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Election '08

Dr. ZoidbergDr. Zoidberg
edited November 2008 in General Chat
If you're like me, you're anxious to see the results. For those of you who are, let's have a little in-forum poll. Your vote will remain anonymous unless you choose to make it public.


I voted Obama, because I feel this country needs more affordable health care...

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  • StinkomanFanStinkomanFan
    edited November 2008
    I vote Nader.
  • patterspatters
    edited November 2008
    i'm not american but i veer more towards obama
  • EmilyEmily Telltale Alumni
    edited November 2008
    other(there's some other guy running I know, his name isn't coming to me though)

    There are several others, actually...

    EDIT: Oh, did you mean Max? Okay, I get your joke... :p

    EDIT2: Also, several of us in the office are glued to the NY Times map at the moment...
  • Dr. ZoidbergDr. Zoidberg
    edited November 2008
    Emily wrote: »
    EDIT2: Also, several of us in the office are glued to the NY Times map at the moment...

    Cool, thanks!
  • DangerzoneDangerzone
    edited November 2008
    Must. Resist. Political. Blowout...

    Anyway, I voted McCain, for 2 simple reasons...

    #1.) Because our economy is in enough trouble, and another one trillion in deficit would bankrupt this country.

    #2.) I don't want a terrorist-embracing-socialist (who isn't proud of his country) in the White House.

    So, I guess i'm alone in that mindset on here, but its cool... (This country is going to hell anyways, no matter who gets in... I'm just going along for the ride.)
  • ZootchZootch
    edited November 2008
    I vote McCain because he is less likely to

    approve the Kyoto Protocol
    pull out of Iraq
    tax us to last week
    support a costly alternative energy scheme
    screw with Healthcare
    remove our second amendment right
    embrace terrorism
    cut military funding
    freely open borders
    pander to the U.N.
    ...did I mention it all? There's probably more...
  • MelMel
    edited November 2008
    Obama - I would quote someone from their Tumblr who really hit the nail on the head for me:
    From way back, this election wasn’t about issues. No, I haven’t lost my mind. I realize we’re in a world of hurt, that nearly every one of us lives on a precipice, that we continue to dishonor ourselves through wars without purpose, that social injustice is so back-burner it cooks over a sterno can on the porch.

    But candidates, in order to build consensus and achieve office, lay so much gauzy cheese over “programs” and “plans” that when time comes to digest them they’re no more satisfying than a plate of Hush Puppies at Long John Silver’s. The next President Whomever has no idea what’ll be happening on February 1, other than it’s sure to be heavy: it’s a game of reaction, of rope-a-dope, of trying to reign in rogues.

    This is about message and attitude. Which is why it is so necessary to elect Barack Obama. The message is We Need To Be Together; the attitude is We Belong Together. Let’s face ourselves in the mirror: our politics, our social attitudes, our entire culture wallows in cynicism and loathing. We don’t seem to want anything anymore. We live in perpetual fear, derision, and exhaustion.

    If he changes nothing else, if he accomplishes nothing else, if he stands for nothing else, at the very least, Obama has a puncher’s chance of convincing us, of dragging us, kicking and screaming, to beginning to learn, once again, that we play on the same team. That we chose, long ago, to live together. That our unity is endowed by our unremitting acceptance of that togetherness; and that our lengthy disenchantment with what we say we ordained for ourselves is destroying us.

    Get out of that bed, wash your face and hands. They’re calling on you.

    http://karenuhoh.tumblr.com/

    I couldn't have said it any better.
  • ZootchZootch
    edited November 2008
    I just remembered, I wrote a Xanga post on my choice...

    Why one would want to vote Democrat
  • Dr. ZoidbergDr. Zoidberg
    edited November 2008
    Mel wrote: »
    Obama - I would quote someone from their Tumblr who really hit the nail on the head for me:
    From way back, this election wasn’t about issues. No, I haven’t lost my mind. I realize we’re in a world of hurt, that nearly every one of us lives on a precipice, that we continue to dishonor ourselves through wars without purpose, that social injustice is so back-burner it cooks over a sterno can on the porch.

    But candidates, in order to build consensus and achieve office, lay so much gauzy cheese over “programs” and “plans” that when time comes to digest them they’re no more satisfying than a plate of Hush Puppies at Long John Silver’s. The next President Whomever has no idea what’ll be happening on February 1, other than it’s sure to be heavy: it’s a game of reaction, of rope-a-dope, of trying to reign in rogues.

    This is about message and attitude. Which is why it is so necessary to elect Barack Obama. The message is We Need To Be Together; the attitude is We Belong Together. Let’s face ourselves in the mirror: our politics, our social attitudes, our entire culture wallows in cynicism and loathing. We don’t seem to want anything anymore. We live in perpetual fear, derision, and exhaustion.

    If he changes nothing else, if he accomplishes nothing else, if he stands for nothing else, at the very least, Obama has a puncher’s chance of convincing us, of dragging us, kicking and screaming, to beginning to learn, once again, that we play on the same team. That we chose, long ago, to live together. That our unity is endowed by our unremitting acceptance of that togetherness; and that our lengthy disenchantment with what we say we ordained for ourselves is destroying us.

    Get out of that bed, wash your face and hands. They’re calling on you.

    http://karenuhoh.tumblr.com/

    I couldn't have said it any better.

    Me neither....
  • ZootchZootch
    edited November 2008
    Barack Obama- July 2, 2008 wrote:
    I am in support of a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded as our military
    Note- He did not say 'police' or anything to that effect.

    The following words should come to mind:

    -Gestapo
    -K.G.B.
    -Thought Police
  • wiiman8888wiiman8888
    edited November 2008
    Not old enough to vote but I would vote for Obama (or Max)
  • Dr. ZoidbergDr. Zoidberg
    edited November 2008
    I think all this is getting a bit extreme.....I'd be okay with that, except I don't want this thread to be closed...
  • SBB GameMasterSBB GameMaster
    edited November 2008
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boga_4cfyXE

    (or Obama)
  • EmilyEmily Telltale Alumni
    edited November 2008
    As long as people keep it civil, there won't be any reason to close the thread. ;)

    Now I'm heading home to watch the Daily Show election night special...
  • ZootchZootch
    edited November 2008
    Emily wrote: »
    Now I'm heading home to watch the Daily Show election night special...

    Segway into the blatant liberal slant in modern media!
  • Dr. ZoidbergDr. Zoidberg
    edited November 2008
    Emily wrote: »
    Now I'm heading home to watch the Daily Show election night special...

    I wish I had cable. :(
  • DangerzoneDangerzone
    edited November 2008
    Be nice? In politics? this is America, I doubt that is even possible anymore. Nice went out the window when black panthers tried intimidating voters to vote for Obama in Detroit... Since this thread is likely to be closed at some point anyway, ill just jump in with both feet and add this as my last word...

    Honestly... I think that Obama is going to win, simply because of the overall stupidity of our great nation. let me explain...

    He presents himself as something different, a change, "the savior", giving a solution to everything, (something too good to be true, until you actually read his "proposals" and understand his "values")... The public then latches onto the one issue that they "think" he can make better, and they vote for him... Without fully knowing everything else that comes along with him. Those who want "change"? Oh, they are going to get it alright... Up the ass with a ten foot pole.

    Obama has wrangled the big cooperations, the young and stupid, and those looking for a handout from their government into voting for him... Because of this, the middle class are going to suffer. So unless you are insanely-rich, or on welfare, you're screwed. (which accounts for about 80% of this country).

    Use this easy to understand Obama dictionary to decode just a few of your favorite Obama phrases.

    - Give em' tax breaks! (then tax it all away... aka, spread the wealth)
    - Tax the corporations!... (they send send those costs down to us, via inflated prices on goods)
    - Provide good health care! (aka get rid of all subsidized health care, making us all wait for months to see a doctor at a "free clinic")
    - Cut costs!... (aka, pull out of iraq, get rid of the military, create his own, and send the remainder into his "retirement fund")
    Stop "a war we cant win"... (aka, try to be "friends" with nations that are going to spit and laugh at him, then proceed to bomb each other, and us, into oblivion)
    - Patriotic! (aka, refusal to have the United States flag on anything associated with his name... Including himself, or his jet.)
    - Change! (aka, turn to a socialistic form of government where they change the law to meet their needs, screw everyone else, and with no one to stop them once the public realizes they screwed up... Since they will now control the entire government)

    Need I go on?

    Looks like America has made its choice... Stopping fifty feet short of Armageddon.
  • RedrotRedrot
    edited November 2008
    my wehrd...
    it seems so many games are liberal!
    my Kartrider guild voted Obama, this voted Obama...
  • ZootchZootch
    edited November 2008
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=787cJPYDDi4

    I drew it in less than two minutes!
  • Dr. ZoidbergDr. Zoidberg
    edited November 2008
    Dangerzone wrote: »
    Be nice? In politics? this is America, I doubt that is even possible anymore. Nice went out the window when black panthers tried intimidating voters to vote for Obama in Detroit... Since this thread is likely to be closed at some point anyway, ill just jump in with both feet and add this as my last word...

    Honestly... I think that Obama is going to win, simply because of the overall stupidity of our great nation. let me explain...

    He presents himself as something different, a change, "the savior", giving a solution to everything, (something too good to be true, until you actually read his "proposals" and understand his "values")... The public then latches onto the one issue that they "think" he can make better, and they vote for him... Without fully knowing everything else that comes along with him. Those who want "change"? Oh, they are going to get it alright... Up the ass with a ten foot pole.

    Obama has wrangled the big cooperations, the young and stupid, and those looking for a handout from their government into voting for him... Because of this, the middle class are going to suffer. So unless you are insanely-rich, or on welfare, you're screwed. (which accounts for about 80% of this country).

    Use this easy to understand Obama dictionary to decode just a few of your favorite Obama phrases.

    - Give em' tax breaks! (then tax it all away... aka, spread the wealth)
    - Tax the corporations!... (they send send those costs down to us, via inflated prices on goods)
    - Provide good health care! (aka get rid of all subsidized health care, making us all wait for months to see a doctor at a "free clinic")
    - Cut costs!... (aka, pull out of iraq, get rid of the military, create his own, and send the remainder into his "retirement fund")
    Stop "a war we cant win"... (aka, try to be "friends" with nations that are going to spit and laugh at him, then proceed to bomb each other, and us, into oblivion)
    - Patriotic! (aka, refusal to have the United States flag on anything associated with his name... Including himself, or his jet.)
    - Change! (aka, turn to a socialistic form of government where they change the law to meet their needs, screw everyone else, and with no one to stop them once the public realizes they screwed up... Since they will now control the entire government)

    Need I go on?

    Looks like America has made its choice... Stopping fifty feet short of Armageddon.

    So basically you're saying that anyone that doesn't vote for your preffered candidate is a stupid piece of crap.
  • DangerzoneDangerzone
    edited November 2008
    Nah, but it does mean that you fell for a con of epic proportions... like, 100 billion dollar multi-movie deal big.

    When everyone sees the major difference between how he acts when in power vs. who you voted for, you will not need someone like me to point out the mistake that was made... But it will not matter, because after Obama starts censoring the internet, (and all other media) you wont even be able to talk negative about him... ;)

    If he was trying to pull a McCain ad off the air for saying "hurtfull things" imagine what he will do when he has the power to write those such limitations into law...

    The 28th amendment, "Thou shall not speak ill of the lord Obama."
  • TelltaleToolTelltaleTool
    edited November 2008
    Okay... presumably we've all made our arguments in vote form already, so let's take the vitriol to PM or stop it entirely.
  • ZootchZootch
    edited November 2008
    awww... I still have a lot of bitching to do!
  • DangerzoneDangerzone
    edited November 2008
    But, but... I LOVE election arguments, epically how they let everyone get into epic fights with friends and co-workers! Seasonal fights that are forgotten as though they never happened.

    Like the drunken "screaming matches" you have with family at Christmas... Or that time you smashed a bottle over bill's head at new years... Or the fight you had with your girlfriend at Halloween (about why she can't wear "that")... Or like how the state was willing to forget my "accident" when I turned 18!

    Ah, precious memories...
  • ZootchZootch
    edited November 2008
    It's looking bad, Obama may be the nation's second black president.
  • UdvarnokyUdvarnoky
    edited November 2008
    Zootch wrote: »
    It's looking bad, Obama may be the nation's second black president.

    The first, of course, being David Palmer.
  • TelltaleToolTelltaleTool
    edited November 2008
    FYI...

    "11:09 p.m. Mr. McCain has called Mr. Obama to concede, says The Associated Press."
  • UdvarnokyUdvarnoky
    edited November 2008
    It was a classy speech. McCain was always a better man than his supporters let him seem.
  • DangerzoneDangerzone
    edited November 2008
    Yep, looks like Joe Biden is going to be the next president of the united states...
  • ZootchZootch
    edited November 2008
    I like this country, it proves that an illegal immigrant with communist and mafia ties and zero experience can win in a presidential election over a war hero with experience and wisdom to spare.
  • UdvarnokyUdvarnoky
    edited November 2008
    Wow.
  • ZootchZootch
    edited November 2008
    commie.jpg

    enjoy your communism :)
  • MelMel
    edited November 2008
    Some of you in this thread think the American people have been brainwashed, conned, whatever, but I don't feel conned. Tonight was a verdict against the kind of vitriol that is present in this thread. I for one, am glad to see that verdict was rendered.

    I don't expect Obama to walk on water or to fix everything. Who knows what will happen, but I'm glad to see that he's getting the chance. Only time will tell.
  • jmmjmm
    edited November 2008
    I'm not an US citizen and I'm grateful of that. If I were I don't know for which candidate I would have voted. I still don't trust either candidate (right now, former candidate and elected president) or have any confidence in their abilities to solve the economic problems. Somehow a candidate that promises to cut taxes (that will benefit mostly the more wealthy) yielding in bigger deficits or a candidate that expends millions campaigning (Still don't know why there isn't a law that limits campaign funding to acceptable levels) and keeps promising to spend spend spend and spend do not sound right.

    Having read all that I could find about their proposals on economy, energy, foreign policies, government spending, health and a long et cetera, I'm more than a bit worried on how many blanks are in their proposals and how many warning flags didn't get raised during the campaign (And having a democrat majority in both congress chambers doesn't ease my concerns either - Its like having a race car with three gas pedals and no brakes)

    Anyway, like McCain said: "The people have spoken", let's hope that what the people said was the right choice and "changes" the US in the right direction (and doesn't crash the economy in the process)
  • xChri5xxChri5x
    edited November 2008
    Zootch wrote: »
    I like this country, it proves that an illegal immigrant with communist and mafia ties and zero experience can win in a presidential election over a war hero with experience and wisdom to spare.

    Haha whatever.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited November 2008
    Mel wrote: »
    Some of you in this thread think the American people have been brainwashed, conned, whatever, but I don't feel conned. Tonight was a verdict against the kind of vitriol that is present in this thread. I for one, am glad to see that verdict was rendered.

    I don't expect Obama to walk on water or to fix everything. Who knows what will happen, but I'm glad to see that he's getting the chance. Only time will tell.


    ^ This.

    People have become so cynical that they can't accept a president that actually DOES want to do what he says in his campaigns. Understandable. I am a cynic myself. And I'm not gullible. I know that Obama won't accomplish everything he promised. That's politics for you.

    But I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. I truly think that Obama will accomplish great things, given the chance.

    If that makes me "stupid", so be it. Voting for McCain would have gone against every belief I have. I'm not saying McCain didn't have positive attributes, just that I'd be a hypocrite to support him.

    So yeah... that's my contribution. I'll leave it at that since the rage level in this thread is clearly rising, and will likely continue to do so unless everybody suddenly decides to stop making their own decisions and become Borg.
    (Seemingly the best possible turn of events, judging by every flame war ever.)
  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited November 2008
    I think we can all say "congratulations America on actually settling a presidential election on election night for the first time in a decade," and close down the political discussion on this video game forum!
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