 How was your voting experience?, Mine was a joke; Other things noted. |
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 Mar 5 2008, 08:23 AM
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I usually partake in early voting so I don't have to deal with the crowds and can do it on my schedule but I decided to see what it was like to vote in the actual primary.
I headed to my precinct's station and there were about 300 Republicans standing there, flat out being told that there is no Caucus for Republicans  This, as you well know, is a lie. When I walked up to receive my ballot I was asked which side I was voting for, I replied Republican and got two of the nastiest looks I have ever seen, so much for objective volunteers.Other things I noted, at times, they were asking "Are you Democrat or Republican?" which is the wrong question to ask. I don't know if this was underhanded or just a mistake. Lastly, I listened to Obama's speech and have to wonder, what does he really believe. He claims that we need to get out of Iraq and need to focus on home but last night he stated, "we can change the world"  Well, not without taking part in it.
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Mar 5 2008, 09:54 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Hartmann @ Mar 5 2008, 08:23 AM)  Lastly, I listened to Obama's speech and have to wonder, what does he really believe. He claims that we need to get out of Iraq and need to focus on home but last night he stated, "we can change the world" Well, not without taking part in it.What really bugs me about Obama is how in lots of his ads he talks about "washington needs to be fixed", "we need to fix washington in order to fix America", etc etc. The strange part about him saying that is... well... uh.... Mr. Obama, weren't you part of this washington that needs to be fixed?!? |
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Mar 5 2008, 12:22 PM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
Washington can not be fixed. Corporations and special interests have enslaved America...
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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Mar 5 2008, 12:24 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
oh well, hillary won TX anyway
my voting experience was fine. never been asked what party im in. but my voters registration was lost 3 times here in lubbock when i registered as a democrat... but i did get 4 automated phone calls from obama and his wife yesterday to remind me to vote -------------------- Little monkeys making money
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Mar 5 2008, 12:28 PM
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Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
Fuck Hillary Clinton
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
-Philip K. Dick |
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Mar 5 2008, 01:24 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (The Fanatic @ Mar 5 2008, 12:22 PM) Washington can not be fixed. Corporations and special interests have enslaved America... wtf is this statement supposed to even mean? How are you as an American enslaved by corporations? |
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Mar 5 2008, 01:40 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,566 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 66 |
Did yall see that Bill Maher thing where Dan Savage went to an Obama rally and asked the folks about Obama's ACTUAL track record and legislation?
The only thing they could do was recite shit from his speeches. |
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Mar 5 2008, 02:38 PM
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this needs to go somewhere...
 haha 
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Mar 5 2008, 02:39 PM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Mar 5 2008, 01:24 PM) wtf is this statement supposed to even mean? How are you as an American enslaved by corporations? Notice that he didn't say that he himself is enslaved by corporations. I think his point was that politicians have grown a bit too beholden to the corporations and various other special interests that donate to them, which is true. -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Mar 5 2008, 02:45 PM
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From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (Hartmann @ Mar 5 2008, 08:23 AM) I headed to my precinct's station and there were about 300 Republicans standing there, flat out being told that there is no Caucus for Republicans This, as you well know, is a lie. When I walked up to receive my ballot I was asked which side I was voting for, I replied Republican and got two of the nastiest looks I have ever seen, so much for objective volunteers.The Republican Party of Texas doesn't mention a caucus on their website. As far as I know, Republicans vote in the primary at the voting booth and that's how candidates are chosen. -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Mar 5 2008, 02:46 PM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (Hartmann @ Mar 5 2008, 08:23 AM) I usually partake in early voting so I don't have to deal with the crowds and can do it on my schedule but I decided to see what it was like to vote in the actual primary. Hey, Stephan, I'm writing a reaction piece on yesterday's primaries. Mind if I quote you on something here? Mainly the part where you talk about objective volunteers. I highly doubt what I'm writing will be published, and if it is, it will just be a local thing here in San Marcos
I headed to my precinct's station and there were about 300 Republicans standing there, flat out being told that there is no Caucus for Republicans This, as you well know, is a lie. When I walked up to receive my ballot I was asked which side I was voting for, I replied Republican and got two of the nastiest looks I have ever seen, so much for objective volunteers.Other things I noted, at times, they were asking "Are you Democrat or Republican?" which is the wrong question to ask. I don't know if this was underhanded or just a mistake. Lastly, I listened to Obama's speech and have to wonder, what does he really believe. He claims that we need to get out of Iraq and need to focus on home but last night he stated, "we can change the world" Well, not without taking part in it. |
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Mar 5 2008, 02:49 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (pebkac @ Mar 5 2008, 02:39 PM) Notice that he didn't say that he himself is enslaved by corporations. He said "America". I assume he's part of America. All I asked him is wtf his statement was supposed to mean. I don't really care to hear what you think he meant to say. |
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Mar 5 2008, 02:52 PM
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From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Mar 5 2008, 02:49 PM) He said "America". I assume he's part of America. All I asked him is wtf his statement was supposed to mean. I don't really care to hear what you think he meant to say. You cared enough to respond to me. 
-------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Mar 5 2008, 03:00 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
QUOTE (pebkac @ Mar 5 2008, 02:45 PM) The Republican Party of Texas doesn't mention a caucus on their website. As far as I know, Republicans vote in the primary at the voting booth and that's how candidates are chosen. http://www.texasgop.org/site/DocServer/PAR....pdf?docID=3581 I got a caucus packet. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Mar 5 2008, 03:01 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Mar 5 2008, 12:24 PM) my voting experience was fine. never been asked what party im in. but my voters registration was lost 3 times here in lubbock when i registered as a democrat... but i did get 4 automated phone calls from obama and his wife yesterday to remind me to vote In primaries they are to ask you what side you are voting for, this is so they know cross-over ballots. I heard people being asked "what party are you?", which is fine, except they were using that info to give out ballots. So even if a Republican wanted to vote Democrat they received a Democratic ballot and vice versa. There are reports of this happening in other polling places. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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