the most important election of your lifetime: 2012 american general election thread

but that was a dissatisfied "anyone but Bush" portion because they paid attention to the war and the politics. I'm talking about people who don't generally give a shit but they just see that they're still in a not-great position financially. xpost

they just see that they're still in a not-great position financially

so they vote for the robot billionaire? makes sense.

after it became apparent that neither Gingrich nor Santorum were going to be the GOP nominee, i resolved that unless it's obvious that it's going to be too close for comfort, then i am not voting for President at all.

so lol disgruntled liberal at me all you like.

well if obama can't win nj he can't win the general election anyway so don't overthink it

what i mean is, i would've voted for Obama again if either Santorum or Gingrich were nominated only in the spirit of "Hindenburg v. Hitler" or a "Chirac v. Le Pen" b/c Gingrich or Santorum were exactly that bad. but since it's Obama and Romney, i really don't give a fuck which of those two corporate suck-ups wins.

if you're hungry and the choice is between more gruel, less gruel, or nothing at all, then you should ask for more gruel, even if you find the gruel itself difficult to get down.

unless you're in new jersey

the gruelest state

except that neither Obama nor Romney are "more gruel" candidates.

I don't think you actually understood Aimless's post

so they vote for the robot billionaire? makes sense.

that's my point. there's no logic to it, other than "this guy isn't working for me i'll try the other guy."

also if it were santorum or gingrich i might not have bothered voting but Romney is pretty much everything I really can't stand in the world all wrapped up in one person. no matter how much they both grovel to the corporations, Obama isn't Romney.

oh, i understood it well enough. i'm just not eager to do the "lesser of two evils" thing (of which Aimless's post is a variant) any more unless it's absolutely necessary. gruel is still gruel.

i'm going to proudly vote for obama just to give the middle finger to holier-than-thou ilxors

in fact, for each ilxor who posts here that they're sitting out this election, i'm going to make another campaign call in PA on election day

a vote for Romney would be more effective if that is yer true desire.

holier-than-thou white male ilxors

they need a thread

they've got a board though

excelsior!

bring back Gabbneb if you want "balance," then. as it is, as long as deej is around there are still doe-eyed Obama groupies around so worry not about me being a grouch.

holier-than-thou white male ilxors

It's precisely when white male voters abstain or vote Romney in sufficient numbers that he could overcome the gender and race gaps and win the election.

once again the fate of the free world rests in the hands of white males!

holier-than-thou ilxors

hey hey my my, liberal bullshit will never die

my my hey hey
it's better to lie down than to post away

out of the Hope and into the bray

hey hey my my, liberal bullshit will never die

wow, a glimmer of self-awareness

Ain't been a liberal since I used the Evil Lessers argument to vote for that pathetic hack Mondale.

i believe you meant haven't, not ain't.

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Well, we natter on about whether this or that is racist here all the time, but perhaps keeping one's political hands lilywhite might even end up having an adverse effect on minorities.

right -- if we don't vote the terrorists win.

heard that at least 80 members of congress are communists so I don't know why you guys are so bummed about the state of US politics

let's be real here - of all the people saying they are likely to abstain, Alfred's Floridian vote is ostensibly the only one that could possibly matter

i hope we remember this when if a newly-reelected Obama conveniently forgets about the Buffett Rule and other nice liberal-sounding campaign utterances or decides it's time to slash Social Security and Medicaid. none of that would have an adverse effect on minorities, you know.

i just assumed that secret public republican alfred was going to vote for reaganomney

(sorry to single you out Alfred, but it really doesn't matter who Morbz or I vote for)

xp

dude obama is going to go hardcore socialist if he gets a second term because he doesn't have a re-election to worry about duh

once again the fate of the free world rests in the hands of white males!

― Mordy, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 3:40 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you're welcome, guys

*lights pipe* *strokes smug boho beard*

the Buffett Rule and other nice liberal-sounding campaign utterances or decides it's time to slash Social Security and Medicaid

are we pretending that Romney would somehow be better/different in these departments

considering that i'm in a semi-flip state, and that i promised to make campaign calls for every ilxor that abstains from voting for obama, morbz should go vote since he'll be giving more votes to obama by not voting.

Alfred's Floridian vote is ostensibly the only one that could possibly matter

I live in one of the state's bluest counties. Despite the loudness of septuagenarian Cubans, I'll be okay should I do the nasty.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Florida_Presidential_Election_Results_by_County,_2008.svg/250px-Florida_Presidential_Election_Results_by_County,_2008.svg.png

2008

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/Florida2004bycounty.PNG/250px-Florida2004bycounty.PNG

2004

the Buffett Rule and other nice liberal-sounding campaign utterances or decides it's time to slash Social Security and Medicaid

are we pretending that Romney would somehow be better/different in these departments

― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, April 18, 2012 5:05 PM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no, but that's exactly my point.

oh i forgot that state's electoral votes are distributed based on county results and not on state-wide popular vote

Despite the loudness of septuagenarian Cubans, I'll be okay should I do the nasty.

lol

if Obama wins re-election Ted Nugent will be either dead or in prison by this time next year so if that's not motivation...

is that you reminding yourself, Mordy?

as the only person on this thread who belongs to an ethnic group that actually had federal legislation in this country describing its members as subhuman property and state legislation within the past century specifically aimed at preventing people like me voting, you can all fuck off with this "oh it doesn't matter, I'm not voting" bullshit

I don't even care from the "Obama must win" standpoint; the blind privilege inherent in being politically connected and refusing to vote is enraging.