Rock, paper, scissors

[Jennifer C]

From a diary on Dailykos:

"This is from an email sent by my friend Ed Fallon, who happens to be running for Congress in the 3rd District of Iowa, challenging Rep. Leonard Boswell in the primary. Ed's a former state representative and gubernatorial candidate. He describes an event at his precinct caucus where support was decided with a game of rock, paper, scissors.

Dear Friends,

I’ve heard lots of entertaining stories from this year’s Iowa Caucuses, but none beat the following.

In my caucus, a handful of Kucinich supporters were not viable. I laid out my case why John Edwards should be their second choice. A young gal explained her rationale for Obama. After 20 minutes of haggling, a flustered Kucinichite threw up her hands and said their group would caucus for whichever candidate’s representative won a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors.

So, like two gladiators, Obama’s champion and I strode forward to battle, best out of three. I’d done a lot to prepare for this year’s caucus, but never imagined I’d have to hone my Rock, Paper, Scissors skills. The alacrity of youth prevailed. I lost, but our Edwards group remained viable, and the delegates were split evenly among Clinton, Obama and Edwards.

Quirky stories like this are the fun stuff caucus folklore is made of."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/8/93324/34483/472/432780

May as well just pull names out of a hat :eyes:

[1corona4u]

1. No shit....

it's obvious to the rest of us that it's just not that important to them who wins. It's just not a serious, or professional way to conduct a vote for the highest job in the nation. It just isn't.

Very sad. And, it's not just about this year, what about in years past, what about the next election?

Fun and games....unreal.

[Steely_Dan]

2. We're Only Electing...

the leader of the free world. I prefer a coin flip.

-Paige

[livvy]

6. Musical chairs is always entertaining, and there is strategy involved!

[demommom]

3. We should try to gather these stories

and have them printed where the most people will see and read them. This is ridiculous! I would contribute to a fund to pay for having them printed in a newspaper or papers.

[cbear70]

7. You are so right. nt

[jillan]

4. Why am I not surprised?

It is so obvious to me how the majority of people don't have a clue what these candidates stand for.

It's like Joe would say to his audiences...Can anyone tell me the specifics of Hillary's health plan, Barack', Edwards? No - what matters is who is going to be able to sell it.

[jillan]

5. And this is further proof of how uninformed voters are

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3993484&mesg_id=3993484

granted it comes from Bill Kristol, RW Wacko extraordinaire, but it says it all.