I Voted For Howard Dean Today...

[MonstaThrilla]

... and it felt damn good.

:beer:

 

[sMiLeYz]

Will be voting for Edwards, I like his stance on all his issues, and hes a fantastic speaker!

 

[heartsurgeon]

i still want to know how Dean spent 40 million dollars and had so little to show for it...actually, i don't care that he had a poor showing, i just want to know how ANYONE could spend that amount of money on primaries in a handfull of states, and then be broke! Sheez, the presidential campaigns only cost about 150 million don't they?, and this shlub spent 40 MILLION on about three primaries....FOLLOW THE MONEY..who got it, where did it go....this just isn't right.

still my favorite line Liberal - "Dean's legacy will live on..." Me - "What legacy, spending millions and losing big?"

 

[Tripleshot]

Originally posted by: MonstaThrilla
... and it felt damn good.

:beer:

We should be happy for you throwing away your vote? You might as well have voted for Jimmy Hoffa. Same result. It appears you are too dumb to vote. There should be means testing at the polls and breathalizers too.

 

[heartsurgeon]

I Voted For Howard Dean Today

... and it felt damn good.

please remember to vote for Nader when the election rolls around...

 

[xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx]

Originally posted by: Tripleshot

Originally posted by: MonstaThrilla
... and it felt damn good.

:beer:

We should be happy for you throwing away your vote? You might as well have voted for Jimmy Hoffa. Same result. It appears you are too dumb to vote. There should be means testing at the polls and breathalizers too.

Ahh, the mighty elite member who wants to beat people up resorts to more name calling...how fitting, Mr. Elite; is this the best AT has to offer? How are things at the "unemplyment office?"

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: MonstaThrilla
... and it felt damn good.

:beer:

:beer: Me too.

 

[PELarson]

Originally posted by: MonstaThrilla
... and it felt damn good.

:beer:

Good for you! Voting, as in getting out and voting, is 95% of the equation. The other 5% is voting for who YOU think is the best candidate according to your views.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Do it in the main elections and then come back bragging.

 

[HombrePequeno]

Originally posted by: Tripleshot

Originally posted by: MonstaThrilla
... and it felt damn good.

:beer:

We should be happy for you throwing away your vote? You might as well have voted for Jimmy Hoffa. Same result. It appears you are too dumb to vote. There should be means testing at the polls and breathalizers too.

You're right. You should just vote for the person that's going to win the election. That's what democracy's all about isn't it? Having no choice and voting for the winner?

 

[Genesys]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Do it in the main elections and then come back bragging.

you know, its actually going to be pretty funny if the deaniacs dont go anywhere and write howard in on the write in line.

 

[MonstaThrilla]

Originally posted by: Tripleshot

Originally posted by: MonstaThrilla
... and it felt damn good.

:beer:

We should be happy for you throwing away your vote? You might as well have voted for Jimmy Hoffa. Same result. It appears you are too dumb to vote. There should be means testing at the polls and breathalizers too.

You don't seem to grasp the concept of what Proportional Representation is, and why the Democratic Party uses it for their nominating process. Here's a blurb:

Proportional Representation. The most obvious difference between electoral politics in the United States and Europe is our plurality, winner-take-all electoral system. Giving all representation to the candidate with the most votes by definition shuts the door on political minorities. Nearly all European legislatures have forms of proportional representation--called "full representation" by reformers here--where 51 percent of the vote wins a majority of seats, but not all seats. Winning 10 percent of the vote wins 10 percent of seats, and in some nations, like Germany and Belgium, candidates and parties can win with far less support.

Indeed new parties form in European democracies in roughly comparable numbers as they do in the United States; the difference is that with "full representation," more than half of these parties ultimately win seats and a chance to bring new voters and issues into politics even as the leading parties typically function as stable pillars of coalition governments. Arguments about how difficult it is to govern under proportional representation--as in Italy--collapse under the weight of sensible policies coming from countries like Germany, Sweden, France and the Netherlands.

Reflecting Americans' limited understanding of the political systems of other nations, it's unlikely that the Democrats will embrace full proportional representation yet--although they do have the wisdom to use it to elect delegates to their presidential convention.

The primaries are NOT winner take all, and I was just trying to give the people I worked so hard with the last couple of months a chance to be Dean delegates at the Convention. Unfortunately it didn't work in my state, and Kerry ended up beating Edwards by more votes than Dean and Kucinich received combined. And it was the one state Edwards actually may have won.

To those who suggested that I won't be voting for Kerry in November, I won't even dignify y'all with an answer...