Primary awesomeness

[Gahars]

Cool

I watched the Clinton speech afterwards and had to turn it off after ten minutes.

She kept smugly complimenting herself and repeating the same facts over and over again.

I just couldn't take it anymore.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

Republican. But between the two, I must say at least Obama was more like able (sans psycho-preacher.) And to those who say that Obama is a Musilim or anti Christian because he doesn't put his hand over his heart during the pledge... really don't know their faith.

Why would it matter if Obama was Muslim or Atheist anyways? I thought America was a country comprised of many faiths and creeds.

america is also a melting pot, you become american and not what you used to be


but you are right it shouldn't matter and cause he has a crazy preacher, what should it matter he's not the crazy preacher

She kept smugly complimenting herself and repeating the same facts over and over again.

like how she won the michigan and florida primaries? kinda hard NOT to win when you're the only candidate on the ballot

i like how she said "oh it doesn't matter blah blah" when it looked like she was winning and more recently she's like "we should count them, i won them and they should be counted"

 

[Gahars]

Well, Clinton lost (whether she will choose to finally accept that, we'll have to wait and see)

So, now we wait for the vp announcement.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

Excellent, ideal line up for sanity, Obama vs. McCain, both of them are less freaky and moronic than the people they were competing with.

 

[Gahars]

Excellent, ideal line up for sanity, Obama vs. McCain, both of them are less freaky and moronic than the people they were competing with.

Yeah

There always seems to be something fake about Clinton, whether it's her smile or hidden in her speeches.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

Why would it matter if Obama was Muslim or Atheist anyways? I thought America was a country comprised of many faiths and creeds.

Last I recall, there was something in the legislation that requires all presidents to be "God Fearing Men"... Athiests are out, as would be Bhuddists, Taoists, and most other eastern faiths. Muslims would be VERY hard pressed to prove an "Alah fearing man" is the same as a "God fearing" one. That leaves Mormons, Christians, and Catholics and Jewish.

Good god. I hope Canada's not like that as well.

In Canada overtly pushing a religious agenda seems to be a death sentance for your campaign, we likes out church and state seperate up here.

 

[Soulfein]

Well, I for one think that Obama would make a terrible president. As it was once said his speech's go
"blah blah blah blah Change!blah blah blah Hope!blah blah blah Free Healthcare!blah blah blah."

I have listened to some of his speches and heard nothing but "Good stuff is good. I like good things, so vote for me if you like good things"
I have heard that Obama has missed the most votes of any other senator. Now, why not vote? Because if you vote you give yourself a platform. People can be opposed to a platform. Obama is trying to obscure his idea's and get people to vote for him by preaching messages of "Change". I do not know what he is going to change exactly, and some clarification would be nice.

I also get very pissed off at the media's attention to him. Or, actually, there treatment of Ms. Clinton. On one T.V. show that I saw, they had some polls that were about views. Then they has one devoted to Ms. Clinton. It was "Rhymes with Stitch". People would talk about her hair, her suit, her ass and they would get away with it. However, if someone had "Rhymes with Trigger" or talked about Obama's watermellon or fried chicken, they would be torn apart by the media. This is just something that I find grossly hippocritical.

Have a nice day!

 

[H0ncho]

I have listened to some of his speches and heard nothing but "Good stuff is good. I like good things, so vote for me if you like good things"

I have listened to some American presidential candidates, and I haven't heard any who doesn't talk like that.

 

[number2301]

I'm glad Obama got in over Hilary, purely because I think a black president would be more culturally significant in the US than a female one. One item of concern from a UK perspective is Obama's assertion that our special relationship (interesting euphemism for *****) needs to be more equal, which reading between the lines suggests to me that he wants us to provide more support.

I'd really rather not have the UK cosy up any closer to that bunch of religious zealots. We may have history with the Europeans but at least they're vaguely sane.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

I also like the fact that Obama is a half-white/half-black son of a midwesterner and a 1st generation immigrant raised in Hawaii, one of the most cosmopolitan places in the US. He's like the distillation of the American dream.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

The American Dream is a lie.

I'm also canadian, so it doesn't apply to me. All of our leaders are over educated wafflers whose primary mandate can be distilled down to "DO NOT ROCK THE BOAT"... and we like 'em that way.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

Why would it matter if Obama was Muslim or Atheist anyways? I thought America was a country comprised of many faiths and creeds.

Last I recall, there was something in the legislation that requires all presidents to be "God Fearing Men"... Athiests are out, as would be Bhuddists, Taoists, and most other eastern faiths. Muslims would be VERY hard pressed to prove an "Alah fearing man" is the same as a "God fearing" one. That leaves Mormons, Christians, and Catholics and Jewish.

ummm the jews don't worship God, they worship Yahweh or Jehovah depending on how you wish to spell it

so by your definition then jews can't be in office

Allah is the arabic word for God, much like Yahweh is the hebrew word for God

and to correct it, the only restriction on being the president is you must be born in the states, you can't immigrate and hope to become president, tho they are changing it because it wasn't originally like that and it's unfair

Good god. I hope Canada's not like that as well.

In Canada overtly pushing a religious agenda seems to be a death sentance for your campaign, we likes out church and state seperate up here.

yeah we like our church and state separate up here and we also like our corps and government separate

 

[PurpleRain]

I'm not voting Obama... nor am I voting any American leader. I'm on the other side of the globe!

 

[Alotak]

i reaslised somthing highly ironic about the Us presidencey anyone who is acutaly very good gets shot. lets hope this doesnt happen to Obama as he is fairly cool with good aims and more common sence than Hillary or McCain.

 

[Jenkins]

woooo cmon obama you got this baby!

 

[TomNook]

Cleverly, you also have to be 45 to be president.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

Cleverly, you also have to be 45 to be president.

it's 35 according to the constitution, article 2 section 1 to be exact, unless bus changed it

also you must be registered, so you can't be a felon unless your record is expunged and if you've been convicted of treason you may never run for office

Kennedy was 43 when he went into office

 

[iamnotincompliance]

"None of the above" is an option, it's called voting blank. Putting in a blank vote at least says you support the democratic election, but you couldn't choose/didn't agree with anyone. If You however believe simple general elections every fourth year is an illusion of democracy, or you don't believe they are conducted in a responsible way (or whatever reason) you can boycott the election.

None of the above is an option? Well, shows what I know, not having voted and all. In that case, I guess what I've been doing is boycotting the election, which actually is an illusion of democracy. In a democracy, we would vote directly for the candidates. Instead, we Americans live in a republic. We vote for the people who vote for the vote for the guy* in charge. That's the fantastic Electoral College, a remnant from ye olde days when the people were deemed too stupid to wield that kind of power, and looking around, it's a good thing it hasn't gone away yet. Interestingly enough, the Electoral College doesn't have to vote for the guy* we want them to vote for. They are allowed to vote for any candidate they want.

Well, I'll be. It seems I actually have a good reason for not voting. Thank you, Uskis.

 

[Anarchemitis]

The American Dream is a lie.

I'm also canadian, so it doesn't apply to me. All of our leaders are over educated wafflers whose primary mandate can be distilled down to "DO NOT ROCK THE BOAT"... and we like 'em that way.

Why Canadians seem not to do much about the political anything is that we're complacent; regardless of Liberal or Conservative, they do their job nicely and little changes, keeping us comfortable.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

"None of the above" is an option, it's called voting blank. Putting in a blank vote at least says you support the democratic election, but you couldn't choose/didn't agree with anyone. If You however believe simple general elections every fourth year is an illusion of democracy, or you don't believe they are conducted in a responsible way (or whatever reason) you can boycott the election.

None of the above is an option? Well, shows what I know, not having voted and all. In that case, I guess what I've been doing is boycotting the election, which actually is an illusion of democracy. In a democracy, we would vote directly for the candidates. Instead, we Americans live in a republic. We vote for the people who vote for the vote for the guy* in charge. That's the fantastic Electoral College, a remnant from ye olde days when the people were deemed too stupid to wield that kind of power, and looking around, it's a good thing it hasn't gone away yet. Interestingly enough, the Electoral College doesn't have to vote for the guy* we want them to vote for. They are allowed to vote for any candidate they want.

Well, I'll be. It seems I actually have a good reason for not voting. Thank you, Uskis.

yeah that's the fun part about the electoral college that not a lot of people realize they can vote for whomever they want and therefore the popular vote, aka the people's vote, means nothing

the funny part is if you suggest going by the popular vote alone, everyone is up in arms cause they think that california, new york and texas would determine the president, well since they are the largest states by population, they have a larger say because democracy is majority rules