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still voting Romney? Fail

apdst said:
If Romney kills as many jobs as Obama, I promise to vote against him in '16.
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You can't be serious.

BUSH KILLED the jobs. That much is obvious, and that much is a fact. IF your complaint is that Obama didn't create enough jobs, then at least you are TRYING to talk about reality. But to claim that Obama KILLED the jobs just makes you look silly.
 
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Redress said:
The lesser of two evils. You?
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This mentality is the problem with politics today. I think not voting sends a more powerful message to our elected officials rather than voting for the smaller piece of ****.
 
Res Cogitans said:
You can't be serious.

BUSH KILLED the jobs. That much is obvious, and that much is a fact. IF your complaint is that Obama didn't create enough jobs, then at least you are TRYING to talk about reality. But to claim that Obama KILLED the jobs just makes you look silly.
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Bush didnt kill the jobs. Gramm Leach Bliley killed them.

Obama stated over and over the stimulus would perform much better than it actually did. You dont make statements to the American people to pass unpopular legislation and then not get results. Its their money. It better produce results if you want to stay in office.
 
Chaddelamancha said:
This mentality is the problem with politics today. I think not voting sends a more powerful message to our elected officials rather than voting for the smaller piece of ****.
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No it does not. Politicians care about winning. Not voting is not a vote for the other guy. I would rather stand up and be counted than to sit on the sidelines pouting.
 
Oh good. A youtube video and nothing else.
 
Fiddytree said:
Oh good. A youtube video and nothing else.
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I enjoy the people who say "you didn't watch the video did you". What do you expect...it is a youtube video. I am not going to take it seriously.
 
Redress said:
I enjoy the people who say "you didn't watch the video did you". What do you expect...it is a youtube video. I am not going to take it seriously.
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Youtube's contributions to society: stealing intellectual property, allowing average joe to fart in front of a fire for popularity, increase more political noise with cheaply edited content.
 
Redress said:
No it does not. Politicians care about winning. Not voting is not a vote for the other guy. I would rather stand up and be counted than to sit on the sidelines pouting.
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Sure, you can stand up and be counted. But what message does that convey? That you are willing to sacrifice some of your principles instead standing up for what you believe in?
 
Chaddelamancha said:
Sure, you can stand up and be counted. But what message does that convey? That you are willing to sacrifice some of your principles instead standing up for what you believe in?
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Oh Jesus. Just go watch the West Wing and save us from the pretentious nonsense.
 
Chaddelamancha said:
Sure, you can stand up and be counted. But what message does that convey? That you are willing to sacrifice some of your principles instead standing up for what you believe in?
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No, it conveys that I am willing to stand up for my principals. That is what I base my choice on, who best represents what I believe. No one but me has the exact same set of beliefs and priorities as I do. I do not expect every one to march lock step with me. I simply pick the one who will best represent me. That is not sacrificing your principals, it is standing up for them.
 
Redress said:
No, it conveys that I am willing to stand up for my principals. That is what I base my choice on, who best represents what I believe. No one but me has the exact same set of beliefs and priorities as I do. I do not expect every one to march lock step with me. I simply pick the one who will best represent me. That is not sacrificing your principals, it is standing up for them.
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I'm not trying to argue that, but doing a poor job at it. I am merely trying to say that when someone doesn't vote, it doesn't mean they don't care.
 
OpportunityCost said:
Obama stated over and over the stimulus would perform much better than it actually did.
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No, he didn't. The Obama administration said all along that they thought the stimulus would lower unemployment by about 1.5% at it's peak over baseline unemployment, and that's about what happened, according to most economists I've read. Their error was in underestimating baseline unemployment, i.e., the recession was deeper than they thought it would be. In other words, they thought that unemployment would peak at around 9% without any stimulus, and the stimulus would cap it between 7.5 and 8%. But in fact unemployment would have probably hit around 11.5% without the stimulus, which ended up capping it around 10%.
 
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Fiddytree said:
Oh Jesus. Just go watch the West Wing and save us from the pretentious nonsense.
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I've never seen it, but thanks for the suggestion. Perhaps it is on Netflix instant streaming?
 
Chaddelamancha said:
I've never seen it, but thanks for the suggestion. Perhaps it is on Netflix instant streaming?
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Currently subjugated to Amazon Prime and DVD. Bravo doesn't rerun it anymore.
 
Chaddelamancha said:
I'm not trying to argue that, but doing a poor job at it. I am merely trying to say that when someone doesn't vote, it doesn't mean they don't care.
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I did not say you did not care. I said you where not hurting any one but yourself.
 
poweRob said:
Obama Derangment Syndrome on display.

So far it's "I hate Obama and I don't know why" throughout this thread.
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Oh, I know why I hate Obama's policy and have a huge list why, but this thread is about Romney. But if you want me to post up why Obama is a failure I will be glad to do so.
 
Redress said:
I did not say you did not care. I said you where not hurting any one but yourself.
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I just don't buy it. One guy is going to pile two tons of **** on me, the other three. It's still **** in the end. Now I am applying this to the current election only. I will vote for someone even though we don't see eye to eye on everything because I am not naive enough to think that will ever happen.
 
Ockham said:
I'll vote for whomever is running against Obama that has a chance to win. Romney... a fictitious black and white rodent, a small pile of sand.... really makes no difference.

randel said:
such blind loyalty...touching really
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Well now we know there's no difference between Romney, rodents, or sand. :yes:
 
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