So who voted ??

How about Colin Powell running with condeleeza Rice as VP? Now that would be something I would vote for. And I believe they would have a good chance. That would be a great team. As far as hillary goes, if she runs she will not win and if she does, i will go AWOL from the military and move to a far foreign land.

Hiya Justin! :waves: I think Condi Rice as VP might be moving a bit too far, too fast for the country, but Powell might have a chance in either slot on the ticket. As for Hillary winning, expect to see me win first. Ain't gonna happen.

I hate politics. When I last voted in my "previous" home country, it was at gun point :evil: And I did not have a choice on whom I could vote for :(

Colin Powell has said he will not and doesn't not want to run for pres.
I do know if he did he would have my vote, hands down
Condi Rice , now there is one heck of a women.

Well, I pretty much figured that Bush would win after reading the last issue of National Geographic.

45% of Americans polled agreed that "God greated human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so".
37% of Americans allow for both Creationism and Evolution.
Only 12% believe that humans evolved from other life-forms without any involvement of God.

That really scares the crap out of me.... so much for science

I would vote for McCain and if Obama gets some exp I would definately vote for him - I was going to school in MO during that ashcroft election when the other candidate died. I really really really have a problem with Ashcroft and agree that he scares the heck out of me too. I don't have such a huge problem with Bush himself but if Ashcroft were to vanish without a trace I certainly wouldn't be pushing for any sort of investigation haha. I too am glad that we can handle such issues in such a civil manner. Powell had a discussion with his wife and they together decided that it wouldn't be the best idea for him to run for President - plus he doesn't really need to, he's already made some fantastic contributions to America. Rumor has it that Ashcroft may be asked to step down.... we'll see how that pans out. :) You guys really are the best!

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/....ap/index.html

http://www.the-hamster.com/mtype/arc...croft_out.html

http://www.americanprogress.org/atf/...NTERTERROR.PDF

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ar...TICLE_ID=21345

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/...ion/index.html

http://slate.msn.com/id/2108766#ContinueArticle

*** DISCLAIMER *** some of these articles do indeed come from biased sources but then again who's not biased these days .. I included his own rebuttal on CNN and an article from the O'Rielly factor for fairness. anyone have any other Ashcroft links?

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That really scares the p00 out of me.... so much for science

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That was a good issue of NG - nice jarring cover to boot! Empiricism needs to make a comeback.

I voted Kerry. My boyfriend firmly is in the camp that "your vote doesn't count" and he didn't vote.
I know this is a very touchy subject. I voted Kerry because Bush has a lot of stances that I disagree with. his stance on gay marriage, for example.
I know, a ton of Americans are against gay marriage. But I wonder if they have any gay close friends, and if so, how they can look that friend in the face and say "You should not be able to marry a mature, consenting adult of the same sex, although it'd make you happy, secure a financial future for both of you if one of you should die, etc."
And as for the whole Iraq thing, where ARE the weapons of mass destruction? Sure, there are a bunch of countries out there that hate us and may attack us (N. Korea, China, heck even Cuba) but I don't see us attacking them in the name of "fighting terror." I think that this country should have gone after Osama after 9-11, since he orchestrated that whole thing, and brought the "sob" to justice. It is pretty scarey to me, that we can attack countries in anticipation of what they "might" do to us later. How far flung is it to say that we outselves could be persecuted for crimes wa may commit in the future, based on our ethnicity, religion, or political views? I think I'll start building a camp in the woods to hide out in when the secret police comes, and I'm takin' my herps with me, lol.
All this said, I love this country. I just fear immensely for the future we are being tossed into.
I hope this thread does not put us against each other on this forum. Regardless of our political views, etc, we don't have to hate and get mad about other people's views. :)

I realize this isn't the same thing, but how does everyone feel about plural marriage between consenting adults? This can be aregued the same way many people argue to allow same sex marraige. There will have to be very specifically written laws to allow for those marriages if they ever happen, there are to many things that could be construed as written that were not intened when the law was drawn up. Don't start argueing with one another over this, I am asking for opinions and not arguments for or against