Election Day Discussion

With the polls now already open in most of the country, this is the official on-topic place for all Slashdot readers to discuss the election itself. And get out and vote if you can. Also, if you haven't noticed, the Slashdot poll shows once and for all where Slashdot readers fall on the election. I'm off to vote in a couple hours. Wonder if we'll have Diebolds in my district.

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Let's Rebuild America: O'Reilly and Bruce

[d102804]

If you care about this country, the USA, then write the following on the November ballot.

president:
vice-president:

O'Reilly cannot win even if he garners a majority of the votes because most states require even write-in candidates to register their candidacy. Nonetheless, O'Reilly can have a "Perot Effect". If he garners a large enough percentage of the vote, then the dominant political parties will adopt his ideas. After Perot lost the race for president, the Republicans adopted most of his ideas for the "Contract with America", of which most became law.

Here is what O'Reilly supports.

1. affirmative action on the basis of economic status, not ethnicity
2. putting the national guard on the border to defend it (note: many European countries use the military to defend the borders from illegal aliens)
3. using air power to stop despots in countries where the population is hostile to Western culture (i.e. never again sacrifice American lives for ingrates like the Iraqis)
4. allowing homosexual couples to adopt kids
5. the minimum wage
6. strong legislation to protect the environment

bottom line: Bill O'Reilly for President

Support George Bush on Wednesday, Nov 3rd

[srobert]

Don't forget that those voting for President Bush are to vote in the SPECIAL ELECTION, on Wednesday, November 3rd.

Re: Vote Libertarian

[sigaar]

' Not when the alternative hasn't defined his own plans beyond "I'll do things better than he did." '

Doing things better is a given. Doing worse will be quite a challenge.

Re:Vote planting in Philly

[mordors9]

I think it is becoming increasingly clear why the Democrats wanted to bar poll watchers every where possible. We have votes alreay on machines in Pennsylvania. In Ohio we had more voters registered to vote in some counties than there are eligible to vote.

Let's Get Some Facts in This Biatch =)

[Pavan_Gupta]

One half trillion dollars will be spent in Iraq according to the Congressional Budget Office. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University estimate we have 100,000 dead Iraqis on our hands. 16.7% of our soldiers will bare this incredible burden in psych wards according to The New England Journal of Medicine, assuming theyre not dead. And today, 1,122 Americans will not vote because they couldnt escape the American torture chamber that is Iraq. Tomorrow a few more will die and several more will be added to the 7,532 people that were serious injured in Iraq, so do not forget this when you vote. Kerry's not my favorite, but today he represents everything the republican party would offer traditionally and more! (1) He's fiscally conservative (2) He's socially liberal (no bigotry here!) (3) He's environmentally friendly (4) His foreign policy acknowledges the other .. 5.7 billion people in the world. (5) He's actually aware of national security ... and on and on. Now, let the flame war begin!