Conference back40::soapbox

    Republican.  Lamar Alexander

 Republican.  Patrick J. Buchanan

    
    	Who's running, and for what, and what are the major issues?
    

Omigawd. I voted just like Mary-Michael.

    Republican - Alan Keyes

    
    alexander (aka mr. noop) who will let congress rule...

    re: .4
    
    Take a few deep breaths, Jack, you'll get over the shock :-) :-)
    
    I had to breath deeply a few times before the word "Republican"
    rolled off my tongue :-) :-) :-)
    

    Alexander gets my (Democratic) vote.

    Don't you people understand the concept of a SECRET ballot?

>    Don't you people understand the concept of a SECRET ballot?

I understand it to largely be that no one has a _right_ to know how
you voted, not that it's your duty to keep it a secret if you haven't
any qualms about exposing it.

Informal exit polls aren't exactly illegal.

    > I understand ... not that it's your duty to keep it a secret...
    
    Why not let's just all get together and put hoods over our heads and
    raise our hands and be counted?  Nobody else would know who's who.

    Um, in some locales, they do.  They all go by Bubba or Billy Ray
    Bob.  Hth.

    What do Bubba and Billy Ray Bob say when everyone goes by them?

>    Why not let's just all get together and put hoods over our heads and
>    raise our hands and be counted?  Nobody else would know who's who.

The secret ballot gives those who want to keep their vote their own business
the opportunity to do so. Do you wish that it also be a "protection from
information"?

    The maximum number of people who can keep a secret is one.  The term
    "secret ballot" becomes an oxymoron if you tell someone how you voted.

 There were exit pollers from CNN and the LA Times at my polling place
 in Derry this AM.  They didn't want to talk to me, though.  I wonder
 what the criteria is for choosing people.


 I did get a call from a polling outfit last night, though.



 Jim

Jim, as soon as they saw Kermit on your hand, they decided you weren't
a typical voter.

    Dick, we all think your bringing this up because you are feeling tinges
    of guilt.  You must have voted for Killer Billy!

>Jim, as soon as they saw Kermit on your hand, they decided you weren't
>a typical voter.


 I thought that might be it.




 Jim

>    Don't you people understand the concept of a SECRET ballot?

	hey - whaddya think we are - geniuses?  maybe if you explain
	it kinda slow-like...  and don't use any Latin.

      Harry Brown (Libertarian) or Alan Keyes.

    
      Um, how'd you get the two ballots ?  Or did you think this was
     an "entrance" poll ?
    
      bb

    secret ballot means to Vote is secret; after your ballot has been
    placed, it's ones own Perogative whether they keep it secret or not.
    
    FWIW

    
    prerogative.  hth 8^).
    

    
      Tally (them's as voted) :
    
      Dole, 1 STAR::OKELLEY
      Buchanan, 1 CSLALL::HENDERSON
      Keyes, 1 MKOTS3::JMARTIN
      Alexander 4, SMURF::MSCANSLON, MOLAR::DELBALSO, BROKE::PARTS,
                   POWDML::BUCKLEY
    
      Did you 7 people all actually vote in the NH primary today ?
    
      And that's it ?
    
      bb

    I did!!

    
    Not yet...
    
    Polls in Milford, N.H. are open 10am - 8pm
    

 I did.. 7:15AM in Derry

    
      yeah, I know - I vote going home myself, here in the PRM
    
      if you want to say how you went tomorrow, when we know the
     outcome, that's still interesting.  I'll say how I went 3/6
     after our primary.
    
      note to Binder : if you want to subvert exit polls, best effect
     is achieved by lying with a straight face, not refusing to answer.
     Refusing is ineffective, but only 5% lies destroys the poll.
    
      btw, this little sample is one of several little indicators that
     tell me Alexander is going to have a good day today.  I can feel it.
    
      bb

    re: .27
    
    Yup, voted in Merrimack on my way to work.  They had actually
    removed me completely from the voting list about 6 months ago instead
    of updating my entry as I had asked, probably because there are
    two Mary Scanlons in Merrimack and they got confused.  So I 
    had to re-register, which made the party affiliation thing
    real easy :-).  Now I just have to go and change it back to
    Democrat :-)
    

    
    I find it really funny how politicians are so up on "what the
    people are sick of". I've heard that poo poo head Alexander
    going on about "people are sick of negative ads" for weeks...
    well, no I'm not. Politics are boring crap anyway, and they're
    all bloody liars... good mud-slinging is about the only
    entertainment left in politics. So buzz off Lamar, either
    insult someone or shut the hell up.
    
    I agree that Lamar came out of the same sort of schmoozing
    southern sleezebag mold that Bill Clinton is made of. Which
    is why I wouldn't touch him with a ten foot exit poll.
    
    -b

    Brian:
    
    Maybe we all ought to but them Mr. Potatoheads and do whirly twirlies
    in their midst!

>       <<< Note 658.33 by CPEEDY::MARKEY "He's ma...ma...ma...mad sir" >>>

>   ...I wouldn't touch him with a ten foot exit poll.

	aagagag.  good one.
	i agree about his whining.  it's more obnoxious listening
	to him being righteous than it is the others being ruthless.

So, everyone reading the 'box, and everyone with whom they might communicate,
etc., has access to the fact that I cast my NH primary ballot for Alexander, 
and thus it's no longer a (_*secret*_). I don't have a problem with that. If
you don't care to mention for whom you did or will cast your ballot, that is 
your prerogative, and no one's attempting to convince you to do otherwise. I 
don't happen to be as concerned about the privacy of my opinion. Different 
strokes.

    .22
    
    > and don't use any Latin.
    
    Jeez, why'd you have to go and do that?  You've hamstrung me.  "Secret"
    is a Latin word.

    
    	Diane, "prerogative" can only be used when describing an entrance
    	poll.  "Postrogative" must be used when describing an exit poll.
    
    	"Rogative" comes from the Latin word meaning "ballot discussion".
    

    No Shawn, rogative is something that helps you with rogering.
    
    A prerogative might be wine, candles, mood music.  
    A postrogative might be a cigarette or in some circles, perhaps just a
    nap.  

   .37  um, if you say so.  but i didn't use "prerogative".

    
    	Sorry, Diane ... looked like your reply, except for the name stamp
    	in the header.
    
    	Pretend I was referring to a note by Deb.
    	

    
    Shhhhh, I'm taking a nap.
    

| <<< Note 658.12 by CONSLT::MCBRIDE "Keep hands & feet inside ride at all times" >>>

| Um, in some locales, they do.  They all go by Bubba or Billy Ray
| Bob.  Hth.

	Too funny, Brian!



Glen

    The Lamar dude.

    
      My intent was to record your vote, if you wish, AFTER you already
     made it.  I will record mine when I cast it here in Massachusetts.
    
      "Exit" means "exit", capiche ?
    
      bb

Lamar 

    
    on to Illinois, all you hosers

    
    I voted for that one-armed, near-death cripple Dole...
    
    
    
    Just to piss off DougO

    Extra! Extra!  Pole Dole Poll

    
    
    At least one...
    
    He'll be in touch...
    

Pineapple Poll?

So when do you think Dole will give up and go back to Hawaii?

    
    
    Dole:
    
     Hi folks... I just flew in from the mainland and I'm sorry it took so
    long...
    
     ya see.. I only gots one wing!!!!!!!
    
    
     Har... har... har... har....

    
    Billary

    
      Massachusetts primary this AM.  Took a Republican ballot.
    
      Bob Dole.
    
      bb

    
    I went this morning before work.
    
    What candidates are on the Libertarian and Democratic ballots?  I saw
    there were ballots for those parties, but didn't look at them.
    
    
    

    Keyes in MD

    "Stand by your maaaaaan"

    Clinton in CO.
    
    Mom is in the hospital and I don't know if they got her a ballot, but
    she is Dole, not because she likes him, but he is better than the
    alternatives.

>but she is Dole,

Is that why they put her in the hospital?

/john

    No John,
    
    Because she has no platelet count except for a massive clot in one leg,
    a heart in A-fib and several other nasties.  

	Buchanan

    ho ho ho.

    hairy mistress!

    
      Actually, I have heard that among certain left-wing groups, there
     is a Buchanan movement.  The idea being, to reelect Clinton.  Of
     course, the same tactic might be available to right-wing groups
     in 2000.  Personally, I consider this tactic legit.  That is, the
     primary system as it is set up now, legitimizes the strategy of
     trying to help the opposite party's least electable candidate.
    
      There are ways to eliminate this, but they require a major change
     to how we pick presidents.
    
      bb

  Z  Actually, I have heard that among certain left-wing groups, there
  Z      is a Buchanan movement.
    
    Great.  Between this and Shawn's GAS we're going to have a great day!!

    .60
    
    /john,
    
    Cruel. Really cruel.  

    .62
    
    Glen,
    
    A pig flew over my house last night.
    
    --- Barry

    On the libertarian ticket in MA there were three candidates
    
    Harry Browne
    Irwin Schiff
    Rich Tompkins
    
    I chose Harry Browne
    
    --Geoff

| <<< Note 658.68 by SCASS1::EDITEX::MOORE "GetOuttaMyChair" >>>


| A pig flew over my house last night.

	Cops fly?

    
    	Yes, they book.
    

   or is it....PIIIIIGGGGGSSS IIIIINNNNNN SSSPPPPPAAAAAAACCCCCCCCEEEE!!!!!

    At last I can say it...
    
    I voted for Buchanan.

I was going to vote for Keyes, but I'm not leaving the house until the
strep monsters are gone first.

/john

    
    	I voted for Keyes.