Poll #1069391
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Who would you be more likely to vote for?

Poll #1053714 third party candidates
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Is there a currently a third party or independent candidate that could realistically become President of the United States in the 2008 election?

If you answered yes to the last question, which third party candidate do you think has a chance at winning?

Just for fun, I decided to look at the edits made from the United States Department of state using wikiscanner. I only looked at a fraction of the over 2,500 edits, but here are the ones I thought were interesting:

Laura Bush thinks Condi would be a great president

We're being invaded by Mexicans!!

"...the World Bank is one of the most highly-regarded financial institutions in the world..."

Tiawan is a pseudostate

"The statements about events in 2007 are clearly written by a Russian."

State Department predicts what issues will be contentious at the next Intergovernmental Conference of the European Union

The Department of State knows a lot about science and technology in China.

Somewhere in the world, humans can marry non-human animals

Delete – Who said the 2003 invasion of Iraq was illegal? No one said that

Delete – You can't say that the U.S. officials should have know that Bin Laden would turn his attention to the west after the Soviets were out of the way

Delete – Text on the United States Interests Section in Havana

Delete – A large chunk of the Missouri United States Senate election, 2006 article

Delete – Part of the discussion on the Agent Orange talk page

For each of the following, indicate which person you like more (or dislike less) by selecting a number on their side of the scale. The closer to -5 or 5 indicates the degree to which you prefer that option.

Poll #1003784
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Hillary Clinton (-5) vs. Rudy Giuliani (5)

Ronald Reagan (-5) vs. George W. Bush (5)

Vladimir Putin (-5) vs. Mikhail Gorbachev (5)

Jimmy Carter (-5) vs. Kofi Annan (5)

Queen Elizabeth II (-5) vs. Princess Diana (5)

Audrey Hepburn (-5) vs. Katharine Hepburn (5)

River Phoenix (-5) vs. Joaquin Phoenix (5)

If the presidential race comes down to Clinton vs. Giuliani, I'm voting for a third party. There simply isn't a significant enough difference between the two of them for me to really care which of them wins, therefore voting for either of them would be throwing away a vote that could be used as to protest the duopoly on power the Democrats and Republicans strangle this country with.

Yesterday, in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton proclaimed, "We liberated you. We got rid of Saddam Hussein for you. We are not going to babysit a civil war."

Gotta love that attitude: The Iraqis owe us for invading their country, dismantling their stable government, destroying their infrastructure, raiding their treasury, firebombing their cities, and stealing their oil. If their country is a mess, it's their own damn fault. Why can't they just grow up?

Good returns from yesterday. I stayed up to around 1am watching them come in, then went to bed. It seems that Bush might actually have to deal with reality.

I'm confident that the democrats will pull off at least a 50-50 split in the senate, which while still giving Republicans the edge would probably lead to a system of sharing committees and staff budget as it did last time. The democrats could still pull off a complete victory and take the senate – they hold the edge in both still-contested seats but they have to take both of them.

Is it just me or do critical election results drag on more than they used to. Yeah, I know there have been historic messes such as Hayes vs. Tilden, but the frequency of messes seems to have greatly increased of late.

My dad:

His surgery went fine and should be out in time to vote straight Republican. They are going to put the second stint in next Monday. Things are looking good and he appears very willing to give up cigarettes.

Me:

I do not have Behçet's disease (with about a 95% certainty). However, he was cautious about the" ulcerations" on my tongue and suggests that I get a biopsy after I get a teeth cleaning. He did not have a suggestion as to what they might be looking for with a biopsy. I've had the ulcerations on my tongue for as long as I can remember, the one dentist I asked said I must be biting my tongue in my sleep. I accepted that then, but now am questioning that assessment.

Of course, since the doctor I saw today is an Behçet's expert and outside my normal insurance it would make sense to attempt to find the care in-network. I'm not even sure if this is where I want to put my energy: if the weird tongue issues are not connected, I'd rather concentrate on the vertigo.

Poll #850076
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Would you prefer a political leader who is:

I just spent several hours trying to get these pictures to upload. Very frustrated with LiveJournal and Semagic. Will, of course, get over it.


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Barton was referring to Democratic Reps. Gerry Studds of Massachusetts and Dan Crane of Illinois, both of whom were censured after having sexual relationships with 17-year-old pages. Crane lost his re-election bid, while Studds survived the scandal. full article

Dan Crane was a Republican. What's up with moving Republican assholes over to the Democratic party? First, FOX News repeatedly labels Foley as a Democrat. Now, CNN is calling Dan Crane as a Democrat. Get your facts straight people!

Project Schedule didn't work out today. Lake was ill and I spent the day with her. I did at the very least get out to vote for Duvall Patrick.

I just wanted to say I love Senator Kennedy! I'm proud that he's from my state, I'm proud to have voted for him twice, and I'll be voting for him again this fall.

With Jeb Bush maneuvering for a Presidential run and Hillary Clinton's chances of getting nominated by the Democrats looking pretty good, the two-party system in the United States is looking more and more like a two-monarchy system.