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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#34926: Oct 23rd 2012 at 6:33:55 PM

Its not that Goode isn't a good public speaker, its that his accent is so damn thick.

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#34927: Oct 23rd 2012 at 6:36:32 PM

I don't know much about Goode but based on his position in this chart I have a feeling I'd hate him more than Romney.

HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#34929: Oct 23rd 2012 at 6:56:49 PM

I'm seriously wondering if these people know what a 'rebuttal' is.

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HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#34930: Oct 23rd 2012 at 7:03:24 PM

Apparently it's where you agree with all the other candidates. Except for Virgil Goode.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#34931: Oct 23rd 2012 at 7:18:22 PM

CLOSING STATEMENT TIME!

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RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
scratching at .8, just hopin'
#34932: Oct 23rd 2012 at 7:30:52 PM

Main candidates debate: pages and pages of discussion.

Third party debate: less than a page.

sad

Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.
Inhopelessguy Since: Apr, 2011
#34933: Oct 23rd 2012 at 7:34:40 PM

less than a page.

I think all of the internet combined on these third-party candidates is less than a page. tongue

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#34934: Oct 23rd 2012 at 7:41:03 PM

[up][up] Kinda sad.

Personally I thought Rocky won the debate.

edited 23rd Oct '12 7:41:21 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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Joesolo Indiana Solo Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Indiana Solo
#34935: Oct 23rd 2012 at 7:43:00 PM

Yea, they don't have a snow ball's chance in the sahara.

I didnt say hell because there are several "hells" that are actually cold.

edited 23rd Oct '12 7:43:17 PM by Joesolo

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GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#34936: Oct 23rd 2012 at 7:44:59 PM

[up][up][up][up]

Main candidates: Have a chance of becoming President

Third party candidates: Have no chance of becoming President

Sad, but true.

edited 23rd Oct '12 7:45:35 PM by GameGuruGG

Wizard Needs Food Badly
Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ
#34937: Oct 23rd 2012 at 7:47:15 PM

The best that most 3rd party candidates can hope for in the presidential race is to split the vote for one candidate or the other. Most projections had Ron Paul doing that to Romney.

Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen Fry
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#34938: Oct 23rd 2012 at 7:52:17 PM

So where does Ron Paul fall? Who is he most like among the prominent third party candidates?

Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ
#34939: Oct 23rd 2012 at 7:56:55 PM

He's to the left of Virgil Goode, but to the right of what's his face who I suddenly can't remember the name of.

He's more well known, mostly due to his anti-(drug) war stances which lure in a lot of liberals and his everything else which lures in a lot of conservatives. And he's the sort of person which garners a lot of "sod both sides, vote 3rd party!" votes because he incorporates that rhetoric into his own. He's the guy which everyone's heard of but no one can be quite sure why.

Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen Fry
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#34941: Oct 23rd 2012 at 8:01:57 PM

[up][up]

Gary Johnson?

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#34942: Oct 23rd 2012 at 8:03:35 PM

[up]If he's left of Virgil Goode he can't be to the right of Gary Johnson.

Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ
#34943: Oct 23rd 2012 at 8:04:39 PM

Gary Johnson, that's him.

Johnson is pro-gay rights and other things. Ron Paul feels it should be left up to the states. In addition, he has a lot of neo-nazi friends.

Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen Fry
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#34944: Oct 23rd 2012 at 8:07:17 PM

Oh joy, yet another reason to hate Ron Paul.

edited 23rd Oct '12 8:07:31 PM by Kostya

Nettacki Since: Jan, 2010
#34945: Oct 23rd 2012 at 8:13:14 PM

Yet the guy himself is not a Neo-Nazi, which means he's still sorta ok in my book, so long as he doesn't suddenly turn into a Neo-Nazi before our very eyes.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#34946: Oct 23rd 2012 at 8:15:01 PM

He still opposes things that I think are necessary. This isn't what makes me against him it just adds on another reason to not like him.

GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#34947: Oct 23rd 2012 at 8:23:23 PM

IJBM: Politicians opposing government action to correct market failures.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#34948: Oct 23rd 2012 at 8:23:45 PM

Ladies and Gentlemen, Indiana Senate Candidate Richard Mourdock:

I do believe that this is just enough to win the Democrats a senator seat in Indiana.

edited 23rd Oct '12 8:28:39 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ
#34949: Oct 23rd 2012 at 8:24:47 PM

For those who don't want to hear him speak: "“I believe that life begins at conception,” he said during a debate in New Albany, Indiana. “The only exception I have, to have an abortion, is in that case of the life of the mother. I’ve struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize that life is that gift from god. And even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen.

Emphasis mine.

Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen Fry
GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#34950: Oct 23rd 2012 at 8:29:09 PM

Thanks; I'm listening to music by Olivier Messiaen right now; Richard Mourdock is not as tuneful.


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