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==Overview==
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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>
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|David Sedaris, October 2008
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==About==
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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==
===Status===
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===The Party Nominees===
 
'''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]]
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===The Numbers===
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* [http://www.pollster.com/polls/us/08-us-pres-ge-mvo.php pollster.com]: who's more popular, day-by-day
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* [http://www.intrade.com/ InTrade]: a [[prediction marketplace]] currently focusing on the election
  
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==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===
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* (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

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?"

To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.

—David Sedaris, October 2008

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

The Numbers

History

Early candidates included:

Links

Reference

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

News

Humor

joke candidates

Miscellaneous

Quotes

A rather telling quote, assuming it is genuine, from a comment on this article (with proofreading corrections):

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!