Which candidate did you vote for in 2004?

[Zadoc]

And will you vote for the same party again?

[Ool]

I think I voted for Schröder and his party. He seemed to be doing an okay job at the time, and I still think so, even though he’s since cut himself off a big piece of the Baltic Sea natural gas pipeline from Russia.

Was that in 2004…?

Actually since we don’t have any obvious warmongers or economic mismanagers in our government I don’t even follow our local politics too closely. Democracy isn’t so much about voting every election year and more about having a vote if things do get screwy.

Besides, even if our local politics had the entertaining soap opera qualities that American current events have, it would be a German soap opera. Igitt…! (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)





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[…] He seemed to be doing an okay job at the time, […]


Speaking of Gerhard Schröder, at the very least there was never any question that he would keep us out of the Iraq occupation trainwreck, so that pretty much clinched the deal for me. That and the fact that our conservative parties actually have the word “Christian” in the title. I kid thee not! In light of that ever voting for them would take some huge greater evil on the other side…

[Monte314]

I voted for George W. Bush.

I will probably vote for John McCain in 2008... but time will tell.

[Zadoc]

I voted for George W. Bush.

I will probably vote for John McCain in 2008... but time will tell.

LOL Ya, right!

[azelismia]

Gore. and I am not voting in this next election.

[Ool]

Gore. and I am not voting in this next election.

Yeah, that’ll show them…





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LOL Ya, right!

You should have made this a poll rather than just a thread, with people not required to post their decision in a way that they are identifiable. I’m pretty sure most Bush voters—particularly those of ’04—would rather forget their decision at this point in time. It’s just a little bit like asking, “so did you vote for Hitler?” in ’45—divisive and putting people needlessly on the spot at a time when you have to pick up the pieces and to rebuild the place and could use all the benefit of the doubt that you can get…

Yes, there should be something comparable to the Nuremberg trials, on a smaller scale, but you can’t put the entire electorate on trial. Well, you could, but then what would happen is what happened to Germany after the reparation humiliation of World War One. Vae victis only makes people even more disgruntled than they ever were and more determined to fight to the bitter end the next time around…

Remember, the lesson Bush said he had learned from the Vietnam War, back when he was holding a speech in Vietnam, was that you shouldn’t end a conflict prematurely just because things are going badly. If that is the lesson people take home from seeing the light after finally voting the stay-the-coursers out of office then the next conflict is merely going to be even worse. Woe to the vanquished and the victors in that one…!

[azelismia]

Yeah, that’ll show them…







There's nothing and nobody to show, I think hillark is just as bad as mccain. I don't want to see any of them in office. I have no preference towards any of them so I am not going to bother to vote.

[Ool]

There's nothing and nobody to show, I think hillark is just as bad as mccain. I don't want to see any of them in office. I have no preference towards any of them so I am not going to bother to vote.

There’s still the half-black guy.

Oh, wait, I’m such a pessimist. I meant the half-white guy…

(Gots to love Sarah Silverman!)


Seriously, though, you must admit that her husband hadn’t done such a bad job. Yes, he was still Republican light. Yes, Americans still had to toil longer hours than citizens of other industrialized nations (including us) under him. But at least that work seemed to bear fruit. The economy was steadily going up and poverty was going down. Heck, even your foreign interventions at the time worked and gave you a good reputation around the world.

You’d really prefer a Republican boom/bust rollercoaster to a pantsuited moderate, who knows the right spots where to oil an economy (or at least has a husband who obviously did)…?

[Snowdragon]

John Kerry.

"I'm the master of low expectations"-GWB. June 4 2003.

Nuff said.

[Kubert]

I think I voted for Schröder and his party. He seemed to be doing an okay job at the time, and I still think so, even though he’s since cut himself off a big piece of the Baltic Sea natural gas pipeline from Russia.

Was that in 2004…?
No, that was 2005. And as I wasn't 18 back then anyway, so I wasn't allowed to vote for anybody.

[azelismia]

There’s still the half-black guy.

Oh, wait, I’m such a pessimist. I meant the half-white guy…

(Gots to love Sarah Silverman!)


Seriously, though, you must admit that her husband hadn’t done such a bad job. Yes, he was still Republican light. Yes, Americans still had to toil longer hours than citizens of other industrialized nations (including us) under him. But at least that work seemed to bear fruit. The economy was steadily going up and poverty was going down. Heck, even your foreign interventions at the time worked and gave you a good reputation around the world.

You’d really prefer a Republican boom/bust rollercoaster to a pantsuited moderate, who knows the right spots where to oil an economy (or at least has a husband who obviously did)…?


Hillary is not her husband and yeah, I think she'd be just as bad. She does support the war you know and wants to keep it going, and she wants to spend money in all kinds of bizzare places. 5000 to each kid in the usa?

[Ool]

Hillary is not her husband and yeah, I think she'd be just as bad. She does support the war you know and wants to keep it going, and she wants to spend money in all kinds of bizzare places. 5000 to each kid in the usa?

That’s a lot of candy money. She’s going to ruin their teeth!

But why are we even arguing? It looks like she’s going to have to concede the nomination anyway…

[Octavianus Caesar]

I Voted Bush in 2004, though I have lost a lot of respect for him, I gained a lot for Chenney (I believe a fellow INTJ).

I wanted Romney to win the Nom, but because I do not like Obama I will vote for McCain.

I have to give Clinton a lot of respect (Also a fellow INTJ), of all of them I respect her the most, but if she was the candidate, i would vote McCain. But I do think Clinton will defeat McCain in 2012. If the Republicans do not put up Romney or Gingrich in 2012 I might vote Clinton.

[Ool]

I Voted Bush in 2004, though I have lost a lot of respect for him, I gained a lot for Chenney (I believe a fellow INTJ).

Yeah, there’s nothing more manly and respectable than shooting hand-raised birds whose wings were clipped with a trademark sneer…

[wolf]

I voted for Badnarik in 2004, and I was also an official Republican Party poll watcher that year (I have friends and family that are active Republican Party members, some didn't realize I wasn't one, something about my technical skills meant I was automatically offered the job, and for some reason my father accepted it for me, so I was more-or-less stuck. It was an interesting experience.).

I'm still a registered Libertarian and will continue to vote that way.