"What makes the candidates cry?"

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"What makes the candidates cry?"

#1 Post by gsabc » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:44 pm

That's the headline in my Comcast news videos.

My immediate answer was "the thought that the other one would become President."

Katie Couric had asked them both when was the last time they cried. Tell me again how she's supposed to be taken seriously as an evening news anchor, please.
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#2 Post by Rexer25 » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:55 pm

Watching the Canadian elections come and go in less than a click of American Presidential Race time.
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#3 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:20 pm

Rexer25 wrote:Watching the Canadian elections come and go in less than a click of American Presidential Race time.
No, that makes the American voters cry.
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#4 Post by a1mamacat » Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:35 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:
Rexer25 wrote:Watching the Canadian elections come and go in less than a click of American Presidential Race time.
No, that makes the American voters cry.
The polls closed at 7 pm Pacific Time. By 7:30, they had the results from Eastern and Central Canada, and by 9 pm Pacific, the final count had been made and the results announced.
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#5 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:41 pm

a1mamacat wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
Rexer25 wrote:Watching the Canadian elections come and go in less than a click of American Presidential Race time.
No, that makes the American voters cry.
The polls closed at 7 pm Pacific Time. By 7:30, they had the results from Eastern and Central Canada, and by 9 pm Pacific, the final count had been made and the results announced.
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Re: "What makes the candidates cry?"

#6 Post by Beebs52 » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:38 pm

a1mamacat wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
Rexer25 wrote:Watching the Canadian elections come and go in less than a click of American Presidential Race time.
No, that makes the American voters cry.
The polls closed at 7 pm Pacific Time. By 7:30, they had the results from Eastern and Central Canada, and by 9 pm Pacific, the final count had been made and the results announced.
Oh, that's just great. You mean, efficiency? Getting the job done with the least amount of angst and bullshit? Where's the fun in that?

sigh. One day. Maybe.

Seriously, though, are the vendors of the voting apparatus open to exporting their expertise?
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#7 Post by Jeemie » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:42 pm

In Britain, by law, the time from initial campaign to election day is, I believe, 6 weeks.

But all election campaigns are publicly funded- no one has to fundraise.
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#8 Post by a1mamacat » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:19 pm

Beebs52 wrote:
a1mamacat wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote: No, that makes the American voters cry.
The polls closed at 7 pm Pacific Time. By 7:30, they had the results from Eastern and Central Canada, and by 9 pm Pacific, the final count had been made and the results announced.
Oh, that's just great. You mean, efficiency? Getting the job done with the least amount of angst and bullshit? Where's the fun in that?

sigh. One day. Maybe.

Seriously, though, are the vendors of the voting apparatus open to exporting their expertise?
Beebs...

We have a piece of paper with names and circles on it, in alphabetical order.

We get a pencil and walk to a cardboard "booth"

We make an x in the circle of choice. The Elections official takes off the barcode counter. We put the paper in a box and leave.

They are opened at the end of the poll time, and counted by hand. No apparatus, electronics or complications.
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Re: "What makes the candidates cry?"

#9 Post by Beebs52 » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:29 pm

a1mamacat wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:
a1mamacat wrote: The polls closed at 7 pm Pacific Time. By 7:30, they had the results from Eastern and Central Canada, and by 9 pm Pacific, the final count had been made and the results announced.
Oh, that's just great. You mean, efficiency? Getting the job done with the least amount of angst and bullshit? Where's the fun in that?

sigh. One day. Maybe.

Seriously, though, are the vendors of the voting apparatus open to exporting their expertise?
Beebs...

We have a piece of paper with names and circles on it, in alphabetical order.

We get a pencil and walk to a cardboard "booth"

We make an x in the circle of choice. The Elections official takes off the barcode counter. We put the paper in a box and leave.

They are opened at the end of the poll time, and counted by hand. No apparatus, electronics or complications.
Occam's Razor, eh?
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Re: "What makes the candidates cry?"

#10 Post by ulysses5019 » Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:06 pm

So, did Hello Kitty win?
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Re: "What makes the candidates cry?"

#11 Post by frogman042 » Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:17 am

a1mamacat wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:
a1mamacat wrote: The polls closed at 7 pm Pacific Time. By 7:30, they had the results from Eastern and Central Canada, and by 9 pm Pacific, the final count had been made and the results announced.
Oh, that's just great. You mean, efficiency? Getting the job done with the least amount of angst and bullshit? Where's the fun in that?

sigh. One day. Maybe.

Seriously, though, are the vendors of the voting apparatus open to exporting their expertise?
Beebs...

We have a piece of paper with names and circles on it, in alphabetical order.

We get a pencil and walk to a cardboard "booth"

We make an x in the circle of choice. The Elections official takes off the barcode counter. We put the paper in a box and leave.

They are opened at the end of the poll time, and counted by hand. No apparatus, electronics or complications.
What are these things, 'paper' and 'pencil' that you speak of? Are they new products from Diebold? Can the source code on how to work with them be kept proprietary? If they really work without electronics (yeah, like I believe that) they must draw their power from some really complex source, must be very advance and as a result, very expensive. How do I get to be an exclusive vendor?

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