Democratic Primary Discussion Thread

[Calliander]

I believe I will be casting my vote on the 2nd for Edwards.

You know, my girl was registered as a Republican (switched to undeclared, I believe), and she received a thing in the mail saying that she might be able to take part in the Democratic primary. I mention this because diffusion had said something about wanting to vote. He's in California, too.

Check that out, diff, and see.

[Diff-chan]

burgundy: mostly from my parents. Besides, I may be poor now, but I certainly dont plan to be forever... and I dont want my hard work to be stripped away by Socialist doctine or whatever.

[Mman]

Yeah, but for what?

He proved that if you:

1.) Get loads of donations from individual donors.
2.) Excite young people and get interested in the political process.
3.) Turn the Internet into a massive political instrument.

and

4.) Energize the base.

You can...get your ass kicked by the guy with nothing more on his side other than that he looks like the mainstream choice.

It had nothing to do with whether he did well or not. Maybe Im looking too locally, but I know quite a few people around me who really became interested in the primaries and who would have never even gone out to vote in them if it was not for Dean. Thats more important to me then who wins this thing.

[Gohron]

I believe I will be casting my vote on the 2nd for Edwards.

You know, my girl was registered as a Republican (switched to undeclared, I believe), and she received a thing in the mail saying that she might be able to take part in the Democratic primary. I mention this because diffusion had said something about wanting to vote. He's in California, too.

Check that out, diff, and see.

Registering as an independant is kind've pointless. It (for the most part) doesn't allow you to vote in the primaries of either side. I'm still debating whether to register Republican or Democrat, I don't agree with most of the Democrats but I certainly agree with some more then others. Although the same could be said about Republicans in my case.

[MVS]

Chances of the Amercian Public electing a Jewish President:

I'll put them after Woman, then Black and just before Homosexual which has 0 chance of ever happening.

[Wolffen]

Nader decides to run as an independent:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/22/elec04.prez.campaign/index.html


Ok, he says he wants Bush to be out, yet he's running. How about throwing his weight behind the Dem. candidate, and work on building a real campaign over the next 4 years? Things just got even harder for the Dems. I'm no fan of the 2 party system, but he's only going to pull votes away from the Democratic candidate like he did in 2000. And we all know how that turned out.

[Gohron]

Nader decides to run as an independent:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/22/elec04.prez.campaign/index.html


Ok, he says he wants Bush to be out, yet he's running. How about throwing his weight behind the Dem. candidate, and work on building a real campaign over the next 4 years? Things just got even harder for the Dems. I'm no fan of the 2 party system, but he's only going to pull votes away from the Democratic candidate like he did in 2000. And we all know how that turned out.

Yeah, it saved us from a President who proved his corruption during the Clinto era. It also saved us from one who was an enviormentalist Nazi that wanted to make gas about 2 or 3 times (at least) more expensive then it is now. You may not like Bush, but depending on how you look at it, he really hasn't fucked us on the homefront.

[burgundy]

burgundy: mostly from my parents. Besides, I may be poor now, but I certainly dont plan to be forever... and I dont want my hard work to be stripped away by Socialist doctine or whatever.

Even if you're not poor, you're unlikely to be rich, and that's the class Republicans care about for the most part. And there isn't a serious Democratic candidate who has even been close to Socialist.

Nader decides to run as an independent:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/22/elec04.prez.campaign/index.html


Ok, he says he wants Bush to be out, yet he's running. How about throwing his weight behind the Dem. candidate, and work on building a real campaign over the next 4 years? Things just got even harder for the Dems. I'm no fan of the 2 party system, but he's only going to pull votes away from the Democratic candidate like he did in 2000. And we all know how that turned out.

I tire of this. Ralph Nader didn't cost Al Gore the election. Al Gore (with assistance from stupid Florida voters, his opponent's brother and the Supreme Court) cost Al Gore the election.

Without the Green backing, Nader is unlikely to command a significant share of the votes or even make in onto the ballot in many states. It's really a nonissue, except for the fact that he's fighting the entrenchment of the two existing parties, which to me is even more important than who wins this election.

An independent candidate in a nation that cherishes independence. Go figure.

[Diff-chan]

Even if you're not poor, you're unlikely to be rich, and that's the class Republicans care about for the most part. And there isn't a serious Democratic candidate who has even been close to Socialist.

Oh, Im gonna be rich.

[burgundy]

Yeah, it saved us from a President who proved his corruption during the Clinto era. It also saved us from one who was an enviormentalist Nazi that wanted to make gas about 2 or 3 times (at least) more expensive then it is now. You may not like Bush, but depending on how you look at it, he really hasn't fucked us on the homefront.

With the exception of your ass, I don't know where you're pulling these corruption allegations from.

And I hope you're not planning to reproduce, because Bush & co. aren't planning on leaving an environment for your children nor any money to clean it up with, thanks to "don't-tax-but-keep-spending" financial management.

We need Ross Perot again.

Oh, Im gonna be rich.

You better hope so.