# Hands up who doesn't give a rat's ass who the next POTUS is. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 24, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763 "2008-04-24T23:44:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/61 "2008-04-25T14:00:41Z")
Our incessant media coverage is what you get for sending us River Dance. Don’t fuck with us. ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/62 "2008-04-25T14:20:50Z")
[QUOTE=The Weird One] Yeah, you just watch out. While you’re out front trying to get us off your lawn, Alaska’s sneaking in the back door to steal your lumber. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Don’t even get me started on Alaska. You buggers stole half the West Coast from us. We will get you though, our plan is to get all your soldiers drunk then steal your tanks. Everyone knows Canadian beer rocks! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/63 "2008-04-25T14:27:57Z")
[QUOTE=FarmerChick] Don’t even get me started on Alaska. You buggers stole half the West Coast from us. We will get you though, our plan is to get all your soldiers drunk then steal your tanks. Everyone knows Canadian beer rocks! [/QUOTE] Blame Russia for that one. We got it from the discount bin. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/64 "2008-04-25T15:30:50Z")
[QUOTE=FarmerChick] Don’t even get me started on Alaska. You buggers stole half the West Coast from us. We will get you though, our plan is to get all your soldiers drunk then steal your tanks. Everyone knows Canadian beer rocks! [/QUOTE] I’m not sure about Alaskan Americans - do you think their sympathies will really lie with mainland US if it really comes down to it? ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/65 "2008-04-25T15:45:08Z")
Okay so I think I have this down; Ireland is moving to Antarctica, because the Irish Hillbillies have been attacking Israel too much and the Unholy Trinty is threatening to use nuclear pitchforks from South Carolina, meanwhile Tiger woods is leading Canada on an assault of Alaska. It’s Tracy McGrady’s fault. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/66 "2008-04-25T16:04:44Z")
[QUOTE=wolfman] Okay so I think I have this down; Ireland is moving to Antarctica, because the Irish Hillbillies have been attacking Israel too much and the Unholy Trinty is threatening to use nuclear pitchforks from South Carolina, meanwhile Tiger woods is leading Canada on an assault of Alaska. It’s Tracy McGrady’s fault. [/QUOTE] It’s An Ecumenical Matter! ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/67 "2008-04-25T19:36:43Z")
[QUOTE=Bridget Burke] It’s An Ecumenical Matter! [/QUOTE] Is that a Father Ted quote or just a blissful coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/68 "2008-04-25T19:39:36Z")
I _live here_ yet no longer give a shit. Now that I know none of the really crazy fuckers will win, no matter who gets the nod it’ll be 4-8 more years of business as usual. Can we stop pretending that we’re electing them to represent _our_ interests, please? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/69 "2008-04-25T19:59:24Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Can we stop pretending that we’re electing them to represent _our_ interests, please? [/QUOTE] I don’t think anyone believes that, do they? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/70 "2008-04-25T20:06:02Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] I don’t think anyone believes that, do they? [/QUOTE] Actually, I though Obama might at least partially. I am being naive, aren’t I? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/71 "2008-04-25T20:06:46Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] I don’t think anyone believes that, do they? [/QUOTE] Well, judging by the number of people witnessing for Obama it’s hard to tell. Fuck all three. That said, they all made “special appearances” on WWE Monday Night Raw this week. I guess corporate patronage ain’t quite what it used to be. [QUOTE=What Exit?] Actually, I though Obama might at least partially. I am being naive, aren’t I? [/QUOTE] Well, not necessarily. I am at least more convinced that Obama isn’t just in it for the book deal than I am the other two, but what does it matter? If there _was_ a President interested in changing the culture of corporate sack-licking that permeates the nation’s government, it’s not like they’d be able to achieve much. The threat of an end to the gravy train might be the only thing that unites Congress (other than meaningless resolutions about things that are pretty fucking obviously resolved already)… maybe Obama really would be a uniter. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/72 "2008-04-25T20:10:19Z")
Okay. Well, I don’t like Obama because I believe he represents my interests. I like him because I think he has the best economic advisor and the best temperament overall. I’m much more interested, at this point, in the President as head of state than head of government. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/73 "2008-04-25T20:12:55Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Okay. Well, I don’t like Obama because I believe he represents my interests. I like him because I think he has the best economic advisor and the best temperament overall. I’m much more interested, at this point, in the President as head of state than head of government. [/QUOTE] Good point. People keep ratting on about how he’s part of the liberal elite and so on. Well, I fucking hope so. At least then he’ll be able to spell potato and pronounce nuclear and do all the little things that keep foreign potentates from snickering behind their cuffs at him. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/74 "2008-04-25T20:37:25Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] If you attack Israel, Hillary has declared that she will wipe your country off the face of the earth with nuclear weapons. [/QUOTE] As much as I hate to defend Hillary, that’s a misleading paraphrase of what she said. ---
**Author:** ![Leviosaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Leviosaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leviosaurus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/75 "2008-04-25T21:18:15Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] As much as I hate to defend Hillary, that’s a misleading paraphrase of what she said. [/QUOTE] April 25, 2008, 3:37 pm. \*\*John Mace \*\* officially becomes a Hillary defender. Someone add that to his title 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/76 "2008-04-25T21:36:31Z")
[QUOTE=unconventional] We are like a spirited, rowdy and occasionally embarrassing extended family. It could be worse. We could be your neighbors, inviting ourselves over for toast and tea every morning. [/QUOTE] You mean, like the English? Sing with me: [They come over here and they take all our land…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssFOb2XjXgk&watch_response) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/77 "2008-04-25T23:05:40Z")
[QUOTE=Leviosaurus] April 25, 2008, 3:37 pm. \*\*John Mace \*\* officially becomes a Hillary defender. Someone add that to his title 😃 [/QUOTE] Sadly, I’ve done it before. Several times. It still hurts, though. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/78 "2008-04-25T23:29:17Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] I _live here_ yet no longer give a shit. Now that I know none of the really crazy fuckers will win, no matter who gets the nod it’ll be 4-8 more years of business as usual. Can we stop pretending that we’re electing them to represent _our_ interests, please? [/QUOTE] Tell me about it. I’m so tired of voting against somebody. I’m seriously thinking of skipping the vote for POTUS this year and just voting for whoever else is running in November. When was the last time a candidate really curled your toes, where you agreed with everything he stood for? I haven’t had that in a long time, and I’m afraid I’ll never have it again. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/79 "2008-04-26T00:46:40Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] When was the last time a candidate really curled your toes, where you agreed with everything he stood for? I haven’t had that in a long time, and I’m afraid I’ll never have it again. [/QUOTE] I don’t agree with everything my _wife_ stands for. Maybe you’re setting the bar a bit high? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ocean\_Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8797f3/32.png) [@Ocean\_Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ocean_Annie)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763/80 "2008-04-26T19:19:34Z")
[QUOTE=FarmerChick] You are my neighbour, my annoying obnoxious one that never shuts up, plays his music way too loud, has no consideration for others, and even worse, parks on the lawn, MY lawn ya bastards! Get off my lawn! [/QUOTE] Is this your lawn? Pardon me. Hey, do you have a cup of milk? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-who-doesnt-give-a-rats-ass-who-the-next-potus-is/446763.md?page=3)