The 2008 US Presidential Race Thread - let's not screw it up this time

[Of Crazed]

[Peter Darkness]

Bwahahaha!  Last night's Iowa caucus results are in!

Barack Obama - 37.6%
John Edwards - 29.7%
Hillary Clinton - 29.5%
Bill Richardson - 2.1%

In the immortal words of that random flight attendant in Snakes On A Plane, "Who's your daddy now, bitch?"  Oh, and here's a couple graphs so you can the breakdown of both primary parties' primaries (say that ten times fast):


(Giuliani = SERVED)

Giuliani only did poorly in Iowa because he didn't put much effort in.

"We did not put a lot of effort in Iowa," Giuliani said, as he offered congratulations to Huckabee from Hialeah, Fla., where he flew yesterday to emphasize the importance of Florida's Jan. 29 primary for his chances in the race."

News Day

I could deal with Obama if he wins. I'm for Ron Paul, but he's not going to win. With the media excluding him from everything, and bashing him all the time, it would be a miracle if he won.

Huckabee would be a curse, he thinks church and state should be one and the same. A big NO NO!

Did any of you see his cell phone call with god? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yj_okz7ZwI     

[Gulliver]

"We did not put a lot of effort in Iowa," Giuliani said, as he offered congratulations to Huckabee from Hialeah, Fla., where he flew yesterday to emphasize the importance of Florida's Jan. 29 primary for his chances in the race."

Canvasing the Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye for votes perchance?

And as to Ron Paul, I'll say this. As I understand it, among his proposals are such things as abolishing the Federal Reserve Bank. The Free Banking Era was not a particularly pleasant time.

[Myroria]

Against abortion, but for killing babies.

And yes, economic libertarianism generally sucks when there's a recession because stopping one isn't free capitalism's strong point. I'm for Ron Paul on the basis that the rest are socially neo-liberal or neo-con.

[The Empire]

Against abortion, but for killing babies.

Please explain statement? And who's position is it?

[Myroria]

It's a quote from Maddox, in the same article as the picture OC posted.

I have a different stance on abortion: I'm against abortion, but for killing babies. That way everyone loses, and I win. I'm neither pro choice, nor pro life; I'm pro you-shutting-the-hell-up. The only way I'd be "pro choice" is if it meant I could choose which babies I could abort, and only then if I could lift the age restriction to 80. I was at this mall the other day watching some shitty documentary when I came out of the theater and saw old people dancing to country music in the courtyard. I couldn't remember the last time I saw a group of people begging this hard to be aborted.

If you must know, I'm pro-choice, in all seriousness.

[The Empire]

I was just curious, and that's another thing we share a common ground on.


You are getting scary Myro...

[Solnath]

You do realise there won't actually be an election in 2008 and that Cheney will become President and declare a state of emergency?

[The Empire]

Somehow.. that option wouldn't surprise me much... but it would scare me shitless... Two big-ass dictatorships on somewhat friendly terms with eachother... only positive is that one is far away and the other has to pass through a land full of crazy people to get here... (crazy as in homicidal drunkards, aka. Finns... )

[Peter Darkness]

You do realise there won't actually be an election in 2008 and that Cheney will become President and declare a state of emergency?

Who knows what will happen. Something like that happening is a possibility though.

[Bara]

Somehow.. that option wouldn't surprise me much... but it would scare me shitless... Two big-ass dictatorships on somewhat friendly terms with eachother... only positive is that one is far away and the other has to pass through a land full of crazy people to get here... (crazy as in homicidal drunkards, aka. Finns... )

im  right here, you know.

[The Empire]

Yeah, Barak, you know you and I aren't on the same continent and has a time difference of at least 8 hours right?

[kor]

You do realise there won't actually be an election in 2008 and that Cheney will become President and declare a state of emergency?

All it would take is for Bush to enact Executive Order 12919. Which would begin martial law in the event of a national emergency. This would suspend Congress, the Supreme Court, election, and pretty much everything else. He would be the supreme leader with nobody to answer to. 

Edit: Did I mention that there doesn't have to be an actual emergency, only what Bush deems to to an emergency.

[Bara]

...
Emp, if that happens, can i come to your conetint?

[The Empire]

Barak, when ww3 is here there will be nowhere to hide or run... just dig... deep, and hope to survive.