# 2012 US Election. (forum)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-us-election-forum/558399>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 26, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-us-election-forum/558399 "2010-10-26T13:26:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-us-election-forum/558399/21 "2010-10-28T22:56:33Z")

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> [@Morgenstern](#):
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> And when they arrive and find a forum devoted to political interests they may be more inclined to stay vs finding those threads spaced between “what color should my poop be” threads.

Y’know, a forum titled “ **Poop and Politics** ”, for all threads related to politics and feces, would not only make for a fairly cohesive set of subject matters, but might up participation and interest.

Just a thought ;).

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-us-election-forum/558399/22 "2010-10-28T23:58:31Z")

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> [@Amblydoper](#):
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> Kaiser permanente got its start building boats in WWII

No they didn’t. The Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals are non-profit entities which are separate from the for-profit Permanente medical groups in their consortium, which are _all_ entirely separate from the various companies started by Henry Kaiser, which built ships. The only connection is that the Kaiser Companies formed a consortium to offset workers’ medical costs, and this eventually grew into the modern KP structure.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-us-election-forum/558399/23 "2010-10-29T00:42:26Z")

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> [@Morgenstern](#):
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> And when they arrive and find a forum devoted to political interests they may be more inclined to stay vs finding those threads spaced between “what color should my poop be” threads.

I do believe you are in error, my dear fellow. When the Elections forum didn’t exist, the political threads were usually found in the Great Debates forum, which typically did not have a thread of the “what color should my poop be” variety, unless I am sorely mistaken.

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**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-us-election-forum/558399/24 "2010-10-29T02:50:03Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> No they didn’t. The Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals are non-profit entities which are separate from the for-profit Permanente medical groups in their consortium, which are _all_ entirely separate from the various companies started by Henry Kaiser, which built ships. The only connection is that the Kaiser Companies formed a consortium to offset workers’ medical costs, and this eventually grew into the modern KP structure.

Huh, I thought there was more of a connection then that. Now that I think about it, I heard it on the History Channel. I should know better.

Still, at the very least, merge the two forums. And rename the Election forum into a permanent politics forum.

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