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Who will win
Obama
88%
 88%  [ 38 ]
McCain
11%
 11%  [ 5 ]
Total Votes : 43

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head-in-the-clouds



Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Location: London for now
PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:55 am    Post subject: Obama or mccain. Yanks pitch in here... Reply with quote
Im a limey and am under the firm belief that Obama will win the US election quite easily. It seems that the british press wants this to happen. My friend from New York is not so sure and believes McCain can still win.

I think people from the states will have a better opinion based on their own inside knowledge of how things work over there, so, what do you guys think. Im not looking for personal opinion or prefernce just genuine informed opinion on whos going to win.

Again, NOT personal opinion, but informed opinion...
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santafly



Joined: 20 Feb 2008
PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I will vote for Obama, I hope he wins. I think it will be very close - don't forget, the American voting system is ridiculous - 1 vote is not 1 vote.

I hate Republicans - I'm a buddhist and yet I feel proud saying it. They are either evil (rich people), stupid (poor folks) or both evil and stupid (george w. bush, sarah palin, etc....)
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Bibbitybop



Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
santafly wrote:


I hate Republicans - I'm a buddhist and yet I feel proud saying it.


Glad you are voting for Obama, but are you serious on the Buddhist garble? You give Buddhism a bad name as Bush gives Christians a bad name.

Hate the policies, not the person, and if you are Buddhist you will understand that.
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head-in-the-clouds



Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Location: London for now
PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
santafly wrote:
I will vote for Obama, I hope he wins. I think it will be very close - don't forget, the American voting system is ridiculous - 1 vote is not 1 vote.

I hate Republicans - I'm a buddhist and yet I feel proud saying it. They are either evil (rich people), stupid (poor folks) or both evil and stupid (george w. bush, sarah palin, etc....)


If becoming president and a potential vice president is acheived through being stupid, i need to dumb myself down some.

I particularly like the way rich people are evil and poor people are stupid, your showing a real depth. You must be the poorest man in town.
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head-in-the-clouds



Joined: 14 Oct 2008
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
but thanks santafly. You really got to the core of my question Rolling Eyes
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Kuros



Joined: 27 Apr 2004
PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
FiveThirtyEight.com says Obama landslide.

No previous candidate (since modern polling began in 1936) has come back from McCain's deficit within two weeks.
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Obama has leads of over 10% in almost enough states to win the Electoral College now, two weeks before the election. He has smaller leads in all but 3 of the toss up states. McCain has pulled out of at least 3 states because he has given up. Non-partisan people who actually like him are telling him to stop the viciousness and go out as the Happy Warrior.

Obama in a landslide, probably with enough coattails to give Democrats uncontested control of the House and Senate.
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Jandar



Joined: 11 Jun 2008
PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
santafly wrote:
I will vote for Obama, I hope he wins. I think it will be very close - don't forget, the American voting system is ridiculous - 1 vote is not 1 vote.

I hate Republicans - I'm a buddhist and yet I feel proud saying it. They are either evil (rich people), stupid (poor folks) or both evil and stupid (george w. bush, sarah palin, etc....)


Are you saying that people in America get to vote twice?
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MollyBloom



Joined: 21 Jul 2006
Location: James Joyce's pants
PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm an independant, but I personally dislike both candidates & vppicks. I don't know who I am voting for. Maybe third party? I really liked Ron Paul because I agreed with what he was offering over all other candidates.

Who do you choose: Bush 3 or Marx 2? It's a shame our country has come down to this.

I believe the election is already planned anyways. With that said, I think the people in charge have chosen Obama to be the next prez.

I don't know. Now I feel depressed.
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samd



Joined: 03 Jan 2007
PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
MollyBloom wrote:
I'm an independant, but I personally dislike both candidates & vppicks. I don't know who I am voting for. Maybe third party? I really liked Ron Paul because I agreed with what he was offering over all other candidates.

Who do you choose: Bush 3 or Marx 2? It's a shame our country has come down to this.

I believe the election is already planned anyways. With that said, I think the people in charge have chosen Obama to be the next prez.

I don't know. Now I feel depressed.


Posts like this explain a lot about American politics.
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Kuros



Joined: 27 Apr 2004
PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
samd wrote:
MollyBloom wrote:
I'm an independant, but I personally dislike both candidates & vppicks. I don't know who I am voting for. Maybe third party? I really liked Ron Paul because I agreed with what he was offering over all other candidates.

Who do you choose: Bush 3 or Marx 2? It's a shame our country has come down to this.

I believe the election is already planned anyways. With that said, I think the people in charge have chosen Obama to be the next prez.

I don't know. Now I feel depressed.


Posts like this explain a lot about American politics.


What exactly does it explain?
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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003
PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:25 pm    Post subject: