04-05-2008 23:33

whytheheckme

Re: pic: Write in Kamen? I did.

Could we get enough people to do this in November?

04-05-2008 23:44

Kyle Love

Re: pic: Write in Kamen? I did.

I don't know about anyone else....but in all honesty I think this would be a bad idea. Plus, doesn't this violate the user agreement, ie. no political discussion?

05-05-2008 11:26

Greg Needel

Re: pic: Write in Kamen? I did.

IMO i think that voting for dean is a horrible idea. There is no way you will get enough votes to beat out one of the major candidates. And as important as this election is vote for the candidate you think will support STEM initiatives, because they will be able to make more of a difference then wasting your vote.

05-05-2008 12:16

Nate Laverdure

Re: pic: Write in Kamen? I did.

I'm not a big CD user, so please take my opinion with a grain of salt. This political thing seems to be a growing misconception. As written, political discussion isn't explicitly against the rules unless it takes place in signature files:
However, it has been politely suggested that political discussion should be kept to a minimum and should be located in the "Chit-Chat" forum:
It is my belief that the most interesting discussion on these fora will always contain political content. As such, CD members should be encouraged to use political ideas to integrate their own views into a larger global context. To mitigate the risk of certain types of degenerative arguments, political discussion should continue to be closely monitored, but if CD users are withholding their intelligent comments for fear of "breaking the rules," then this community is working against itself. Self-censorship is the most dangerous kind: I almost didn't post this.

05-05-2008 12:39

BlondeNerd

Re: pic: Write in Kamen? I did.

Before people question the judgement of writing in Dean as a candidate, look at the context. This was a student government election, not a federal government election. This vote was obviously a joke, unless Dean Kamen really goes Josh's high school. Throwing away a school election vote is not really that big of a deal.

05-05-2008 12:55

whytheheckme

Re: pic: Write in Kamen? I did.

Indeed, as was my comment. I wasn't actually suggesting that people go out and vote for Dean Kamen for president of the United States.

Anyway, I'm not old enough to vote in the presidential elections.


-Jacob

05-05-2008 12:58

Greg Needel

Re: pic: Write in Kamen? I did.

while you guys may be doing this as a joke some people are not.... http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...=write+in+dean

05-05-2008 15:00

Greg Peshek

Re: pic: Write in Kamen? I did.

From that initial post: Which indicates that they sent a real ballot in, indicating that the picture posted was also a joke. Most likely the one that inspired this poster.

-Greg P.

05-05-2008 16:04

Lil' Lavery

Re: pic: Write in Kamen? I did.

I believe he was referring to the discussion that took place after the post more than the initial post itself.

05-05-2008 17:17

joshsmithers

Re: pic: Write in Kamen? I did.

Bingo. I thought it was a little more apparent that this was a spinoff, but i guess I should've referenced the initial picture.