(Poll) President 2008

[AureateDawn]

So out of curiosity, I am wondering who y'all will vote for (as of now, according to current information, etc.) to be President of the United States of America for the 2008 Presidential Election. You don't have to explain unless you just want to, this is mostly just to satisfy my curiosity.

Ron Paul here. (if I could vote... I'll be about 6 months short of the right age. Bah.)

 

[Protoevangel]

I voted Ron Paul, but SpyridonOCA is beginning to turn my stomach on him.

 

[Nichole]

I voted Ron Paul, but SpyridonOCA is beginning to turn my stomach on him.

LOL................................I can fully understand why!!!!!

 

[Breaking Babylon]

Ron Paul.

 

[rusmeister]

You didn't have the option of voting for nobody.

I would exclude Hillary from the list on the grounds that

a) she is a woman*

and

b) she is from an existing oligarchy - in a nation of 300 million people, at least one fifth of which should be theoretically eligible to be president, you shouldn't have two people from the same family get the job. We have enough oligarchy as it is.

Not that it matters. Whoever is elected will have quite limited power to change anything and so business will largely go on as usual. Some country or other will be invaded, corruption on high levels will still be a fact, etc...

I like how it is put in "The Hichhiker's Guide to the Galaxy":

The President, in particular, is very much a figurehead - he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely-judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.
... Very very few people realise that the President and the Government have virtually no power at all, and of these few people only six know whence ultimate political power is wielded.

* This to say that women are too good for politics, not the other way around.

 

[AureateDawn]

There were 2 or 3 others I left out, too, because the poll limit was 10. Sorry.

 

[Dorothea]

Thompson followed closely by Huckabee.

 

[Thekla]

Alfred E. Newman ?

 

[kamikat]

The Libertarian Party hasn't chosen their candidate yet, so I'm not sure.

 

[Hoankan]

My choice isn't up there. You forgot Mickey Mouse!

 

[Knowledge3]

It would be nice if someone could explain to me how this supposed "democracy and government" in North America works.

. . .

 

[Protoevangel]

The Libertarian Party hasn't chosen their candidate yet, so I'm not sure.

Which one(s) do you like the best?

 

[rusmeister]

It would be nice if someone could explain to me how this supposed "democracy and government" in North America works.

. . .

Hey, K3, they won't explain it to me - you might as well not hold your breath.

I just think political passions are something the Church will gradually cure us of if we let it. (For me this happened after the 2004 election; up to that time I had been a political animal.)

It's part of "the Christmas Culture" of the West; the focus on trying to turn this world into the Kingdom of God through our efforts. This is not to say that nothing should be done, but we, in general, seriously overestimate the importance of political action.

There is truth in the Evangelical hymn "This world is not my home, I'm just a-passin' through..."

 

[HumbleSiPilot77]

Ron Paul is the most suitable candidate, just like he bashed Abraham Lincoln and his policies on live tv, he will denounce most of the corrupt examples of American history... we won't be true Americans until we experience Ron Paul.

 

[IgnatiusOfAntioch]

Alan Keyes

 

[nutroll]

I liked what rusmeister had to say. I'll be voting for Zaphod Beeblebrox.

 

[Silentchapel]

That would be SO cool!

 

[Khaleas]

I voted for Thompson.... for VP...
If my naturalization comes through in time I'm really going to have to think about things again... I've got issues with all the Republican candidates who remain... McCain leans across the aisle a bit too much, Romney I'm not sure how he'll look at Christianity in the end, Huckabee can go live with all his illegal immigrants, Guiliani looks very doubtful right now although I like him on a lot of issues, Ron Paul will probably be wearing one of those straight jackets like his supporters are by the time this campaign is over...

 

[Thekla]

I liked what rusmeister had to say. I'll be voting for Zaphod Beeblebrox.

I'll vote for him based on cool name, alone !

 

[Dorothea]

The Rep. debate was really good tonight...one of the best this election season. Romney was the best I've ever seen him this evening.