[olug] OT: evil poll

[Kevin]

I suppose I could update my previous vote to say that I support RP
more than JMC, but I think that BO, whom I think should not attain
office at any cost, has enough of a chance of winning, that I need to
vote for JMC.

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Will Langford <unfies at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 5:44 PM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Explaining why isn't a sin.  People can express differing opinions
>> without there being an argument.
>>
>
> With the on-going and over-tired topic typically overflowing in flame wars
> and only rare rational independent thought, I figured it would be best to
> avoid any 'reasoning' parts to the thread... and to simply get a rough idea
> of how olug'ers were going to vote.
>
> Even if there were to be rational enlightened discussion, I would imagine a
> fair amount of us would be tired of it by now :).  Thus, while in general
> expressing the reasons for a decision are generally a good thing - for the
> interest of simply finding out who people were going to vote for without all
> the sludge (non-negative connotation) in between.... reasoning followed by
> the debate were in high hopes to be avoided :).
>
> And, it's been a struggle to not include my reasonings or make counter
> points to any of the issues raised here, your post in particular has me
> itchin' to :).
>
> Sam:
>>> am surprised at the lack of Obama support on the list though.  The tech
>>> field usually tends so far to the left.
>
> That was actually my primary reason for the initial 'futility exercise'
> comment in the original post :).  Our regionality and perhaps being actual
> working people might make a difference, tho...
>
> TJ:
>>> ... 'RP is Libertarian' ..
>
> I imagine many of his supporters are foaming at the mouth :).  He's a
> traditional Republican.  You could probably also compare him to the
> Federalists of old as well.
>
> Ryan:
>>> election - I felt like I would be voting for the best of two very bad
>>> choices (I would have voted for McCain BTW).
> C'mon, the "lesser of two evils" is a very common thread over the last 15
> years or so of voting :).
>
>
> -Will
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