Last Chance Pick the President Open Trackbacks

Well, tomorrow is the final poll in the Pick the President poll. Rudy Giuliani is leading with 46 votes casts, so a few well-placed votes could make a difference.

I should note that you’ll notice a few differences between this and other polls.

1) This poll has no Condi Rice, no Jeb Bush, and no Marc Sanford. The reason for this is that these candidates have already declared themselves not in the running and I see no point having a poll with candidates who’ve said no in the strongest possible terms.

2) This poll is set up using Single Transferable Vote. While of debatable merit in real life elections, in this pre-presidential poll, it answers some important questions. My poll lists 15 candidates for President, the odds of all running are quite thin. With STV, if a Candidate finishes in last place their votes are transferred to their second preference which means that we can see who may have a chance of garnering a majority of Republican votes. This is important because a lot of candidates start only to drop out before the first primary or even after some of those pre-primary events like the Iowa Strawpoll.

3) For Reference you can read my Picking the President series where I endorse Mark Pence, but I discuss all 15 Candidates in this poll.

Don’t forget to get your submissions in for the Carnival of True Liberties which is here on Monday and The Carnival of Christmas on December 3rd.

The Weblog Awards are going on and I’ve made endorsements in 20 categories and you can read them here. The rest are coming this weekend.

Welcome to today’s open post/open trackbacks thread. There’s two things you can do today, tomorrow, or Sunday (trackbacks received after Midnight MDT, Sunday night will not be linked to) to get your link on this page:

1) Post about anything that’s in good taste. No porn, no spam, no profanity.

2) Send me a trackback of any tasteful post you want and as soon as I check my blog, I’ll update this post with your link provided you link back to this thread.

For your convenience, here’s the URL for our thread:
http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/index.php/a/2005/12/09/last_chance_pick_the_president_open_trac

And here’s the Trackback:
http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/htsrv/trackback.php/1292

If your software won’t let you send a trackback, you can use The Wizbang Standalone Pinger to send a trackback of your article to me.

Though its not a trackback, I’d be remiss if I didn’t give mention the Carnival of Satire hosted by The Skwib and featuring an entry by me.

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Conservative Cat
Right Wing Nation
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Third World County
Choose Life
Jos Cafe
Basil’s Blog
Stop the ACLU
10ft2ft
Cao’s Blog
TMH Bacon Bits
Wizbang Carnival of the Trackbacks
Point Five Blog
Macstanbury
Oblogatory Anecdotes
The Right Nation

Linking In:

From: Ask Andrea
Hope Ye in the Lord and Renew Your Strength
Andrea,*
My husband has never taken responsibility for his own actions. Somehow he figures out a way to blame me for everything… During quiet times I try and show him how his actions are affecting his kids, he flew into a rage… He told me…

From Peakah’s Provocations:

The Power of the Open Source Media
Anyone who paid attention to the Able Danger story realizes that there is an infinite amount of Open Source information that needs to be utilized and organized for the reweaving of neighborhoods all across the fruited plain…

From the Peace Moonbeam Chronicles:

The Party Faithful
December 10, 2005 Undercover Having lost my soon-to-be-ex-husband to the Republicans, I decided to infiltrate their society with the intent of ultimately subverting it toward more noble, liberal ideals. I carefully executed my strategy. First, I purcha…

Clark Mountain Musings with:

A very rare Lincoln color photo. This is my work. What do you think?

Ms. Underestimated with:

Lieberman In Good Company
I’m not quite sure how Sen. Lieberman feels about this, but according to the New York Times today, Lieberman’s party sees him more as a “wayward son.” Much to the chagrin of his party, he’s gaining Republican favor, too! Oh, the HORRORS! I bet sKerry…

Right Wing Nation with

No RINO in the White House
I’ve just got to wonder who are the mush-brained bozos voting in this poll?

From TMH Bacon Bits:

So What IS the Reason for the Season?
And what to my bloodshot eyes should appear on the front page of The Washington Times this morining, but this: “Churches to Close on Christmas Day.” Rather gobsmacked, I read on:

Stuck on Stupid With

Exploiting Terri Schindler (Schiavo)
Terri Schindler Schiavo’s estranged husband has started a political action committee in Terri’s name with obvious Democrat connections. This man is still exploiting the unlawful death of Terri to his benefit. It seems Mr. Schiavo won’t crawl back into…

and:

Democrat Quotes Of The Week
No other commentary is necessary……The stupidity speaks for itself. John Kerry: There is no reason…that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaki…

From The Real Ugly American:

The Left Tries To Tell Us Again No Ties Between Iraq and Al Qaeda!
The left leaning blogs and moonbats are again clamoring with glee offering this as proof that “there were no links between Iraq and Al Qaeda”. Of course Daily Kos leads the way. What I do not understand is what these people can’t seem to understand.

and:

There is No Doubt Of Links Between Saddam and Al Qaeda
I warn you now the post will be long simply because the evidence of ties between the two are extensive. I will not list every bit of evidence but hopefully this will give you an idea of just how much information there truly is.

Don Surber With:

White Flag Democrats Video
The RNC unveiled its new “White Flag Democrats” video. The Republicans are taking the upper hand and the higher road. Instead of calling for a retreat, Republicans want to win in Iraq. And instead of calling names, Republicans allow the Loyal Oppositio…

and:

Meet John Mize.
He’s a law clerk in Beckley, W.Va. A recent law school graduate, Mize looked to the heavens for divine help in passing the bar exam and maybe helping him avoid a traffic ticket.
The Lord responded and sent him a sign.
To Noah, He se…

As well as:

Bush: Democracy’s Champion
The Washington Post’s “In Iraq, Bush Pushed For Deadline Democracy” confirms what many of us have been saying all along: This war in Iraq is about democracy.
With the interesting choice of a subhead (“Timeline Yields Constitutional Order, Not Peace”),…

as well as:

71% of Iraqis Say Their Lives Are Going Well
How are things going in Iraq? Well, why not ask Iraqis, where 71% say things are going well in their lives.

Blog Cast
Until I figure out how to do podcasts, try this little tidbit:
Click here to hear “Pryor made Shakespeare’s Sister laugh”
New York Times: Conservative blogs are more effective. Hmm.
My take:
Click here to hear Conservativeblogs”

with:

War on Christmas? What War on Christmas?
I’m really tired of hearing people scoff at the War on Christmas as if it is not happening all around us, and as if those who see and talk about it are religious nuts who just need to sit back and enjoy The Winter Holiday.

And

The Great Non-Smoking Putsch
I have a shameful, deep dark secret to share with you. I have, for many years…

Also

The Diplomacy Myth
Later on we were talking about radical Islam and I was struck by how different our perspectives were on the subject.

As Well As

The New Americans?
This is a phrase that gets thrown around lot these days. Politicians use it to describe those who have jumped the border and entered the country illegally.

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