Just wondering, has the flames cooled enough for this?

[printdust]

It's been more than a year since the politics board closed; with the mid-term election night nearing, would it be possible to open a thread at the time the first polls closed and leave it up, for better or worse, for 24 hours? This is a pretty significant news event. Maybe we can wrestle with it on a limited basis for that moment then if the walls of the room are knocked out, broken glass everywhere and **** scent evident from the various wars, hey, I'll find an insurance adjuster to address the damage for free. Thoughts?

 

[21]

Respectfully concur.

Although I was going to ask if we could use the board from now through the election.

 

[printdust]

I thought that too but I didn't want to see it closed before we got to it because we couldn't handle it.

 

[21]

You're not helping the cause if you don't think we can color within the lines for three whole weeks.

 

[outofplace]

Then I guess I'm not going to be among those helping the cause. I doubt we can, even with some of the pains in the ass gone to follow the wanna-be.

 

[printdust]

Well, this is as strong as it's going to get from me:
If some of the predictions I googled this morning become reality, I'm going to be absolutely shocked based on where I thought this country was headed two years ago. And it will prove that most voters vote based on their wallets. But if the economy doesn't improve within two years for the working class, then there will be another massive change back, or moreover, to a third direction. And I have my doubts that real improvement for the common man is what the wave of those expecting to take power will focus on. Right now, I have no faith whatsoever in government.

If that's **** on the carpet, like I said, I'll bring in the cleaners.

 

[Buck]

The Republican Party is dead. I read it on SportsJournalists.com two years ago.
Dead I tell you, and if you think otherwise you eat paste!

 

[Oggiedoggie]

Politics to this board is like Rick Patino with dessert in Italian restaurants.

It's like Brett Farve with a cell phone.

It's like Michael Vick with puppies.

It's like Brad Renfro with recreational drugs.

I'm sure that we'll be able to handle it.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Don't do it. This place has become too nice since the political board was taken down.

 

[Moderator1]

Has the flames cooled? I'm more concerned that too many people here don't know basic grammar.
I'll take up the general issue with the boss but my leaning is no.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Since we know exactly how every respondent to such a thread will feel, that is, real happy or real sad, why bother having it? It will degenerate into the usual "nyaah-nyaah" before the end of the first page.
One of the oldest sayings in baseball is that it's important to remember that the best teams win two out of three games while the worst teams win one in three. Same goes in politics. A landslide win is one in which one side gets 11 of 20 votes, while the loser gets nine. This truth would be the first casualty of an election thread.

 

[old_tony]

But, Michael, they're going to be such satisfying "nyaah-nyaahs." :D

Seriously, though, I've found other places to scratch my political itch. If the politics board is open for a week or so or even just a night, I'd probably contribute and I would do so within the rules ... unless there's a new rule banning gloating. :D

 

[Moderator1]

I'm sure there will be lots of gloating, which does zero to solve the problems of the country and plenty to create more problems around here. A major reason why I would vote no.

Somehow, despite HappyPerfectLand siphoning off "all" the members and traffic and no politics allowed here, we're doing just fine.

 

[Dick Whitman]

It just sucks because it's news. I wish we could discuss it as news. But I understand.

 

[LongTimeListener]

I've found this place to be extraordinarily more peaceful and reasonable without the politics, and I've gotten a lot more out of the discussions. Very few posters are caricatures for one side or the other. Almost no blood-boiling anger.

Whatever I thought I'd miss (mostly links and such) when it shut down, getting rid of the politics board has been a great call.

 

[Moderator1]

Contrary to what you may think, I did NOT pay the posters above to say that. Though I'm tempted to do so anyway.

Seriously, gang, I love you all. I also wish we could discuss politics as reasonable and mature adults. We've proven repeatedly we can't. So it is the price we pay.

PrintDust is one of the very few who keeps bringing it up. As others have noted, there are other places to go and scratch that ol' political itch. Find one, eh?

 

[LongTimeListener]

But if you really want to turn down the anger on this place, Moddy, you'd ban all discussion of baseball's salary and revenue structure.

 

[Buck]

There's no reason for a politics board. The Republican Party died two years ago.

 

[21]

I have no interest in changing anyone's mind or having mine changed. I just like discussing the news, what's happening in the world outside of sports and TV, what's the big deal of the day. Over the next few weeks, that will include an election with significant impact on our lives.

Of course we can all live without a politics board here, the peace has been nice (although I don't think it's primarily because of the lack of a politics board). It would just make things a little more interesting.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I think the death penalty thread was a pretty good example of how it can work.

But when 97 percent of the board is going to be pissed off while the other three percent of us gloat, it's a recipe for disaster. Old Tony and I can gloat together on Facebook. :)