Nebraska Senatorial Election, 2012

[ElectionsGuy]

Fischer

[Arturo Belano]

Kerrey, reluctantly.

[SWE]

Kerrey

[RogueBeaver]

Fischer

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

Fischer

[dead0man]

actually voted for Kerrey

[Miles]

Kerrey; I wish he were still in the Senate.

[TNF]

Third Party

[TDAS04]

Kerrey. 

[Franzl]

Not sure if partisan motives are a good reason to vote for a war criminal...

[ElectionsGuy]

Third Party

There were none

[TNF]

Third Party

There were none

In that case, probably a write-in vote for William Jennings Bryan.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

The one who didn't deliberately kill innocent women and children and then try to pretend he was a war hero for doing so.  I challenge the folks who said they'd support Kerrey to explain why they think we should be electing war criminals to the Senate.

[H. Ross Peron]

Kerrey

[ElectionsGuy]

Third Party

There were none

In that case, probably a write-in vote for William Jennings Bryan.

I mean that Fischer and Kerrey were literally the only ones on the ballot. Your only other choice would be to abstain.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

The one who didn't deliberately kill innocent women and children and then try to pretend he was a war hero for doing so.  I challenge the folks who said they'd support Kerrey to explain why they think we should be electing war criminals to the Senate.

What if the war criminal is less likely to vote to start another war?

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

The one who didn't deliberately kill innocent women and children and then try to pretend he was a war hero for doing so.  I challenge the folks who said they'd support Kerrey to explain why they think we should be electing war criminals to the Senate.

What if the war criminal is less likely to vote to start another war?

I don't see how that's relevant. 

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

The one who didn't deliberately kill innocent women and children and then try to pretend he was a war hero for doing so.  I challenge the folks who said they'd support Kerrey to explain why they think we should be electing war criminals to the Senate.

What if the war criminal is less likely to vote to start another war?

I don't see how that's relevant. 

I don't see how it could not be, if we are talking about being against the killing of innocent people.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

The one who didn't deliberately kill innocent women and children and then try to pretend he was a war hero for doing so.  I challenge the folks who said they'd support Kerrey to explain why they think we should be electing war criminals to the Senate.

What if the war criminal is less likely to vote to start another war?

I don't see how that's relevant.  

I don't see how it could not be, if we are talking about being against the killing of innocent people.

There is a big difference between going to war and deliberately butchering innocent people (sometimes at least).

[Deus Naturae]

The one who didn't deliberately kill innocent women and children and then try to pretend he was a war hero for doing so.  I challenge the folks who said they'd support Kerrey to explain why they think we should be electing war criminals to the Senate.

What if the war criminal is less likely to vote to start another war?

I don't see how that's relevant.  

I don't see how it could not be, if we are talking about being against the killing of innocent people.

There is a big difference between going to war and deliberately butchering innocent people (sometimes at least).

I dunno, voting for war seems pretty deliberate to me.

Also, you think Kerrey killed those people deliberately (as in he knew they were innocent women and children and not enemy fighters)? I don't really know anything about that incident, so I'm genuinely asking.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

The one who didn't deliberately kill innocent women and children and then try to pretend he was a war hero for doing so.  I challenge the folks who said they'd support Kerrey to explain why they think we should be electing war criminals to the Senate.

What if the war criminal is less likely to vote to start another war?

I don't see how that's relevant.  

I don't see how it could not be, if we are talking about being against the killing of innocent people.

There is a big difference between going to war and deliberately butchering innocent people (sometimes at least).

I dunno, voting for war seems pretty deliberate to me.

Also, you think Kerrey killed those people deliberately (as in he knew they were innocent women and children and not enemy fighters)? I don't really know anything about that incident, so I'm genuinely asking.

When you vote for war, you don't necessarily intend for innocent people to die even if it is often inevitable.  Kerrey and the rest of his team dragged innocent children from their hiding places and executed them.  I'd call that pretty deliberate.

[Goldwater]

The war criminal.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

The one who didn't deliberately kill innocent women and children and then try to pretend he was a war hero for doing so.  I challenge the folks who said they'd support Kerrey to explain why they think we should be electing war criminals to the Senate.

What if the war criminal is less likely to vote to start another war?

I don't see how that's relevant. 

I don't see how it could not be, if we are talking about being against the killing of innocent people.

There is a big difference between going to war and deliberately butchering innocent people (sometimes at least).

Yes, but there's also a difference between judging the intentions of an act that happened 45 years ago and determining how to avoid acts of violence on people in the present and future.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

The one who didn't deliberately kill innocent women and children and then try to pretend he was a war hero for doing so.  I challenge the folks who said they'd support Kerrey to explain why they think we should be electing war criminals to the Senate.

What if the war criminal is less likely to vote to start another war?

I don't see how that's relevant. 

I don't see how it could not be, if we are talking about being against the killing of innocent people.

There is a big difference between going to war and deliberately butchering innocent people (sometimes at least).

Yes, but there's also a difference between judging the intentions of an act that happened 45 years ago and determining how to avoid acts of violence on people in the present and future.

Fair enough, but don't you think some things like being war crimes can be a legitimate reason to oppose electing someone to Congress even if they occurred a long time ago?  I mean it's not like he was a member of a revolting group when he was young.  This wasn't even accidental manslaughter.  Kerrey and his team murdered executed innocent people in cold blood and dragged children to their deaths.  I think this is especially significant given that for much of Kerrey's career (until the details of the incident received notable press coverage), he made his reputation as a "war hero" a major selling point when running for office.  Plus, you can still abstain rather than voting for Kerrey if it is just that you don't want to vote for Fischer.

[Oakvale]

I wonder how many red avatars would have jumped on the war criminal bandwagon if Al hadn't pointed it out back in 2012. Zero?