2 Weeks to Primaries. Can Dean be Beaten?

[allhailIndia]

On a side note, American elections are nowhere near as entertaining and funny as Indian elections which will also take place this year. Watch as everybody from saints and gurus join the fray with gangsters and murderers, often in the same party, all in the quest for a Parliament seat. Watch as the country explodes in a riot of colour, heat and dust and noise with campaigning, mudslinging and general chaos... all uptil 300 million people turn up at a half a million polling booths to press a single button next to a name and symbol.
Then watch as parties rush to form coalitions, as MP's break to form new parties and more gimmicks than the mind can conceive. After all that we will have self satisfied "psephologists" (people who make predictions that make those of Nostradamus seem accurate and precise) sit back with a smug smile and say "I told you", even when all their predictions turn out wrong.
Of course, it will cost us 10 billion rupees or a little more than half a billion dollars, but hey, it's greatly worth it.

My advice... screw Bush, screw Dean and all the rest for the months of March, April and May or whenever the elections are scheduled, switch on any Indian news channel, sit back and watch the non-stop entertainment unfold.

 

[Archer 007]

Originally posted by onejayhawk

Where do you get that they were not Christian. You can make the argument about Jefferson because he believed all the miracles in the Bible were fable. Washington was at least titularly a Christian and sometimes practicing. Lincoln on the other hand was downright devout.

Maybe I am wrong about Lincoln. I always assumed it was public show since he never refered to as belong to any demonation.

 

[Shadylookin]

I imagine dean will win, but he's not unstopable.

When Bush raises 200 million dollars for his campaign and that his closest competitor has only 25 million, can we continue to call that a democratic election ?

I feel the electorial college takes away the democracy part.

[off topic]
if i'm not mistaken Lincoln was an atheist in his younger years and then he found God

 

[Speedo]

Moreover, it's certainly only me but I wonder if Bush isn't close to insanity. According to The Observer, he recently declared that God chose him to lead America.

Those damn American religous nuts. France should just do the world a favor and nuke 'em off the planet.

 

[Archer 007]

Well, my opinion of Dean has vastly improved today. I was watching C-SPAN coverage of candiate dinner forum yesterday in Iowa and heard some of the comments Dean made when he didnt know the cameras were looking. He was telling people that they should talk to his mother (who attended the dinner) and he signed autographs for everyone that asked. He seems like he'll be a leader to the people if he gets elected and not some sell-out to big business.

 

[The Yankee]

Originally posted by Marla_Singer
Moreover, it's certainly only me but I wonder if Bush isn't close to insanity. According to The Observer, he recently declared that God chose him to lead America. Click here to read the full story.

Looks like Pat Robertson slipped past the Secret Service again and started talking to Bush....

 

[Martacus]

Originally posted by allhailIndia
Watch as everybody from saints and gurus join the fray with gangsters and murderers, often in the same party, all in the quest for a Parliament seat. Watch as the country explodes in a riot of colour, heat and dust and noise with campaigning, mudslinging and general chaos... all uptil 300 million people turn up at a half a million polling booths to press a single button next to a name and symbol.

Now THAT'S democracy!

Though I must admit it sounds an awful lot like the recent recall election in California.