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Started by jimmy olsen, November 14, 2012, 09:30:02 AM

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Who would you vote for

Theodore Roosevelt - Progressive Party
18 (48.6%)
Woodrow Wilson - Democratic Party
3 (8.1%)
William H. Taft - Republican Party
7 (18.9%)
Eugene V. Debs - Socialist Party
9 (24.3%)

Total Members Voted: 37

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jimmy olsen

November 14, 2012, 09:30:02 AM
Who would you vote for in America's most interesting election.
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Razgovory

#1
November 14, 2012, 09:32:13 AM
I voted TR but then thought, he'd probably get the US involved in WWI.
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frunk

#2
November 14, 2012, 09:34:20 AM
1824 has 1912 beat.  Four candidates won electoral votes.   The eventual winner didn't win the electoral college or the popular vote.

Eddie Teach

#3
November 14, 2012, 09:37:32 AM
Prediction: BB votes for Taft
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Grey Fox

#4
November 14, 2012, 09:40:48 AM
What are the platforms of the candidates?
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PDH

#5
November 14, 2012, 09:44:15 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 14, 2012, 09:40:48 AM
What are the platforms of the candidates?

Taft's platform was triple reinforced.
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jimmy olsen

#6
November 14, 2012, 09:44:52 AM
Quote from: frunk on November 14, 2012, 09:34:20 AM
1824 has 1912 beat.  Four candidates won electoral votes.   The eventual winner didn't win the electoral college or the popular vote.
Interesting is a subjective thing.
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Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
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Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Eddie Teach

#7
November 14, 2012, 09:45:42 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 14, 2012, 09:40:48 AM
What are the platforms of the candidates?

TR- Bashing other countries with our big stick
Wilson- Racism
Taft- Robber Baronism
Debs- Bomb throwing
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Pedrito

#8
November 14, 2012, 09:45:50 AM
Quote from: PDH on November 14, 2012, 09:44:15 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 14, 2012, 09:40:48 AM
What are the platforms of the candidates?

Taft's platform was triple reinforced.
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jimmy olsen

#9
November 14, 2012, 09:52:06 AM
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Valmy

#10
November 14, 2012, 10:02:01 AM
TR of course.  But yeah he probably would have put our boys on the Western Front sometime in July 1914.

Of course the war really would have been over before the leaves fall if that had happened.  :P
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Gups

#11
November 14, 2012, 10:04:50 AM
Did TR act in bad faith as far as Taft was concerned?

jimmy olsen

#12
November 14, 2012, 10:05:56 AM
Quote from: Valmy on November 14, 2012, 10:02:01 AM
TR of course.  But yeah he probably would have put our boys on the Western Front sometime in July 1914.

Of course the war really would have been over before the leaves fall if that had happened.  :P
He would probably have us hip deep in a major intervention into the Mexican Civil War by that time, so I doubt it.

The Germans wouldn't have provoked us nearly so much with him in charge either I think.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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jimmy olsen

#13
November 14, 2012, 10:14:36 AM Last Edit: November 14, 2012, 10:23:44 AM by jimmy olsen
Quote from: Gups on November 14, 2012, 10:04:50 AM
Did TR act in bad faith as far as Taft was concerned?
Kind of. TR took their policy differences personally and publicly humiliated Taft. It's ironic because Taft didn't actually want to be president and only ran in 1908 because of heavy pressure from TR and and Taft's wife. If TR had approached Taft privately and politely, Taft might have withdrawn for a promise of a Supreme court appointment. Insulting him in the newspapers on the other hand predictably made Taft determined to fight it out to the bitter end.

All in all it would have been much better for both of them if TR had run in 1908. Taft would have been appointed Chief Justice in 1910. 
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Barrister

#14
November 14, 2012, 10:17:31 AM
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.
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