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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Supreme Court will decide on Arizona voter ID law.
But if they get in a war with Turkey (our NATO ally) then its very much in our interest.
"nothing beats 1964's Johnson vs. Goldwater"
Ah the classics.
Yeah, the twats who think Negative Political Ads are anything new should learn a little history.
edited 15th Oct '12 7:24:44 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Do I have to link Jefferson vs. Adams again? I seem to remember the phrase "children writhing on a pike" tossed around.
Somewhat good news regarding the debate: Pizza Hut is probably going to stay out of it.
Or bad news, depending on how much you wanted to hear someone ask a really stupid question.
edited 15th Oct '12 7:52:12 PM by HilarityEnsues
It's going to be about political science, which, unless you're interested in both statistics and sociology, will be very, very boring.
Such questions as: Is the theory of generations correct, or do political views change as people age?
I find it fascinating, but others may disagree.
edited 15th Oct '12 8:17:26 PM by Completion
re economy: just checked S&P, Nasdaq, and Dow prices from close today, and we're not quite at 2008 levels yet—close, though. Definitely better than 2009, but if we weren't better than that, then there'd be problems.
"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." TwitterGeorge McGovern, former senator and presidential candidate, was admitted into hospital care
First Specter, and now we stand to lose Mc Govern?
It's just not fair!
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016In fairness to the VP thing, Mc Govern choose Eagleton out of desperation, as all of the major Democrats (Ted Kennedy, Mondale, Humphrey, Birch, Muskie, etc) he offered the VP position to avoided him like the plague. After former Governor/Senator Gaylord Nelson decline but suggested Eagleton, Mc Govern was desperate enough to go for it.
Although he probably should have preformed a better background check. He most certainly should not have said that he was "1000 percent behind Tom Eagleton, and I have no intention of dropping him from the ticket."
edited 15th Oct '12 9:24:23 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Still upset Stein and Anderson didn't make it onto the Nevada ballot.
4 people on my ballot are Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Gary Johnson, and (surprisingly) Virgil Goode. I got my sample ballot in the mail due to being a poll worker.
Sucks that Obama is the best option on the ballot.
edited 15th Oct '12 10:38:56 PM by Skatepunk

Interpret this to mean: Americans want to stay the fuck out of Syria and not get into another war in the middle east. We already got rid of one dictator there and that fucked up our foreign policy and foreign relations for decades.
I'm not evil, I promise.
edited 15th Oct '12 7:24:42 PM by Completion