With 6 months to go, which candidate do you prefer for president?

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-------------------------------------------------------------------- With 6 months to go, which candidate do you prefer for president?

-------------------------------------------------------------------- Al Gore 0.63 % (18) George W. Bush 63.67 % (1817) Pat Buchanan 13.63 % (389) Barbie Doll 5.22 % (149) Other 15.91 % (454) Not sure 0.95 % (27)

-- Uncle Bob (unclb0b@aol.com), May 01, 2000

Answers

W. Not enthusiastically, but definitely W over Algor.

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), May 01, 2000.

Dave Barry. [You didn't know he was running?]

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), May 01, 2000.

GW of course...

snoozin'...

The Dog

-- The Dog (dogdesert@hotmail.com), May 01, 2000.

Ralph Nader.

I would urge everyone who is dissatisfied with this year's "major" candidates to find a third party candidate they really agree with. Voting positively packs a lot more whallop than voting for the evil of two lessers!

-- Brian McLaughlin (brianm@ims.com), May 01, 2000.

If you are going to take the trouble to go to the polls you should vote for the candidated that you believe best reflects how you feel things should be done.

For me that will be the Libertarain candidate, most likely Harry Browne.

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), May 01, 2000.

-- Uncle Bob (unclb0b@aol.com), May 01, 2000.

Speaking of Dave Barry: Dr. Kevorkian's services needed on the campaign trail

...Perhaps you're asking yourself: Since we have the candidates, why not just hold the election NOW? Why drag it out? Why can't we be more like, say, Great Britain, which somehow is able to elect an entire new government in less time than it takes for our presidential candidates to agree on the lectern heights for a TV debate?

The answer is that if we vote now, we will do a great deal of harm to something we Americans call ``the democratic process,'' by which I mean ``TV and radio broadcasters.'' These companies are going to be paid many millions of dollars to air commercials in which the candidates viciously attack each other, day after day, month after month, until nobody wants to vote for either one of them except their immediate pets. This is called ``informing the voters.''

To get you started with this process, here's an analysis of the two candidates' strengths, weaknesses and positions on the issues:

AL GORE: His strength is that he has been vice president for eight years, which theoretically gives him a lot of experience. Unfortunately, he cannot remember ever having participated in any official meetings or discussions or anything else that any current or future special prosecutor may or may not find out about. He is in favor of education, the economy and the Family, and he communicates his views on these topics by speaking in a style identical to that of Mister Rogers reassuring 2-year-olds that they will not be sucked down the bathtub drain.

GEORGE ``W'' BUSH: His strength is that he is the son of former President George Herbert Walker Hoover Franklin Pierce Kennebunkport Bush. His biggest weakness is that he apparently does not speak English, or anything else, as a native language, and thus has trouble when asked trick questions such as what he thinks. He is also in favor of education, the economy and the Family.

Both men are strongly against the use of drugs, at least at this point in their lives.

So there you have it, voters! Your exciting choice! Ointment vs. Suppository! Only another 200 days or so, and you get to pick one! This is assuming you have not moved to Iraq.

-- DeeEmBee (macbeth1@pacbell.net), May 01, 2000.

Dave Barry is so right. Our country is so balkanized that it's nearly impossible to find *anything* favored by a majority of those polled ("the people"). The only safe course is to mouth platitudes, avoid mistakes (aka straight answers), and attack the other guy.

But it's silly to blame the candidates for doing what experience shows works. We have met the enemy and they is us.

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), May 01, 2000.

BULWORTH.

-- Gia (laureltree7@hotmail.com), May 02, 2000.