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Megatron, Skeletor Announce Political Endorsements
amalthia writes "I never thought much about how say, Gargamel of the Smurfs, or Mumm-Ra of the Thundercats would vote in this year's election...that is, until I saw a
voting guide based on which political parties that superheroes and supervillains would endorse. I'm not sure if I agree that Aquaman would vote Republican, but you might find some of the other picks to be eye-openers."
Yeah, you think you're voting for a cool boombox Megatron is a boombox ?!!! Who is this guy ?!
So you're saying christian and non-christian alike are grade A stupid. Yeh, I think I can accept that. Thank you for the heads up. ;)
/. hate Diebold, yet won't go to the effort of voting unless they can do it from their computer.
:P
We're all pretty stupid when you think about it.
We're voting on something so terribly complex that the vast majority of us voting probably don't fully grasp the magnitude of it. Yet we quibble over stupid things. Most of us don't even bother to vote. The majority of the people here on
And then it would still be iffy.
So...yeah.
Karma: Chameleon (mostly due to the fact that you come and go).
I really don't want to start a flamewar, but...
I don't really understand the logic of voting against someone rather than for someone.
By voting Kerry, you're not voting for Kerry (if I understand you right), but rather you're voting against Bush.
Is that to say you don't care who else wins so far as it isn't Bush? I mean, if we got enough of those, Badnarik would have a chance...
Karma: Chameleon (mostly due to the fact that you come and go).
By voting Kerry, you're not voting for Kerry (if I understand you right), but rather you're voting against Bush.
You probably are correct that I am voting more against Bush. But the logic is simply that Bush has made too many mistakes not to vote for the other viable candidate. I voted Libertarian in 2000 more as a "none of the above" choice. If I knew Bush had intentions of starting a war in Iraq, I would have voted for Gore.
I love Bats, he's my favorite character, but while he's personally conservative in many ways, he's virulently anti-gun. Not a limosine liberal by any means, but not completely conservative, either. From my years of reading him, I'd have to classify him as a reluctant Democrat. He's, in reality, maybe the most independant-minded character in the DC univers (at least among the big boys).
As for the rest...
Superman - He's from Kansas. Compassionate conservative Republican, easy.
Wonder Woman - Another reluctant Democrat. Feminist, but wary of the whining and victimization of the feminist movement.
Spider-Man - Democrat, but not a blazing leftist.
Aquaman - Republican? Hell no. Nader or Green, all the way.
The Hulk - For president? The Hulk doesn't give a flying fuck about anything but being left alone.
X-Men - Liberal Democrats, natch. Persecuted minorities, and all that.
Iron Man - Republican. While he doesn't make weapons for the government anymore, come on, he flies around in armor and has more money than Bill Gates.
Captain America - Reagan Democrat, maybe switch to the GOP; a man that used to love the party of FDR, but felt left behind when the Dems went hard left in the sixties.
On an intersting comics note, there was a big story thread in the DC universe the past couple of years where Lex Luthor was President of the US. Traditionally, comics writers have included the real current Presidents in their storylines. Most comics writers tend to be liberal, so I can't help but think that was their way of saying that we have a REAL Lex Luthor in office with Bush, by equating the current Presidency to evil.
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Okay, well, consider this: instead of Bush/Kerry it's Mussolini/Chirac (hypothetical). You may dislike Chirac but (presumably) Mussolini is just unacceptable. Many people feel like that, about Bush.
>>By voting Kerry, you're not voting for Kerry (if I understand you right), but rather you're voting against Bush.
I didn't notice who you're referring to; some people see Bush as a free-form failure with no end in sight and are willing to "gamble" on someone else. Note: Some people actually like Kerry!
>>Is that to say you don't care who else wins so far as it isn't Bush? I mean, if we got enough of those, Badnarik would have a chance...
How do you figure? The Green party doesn't have the draw the democrats have. Look at what happened in France last election. The liberals all voted their conscience, and ended up with a choice between Chirac (who sucks) and some other guy who was way, way worse. We liberals face a well organized adversary in the republicans. I'd love to see Nader or Badnarik president. But lets face reality; the democrats are the other major party, and even so the race is dead tight. Next election I'd like Nader to run. But I feel that voting for Nader will have as much effect as writing a letter to Bush asking him to "play nice". I don't want to demoralize the independents, but we NEED Bush OUT.
I have written this explanation under the benefit of the doubt that you are a liberal and really honestly wonder what you asked. If you are trolling.... >:)
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