Ol' Blue Eyes. King For A Couple Of Days Age: 36 Gender: Female Posts: 4816
April 22nd, 2008 at 09:30pm
Shadow of a Doubt:
Ol' Blue Eyes.:
Shadow of a Doubt:
See, I don't watch the news that much at all. Once it a while I'll turn it on and see what's going on. Then I read the local newspaper, which is pretty liberal. But when I'm at home my parents pretty much only watch FOX.
And that's the only paper available in your area? I live in a quite a small state, but I still have two other options for newspapers, besides the subscriptions available to newspapers in Boston, New York, and various other large cities. And while a newspaper may have a certain bias, I've never encountered one that didn't represent both sides. Perhaps not equally, but both sides were represented.
We get the New York Times and maybe some other nation newspapers, but I don't read them. I'm not sure why though.
Then, at least, the way I see it, is that you're willfully shutting out the majority of reliable sources for news. I once had a journalism teacher who told me that I should be getting my information from a number of different sources, so as not to be manipulated into believing the opinion of one source. No media type is completely reliable, hence the need to consult several different sources.
Ol' Blue Eyes. King For A Couple Of Days Age: 36 Gender: Female Posts: 4816
April 22nd, 2008 at 09:31pm
Bloodraine:
With regards to the TV station debate...All television in Britain has, by law, to be politically neutral It is often the subject of satire that TV shows have to be politcally balanced and can't take a particular side. So imagine that, Americans. xD
Then again we have our lovely national newspapers, which are free from such limits.
Also, as a British person (how annoying I must be to you all, keep jabbering on about Britain in an American thread xD but I think my comparisons are relevant) I would not like to have a two-party political system. On the other hand, it isn't much better in Britain. Yes, we do have a third party, but the electoral system basically screws them over. And the smaller parties don't have much of a chance. We have some Independent MPs, but only a small number. So maybe Americans don't have much of a choice. But is there genuine choice in Britain, or anywhere else for that matter?
Anyway, I'm likely to be studying American Politics and how it compares to the British system next year, so I'm finding all your comments very useful in helping me gain some knowledge for next year (y)
I always watch the BBC for news. I think it's a much better program than any option in the states.
Addison Dewitt King For A Couple Of Days Age: 30 Gender: - Posts: 3746
April 22nd, 2008 at 09:35pm
Clinton got Pennsylvania. Dang. *Gets all pissed off because my opinion doesn't make a difference in the long run*
I really hate the fact that I can't vote.
Ol' Blue Eyes. King For A Couple Of Days Age: 36 Gender: Female Posts: 4816
April 22nd, 2008 at 09:37pm
Who Stole My Pants?:
Clinton got Pennsylvania. Dang. *Gets all pissed off because my opinion doesn't make a difference in the long run*
I really hate the fact that I can't vote.
Really? Yahoo.com just told me that it was a close race, but still undecided.
Ol' Blue Eyes. King For A Couple Of Days Age: 36 Gender: Female Posts: 4816
April 22nd, 2008 at 09:38pm
Crap. Ignore my last post. I just refreshed the page, and it had a new article up about Clinton's win.
Damn. I was hoping she'd get crushed.
asthenia. Falling In Love With The Board Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 8632
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:08pm
Who Stole My Pants?:
Clinton got Pennsylvania. Dang. *Gets all pissed off because my opinion doesn't make a difference in the long run*
I really hate the fact that I can't vote.
As do I. And yet I know a couple people who think the voting age should be raised.
Obama had better get the nomination.
Addison Dewitt King For A Couple Of Days Age: 30 Gender: - Posts: 3746
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:02pm
Mother Mary:
Who Stole My Pants?:
Clinton got Pennsylvania. Dang. *Gets all pissed off because my opinion doesn't make a difference in the long run*
I really hate the fact that I can't vote.
As do I. And yet I know a couple people who think the voting age should be raised.
Obama had better get the nomination.
Yes really, is anybody keeping track of all the delegates...cuz...I'm sorta not.
Addison Dewitt King For A Couple Of Days Age: 30 Gender: - Posts: 3746
April 23rd, 2008 at 02:16am
Ok I lied I am keeping track of delegates...so in the overall race for nomination (at this moment) Obama has 1,705.5 (what the hell is the .5 for?) and Clinton 1,575.5....take 2,025 to secure the nomination......
John Entwistle Great Success! Age: 36 Gender: Female Posts: 55036
April 24th, 2008 at 05:32pm
I was watching the news and they said it would be almost impossilbe for Hillary to win the nomination. She would have to win like all the rest of the primaries. And that's very unlikely.
Addison Dewitt King For A Couple Of Days Age: 30 Gender: - Posts: 3746
April 24th, 2008 at 09:35pm
Shadow of a Doubt:
I was watching the news and they said it would be almost impossilbe for Hillary to win the nomination. She would have to win like all the rest of the primaries. And that's very unlikely.
I really really hope thats true. Does anybody know what are the rest of the primaries?
asthenia. Falling In Love With The Board Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 8632
April 25th, 2008 at 10:48pm
I'm pretty sure there's one coming up in Indiana, but I don't really know about any other states.
Addison Dewitt King For A Couple Of Days Age: 30 Gender: - Posts: 3746
April 25th, 2008 at 11:45pm
Primaries left
Indiana - May 6 - worth 72 delegates
North Carolina - May 6th - worth 115 delegates
West Virginia - May 13th - worth 28 delegates
Kentucky - May 20th - worth 51 delegates
Oregon - May 20th - worth 52 delegates
Puerto Rico - June 1st - worth 55 delegates, only a primary though, they don't cast electoral votes for president (obviously)
Montana - June 3rd - worth 16 delegates
South Dakota - June 3rd - worth 15 delegates
So yeah....these are just " democratic delegates " which I guess means they have nothing to do with the presidential election after the primaries....
It's going to be really close between Obama and Hillary
fancy pants Post Whore Age: 37 Gender: Female Posts: 22225
April 26th, 2008 at 03:07am
I totally hate the way our elections run. >_< I'm so tired of delegates and super delegates. I'm tired of electoral votes. I want everyone's vote to count.
cabot gal GSBitch Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 76863
April 26th, 2008 at 06:14pm
Did anyone else see this? I just saw it on UK television and I'm forced to ask: Why would you vote for her?
She pissed a lot of war veterans off with that because she was using something like "dodging sniper fire" as a way to gain sympathy when she did nothing of the sort. I thought that was so disrespectful.
we can just add that to the evergrowing list of reasons as to why Hillary Clinton is dumb.
Franny. Falling In Love With The Board Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 5246
April 28th, 2008 at 06:01pm
Shadow of a Doubt:
I was watching the news and they said it would be almost impossilbe for Hillary to win the nomination. She would have to win like all the rest of the primaries. And that's very unlikely.
It's completely impossible for Hillary Clinton to secure the nomination even if she won the remainder of the primaries. It's been this way for awhile now and that's why it's up to the superdelegates. A 10 point margin win in Pennsylvania really didn't help that much. The only thing that's important now is the convention. Also, it'd be interesting to see who wins North Carolina because that's probably who Edwards will put his vote behind.
worn-out astronaut. Had A Life Before GSB Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 28177
April 29th, 2008 at 09:45am
Oh, the Bosnia thing. Yeah I saw that too, that was pretty dumb of her.
Ol' Blue Eyes. King For A Couple Of Days Age: 36 Gender: Female Posts: 4816
May 1st, 2008 at 10:13pm
Bruce Springsteen supports Obama.
Addison Dewitt King For A Couple Of Days Age: 30 Gender: - Posts: 3746
May 7th, 2008 at 01:10am
So Obama won North Carolina. And at the moment it looks like Hillary is gonna win Indiana.
Addison Dewitt King For A Couple Of Days Age: 30 Gender: - Posts: 3746
May 7th, 2008 at 01:59am
OK scratch that. She did, BARELY win Indiana. Damn.
Dang. *Gets all pissed off because my opinion doesn't make a difference in the long run* 
I really really hope thats true. Does anybody know what are the rest of the primaries?
we can just add that to the evergrowing list of reasons as to why Hillary Clinton is dumb.
It is often the subject of satire that TV shows have to be politcally balanced and can't take a particular side. So imagine that, Americans. xD