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2006-12-07 Home Front: Politix

"Law & Order" actor promoting bi-partisan candidates, Internet vote

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Posted by Dar 2006-12-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I think I prefer ~~Arthur Branch~~Fred Thompson's politics.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2006-12-07 00:56|| 2006-12-07 00:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Isn't that sorta how they used to do it back in the day? First place gets the Presidency; second gets the Veep?

Posted by eLarson 2006-12-07 10:40|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2006-12-07 10:40|| Front Page Top

#3 "I've been waiting for an idea like this for a long time. ... A nonpartisan process of nominating a presidential and vice presidential candidate ... taking money out of the race," Waterston said yesterday in a telephone press conference announcing his support.

"Taking money out of the race" will never, never, never, NEVER happen and Sam knows this. It's just a polite fig leaf to cover the fact that Sam's choices haven't been electable thus far.

However, if this idea gets any traction, my vote is for JoeMendiola!
Joe! Joe! Joe!

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-12-07 11:02|| 2006-12-07 11:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Hey, he's an actor. We should all listen to him. Because he's an actor...

Posted by tu3031 2006-12-07 11:05|| 2006-12-07 11:05|| Front Page Top

#5 For the first few elections, yes, eLarson. But then they discovered it was a bad idea to force direct competitors to share an office.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-12-07 11:05|| 2006-12-07 11:05|| Front Page Top

#6 "Taking money out of the race"
If they really want that, you must first take the POWER out of the results of the race. If there is nothing of importance to influence, there wouldn't be much incentive to try.

Posted by eLarson 2006-12-07 11:13|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2006-12-07 11:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Why would anyone care about a non-partisan nominating process?

If there's nothing of import to decide, if there aren't two (or more) sides to the issue, why even have the election?

I believe this is code-speak for: We Know What's Best for You. Don't Trouble Your Tiny Brains with Important Things that Don't Concern You.

Posted by Dreadnought 2006-12-07 12:15|| 2006-12-07 12:15|| Front Page Top

#8 tu - Actually, we should listen to him because he's an Yale University-educated actor...

Posted by Raj 2006-12-07 13:18|| 2006-12-07 13:18|| Front Page Top

#9 Doh - PIMF...

Posted by Raj 2006-12-07 13:19|| 2006-12-07 13:19|| Front Page Top

#10 Oh, well, Yale educated.
Ya mean...like Kerry?

Posted by tu3031 2006-12-07 13:25|| 2006-12-07 13:25|| Front Page Top

#11 LOL, tu!

Posted by Raj 2006-12-07 13:33|| 2006-12-07 13:33|| Front Page Top

#12 Actually, we should keep an eye on this and elect a war pres in 2008. Waterstain would get the vapors over that, wouldn't he ?

Posted by wxjames 2006-12-07 17:55|| 2006-12-07 17:55|| Front Page Top

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