POLL: Who do you THINK will win the presidential election?

Kovalis Darkfire · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 3:46am

I think(and hope) that Bush will win the election! How about you?

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Poll Results: Who do you THINK will win the presidential election? (31 votes.)

Who do you THINK will win the presidential election? (Choose 1)
* I think Bush will win. - 48% (15)
* I think Kerry will win. - 42% (13)
* Not a clue; don't care/just want to see results. - 10% (3)

Harbourboy · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 4:06am

Given the very heated debates that have taken place on this topic and the fact that the polls still have this as a neck and neck race, are there any Americans here who don't care either way who wins? Most of you seem to be very firmly in one camp or the other.

Tassadar · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 4:54am

Much as I hate it, I think Bush will win. America will certainly benefit from him at the helm, at the expense of everyone else in the world.

Slith · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 2:59pm

I have to say that I thnk Kerry is going to win, sadly. It looks like America's going to be looking out for everyone else rather than itself, now. I'm not sure whether this is good or bad, though... it's odd that I don't see many other countries doing it.

fade · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 3:52pm

Doesnt really matter who wins. . as whoever does win, half of america will still mistrust and dislike that person.

Faraaz · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 4:33pm

I THINK Bush will win.

I HOPE Kerry wins though.

Falstaff · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 5:14pm

Bah - I wrote-in and voted for Conan the Barbarian.

Shoshino · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 7:50pm

i think bush will win, because he lost last time and still won, whats to stop him cheating this time?

Barmy Army · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 8:53pm

Well, I hope Kerry wins. A change might make Blair stop sucking up to the US so much, you never know!

But really, I think I should be President of the U.S.A.. First of all, I'll make it illegal for them to call Football 'Soccer'. Then I shall change the name of 'American Football', and call it 'The Pussies Version of Rugby'.

Watch this space Guys, theres plenty more of my plans to come!

Shoshino · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 9:19pm

oh tell me about it, they name a sport where the ball barely touches the foot 'football' and then call a game where the ball can only be touched with the foot bar 1 player from each team something else what is with that??? not to mention football has been around longer than american football.

ho and guys, do us a favour, take off the armour, have some pride is it?

Barmy Army · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 9:30pm

Ok, you're killing it now Shoshino

.

Register · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 9:43pm

That's it, the Member Formally Known As Morsmodre is now on my votingcard.

Splunge · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 9:56pm

Barmy, you'd better hurry up with your campaign - the race for 2008 starts tomorrow!

Uncle Spanky · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 10:12pm

The guy with the most electoral votes will win.

Bion · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 10:14pm

Quote:

Bah - I wrote-in and voted for Conan the Barbarian.

Arnie can't be president; he was born in Austria.

Quote:

Then I shall change the name of 'American Football', and call it 'The Pussies Version of Rugby'.

"Soccer" is girl sport, like field hockey or volleyball. Hence Kerry had to downplay the fact that he played soccer for Yale. Most Americans think it's far more masculine to even be a male cheerleader for a football team, like Dubya was, than it is to play soccer.

Morgoth · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 10:25pm

Well Bush will prob win, because Osamah awesomely told he wanted Kerry to win, and then every nobrainer just thought that it was patriotic to vote Bush, and nobody came with the question 'If Osamah wanted Kerry to win, would he just say that on tape?'

BTW, oh yes soccer is so girly so girly compared to cladding yourself in complete armour because you might, might, might bruise a toe

Slith · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 10:46pm

That Osama tape might have given Bush that final little push he needed to win, although Kerry's still quite likely to win.

Bion · Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 11:14pm

Quote:

soccer is so girly

Two words: David Beckham.

Actually, american football is rediculously stupid to play, if you're taking health into consideration. The life expectancy of former professional football players is really short, one reads every year of high-school athletes dying or becoming quadraplegics, while a really large percentage of them end up with back or knee problems by middle-age. Like alot of kids in the US, I wasn't allowed by my parents to play organized football (I played backyard football all the time), tho I was allowed to wrestle and play soccer. Good thing too, I would have been creamed. So I'd agree if you said football was stupid in terms of being overly violent.

What does this have to do with the US election again?

NonSequitur · Wed, 3rd Nov '04, 12:42am

I think Bush will win and prove my theory that people are stupid, but I'm hoping to be proven wrong (at least, by ONE bloody country!).

And now, for something completely

...

For those involved in the debate over soccer vs. rugby vs. grid iron, well... if you want the best of all three, plus people getting off the ground, watch Aussie Rules football. By comparison, here's the greatest football code on Earth vs. the other three:

Soccer: Ah, the world game - and I like it. Similarly tactical, but boring as hell. Plus you could give out Academy Awards for some of the acting. On average, you get four spectacular goals per month of Premier League action. You get at least that many every week in the AFL, if not in any given match, and nothing in soccer compares to the majesty of the 'speccy or screamer (a mark taken in open play over the top of another player - often quite literally on their shoulders; click here or here to see what I'm talking about). Plus the players are stupidly overpaid and heaps of them are on coke.

Rugby: Grrr - Hulk SMASH! A true meathead's game, and I say that in the nicest way. There is nothing aesthetically pleasing about this game at all, and it's turning into Aussie Rules by stealth. Don't believe me? Two words: Johnny. Wilkinson.

Grid Iron: I respect the physicality of grid iron (since I have a neck injury from having played it all of three times). The armour doesn't make you weak; it keeps you alive and allows for the intensity and violence that most fans love. However, it's too stop-start and full of showboating tools. Plus, we send retired AFL players to be kickers in the NFL, who actually turn out to be decent players (anyone else remember Darren Bennett's vicious punt-return tackles?) in that role.

joacqin · Wed, 3rd Nov '04, 12:42am

To tell you the truth football players are just as broken as american football players. Every dude I knew who was decent at football and was a bit serious about is more or less a cripple nowadays.

NonSequitur · Wed, 3rd Nov '04, 12:46am

@ joacqin: Absolutely. Between wear and tear, plus hyperextensions and impacts, it's a wonder half these guys are walking after a few years.

Harbourboy · Wed, 3rd Nov '04, 12:54am

Back on topic: Bush seems to have a slight lead in the popular vote so far (not that that matters in the final result so much)

Foradasthar · Wed, 3rd Nov '04, 9:26am

As someone said, I hope Kerry wins but I'm sure Bush will win.

Never been a fan of conspiracy theories but this time it's different. Someone wants that monkey there.

Anyway, as one of the people in the last weekends' debate on BBC (with Michael Moore, among others) said: while the US might be fairly undecided on which one they want to be the president, practically all of Europe seem to agree on that Bush should not be elected.

Still, despite it being well known that the media is manipulating people both ways in the US (which is what it always does everywhere anyway, I suppose, even if this case seems to be rather hardcore compared to before), nobody can really claim to know what's going on anymore. Wether they live in the US under the control of the media and the stupid idea of patriotism, or in Europe with the ability to see the "broader view", makes little difference here. So we'll see what happens, whoever does get selected in the end (which is Bush, of course).

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Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 3:46am	#1
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Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 4:06am	#2
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Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 2:59pm	#4
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Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 3:52pm	#5
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Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 4:33pm	#6
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Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 5:14pm	#7
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Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 7:50pm	#8
Shoshino Irritant Alien Scum Slaughter Champion! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: South Wales, UK Posts: 1,994 Like: 5 Liked 14 Times in 13 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 5,530 Level: 23 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 14.48% Daily Activity 2.98% Weekly Activity 9.79% Monthly Activity 13.64% Achievements	i think bush will win, because he lost last time and still won, whats to stop him cheating this time?

Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 8:53pm	#9
Barmy Army Simple mind, simple pleasures... Join Date: May 2003 Location: England Posts: 6,520 Like: 14 Liked 43 Times in 28 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 16,270 Level: 36 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 56.35% Daily Activity 151.79% Weekly Activity 22.55% Monthly Activity 78.99% Achievements	Well, I hope Kerry wins. A change might make Blair stop sucking up to the US so much, you never know! But really, I think I should be President of the U.S.A.. First of all, I'll make it illegal for them to call Football 'Soccer'. Then I shall change the name of 'American Football', and call it 'The Pussies Version of Rugby'. Watch this space Guys, theres plenty more of my plans to come!

Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 9:19pm	#10
Shoshino Irritant Alien Scum Slaughter Champion! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: South Wales, UK Posts: 1,994 Like: 5 Liked 14 Times in 13 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 5,530 Level: 23 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 14.48% Daily Activity 2.98% Weekly Activity 9.79% Monthly Activity 13.64% Achievements	oh tell me about it, they name a sport where the ball barely touches the foot 'football' and then call a game where the ball can only be touched with the foot bar 1 player from each team something else what is with that??? not to mention football has been around longer than american football. ho and guys, do us a favour, take off the armour, have some pride is it?

Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 9:30pm	#11
Barmy Army Simple mind, simple pleasures... Join Date: May 2003 Location: England Posts: 6,520 Like: 14 Liked 43 Times in 28 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 16,270 Level: 36 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 56.35% Daily Activity 151.79% Weekly Activity 22.55% Monthly Activity 78.99% Achievements	Ok, you're killing it now Shoshino .

Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 10:12pm	#14
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Tue, 2nd Nov '04, 10:46pm	#17
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Wed, 3rd Nov '04, 12:42am	#20
joacqin Confused Jerk Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 6,042 Like: 7 Liked 12 Times in 11 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 14,076 Level: 34 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 42.94% Daily Activity 2.98% Weekly Activity 1.28% Monthly Activity 39.11% Achievements Awards	To tell you the truth football players are just as broken as american football players. Every dude I knew who was decent at football and was a bit serious about is more or less a cripple nowadays.

Wed, 3rd Nov '04, 12:46am	#21
NonSequitur Gems: 19/31 Latest gem: Aquamarine Join Date: May 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,152 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 2,749 Level: 17 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 8% Daily Activity 2.98% Weekly Activity 1.28% Monthly Activity 2.11% Achievements	@ joacqin: Absolutely. Between wear and tear, plus hyperextensions and impacts, it's a wonder half these guys are walking after a few years.

Wed, 3rd Nov '04, 12:54am	#22
Harbourboy SPS Account Holder Take thy form from off my door! Join Date: May 2003 Location: North Harbour Posts: 13,221 Like: 54 Liked 11 Times in 10 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 28,188 Level: 45 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 71.87% Daily Activity 62.5% Weekly Activity 9.79% Monthly Activity 15.57% Achievements Awards	Back on topic: Bush seems to have a slight lead in the popular vote so far (not that that matters in the final result so much)

Wed, 3rd Nov '04, 9:26am	#23
Foradasthar It's simplicity that matters Join Date: May 2002 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1,332 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 3,101 Level: 18 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 0.37% Daily Activity 2.98% Weekly Activity 1.28% Monthly Activity 2.11% Achievements	As someone said, I hope Kerry wins but I'm sure Bush will win. Never been a fan of conspiracy theories but this time it's different. Someone wants that monkey there. Anyway, as one of the people in the last weekends' debate on BBC (with Michael Moore, among others) said: while the US might be fairly undecided on which one they want to be the president, practically all of Europe seem to agree on that Bush should not be elected. Still, despite it being well known that the media is manipulating people both ways in the US (which is what it always does everywhere anyway, I suppose, even if this case seems to be rather hardcore compared to before), nobody can really claim to know what's going on anymore. Wether they live in the US under the control of the media and the stupid idea of patriotism, or in Europe with the ability to see the "broader view", makes little difference here. So we'll see what happens, whoever does get selected in the end (which is Bush, of course).