Primary elections are over, accept your nomination here!

[imaeditedbysowulo]

Techs [ 4 ] 10.53%
Webhead [ 8 ] * 21.05%
Seeker [ 10 ] 26.32%
Ya_Know [ 8 ] 21.05%
Jaxson [ 2 ] 5.26%
Paraflyer [ 4 ] 10.53%
John F. Kerry [ 2 ] 5.26%



Well it's come down to a three person race, Seeker, Ya_Know and Webhead.

Each of you have until midnight tonight EST to post in this thread and accept your nomination and declare a final running mate. You don't need to have a running mate if you would prefer not to have one, but you can if you feel like it will strengthen your ticket.

If you do not formally accept your nomination in this thread by the time allotted you will not be included in the final election. If only one of you responds, we will skip the election and the one person replying will be president. If noone accepts in this thread then I will make myself President for life.

If there is a need for a final election poll it will be posted tomorrow.

[WebHead]

I (WebHead) accept the peoples nomination as president of the Politicos forum. I would also like to recognize the wisdom, intelligence, humor and strength of your vice presidential candidate,.. Wayward Clam. With him by my side, we will lead this forum, and we will represent the people and their will. Thank you once again for your nomination. Thank you, good night and god bless.

[techs]

I (WebHead) accept the peoples nomination as president of the Politicos forum. I would also like to recognize the wisdom, intelligence, humor and strength of your vice presidential candidate,.. Wayward Clam. With him by my side, we will lead this forum, and we will represent the people and their will. Thank you once again for your nomination. Thank you, good night and god bless.

WebHead. First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his Windrivers countrymen.

Vote WebHead for a safer, more prosperous Politicos.


Paid for by Windrivers Patriots for WebHead.

[imaeditedbysowulo]

You have foiled my intricate plan to become the President of Politicos. Blasted webcrawler!

:sad:

[WebHead]

:D

[TripleRLtd]

I always knew there was a snake in the mix: and it is IMA!!!
Come on man. You end this on a day when teh Ya_k doesn't ever even show up?http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif
SO: how low can you go?
I hereby accept on behalf of teh Ya_k who will check in tomorrow!http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/moon.gif
And, I call upon Titchski to come to the rescue of the election here at WD.
Fair is fair!
Here:
hang this on your chad.http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[TripleRLtd]

Here: (posted by Titchski)
I'd like to take this opportunity to nominate myself for a position on the Supreme Court of Politicos, in the highly likely event of the "real" election becoming a farce. :D We need you now man! http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif

[Wayward Clam]

I'm sorry, but I can't spew politicspeak on command. Insert something diplomatic and electioneering-sounding here. :D :D :D

[imaeditedbysowulo]

I always knew there was a snake in the mix: and it is IMA!!!
Come on man. You end this on a day when teh Ya_k doesn't ever even show up?http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif
SO: how low can you go?
I hereby accept on behalf of teh Ya_k who will check in tomorrow!http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/moon.gif
And, I call upon Titchski to come to the rescue of the election here at WD.
Fair is fair!
Here:
hang this on your chad.http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif


LMAO!! :thumbs:

I guess you should have lent me your little black book with everyone's posting habits.

Seriously tho, it was common knowledge what day this was ending on. This little twist is to seperate the serious candidates from the ones who think it's some kind of big joke. Do you think George Bush or John Kerry would be MIA on an election day? Of course not, because they value the position that they are running for.

I was really hoping that none of the three would post, thereby making me the president de faulto and allowing me to start my takeover of all the forums. Back to the drawing board I guess.

[imaeditedbysowulo]

I'm sorry, but I can't spew politic speak on command.


My fellow-citizens, no people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness in our own strength, but with gratitude to the Giver of Good who has blessed us with the conditions which have enabled us to achieve so large a measure of well-being and of happiness. To us as a people it has been granted to lay the foundations of our national life in a new continent. We are the heirs of the ages, and yet we have had to pay few of the penalties which in old countries are exacted by the dead hand of a bygone civilization. We have not been obliged to fight for our existence against any alien race; and yet our life has called for the vigor and effort without which the manlier and hardier virtues wither away. Under such conditions it would be our own fault if we failed; and the success which we have had in the past, the success which we confidently believe the future will bring, should cause in us no feeling of vainglory, but rather a deep and abiding realization of all which life has offered us; a full acknowledgment of the responsibility which is ours; and a fixed determination to show that under a free government a mighty people can thrive best, alike as regards the things of the body and the things of the soul.

Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither. We have become a great nation, forced by the fact of its greatness into relations with the other nations of the earth, and we must behave as beseems a people with such responsibilities. Toward all other nations, large and small, our attitude must be one of cordial and sincere friendship. We must show not only in our words, but in our deeds, that we are earnestly desirous of securing their good will by acting toward them in a spirit of just and generous recognition of all their rights. But justice and generosity in a nation, as in an individual, count most when shown not by the weak but by the strong. While ever careful to refrain from wrongdoing others, we must be no less insistent that we are not wronged ourselves. We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid. No weak nation that acts manfully and justly should ever have cause to fear us, and no strong power should ever be able to single us out as a subject for insolent aggression.

Our relations with the other powers of the world are important; but still more important are our relations among ourselves. Such growth in wealth, in population, and in power as this nation has seen during the century and a quarter of its national life is inevitably accompanied by a like growth in the problems which are ever before every nation that rises to greatness. Power invariably means both responsibility and danger. Our forefathers faced certain perils which we have outgrown. We now face other perils, the very existence of which it was impossible that they should foresee. Modern life is both complex and intense, and the tremendous changes wrought by the extraordinary industrial development of the last half century are felt in every fiber of our social and political being. Never before have men tried so vast and formidable an experiment as that of administering the affairs of a continent under the forms of a Democratic republic. The conditions which have told for our marvelous material well-being, which have developed to a very high degree our energy, self-reliance, and individual initiative, have also brought the care and anxiety inseparable from the accumulation of great wealth in industrial centers. Upon the success of our experiment much depends, not only as regards our own welfare, but as regards the welfare of mankind. If we fail, the cause of free self-government throughout the world will rock to its foundations, and therefore our responsibility is heavy, to ourselves, to the world as it is to-day, and to the generations yet unborn. There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is every reason why we should face it seriously, neither hiding from ourselves the gravity of the problems before us nor fearing to approach these problems with the unbending, unflinching purpose to solve them aright.

Yet, after all, though the problems are new, though the tasks set before us differ from the tasks set before our fathers who founded and preserved this Republic, the spirit in which these tasks must be undertaken and these problems faced, if our duty is to be well done, remains essentially unchanged. We know that self-government is difficult. We know that no people needs such high traits of character as that people which seeks to govern its affairs aright through the freely expressed will of the freemen who compose it. But we have faith that we shall not prove false to the memories of the men of the mighty past. They did their work, they left us the splendid heritage we now enjoy. We in our turn have an assured confidence that we shall be able to leave this heritage unwasted and enlarged to our children and our children's children. To do so we must show, not merely in great crises, but in the everyday affairs of life, the qualities of practical intelligence, of courage, of hardihood, and endurance, and above all the power of devotion to a lofty ideal, which made great the men who founded this Republic in the days of Washington, which made great the men who preserved this Republic in the days of Abraham Lincoln. :D :D :D


Wow! I'm impressed Clammy. I think it's safe to say that Webhead and yourself can count on my vote.

[Wayward Clam]

Wow! I'm impressed Clammy. I think it's safe to say that Webhead and yourself can count on my vote.

LOL! Is this what I get for insulting you in the other thread? You DID see my apology to you, right?

I don't even have the patience to READ that whole post, never mind write it! :D :D :D

[techs]

I am sure Ya_Know would agree that if you don't bother to pick up your nomination you don't get to play.











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[techs]

And this post brings me to 3,999.

[Wayward Clam]

And this post brings me to 3,999.

Yeah, but how many would you have if Politicos was deleted? :devil:

[imaeditedbysowulo]

LOL! Is this what I get for insulting you in the other thread? You DID see my apology to you, right?

I don't even have the patience to READ that whole post, never mind write it! :D :D :D

Sure thing I got it, I was just trying to help you guys out. I saw that thing about "insert political something or other here", so I found an old presidential speech to paste in there. I think it was Thomas Jefferson.

Good luck to you two, tho if noone else shows up to accept the nomination you guys will win by default.
:redeyes:

[WebHead]

And to make sure I'm doing my part to make sure this is as fair as possible,.. I offer a ^ bump ^ to this thread.

[imaeditedbysowulo]

Congratulations Webhead and Clammy! Good job with that well thought out campaign, and might I add it was nice to see a clean campaign for a change.

It's nice to see democracy work. :eek2:

[Major Kong]

Seeker is tied up reading children books to her Sunday School Class, so in her absence I Major Kong do accept the nomination of President for Seeker. But for a certain $$$$$ amount I will forfeit this nomination and retire to a nice secluded spot in Cabo San Lucas. :D

[WebHead]

Congratulations Webhead and Clammy! Good job with that well thought out campaign, and might I add it was nice to see a clean campaign for a change.

It's nice to see democracy work. :eek2:

Thanks! Does this mean Clam and I have now assumed the responsibilities of the office of the president of the Windrivers Politicos forums and should be sworn in any day now (try saying THAT 3 times fast. Whew!)?

[imaeditedbysowulo]

Thanks! Does this mean Clam and I have now assumed the responsibilities of the office of the president of the Windrivers Politicos forums and should be sworn in any day now (try saying THAT 3 times fast. Whew!)?


Yes you **********-face, you can consider yourself sworn in now.

Sorry Major, I'm afraid in this election that only the candidate himself/herself can accept the glorious nomination, failure to do so is tantamount to forfeiture of heretosaid aforementioned candicy. What? Oh yea, wrbby wins!

I was soooooooo close to being President.

[Major Kong]

Oh yeah!!! Well we'll just see about that!!! :mad: techs gave me permission to use his attorney and information director Bob!!! I'll put him on the case right away and we'll see whose laughing last!

Go get 'em Bob! :thumbs: http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/images/07-minister.jpg :p

[Wayward Clam]

What? We won? I demand a recount! :D

[Ya_know]

I always knew there was a snake in the mix: and it is IMA!!!
Come on man. You end this on a day when teh Ya_k doesn't ever even show up?http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif
SO: how low can you go?
I hereby accept on behalf of teh Ya_k who will check in tomorrow!http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/moon.gif
And, I call upon Titchski to come to the rescue of the election here at WD.
Fair is fair!
Here:
hang this on your chad.http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Thank you for watching my back. Looks like a few people are trying to run a presidential race like they do in Cambodia... :rolleyes:

Fact is, I accepted the minute I put in my signature that I wanted people to vote for me, so your ruse is not valid IamA. And since Seeker won the popular vote, I am just as sure she'd like to run. We should take a few days to interview running mates, and then we will take this to the people!!! So I am not caught by surprise, what day will the election start?

[techs]

Thank you for watching my back. Looks like a few people are trying to run a presidential race like they do in Cambodia... :rolleyes:

Fact is, I accepted the minute I put in my signature that I wanted people to vote for me, so your ruse is not valid IamA. And since Seeker won the popular vote, I am just as sure she'd like to run. We should take a few days to interview running mates, and then we will take this to the people!!! So I am not caught by surprise, what day will the election start?

We are running this election under George Bush rules. NO RECOUNTS. NO complaints allowed over voting irregularities. The rules are the rules. You will have your chance again in 4 years. Once somebody, anybody declares a winner its OVER.

I have been waiting to say this since 2000.

[Ya_know]

In that case, I declare myself victor, and new President of Politicos...

Thank you all for your support! :thumbs:

[3fingersalute]

I say all 3 of them should be in the primary. This is not a dictatorship, where one person can determine who can run in what, and what time limits will be put in place..........if time limits are going to be instituted, it needs to be put to a vote!

Long live democracy!!

[paraflyer]

We are running this election under George Bush rules. NO RECOUNTS. NO complaints allowed over voting irregularities. The rules are the rules. You will have your chance again in 4 years. Once somebody, anybody declares a winner its OVER.

I have been waiting to say this since 2000.

Sounds like you threw out the absentee ballots again..... :devil:

[Zil]

We are running this election under George Bush rules. NO RECOUNTS. NO complaints allowed over voting irregularities. The rules are the rules. You will have your chance again in 4 years. Once somebody, anybody declares a winner its OVER.

I have been waiting to say this since 2000.

Don't forget to have dozens of other organizations recount and recount after the election and still find that the guy that won actually won, regardless of any "conspiracy", hanging chad or incompetent voters that voted for Buchanan because they can't read.

[Seeker]

This was not fair

I don't always get a chance to come here on the weekends :(

It is summer time...a lot of people (like me) go out of town on the weekends.

Not fair :(

[imaeditedbysowulo]

Everyone seems upset, yet noone has called shenanigans.

[Ya_know]

This was not fair

I don't always get a chance to come here on the weekends :(

It is summer time...a lot of people (like me) go out of town on the weekends.

Not fair :(

Stand your ground girl!

Since you and I are the two that had an opportunity to accept but missed the "cutoff", and we both agree that there was #1 no need to ask whether we accepted, since we were both running a solid campaigned and it should have been obvious that we would accept, and #2, there was absolutely no warning whatsoever of an acceptance requirement under a deadline, then we should both consider the perpetrators of this act our sworn enemies...

There will be an election, with Seeker, Webbie, and Ya_know on the ballot. Running mates should be determined, and when they have accepted, the new election should be started. Again, this final election must be an open poll, so that we know who is voting for who, and no “new” or “extra” users can be created to stack the vote.

[Cleetus]

Damn, if the Seekre picked teh cleetus, there would be no way we could lose

[Ya_know]

Everyone seems upset, yet noone has called shenanigans.

What's that???

[ilovetheusers]

It's from south park.

Shenanigans

I think we need to hang someone now.

[TripleRLtd]

It's from south park.

Shenanigans

I think we need to hang someone now.Ditto!http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif
PS
There's your running mate Ya_k. ILTU and/or Paraflyer.

[Camaro80z]

It's from south park.

Shenanigans

I think we need to hang someone now.

I vote for techs.

P.S. I think i would make a very good vice president, and should be considered as a running mate! :thumbs:

[WebHead]

Too late for all this. I am already president and Wayward Clam is vice president. Being on vacation all weekend is no excuse for neglecting your forums. If you truly care, you would've at least checked in. Anyway,... :D

[Ya_know]

...:D

Does anyone here someone talking? Naa, must just be a fart in the distance... :p

[edball]

This was not fair

I don't always get a chance to come here on the weekends :(

It is summer time...a lot of people (like me) go out of town on the weekends.

Not fair :(
Don't worry. As your self-appointed campaign manager, I will make sure you are on the ballot. Anyway, you need a running mate. I think you should pick Cleetus, Cobra or Adept. They will all bring in votes. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/sagrin.gif

[TripleRLtd]

Does anyone here someone talking? Naa, must just be a fart in the distance... :pA cleetus beer fart?http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/eek3.gif Run for teh hills....

[Seeker]

Too late for all this. I am already president and Wayward Clam is vice president. Being on vacation all weekend is no excuse for neglecting your forums. If you truly care, you would've at least checked in. Anyway,... :D

I was not home...

People of WD...do you really want a Prez that only won because the others didn't know about an election that was held on a SUNDAY...of all days. Sunday is a day of rest...not a day of election. I demand a new vote...done durring the week.
if Wrbby still wins that election I will glady welcome him as Prez. But I think to be fair...we shold re-do it.

Cleetus is my Offical running mate.

[ilovetheusers]

Ditto!http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif



It was an obvious liberal plot against us......

[edball]

I was not home...

People of WD...do you really want a Prez that only won because the others didn't know about an election that was held on a SUNDAY...of all days. Sunday is a day of rest...not a day of election. I demand a new vote...done durring the week.
if Wrbby still wins that election I will glady welcome him as Prez. But I think to be fair...we shold re-do it.

Cleetus is my Offical running mate.
Excellent choice (even if he is a Texan) , as soon as Ya_Know picks his running mate we will start the vote. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif

[TripleRLtd]

Cleetus is my Offical running mate.OhOh Ya_k!! That is going to be one tough team to top! BUT: hold your votes everyone. Seeker seems to be like Kerry! http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/wink.gif All talk no platform! So, Seeker, do you have a platform?http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif

[TripleRLtd]

It was an obvious liberal plot against us......Ditto, again.
Now, Ya_k, is ILTU your running mate?

[Cleetus]

OhOh Ya_k!! That is going to be one tough team to top! BUT: hold your votes everyone. Seeker seems to be like Kerry! http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/wink.gif All talk no platform! So, Seeker, do you have a platform?http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif
Yeah, she is going to get us more pictures if she wins!!!!!!

[Seeker]

Seeker seems to be like Kerry! http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/wink.gif All talk no platform! So, Seeker, do you have a platform?http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif

Yeah...you.
Now get on your hands and knees so I can step-up and reach the mic.

[TripleRLtd]

Do I at least get to take a peek? http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/wink.gifhttp://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif
If so, take your first step, and make it last.http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[edball]

Yeah...you.
Now get on your hands and knees so I can step-up and reach the mic.
http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/lach.gif (http://forums.windrivers.com/misc.php?do=getsmilies#)

[WebHead]

I was not home...

People of WD...do you really want a Prez that only won because the others didn't know about an election that was held on a SUNDAY...of all days. Sunday is a day of rest...not a day of election. I demand a new vote...done durring the week.
if Wrbby still wins that election I will glady welcome him as Prez. But I think to be fair...we shold re-do it.

Cleetus is my Offical running mate.

Ok ok,.. I'll agree with you on that. But only because you're a really cool, hot chick. :D

[Wayward Clam]

You're just mad because you wanted her as your mate. :D

[Seeker]

Do I at least get to take a peek? http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/wink.gifhttp://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif
If so, take your first step, and make it last.http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

If you want...


SEEKER FOR PREZ!
http://pic11.picturetrail.com/VOL396/2255509/4439298/62774575.jpg

[WebHead]

Wow :eek2:

[Major Kong]

Well I don't care who wins! I will be the THPPTS (The Hidden Power Pulling the Strings)!!! I will abide by the Non-Conformist Creed: http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gifhttp://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif

Everybody repeat after me:

I promise to be different.
I promise to be unique.
I promise not to repeat things other people say.

http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/sagrin.gifhttp://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/sagrin.gif

Oh yeah and I agree with Wrbby...WOW!!! http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/bigok.gif

[Diver01]

OMG Im in Love!!!

*Falls over into convulsions*

:devil: :cool: :thumbs2:

[Cleetus]

And just remember ladies, should she fall, that would leave your ultimate fantasy man, teh CLEETUS, as #1 in the land

[TripleRLtd]

If you want...


SEEKER FOR PREZ!
http://pic11.picturetrail.com/VOL396/2255509/4439298/62774575.jpg Hey, that's not fair. Teh Ya_k doesn't stand a chance now.
Ditto btw on the WOW.http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif
So, all looks no platform? Didn't Clinton and Kennedy do that already?http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/sagrin.gif
Oh, yeah, again:
WOW!!!
I once compared you to Sandra Bullock. NOT! You, my dear are even prettier.http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[edball]

If you want...


SEEKER FOR PREZ!
http://pic11.picturetrail.com/VOL396/2255509/4439298/62774575.jpg
You obviously don't need my help, but I'm still with you 100 % ! Go Seeker !
If you think this is good just wait until you see her inauguration picture ! http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/sagrin.gif

P.S. Go Cleetus !

[WebHead]

I would just like to officially announce that Seeker is not only really cool, but a total peice of hot azz!

However,.. you all should still vote for the WebHead / Wayward Clam ticket. :D

[Cleetus]

You are running a candian on your ticket?

[WebHead]

And I don't plan on seeing too many replies for now as I'm sure most of you have run off for a quick bathroom break after Seekers last post. :p

[Ya_know]

You are running a candian on your ticket?

That's fine with me... :devil:

[Ya_know]

http://pic11.picturetrail.com/VOL396/2255509/4439298/62774575.jpg :eek:

I think I'm in trouble... :cool:

[imaeditedbysowulo]

I think I'm in trouble... :cool:


You're totally screwed. If you can convince your running mate to vote for you, you MIGHT get two votes. You should have just accepted Wrbby's allegedly tainted victory.

[Wayward Clam]

How about, vote for Webby or else I'll post revealing pictures of me? :devil:

[TripleRLtd]

How about, vote for Webby or else I'll post revealing pictures of me? :devil:You're Canuckian, so how revealing could they really be?http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[GrandDad]

How about, vote for Webby or else I'll post revealing pictures of me? :devil:
Now that might cause Seeker problems :eek2:











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