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mandiefavor

Political Blah Blah

Jan 30, 2008 11:14

LizMoop was talking politics, so here's my political post ( Read more... )

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you might want lifeofreilly January 30 2008, 19:29:10 UTC

So- you already know that Edwards dropped out of the race, yes?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080130/pl_nm/usa_politics_edwards_dc_11;_ylt=Am9phtU3aEV5uXMgMaICpx0E1vAI

Re: you might want mandiefavor January 31 2008, 00:38:42 UTC

Yeah, I found out less than an hour after I made this post. Oops!

Just checking lifeofreilly January 31 2008, 00:42:43 UTC

Just making sure you knew. :)

Hi there. How the heck are you?

Re: Just checking mandiefavor January 31 2008, 00:50:55 UTC

Heh, thanks, yeah I was a little behind there. Oh well. Edwards for VP '08 I guess :P

I'm alright, having a good year so far, how about you?

jenntropy January 30 2008, 20:32:07 UTC

boo on edwards bailing! i was gonna vote for him, too

i guess considering the nonsense of our country, an obama-nation fits :)

mandiefavor January 31 2008, 00:52:40 UTC

I feel bad not voting for the woman or African-American but I really do think he'd have been the best candidate.
Man if we had realized this sooner we could have totally used our cute to his advantage, 20-somethings for Edwards! We could have made shirts and made our own banners. Oh well, next time! :)

lizetta January 30 2008, 20:45:11 UTC

I'm afraid you won't be able to vote in the Democratic primary, it is closed to only people registered as Dems or people registered as non-partisan.

They'd probably stop bitching and sniping if it wasn't what got them sound bites on the evening news...

mandiefavor January 31 2008, 00:39:59 UTC

I thought you could request a ballot no matter what you were registered as. And I may be non-partisan, I'm not sure, it's that or Libertarian, I never vote Libertarian though...

I hate that they get rewarded with all this attention. If they kiss and make up so they can run together I'm gonna heave.

rydot January 30 2008, 20:47:18 UTC

Edwards has stepped out of the race.

Todd-a-like or not, I recommend Obama. He seems to be all about what we as a nation CAN do as opposed to pointing out all the reasons why we can't. And I'm also tired of this trend toward "dynasty" Presidencies (Bush, Bush Jr. / Clinton I, Clinton II??)

I'm trying to carve out time for a more detailed election run-down/soapboxpost, but there's my prez-pick in a nutshell..

The pun is a good reason too, actually..

Libertarian Candidates rydot January 30 2008, 21:33:54 UTC

I don't suppose you have any information on the twelve (???!!!???) Libertarian candidates on the California ballot, do you? (I'm just curious, since aside from looking up their names just now, I haven't a clue about your party's doings!)

Re: Libertarian Candidates mandiefavor January 31 2008, 00:44:26 UTC

Nope, no idea. I don't really follow their politics, I just believe in their agenda and platform.

On a non-political note I have a funny story for you... I'm on the cruise and I meet this cute guy and we're kinda chatting hockey and then he says "Really, I don't know hockey at all, but I know you haven't seen it right until you've seen it from the Kodak Suite!" I said "Um, I have seen it from the Kodak Suite!". Turns out his Dad has worked for Kodak for years. One of the many coincidences with this guy that almost makes my cynical self believe in fate ;)

God, how long ago was that anyway? 4 years? Wow...

mandiefavor January 31 2008, 00:54:13 UTC

I think I'm going for Obama now. I didn't have issues with his issues, just didn't want to reward one of the sniping candidates. Now I can cross my fingers for an Obama/Edwards ticket!

You're right about the trend being overdone...

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mandiefavor January 31 2008, 00:44:57 UTC

Well then should I say Obama looks like a blacker Todd? ;)