Oh Look Honey, Puppet #1 is Beating Puppet #2!

It is pure insanity to exhaust any energy disproving the "other" candidate.

We have seen the 2000 Bush campaign say anything to get elected into office, why would this be any different. And we have seen Democrats lie about the facts.

To exert effort into such threads claiming one is ignorant or a hypocrite is Irony. We all been ignorant or a hypocrite at some point in our lives.

Of course, these are bigger issues, and thus bigger responsibilities. Therefore, if you are going to pick a candidate and refuse to abstain, pick the candidate that resonates with the least BS, and carries the heart of the citizens, not the corporations.

Or, you could do the smart thing, and vote for the president who you think will do what's best for the country, which isn't always what the people, or the corporations, want.

Things would be a lot different if people were to vote that way, instead of voting for who looks better, who talks better, who's a member of this party or that party.

When I first read the thread title, I thought you meant REAL puppets (you know, like Kermit The Frog)

I just found my new catch phrase when people bring up any election. "Oh, look. Puppet#1 is beating/losing to Puppet#2!"

Thank you!

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Of course, these are bigger issues, and thus bigger responsibilities. Therefore, if you are going to pick a candidate and refuse to abstain, pick the candidate that resonates with the least BS, and carries the heart of the citizens, not the corporations.

Barack Obama





On the same note, if you are going to have to choose on criteria of "no BS" you should abstain every election until your death from old old age.

I, personally, have found it much more gratifying to pick a candidate which who's form of BS best suits ME.

Could be selfish - probably is.

But thats how i choose to vote

They ALL BS.
Just gota figure out which flavor of excrement you like - and sink your teeth in.

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Take 10 more seconds to read the last paragraph.

OMG whats obama doing now. OMG! OMG!.

Quit. Politics shouldn't be on ATS.

A politician connections to corporations, organizations, societies, commisions, and groups should.


Whos with me to get this non-sense off ATS?

[edit on 20-8-2008 by '___'eed]

Yes, I agree with you that paparazzi type threads should not be posted on here about either candidate. And yes, both are puppets. Obama is a puppet of the MSM and extreme left wingers and McCain, well, not sure but how did he pull off that miraculous comeback in Florida when every expert said he was finished? *cough* Strings pulled *cough* But as you stated in the OP, you gotta pick the one that you think believes the most what he is saying, how rational it is, and whether or not it suits you. Either one though is just a tool.

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I agree with everything you've said my "space-travel agent", (for the most part)

However...

I have a bone to pick with the verbal descriptions used. In today's more politically correct charged environment the proper terms more appropriate to use are as follows:

Afro-American Douche bag #1 is beating, Warmonger-American Douche bag #2...


[edit on 20-8-2008 by Gateway]

Is there no other party I can vote for this year? Someone help I don't want either of them!

Which puppet would this one be talking of anthrax and "2nd phase is Iraq" in October 2001?

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A quick looksie at our friends at wikipedia.

Republican Party (1854)
Democratic Party (1828 modern, 1792 historic)
Libertarian Party (1971)
Constitution Party (1992)
Green Party (1996)

Or you can try to resurrect an older party which best reflects your ideology:

Federalist Party (c.1789–c.1820)
Democratic-Republican Party (1792–c.1824)
Anti-Masonic Party (1826–1838)
National Republican Party (1829–1833)
Nullifier Party (1830–1839)
Whig Party (1833–1856)
Liberty Party (1840–1848)
Law and Order Party of Rhode Island (1840s)
Free Soil Party (1848–1855)
Anti-Nebraska Party (1854)
American Republican Party (1843-1854)
American Party (“Know-Nothings”) (c.1854–1858)
Opposition Party (1854–1858)
Constitutional Union Party (1860)
National Union Party, (1864–1868)
Readjuster Party (1870-1885)
Liberal Republican Party (1872)
Greenback Party (1874–1884)
Anti-Monopoly Party (1884)
Populist Party (1892–1908)
Silver Party (1892-1902)
National Democratic Party/Gold Democrats (1896–1900)
Silver Republican Party (1896-1900)
Social Democratic Party (1900–1901)
Home Rule Party of Hawaii (created to serve the native Hawaiian agenda in the state legislature and U.S. Congress) (1900–1912)
Socialist Party of America (1901–1973)
Independence Party (or "Independence League") (1906-1914)
Progressive Party 1912 (“Bull Moose Party”) (1912–1914)
National Woman's Party (1913-1930)
Non-Partisan League (Not a party in the technical sense) (1915–1956)
Farmer-Labor Party (1918–1944)
Progressive Party 1924 (1924)
Communist League of America (1928–1934)
American Workers Party (1933–1934)
Workers Party of the United States (1934–1938)
Union Party (1936)
American Labor Party (1936–1956)
America First Party (1944) (1944–1996)
States' Rights Democratic Party (“Dixiecrats”) (1948)
Progressive Party 1948 (1948–1955)
Vegetarian Party (1948–1964)
Constitution Party (United States 50s) (1952–1968?)
American Nazi Party (1959-1967)
Puerto Rican Socialist Party (1959–1993)
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (1964)
Black Panther Party (1966-1970s)
Communist Workers Party (1969–1985)
People's Party (1971–1976)
U.S. Labor Party (1975–1979)
Concerned Citizens Party (1975-1992) Become the Connecticut affiliate of the Constitution Party (then known as U.S. Taxpayers Party) with party founding
Citizens Party (1979–1984)
New Alliance Party (1979–1992)
Populist Party of 1980s-1990s (1984–1994)
Looking Back Party (1984–1996)
Grassroots Party (1986–2004)
Independent Party of Utah (1988–1996)
Greens/Green Party USA (1991–2005)
New Party (1992 – 1998)
Natural Law Party (1992–2004)
Mountain Party (2000-2007) Become the West Virginia affiliate of the Green Party July 16, 2007 [1]
Christian Freedom Party (2004)

I'm looking into the self defined "opposition party", although, as I've always hated Nebraska I might give the Anti-Nebraska Party a go.

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