Vote or Don't

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3/12/2010 12:52:17 PM

get this soapbox outa my chit chat

3/12/2010 12:52:50 PM

don't we know how these things go around here yet?

3/12/2010 12:54:15 PM

vote skewing is entirely the chit chat arena

3/12/2010 12:56:28 PM

Vote other. Get that Blue NC shit out of my NC.

3/12/2010 12:56:49 PM

i dont know any of those people, but i will vote democrat probably

3/12/2010 1:01:39 PM

^ Elaine Marshall has been Secretary of State for awhile



[Edited on March 12, 2010 at 1:21 PM. Reason : x]

3/12/2010 1:19:30 PM

^^To give more info, and follow up on what ^ said:

Cal Cunningham = 36 year old former member of the NC senate w/ a military background

Ken Lewis = 48 year old Lawyer with background in campaign fundraising, but never held political office (which some may consider a strength when running against an incumbent who has been in congress for 16 years)

Elaine Marshal = 64 year old Secretary of State. She beat Richard Petty for that seat.

Other = Marcus Williams, Susan Harris, & Ann Worthy who are the 2nd tier candidates for the primary (not all of them have websites, some waited until the filing deadline to start their campaigns, some said they don't expect to win but want to shape the debate)

All the actual polling data gives Elaine a strong lead, with Cal in second leading only among young voters, but heavy undecided numbers. A few of them have made campaign stops on campus at NCSU. I know Cal did a few weeks ago, and I think maybe Elaine did a few months back.

3/12/2010 1:31:52 PM

Thinking elain marshall, but I need to do more research

3/12/2010 1:52:58 PM

3/12/2010 1:53:17 PM

Can i get pictures of these people? im still undecided

3/12/2010 2:02:02 PM

^if you're voting for the hottest, then Elaine is a no brainer

Cal speaking to voters


Ken in front of a flag


Elaine explaining how hang-gliders work

3/12/2010 2:53:56 PM

why is there not a choice of "none of the above"

3/12/2010 3:06:14 PM

^Well they have the main 3 options listed out, and I think other covers the 3 minor candidates and write-ins, which basically covers all your options for voting in a democratic primary.

Burr isn't included because he isn't a candidate in the democratic primary, and because you shouldn't be voting for a guy who voted against the anti-rape amendment, voted for domestic violence to count as a pre-existing condition, and who called his wife and told her to do a bank run when the recession started.

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"On Friday night, I called my wife and I said, 'Brooke, I am not coming home this weekend. I will call you on Monday. Tonight, I want you to go to the ATM machine, and I want you to draw out everything it will let you take. And I want you to tomorrow, and I want you to go Sunday.' I was convinced on Friday night that if you put a plastic card in an ATM machine the last thing you were going to get was cash.""

That guy has been in Congress for 16 years, surely you can find a better option of the 6 who are running, or at least a write in?

3/12/2010 3:17:55 PM

well i was just trolling, this is CC btw haha

but since you decided to answer seriously ill take time to respond

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" voted against the anti-rape amendment"

link please?

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"voted for domestic violence to count as a pre-existing condition"

a woman that is getting beaten up on the regs by her husband/bf and she decides to stay with him, shes just stupid. insurance shouldnt have to pay for stupidity

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"and who called his wife and told her to do a bank run when the recession started."

who cares, let him do what he wants as long as it isnt illegal. if he wants to keep cash under his mattress than so be it

3/12/2010 3:38:30 PM

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"link please?"

3/12/2010 5:12:32 PM

Burr is such a piece of crap. Anyone else read that article when he ran the first time detailing how he was a slumlord?

3/13/2010 12:18:00 AM

FUCK FSU! GO WOLFPACK!!!!

3/13/2010 12:20:01 AM

Results as of 3/15/10

Cal Cunningham: 43% (494 votes)
Ken Lewis: 4% (46 votes)
Elaine Marshall: 51% (594 votes)
Other: 2% (26 votes)
Total votes: 1160

This goes along with the results the real polls are showing. Elaine as the only current office holder has the highest name recognition and is winning, Cal, as a former state senator is in second, Ken is in third, and all the rest are basically non-entities (except maybe Marcus since he ran last time, & came in third in the primary). If this continues, we'll probably see a Elaine vs Burr race in the general election.

3/15/2010 9:18:22 PM

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"a woman that is getting beaten up on the regs by her husband/bf and she decides to stay with him, shes just stupid. insurance shouldnt have to pay for stupidity"

Do you even know what pre-existing condition means, in industry vocabulary, or the effects of having that label applied?

3/15/2010 9:33:53 PM

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"in industry vocabulary"

insurance wise?
psychology wise?
physiologically?
ecological?

you have to be more specific

3/15/2010 10:23:33 PM

Wouldn't it just be nice to have politicians that you can support without having to defend whether or not domestic violence counts as a pre-existing condition or not?

Cal, Ken, Elaine, & Marcus made it out to a public forum in Durham today. Here are their introductory statements. Their websites obviously make for the best detailed comparisons, but you can at least see which issues they considered important enough to mention in their opening statements, and hear a little bit about each candidates background:



As one of them pointed out we have less than 50 days now until the primary election.

3/16/2010 12:36:56 AM