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The Presidential Election 2008 Thread
I'm sort of bored and for no particular reason I was thinking about who could potentially be replacing our current president in 2008. I'm sure I'll leave out several potential candidates in my inital list, but here are who I think are the frontrunners for nomination....
Republican George Allen (Senator, Virginia) Jeb Bush (Governor, Florida) Elizabeth Dole (Senator, North Carolina) Rudy Giuliani (Former Mayor, New York City) Charles Grassley (Senator, Iowa) John McCain (Senator, Arizona) George Pataki (Governor, New York) Colin Powell (Former Sec. of State) Mit Romney (Governor, Massachusettes) Rick Santorum (Senator, Pennsylvania) Condoleeza Rice (Secretary of State) Democrat Evan Bayh (Senator, Indiana) Rod Blagojevich (Governor, Illinois) Wes Clark (NATO Allied Commander) Hillary Clinton (Senator, New York) Howard Dean (Fromer Governor, Vermont) Mike Easly (Governor, North Carolina) John Edwards (Former Senator,North Carolina ) Al Gore (Former Vice President) John Kerry (Seantor, Massachusettes) Blanche Lincoln (Senator, Arkansas) Barrack Obama (Senator, Illinois) Nancy Pelosi (House of Rep., California) Tom Vilsack (Governor, Iowa) Mark Warner (Governor, Virginia) The odds are that our next president is on one of those two lists. Personally, I would be on my way to Canada if it came down to Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton, but unfortunately that seems the most likely at this early point. I'm really hoping to see Giuliani & Obama win the nominations, but Obama is a relative newcomer and going up against democratic powerhouses like Hillary Clinton, Al Gore & John Kerry might be too big of a mountain to overcome. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for him in 2012 though for sure! Anyways, what are everyone's thoughts?
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Republicans like to give tax relief to the rich people & Democrats like to raise taxes and give it to the poor people. Either way, the middle class gets hosed. On other issues, republicans tend to be more conservative whereas democrats are more liberal. Obviously the differences are more technical than that, but that's a brief paraphrasing.
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The general idea of the presidential elections is for all of "little people" to elect one person that couldnt give a rat's ass about us individuals to lead us for the next 4 years.
Here's a little bit more specific list of their views on issues (in general).... Abortion - Republicans are against, democrats are for Gay marriage - Republicans are against, democrats are for Gun Control - Republicans are for, democrats are against Death Penalty - Republicans are for, democrats are against Military spending - Republicans boost it, democrats cut it Taxes - Republicans give cuts to the rich, democrats raise taxes & give more to the poor I guess that's the general breakdown. Of course there are exceptions to those general rules of thumb though. Did I skip any major issues?
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That makes it hard, because I agree and disagree with both. Maybe I should stay out of the voting. I don't think it makes any difference either. When Kerry had more votes than Bush, and Bush won because of the electorial votes, that proves that us ants have no real say so in the matter.
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