Election results...

Stargazer · 11-06-2004

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Originally posted by: Freethinker
You assume that spreading Democracy was actually a goal. It might have provided an excuse, but I can assure you it was NOT high up on the list of ACTUAL reasons.

I was a bit sarcastic, though it didn't show well online...

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We now have an oil pipeline thru Afganastan, which we could not accomplish with the Taliban there. And we have 14 PERMENENT Military bases in Iraq where we had NONE before. Along with the largest Embasy we ahve anyplace in the world.

Well I've never thought that the USA invaded Iraq to liberate it or to spread freedom all over the world. I don't think it was the fear of WMD either. Terrorism? Hardly. My guess is they created a terrorist out of Saddam so they could capture him to show the American people how hard they are working to fight terrorism. Meanwhile, bin Laden is still running about plotting for new attacks, and is therefor useful to scare people with, so that they will vote for the same president who is working so hard to fight terrorism. I hope this is not true, because that would mean the US is not devoting as much troops to capture bin Laden anymore and let Pakistan do it instead. Oh, wait...

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You talk about turnout for voting in Afganastan. What of the 14 of the 18 candidates that boycotted it because it was a sham?

Heh. If it's true it was all a sham, I'm not surprised at all.

Aki · 11-06-2004

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Originally posted by: Tim_Lou
well, at least bush won the election.....

in my school, kerry got around 1000 votes (from teachers, staffs, students...etc)
bush got only 500 or so. nadar, i forgot...

its probably because of the fact that the school is in NJ...hehe

Well here in Canada, the ration is probably 10:1 for Kerry. Nobody in Canada really likes Bush.

Robust · 11-07-2004

Bush-snush....Kerry-smary....the important outcome is that the Republican party gained seats in botb the House ans Senate

IrishEyes · 11-08-2004

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No, I live HERE under the Bush theocracy. His world cop thing works, you know. Just not in a very positive way for all of us.

What type of negative impact has Bush had on you personally, and your country in general? I'm very interested in any answers from people outside the US on this one.

lindagarrette · 11-08-2004

The effect of current administration policy has the direct effect on everyone of slowing, and even reversing progress in education, environmental protection, world peace, tolerance of different values, scientific research, our image and relationship with other nations, and economic issues that there isn't room to explain here.

Billions of mid to llower income taxpayers money is being wasted on this ludicrous "war" and reconstruction of Iraq while half the world lives in extreme poverty and 1% or the people own and control the vast majority of the world's wealth.

It is also personally offensive to be constantly reminded that the next generation is growing up under a theocratic plutocracy with decreasing access to secular rationalism.

This once well respected and progressive nation will be paid back for its arrogance if not during the next four years, than over time at even greater cost in more ways than one.

The trade deficit and national debt have already left us in the dust as an economically strong nation.

It is my opinion that another administration would take us in a different direction on all the issues I mentioned. That is not to say that the democratic party was in a position to come up with many better solutions without alienating the majority who have already been indoctrinated.

Freethinker · 11-08-2004

Voting machine fraud? Nah, couldn't happen coould it?

How does one prove that a vote they cast was not what was actually reported? As long as the Black Box Voting Machine programmers write code to make sure the voter totals come out, how can be be sure the percentages are correct? The machine manufacturers can atleast accomplish this slight of hand?

Nope, they can't even program the software to keep the count correct!

Machine error gives Bush 3,893 extra votes in Ohio
By John McCarthy, Associated Press
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Franklin County's unofficial results had Bush receiving 4,258 votes to Democrat John Kerry's 260 votes in a precinct in Gahanna. Records show only 638 voters cast ballots in that precinct. Bush's total should have been recorded as 365.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/te...-trouble_x.htm

BEAKER · 11-08-2004

Thanks Tormod.

Viva-la-Bush!

Go Bush!; Go Bush!; Go Bush!

(And all (politically correct substitute) the girls go dooo, dooo, dooo; dooo, dooo-da-dooo...) -Rolling Stones

By the way Freethinker; I totally respect and admire your political involvment. - Seriously. I was lucky to find enough time to put a "W" sticker on my car and a "Bush for president" sign in my yard.

It's probably because I'm spending too much time Hypographizing.

Ignorance is bliss. - (at least that's what I've heard.)

Aki · 11-08-2004

Anyways, that election was a tight race. I think this is the tightest election race and american history. No loser has ever gotten as many votes as Kerry.

sanctus · 11-09-2004

Beaker,
I wonder, what were your reasons to vote for Bush? I mean as yuo are here on this forum I suppose you like to think and so you didn't vote for bush just because the media told you to, but you had actual reasons.I can't understand what the reasons could be, so I would be very glad to know.