Pretend for a minute that we are in an alternate universe. It is November 5th, and the presidential election ended in a tie, with each of the 3rd party candidates also putting in strong showings. Congress in this universe has authority to cede its vote to an outside body, and after several rounds of voting, and not coming up with a presidential pick, has turned to Ex Isle to cast the deciding vote. The fate of the nation hangs in the balance - all eyes are watching us, and when we vote, the matter will be decided.
The whole world is watching this unprecedented event in history! For the first time in the history of the nation - the fate of the entire country will be decided by the handful of people who particpate in the Orbis Terrarum poll set up for this purpose. And because Congress has ruled that all candidates must appear on the ballot, even third party candidates have a chance!
Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olbermann trade pointed barbs while loudly urging us to choose wisely. Chris Matthews drools his amazement, and George Will is simply outraged. He can't believe that the fate of our great nation might be left to people who are just as likely to vote for Jon Stewart or Snoopy as they are for any of the major candidates. Notwithstanding, this moment is ours.
What will we decide?
Vote now!
QT
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If Ex Islers Had the Deciding Votes and the Elections Were Held TODAY.
Started by
QueenTiye
, Oct 04 2008 11:42 PM
OT Partisanship 2008
36 replies to this topic
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QueenTiye
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Behavior is not reproducible over multiple trials.
Posted 04 October 2008 - 11:42 PM
Een Draght Mackt Maght
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QueenTiye
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Behavior is not reproducible over multiple trials.
Posted 04 October 2008 - 11:48 PM
I cast a write in vote using the approval voting method for Mike Huckabee.
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Bad Wolf
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Luck is when opportunity meets preparation
Posted 04 October 2008 - 11:49 PM
Hillary Clinton
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QueenTiye
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Behavior is not reproducible over multiple trials.
Posted 04 October 2008 - 11:56 PM
Bad Wolf, on Oct 5 2008, 12:49 AM, said:
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton for which: the approval vote, the standard vote or both? (It's important to the final tally)
QT
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Bad Wolf
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Luck is when opportunity meets preparation
Posted 04 October 2008 - 11:57 PM
Both.
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Cait
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Posted 05 October 2008 - 12:20 AM
Bad Wolf, on Oct 4 2008, 09:57 PM, said:
Both.
Ditto.
Hillary for both standard and approval poll.
Rules for surviving an Autocracy:
Rule#1: Believe the Autocrat.
Rule#2: Do not be taken in by small signs of normality.
Rule#3: Institutions will not save you.
Rule#4: Be outraged.
Rule#5: Don't make compromises.
Rule#6: Remember the future.
Source: http://www2.nybooks....r-survival.html
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Cardie
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Posted 05 October 2008 - 12:42 AM
You spelled Nader's name wrong. Got to make sure his supporters know it's the right man. 
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Lord of the Sword
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Posted 05 October 2008 - 01:04 AM
For the first part of the poll I choose "Write In" and my answer is quite simply "None of the Above"
As for part 2, I choose Obama and Part 3, standard vote.
As for part 2, I choose Obama and Part 3, standard vote.
"Sometimes you get the point of the sword, sometimes the edge, sometimes the flat of the blade (even if you're the Lord of the Sword) and sometimes you're the guy wielding it. But any day without the Sword or its Lord is one that could've been better " ~Orpheus.
The Left is inclusive, and tolerant, unless you happen to think and believe different than they do~ Lord of the Sword
Looks like the Liberal Elite of Exisle have finally managed to silence the last remaining Conservative voice on the board.
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. It is it’s natural manure.” ~Thomas Jefferson
The Left is inclusive, and tolerant, unless you happen to think and believe different than they do~ Lord of the Sword
Looks like the Liberal Elite of Exisle have finally managed to silence the last remaining Conservative voice on the board.
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. It is it’s natural manure.” ~Thomas Jefferson
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Posted 05 October 2008 - 02:02 AM
Damn butterfly ballot made me vote for Buchannan!
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Borda_count
No matter though, I have been disenfranchised!
A "voter intimidation" scheme no doubt.
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Borda_count
No matter though, I have been disenfranchised!
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The error returned was:
You cannot vote in this poll
You cannot vote in this poll
A "voter intimidation" scheme no doubt.
Edited by DarthMarley, 05 October 2008 - 02:06 AM.
"It is not who is right, but what is right that is of importance."
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sierraleone
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Posted 05 October 2008 - 09:59 AM
I assume this being an alternative universe and the vote being decided by Exislers even non-American Exislers can vote. Can I also write in a Canadian name (probably won't). So we can write in anyone, an Exisler, a fictional character, etc? *laughs thinking of all the odd choices brought up in Exisle in this election campaign*
(probably won't). So we can write in anyone, an Exisler, a fictional character, etc? *laughs thinking of all the odd choices brought up in Exisle in this election campaign*
Edited by sierraleone, 05 October 2008 - 10:00 AM.
Rules for surviving an Autocracy:
Rule#1: Believe the Autocrat.
Rule#2: Do not be taken in by small signs of normality.
Rule#3: Institutions will not save you.
Rule#4: Be outraged.
Rule#5: Don't make compromises.
Rule#6: Remember the future.
- Masha Gessen
Source: http://www2.nybooks....r-survival.html
Rule#1: Believe the Autocrat.
Rule#2: Do not be taken in by small signs of normality.
Rule#3: Institutions will not save you.
Rule#4: Be outraged.
Rule#5: Don't make compromises.
Rule#6: Remember the future.
- Masha Gessen
Source: http://www2.nybooks....r-survival.html
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Posted 05 October 2008 - 10:16 AM
Next time you do a poll, can you add "none of the above"?
Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear.
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Posted 05 October 2008 - 10:23 AM
A most excellent poll and way of putting it across, QT!
I chose write in on #2 and #1 (as well as others on #1.) Methodology: 2nd.
My candidate: I am sorely tempted to write in myself. I think I'd do a good job with a Brethren Court. 
But in actuality I'd write in Ron Paul. (And a close second would be writing in Jesse Ventura, but no...)
I chose write in on #2 and #1 (as well as others on #1.) Methodology: 2nd.
My candidate: I am sorely tempted to write in myself.
I think I'd do a good job with a Brethren Court. But in actuality I'd write in Ron Paul. (And a close second would be writing in Jesse Ventura, but no...)
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Posted 05 October 2008 - 10:23 AM
Hopefully, the "Exisle Vote" will be the only vote that Barack Obama will win this year.
"Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything wrong, he was arrested."
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Behavior is not reproducible over multiple trials.
Posted 05 October 2008 - 11:33 AM
sierraleone, you are free to vote here, and to vote for anyone you please. That's why there's a write-in ballot!
Enka, there's a write-in ballot for whomever you'd choose instead of the listed candidates. You could write in "none ofthe above" but for the sake of this poll that's essentially not voting, since write-in candidates will be counted!
QT
Enka, there's a write-in ballot for whomever you'd choose instead of the listed candidates. You could write in "none ofthe above" but for the sake of this poll that's essentially not voting, since write-in candidates will be counted!
QT
Een Draght Mackt Maght
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QueenTiye
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Behavior is not reproducible over multiple trials.
Posted 05 October 2008 - 11:41 AM
DarthMarley, on Oct 5 2008, 03:02 AM, said:
Damn butterfly ballot made me vote for Buchannan!
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Borda_count
No matter though, I have been disenfranchised!
A "voter intimidation" scheme no doubt.
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Borda_count
No matter though, I have been disenfranchised!
Quote
The error returned was:
You cannot vote in this poll
You cannot vote in this poll
A "voter intimidation" scheme no doubt.
QT
Een Draght Mackt Maght
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Posted 05 October 2008 - 12:13 PM
I voted for a a write-in....Hillary Clinton first and second, Chuck Hagel. Of who we have to chose from, it's Obama.
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Posted 05 October 2008 - 12:18 PM
QueenTiye, on Oct 5 2008, 12:33 PM, said:
sierraleone, you are free to vote here, and to vote for anyone you please. That's why there's a write-in ballot!
Enka, there's a write-in ballot for whomever you'd choose instead of the listed candidates. You could write in "none ofthe above" but for the sake of this poll that's essentially not voting, since write-in candidates will be counted!
QT
Enka, there's a write-in ballot for whomever you'd choose instead of the listed candidates. You could write in "none ofthe above" but for the sake of this poll that's essentially not voting, since write-in candidates will be counted!
QT
This is going to take some serious consideration then.... trying to pick the best person of the whole world...make that worlds, both real and imaginary... whens the cut off date/time
Rules for surviving an Autocracy:
Rule#1: Believe the Autocrat.
Rule#2: Do not be taken in by small signs of normality.
Rule#3: Institutions will not save you.
Rule#4: Be outraged.
Rule#5: Don't make compromises.
Rule#6: Remember the future.
- Masha Gessen
Source: http://www2.nybooks....r-survival.html
Rule#1: Believe the Autocrat.
Rule#2: Do not be taken in by small signs of normality.
Rule#3: Institutions will not save you.
Rule#4: Be outraged.
Rule#5: Don't make compromises.
Rule#6: Remember the future.
- Masha Gessen
Source: http://www2.nybooks....r-survival.html
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Posted 05 October 2008 - 12:31 PM
I would've written in Jed Bartlet, but there are term limits, so I voted for Obama in both.
I considered writing in Superman, but I believe that, like Al Gore, he can do more good in his current role than within the restrictions of the executive branch. Also it's questionable whether he qualifies as a native-born American. In the post-Byrne comics continuity (and in the comics annual that explored in imaginary-story form what a Superman presidency would be like), he wasn't technically born until his incubator capsule arrived in Kansas, but other portrayals disagree.
I considered writing in Superman, but I believe that, like Al Gore, he can do more good in his current role than within the restrictions of the executive branch. Also it's questionable whether he qualifies as a native-born American. In the post-Byrne comics continuity (and in the comics annual that explored in imaginary-story form what a Superman presidency would be like), he wasn't technically born until his incubator capsule arrived in Kansas, but other portrayals disagree.
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"The first man to raise a fist is the man who's run out of ideas." -- "H. G. Wells," Time After Time
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Posted 05 October 2008 - 12:46 PM
QueenTiye, on Oct 5 2008, 10:41 AM, said:
DarthMarley, on Oct 5 2008, 03:02 AM, said:
Damn butterfly ballot made me vote for Buchannan!
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Borda_count
No matter though, I have been disenfranchised!
A "voter intimidation" scheme no doubt.
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Borda_count
No matter though, I have been disenfranchised!
Quote
The error returned was:
You cannot vote in this poll
You cannot vote in this poll
A "voter intimidation" scheme no doubt.
QT
What about "motor voter?"
I demand a provisional ballot!
"It is not who is right, but what is right that is of importance."
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Posted 05 October 2008 - 02:07 PM
As tempting as it is to put Jon Stewart... *strong pull of temptation* ...eeehhh no no, he does a great job where he is. I like him too much to want to inflict that stress and pressure on him. He likes his current job.
Gotta be Hillary.
Sparky
Gotta be Hillary.
Sparky
Able to entertain a thought without taking it home to meet the parents
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