tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post4032838377598168149..comments2024-03-13T03:13:59.610+01:00Comments on the beatroot: Who should Poles vote for, if they could, in US primaries?beatroothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242716221133886807noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-3784791766930116702022-08-22T15:26:57.922+02:002022-08-22T15:26:57.922+02:00y9z70w3g05 k2h53i8n96 v2s46s5s37 z5r81e5r55 ... <a href="https://seso34384.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow"><strong>y9z70w3g05 </strong></a> k2h53i8n96 <a href="https://tetishol49836.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow"><strong>v2s46s5s37 </strong></a> z5r81e5r55 <a href="https://reney66383.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow"><strong>h7y71b9u21 </strong></a> q7n55h5x57sleighshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653227800061773343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-26130718336517207172021-04-25T17:16:37.920+02:002021-04-25T17:16:37.920+02:00supreme new york
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Vision thing....The last Clinton thing was this way. Vision thing. Third Way thing. And then get into office and cling there like a clingong, doing, literally, fuck all...apart from bombing the odd make-up lady in a TV station in Serbia...beatroothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242716221133886807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-6305167913902211692008-01-22T20:23:00.000+01:002008-01-22T20:23:00.000+01:00Now who's the pessimist?Now who's the pessimist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-70446123058862197032008-01-22T20:01:00.000+01:002008-01-22T20:01:00.000+01:00How can you really determine how much "substance" ...<I>How can you really determine how much "substance" any of the candidates have until they become president?</I><BR/><BR/>You got it round the wring way, Geez. They make the promises, they do the vision thing, when they are not in power. When they are it turns into another grim struggle for survival.beatroothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242716221133886807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-3438896424128171162008-01-22T18:51:00.000+01:002008-01-22T18:51:00.000+01:00That said, it seems pretty clear that it will be H...That said, it seems pretty clear that it will be Hillary vs, McCain come November.<BR/><BR/>Or I'll eat one of those horrendous hard dried up pretzels they sell on the streets in Krakow which are worse than eating a hat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-641241936492698072008-01-22T18:48:00.000+01:002008-01-22T18:48:00.000+01:00How can you really determine how much "substance" ...How can you really determine how much "substance" any of the candidates have until they become president?<BR/><BR/>Consider Pope John XXIII. Nobody thought that this low key guy would have brought about any kind of change in the Roman Catholic Church but it was he who brought about the Second Vatican Council which opened a lot up, at least for a short time.<BR/><BR/>They are all essentially programmed talking heads right now, and maybe if and when they make their way into the White House, that'll continue. But there's some humanity there too even if it rarely if ever shows (and I'm not talking about Hil'ry's almost-a-tear). <BR/><BR/>Except maybe Mitt Romney who sure looks and acts like a robot.<BR/><BR/>What I do like about Obama is that I think he has more potential than any other candidate to bring people together on common ground. Plus a black guy with an Arabic name ain't gonna hurt America's image abroad, either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-83777925316680203712008-01-22T18:16:00.000+01:002008-01-22T18:16:00.000+01:00And this is his best one. This is when he just los...And this is his best one. This is when he just lost new hampshire...and he is still great. The timing is amazing. <BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_lQYC7vqBgbeatroothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242716221133886807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-59292552514377963532008-01-22T18:10:00.000+01:002008-01-22T18:10:00.000+01:00Obama is all style, little substances. But what a ...Obama is all style, little substances. But what a style that is. He gives brilliant speches, nicely written and beautifully delivered. I din;t know politicians could speak inspiringly anymore. <BR/><BR/>Here is a long one...it's great.<BR/><BR/>http://hurryupharry.bloghouse.net/archivesbeatroothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242716221133886807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-77529041767417819792008-01-22T18:06:00.000+01:002008-01-22T18:06:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.beatroothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242716221133886807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-69992750032785082522008-01-22T13:12:00.000+01:002008-01-22T13:12:00.000+01:00This year, for the first time, expatriate Democrat...This year, for the first time, expatriate Democrats can cast their ballots on the Internet in a presidential primary for people living outside the United States.<BR/><BR/>Democrats Abroad, an official branch of the party representing overseas voters, will hold its first global presidential preference primary from Feb. 5 to 12, with ex-pats selecting the candidate of their choice by Internet as well as fax, mail and in-person at polling places in more than 100 countries.<BR/><BR/>U.S. citizens wanting to vote online must join Democrats Abroad before Feb. 1 and indicate their preference to vote by Internet instead of in the local primaries wherever they last lived in the United States. They must promise not to vote twice for president, but can still participate in non-presidential local elections.<BR/><BR/>Members get a personal identification number from Everyone Counts Inc., the San Diego-based company running the online election. They can then use the number to log in and cast their ballots.<BR/><BR/>Their votes will be represented at the August Democratic National Convention by 22 delegates, who according to party rules get half a vote each for a total of 11. That's more than U.S. territories get, but fewer than the least populous states, Wyoming and Alaska, which get 18 delegate votes each.<BR/><BR/>Everyone Counts has been building elections software for a decade, running the British Labor Party's online voting since 2000 and other British elections since 2003, chief executive officer Lori Steele said.<BR/><BR/>Online voting may give absentee voters more assurance that their ballots are being counted, since confirmation is not available in some counties. The Everyone Counts software even lets voters print out a receipt, unlike most electronic voting machines now in use in many states.<BR/><BR/>Steele said a number of U.S. states had contacted her company to inquire about online voting for the 2008 presidential election.<BR/><BR/>"There are many, many states in the U.S. that would like to be offering this to their expatriate voters, their military voters and their disabled voters," Steele said.<BR/><BR/>But online voting has been slowed by a lack of funding for pilot programs. In a floor speech this month, Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., pushed for the distribution of money already approved under the Help America Vote Act so that states can improve ex-pat voting before the general election.<BR/><BR/>Some 6 million Americans living abroad are eligible to vote in U.S. elections, but only a fraction do so. Until recently, the only option was to mail absentee ballot request forms to the last U.S. county of residence, then wait in hopes that shaky mail systems would deliver the ballots in time to vote.<BR/><BR/>The system is so unreliable that of 992,034 ballots requested from overseas for the 2006 general election, only 330,000 were cast or counted, and 70 percent of those not counted were returned to elections officials as undeliverable, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission found.<BR/><BR/>In 2004, Juliet Lambert took her Oregon ballot to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, where drop service is available because of Mexico's notoriously undependable mail.<BR/><BR/>"I had to go through security to drop off my ballot, and I remember thinking I really must want to vote," said Lambert, a 37-year-old caterer who works with Democrats Abroad in Mexico. "I think it can be really daunting for people."<BR/><BR/>This year, Lambert is voting by Internet, "because it's easier, and I'm always online anyway."<BR/><BR/>Republicans Abroad has operated independently of the Republican Party since 2003, and therefore can't hold in-person or Internet votes abroad. But it is organizing to get more overseas Republicans registered back home before the primaries, Executive Director Cynthia Dillon said.<BR/><BR/>Republican votes from overseas could be more decisive because even small margins can make a difference in their winner-take-all state primaries. The Democrats divide primary votes proportionally, assigning delegates according to each leading candidate's share.<BR/><BR/>"In the Republican primary, the overseas vote could actually have a bigger impact: That vote could be the tipping vote, so to speak, that decides an election in a close race," said Steven Hill, an elections expert who directs the New America Foundation's Political Reform Program.<BR/><BR/>With so many states having moved up their primary dates, overseas voters should hurry up and register no matter how they plan on voting, Hill said. "These compressed timetables really make it difficult."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-44719872636143086632008-01-22T09:28:00.000+01:002008-01-22T09:28:00.000+01:00Remind me again, please, what the UK got out of th...<I>Remind me again, please, what the UK got out of the war? What did Poland get?</I><BR/><BR/>What we have is a political class in the US, UK, Poland acting against their own interests by invading Iraq etc. We live in very starnge times.beatroothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242716221133886807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-33980838166827380792008-01-22T02:07:00.000+01:002008-01-22T02:07:00.000+01:00You are most likely correct about Polish thought a...You are most likely correct about Polish thought about the elections in the US from far.<BR/><BR/>Polish politics is more colorful and fun. <BR/><BR/>Obama and Hillary are reduced to arguing over who is fonder of Ronald Raygun's communication skills.<BR/><BR/>This election will be 1964 for the Republican Party. The Republicans are all inheritors of the Bush legacy. I don't have to remind you about the visceral hatred the liberals have toward him.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-29942227141508068432008-01-22T00:37:00.000+01:002008-01-22T00:37:00.000+01:00While America has quite a lot of say about what go...While America has quite a lot of say about what goes on in the world, it doesn't have all the say and, frankly, I think that everyone has given the US more say than it deserves. <BR/><BR/>Countries go along with what the White House wants in order to stay in it's economic good graces. But have they really benefited? Remind me again, please, what the UK got out of the war? What did Poland get? Visa waivers? No, a proposal for a missile defense "shield" that will have the Russians targeting Poland with their own missiles. I feel safer all ready.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I don't think you can really compare US and Polish politics. Yes, there is the occasional odd person getting elected (Jesse Ventura!) but by and large American politics is about maintaining momentum, not rocking the boat much and, somewhere in there, looking out for your constituents.<BR/><BR/>I don't really see those sorts of things happening here.Brad Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14683206528993813876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-61910807993562066142008-01-21T23:08:00.000+01:002008-01-21T23:08:00.000+01:00Who should have Americans voted for, if they could...<I>Who should have Americans voted for, if they could have, in the recent Polish election?<BR/><BR/>An equally odd question</I><BR/><BR/>It is not an odd question. When there is one super power then the government of that power is everybody's business. Besides - it was a comparison of Polish and American politics. Nothing odd in that.beatroothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242716221133886807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-37230986733648761382008-01-21T22:17:00.000+01:002008-01-21T22:17:00.000+01:00Who should have Americans voted for, if they could...Who should have Americans voted for, if they could have, in the recent Polish election?<BR/><BR/>An equally odd question.<BR/><BR/>However, I would think that Poles ought to vote the same way that they ought to be voting in Poland: for the candidates and/or parties that best represent their views and values.<BR/><BR/>Saying that Huckabee is similar to Kaczynski is like saying a Ford pickup truck is similar to a Maluch. Yes they are both religious, but Huckabee's nuttiness is absolutely no where near the rabid, blithering scream-outloud insanity that Kaczynski represents.<BR/><BR/>Obama isn't similar to anyone here, nor is Clinton. The bottom line is that they represent change because they are simply different. When's the last time a Jewish person or woman held the office of President?<BR/><BR/>President: Oops, never.<BR/><BR/>There has been, at least, a female Prime Minister: Hanna Suchocka, '92-'93. Only woman to be Prime Minister.<BR/><BR/>The rest of the Republicans and Democrats represent very small variations on the same thing: They will claim to do whatever it is you'd like from the government (lower taxes, more services (ignore the dichotomy), a little less war or a little more war, a bit less immigration or a bit more, etc).<BR/><BR/>By now someone out there is pressing the "Fire!" button, but just wait:<BR/><BR/>Democrats: touchy-feely, liberal, not very religious, pro-choice and environmental. I like that because as far as I can tell it's getting hotter and the ice caps are melting and I don't remember us having cheap flats on Mars or the moon. The only problem is that I also like my gun rights and they are not very gun-friendly. Plus they traditionally represent "bigger" government although the Republicans sure as hell have given that stereotype a run for it's money.<BR/><BR/>Republicans: Bible-thumping, conservative, not pro-choice, gun nuts, traditionally for smaller government but obviously this is not longer true. My problems with these guys is that they're just as smug as the liberal Democrats and I hate all that talk about religion.<BR/><BR/>The way it's set up the Libertarians never have a chance and they're the only ones I'd actually feel ok blindly voting for because at least they're for smaller government and less getting in everyone's business. Less environmental, usually, but gotta take the good with the bad.<BR/><BR/>I'll vote for Obama or Clinton purely on the basis that they're different and I like a bit of change. I doubt that, if elected, either of them will do a much better or worse or more good/bad deeds than anyone else because, don't forget, they have an army of aides, advisers and everyone else telling them what to think, say and do.<BR/><BR/>For the rest of the Americans here, if you aren't registered to vote for certain, check out https://www.overseasvotefoundation.org ...it takes a long time to get everything processed and mailed, so start now. When I checked with my elections office they told me to expect my new voter card in about two months.Brad Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14683206528993813876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-71826696421586560632008-01-21T21:36:00.000+01:002008-01-21T21:36:00.000+01:00Uh, 1972 was 35 years ago when Muskie cried and th...Uh, 1972 was 35 years ago when Muskie cried and that was his end.<BR/><BR/>And I don't really think that Hil'ry's tears or her female identity swung enough voters to make an impact.<BR/><BR/>The Clintons' started to campaign on racial lines in NH. That's what brought about the swing and that's what's still the great dividing line in the US.<BR/><BR/>There's a phenonemon known as the "Bradley effect" which got its name from the black Mayor of LA who outpolled his opponent by a considerable margin. When folks voted in the privacy of the election booth, however, a considerable number turned against him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-14248578954494795442008-01-21T21:26:00.000+01:002008-01-21T21:26:00.000+01:00It sounds great. Am investigating.Geez When I was ...It sounds great. Am investigating.<BR/><BR/>Geez<BR/> When I was a we lad, politics was very mich part of people’s identities. If you were a member of the labour club, or a member of the conservatives, really meant something. Membership of a trade union, the meet at the local church, etc were all bound up in someone’s social identities. In the UK that is gone and it is going in the US. <BR/><BR/>Think back to the US forty years ago. The tears of a politician would have just seemed odd, but they would not have swung opinion. OK, when Nixon looked old and grey on that televised debate with JFK, he looked bad. But that was because there was two different visions going on in that election and the images backed that up. <BR/><BR/>These days they struggle to find a real cause to get behind. The ruling classes are very confused.beatroothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242716221133886807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-11563888449707270402008-01-21T20:00:00.000+01:002008-01-21T20:00:00.000+01:00Hey Beatroot...My Polish isn't the greatest, but I...Hey Beatroot...My Polish isn't the greatest, but I was watching the Warsaw news on TV tonight, and they were talking about the bridge near Dworzec Gdanski, and how it is in very bad shape. But instead of fixing it straight-away, I swear they said that they are now lowering the speed limit (something they can't/won't enforce) to 30 and are also going to try to make it so there are not 2 trams on the bridge at the same time. Is there anyway you can verify what I heard? I saw it on the local section on TVP...please tell me this is my mistake due to horrible Polish ability!!!luridtraversalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008562696977926817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-28420995032319978472008-01-21T18:12:00.000+01:002008-01-21T18:12:00.000+01:00I think Giuliani would be the best however unless ...I think Giuliani would be the best however unless he comes in as a darkhorse he will be out of luck. The balance of the candidates are really weak. Guiliani, even with some of his shortcomings would make a strong, respected leader who I believe will put the US back on the right track.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-7249904470018673682008-01-21T16:40:00.000+01:002008-01-21T16:40:00.000+01:00So, "real" politics exists where? Or even "existed...So, "real" politics exists where? Or even "existed" where?<BR/><BR/>And what would the Polish response be to a teary candidate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-88943486663103182242008-01-21T16:08:00.000+01:002008-01-21T16:08:00.000+01:00Jen, that was interesting, but I don't think he wi...Jen, that was interesting, but I don't think he will read it through to the end. <BR/><BR/>Geez - the Times piece notes:<BR/><BR/><I>In the original post, a reader called austaz68 said she “cannot believe that women all over this country are not up in arms over Oprah’s backing of Obama. For the first time in history we actually have a shot at putting a woman in the White House and Oprah backs the black MAN. She’s choosing her race over her gender.” </I><BR/><BR/>Proof, if it were needed of the non-political nature of what is going on here. How would it be different if a male Clinton or a female one got into Whitehouse? No ideas, vision, policy can be expressed by one's biology. But that seems to be all that matters. It's the absurd conclusion of 'identity politics'.<BR/><BR/>American politics: RIPbeatroothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242716221133886807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-77719519915101892172008-01-21T13:38:00.000+01:002008-01-21T13:38:00.000+01:00And speaking about getting ridden to hell in a han...And speaking about getting ridden to hell in a handbasket and media circuses, check out what's happening to Oprah Winfrey, an extraordinarily popular black woman TV talk show host with the biggest all-time audience draw of both black and white women:<BR/> <BR/>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3216586.ece<BR/><BR/>My guess is that this brouhaha was indeed largely orchestrated by the Clintons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-27210911092831028042008-01-21T13:32:00.000+01:002008-01-21T13:32:00.000+01:00js wrote: What if that was a moment of authenticit...<I>js wrote: What if that was a moment of authenticity anyway? The very thing we need to see shine from the cracks of manipulation and cynicism turns out to be what we cannot accept at face value anyway, so we deserve the vacuous spectacle we denounce.</I><BR/><BR/>Maybe Hil-ry's tears were real. I do doubt it, but I can't see into her soul. Then again, I do see the Clintons as the ultimate political manipulators -- which is not always a bad thing but is in their case when they allow robotcalls using the name Barack Hussein Obama and radically distort his records and positions.<BR/><BR/>Also, istm there's a double standard when Edmund Muskie (a Polish American btw -- who was the leading Dem candidate in NH back in 1972)cried during a campaign stop because a newspaper editor had made a vicious attack against his wife.<BR/><BR/> The torrential barrage of criticism that followed allowed McGovern to win the nomination that year. The media mantra then was that Muskie was incapable of leading the country if he was a crybaby. With Hil'ry, the media kicked in with analysis for the most part indicating that she's human after all. If anybody tried to dish out the same treatment that Muskie got, they would have been ridden to hell in a handbasket for making an unfair example of a woman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-34957106426447558772008-01-21T12:58:00.000+01:002008-01-21T12:58:00.000+01:00beakerkin When Germany disagree with the Iraq war ...beakerkin <BR/><BR/>When Germany disagree with the Iraq war their US relations were damage. All the Old Europe and New Europe speeches from Bush criticise Germany, too. Their relations were more than a little cold. This only really change when Merkel became chancellor in 2005. The CDU with Merkel as their leader were during all the time much more supportive of the USA than the SPD with Schröder. <BR/><BR/>By the way this don't mean that today the average German have a better opinion of the USA than during the Iraq war. That Merkel became chancellor don't have anything to do with her more positiv view of the USA than that from Schröder. Schröder nearly even manage to win the vote again despite a lot of inner political problems because a lot of people detest Merkel's positiv attitude towards the USA.<BR/><BR/>That Germany don't support the Iraq war has nothing to do with France. Germans have decided for themselves not to participate in it. In this case Schröder was speaking for the overwhelming majority of the population. A participation in the Iraq war would have been also against German laws because it was a war of aggression which is strictly forbidden.<BR/><BR/>By the way that the USA want to closure their bases in Germany wasn't big news in Germany. A lot of people even like it that the U.S. soldiers move away. The only people who did have really problems with it was the people living near the bases because of income and job reasons. That German politicians were speaking against the moving of the bases is no wonder. Each time people are loosing jobs politicians say what the affected people want to hear. Everything else would be political unwise. This don't mean that the closure of the bases were very important and determine German politics. There were a lot of inner political issues which were much more important for German politicians and which were in contrast to the closure of the bases not just news for one day. <BR/><BR/>By the way that Merkel became chancellor was not the only reason why the relations between German and American politicians improved in the last few years. Bush changed his rhetoric towards the whole of Europe and manage to sound much more diplomatic. He wanted help from Germany and other countries after it got more than obviously that it is not as easy as planed to reform the Iraq into a peaceful democratic country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com