Presidential Poll

[watermock]

I know this isn't the war room, but we might get better sampling here because many don't venture into the boiling oil of the war room. So humor me, this might be the most critical election of our time. If your not going or can't vote, please don't post, I want a fair sampling.

[Ray Finkle]

I would really like to see the end results of this one....

[watermock]

what I want to know is how they knew to put Bush in Red and Kerry in Blue. It's cool but rather weird.

[shakenbake]

Im thinking of creating multiple user names so I can vote on this one.

[TexanBob]

Well, I think you're being very unfair to Kerry by comparing him to Herman Munster.

Herman was much better looking.

[Elevation 5280']

Im thinking of creating multiple user names so I can vote on this one.

You must be a Democrat ;)

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Well, I think you're being very unfair to Kerry by comparing him to Herman Munster.

Herman was much better looking.
Who can we compare that dapper Bush to?

[-Slap-]

Who can we compare that dapper Bush to?

He's got a little Alfred E Neuman in him.

http://hypocrisytoday.com/alfred.gif

[Bronco_Beerslug]

He's got a little Alfred E Neuman in him.

http://hypocrisytoday.com/alfred.gif

Although Bush doesn't have the regal smile of Alfred I do see the resemblance.

http://www.allhatnocattle.net/booger.gif

[-Slap-]

Although Bush doesn't have the regal smile of Alfred I do see the resemblance.


I said he's got a little Alfred in him. Like if Alfred screwed a retarded gibbon and dropped the offspring on its head.

[baja]

You be the judge


http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:llvtdCoKccIJ:www.princeton.edu/~ecastro/twins_files/image027.jpg http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:0PPJZJ6SQFAJ:www.angelfire.com/journal2/SouthernGrit/Baby/Alfred.jpg

[baja]

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:gvG2dkeh3nEJ:www.betterworld.com/getreallist/assets/bush_AENewman_Sculpture.jpg

[baja]

I had a hanging chad

[watermock]

Easy now, just vote. No Riots outside the Taco Stand.

We have a whole war zone just down the street. Just vote.

[-Slap-]

I just can't make up my mind. All the candidates look so good.

[DB-Freak]

I know this isn't the war room, but we might get better sampling here because many don't venture into the boiling oil of the war room. So humor me, this might be the most critical election of our time. If your not going or can't vote, please don't post, I want a fair sampling.
No Griese option?

[-Slap-]

No Griese option?

All of the candidates seem pretty greasy to me.

[orange crusher]

This clip is a must watch. It's hilarious and very fitting for this thread.

Voting Machine (http://www.boomchicago.nl/Section/Latest-News/BoomChicagoVotingMachine)

[flair]

Kerry I dont like to pay high gas prices.

[telluride]

TJ, move this thread.

[DONKEYSHOW]

TJ, move this thread.


Please kill this thread!!

Its mid season in the NFL man!!

[baja]

I have never understood that sentiment is there a hairy gorilla standing over you making you open this thread?

We even have a feature where you can block entire threads if you wish

[-Slap-]

I have never understood that sentiment is there a hairy gorilla standing over you making you open this thread?

We even have a feature where you can block entire threads if you wish

Simple. We don't want football topics pushed off the main page because people are too stupid (or feel they're too special) to follow simple forum rules.

None of the football fans who visit this place want to the main board looking like Chiefs Planet in the middle of football season.

[Darkdoc]

Remember, all you politics fans:


Vote early, and often. :clown:

[Play2win]

You be the judge


http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:llvtdCoKccIJ:www.princeton.edu/~ecastro/twins_files/image027.jpg http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:0PPJZJ6SQFAJ:www.angelfire.com/journal2/SouthernGrit/Baby/Alfred.jpg

George W. FUDD

http://www.orangemane.com/BB/attachment.php?attachmentid=9314&stc=1

[Play2win]

This clip is a must watch. It's hilarious and very fitting for this thread.

Voting Machine (http://www.boomchicago.nl/Section/Latest-News/BoomChicagoVotingMachine)

Hilarious! Hilarious!

Hilarious, Man! Funny, but so TRUE. So true that its not funny. But its still crazy-funny. Good find!! ;D

[watermock]

A thread can get pushed by some dweeb making a bunch of new threads on the front page.

The poll is meaningless in here because it's extremely partisan. Most conservative voters don't banter politics. That's why I wanted it left on the front page. I won't lose any sleep about it however. I could of asked Taco to stick it, no biggie. Most people on the mane don't come to this forum so this is essentially worthless now. :deadhorse

[Blueflame]

A thread can get pushed by some dweeb making a bunch of new threads on the front page.

The poll is meaningless in here because it's extremely partisan. Most conservative voters don't banter politics. That's why I wanted it left on the front page. I won't lose any sleep about it however. I could of asked Taco to stick it, no biggie. Most people on the mane don't come to this forum so this is essentially worthless now. :deadhorse

When we're in the "football season" mode, with the separate politics forum, there are going to be complaints about political topics on the main board. This thread was left on the main board until the complaints started... with something like 50 replies to the poll before it was moved. Given that other posters were beginning to register their objections, I really don't think TJ would have left it on the main page, much less stick it to the top. At any rate, anyone who has an issue with it being moved needs to take it up with me; not Teej.

[Play2win]

When we're in the "football season" mode, with the separate politics forum, there are going to be complaints about political topics on the main board. This thread was left on the main board until the complaints started... with something like 50 replies to the poll before it was moved. Given that other posters were beginning to register their objections, I really don't think TJ would have left it on the main page, much less stick it to the top. At any rate, anyone who has an issue with it being moved needs to take it up with me; not Teej.
Blue, here's a thought, you could make a thread on the front page that is sticky but it is only a poll. No one can post on it, give nobody the authority to post on it, but everybody can vote. If it's sticky, people can vote, but nobody can post, that might work. Maybe pass that on to TJ. Just my 2¢.

[-Slap-]

A thread can get pushed by some dweeb making a bunch of new threads on the front page.

The poll is meaningless in here because it's extremely partisan. Most conservative voters don't banter politics. That's why I wanted it left on the front page. I won't lose any sleep about it however. I could of asked Taco to stick it, no biggie. Most people on the mane don't come to this forum so this is essentially worthless now. :deadhorse

Too bad, ain't it?

[baja]

A thread can get pushed by some dweeb making a bunch of new threads on the front page.

The poll is meaningless in here because it's extremely partisan. Most conservative voters don't banter politics. That's why I wanted it left on the front page. I won't lose any sleep about it however. I could of asked Taco to stick it, no biggie. Most people on the mane don't come to this forum <b>so this is essentially worthless now. :deadhorse</b>

Of course it is, Kerry is wining.

[SoCalBronco]

I am not happy with the budget deficit but im still going with Bush.

[Nuggets4]

Blue, here's a thought, you could make a thread on the front page that is sticky but it is only a poll. No one can post on it, give nobody the authority to post on it, but everybody can vote. If it's sticky, people can vote, but nobody can post, that might work. Maybe pass that on to TJ. Just my 2¢.

How about we keep the poltics in the political board and the football on the main one? How is it that Mock is the only one that has a problem understanding this rule?

[Blueflame]

Blue, here's a thought, you could make a thread on the front page that is sticky but it is only a poll. No one can post on it, give nobody the authority to post on it, but everybody can vote. If it's sticky, people can vote, but nobody can post, that might work. Maybe pass that on to TJ. Just my 2¢.

What would be the purpose in having a special forum for political topics if we're going to have political threads stuck at the top of the football forum? Page 1 of the football forum will only accommodate a certain number of threads, whether they're "normal" or sticky... and those who don't want to talk politics will complain if football threads get bumped to page 2 in order to accommodate a political thread. Plus, then those who post other non-football threads will complain if you move their thread to a subforum while allowing a political thread to remain on the football board... and reasonably so. Unless there's a compelling reason for a non-football thread to be on the main board, it belongs on the proper forum. Your proposed change would essentially put Mock's wishes over those of all the other posters who do not want this thread on the football board... I'm not sure TJ wants to send that message. If you like, I'll ask him, though... :P

[watermock]

Are you blind?

Getting a fair sampling in this room is impossible. It doesn't matter because it's not a full representative sampling. It's not a comment, it's a poll, and only a handfull of posters bother to go to hell central.

I honestly don't care, except I asked that it not be moved, it's only 10 days till the election, and it's brutally funny that BlueFlame would be the one to move it, the most political of all mods.

[Play2win]

What would be the purpose in having a special forum for political topics if we're going to have political threads stuck at the top of the football forum? Page 1 of the football forum will only accommodate a certain number of threads, whether they're "normal" or sticky... and those who don't want to talk politics will complain if football threads get bumped to page 2 in order to accommodate a political thread. Plus, then those who post other non-football threads will complain if you move their thread to a subforum while allowing a political thread to remain on the football board... and reasonably so. Unless there's a compelling reason for a non-football thread to be on the main board, it belongs on the proper forum. Your proposed change would essentially put Mock's wishes over those of all the other posters who do not want this thread on the football board... I'm not sure TJ wants to send that message. If you like, I'll ask him, though... :P
Blue, I could care less one way or another. I was just saying if somebody was curious of what the vote would come down to amoung OM members, you could see the poll (on the main board). No discussion, just a poll. Just for curiousity's sake. I don't even know if you can make a thread where nobody can post, where they can only vote. It was just an idea, thats all ;D

[-Slap-]

Are you blind?

Getting a fair sampling in this room is impossible. It doesn't matter because it's not a full representative sampling. It's not a comment, it's a poll, and only a handfull of posters bother to go to hell central.

I honestly don't care, except I asked that it not be moved, it's only 10 days till the election, and it's brutally funny that BlueFlame would be the one to move it, the most political of all mods.

Its brutally funny that you pout like a spoiled ten year old when you don't get your way. :yep:

Rep coming when I spread some around, Blue.

[Blueflame]

Are you blind?

Getting a fair sampling in this room is impossible. It doesn't matter because it's not a full representative sampling. It's not a comment, it's a poll, and only a handfull of posters bother to go to hell central.

I honestly don't care, except I asked that it not be moved, it's only 10 days till the election, and it's brutally funny that BlueFlame would be the one to move it, the most political of all mods.

When one cuts through the bs, what you're really saying is that your request to keep the thread on the main page should overrule Telluride's and DONKEYSHOW's requests for it to be moved to the politics board.

My participation in political discussions is not relevant to following the board's rules and listening to the objections of other posters.

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I understand that you were only suggesting a possible compromise, P2W.. and I appreciate your effort... but sometimes, a situation arises where someone is going to be disgruntled no matter what action is taken and I think this is one of those instances. So the choice is... do we ignore the opinions of all those who want the main board to be untainted by politics... or do we honor those requests and just tick off Mock?

[clean]

Are you blind?

Getting a fair sampling in this room is impossible. It doesn't matter because it's not a full representative sampling. It's not a comment, it's a poll, and only a handfull of posters bother to go to hell central.

I honestly don't care, except I asked that it not be moved, it's only 10 days till the election, and it's brutally funny that BlueFlame would be the one to move it, the most political of all mods.

Fair sample this. Non NFL threads should be kept off the main board. I encourage everyone who supports Blueflame to post their comments so that Mock has a statistically significant sample that indicates that the population also wants the political threads kept on the political board.

Thanks for your help Blueflame.

[Play2win]

When one cuts through the bs, what you're really saying is that your request to keep the thread on the main page should overrule Telluride's and DONKEYSHOW's requests for it to be moved to the politics board.

My participation in political discussions is not relevant to following the board's rules and listening to the objections of other posters.

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I understand that you were only suggesting a possible compromise, P2W.. and I appreciate your effort... but sometimes, a situation arises where someone is going to be disgruntled no matter what action is taken and I think this is one of those instances. So the choice is... do we ignore the opinions of all those who want the main board to be untainted by politics... or do we honor those requests and just tick off Mock?
Fair enough. ;D

[Bronco_Beerslug]

I don't see anything wrong with keeping a presidential poll on the main page.
As pointed out earlier it's the best way to get the majority of posters to vote since most don't venture into this room. After all, this only happens every 4 years. I also know it's not my site and I don't make the rules so I won't complain either way but those that go running to the mods, you know who you are,
ARE CRY-BABBIES!!!!!!!!!!! :vermeil: :vermeil:

[watermock]

I'm not crying to anyone, I could care less at this point. It's just about painting the results by puting them in hell's kitchen. It's not like it's going make a difference anyway. It's a war year, it's 10 days from the election and the sampling would be more fair in the main forum.

I'm not losing sleep over it.

[Rock Chalk]

Well, the poll is already ruined since people decided to voice their opinions on it.

A poll like this is best unrespondable, just vote and shut the f*ck up.

[-Slap-]

I've got your Presidential Pole right here, pal.

http://www.embarrassing.us/dp/files/2-106.jpg

[Bronco_Beerslug]

I've got your Presidential Pole right here, pal.

http://www.embarrassing.us/dp/files/2-106.jpg
Is that Captain Cronkite driving? Maybe that's why Bill has the woody.

[broncogary]

I've got your Presidential Pole right here, pal.

http://www.embarrassing.us/dp/files/2-106.jpg

Good old Bill. Always sticking up for what he believes in. ;D

[Blueflame]

I don't see anything wrong with keeping a presidential poll on the main page.
As pointed out earlier it's the best way to get the majority of posters to vote since most don't venture into this room. After all, this only happens every 4 years. I also know it's not my site and I don't make the rules so I won't complain either way but those that go running to the mods, you know who you are,
ARE CRY-BABBIES!!!!!!!!!!! :vermeil: :vermeil:

From my pov, it boils down to this... in moving the political thread, I followed the board's long-established "on-season" guidelines. If TJ wants the thread back on the main board, he can either move it back or start a new poll on the main board.

At the risk of echoing Mock's sentiments, I'm not losing sleep over it either; I did what I believe TJ... or likely any of the other mods... would have done and while it's regrettable that anyone would be upset, hey, I'm just following the rules.

[patteeu]

How about we keep the poltics in the political board and the football on the main one? How is it that Mock is the only one that has a problem understanding this rule?

He's not the only one. I think it's a dumb rule. I thought it was dumb when Chiefsplanet did it and I think it's dumb here too. But when in Rome...

[patteeu]

I don't see anything wrong with keeping a presidential poll on the main page.
As pointed out earlier it's the best way to get the majority of posters to vote since most don't venture into this room. After all, this only happens every 4 years. I also know it's not my site and I don't make the rules so I won't complain either way but those that go running to the mods, you know who you are,
ARE CRY-BABBIES!!!!!!!!!!! :vermeil: :vermeil:

Great post, Beerslug.

[watermock]

For the last time, because it wasn't a discussion, and the sampling would of been more fair it wasn't an argument, and for a poll to be reasonably accurate, it has to be exposed to everyone. This election is incredibly close. I have a suspicion something will break soon to decide it, but what, I have no clue. Voter fraud is going to be rampant.

[Mile High Shack]

Is that Captain Cronkite driving? Maybe that's why Bill has the woody.

it sure as heck isn't b/c Hillary is on board.

her and her canckles (shudder)