GameTavern's Election '04 Coverage - Page 6

Professor S · 11-03-2004, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Neo

I get hell for calling Bush supporters "uneducated superstitious wackos" but no one cares about "asshats?"

I do believe I gave the finger after my superiority dance.

Besides, its so hard to get upset over such childish namecalling when your boy just got installed for the next 4 years.

*continues superiority dance, moons the room, and walks out like George Jefferson after calling his neighbor a "honky"*

Blackmane · 11-03-2004, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Neo

I get hell for calling Bush supporters "uneducated superstitious wackos" but no one cares about "asshats?"

You should be proud Neo. I really do hold your opinions with more respect because you just don't throw up ridculous names at people you don't understand, even if I don't agree with your opinions. Thats why I contradicted you earlier.

No hard feelings and all that shebang. It's been an honor butting heads.

Neo · 11-03-2004, 01:16 PM

No hard feelings. The results are what they are and I accept them. I'm sure Bush will do his best to reach out to the democrats.

dropCGCF · 11-03-2004, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Neo

No hard feelings. The results are what they are and I accept them. I'm sure Bush will do his best to reach out to the democrats.

I'm sure 97% will not listen. We will be a nation harshly divided for the next 8 years. The Dems needed this one to keep the peace. They lost.

Typhoid · 11-03-2004, 04:19 PM

I think its funny how the news channels say "Bush Re-elected" No. Bush is "elected" He was appointed the first time, not elected. Like I said, this makes me wonder if he will slip through on a technicality that will let him run for ANOTHER term after this, or if he will be stupid enough to make a Bill or whatever that says a President can serve as many consecutive terms as he pleases.

I can see him doing that.

The one thing I absolutely love about Bushs campaign this year, is he is promising to do things for the country over the next 4 years.....things he promised to do 4 years ago. Things he hasnt done. You would think people would realise that. But they dont.

The whole American voting system is messed up.

You cant have 2 main parties talking for about 360 million people. You cant split them up into 2 definate groups.
And mostly the issues dont matter to most people, its all about appearance. Kerry is rich, Bush is a slob. Most people in the south are exactly like Bush is (not really, because hes a whiney little rich boy) so they voted for him because hes friendly looking. Not to mention he wouldnt have nicknames like "Seabiscuit"

Blackmane · 11-03-2004, 04:32 PM

Typhoid, you just gotta get over it. Just because your perception of George Bush is a rich slob doesn't mean everyone thinks that or even that its true. There are a lot of ways to point the same kind of accusations at Kerry, but its over, and we all just need to get along and be happy. That's how unity begins, because you can be united as a people even in disagreement about views.

Bond · 11-03-2004, 04:44 PM

A decisive victory for President Bush.

Typhoid · 11-03-2004, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Blackmane

Typhoid, you just gotta get over it. Just because your perception of George Bush is a rich slob doesn't mean everyone thinks that or even that its true. There are a lot of ways to point the same kind of accusations at Kerry, but its over, and we all just need to get along and be happy. That's how unity begins, because you can be united as a people even in disagreement about views.

You also cant have unity in a county devided by 2 political parties with such separate views.

And i wasnt saying my view of him is a rich slob. He is a rich slob. Do you think the president is scrounging quarters to get by? No. He was a rich daddy's boy before this too.

And yes, I even called Kerry a rich boy, or hinted towards it. But he doesnt play the "Im like all of you down south" card as much as Bush does.

And what do you mean "Let it go"?

I was staing my views on the American political system.

I didnt say 'This election was rigged" "this electionw as unfair" "Bush is Hitler" Or anything like that.

Dylflon · 11-03-2004, 05:08 PM

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And yes, I even called Kerry a rich boy, or hinted towards it. But he doesnt play the "Im like all of you down south" card as much as Bush does.

To be fair he plays the "I'm like all of you on the east coast" card.

DarkMaster · 11-03-2004, 06:09 PM

wtf, Kerry lost?! But the man had three purple hearts! And what does Bush have? That's right, ZERO purple hearts. Obviously the majority of your country did not take this information into account when voting.

Typhoid · 11-03-2004, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkMaster

wtf, Kerry lost?! But the man had three purple hearts! And what does Bush have? That's right, ZERO purple hearts. Obviously the majority of your country did not take this information into account when voting.

But Bush has such a stront regiment in 9/11, and more terrorist attacks that are on the way, and the terror rainbow.

*Puts on tinfoil hat and slowly votes for Bush*

Vampyr · 11-03-2004, 06:41 PM

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Eh, I just made the post.

I don't know. I'm still upset about this, and I'm still having a hard time accepting this defeat. I just cannot believe that so many people want to put that man back in office after all the things he has done. So many people polled nationally believed that the war in Iraq wasn't going well at all (a 60-70% I believe) yet they vote for the candidate that has more or less caused this mess? I just do not understand it and never will, but again, politics have never affected my personal life all that much so far, and hopefully they won't now either, but it's still dissapointing.

Crono told me a long time ago that the only flaw with democracy is that it is ruled by the majority, and the majority of the people are stupid.

There has never been a finer display of this than now. I cannot believe Kerry lost. Me and my dad are extremely dissapointed. We had a mock election last week in school, and Bush won it by two votes, and I hoped it wasn't a bad omen.

Today when I got to school there were a BUNCH of people celebrating because Bush was ahead. Every time I said I was for Kerry there would be a few people look at me with disgust. I asked them why they were so strongely supportive of Bush. I KNEW what they would say. I KNEW exactly what they would tell me, and that's why I ask. What did everyone say?

"He's against the queers!"

I gave them hell for that. I dont feel like I really need to exlplain why. But I will anyway. I simly replied, "Well, if your side wins, and Bush is re-elected, and he DOES make gay marriage illegal, what then? How did that help you any at all? How did you benefit from it? Maybe instead of paying attention to this big "major" issue that the media is feeding you, you should actually look into what he stands for. If you're still with him, then I'll respect you."

I am willing to bet that 90% of the people in Kentucky that voted for Bush voted for him because he was against Gay marriage.

I dont mind Bush supporters. I just hate the fact that my state is so incredibly stupid.

Against the gays are they? If someone was dumb enough to still be arguing against me at that point I played off of what I knew they did that was considered a "sin". All this "anti gay" supporters liked to preach to me that God damned some guy in the bible to hell for being homosexual. So I just replied, "Have you ever lied? Been jealous? Had premarital sex? If you have, then you are on the same level as homosexuals in God's eyes, because a sin is a sin, and if you want the bible to dictate our laws, then ALL of that has to be illegal."

I just wanted to vent that.

I'm so dissapointed. All this bad media Bush has gotten over the past four years. I dont want to see any more of it. None. America elected him.

At least I can vote in the next election.

Neo · 11-03-2004, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Vampyr

Today when I got to school there were a BUNCH of people celebrating because Bush was ahead. Every time I said I was for Kerry there would be a few people look at me with disgust. I asked them why they were so strongely supportive of Bush. I KNEW what they would say. I KNEW exactly what they would tell me, and that's why I ask. What did everyone say?

"He's against the queers!"

They don't know any better. I also suspect, however, that calling terrorism the primary issue was a smoke screen to hide their true reasons for voting which were based on fear and misunderstanding.

Don't lose faith, Bush's election is a temporary setback. The democrats will live to fight another day.

GameMaster · 11-03-2004, 07:19 PM

Now that the election is over, will Neo and Blackmane be returning to their respective Fortresses of Solitude? It was sure nice to have you guys posting here again even if most of it was in here.

I was really hopeful that John Kerry would win and now I'm quite sad. My first voting was supposed to be a magical one, where the candidate I chose would win, instead it will be remembered as one of defeat.

TheGame · 11-03-2004, 08:12 PM

The funny part is... people don't understand that so many people in this country are so strongly against Gay Marriage (aka imorrality justified by law) that they would vote against somone who supports it for that reason alone. Its funny how pop culture and TV feeds this to kids every day like its 'normal' and acceptable, yet when there is an actual vote on it nearly everyone is against it. I'm positive this will change in 10-20 years, but for now that's just how it is. And trying to be a key player in trying to change it now will only gets your a foot in the rear.

Kerry being for gay marriage wasn't the only factor that made me vote for Bush (though it could be for somone else, god bless america), but it was a clear factor. To me what Kerry stood for was simply wrong. He was a guy who would set his own beliefs aside for votes (and if he is a christian that believes Gay marriage and Stem Cell [sp?] recearch is ok that makes him look even worse in my book). He double talked so much that right now I couldn't even say how he would handle the war in Iraq.

Kerry never earned my trust, or my respect. Call me stupid all you want Vampyr.

Even if Kerry would have won, there would be no reason to bitch about it. Bush is our president, the plublic has spoken, accept it, move on, and hope for the best.