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pan6467 · 05-28-2004, 04:49 AM

Ok, so in another thread I tried to show how the 2 parties have too much to lose if they stop hating the other.

So I thought I'd run a poll to see if it truly is just me having paranoidal delusions OR if we are all conditioned a certain way.

So please take your time before you vote and do so with how YOU honestly feel, not how someone (the press bias you follow) tells you how to feel.

Kadath · 05-28-2004, 06:01 AM

I voted for the blank one!

tecoyah · 05-28-2004, 06:04 AM

Blank as well......no party affiliation, because they both suck.

seretogis · 05-28-2004, 06:06 AM

Both?

There are more than two options.

pan6467 · 05-28-2004, 07:50 AM

You are right Seretogis, but we have been conditioned to believe there are just 2. The press feeds this by ignoring any 3rd party, or lif they do follow a 3rd party they let it gain momentum then work to destroy it fast so that people will only focus on the 2 parties. (IE Perot, he did form a 3rd party and it had very good ideas, but once the press destroyed Perot's name, the party fell.)

Libertarians do have a good grasp, but they lack the charismatic leader (rightfully or wrongfully a party needs a charismatic leader, not just the issues) to truly get them anywhere.

Publius · 05-28-2004, 09:55 AM

Party? What party? Mine doesn't exist yet and the two we are stuck with suck.

DelayedReaction · 05-28-2004, 01:35 PM

I voted for the blank as well; I'm an independent.

I prefer to go by issues, and not party affiliation.

Asuka{eve} · 05-28-2004, 01:57 PM

Im all for the blank party.

tecoyah · 05-28-2004, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by seretogis
Both?

There are more than two options.

Yes both....as there are only two options likely to win in a presidential election.(which I assume is where this poll was intended.)

ARTelevision · 05-28-2004, 06:22 PM

I vote Republican because "they are closer than the other party in representing my views." That's good enough for me. I don't expect any more from a vast national organization. Republicans are realists as far as I am concerned. Realists understand how the real world works. I don't expect anything more than pragmatic politics from a political organization. I don't consider my views to be the be all and end all of social existence. I accept that my own individual views are only a very small part of the whole and not so significant that I can go around and say things that I don't exactly agree with suck - or anything of the sort.

View Poll Results: I follow my party because:
they truly represent my ideas on ALL issues that are close to me	3	6.12%
they are closer than the other party in representing my views	17	34.69%
they have the best platform even though I don't like their philosophy	0	0%
I like some issues from both parties but mine seems most levelheaded	5	10.20%
Both parties suck, but mine at least sucks less	10	20.41%
I'm rebelling against my family so I am opposite them	0	0%
What's philosophy, my party is best die all who disagree	0	0%
	14	28.57%
Voters: 49. You may not vote on this poll

05-28-2004, 04:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	Just to be curious and maybe show us all something. Ok, so in another thread I tried to show how the 2 parties have too much to lose if they stop hating the other. So I thought I'd run a poll to see if it truly is just me having paranoidal delusions OR if we are all conditioned a certain way. So please take your time before you vote and do so with how YOU honestly feel, not how someone (the press bias you follow) tells you how to feel. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"

05-28-2004, 06:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
Kadath Muffled Location: Camazotz	I voted for the blank one! __________________ it's quiet in here

05-28-2004, 06:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
tecoyah Illusionary	Blank as well......no party affiliation, because they both suck. __________________ Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha

05-28-2004, 06:06 AM	#4 (permalink)
seretogis Huggles, sir? Location: Seattle	Both? There are more than two options. __________________ seretogis - sieg heil perfect little dream the kind that hurts the most, forgot how it feels well almost no one to blame always the same, open my eyes wake up in flames

05-28-2004, 07:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	You are right Seretogis, but we have been conditioned to believe there are just 2. The press feeds this by ignoring any 3rd party, or lif they do follow a 3rd party they let it gain momentum then work to destroy it fast so that people will only focus on the 2 parties. (IE Perot, he did form a 3rd party and it had very good ideas, but once the press destroyed Perot's name, the party fell.) Libertarians do have a good grasp, but they lack the charismatic leader (rightfully or wrongfully a party needs a charismatic leader, not just the issues) to truly get them anywhere. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"

05-28-2004, 09:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
Publius Crazy Location: Never Never Land	Party? What party? Mine doesn't exist yet and the two we are stuck with suck.

05-28-2004, 01:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
DelayedReaction BFG Builder Location: University of Maryland	I voted for the blank as well; I'm an independent. I prefer to go by issues, and not party affiliation. __________________ If ignorance is bliss, you must be having an orgasm.

05-28-2004, 01:57 PM	#8 (permalink)
Asuka{eve} Addict Location: Oh God, the rain!	Im all for the blank party.

05-28-2004, 06:22 PM	#10 (permalink)
ARTelevision I change Location: USA	I vote Republican because "they are closer than the other party in representing my views." That's good enough for me. I don't expect any more from a vast national organization. Republicans are realists as far as I am concerned. Realists understand how the real world works. I don't expect anything more than pragmatic politics from a political organization. I don't consider my views to be the be all and end all of social existence. I accept that my own individual views are only a very small part of the whole and not so significant that I can go around and say things that I don't exactly agree with suck - or anything of the sort. __________________ create evolution