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November 2016 pre-election poll

Nov 7, 2016#1

strawman

There's no good way to order candidates, so I'm going by age.

I've also required that you vote in order to view the results, which will annoy some, but I've offset that by adding a "grue" option and it's still anonymous (though I don't know if the admins can easily see who voted for what).

Nov 7, 2016#2

strawman

Oh, yeah, forgot to make this thread "funny"

Charlie Don't Surf said:
It's fun theater every year to see who the corporations and ultra-rich pick to be the face of their interests for the next 4 years.

Nov 7, 2016#3

Charlie Don't Surf

dang how long have you been sitting on that post to quote (just kidding, I know it's over 2 years)

Nov 7, 2016#4

PatrThom

I will go to the polls, and I will cast a vote for president, but I will not share who I am voting for.
For @Charlie Don't Surf and others: I never tell who I voted for.

--Patrick

Nov 7, 2016#5

Gared

I will not go to the polls (because Washington is an all mail-in ballot kind of place), but I have submitted my early voting ballot to my ballot collection point, and have voted.

Nov 7, 2016#6

Gruebeard

stienman said:
Oh, yeah, forgot to make this thread "funny"

View attachment 22476

I vote for this cat

Nov 7, 2016#7

Hailey Knight

I take it Trump/Pence is the grue option.

Nov 7, 2016#8

Emrys

You're all delusional. This is your new Lord and Master.

Nov 7, 2016#9

Dave

It's all a moot point. The same people who want to vote for Trump have been saying for 8 years that Obama is going to declare Marshall Law and stay in office as a dictator. Should start any minute now.

Nov 7, 2016#10

Eriol

Emrys said:
You're all delusional. This is your new Lord and Master.

Btw, I think an epic fight between one of your doomweasels and our "fierce" cat would be interesting. Tragic, but an interesting thought experiment. She hisses at KITTENS. And her fur is dense enough to confound would-be attackers. And claws. Sharp sharp claws (that I have experienced personally).

And also purrs like crazy if she lays on you. So there's that too.

Nov 7, 2016#11

Doomweasel Minion #3

Emrys said:
You're all delusional. This is your new Lord and Master.

Really, my lady? You're going with #2 as your frontman? This really hurts. After all I've done.

Nov 7, 2016#12

Emrys

Doomweasel Minion #3 said:
Really, my lady? You're going with #2 as your frontman? This really hurts. After all I've done.

You're the VP.[DOUBLEPOST=1478541314,1478541139][/DOUBLEPOST]

Eriol said:
Btw, I think an epic fight between one of your doomweasels and our "fierce" cat would be interesting. Tragic, but an interesting thought experiment. She hisses at KITTENS. And her fur is dense enough to confound would-be attackers. And claws. Sharp sharp claws (that I have experienced personally).

And also purrs like crazy if she lays on you. So there's that too.

Normally, I would agree as most of the weasels are lazy buggers but two of them are actual doomweasels and will attack anything. They have attacked and drawn blood on my cats and try to go for the throat.

Pretty amazing considering they're female and each weighs just about a pound. I think they've been watching too many David Attenborough documentaries.

Nov 7, 2016#13

GasBandit

stienman said:
(though I don't know if the admins can easily see who voted for what).

No.

Nov 7, 2016#14

Gruebeard

DarkAudit said:
You don't mean Martian law?

No, Dave's telling us Obama is gonna go kung fu on America's ass:

Nov 7, 2016#15

Emrys

Dave said:
It's all a moot point. The same people who want to vote for Trump have been saying for 8 years that Obama is going to declare Marshall Law and stay in office as a dictator. Should start any minute now.

One of my Facebook ex-friends told me that last year, then de-friended me when I laughed my ass off. I should look him up and ask him how that martial law thing is working out.

Nov 7, 2016#16

Eriol

Emrys said:
You're the VP.[DOUBLEPOST=1478541314,1478541139][/DOUBLEPOST]
Normally, I would agree as most of the weasels are lazy buggers but two of them are actual doomweasels and will attack anything. They have attacked and drawn blood on my cats and try to go for the throat.

Pretty amazing considering they're female and each weighs just about a pound. I think they've been watching too many David Attenborough documentaries.

Oh mine are female. And going for the throat would be useless with this ruff:

And don't forget the crazy eyes she has.

Nov 7, 2016#17

Bubble181

Man, that's one pretty kitty.

Nov 7, 2016#18

Emrys

Eriol said:
Oh mine are female. And going for the throat would be useless with this ruff:
View attachment 22481

And don't forget the crazy eyes she has.

<squeeeexplode!>

Who's the boochie-boochie-boo?

Nov 7, 2016#19

sixpackshaker

Eriol said:
Oh mine are female. And going for the throat would be useless with this ruff:
View attachment 22481

And don't forget the crazy eyes she has.

Ziggy played guitar...

Nov 7, 2016#20

Ravenpoe

Emrys said:
<squeeeexplode!>

Who's the boochie-boochie-boo?

This is the real question we need answered.

Nov 7, 2016#21

Dave

Emrys said:
One of my Facebook ex-friends told me that last year, then de-friended me when I laughed my ass off. I should look him up and ask him how that martial law thing is working out.

Probably justify it and then say either that Hillary will take away his guns or froth at the mouth while sputtering something about emails, Benghazi, or making America great again.

Nov 7, 2016#22

Emrys

Dave said:
Probably justify it and then say either that Hillary will take away his guns or froth at the mouth while sputtering something about emails, Benghazi, or making America great again.

Oooo, he is Southern, so I bet mentioning guns will cause a real fit. And get me called a communist. Two for the price of one!

Nov 7, 2016#23

Doomweasel Minion #3

We are not afraid.

Ok, maybe we're a little afraid, but that's the better part of valor, right?

Nov 7, 2016#24

Terrik

Nov. 8th is also

Nov 7, 2016#25

Emrys

Terrik said:
Nov. 8th is also

Weasel Stomping Day?!?!?

Doomies, pack your bags. We have someone we need to go visit.

Nov 7, 2016#26

Eriol

Emrys said:
<squeeeexplode!>

Who's the boochie-boochie-boo?

Doomweasel Minion #3 said:
We are not afraid.

Ok, maybe we're a little afraid, but that's the better part of valor, right?

Her name is Alia. Yes a Dune reference. She's crrrraaaaazzzzyyyy!!!! And fluffy. And purrs a lot. Whenever she doesn't decide something/someone needs eviscerating.

Nov 7, 2016#27

Emrys

Eriol said:
Her name is Alia. Yes a Dune reference. She's crrrraaaaazzzzyyyy!!!! And fluffy. And purrs a lot. Whenever she doesn't decide something/someone needs eviscerating.

Was she named Alia before or after you discovered the claws?

Also, sorry, @stienman, but your thread is now about cats and doomweasels.

And an old TV show called "Martial Law".

Nov 7, 2016#28

Gruebeard

Eriol said:
Her name is Alia. Yes a Dune reference. She's crrrraaaaazzzzyyyy!!!! And fluffy. And purrs a lot. Whenever she doesn't decide something/someone needs eviscerating.

I would think that would get her purring harder.

Nov 7, 2016#29

SpecialKO

Gruebeard said:
No, Dave's telling us Obama is gonna go kung fu on America's ass:
View attachment 22480

Please, we all know that Dave meant that Obama would order a new season of Martial Law.

Nov 7, 2016#30

Ravenpoe

SpecialKO said:
Please, we all know that Dave meant that Obama would order a new season of Martial Law.

Is that a great value version of rush hour?

Nov 7, 2016#31

Gruebeard

SpecialKO said:
Please, we all know that Dave meant that Obama would order a new season of Martial Law.

Well then he shouldn't have named the video game character.

Nov 7, 2016#32

SpecialKO

Ravenpoe said:
Is that a great value version of rush hour?

What it is is awesome.[DOUBLEPOST=1478544771,1478544716][/DOUBLEPOST]

Gruebeard said:
Well then he shouldn't have named the video game character.

That is how they originally spelled "martial" back when Dave's descendants created English.

Nov 7, 2016#33

sixpackshaker

I remember the show fondly. But I totally forgot Arsenio was involved.

Nov 7, 2016#34

SpecialKO

sixpackshaker said:
I remember the show fondly. But I totally forgot Arsenio was involved.

I remembered Arsenio was in it, because when I first caught a few minutes on TV when it was on air, I thought he was supposed to be the main character because he was the only one who ever talked.

Nov 7, 2016#35

Dave

I've done that before on accident so I do it now on purpose. In fact, I've done it so much on purpose that this time I didn't mean to and I STILL did it wrong!

Nov 7, 2016#36

strawman

Emrys said:
sorry, @stienman, but your thread is now about cats and doomweasels.

Please keep your hands, head, arms, and legs inside the threads at all times. Do not at any time attempt to stop a moving thread with your body. Wait until the thread comes to a complete stop before dismounting. If a thread appears to be trackless, pointless, obscene, or serene, you do not need to adjust your browser - you are observing the thread in the raw.

Nov 7, 2016#37

Bubble181

To be fair, while I understand making a new poll to compare and contrast with the October one, it doesn't seem like much has moved, if at all. Cats and Doomies, on the other hand, are forever changing and new and original.

Nov 7, 2016#38

strawman

Bubble181 said:
To be fair, while I understand making a new poll to compare and contrast with the October one, it doesn't seem like much has moved, if at all. Cats and Doomies, on the other hand, are forever changing and new and original.

Yeah, I wonder if I should have put it in general. I suspect there are a few people who would participate but never visit this subforum, and those who never ever want to see politics in the main would probably forgive one poll given the magnitude of the election.

But I chose to limit it, and as such it's not going to change much (because the people here discussing politics aren't discussing it to change their own opinions...

from poll to poll.

Nov 7, 2016#39

Bubble181

I can and have changed my opinion on some topics because of discussions here. Though probably not quickly enough to change in a bit over a week, and definitely not from one poll

Nov 7, 2016#40

MindDetective

Bubble181 said:
To be fair, while I understand making a new poll to compare and contrast with the October one, it doesn't seem like much has moved, if at all. Cats and Doomies, on the other hand, are forever changing and new and original.

I actually voted in this one.

Nov 7, 2016#41

SpecialKO

Clearly the only answer is a new poll:

Cats
Doomweasels
Sammo Hung/~~Arsenio Hall~~ by virtue of extremely convincing argument from @bhamv3, we're subbing in Kelly Hu
Marshall Law/Paul Phoenix
Dave's Descendants
Spelling

Nov 7, 2016#42

PatrThom

SpecialKO said:
Spelling

Aaron or Tori?

--Patrick

Nov 7, 2016#43

Eriol

Emrys said:
Was she named Alia before or after you discovered the claws?

Also, sorry, @stienman, but your thread is now about cats and doomweasels.

And an old TV show called "Martial Law".

The eyes. Then we discovered claws in short order. It worked!

And I'm glad on how fast we can de-rail threads like this. Especially on this topic. Most of us Canadians will be huddled together in our Igloos (a large contingent inside the National Igloo in Ottawa), trying to wait out the shitstorm that you call "Election Day" down there, wondering how Fate will choose tomorrow!

Or the next day. Or the next week. Or the next month... Please don't let it go on as long as in 2000!

Nov 7, 2016#44

SpecialKO

PatrThom said:
Aaron or Tori?

Depends on whether it's allowed for the deceased to run for office after they've passed on.

Nov 7, 2016#45

PatrThom

SpecialKO said:
Depends on whether it's allowed for the deceased to run for office after they've passed on.

Well, if they're allowed to vote...
...who am I to deny representation to the deceased?

--Patrick

Nov 7, 2016#46

bhamv3

SpecialKO said:
Clearly the only answer is a new poll:

Cats

Doomweasels

Sammo Hung/Arsenio Hall

Marshall Law/Paul Phoenix

Dave's Descendants

Spelling

I refuse to vote in any election in which the lovely Kelly Hu is not running.

Nov 7, 2016#47

SpecialKO

bhamv3 said:
I refuse to vote in any election in which the lovely Kelly Hu is not running.

We can replace Arsenio with her.

We're not moving Sammo.

Nov 7, 2016#48

bhamv3

SpecialKO said:
We can replace Arsenio with her.

We're not moving Sammo.

I approve of this proposal, and I will vote at least eight times for the Sammo/Kelly ticket.

Nov 8, 2016#49

MindDetective

Nov 8, 2016#50

Hailey Knight

Meanwhile in millennial land, friends and coworkers brag about how much they don't care and aren't voting.

So edge.

Nov 8, 2016#51

MindDetective

Zero Esc said:
Meanwhile in millennial land, friends and coworkers brag about how much they don't care and aren't voting.

So edge.

That kind of reads like, "I don't know how to tie my shoes so check out how trend setting I am in my bare feet."

There are lots of ways to be edgy while still voting.

Nov 8, 2016#52

GasBandit

Zero Esc said:
Meanwhile in millennial land, friends and coworkers brag about how much they don't care and aren't voting.

So edge.

Nov 8, 2016#53

Gruebeard

MindDetective said:
There are lots of ways to be edgy while still voting.

Like voting alongside Bono as he hogs the limelight?

Nov 8, 2016#54

MindDetective

Gruebeard said:
Like voting alongside Bono as he hogs the limelight?

That would be pretty edgy, since he isn't a U.S. citizen!

Nov 8, 2016#55

Gruebeard

GasBandit said:

what's a narcasit?

Nov 8, 2016#56

Eriol

Gruebeard said:
what's a narcasit?

It's the same as when you hire a rouge in your D&D party to effect your DPR by stabbing quitely to assassinate you're enemies.

Edit: made it "better"

Nov 8, 2016#57

Celt Z

Gruebeard said:
what's a narcasit?

It's a new and edgy way to set yourself apart from the other narcissists.

Nov 8, 2016#58

strawman

Voted McMullin. Kept going back and forth but when I was in the booth this felt like the right move despite the horrible reality a Clinton presidency will bring.

Nov 8, 2016#59

SpecialKO

Voted for Clinton. Even if Trump wasn't running against her, I don't agree with the standard GOP platform, and the Green party isn't going to get my vote as long as Jill Stein and her inner circle are in charge.
Held my nose and voted for the incumbent rep, because the alternatives don't disagree with him on my sticking points (he supports the patriot act and government surveillance) or disagree with him in the wrong ways (he at least is against barely disguised racial profiling by police).
Voted no on new casinos in Jersey. They can renovate the old ones in AC with tax breaks if they want, but building new ones in new places and expecting things to be different smells a little too much like payouts to construction companies for work that will miraculously end up costing the public an order of magnitude more and see most of the revenue go to private pockets.
Voted yes on locking new gas tax revenue to improving road and pubtrans infrastructure. Huge need in Jersey. A little concerned about oversight and transparency, but that's the case for everything budget related here. Would have preferred to vote against the gas tax increase, but that's a done deal already, so we might as well pick beforehand what it goes to rather than the murky fund-borrowing that keeps happening in the General Fund.

Nov 8, 2016#60

GasBandit

Voted straight Libertarian ticket all the way down, except for Mayor, which was non partisan, and for several offices that were just one candidate (republican) running unopposed (and on those I did not enter a selection).

Nov 8, 2016#61

Krisken

Zero Esc said:
Meanwhile in millennial land, friends and coworkers brag about how much they don't care and aren't voting.

So edge.

That's so 90's.

Nov 8, 2016#62

Hailey Knight

It's fun meeting your senator outside the polling place five minutes before you vote against her.

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