Would you vote for Bush or Kerry?

[Beebers]

This just in:

President-elect Zoot's Vice President Link Hogthrob, becoming carried away by the thrill of victory and the music and romance of the White House Rose Garden, has been hauled off to the pokey after being discovered DOING the hokeypokey with Hilary Clinton in some shrubberies near the Oval Office. Ms. Clinton has been admitted to the hospital for a lengthy procedure involving the painful removal of hundreds of rose thorns. Both Ms. Clinton and Vice President Hogthrob will be arraigned in the morning on charges of public piggery. When asked to comment President-elect Zoot said, "Well, I just hope they send me back the right one as they're impossible to tell apart. Peace and love man."

 

[Whatever]

Geez, scandal in the White House, and they aren't even elected yet.

This is a Muppet News Flash: President-elect Zoot has appointed the Muppet Newman to babysit Link Hogthrob so that he does not get into more trouble- OH NO!

 

[Erine81981]

Kerry for me. I just noted that Bush wants to pull on the tax and rasies so sorry Bush Kerry all the way.

 

[Censored]

If it wasn't for "liberalism", right now African Americans would be riding in the back of the bus, women wouldn't have the right to vote or own property, and American children would be working in sweat shops.

 

[Bubbadog]

Before we go whacking me over the head with a wet mackeral, LOOK AT MY POST. Note the use of "strongly encourage". I am not forcing this on anyone, but it irks ME when people feel like their vote is worthless. Saying that "it's one less vote for the opposition" implies that, and also does nothing for fair elections.

Those who have fought for freedom have fought for a freedom that is multi-facitted, and includes voting. So of course people have the freedom not to vote, but it's not being proactive and taking advantage of all your benefits.

Geez... I'm only sayin'...

I know, but the way that it was put made it sound like that was the only reason they were fighting. But it also seemed like it was an attempt to make that person feel bad for not voting. I said what I said to prove my point.

Let me put it this way.
I have a certain way of thinking. You have a certain way of thinking. But you don't like the way that I think so you try to get me to think the way you do. Well lets just say that I don't like the way you think and then I try to get you to think the way I do, then we just both end up mad at each other.
It is just like sesame street taught us for so many years...

However they did also teach to try something new. And in time those who do not want to vote may change their opinion, and be at the polls in 2008.

I believe I also had brought up that this year was my second opportunity to vote, the first time around I had many of the same opinions on politics that I do now. But this year, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. It take me two minutes to get to the township hall. I was in and out in about ten minutes. Of course I went when everyone else was at work.
In the long run you will have to deal with a lot of people who just will not vote, either because they don't feel the need or want. In time they may change their opinion.

But playing the soldiers card....hmmm.
They fight for America and for Freedom. Everyones definition of freedom varies.
One more thing before I finish on this subject.
I don't feel politics belongs on a muppet site.

And now I have said my peace. No more posts from me on this thread.

 

[Bubbadog]

This thread has had many heated moments over the past few months. Now that this election is FINALLY coming to a close (sometime between now and Christmas ), there will be temptation on the side of the winning candidate to rub victory in the face of those supporting their opponent. Likewise, there will be temptation on the side supporting the candidate who is not sworn in to complain and blame those who voted in favor of the newly elected President for "bringing the world to an end", or some such nonsense.

I would like to submit right now that we ALL refrain from any of this. Everyone has made their opinions known and it would be redundant and destructive to taunt or complain. Let's be good sports about this and take hold of the next four years in the all-embracing Muppet spirit.

Agreed?

Agreed. And now that is my last post on this thread. LOL

 

[Amazing Mumford]

One more thing before I finish on this subject.
I don't feel politics belongs on a muppet site.

I can respect that opinion. However, I feel it's okay as long as it's kept to a specific thread like this AND stays in the "General Discussion" folder. It only annoys me when politics pop up in non-political threads.

 

[Censored]

But do you also forget this is a free country? If someone doesn't want to vote its their choice. I didn't vote at my first opportunity. I hate politics. But now I am a little older and a little wiser, when you think about it its not a bad idea to think about whether or not you feel you can make a difference. I am voting this year (my second opporunity), but if others don't want to, (unless it is just sheer ignorance or not caring at all) then that is their choice. It is the excuse of people who have died to give us the right to vote that really irks me though.
No, voting is a game, they (the soldiers past and present) fought (bravely) and died to keep our country free, to defend our honor, not to punch a hole in piece of paper and put it in a box.
This is no direct attack on anyone, but it's die hard political fans who treat this as a life or death situation that really annoy me. For those of you who feel that way, its fine with me, but don't push it on others. It is their choice to vote, you don't see Bush or Kerry saying "Hey you have to vote!"
They would like you to vote for them, but if you don't vote, what do they care? That means one less vote for the opposition.

SO there.

Kind of funny though. No one is forced to vote, but many are forced to serve jury duty if they do vote. Actually, sometimes they can get your name and force jury duty even if you don't vote. Isn't it strange that the government can force someone to kill and die in a war, decide the fate of whether or not someone goes to the death house on a jury, but voting is our right to take or leave. Wild.

 

[Censored]

What are you talking about no way im not being held resonsable for this years election. And sad to say i dont give a flying pig about Iraq or any other Country besides America and im not talking Mexico and Canada im just talking about the good ol USA. I am sick and i do mean sick of hearing about iraq.
We have pleanty of poor people in this State of Tennesse let alone USA we need more focas on this nation as a whole and as people insteed of others.

You can't care about America without caring about Iraq these days. The war was dumb and immoral, but Americans are getting killed in Iraq every day, so people had better care.

One way or another, isolationism never did work.

 

[Censored]

I've been on another chat group where political discussions were banned because the debates got too out of hand. I can see that happening here at some point. But, until Phillip Chapman bans it here, I see no reason why politics can't be discussed.