UK perspective on the US presidential race

On a slightly related note, Bush's campaign website has been blocked for many foreign countries. I'm not sure what they hope to accomplish by shutting out much of the world.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1229453.htm

anybody voting for Nader........... or Dangerdoll?

Dangerdoll said:

anybody voting for Nader........... or Dangerdoll?

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If either of you were associated with a party AND had a realistic chance to get the magic 5% of the vote to get federal funding next election, you'd definately get my vote regardless of your policies (within reason). I want more choices!

I dont plan on voting. If anyone wants to buy my vote I'll vote for whoever you want me to

Dangerdoll said:

anybody voting for...........

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thats who Im voting for! Go .......... :soda:

actually im probably going to end up voting for Badnarik, even though he holds some odd ideas.

slipknottin said:

thats who Im voting for! Go ..........

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WAHOO!! ".........." can be rather blunt sometimes, but does have some good points

Cattle,

I will say right now I support President Bush, but I don't impose my opinion on my classmates at school....

Unfortunately, though, my democrat counterparts spew of how they think Bush is a moron, the war was wrong, and this this and this. I, personally, find this a more agressive stance than my own, and my other (Rep) classmates

My democratic teachers all let our classes know they support Kerry and think Bush is doing a poor job as president... I don't hear anything about support for President Bush, so I can only say that those who support Bush don't impose their opinions on their classes... again, I think the democratic one is far more aggressive.

So, maybe it's just my neck of the woods... or maybe it's the whole country... I don't know. My personal view is that the democrats are more aggressive... but again, I'm Republican, so my view is different from others .

What I do not get is why a member of the same party cannot recognize what each party has done wrong. For example, supporters of Bush cannot see how far in debt he has got us Americans. They have blinders on their eyes, and only "prefer" to see the good he has done. But do not be alarmed folks; democrats do the very same thing. Everybody who is democrat wants to look past the fact that Kerry cannot make up his mind on any one topic.

... That being said, I have mostly democratic beliefs, but I never vote straight ticket for one party affiliation or the other. I feel each party has a place in this Country (world?), but certainly I am ashamed of all the mess the President has left in his wake. I do not feel like his War has turned out the way he intended at all. As sad as it sounds, I feel like Bush used this War as a way to get his popularity ratings up. After all, at the time, much of the U.S. did support his decisions with Iraq. Then again, we (Americans) were highly misinformed too.

Back to my point, I cannot look past our economy and how in debt we've become. That (to me) outweighs this war in Iraq. I feel like with the way things are going overseas, anyone can finish that mess. What exactly has the president done in Iraq that any other former president couldn't have done? Hmmmm...

As far as one party being more aggressive than the other, I think that’s totally unfounded. There are both hotheaded Republicans and Democrats.

momentum

I think it takes rather a lot of momentum to get up and actually write to the British newspaper that was involved and I'm not surprised that only hot-heads would make the effort.

Most of us would just turn a cold shoulder, thinking "Who asked you, anyway?"

Our election discussion may be held in public, but comments from by-standers are unexpected and typically unwelcome, rather like someone eavesdropping on a family's conversation during a dinner in a public restaurant and then joining the conversation with their own opinions.