View Poll Results: Who Will Be the Next President of the U.S.A
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9th Oct 2008, 3:28 PM #1
U.S Presidential Election - Obama Wins!
well there is now less then a month untill the presidential elections - so who do you think will win and who do you think will be the best choice for America.
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9th Oct 2008, 3:30 PM #2
Obama!
Although McCain will probably clinch it at the last minute. All he'd have to do is appear on national TV and say to the country 'Are you really going to vote for a Democrat?' That'd sort it.Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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9th Oct 2008, 3:34 PM #3
If Barak loses, he's bound to say "Oh, bummer!"
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9th Oct 2008, 4:09 PM #4
It'd be a true tragedy if Obama doesn't win, but it's an incredibly complex situation and whilst it should be clear cut - especially considering McCain and Palin's often horrendous and backwards views - the simple fact that he is a black individual means that it could go either way.
I'm all but certain that if Barack was exactly the same person, but white, he'd win easily, but we are alas talking about a country which is sadly quite racist in places - the deep south especially.
I think it will all come down to how much the republicans are able to smear Obama within the next month or so, but all I can say is that I really hope that for once the right man wins, and that the dark era of the republican administration comes to an end."RIP Henchman No.24."
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9th Oct 2008, 4:39 PM #5
In a way it'd be ironic that a country which has produced some of the greatest black actors, musicians and numerous others in notable walks of life, most of whom are hugely loved and admired around the world, may not be able to embrace Obama in the same fashion when it comes to choosing their leader.
Anyway, I've voted for Obama - I just can't take seriously anyone who's named after an oven chip!
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9th Oct 2008, 4:43 PM #6WhiteCrow Guest
I think McCain has more experience of government, and at the end of the day, that'll sway people to vote for him over a less experience Obama. With the world in crisis at the moment, I think people will vote for age and experience.
I have issues with Obama - the name Barack Obama makes him sound too much like a member of the A-Team for my liking!
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9th Oct 2008, 4:52 PM #7WhiteCrow Guest
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9th Oct 2008, 4:54 PM #8
perhaps he should put an apostrophe after the O and say he's Irish, - but seriously like Alex, says I think this will sadly come down to colour of skin rather then who is the best man for the job.
When you look at Mcain, he looks boring with little personality and IMO, is living on his war record in Vietnam (the all American hero) where as Obama reminds me very much of when Tony Blair, first come to power he looks good in front of the camera and ozzes charm and carisma .
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9th Oct 2008, 6:20 PM #9
There is no way the Republican party would've chosen McCain if they thought he had a chance of winning. They wanted to lose this election because a few years out of the White House generally makes them popular again. The current economic collapse is merely an added bonus - something they can blame the Democrats for in four years time and win a landslide for the next Bush off the production line.
If McCain does manage to eke out a win then it will prove once and for all that America is a deeply racist country that doesn't deserve its place in the world.
On the other hand, if Obama wins then TV producers will finally have to stop thinking they are amazingly clever for regularly coming up with the radical idea of making the President a - shock - black man.Dennis, Francois, Melba and Smasher are competing to see who can wine and dine Lola Whitecastle and win the contract to write her memoirs. Can Dennis learn how to be charming? Can Francois concentrate on anything else when food is on the table? Will Smasher keep his temper under control?
If only the 28th century didn't keep popping up to get in Dennis's way...
#dammitbrent
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9th Oct 2008, 6:56 PM #10
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9th Oct 2008, 7:15 PM #11
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9th Oct 2008, 7:22 PM #12
No change there then. @Jeff.
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9th Oct 2008, 7:23 PM #13Wayne Guest
Americans? Bah humbug! Don't give 'em independence whatever you do. Bunch of Europeans! They'll never get anywhere without British guidance! Long Live New England!
Great Grandad J.
(The real poster known as Wayne so is up with times & knowledgable about current affairs that he's never heard of either of 'em, but might vote McCain 'coz their Microwave Fries are dead nice with Tesco Value fish fingers, & Bachelors Chip Shop style Mushy Peas. And that's very important! You lot need a sense of world perspective!)
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9th Oct 2008, 7:24 PM #14
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If you look at the odds offered by Ladbrokes, Obama is about 2/3 whilst McCain is about 15/1 or even higher...so my money's going on him. May as well make a buck or two off human misery, then put it as a down payment on a nuclear shelter...
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9th Oct 2008, 10:47 PM #15
Actually, to date most of the criticism has been that the novelty of being the first Black President is what has carried him this far... I believe the notion was started in the Democratic Primary by a Clinton supporter, that if he was a white guy there would have been nothing special about him and that Blacks wouldn't have thrown their support behind him as much and he wouldn't have made it this far.
At any rate he is leading the polls by a fair margin and unless something major happens in McCain's favor he has a good chance of winning.
I recall actually posting on the old PS that I hoped he would be President 'one day' soon after I helped elect him as a US Senator from Illinois. There had been a lot of hype about him being a future candidate then, but no one thought it might happen this soon. Then when he decided to run it was said that it would be good for him to get his name known for a future election, but that he wouldn't win the Democratic Nomination this time around, but he did.
It's really quite a remarkable rise and a could be a major historical event we are witnessing. Just over 4 years ago he was just a State Senator no one had ever heard of... Then he made this speech as a Keynote Address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and it has sparked everything that has come since, like a loud noise starting an avalanche.
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9th Oct 2008, 11:01 PM #16WhiteCrow Guest
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9th Oct 2008, 11:33 PM #17Pip Madeley Guest
I'm with Stevie Wonder on this one.
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10th Oct 2008, 2:04 AM #18Dave Lewis Guest
I am fully convinced that Obama will win, and rightfully so; for America and the world.
I wish I was as certain that the Tories won't win the next General Election...
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10th Oct 2008, 12:55 PM #19
I think McCain will win. A patronising, set-in-his-ways old git who keeps calling people "my friend", he's bound to be four years worth of trouble.
So I'm saying he will win on the basis that things are never as easy as getting a young, fresh-minded, radical new PM for the most powerful country in the world.
Si.
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10th Oct 2008, 1:00 PM #20
Perhaps the Republicnas can just cheat and get into power again anyway. It never stopped Bush.
To be honest I hope Obama does get in. That's got to be better for the world, but the American public to over generalise often appear to be extremely conservative at the best of times, and with the economic downturn I think they'll want what is perceived to be a safe pair of hands.
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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10th Oct 2008, 2:30 PM #21
well I said that when I heard that many of Clinton's supporters on her defeat were going to back Mcain, it was nothing to do with politics but because Obama was black.
my fear if Obama, dose win the deep south is still extreamly racist and the KKK, have not gone away and I really fear that if Obama, wins some white supremacist will try to assinate him.
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10th Oct 2008, 3:18 PM #22WhiteCrow Guest
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10th Oct 2008, 4:35 PM #23
Many of Clinton's supporters were women who normally would have voted Republican but wanted to see a woman in the White House. Make no mistake, McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate had little to do with her qualifications, but rather because he felt she could draw disappointed Clinton supporters.
my fear if Obama, dose win the deep south is still extreamly racist and the KKK, have not gone away and I really fear that if Obama, wins some white supremacist will try to assinate him.
There is fear that some White Democrats may vote republican because they don't trust Obama. Some because of his skin, but other also because he went to a school in the middle east as a child, or because his middle name is Hussein, or because he has admitted using cocaine in the past. It doesn't mean America is racist if Obama doesn't win.
On the other hand, McCains age combined with his running mate's inexperience is no help to him.Last edited by Jeff; 10th Oct 2008 at 4:54 PM.
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10th Oct 2008, 4:51 PM #24
That's a popularly held belief by bitter Democrats, but it was actually Gore's supporters who attempted to cheat to get him into office. There were many reports of Gore supporters spoiling ballots for Bush, hididng them, or fixing spoiled ballots so that the votes would go to Gore. In the end the final recounts (which were finished long after Bush was in office) showed explicitly that George Bush won the state of Florida and the 2000 election legitimately.
Interestingly, this was one of the few elections where the candidate who won the popular vote lost the electoral vote, but that is the rules of the system. It is the electoral vote that counts not the popular vote (this system was set up so that the votes of people in states that are less populous would be 'heard'.
To be honest I hope Obama does get in. That's got to be better for the world, but the American public to over generalise often appear to be extremely conservative at the best of times, and with the economic downturn I think they'll want what is perceived to be a safe pair of hands.
Si xx
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10th Oct 2008, 5:10 PM #25
That's interesting, thanks Jeff. the reporting we get about the ins and outs of American politics is rather limited over here in comparison to our domestic politics, so it's useful to have a better perspective. Certainly I didn't know about the Al Gore stuff and don't think I've ever heard that said over here before.
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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