# International Dopers: would you rather see Kerry or Bush as our next president? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767 "2004-09-30T00:43:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/21 "2004-09-30T09:00:17Z")
Kerry. ---
**Author:** ![marky33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@marky33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marky33)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/22 "2004-09-30T09:07:14Z")
Here’s what the world thinks: http://www.betavote.com/. 87pc in favour of Kerry last time I looked. Anyone but Bush for me ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/23 "2004-09-30T09:38:08Z")
> [@Kymodoce](#): > > Who would you rather see as the British PM after the (probable) election next year? BORIS! And on the US Question - Bush. Kerry really is a giant waste of space (and he has “American Hair” - something I have come to recognise as a really really bad thing (see also very skinny wife). Kerry terrifies me. ---
**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/24 "2004-09-30T10:04:41Z")
Definitely Boris! The only politician in the cool-list (so said the papers yesterday, anyhow). In the US? Kerry, definitely. Don’t know _that_ much about him, and I agree about the American hair, but I cannot in my worst nightmare imagine that he could possibly be any worse than Bush. That man scares the bejeesus out of me. [sub]And practically everyone I know.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/25 "2004-09-30T10:10:42Z")
I’m a moderate, but I’d prefer to see Boris as PM than our current incumbent. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/26 "2004-09-30T10:15:18Z")
I would pay twenty of Her Majesty’s Sterling Pounds to watch Boris address the UN. ---
**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/27 "2004-09-30T10:21:17Z")
> [@](#): > > I would pay twenty of Her Majesty’s Sterling Pounds to watch Boris address the UN. And I’d match it. Christ, that would make for some funny TV. ---
**Author:** ![Bimble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@Bimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bimble)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/28 "2004-09-30T10:21:33Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > Kerry, definitely, since I’m not anti-gay, anti-abortion, anti-environment, anti-international-relations or pro-war. Likewise!! From this international punter’s point-of-view, Bush is just SCAREY!!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/29 "2004-09-30T10:58:04Z")
Anyone but Bush, and his administration too. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/30 "2004-09-30T10:59:25Z")
You know, I haven’t decided yet. And considering the fact that I’m also a U.S. citizen, and that I’m probably going to vote, it’s about time I made up my mind. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/31 "2004-09-30T11:02:29Z")
I think Bush is dragging the US into the mud. Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, Abu Graib… Since Kerry is the alternative, we can only hope for him. ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/32 "2004-09-30T11:04:07Z")
**Bush** …or rather, anybody but Kerry. ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/33 "2004-09-30T12:01:10Z")
**Kerry** …or rather, anybody but Bush. A second Bush term would alienate the American _people_ from much of the rest of the world, on the grounds of “fool you once, shame on him - fool you twice…” ---
**Author:** ![marky33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@marky33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marky33)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/34 "2004-09-30T12:06:21Z")
> [@marky33](#): > > Here’s what the world thinks: http://www.betavote.com/. 87pc in favour of Kerry last time I looked. > Anyone but Bush for me Sorry, try this: [http://www.betavote.com/](http://www.betavote.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/35 "2004-09-30T22:42:00Z")
> [@tschild](#): > > **Kerry** …or rather, anybody but Bush. A second Bush term would alienate the American _people_ from much of the rest of the world, on the grounds of “fool you once, shame on him - fool you twice…” “There’s an old saying in Tennessee – I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee – that says, fool me once, shame on – shame on you. Fool me – you can’t get fooled again.” - George W. Bush > **[Briefing Room | The White House](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/)** (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/36 "2004-09-30T22:55:14Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Thanks, **Necro** , I was struggling with his name. I had a quick look, especially at his poll data, which shows him running at around 5% of the vote. I’m highly suspicious of the polling data I found on the site **Necro Romancer** helpfully linked to. For starters, the poll was conducted among New Mexico adults. I assure you that that Libertarian candidate is not polling at anything like 5% nationally. I’m not sure Ralph Nader is even at that level anymore, and he has much higher name recognition. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/37 "2004-09-30T23:34:29Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > … Kerry … reminds me of ex President Kennedy… Really? Coz I don’t see that at all. He would probably be thrilled to hear it though. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/38 "2004-10-01T00:39:38Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > BORIS! I’m a liberal but I’d probably vote for Boris if he had a chance! Funniest conservative there has ever been and probably will ever be. ---
**Author:** ![violacrane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c57346/32.png) [@violacrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/violacrane)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/39 "2004-10-01T01:18:02Z")
I’m watching the first televised debate right now. They both strike me as something I can’t call them in this forum… what an uninspiring choice! However I’d have to go for Kerry on the anyone but Bush principle. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767/40 "2004-10-01T01:33:41Z")
As I’m not an international doper, I’ll not submit my opinion. I will, however submit a comment just made by my fiancee: “Remember the good old days when we had a candidate we actually wanted to vote for?” He’s got a point. Most of the people I know are voting for what they consider the better of two evils. In recent election years, no candidate has really stood out as the perfect future leader for our country. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-dopers-would-you-rather-see-kerry-or-bush-as-our-next-president/266767.md?page=3)