to deal with.

Dom · Mar 21, 2003, 10:12 PM

NaumoJR · Mar 21, 2003, 10:20 PM

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Originally posted by Dom
Gore

good one

Dom · Mar 21, 2003, 10:21 PM

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Originally posted by Naumo_JR
good one

Thanks, didn't know I did anything funny.

Frodo301 · Mar 21, 2003, 11:40 PM

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Originally posted by Dom
Gore

And exactly how and why do you think Mr. Inventer of the Internet would do better? I'm not trying to flame, just curious. If I were to pick, it would be a president from our past, with a dead heat tie between John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. Kennedy just knew how and when to play his cards, it seemed that if he made a threat of force people knew he would use it. Mr. Reagan seemed to know how to pull people together but at the same time he also knew when and how to use force if needed. Somehow I think both would have waited a bit longer for a political solution, but I believe both would have ended up using somekind of military action.

~~WyreTheWolf~~ · Mar 21, 2003, 11:43 PM

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Originally posted by Frodo301
And exactly how and why do you think Mr. Inventer of the Internet would do better? I'm not trying to flame, just curious. If I was to pick it would be a president from our past, it would be a dead heat tie between John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. Kennedy just knew how and when to play his cards, it seemed that if he made a threat of force people knew he would use it. Mr. Reagan seemed to know how to pull people together but at the same time he also knew when and how to use force if needed.

Frodo, I am going to have to agree with you on this one. I can't see Gore making a good president. He doesnt know people, and he doesnt know when to open his mouth, and when to keep it shut.

Vampyromaniac · Mar 22, 2003, 12:10 AM

Wow, GwB/Cheney/Gore/Clinton/Nader 5-way tie
Hopefully Florida will turn in their results soon

Frodo301 · Mar 22, 2003, 12:41 AM

And at 12:44am Saturday morning Florida says George W. Bush

And for the ones who voted Ralph Nader I gotta hear the opinions on that one.

Dom · Mar 22, 2003, 02:12 AM

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Originally posted by Frodo301
And exactly how and why do you think Mr. Inventer of the Internet would do better? I'm not trying to flame, just curious. If I were to pick, it would be a president from our past, with a dead heat tie between John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. Kennedy just knew how and when to play his cards, it seemed that if he made a threat of force people knew he would use it. Mr. Reagan seemed to know how to pull people together but at the same time he also knew when and how to use force if needed. Somehow I think both would have waited a bit longer for a political solution, but I believe both would have ended up using somekind of military action.

This not a political debate. I do not need to give you reasons why I picked him, It's my opinion.

BWX · Mar 22, 2003, 02:17 AM

Gore would have tried to SUE Usama and fine Saddam, maybe some community service. .

happy now? didn't realize I was in a spelling bee.

Dom · Mar 22, 2003, 02:29 AM

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Gore would have tried to sew Usama and fine Saddam, maybe some community service. .

"sue".

Oblivious · Mar 22, 2003, 02:23 PM

I went with Bill Clinton. He did a good job and i would pick him over any of the other candidates. Although if i could pick others i would have to say that Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter were probably the two most SANE presidents of the 20th century.

BWX · Mar 22, 2003, 02:45 PM

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Originally posted by Dom
This not a political debate. I do not need to give you reasons why I picked him, It's my opinion.

This SHOULD be in the political debate forum though.

BWX · Mar 22, 2003, 02:46 PM

Looks like GW is winning! Imagine that.

~~bluelight~~ · Mar 22, 2003, 04:18 PM

In six months he wont.

Bluelight

raid517 · Mar 22, 2003, 04:30 PM

Well I can't vote as I'm not American. But to be honset I don't see any credible oppsition on the left right now in America. The left are good at producing charismatic clever politicians like the Kenedys, or Clinton, so maybe they will need someone like this to come along and make an impact before America can turn away again from this lurch to the far right. I'll say one thing for Ronald Reagan, he may have been none too smart himself, but as a president he was in a totally different legue from Bush. He played and won much bigger battles than Bush Jnr could ever dream of - and what's more, he won most of them without having to fire a single shot. That's pretty damn impressive.

Q

BWX · Mar 22, 2003, 05:08 PM

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Originally posted by bluelight
In six months he wont.

Bluelight

bet 50

JavaFox · Mar 22, 2003, 07:49 PM

It's hard to take someone seriously when the label the current Bush as "far right." Perhaps, Raid, you are unfamiliar with what the term "far right" means in America?

BWX · Mar 22, 2003, 08:39 PM

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It's hard to take someone seriously when the label the current Bush as "far right." Perhaps, Raid, you are unfamiliar with what the term "far right" means in America?

I think COMPARED to Raid, Pres. Bush IS far right-LOL

raid517 · Mar 22, 2003, 08:54 PM

Well when I say far right I mean about as far right as its possible to get without goose stepping your way around the Presidential lawn. I think Bush is probably somewhere right of Reagan and somewhere left of Beelzebub incarnate.

But perhaps still not quite as right wing as certain board members here. So far at least he hasn't spoken of bombing protestors, or throwing them in jail, or stripping them of their civil liberties. But what the hey, its still early days I guess...

Q

UberLord · Mar 22, 2003, 08:56 PM

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Originally posted by JavaFox
It's hard to take someone seriously when the label the current Bush as "far right." Perhaps, Raid, you are unfamiliar with what the term "far right" means in America?

No way King George II is far right. Otherwise his administration would have continued where Clintons left off in terms of coming down hard on Microsoft in their anit-trust/monopoly trial. MS found guilty but MS dictated the terms of their "punishment". If Bushy was far right then MS wouldn't have gotten away so easily.

Still, I believe that he's just a monkey in suit along with his brown nosed Blair sidekick who looks like he should be in a Punch N Judy show. Thing I don't get is that Labour (UK) are supposed to be left wing, but their policies since they've been elected seem to be very right wing most of the time

UberLord · Mar 22, 2003, 09:01 PM

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Originally posted by raid517
Well when I say far right I mean about as far right as its possible to get without goose stepping your way around the Presidential lawn. I think Bush is probably somewhere right of Reagan and somewhere left of Beelzebub incarnate. But perhaps still not quite as right wing as certain board members here. So far at least he hasn't spoken of bombing protestors, or throwing them in jail, or stripping them of their civil liberties. But what the hey, its still early days I guess...

Q

Did you know that a poll was pulled on a website for some US polictician who asked whether they should go to war or not? A few days into the poll most votes were pro-war. A few days later it had swung a fair bit to anti-war. Then the site was pulled claming it had been "hacked by anti-war protesters". According to an analysis of the weblogs, the "hack" would have had to have been a program running on different computers to "make a vote" as nearly all of the IP addresses were unique.

Sounds like the presidential florida vote - just on a smaller scale.

BWX · Mar 22, 2003, 09:21 PM

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Originally posted by raid517
I think Bush is probably somewhere right of Reagan and somewhere left of Beelzebub incarnate.

You mean WAY right of satan himself-- As satan would surely be far left- And what is an athiest making comparisons about satan anyways? You believe in satan, but not God? WTF? There can't be one without the other there skippy.

EDIT-- Oh, and G.W. is STILL winning!!! LOL- I love it when the truth comes out.

Falstaff · Mar 22, 2003, 09:27 PM

An accomplished general, and a reluctant one as well, He is well like by those that criticize him and yet he has a sobering view of the present war in IRAQ too..

raid517 · Mar 22, 2003, 09:33 PM

Ahh now there's a crux of a dilemma. The left view the right as inherently evil and believe the secretly know it but just don't care. Where as the right believe, well, I don't know what the right believe... Except that they don't care... It makes me laugh when Republicans bang on about defending the human rights of the poor oppressed peoples of Iraq, when human rights in their own country, like basic access to healthcare and social welfare programs is denied to ordinary Americans and trillions of dollars of ordinary tax payers money is given away in tax cuts to the richest 3% of the American population. Since when did altruism and republicanism become compatible ideals...

As for references to the devil, lighten up dude. I think it was patently clear I wasn't being serious. It was a joke; you remember what they are don’t you?

Q