# Check in with Election '08!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-with-election-08/429804>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 13, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-with-election-08/429804 "2007-12-13T02:47:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-with-election-08/429804/61 "2007-12-16T01:23:26Z")

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[QUOTE=foolsguinea]  
Huh? The only candidate of theirs I find particularly desirable is McCain.  
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Just because you don’t like them doesn’t mean they’re not good candidates. They’re just candidates for whom you would not vote. Looking at it with the benefit of being several thousand miles away, every single one of the major candidates (I’ve not looked into the minor parties / candidates and independents) is a person of intellect, distinction, and ability. Clinton (despite my dislike of her), Obama, Richardson, Huckabee, McCain, Romney, Thompson, etc etc. I don’t think America will do badly whoever is elected.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-with-election-08/429804/62 "2007-12-16T17:15:18Z")

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[QUOTE=Quartz]  
Just because you don’t like them doesn’t mean they’re not good candidates. They’re just candidates for whom you would not vote.  
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While I would not vote for _any_ of the Republicans, _Republicans’_ disappointment with the current field has been palpable for most of this year.

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> Looking at it with the benefit of being several thousand miles away, every single one of the major candidates (I’ve not looked into the minor parties / candidates and independents) is a person of intellect, distinction, and ability. Clinton (despite my dislike of her), Obama, Richardson, Huckabee, McCain, Romney, Thompson, etc etc.

Excepting McCain and Romney, the gaps in the main GOP candidates’ knowledge of current issues is enormous, as reflected by both the things they’ve said and by their websites.

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> I don’t think America will do badly whoever is elected.

That’s what most people thought when Bush and Gore were contending for the Presidency. I think that position’s landed firmly in history’s circular file.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-with-election-08/429804/63 "2007-12-18T16:29:34Z")

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[QUOTE=BrainGlutton]  
So was Bill, but he still made a good president.  
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Make Kerik go away.

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