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Post by chiver78 on Sept 12, 2012 21:06:41 GMT -5
interesting. so none of the minor parties interest you? I find it odd that you'd vote for more minor elections, but find fault with all parties for the major election. an incomplete ballot is usually skewed in the opposite direction. ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/idunno.gif)
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Sept 12, 2012 21:11:27 GMT -5
Watch both videos (the one on Pres. Obama and the "Mitt Romney Came to Town" video DJ posted) in the "13 Minute Obama video" thread, and if you're anything like me, you'd rather chew glass than vote for either of them.
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Sept 12, 2012 21:25:23 GMT -5
interesting. so none of the minor parties interest you? I find it odd that you'd vote for more minor elections, but find fault with all parties for the major election. an incomplete ballot is usually skewed in the opposite direction. ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/idunno.gif) I follow State and Local races and ballot propositions quite closely; I wouldn't let my dissatisfaction with my Presidential choices keep me from voting on the many remaining issues on my ballot. ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png)
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 12, 2012 23:16:17 GMT -5
i see that the blame game has already begun. however, keep in mind that in NM at least, the analysis indicates that it will cost OBAMA more votes than Romney. It is starting to look like the Mayor of Chicago (Rahm) could earn some blame if Obama loses - if he allows the unpopular Union to shut down the schools for over a month, and lets the strike spread and get out of control, the blame could easily spread to Obama. i think that is wishful thinking. nobody other than someone obsessed with the minutae of Obama's appointments gives a crap what Rahm does outside of IL.
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Post by deziloooooo on Sept 13, 2012 0:14:39 GMT -5
molly, I noticed you comment to that effect before, that you weren't voting by choice. may I ask why not? I cannot, in good conscience, vote for any of the candidates ... for various reasons. So, as I did in the primary, I will vote for other races and propositions on the ballot, and I will leave blank the office of President. (I have heard too many people say things like "I am voting for the lesser of two evils" .... and I've just decided that I am more comfortable with "none of the above." If given the choice between horse poo and cow poo, I'd just rather skip the poo all together!) For me I really have a hard time believing it's impossible to pick a candidate , any one , from those that are presented to us at these elections every four years..but, that's me. With that in mind..and naturally my allegiance is with one of them , the incumbent , I went and did some googling trying to find say the top 100 laws passed in Obamas 1st term , something like that..but alas , no such link available or even close..a lot of 100 days things but he will have been in office almost four years so that's more like 1300 plus days..a bit more then a 100. However, I did find a recent New York Times article, September 13, 2012 that gives a summation, good , bad, [Republicans shellac POTUS in mid term...yadda, yadda ] so should appeal to both sides AND most important those who are saying there is no one capable..or the undecided..it isn't for me..I know who I am voting for..but others..possible like molly...not picking on you Molly , it's just that when I saw your post it got me thinking so thus my googling.. Article a bit long..but well written, as is most of the Times stuff is, and possible one or two who read it may decide they can find a candidate, possible mine, possible the other guy..whoever, for me, better to go into the booth and fill in all the blanks... topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html============================= Barack Obama. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2009. The son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas, he is the first African-American to ascend to the highest office in the land. He defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton in a lengthy and bitter primary battle before defeating Senator John McCain, the Arizona Republican, in November 2008. Mr. Obama’s victory came as the economy was in near free-fall, and his term has been shaped by what many have called the Great Recession and the weak recovery that followed. Mr. Obama was also confronting crucial issues in foreign policy: what to do about two wars involving American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2012, Mr. Obama is facing a highly competitive bid for re-election. His opponent is Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee. Whether Americans grant Mr. Obama a four-year extension will depend in part on his ability to reconcile the heady aspirations of 2008 with the messy results of the four years that followed. In some ways Mr. Obama has been remade by his time in office. Burned by failed Roosevelt Room summits with Republican leaders and faced with implacable resistance, he has abandoned the inside game to barnstorm the country pressuring lawmakers. Once a virtual prime minister tethered to Congress, he now advances immigration, environmental and education initiatives through executive authority. The candidate of change now argues for staying the course." Click on link above to read rest of article..it gets into the meat and potatoes very well , both positive and negatives by the way..the above was just a warm up..
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Post by Waffle on Sept 13, 2012 7:39:23 GMT -5
OMG! The kitten has caused trauma and blindness! The kitten is duly ashamed; however, the kitten will continue to make biscuits. ;D The kitten is making biscuits? I thought the kitting was in a losing fight with a blanket.
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Post by Value Buy on Sept 13, 2012 8:50:41 GMT -5
OMG! The kitten has caused trauma and blindness! The kitten is duly ashamed; however, the kitten will continue to make biscuits. ;D The kitten is making biscuits? I thought the kitting was in a losing fight with a blanket. Obviously the kitten was kneeding the dough
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Post by reasonfreedom on Sept 17, 2012 16:21:23 GMT -5
You're always such a happy, happy person, Don. ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png) Now you're complaining about the generic childishness of anthropomorphized cats. Like Garfield. Do you hate Garfield too? Should P&M be a no-Garfield zone? Does seeing him gorge himself on lasagna in the Sunday funny pages remind you of our society's maddening ignorance of its excesses? ROFLMAO ![](http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff155/JiminiChristmas/smileys/1-1.gif) OMG, BREATH!!!... I need oxygen ..... going to die ...... can't stop .........
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Post by reasonfreedom on Sept 17, 2012 16:23:18 GMT -5
Really? You should see my poo sometime, it is oddly proportional.
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Post by reasonfreedom on Sept 17, 2012 16:26:40 GMT -5
I cannot, in good conscience, vote for any of the candidates ... for various reasons. So, as I did in the primary, I will vote for other races and propositions on the ballot, and I will leave blank the office of President. (I have heard too many people say things like "I am voting for the lesser of two evils" .... and I've just decided that I am more comfortable with "none of the above." If given the choice between horse poo and cow poo, I'd just rather skip the poo all together!) For me I really have a hard time believing it's impossible to pick a candidate , any one , from those that are presented to us at these elections every four years..but, that's me. With that in mind..and naturally my allegiance is with one of them , the incumbent , I went and did some googling trying to find say the top 100 laws passed in Obamas 1st term , something like that..but alas , no such link available or even close..a lot of 100 days things but he will have been in office almost four years so that's more like 1300 plus days..a bit more then a 100. However, I did find a recent New York Times article, September 13, 2012 that gives a summation, good , bad, [Republicans shellac POTUS in mid term...yadda, yadda ] so should appeal to both sides AND most important those who are saying there is no one capable..or the undecided..it isn't for me..I know who I am voting for..but others..possible like molly...not picking on you Molly , it's just that when I saw your post it got me thinking so thus my googling.. Article a bit long..but well written, as is most of the Times stuff is, and possible one or two who read it may decide they can find a candidate, possible mine, possible the other guy..whoever, for me, better to go into the booth and fill in all the blanks... topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html============================= Barack Obama. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2009. The son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas, he is the first African-American to ascend to the highest office in the land. He defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton in a lengthy and bitter primary battle before defeating Senator John McCain, the Arizona Republican, in November 2008. Mr. Obama’s victory came as the economy was in near free-fall, and his term has been shaped by what many have called the Great Recession and the weak recovery that followed. Mr. Obama was also confronting crucial issues in foreign policy: what to do about two wars involving American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2012, Mr. Obama is facing a highly competitive bid for re-election. His opponent is Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee. Whether Americans grant Mr. Obama a four-year extension will depend in part on his ability to reconcile the heady aspirations of 2008 with the messy results of the four years that followed. In some ways Mr. Obama has been remade by his time in office. Burned by failed Roosevelt Room summits with Republican leaders and faced with implacable resistance, he has abandoned the inside game to barnstorm the country pressuring lawmakers. Once a virtual prime minister tethered to Congress, he now advances immigration, environmental and education initiatives through executive authority. The candidate of change now argues for staying the course." Click on link above to read rest of article..it gets into the meat and potatoes very well , both positive and negatives by the way..the above was just a warm up..Molly looks like your on mission impossible. Impossible.... ROFLMAO. If not picking one is impossible, then righting(get it, I am not voting for either of the 2 wrongs) one in is godly, yes deziloooooo you can bow to me now.
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