Who are you voting for? [Archive]

ChuckR

11-08-2016, 01:12 PM

I decided long ago that NONE OF THE ABOVE seemed to be the best choice. Let the parties know that the electorate is waiting for solutions and not warfare.

RobLV1

11-08-2016, 01:30 PM

I decided long ago that NONE OF THE ABOVE seemed to be the best choice. Let the parties know that the electorate is waiting for solutions and not warfare.

I agree! I think that the best outcome would be if 80% of qualified voters came out to vote, and the winner got less than 20% of all the votes cast. At least that might send a message to the powers-that-be about how unhappy we are as a nation with the abysmal choice we got this year.

fordman1

11-08-2016, 02:59 PM

Seems like a lot of unhappy people on here. So tell me how Clinton and Trump got so many votes. Trump got more republican votes than anyone in history in the primary. Both have a "huge" following. Pick the least nutty one and the most stable and most qualified and "HOPE" !

JasonNJ

11-08-2016, 04:54 PM

I'm taking my kids to see Dr. Strange tonight because it's less scary and more realistic than a career criminal politician and a hot headed ego maniac actually winning their party nominations and one of them actually becoming President.

stargell1

11-09-2016, 03:37 AM

I'm in shock that trump won Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Didn't see that coming. Even michigan is a surprise.

NewToBowling

11-09-2016, 09:34 AM

Funny just like 2000 the losing candidate won the popular vote. Nation is pretty much split.

fordman1

11-09-2016, 01:48 PM

Trump won the election with less votes than Romney lost with. Wonder where those People of color were on election day? Latinos and Blacks didn't show up. And then there are the Johnson voters. They don't know a Johnson from a Weiner picture.

2handedsniper

11-10-2016, 06:54 AM

Remember Congress is the branch in importance according to the founding fathers, not the executive.

Hawk

11-10-2016, 01:44 PM

not true!

1VegasBowler

11-10-2016, 01:47 PM

fordman1

11-10-2016, 04:21 PM

Yes Trump won. You don't remember that George Wallace won the 1968 dem. primary. We have our share of red necks.

fortheloveofbowling

11-10-2016, 04:55 PM

Yes Trump won. You don't remember that George Wallace won the 1968 dem. primary. We have our share of red necks.

Yes, all people that voted for trump are racist segregationists.:rolleyes::rolleyes: Or maybe it was a lot of blue collar workers that don't have factory jobs like the one you retired from. There is plenty of blame to go around in both parties for the destruction of manufacturing jobs. Detroit has a population of around 675,000 compared to 1,800,000 in 1950. You don't have to look any further than the very area you live and worked in to realize why the man was elected. Hopefully he can follow through on job creation that has so obviously not taken place for a while now.

fordman1

11-10-2016, 05:08 PM

Manufacturing jobs were lost to AUTOMATION.
The loss in Detriots population were White people moving to the suburbs. Unlike many cities Detroits borders were frozen and they could not expand.

fortheloveofbowling

11-10-2016, 05:10 PM

Manufacturing jobs were lost to AUTOMATION.
The loss in Detriots population were White people moving to the suburbs. Unlike many cities Detroits borders were frozen and they could not expand.

So all the manufacturing jobs shipped out of the country are automated as well? Plus all the secondary jobs lost as well. Give me a break LOOK AT YOUR TOWN.

Mike White

11-10-2016, 05:16 PM

Yes Trump won. You don't remember that George Wallace won the 1968 dem. primary. We have our share of red necks.

In 1964 Wallace ran as a Democrat, but Johnson ultimately was the Democrats candidate defeating Goldwater for the Republicans.

In 1968 Wallace ran as an independent, against Humphrey as a Democrat, and Nixon as a Republican with Nixon winning.

Wallace won Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.

1VegasBowler

11-10-2016, 05:40 PM

In 1964 Wallace ran as a Democrat, but Johnson ultimately was the Democrats candidate defeating Goldwater for the Republicans.

In 1968 Wallace ran as an independent, against Humphrey as a Democrat, and Nixon as a Republican with Nixon winning.

Wallace won Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.

And those were the days when the entire south was a deep blue.

Mike White

11-10-2016, 05:51 PM

And those were the days when the entire south was a deep blue.

Since Wallace was running as a segregationist, you can decide for yourself if blue was the color to best represent what the south was voting for.

1VegasBowler

11-10-2016, 05:53 PM

Since Wallace was running as a segregationist, you can decide for yourself if blue was the color to best represent what the south was voting for.

I understand, but you know what I'm saying. The south was very heavy for the Democrats for the longest time. Now it's a total reversal.

fordman1

11-10-2016, 06:03 PM

Lyndon Johnson signed the civil rights act and the dem's haven't won the south since.

Mike, Wallace won the primary in 1968 in Mi.

fortheloveofbowling

11-10-2016, 06:17 PM

Lyndon Johnson signed the civil rights act and the dem's haven't won the south since.

Mike, Wallace won the primary in 1968 in Mi.

I'm pretty sure the bill that passed was authored by both republicans and democrats. I know that a higher percentage of republicans voted for it when it passed. As for johnson he was quoted as saying and i think even recorded as saying " We just just locked up the n-word vote for the next 50 years ". That is the piece of crap that he was.

Mike White

11-10-2016, 06:34 PM

Lyndon Johnson signed the civil rights act and the dem's haven't won the south since.

Mike, Wallace won the primary in 1968 in Mi.

With Wallace running as an Independent, who would have been his opponents in a primary?

Hammer

11-13-2016, 06:47 PM

Clinton and Trump got so many votes because there are a lot of people that will vote even if the folks running suck. The thing is that you don't have to vote if the candidates suck. On voting day I voted to have a Captain Morgan and coke instead of a Jack Daniels and coke. It turns out that I really needed it the next day when I found out who won and it didn't matter if it was Trump or Clinton. Hold on to your shorts folks. Only God knows what will happen to the country now. Where's that Captain Morgan and coke I just made? I feel some anxiety starting to creep into my soul.

NewToBowling

11-15-2016, 09:14 PM

Unless you're a swing state it's safe to say your vote really doesn't count. Republicans in CA and NY, Democrats in TX although in the millions have no say

Mike White

11-17-2016, 11:51 PM

Lyndon Johnson signed the civil rights act and the dem's haven't won the south since.

Mike, Wallace won the primary in 1968 in Mi.

Ok what really happened was in 1968 Michigan didn't even hold a primary.

In 1972 Wallace won the Democrats primary in Michigan.

fordman1

11-18-2016, 11:09 AM

I guess I should have looked it up. Memory from then is a little blurry. Had only been home from the Army for about a year and a half. I took a few memory drugs back then. Or were they vitamins. Like I said a little blurry. By 1976 my mind started coming back. A lot to remember and forget from then. Sorry Mike. The exact date wasn't the point it was that George Wallace won.