Virtual vote lets non-Americans pick president

[SoCalChelle]

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Virtual vote lets non-Americans pick president

Wed Oct 20,11:10 AM ET


LONDON (Reuters) - Even non-Americans can cast a vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election thanks to a website tracking world opinion on the race for the White House.


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Surfers clicking on www.globalvote2004.org can tick a virtual ballot for President George W. Bush (news - web sites), Democratic challenger John Kerry (news - web sites), or one of five other candidates fighting to win the real vote on November 2.


Voters are asked to register which country they're from, creating a non-official tally of who the rest of the world would choose to lead the planet's most powerful country.


"It's fun and obviously not constitutionally approved, but it is a serious vote because the U.S. has power over all our lives and the election will affect the world," Ben Carey, one of the site's creators, told Reuters on Wednesday.


"The votes are coming in from everywhere, from places like Armenia, Turkmenistan and Venezuela, and if we have a sizable number we'll release the results 48 hours before the real election," he said.


Besides Bush and Kerry, who are neck and neck according to the latest Reuters poll, voters can choose one of the other candidates, including Ralph Nader (news - web sites) of the Reform Party and Michael Peroutka of the Constitution Party.


Carey, a British author, said the London-based website is non-partisan and is not sponsored by any political party.

[Cathedral]

I hope my name is on the ballot. I'd fix everything just prior to being shot to death for actually giving a damn about the people instead of beurocracy.

But on the other hand, who gives a shit what other nations think. If what we do means so much to them then they should be commiting troops to stamp out terrorism in every nook and cranny we can find.

[diamond den™]

Originally posted by Cathedral
I hope my name is on the ballot. I'd fix everything just prior to being shot to death for actually giving a damn about the people instead of beurocracy.

But on the other hand, who gives a shit what other nations think. If what we do means so much to them then they should be commiting troops to stamp out terrorism in every nook and cranny we can find.

Most of the Countries in the World don't want their Citizens used for "Target Practice"...........

BTW, 2 of my Uncles were in the Royal Irish Regement and did 10 tours of Duty in Northern Ireland fighting the IRA, UFF and UDR.

[Kristy]

I just don't understand limeys anymore. Out of all the nations that care to give a fuck about the US Presidential Election, these curry-sucking, tea-sipping pinheads seem to be the most gung-ho about it.

Apart from what they may believe does the US REALLY "affect" them as much as they say it does? Last week, I met a producer from ITV News in limeyland who was all in my face about "who you vote for has a major impact in MY country!" When confronted with his bellicose bullshit, I politely queried the limey what those impacts were. He never did give me a straight answer apart from all the mundane, over-used, cliche US Foreign Policy horseshit and how our presence in Iraq is putting limey citizens in danger.

So, I get it now: limeys like oil, too. But they hate it when they might have to fight for it. True, it doesn't have anything to do with terrorism which is no surprise. Bush keeping us in Iraq never did.

There is no "neutrality" on that site. This is another lame-ass limey propaganda attempt to show the world just how much everyone fucking hates Bush. Oh, boo hoo!

[diamond den™]

Pandas are lame

[JimmytheWurm]

Nobody outside of the US has the right to be as upset at our "Democracy (two parties isn't really democratic, but whatever)" as the citizens of this country, The US of A.

Anyone who says our votes affect their country allowing them to voice thier opinions on our democrapy, can shove their teabags up their asses and squeeze out a hot Earl Grey.

[Seshmeister]

The result...

Bush 9.0%
Kerry 77.1%
Cobb 3.8%
Nader 6.7%
Brown 2.0%
Peroutka 0.3%
Badnarik 1.1%

[Big Train]

The real result: Nobody fuckin' cares...

[Seshmeister]

Well they should.

Your election seems to be about foreign policy and security and your current president has lost just about every ally that the US had built up over decades.

[Big Train]

Sure we have...we have a little thing called Foreign Aid which tends to win us a LOT of European Friends...

[tobinentinc]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
Well they should.

Your election seems to be about foreign policy and security and your current president has lost just about every ally that the US had built up over decades.

You do realize that the allies who went to the first gulf war were the same ones that went to this one except 3. Only 3 allies didnt go. I don't think France is a big deal, that country has barely won anything.

[Seshmeister]

So you think it's the same?

Jeez...

Here's the troop numbers by country last March http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/showt...threadid=12259

Also your strongest supporter the UK is a one man band on this. The people are not happy which means it won't last.

Cheers!

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by diamond den™
Most of the Countries in the World don't want their Citizens used for "Target Practice"...........

BTW, 2 of my Uncles were in the Royal Irish Regement and did 10 tours of Duty in Northern Ireland fighting the IRA, UFF and UDR.

But mostly the IRA.

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by Kristy
I just don't understand limeys anymore. Out of all the nations that care to give a fuck about the US Presidential Election, these curry-sucking, tea-sipping pinheads seem to be the most gung-ho about it.

Apart from what they may believe does the US REALLY "affect" them as much as they say it does? Last week, I met a producer from ITV News in limeyland who was all in my face about "who you vote for has a major impact in MY country!" When confronted with his bellicose bullshit, I politely queried the limey what those impacts were. He never did give me a straight answer apart from all the mundane, over-used, cliche US Foreign Policy horseshit and how our presence in Iraq is putting limey citizens in danger.

So, I get it now: limeys like oil, too. But they hate it when they might have to fight for it. True, it doesn't have anything to do with terrorism which is no surprise. Bush keeping us in Iraq never did.

There is no "neutrality" on that site. This is another lame-ass limey propaganda attempt to show the world just how much everyone fucking hates Bush. Oh, boo hoo!

"Limeys" like oil but they pay three times as much for the equivalent amount of gasoline, so I think they tend to put their money where there mouth is.

By the way, they're right, U.S. policy is bullshit, but because it is putting U.S. citizens in danger. It would make me nauseous to think that 1200 Americans have died for oil while Osama Bin Douchebag still walks free and makes fucking videos. Does that bother you at all?

[Seshmeister]

The 'funniest' thing about Irish American support for the IRA in the 1980s/90s was that they didn't even notice that they were Marxists.

Communists setting off bombs killing children paid for by East coast US citizens.

Cheers!