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| + | <p>To put [the "undecided" voters] in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. "Can I interest you in the chicken?" she asks. "Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?"</p> | ||
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| + | <p>To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.</p> | ||
| + | |David Sedaris, October 2008 | ||
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| + | ==About== | ||
| + | This page is for information about the race (i.e. the candidates and their stands on various issues) for the upcoming [[2008 US presidential election]], which is bound to be a watershed event whichever way it goes. | ||
==Related Pages== | ==Related Pages== | ||
This page is written from a standpoint of assuming that the voting process will proceed properly and democratically; for details and concerns about the actual voting, see [[2008 US presidential election]]. | This page is written from a standpoint of assuming that the voting process will proceed properly and democratically; for details and concerns about the actual voting, see [[2008 US presidential election]]. | ||
==Status== | ==Status== | ||
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'''2008-08-30''' | '''2008-08-30''' | ||
* '''[[US Democratic Party|Democratic]] nominee''': [[Barack Obama]], VP [[Joe Biden]] | * '''[[US Democratic Party|Democratic]] nominee''': [[Barack Obama]], VP [[Joe Biden]] | ||
* '''[[US Republican Party|Republican]] nominee''': [[John McCain]], VP [[Sarah Palin]] | * '''[[US Republican Party|Republican]] nominee''': [[John McCain]], VP [[Sarah Palin]] | ||
| + | ===The Numbers=== | ||
| + | * [http://www.pollster.com/polls/us/08-us-pres-ge-mvo.php pollster.com]: who's more popular, day-by-day | ||
| + | * [http://www.intrade.com/ InTrade]: a [[prediction marketplace]] currently focusing on the election | ||
| + | ==History== | ||
Early candidates included: | Early candidates included: | ||
* [[Barack Obama]] (D) | * [[Barack Obama]] (D) | ||
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===Filed Links=== | ===Filed Links=== | ||
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===Articles=== | ===Articles=== | ||
| + | * (no date) [http://web.me.com/davidvwhite/Site/Welcome.html A Letter to My Republican Father] | ||
* '''2007-07-27''' [http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/58063/ What Are the Democratic Candidates Really Saying about Iraq?] by Ira Chernus: how to decipher the doublespeak (related: [[US invasion of Iraq]]) | * '''2007-07-27''' [http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/58063/ What Are the Democratic Candidates Really Saying about Iraq?] by Ira Chernus: how to decipher the doublespeak (related: [[US invasion of Iraq]]) | ||
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===News=== | ===News=== | ||
* '''2007-10-14''' [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/14/MN4ASL450.DTL Groups on left, right ask candidates to reject Bush's wider powers]: "[[George W. Bush|President Bush]]'s drive to [[Bush's elevation of presidential power|expand executive power]] over surveillance, detention, [[torture during GWB administration|interrogation]] and [[GWB signing statements|the meaning of new laws]] has drawn largely ineffectual protests from Congress. But a group of liberals and a handful of prominent conservatives are pressing would-be successors to renounce those powers before they take office." | * '''2007-10-14''' [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/14/MN4ASL450.DTL Groups on left, right ask candidates to reject Bush's wider powers]: "[[George W. Bush|President Bush]]'s drive to [[Bush's elevation of presidential power|expand executive power]] over surveillance, detention, [[torture during GWB administration|interrogation]] and [[GWB signing statements|the meaning of new laws]] has drawn largely ineffectual protests from Congress. But a group of liberals and a handful of prominent conservatives are pressing would-be successors to renounce those powers before they take office." | ||
Latest revision as of 20:53, 15 June 2013
—David Sedaris, October 2008
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About
This page is for information about the race (i.e. the candidates and their stands on various issues) for the upcoming 2008 US presidential election, which is bound to be a watershed event whichever way it goes.
Related Pages
This page is written from a standpoint of assuming that the voting process will proceed properly and democratically; for details and concerns about the actual voting, see 2008 US presidential election.
Status
The Party Nominees
2008-08-30
- Democratic nominee: Barack Obama, VP Joe Biden
- Republican nominee: John McCain, VP Sarah Palin
The Numbers
- pollster.com: who's more popular, day-by-day
- InTrade: a prediction marketplace currently focusing on the election
History
Early candidates included:
- Barack Obama (D)
- Chris Dodd (D)
- Dennis Kucinich (D)
- Hillary Clinton (D): hated by Republicans, despite being rather like them in some ways; David Brin says "No senators!" (but ultimately backed Senator Obama)
- Joe Biden (D)
- John Edwards: conceded the race to Obama, and then was caught in a sex scandal a few weeks later
- John McCain launched presidential campaign on 2006-04-25; has pledged to continue Bush's idiotic/failed policies
- Mike Huckabee (R): insane Christo-fascist
- Mitt Romney (R)
- Ron Paul (R) - former Libertarian, heavily supportive of the US Constitution
- Rudy Giuliani (R), ran on a 9/11-Terror platform
Links
Reference
- SourceWatch (U.S. presidential election, 2008)
- Wikipedia (United States presidential election, 2008)
- Campaigns Wikia (United States presidential election, 2008)
- RationalWiki (2008 U.S. Presidential Election)
- table of issues x positions
- Pick Your Candidate: lets you pick your position on about 20 issues, then shows you a list of candidates ranked by how closely their stated views agree with yours
- statistics from the above survey
- Pennsylvania (relevant to the kerfuffle over Obama's remarks on PA rural voters):
- Pennsylvania Polls: Democratic Primary (article dated 2008-04-03, but seems to be continuously updated)
Filed Links
Related
- 2008/05/11 [L..T] Three Names Shock Me... A substantial list of economists sign a statement supporting McCain's economic policy, but it is revealed that they are nowhere near the majority in their profession.
Articles
- (no date) A Letter to My Republican Father
- 2007-07-27 What Are the Democratic Candidates Really Saying about Iraq? by Ira Chernus: how to decipher the doublespeak (related: US invasion of Iraq)
News
- 2007-10-14 Groups on left, right ask candidates to reject Bush's wider powers: "President Bush's drive to expand executive power over surveillance, detention, interrogation and the meaning of new laws has drawn largely ineffectual protests from Congress. But a group of liberals and a handful of prominent conservatives are pressing would-be successors to renounce those powers before they take office."
- 2007-06-05 GOP Candidates Weigh in on Scooter Libby Pardon (Related: 2007-07-02 Libby bail-out)
Humor
- 2007-07-14 I Drew This looks at the 4 main GOP candidates
joke candidates
- Michael Palin for President: the Palin we really wanted (instead of Sarah)
- Tigh-Roslin (running on the Battlestar Galactica platform)
Miscellaneous
- Goldwater-Miller '08: the granddaughter and daughter of Barry Goldwater and Bill Miller make the point that George W. Bush's Republican Party is not truly conservative
Quotes
| A rather telling quote, assuming it is genuine, from a comment on this article (with proofreading corrections): |
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As a Persian-Armenian woman, I am voting for Sen. Clinton. Me & my family voted for her 2 times & we will vote again & again. She has the brain, intelligence & experience to run this country. She will be ready to from the 1st day. She will work on stem cell [research], she will fix the budget. Remember President Clinton's era? He fixed the budget & left with a surplus; what was wrong with that? His personal lifestyle is not my business and it didn't affect me a bit. He will be an asset in the White House; he was one of the smartest presidents in past 30 years that I know of (living in this country). Obama is not up to par for this position yet, maybe in 12 years when he gets some experience. As for as republicans, I respect John McCain as a war hero, but I can not see all the hard tax payers' money get wasted in Iraq, I can not see us there for another 100 years. We will probably fix Iraq & then they will turn around and charge us $300 for oil. Romney? You must be kidding me. He wants to run this country as a corporation. I have worked with big corporations, and with them everything is money; they don't care about the employees & it is my way or the highway – similar to Bush's way. They can cheat us big time. Huckabee is a joke, he wants to abolish the constitution & create a religious base of laws, if I wanted that , I would have stayed in IRAN. Religion cannot be mixed with the current laws. We are living in year 2008, we have laws; we are not living in the 10th century were there were no laws. Religion can not play a role in this country. If it does, then what will be different between us & the religious idiots running Iran? Go Hillary! |