so because you don't want either Dem or GOP candidate for President
imlad Send a noteboard - 16/10/2012 06:13:34 PM
You are going to stay home and allow every other part of the ballot be decided by the rest of the people in your state? Too many of the non-voters seem to forget that the presidential election is only a SMALL PART of the November ballot. From statewide ballot proposals, federal Senators and Congresspeople, state senators/congresspeople, local judges, prosecutors, college boards of regents, etc. All of those things are as important (and in some ways more important) than the presidential race. And, even if you live in a decidedly red or blue state, that does not mean that the other party (parties) do not have a chance at winning any of those other positions.
When we have (on average) only half the nation deciding elections, we cannot claim to be a democracy. It is a shameful that we have as low a turn out rate as we do, and yet we call so many other nations with much higher voter turn outs un-Democratic because they elect people that disagree with our form of democracy. And yet, most of those people voted, while too many Lazy Americans sit on their butts, complain about how fucked up our system is, that we don't have good candidates, and yet refuse to do their sacred part in keeping our democracy legitimate.
Sorry, I've been dealing with UnAmerican people who might as well not have citizenship for decades now, and their arguments have never held any water with me, and the more I deal with it, the more I become convinced they are completely wrong. Real Americans take part in the system, not sit back and let others do it. If you aren't going to utilize your citizenship, you might as well renounce it.
USE IT OR LOSE IT is what the law should say.
When we have (on average) only half the nation deciding elections, we cannot claim to be a democracy. It is a shameful that we have as low a turn out rate as we do, and yet we call so many other nations with much higher voter turn outs un-Democratic because they elect people that disagree with our form of democracy. And yet, most of those people voted, while too many Lazy Americans sit on their butts, complain about how fucked up our system is, that we don't have good candidates, and yet refuse to do their sacred part in keeping our democracy legitimate.
Sorry, I've been dealing with UnAmerican people who might as well not have citizenship for decades now, and their arguments have never held any water with me, and the more I deal with it, the more I become convinced they are completely wrong. Real Americans take part in the system, not sit back and let others do it. If you aren't going to utilize your citizenship, you might as well renounce it.
USE IT OR LOSE IT is what the law should say.
Although, I do think there are a lot of people out there who claim to be "undecided" merely because they haven't bothered to educate themselves (at all) on what's really being decided by the election and aren't going to bother to do so before casting their votes.
I'm not at all concerned about people like us who are very decided in not voting. While I know very well I would vote for Obama, if I were going to vote, I've chosen rather firmly not to vote this year. As an Obama supporter in Oklahoma, my vote doesn't matter, and I want them to see that it doesn't matter rather than lie to me and say it does just to boost their chances of getting a "mandate". I don't want either candidate to get a mandate. I do want everyone to see how broken the system is in that all incentive to vote for most people is completely artificial.
I'm not at all concerned about people like us who are very decided in not voting. While I know very well I would vote for Obama, if I were going to vote, I've chosen rather firmly not to vote this year. As an Obama supporter in Oklahoma, my vote doesn't matter, and I want them to see that it doesn't matter rather than lie to me and say it does just to boost their chances of getting a "mandate". I don't want either candidate to get a mandate. I do want everyone to see how broken the system is in that all incentive to vote for most people is completely artificial.
Death to the Regressives of the GOP and the TeaParty. No mercy for Conservatives. Burn them all at the stake for the hateful satanists they are.
Biden getting destroyed by media - laughing/giggling throughout debate
12/10/2012 04:08:38 AM
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And yet he won the CBS insta-poll *shrug* *NM*
12/10/2012 04:15:34 AM
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CNN Poll - Ryan 48% - Biden 44% - Another win for the good guys! *NM*
12/10/2012 01:18:15 PM
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Sorry, given their small sample size, that's a statistical tie, not a win.
12/10/2012 02:57:04 PM
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Re: Sorry, given their small sample size, that's a statistical tie, not a win.
13/10/2012 04:35:03 AM
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you do realize there are more than just the 2 candidates?
13/10/2012 08:26:58 PM
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I disagree
14/10/2012 02:20:44 AM
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Yes I do realize that. No, I do not want those candidates running this country.
15/10/2012 03:58:25 AM
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I wish there were a SuperPAC putting out "don't vote" advertisements.
15/10/2012 08:20:33 PM
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I apologize for the "idiot." That was a crude generalization.
15/10/2012 08:25:14 PM
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so because you don't want either Dem or GOP candidate for President
16/10/2012 06:13:34 PM
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Did you really just refer to Paul Ryan and by extension, Romney as "the good guys"? *NM*
13/10/2012 04:31:14 AM
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He admitted to being a partisan R, if that gives you a clue. *NM*
13/10/2012 05:40:27 AM
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Admitted to it and actually being one are two different things. *NM*
15/10/2012 04:11:20 AM
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did you just express shock that there are opinions that differ from yours?
13/10/2012 03:26:25 PM
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I expressed mock shock. Was I shocked? No. Did I wish to convey that I was? Yeah.
15/10/2012 04:10:02 AM
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Really? I just heard someone say, "Ryan came off like Doogie Howser."
12/10/2012 04:56:49 AM
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This is one of those ones that will take a few days to determine who won, if anyone
12/10/2012 06:55:28 AM
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come on, you know a2k can't handle reason, logic and an objective analysis.
12/10/2012 05:10:26 PM
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The conservative media maybe
12/10/2012 10:21:30 AM
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You mean, all liberal sources are calling it a tie? *NM*
12/10/2012 01:20:05 PM
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Biden wiped the floor with Ryan, and you know it. *NM*
12/10/2012 01:46:15 PM
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Not as per most pundits and the CNN poll - so sorry, your team lost AGAIN!
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12/10/2012 02:55:03 PM
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Oh, I guess pundits decide the election. *NM*
12/10/2012 03:18:31 PM
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well, the supreme court decided one, i'm sure the pundits feel left out.... *NM*
12/10/2012 05:11:08 PM
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Great new ad - Biden laughing at the important issues of the day
12/10/2012 01:23:24 PM
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Laughing at the blatant lies and mischaracterization. How else to respond to that? *NM*
12/10/2012 01:42:23 PM
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See, each side saw the spin in what the other side was saying.
12/10/2012 01:52:54 PM
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Good assessment; I was scared spitless Biden would break out the gaffe machine.
12/10/2012 03:48:36 PM
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They aren't proposing a net reduction in taxes/revenue, but rather a cut in the rate.
12/10/2012 04:25:59 PM
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Re: Good assessment; I was scared spitless Biden would break out the gaffe machine.
13/10/2012 08:48:16 PM
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I think Ryan helped Romney more than Bidden helped Obama
12/10/2012 05:59:32 PM
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if by "help romney" you mean "still hasn't specified what they would've done differently" then yes
12/10/2012 06:09:27 PM
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There is a sound political reason for vagueness.
12/10/2012 06:18:19 PM
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there's vague and then there's just plain making things up to score points
12/10/2012 07:36:08 PM
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if Obama had a better value to sell than "soak the rich" he could use the strategy *NM*
13/10/2012 03:37:12 PM
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They both accomplished what they had to do. Biden didn't need a longterm success.
12/10/2012 06:25:12 PM
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