Scientists Invite Kerry And Bush To Chat Online

Buzz Skyline writes "Several groups representing the nation's scientists, engineers, and doctors are inviting presidential candidates Kerry and Bush to participate in a "Virtual Town Hall" meeting, according to an Associated Press article that appeared in USA Today. Planned topics include stem cell research policy and technical research funding. More information is available at HiTechTownHall.org. Kerry's people say he is eager to take part, but Bush has yet to respond."

Comments

Bush still to respond

[oKtosiTe]

Here's a surprise... ;-)

Re:Bush still to respond

[buswolley]

Two things are really stupid.

1. Bush won't do it because he is afraid of typing and mispelling a word. He doesn't want to make Potatoe a republican thing.

2.Bush is probably stupid enough to think that he couldn't have someone actually type for him.

bush?

[kevin lyda]

why invite bush? what would he have to say at a discussion on science?

Re:Fun afterwards

[escher]

Yeah, he's too busy on his Iraq map trying to figure out how to build his own Town Hall, Barracks, Blacksmith, and just where the hell to find trees to up his lumber.

Re:Fun afterwards

[BigDogCH]

LOL

And, all his citizens are standing around without a JOB!!!!

Is this thing on?

[Wylfing]

I clicked on this topic because I was absolutely positively sure I would see some +5 Funnies. I mean, come on. George W. Bush and science. There's gotta be a joke there.

Re:disingenuous

[orthogonal]

And if GWB didn't have the job, most of the yahoos reading this board would be employed by now.

Typical liberal crap. I'll have you know that all the top executives of Halliburton are doing quite well. And trickle-down economics works: by outsourcing the jobs of lazy Americans, the execs are able to hire lots of illegal immigrants as servants at sub-minimum wage market rates.

True, some of the guys actually doing the Halliburton's work in Iraq are getting killed, but, they should be proud to be allowed to make sacrifices for their company^W country so that the richest one percent's tax cuts are ensured.

Obviously, you're some sort of commie.

Re:Bush won't be the one online, in any case

[4of12]

Yeah, it's too good to be true.

Besides, you know how it will all go ahead of time anyway.

Questioner: "Precisely what are your plans to restore fiscal solvency to the operations of the federal government?"

Kerry: Good sounding populist rhetoric about giving Americans jobs, vague on cost details, delivered with hound dog face, slighting the current administration for screwing up even if the current administration isn't sufficiently competent to orchestrate such a screwup.

Bush:Random, disconnected homilies about American values, tax cuts magically stimulating voodoo economics that Daddy know won't work, delivered with a deer in the headlights trying not to get run over, tying things into how bad a character that Saddam was anyhow.

Next question? Answer: see above.

[It's the Veep debate between Dick "Grand Vizier" Cheney and John "Aw Shuck's I'm Jes A Country Boy" Edwards that is going to be fun to watch - certainly not the Prez debates.]

Re:Badnarik??? Nader???

[Hard_Code]

Calm down. All third parties need to do to gain access to the electoral system is:

1) petition each state with a simple signature count of 300% of the state population
2) to include the recently formed state of Atlantis
3) provide a simple proof that your great^4 grandfather was a citizen of the united states, ate only the chocolate portion of neopolitan ice cream, and owned exactly 2 dogs.
4) lift 3 times your body [politic] weight over your head
5) demonstrate faster than light travel

That's 6 [1] easy steps! Come on, stop whining.

[1] 6th step omitted, file a simple FOIA request to obtain it

How it might go

[Henry V .009]

I'm a Conservative, but here goes:

Kerry2004 is online...
[Kerry2004]Guess I'm here a bit early.
[Kerry2004]....
[Kerry2004]Sure is quiet. Reminds me of Nam. I fought there, you know. Won 3 Pur--
Bush2004 is online...
[Bush2004]whoa! so this is the internet huh
[Kerry2004]Hello, Mr. President.
[Bush2004]howdy howdy
[Kerry2004]I was just telling everybody about the 4 med--
[Bush2004]hey john, how do you spell 'seneter'?
[Bush2004]never mind johns all right isnt it?
[Bush2004]you went to Veitnam didnt you john? were you in the shit?
[Kerry2004]Senator Kerry. Yes I was "in the shit." In fact, I won 5--
[Bush2004]bet that stunk! lololol
[Bush2004]so n-e-way lets get sireis about forein policy for a bit. what do you think about nuking Canada?
[Kerry2004]That's insane! You're joking, right? I would like to assure everyone that if you elect me instead of this nutcase, we will get America back on the track of a rational foreign policy. I think that my character has been proven by the 6--
[Bush2004]uh...i got to go make a phone call
[Bush2004]damn it, the neos said that it would impress everyone with my leadership.
Bush2004 has quit (Abort! Abort!)

Strangely astute...

[wikdwarlock]

For those who don't get it, this is in reference to War Craft. The strange thing is the Call to Arms feature of the game. When you get scared about defending your town, you click your base and all the peasants stop everything, pick up weapons, and fight whatever is nearby. Sounds a bit like the terror alert level system, huh? Are Dubbya and Rumsfeld really WC3 junkies?