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Posted: Jan 08 2008 11:56 pm

Let's hope this doesn't turn into a repeat of 2000 where he wins early primaries and then his campaign implodes. Of course, this time McCain isn't running against George W. Bush and his Sith Lord campaign manager Karl Rove. Rove cost McCain votes in the Southern primaries by spreading rumors that McCain had fathered an illegitimate child with a black woman, which cost him the votes of the fucktarded racist rednecks who make up a large percentage of the South's population. It also hurt him with the Fundies too because children outside of wedlock is a big no-no. By the time it came out that the story was false, the damage was already done.

If it wasn't for that evil bastard Rove, McCain would have been president these last 8 years and the country would been A LOT better off. McCain has been a steadfast supporter of the War or Terror, but as a veteran and a prisoner of war, he knows the consequences of military action and he wouldn't have been as quick to rush into Iraq as George "My daddy got me into the Air National Guard, which I totally blew off" Bush was.

With any luck, he can get the nomination this time around. He's a hell of a lot better than other two leading Republicans, Gomer Pyle and Mormon Moron.

Posted: Jan 09 2008 12:06 am

Actually, I'd like to see Ron Paul in office. But John McCain would be good too. Not as good as John McClain, but that's another story.

Posted: Jan 09 2008 12:15 am

Ron Paul is a cool, but he's kind of a one issue candidate. But his one issue is the economy and tax reform, and his positions are flawless.

Posted: Jan 09 2008 12:22 am

I'd like McCain for Republican and Edwards for Democrat.

Posted: Jan 09 2008 12:35 am

Agreed. Sadly, unless Edwards can pull off a primary victory very soon, that doesn't seem likely.

Joined: Dec 18 2007 Posts: 154

I'd like Giuliani for Republican and preferably Bill Richardson for Democrat but not gonna happen so ether Hillary or Obama I'll be content with, since ether one of them is obviously going to win for Democrats.

But I'd like any Democrat...well...I have some paranoia about Kucinich to be honest, I don't know, a vegan as president...I mean he said he would put effort into free range animals, implying he wouldn't you know run on his vegan beliefs...but really, uh, I'm just paranoid, yeah. He's not gonna pull PETA into the government...of course not...

To be fair the Republicans in general I no longer trust besides Ron Paul but he was over hyped and isn't going to win. I mean, I trust him and respect him, but hes...too different and for conspiracy theorists.

I don't understand how people blatantly vote on Republicans and only pay attention to economics.

"Dude he's going to outlaw abortion in all cases, make an AMENDMENT to ban gay marriage and civil unions, the entire bigoted Christian Right is backing him, and he's gonna fucking turn this place into a theocracy! We'll be the laughing stock of the western world, they already think we're absurdly conservative."

"But he'll lower taxes."

Sigh...being related to Jefferson, I just feel the need to make a good change. And it hurts me when I see shit like this going on.

Posted: Jan 09 2008 12:41 am

Being from Az McCain has been an issue for an extremely long time. He doesn't flip flop and i agree is an intelligent war supporter. I too was very pissed off after the 200 primaries. But yeah McCain has an amazing track record.

Joined: Apr 14 2006 Location: Lake Michigan Posts: 3332

Syd Lexia wrote:

Agreed. Sadly, unless Edwards can pull off a primary victory very soon, that doesn't seem likely.

Edwards is waaay too phony. He likes to preach on how much he cares about the lower class while he sits in his mansion and gets $200 haircuts while his cancer-stricken wife disparages their "rabid" & poor neighbors.

Posted: Jan 09 2008 12:46 am

Cattivo wrote:

Sydlexia wrote:

Agreed. Sadly, unless Edwards can pull off a primary victory very soon, that doesn't seem likely.

Edwards is waaay too phony. He likes to preach on how much he cares about the lower class while he sits in his mansion and gets $200 haircuts while his cancer-stricken wife disparages their "rabid" & poor neighbors.

This just in: all pols are phony. They're all full of shit. Their main objective once in office is to STAY in office; not to help people and certainly not to give up any sort of power or influence they might have in order to better the place in which they lead. We're all just lying to ourselves that any one of the people running for president right now is going to be a "savior". It's just that our current president is so incredibly stupid, so incredibly short-sighted and unqualified for the job he had held for the past eight years that ANYONE looks better to us than him at this point. It sickens me, and unless someone knocks me the fuck out with fresh, genuine ideas that may actually change the political landscape, I'm going to write myself in for president.

Joined: Aug 24 2005 Location: Mount Holly, NJ Posts: 1062

As I said in a previous thread... and I feel bears repeating here...

Go John McCain, you magnificent old bastard!!!

Seriously though, I'm amped about the outcome... I'm Republican and if I were voting party line or whatever I should be all about Mitt Romney, but that guy seems like a douche. Way too much like a car salesman.

Plus I like McCain's aggressive, but tempered and thought-out foreign policy stances.

I can't believe Hillary took NH though... although I guess that's good for McCain. If she gets the nomination, the Democrats are as good as dead in the general election. Not that I am against a Democrat president at all (I'd probably vote for Obama, not over McCain or Rudy), but if she is the Democratic nominee, the left is going to get their collective ass kicked.

Posted: Jan 09 2008 01:13 am

S. McCracken wrote:

This just in: all pols are phony...etc.

It's true most politicians ultimately have their self interests in mind, but elections matter. If Gore or McCain had won in 2000, there would not have been a war in Iraq.

Joined: Aug 24 2005 Location: Mount Holly, NJ Posts: 1062

One final thought...being the political nerd that I am, I watched a lot of the NH primary unfold on CNN/MSNBC/FoxNews.

Other than being psyched about McCain's win, I had two other thoughts:

1) Who the fuck is Gravel?
2) How much must it suck to be this guy Gravel and get less votes than a guy that dropped out of the race a week ago (Biden, DE)? For the record, 573-358.

Sorry, Gravel. Rough night.

Posted: Jan 09 2008 02:13 am

Grimmriffer wrote:

Actually, I'd like to see Ron Paul in office. But John McCain would be good too. Not as good as John McClain, but that's another story.

Sidenote: I would totally vote for Bruce Willis if he ran for president. Maybe that's why Chuck Norris is hanging around Huckabee, trying get his political career off the ground to face off against Willis in 2012?

Posted: Jan 09 2008 07:18 am

I think Stallone would make the best politican ever, because if no one can understand what you're saying, then you'll assume you're telling them exactly what they want to hear.

Posted: Jan 09 2008 11:00 am

Is Teddy Roosevelt still running?

Joined: Apr 14 2006 Location: Lake Michigan Posts: 3332

Kubo wrote:

I should be all about Mitt Romney, but that guy seems like a douche. Way too much like a car salesman.

Romney seems like the republican version of John Kerry to me. Flip-flops for each election in order to get elected - and if it's not an election year, say whatever the polls say. Also, he seems to be an elitist, but Kerry was more of one than Romney. Kerry was simply the king of entitlement. Romney also at least has some charisma.

And Spanky, of course I know all politicians are fake, but Edwards makes it too obvious, to the point where it's sickening. It's always the lesser of the two evils, or as South Park framed it, between a douche and a turd.

Posted: Jan 09 2008 05:59 pm

NoHillarynoHillarynoHillarynoHillarynoHillaryHillaryHillary.

Joined: Apr 14 2006 Location: Lake Michigan Posts: 3332

Actually, I think I want Hillary to win the primary because it will motivate the republican base to go out and vote against her. That way Rudy or McCain won't have too much other work to do, as they both already make traditional blue & purple states with large electoral votes like CA, NY, FL, & OH winnable for the reds. Unless of course us republicans nominate Huckabee or Romney, in which case we're doomed.

Joined: Aug 24 2005 Location: Mount Holly, NJ Posts: 1062

Cattivo wrote:

Actually, I think I want Hillary to win the primary because it will motivate the republican base to go out and vote against her. That way Rudy or McCain won't have too much other work to do, as they both already make traditional blue & purple states with large electoral votes like CA, NY, FL, & OH winnable for the reds. Unless of course us republicans nominate Huckabee or Romney, in which case we're doomed.

Even if the Republican base isn't motivated by a Clinton nomination, I still think if she runs, she gets beat. As far as I can tell (given that's not very much), she puts off men and splits women down the middle, regardless of political affiliation. I say again, Hillary Clinton will not win the presidency, and if the Democrats put her up as their nominee, they're going to get owned. Obama can win. Hillary can not.

Posted: Jan 09 2008 09:03 pm

I'll be 18 by the election, and I really don't see myself voting for a Republican, especially not Huckabee, Thompson or Romney. McCain might be one Republican I'd vote for. He seems to be the real deal in the world of flip-flopping (Romney) and fundamentalism (Huckabee).
I agree, Paul's kinda a one-issue candidate, but I'd say he's second-best out of the Republicans. Maaaaaaybe Giuliani, but if he wins (highly unlikely), we'd be stuck in Iraq forever.
So far, looks like I'll be casting my vote for Barack Obama. I don't like Edwards (Mr. $200 haircut), and Hilary's too divisive a candidate within the Democratic Party. I'm more liberal about immigration than Obama is, but I agree with him overall. If Hilary is nominated, I'd vote for her just to keep Republicans the Hell out of the White House. I mean, I'm pretty sure most of them aren't like Bush, but I don't want to take ANY chances.
Course, I live in Texas, so any non-Republican vote really ain't worth shit.

Kubo wrote:

1) Who the fuck is Gravel?

Quoted for truth.

On second thought:

Posted: Jan 09 2008 09:14 pm

I really don't like Obama. I feel like Obama is being pushed towards the presidency for the wrong reasons. There's this push to make him president not because he's qualified for the job, but because America needs to have its first black president. Except Obama's not black, he's mulatto. He's also not qualified. Obama is one-term Senator who only won his seat because his Republican opponent in the race, Jack Ryan, had to quit after it was revealed that he was a giant douchebag who had tried to get his former wife, 7 of 9, to go to sketchy sex clubs with him. The Republicans threw another opponent against him, but at that point, it was pretty much too late, and Obama won the Senate seat in a virtually unopposed race.

And now, as a one term Senator, he has the experience to lead our country. Yeah fucking right.

I hate Romney for the same reasons. Mitt, you're a one term governor and you think you can be president? Fuck you. You didn't do jack shit for Massachusetts. Hell, you didn't even help your lieutenant government win your former office. You didn't campaign for her even once and she got her ass kicked.

Posted: Jan 09 2008 09:55 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Obama is one-term Senator who only won his seat because his Republican opponent in the race, Jack Ryan, kept trying to save the world long after people stopped caring about those goddamn books and had their brains melt from seeing Ben Affleck play him.

Fixed.

I know I came off as extremely bitter, which I am, but I know that while politicians are slimeballs by and large, there are obviously differences between most of them. I really feel like Dubya killed any enthusiasm American people had for taking the Office of the President of the United States seriously. This was the first time in which I really truly felt like someone was groomed, trained, and then still managed to win only by falling ass-backwards into the job. He showed time and time again that he wasn't qualified to lead but two things, jack and shit, and the country suffered.

I can't see myself voting for anyone on the Democratic side, and the Republicans all scare me for various reasons. If McCain were 8 years younger, I'd vote for him. At this point, he's a four-year placeholder. The guy is almost 72 years old. Do you see him holding up to the rigors of the office when he's nearing 80? Hell no!

Basically, we're fucked.

Joined: Aug 24 2005 Location: Mount Holly, NJ Posts: 1062

Syd Lexia wrote:

Obama is one-term Senator who only won his seat because his Republican opponent in the race, Jack Ryan, had to quit after it was revealed that he was a giant douchebag who had tried to get his former wife, 7 of 9, to go to sketchy sex clubs with him.

Say it isn't so.

Posted: Jan 09 2008 10:30 pm

Well, Reagan was 70 when he first took office and he managed to lead through eight year presidency. A war-free presidency, no less. Unless you count Grenada, which you shouldn't.

Joined: Aug 26 2007 Posts: 2752

I'm going to be honest, i would like a democrat in office for a change. But with all the controversy surrounding most of the nominees, it's going to be a bumpy ride.

McCain is Okay, Huckelbee is trying too hard and i no nothing else about the other GOP nominees but if the democrats can get past all the drama and for once get their shit together, they may have a shot to get in for the next 4 years. To be blunt honest though, i'm counting the days before bush's term ends.

username wrote:

Is Teddy Roosevelt still running?

I wish he was. The man was the definition of 'kick-ass'.