Will Alabama say no to Bush?

The1calledTKE · #1 04-23-2003, 11:56 AM

According to Alabama law to be on the presidential election ballot you have to be elected as the canidate at the political convention for the paticular party. The persona has to be nominated by the deadline August 31. The Republican political convention is late this year on Sept 2. Republicans have put in a bill to move the date past Sept 2. The only problem is the Democrats control the legislature in Alabama. It's looking like Bush will have to be a write in canidate in Alabama. What does everyone thing about that?

http://www.nbc5.com/news/2152634/detail.html

OUlioness01 · #2 04-23-2003, 12:07 PM

I think that the law should stay the way it is merely because of the reasoning behind the late convention. Yes it is partly because of the Olympics, but i've also read that it is a deliberate ploy to play on the anniversary of 9/11 through the timing and his focus on national security. i just don't think that that is appropriate.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...h_030422140944

The1calledTKE · #3 04-23-2003, 12:10 PM

Yah I heard that. I guess the only way Bush feels he can win is playing on Sept 11 and try to hide from the bad economy with few jobs.

Munchkin03 · #4 04-23-2003, 12:51 PM

Okay, exactly what does Alabama's convention have ANYTHING to do with the Olympics (which are in Athens GREECE next year, not Athens Alabama)? Ahh, let him be a write-in candidate...he'll probably win there anyway...

AlphaGamDiva · #5 04-23-2003, 01:03 PM

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Originally posted by Munchkin03
Ahh, let him be a write-in candidate...he'll probably win there anyway...

yeah....i lived in AL for about 14 yrs, and it's a very conservative state politically.....he will more than likely win there no matter if all he does is do the jig and kiss babies (not saying AL peeps don't care about anything other than the fact he's Republican....AL ppl just know what's up

).

and i was confused about the olympic thing as well. no one honestly thought athens, alabama, right????

The1calledTKE · #6 04-23-2003, 01:09 PM

If Alabama is so conservative how come the legislature is dominated by Democrats? lol I really hope no one buys Bush's 9/11 pitch to win the election, talk about beating a dead horse. Guess he figures it helped in 2002 it will help in 2004. Will 2 years make a difference? I think so. Hopefully the economy will be his down fall like it was for his dad.

bethany1982 · #7 04-23-2003, 01:13 PM

A wonderful political game... lol. Alabama didn't vote for Clinton in 1992 or 1996... Bush will carry Alabama regardless of the games.

swissmiss04 · #8 04-23-2003, 01:56 PM

Honestly, there's no telling. The economy here has gone to shit so we may have enough people to not vote for him. And who said he was guaranteed the GOP nomination? He's alienated enough people that I don't think he'll get it. And I can't imagine having the Olympics in Athens. LOL. (Monster Truck Pull: Olympic Sport? You decide...)

swissmiss04 · #9 04-23-2003, 01:58 PM

Oh and these aren't your typical Democrats. We have Blue Dog Dems, who are conservatives. We have very few what you might call "left wing" Democrats. More people lean towards conservative, with a few moderates here and there. That's why our schools suck but our roads are always under construction.

When our Dems and GOPs fight, it's not ideological, it's simply a matter of what they call themselves.

Kevin · #10 04-23-2003, 02:00 PM

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Originally posted by zntke711
If Alabama is so conservative how come the legislature is dominated by Democrats? lol I really hope no one buys Bush's 9/11 pitch to win the election, talk about beating a dead horse. Guess he figures it helped in 2002 it will help in 2004. Will 2 years make a difference? I think so. Hopefully the economy will be his down fall like it was for his dad.

I'd imagine they have a similar situation than we do here in Oklahoma. Our legislature is dominated by democrats because people in rural areas tend to vote democrat 'round these parts. In urban areas where the vote is statewide and we have more people, republicans win.

The rural people showed up in force this year because we had a vote to ban cock fighting. It is thought that that turnout caused the now Democrat gov. to win by 500 votes. ALL of our national congressmen are Republicans though.

Munchkin03 · #11 04-23-2003, 02:40 PM

Wow...cock fighting...

Alabama, like much of the South, has many people who are a little older who made up the "Solid South" Democratic bloc during the 1940s-1970s. The Alabama state legislature may have a lot of Democrats, but I imagine that they are some of the hardliners, and are no way politically similar to California or Massachusetts Democrats.

Lisa Fishman · #12 04-23-2003, 07:09 PM

Oh, Bush will be on the ticket then. Too many people for him not to be. This state is too consevitive for him not to be. Why is Riley governor of this state and not Siegleman? North Alabama may have gone Democrat, but not the rest of the state. I can totally see Bush being on the ticket.

swissmiss04 · #13 04-23-2003, 07:37 PM

Ok, but someone answer me this...if Bush doesn't get the nomination (which I don't think he will) then why is this an issue? It's not some sort of anti-Republican bias, it's just the law in Alabama and before now has never been a problem. Whoever scheduled the RNC is shooting himself in the foot. He/she should have known stuff like this. And Lisa, you're right. N. AL (where I'm from) is predominantly Democrat (think Rep. Bud Cramer, a personal favorite of mine!) whereas down here in South and Central AL it's ultra right wing GOP.