"So, who are you voting for?"

[Samaliel]

I'm not voting for anyone until 2010. And anyway, I vote Cthulhu.

Re: Chick Tract.
As in Jack Chick ? That guy must be one of the people I despise most in the whole world. He's a total nutjob.

[LewisLegion]

I believe that Candidate A is the Antichrist comes from the Tim LeHaye books. Warning: I have not read them, this is just what I've been told. One of the signs of the end of days and the Rapture coming is the election of a black president. So, from what I've heard, the eager Rapturists are looking to vote for Obama in the hope of bringing on the end times. It's related to those Christian groups that give money to Israel because they believe that Israel must exist or Armageddon will not come.

Actually, I have read them...they were amusing enough but definately way out in the realms of panicky fundamentalism and actually fairly unrealistic to anyone who is familiar with the Book of Revelations (which actually only generically mentions anti-christ and is certainly not specific enough to state that he is Muslim or any of the other pinpoint specifics that people scream that it says 'in teh bible omg!!11!!).

And while I do believe the series has hyped up and contributed a lot to a lot of people's mindsets right now with this election, the Antichrist in the books was not black. He was actually of Slavic descent...his name was Nicolias and I believe he was Russian or Ukranian. He was also never President of the US...rather, ended up President of the UN.

[jerkface11]

Why would the antichrist want to be president of the UN. Wouldn't he seek out a position of power instead?

[RetailWorkhorse]

I vote to put EQ's teddy bear into office.

[Becks]

I'm working on a co-presidency...but it wouldn't work...two of the three aren't US citizens.

Oh, well, write in Gravekeeper/Jester/Raps!!!!!

[AdminAssistant]

The professors here occasionally ask me who I'm voting for, and I tell them in a kind of "this is not open for discussion" kind of way. My mind is pretty well made up, well unless his VP choice is something ridiculous like Big Bird or Dr. Phil or something.

The one nice thing about being a student and not registered to vote here, is that I can blow off the petition people who gather round grocery stores and post offices.

[Peppergirl]

Can someone tell me what a Chick Tract is?

When I waitressed, I got a couple of the religious pamphlets in lieu of tips, is that a chick tract?

[LambChop]

2012 isn't the end of the world. It's the Technological Singularity. Oh and I'm just waiting for a customer to ask me who I'm voting for. "Right now I'm torn between Bob Barr and Chuck Norris, how about you"?

Christopher Walken!

Also, my roommate swears up and down that one of the candidates are the anti-christ, but not because of religion. He's simply just that insane. So glad I move out at the end of the week.

[LewisLegion]

Why would the antichrist want to be president of the UN. Wouldn't he seek out a position of power instead?

ROFL

I'm just tellin ya what was in the books

[Bradester]

Can someone tell me what a Chick Tract is?

When I waitressed, I got a couple of the religious pamphlets in lieu of tips, is that a chick tract?

Here's the Wikipedia article on the Chick Tracts. Basically they're little extreme right-wing fundamentalist comics warning heathens to 'turn or burn.'


Heheee. And, Cthulu ala Jack Chick.

[aurelemsrealm]

Why has no one mentioned Stephen Colbert yet?

[Peppergirl]

Thanks - I got the goosebumps reading that...and not the good kind.

[JustADude]

On the election: Obama.
I'd rather vote Libertarian but, realistically, there's no way in hell anyone but the Dem/Rep candidates will win this election, and I'm not wasting my vote.

On Jack Chick: To paraphrase King Arthur... "He's a Loony!"

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

"Who are you voting for?"

I always reply "I'm doing a write-in vote for Satan/Cthulhu. I'm tired of going with the lesser of evils."

I say it in such a straight face that people back away from me slowly.

M

[FuzzyKitten99]

And to my fellow servers, you probably could have guessed what my tip was. It was a good one- a mini comic book complete with illustrations of the flames of hell!! Thanks, I can fill my tank with that for sure.

While I don't earn tips at my job, our store was only built and opened in October last year. We had been open for business for less than a week and we already had 5-6 of those types show up and try a similar conversation about God.