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MoonRiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 06:10 PM
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Poll question: How important is it to you that * be defeated this November.
In terms of your life's priorities, please rank how important *'s defeat is, with One representing the most important issue for you.
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louis c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 06:12 PM
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1. To Me ,
it's as important as breathing, maybe more so.
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 06:12 PM
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2. Well, my first priority is having enough food to eat and
basic survival, but after that I am all about BOOWH.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 06:13 PM
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3. If Bush is elected,
I fear we are looking at nuclear war and a complete breakdown of society-if there is a world left.
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newscaster Donating Member (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 06:15 PM
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4. Love of country is of great importance to me.
Bush has done more damage to America than Atilla the Hun ever did in his part of the world way back when. It will take generations to fix things.
* and cohorts are the most dangerous gang of thieves and murders today and must be stopped.
Is that important enough for you?
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 06:16 PM
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5. It is the most important thing I can think of - I cherish my
freedoms and I love my country - both are at risk if * stays in office.
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 06:19 PM
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6. I did enjoy the "Razor" that Calpundit offered a while back
If you could have:

Kerry Win + GOP House/Senate

(EXCLUSIVE) OR

Bush Win + DEM House/Senate

What would you pick? Although I think most of us would pick the former, it is an interesting choice.

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fujiyama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 11:01 PM
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20. Former
Edited on Thu Aug-12-04 11:02 PM by fujiyama
No question about it. I haven't been impressed with democratic unity in the House and Senate. The members are rarely in line for anything -- unlike republicans who are almost lock step. At times I feel like blaming Pelosi, but it isn't her fault. There are just too many dems in the House that cross over. As for Daschle, we had him as Senate Maj leader for almost the first two years of Bush's presidency and Bush still got his tax cuts and other parts of his agenda passed.

Kerry on the other hand would have executive powers meaning the power of executive orders, nominating and appointing federal judges and justices, the power of the pulpit, and a whole lot of other things, not to mention he'd be commander in cheif.


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Carolina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 06:19 PM
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7. I am totally
consumed with getting that bastard out. Thoughts and fears of November 2 (actually 3rd -- the outcome) are never far away. That's why I can't fathom complacency and "undecided" voters. When the fuck will people wake up.
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AngryOldDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 08:22 AM
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26. Me Too
***consumed with getting that bastard out. Thoughts and fears of November 2 (actually 3rd -- the outcome) are never far away. That's why I can't fathom complacency and "undecided" voters. When the fuck will people wake up.***


I totally agree with you. The deterioration of this society since 2000 has me very frightened to think about how much worse it can become if Bush wins re-election. If he does win, no matter how wide or narrow his margin, you can bet that he and his supporters will see this as a by-God-given-mandate to do whatever they want both here and abroad. And it possibly sets the stage for someone much worse (which I can't even contemplate right now) for 2008 (provided, of course, that we are all STILL HERE in 2008).

If people at this point are still undecided, they are either incurably apathetic or just plain blind to what is going on. But you know, when things are finally too far gone, they'll be the first to look around and wonder just what the hell happened.

For the first time ever, I am afraid for both our country and our entire political process. Things may never be the same after Nov. 3.
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kymar57 Donating Member (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 06:20 PM
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8. Bush in. Me out.
I have real problems imagining this country if these pukes get 4 more years with their having no worries of reelection.I might have to be the anti-patriot and run. :(
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fdr_hst_fan Donating Member (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 06:24 PM
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9. If you want to know what four more years of Bush will
look like, go to your local library and check out EVERYTHING you can relative to Nazi Germany, the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler, etc. That'll give you a pretty good idea of what Amerika will look like by 2008!

:mad:
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libhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 07:37 PM
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14. Don't feel like the Lone Ranger
If these assholes get back in, I'm seriously considering relocation to Canada.
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 06:26 PM
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10. One is the lonliest number
in this goddam forum sometimes, it seems.
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StayOutTheBushes Donating Member (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 08:31 AM
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27. Two can be as bad as one, It's the lonliest number since the
number one.
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Proud liberal Kat Donating Member (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 06:29 PM
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11. I am truthfully obsessed...
with getting Bush out of the White House...I try to keep perspective and realize my life will go on, my daughter will keep growing etc...if Bush manages to maintain his death grip on power...but somehow I just can't imagine Kerry not winning. Hopefully they won't have to put me in a loony bin LOL. I have to force myself to take breaks from watching the news, searching the web etc...
Kathy
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antigone382 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 06:43 PM
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12. More important than my job, more important than college
More important than friends and family.

If Bush gets reelected, I will lose all of those things, because I'll get a passport and leave the country. I mean that.

I would certainly continue to speak out for the return of America's true values, even from another country, but I certainly will not stay in a nation that is slowly having its freedoms decayed while at the same time claiming to defend them. It just gets more and more fascist every day.
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Carolina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 08:21 AM
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25. don't wait on getting the passport
get it now!
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luaneryder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 06:44 PM
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13. Total world chaos
if he gets another 4 years. How can anyone not see that?
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 07:47 PM
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15. Nice to know I'm not alone in my obsession
but I am absolutely obsessed with this election and I just don't know how I'll react if that fuckwit gets another term. I may have to be hospitalized under heavy sedation. For about four years.
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MoonRiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 09:42 PM
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16. You're definitely not alone.
I can't really go there regarding more *.
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AngryOldDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 08:35 AM
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28. There Are Many Of Us
...who feel the same way.

Cheney paid a visit to my town yesterday to speak to a bunch of well-off veterans and their families (as well as twist Kerry's words around like an unbaked pretzel). When they walked out of the hall, past all the laid-off workers, union members who can't make a decent wage, potential draftees, and even their fellow veterans, the contempt they had for us all was so strong you could feel it clear across the street.

This is America folks, the land of "I got mine; screw everyone else." I think if Bush gets re-elected, I'll pass on the heavy sedation and just go for the full-blown overdose.
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 09:45 PM
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17. It is *VITAL* to our continued existence as a free Republic.
America will become a mere shadow of its former self, if Bush gets a second term.
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AngryOldDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 08:41 AM
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29. Question
How do we make people -- especially the undecideds -- see that? How do we wake people up?
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union_maid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 09:48 PM
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18. I think about it 24 hours a day
In reality I imagine my family is more important to me than anything on earth, but taking that as a given for most people, nothing is more important than kicking these criminals out of office, preferably in a humiliating and resounding defeat. I literally think about it 24 hours a day because I dream about it all night.
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fujiyama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 10:57 PM
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19. This occupies
almost every minute of the time I am awake. I've had atleast two or three dreams about the election so far. Good news is, Kerry won in the last dream. I woke up and unfortunately I knew right away that Bush was still president. Damn.
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kwolf68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 11:29 PM
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21. Never before


There has never been a Presidential race I have ever wanted this bad.

I will be physically ill if we can't win in November.
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Wheelie_Alex Donating Member (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 12:05 AM
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22. Being that I am new here,
I am some what taken aback at the virocity of some of the replies. I would like to see Bush defeated. The country would be a nicer place with out his "leadership." Having said that, I am not consumed by it.
I have my businesses, my grandson, my daughters, my motorcycle. All these things will keep me more than occupied until 2008 (should Bush win) and then he HAS to leave.

I will not run out screaming into the street enraged if Bush wins, though I may hang my head and sigh. Maybe curse Fox News for being the messenger. I'll go out and take a slow, meloncholy ride on my bike and ponder things for a while.

Kerry wins, I may let out a yelp, pump my fist in the air and do a celebratory wheelie or two.

Bush HAS to go, but I will not make any big life altering changes if he does not. Life, grimmer and bleaker will still go on.
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HuskerDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 03:13 AM
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23. I will not really sleep well until he is gone.
I have draft age children.
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Dem2theMax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 07:19 AM
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24. He's out or I'm out.
And I love this country a hell of a lot more than * does. So it had damned well better be him that's leaving come November.

Besides, I'm too poor to move and suicide ain't pretty.

In all honesty, I have never wanted anything more in my life. The future of this country, let alone the future of many people in the world, depends on this election. * has to leave. That is it. Period.
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