Voting ...

sugarpuff · Post by **sugarpuff** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 6:22 am

When you vote for someone ...

What is your style ... do you vote for their personality or what they promise you..

I try to find genuine people ...

I dislike people who try to rack up votes ...with their fake personality ...

or hypocritical ways

Fuzzy · Post by **Fuzzy** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 6:28 am

I don't try to analyze people as far as voting for them goes. I use and trust my intuition instead. Works for me.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:10 am

sugarpuff;1469366 wrote: When you vote for someone ...

What is your style ... do you vote for their personality or what they promise you..

I try to find genuine people ...

I dislike people who try to rack up votes ...with their fake personality ...

or hypocritical ways

An Interesting topic for a thread. What made you think of that just out of Interest ?

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:42 am

It would be a cold day in Hell if I voted Republican.

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 11:10 am

I can never remember which is which with Republican & Democrat. Which one's Right Wing & which is Left.

Personally I tend to go by the overall policies of the party they represent, which is why I'm a staunch Labour supporter. Sure, there are policies in the Labour manifesto I strongly object to. There are also policies in the Tory manifesto I strongly agree. FFS, there's even the occasional one or two in the BNP manifesto I agree with, but when it comes to voting I balance up which party agrees most with my way of thinking. For instance, Labour is Pro-Europe, whereas I am totally Anti-Europe, although I am in favour of a Common Market. It is for this reason that at the EU Elections I voted UKIP (as did a massive proportion of the country, which really should give the other Pro-EU parties food for thought).

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 1:18 pm

FourPart;1469373 wrote: I can never remember which is which with Republican & Democrat. Which one's Right Wing & which is Left.

Google it.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 1:20 pm

sugarpuff;1469366 wrote: When you vote for someone ...

What is your style ... do you vote for their personality or what they promise you..

I try to find genuine people ...

I dislike people who try to rack up votes ...with their fake personality ...

or hypocritical ways

Please give me an example of a politician who is genuine (besides Elizabeth Warren).

Wandrin · Post by **Wandrin** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 1:35 pm

AnneBoleyn;1469382 wrote: Please give me an example of a politician who is genuine (besides Elizabeth Warren).
Bernie Sanders

sugarpuff · Post by **sugarpuff** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 1:48 pm

Oscar Namechange;1469369 wrote: An Interesting topic for a thread. What made you think of that just out of Interest ?

you inspired me ....

Post by **Betty Boop** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 1:56 pm

Party mostly, but luckily for me the party's I may choose to vote for have nice candidates who do listen to the locals.

The party that I don't like at all have obnoxious pompous gits that stand year after year and I would never vote for them.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 2:13 pm

Wandrin;1469385 wrote: Bernie Sanders

Absolutely. Wonderful Answer.

tude dog · Post by **tude dog** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:21 pm

sugarpuff;1469366 wrote: When you vote for someone ...

What is your style ... do you vote for their personality or what they promise you..

I try to find genuine people ...

I dislike people who try to rack up votes ...with their fake personality ...

or hypocritical ways

Personality or promises.

It helps a lot that somebody has a personality I like.

The promise is another subject.

Think about it.

sugarpuff · Post by **sugarpuff** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:53 pm

Most voters .. vote for promises ...

Maybe if they voted for a politician with moral and values ...

and not broken promises .. the world would be a much better place ...

Politician and their promises ...that is the biggest joke of the year ...

Why do people believe them .. they break promises ... all the time ....

Fuzzy · Post by **Fuzzy** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 6:06 pm

sugarpuff;1469414 wrote: Most voters .. vote for promises ...

Maybe if they voted for a politician with moral and values ...

and not broken promises .. the world would be a much better place ...

Politician and their promises ...that is the biggest joke of the year ...

Why do people believe them .. they break promises ... all the time ....

That is pretty much what happened in Australia during the last election. The Liberal party promised all the stuff voters wanted. They won and then broke most of their promises. Their popularity has taken a nose dive.

sugarpuff · Post by **sugarpuff** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 6:21 pm

I guess you and I won't fall for the promise routine ...

Those politicians who are lying hypocrites won't be getting my vote...

tude dog · Post by **tude dog** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 6:28 pm

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sugarpuff · Post by **sugarpuff** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 6:36 pm

Fuzzy · Post by **Fuzzy** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 6:37 pm

x x x x x

tude dog · Post by **tude dog** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 6:47 pm

sugarpuff;1469418 wrote: \

I wrote a comment, not really clear and this was my only way to delete it.

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:05 pm

"Please give me an example of a politician who is genuine (besides Elizabeth Warren)."

Original what? Native American??

sugarpuff · Post by **sugarpuff** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 3:59 am

tude dog;1469421 wrote: I wrote a comment, not really clear and this was my only way to delete it.

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl Oh that what happen .. Here I am thinking you

where drawing little stick people of drunk politicians :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I figured they could go the other way as well ...

Fuzzy was showing me how they can crash into each other ...

I confess .. I had know idea what your slashes meant ,,,

Thank you for explaining it ...

I did the slashes not to offend you .. I was just being funny ..

Just wondering would I have gotten your vote ...:-3

tude dog · Post by **tude dog** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:46 am

sugarpuff;1469433 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl Oh that what happen .. Here I am thinking you

where drawing little stick people of drunk politicians :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I figured they could go the other way as well ...

Fuzzy was showing me how they can crash into each other ...

I confess .. I had know idea what your slashes meant ,,,

Thank you for explaining it ...

I did the slashes not to offend you .. I was just being funny ..

Just wondering would I have gotten your vote ...:-3

Years ago on another web site I did something similar.

Wrote a comment, thought better of it. Couldn't delete it so I edited it to a single period.

.

Comments to that ran like,

"Got your point"

"Point made clear"

"Point well taken"

Fellow posters had a lot of fun with that.

I like the drunk politician interpretation. Maybe, but I'm not into modern art.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 12:46 pm

Well, I'm standing In the General Election In May In England.

I am very well known In the Ward and the City.

I make no promises.

They'll either vote for me or they won't. I promise nothing. My elections leaflets are based on what I've done already for residents In the Ward. I certainly won't be trying to fake It. For as many supporters that I have, I'll have equal opponents... that's life... I certainly won't be trying to court votes.

sugarpuff · Post by **sugarpuff** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 1:54 pm

Tude dog .. don't worry about it .. I have done it several times myself ..

.. I needed to delete things in the past

Some sites won't let you delete things ..

I had done it here early today .. I accidentally copied a new thread twice ...

The funny part was .. It was my one liner thread ...

Were I wrote .. God must love stupid people. He made SO many.

I thought wow I must look like the stupidest one ..

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 3:01 pm

It makes no diffference who you vote for. The Government always gets in.

(Woody Allen?)

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:03 pm

FourPart;1469474 wrote: It makes no diffference who you vote for. The Government always gets in.

(Woody Allen?)

The actual quote is:

"It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people."

-- Gore Vidal

Fuzzy · Post by **Fuzzy** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:09 pm

FourPart;1469474 wrote: It makes no diffference who you vote for. The Government always gets in.

(Woody Allen?)

Not if we all vote for the Christmas party.

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 11:39 pm

AnneBoleyn;1469499 wrote: The actual quote is:

"It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people."

-- Gore Vidal
No, it is actually a different quote, although its origin appears to be anonymous from a grafitto in the 70s. Also it was used as a song title by the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:48 am

sugarpuff;1469366 wrote: When you vote for someone .What is your style ... do you vote for their personality or what they promise you.. I try to find genuine people ...

I dislike people who try to rack up votes ...with their fake personality ...

or hypocritical ways

I voted exactly the way you do when I was younger and more naive. I assumed that the system was set up so that the best man would win. Silly me. In a "first-past-the-post" system, which is what exists everywhere today, the positions and parties will devolve into a two party system no matter what happens. Now, I pick the party that is slightly more to my liking, the Democrats, and vote party ticket in every election.

Historically, the Republicans destroy the economy every time they are in power. But it's all pretty meaningless to me, I carry on and muddle through no matter what. I've always positioned myself in careers that are independent of the economy. The military first, food service second, education third. Fortunes are won and lost...but I abide.

This video explains what I'm trying to say better:

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 8:37 am

OK, FourPart, thanks for tracking this down! I just knew it wasn't Woody Allen. Good work!

sugarpuff · Post by **sugarpuff** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:58 pm

Saint .. I watched the video .. was interesting ...I didn't expect that at all ...

I thought there was going to be some sort of punch line at the end lol

Thank you for sharing ...