21 Comments

1. al-alo says:

   July 8, 2008 at 9:18 pm

   ill donate to that campaign!
2. Phil says:

   July 8, 2008 at 9:28 pm

   Bush has easily been the worst President in US history. It’s ridiculous to suggest he remain President any longer…the guy’s guilty of treason…sending soldiers to die in an illegal war of aggression that’s hurt our economy in a big way.
3. Snarky Snarkmore McSnarkamaphone says:

   July 8, 2008 at 9:54 pm

   ok, Mr. Pedantic: no preposition, no “whom.”
4. Greg says:

   July 8, 2008 at 10:03 pm

   I most likely will be writing in a candidate
   but it won’t be jorge
5. Timothy Domst says:

   July 8, 2008 at 10:46 pm

   They should love him that much, he was the most right-wing Christian president since at least WWII. Will we be able to write in Bloomberg in NYS, or does NY not allow write-in votes?
6. Jim Ostrowski says:

   July 9, 2008 at 12:15 am

   One of the worst presidents ever, yes. The problem is there is so much competition: Wilson, LBJ, Nixon.

   Jesus said nothing about what the government should do.
7. ike says:

   July 9, 2008 at 12:34 am

   I see you also read andrew sullivan

   I tend to think this is a joke
8. Russell says:

   July 9, 2008 at 8:44 am

   As stated and shown previously, the worst Presidents are generally believed to be Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan. Although it’s way to early to assess his place since he’s still in office and the effects of his administration have not been fully realized and put into historical perspective, this Bush is thought to be just a bit below the midpoint.

   He is far from the most right-wing and probably not the most Christian either. Enough with the melodramatic hyperbole. The treason comment is the most ridiculous. Well…maybe after the original post about the write-in and him being “G-d’s president”. Asinine.
9. Buffalopundit says:

   July 9, 2008 at 8:59 am

   @Snarky: the question “whom would Jesus elect” is answered by “him/her” not “he/she”. Therefore, the proper usage is “whom”, not “who”.
10. Jon Splett says:

    July 9, 2008 at 10:52 am

    Jackson committed genocide…how does he not make anyone’s worst president’s list?
11. Mike says:

    July 9, 2008 at 11:35 am

    Jon, genocide good when you have God on our side, ie Bush
12. Snarky Snarkmore McSnarkamaphone says:

    July 9, 2008 at 11:42 am

    Ah, indeed- as the object and not the subject of the verb, “whom” is technically correct, even when it’s not the object of a preposition. I wrote in haste.

    That said, the phrase is nonetheless stilted, and the entire distinction is one only for smug & pedantic writers. Living languages change, and this is a great example of a construction that separates prescriptive and descriptive grammarians. Especially in informal writing, nobody needs to care:

    Pooley (1974): “… to insist that these literary and formal distinctions be made in informal writing and speech as necessary to achieve ‘correctness’ is to do violence to the readily observed facts of current usage.”

    Like the way you spell “whine,” it’s just another little marque for you, and it’s not endearing: it’s snotty.
13. Buffalopundit says:

    July 9, 2008 at 11:48 am

    Whinge is British and I like it better with the consonant at the end. Makes it stronger. “Stop your whinging” is more fun to write than “stop your whining”

    “Who would Jesus elect” just sounds wrong.
14. Snarky Snarkmore McSnarkamaphone says:

    July 9, 2008 at 12:26 pm

    @BP

    Americans using Dominion spelling conventions… please. What could be snootier? Anglophiles disgust me. Didn’t we have a revolution just so we wouldn’t have to employ needless letters?

    That “who would jesus elect” sounds wrong to you just indicates that you’re genuinely out of touch with how American English has progressed in the last, oh, 50 years or so. Take a poll and you’ll see that the who/whom distinction is going, going… gone.
15. Timothy Domst says:

    July 9, 2008 at 4:51 pm

    Russell, which president was more right-wing Christian since WWII? Eisenhower?
16. Historical Pessimist says:

    July 9, 2008 at 10:37 pm

    What’s truly ridiculous is that any such votes will be truly wasted. A write-in vote for President is automatically tossed out, as whomever is written in has no slate of Electors. Since we’re actually voting for members of the Electoral College, a write-in vote is pointless.
17. Timothy Domst says:

    July 10, 2008 at 12:28 am

    Jon Splett said

    “Jackson committed genocide…how does he not make anyone’s worst president’s list?”

    So comfy and easy to judge distant historical figures of the past by today’s standards. When people of the future condemn you as a monster for polluting with your gasoline vehicle to get to work and wearing the skin of slaughtered, innocent animals on your feet, you won’t be able to defend yourself you hypocrite.
18. Jon Splett says:

    July 10, 2008 at 1:22 am

    He helped to nearly killed off an entire race of people who’s only crime was living here first.

    I don’t care what year it is, that’s wrong.
19. Russell says:

    July 10, 2008 at 8:23 am

    Timothy, I don’t know why right-wing and Christian have to be linked. The most right-wing I would say was Reagan. By today’s standards, Kennedy was much further to the right than W, especially economically. As far as Christian, I have no idea how strong the personal beliefs of each president was.
20. Timothy Domst says:

    July 10, 2008 at 4:26 pm

    Russel,

    Right-wing and Christian don’t have to be linked, but they are in Bush and certain die-hard fans of his. He reduced the tax on capital gains to levels below Reagan, but not as much on income tax if at all, i.e. he loves fatcats who make money off stocks, and he is in bed with Christians on social issues more than any president I can think of since WWII. Kennedy reduced the income tax rate of the top bracket from 91% to 70%, that encourages work since it’s income not unearned income and 91% is extreme. From what I can tell he didn’t touch capital gains. Reagan paid lip service to the Christians, and wasn’t changing policy to suit them like Bush has.

    Jon Splett,

    Monroe and John Quincy Adams encouraged him to kick the Indian allies of the British and Spain out of Florida as part of Manifest Destiny, most American administrations of the 19th century continued doing the same type of thing. Everyone who settled America helped kill the Indians at least indirectly. My point stands, you get your self-righteous indignation up against long-dead targets who can’t argue back.
21. Dave A. says:

    July 11, 2008 at 2:54 am

    God’s got some explaining to do.