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Re: Election 2012 Thread
« Reply #30 on: November 04, 2012, 10:14:38 pm »
Filibusters are fucking cheap ass cop-outs and should be outlawed under penalty of strangulation by the reanimated corpse of Thomas Jefferson.

Filibusters have their place, as they allow the minority some (in theory) small level of control. If they worked the way many people think they worked*, they would be great. Sadly, that kind of filibuster went out long ago and will never come back because it takes too much effort


*By that I mean forcing someone to stand there and continue to speak until they either relinquish the floor or a vote is taken to end debate.

I was just going to point that out...Strom Thurmond is rolling over in his racist grave.  Who the fuck changed a filibuster into a simple motion filing anyway?

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« Reply #31 on: November 04, 2012, 10:38:41 pm »
Why the fuck did I read the comments on that link that Rabbit gave?? Seriously,"Gangbangers" in the whitehouse??
Sadly it's not just there. Nearly every story I read has at least a few Tea Party types spewing nonsense in the comments.

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Re: Election 2012 Thread
« Reply #32 on: November 04, 2012, 10:49:46 pm »
Why the fuck did I read the comments on that link that Rabbit gave?? Seriously,"Gangbangers" in the whitehouse??
I guess I'm just becoming desensitized to this type of racist nonsense.

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Re: Election 2012 Thread
« Reply #33 on: November 05, 2012, 04:35:08 am »
I'm hoping Obama, but it looks to be very close this time.  I hear a lot of people supporting Romney this time around, which is scary considering they also support things that would turn us into a Theocracy.

I'm just glad it's almost over.  It was hard to enjoy Halloween when all I see are political mudslinging shit all over the place.
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Re: Election 2012 Thread
« Reply #34 on: November 05, 2012, 05:04:27 am »
I'm just glad it's almost over.  It was hard to enjoy Halloween when all I see are political mudslinging shit all over the place.

It's happened a lot lately, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's happened in the past with Halloween and Election Day being so close together. I remember in 2008 there was a lady who would ask trick-or-treaters who their parents were voting for, and would refuse to give candy if they said "Obama".
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Re: Election 2012 Thread
« Reply #35 on: November 05, 2012, 05:12:27 am »
I don't remember it being this bad 4 years ago.  Sure there was a lot of, "Obama is a Muslim," but that was about it.  Maybe now it's because people can point to some numbers and say, "See, where's your 'Change' now?"

Personally, all I have to do is point to my company's stock and profits and say, "Right there!"
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Re: Election 2012 Thread
« Reply #36 on: November 05, 2012, 05:36:42 am »
Because I wanna be in the company of fellow electionistas, I'm popping my head in for a lil' while (I know, I'm surprised I wasn't eaten by ManBearChupaAngelCabras also). All legitimate polls are pointing to Obama but I'm massively worried about the obscene levels of voter fraud in Ohio (which has gotten so bad I practically feel they should just "give" the state to Obama as a punishment), Pennsylvania and Florida.

Vyper, you're not from California right? It was pretty ugly 4 years ago - not as ugly as it's gotten but it was pretty bad. Though that might be because of the confluence of Prop 8 (gimmie 3 cheers for the Reverse Trojan Horse Proposition) nonsense
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Re: Election 2012 Thread
« Reply #37 on: November 05, 2012, 08:37:17 am »
Why the fuck did I read the comments on that link that Rabbit gave?? Seriously,"Gangbangers" in the whitehouse??
I guess I'm just becoming desensitized to this type of racist nonsense.
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Re: Election 2012 Thread
« Reply #38 on: November 05, 2012, 09:11:29 am »
I'm just glad it's almost over.  It was hard to enjoy Halloween when all I see are political mudslinging shit all over the place.

It's happened a lot lately, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's happened in the past with Halloween and Election Day being so close together. I remember in 2008 there was a lady who would ask trick-or-treaters who their parents were voting for, and would refuse to give candy if they said "Obama".

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Re: Election 2012 Thread
« Reply #39 on: November 05, 2012, 09:31:40 am »
I think Obama is going to win by the skin of his teeth. GOP keeps the House but still not the Senate, though they might pick up a couple seats.

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Re: Election 2012 Thread
« Reply #40 on: November 05, 2012, 11:39:42 am »
I think Obama will win the election narrowly, with fewer than 300 electoral votes.  The Republicans will have a net loss of 5-15 seats in the House, which will leave them with firm control of the chamber.  The Democrats will keep the Senate, I predict 51-47-2; and both independents will caucus with the Democrats, effectively giving them 53-47 control.

And I agree with Eric and DiscoBerry.  If the Republicans want to filibuster everything, then let them break out their state capital's phone book for a good, long read.
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Re: Election 2012 Thread
« Reply #41 on: November 05, 2012, 11:48:25 am »
I wonder, is it likely for Obama to win the electoral vote but not the popular vote this election?
I'd be more sympathetic if people here didn't act like they knew what they were saying when they were saying something very much wrong.

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Re: Election 2012 Thread
« Reply #42 on: November 05, 2012, 12:09:26 pm »
It's possible, but not particularly likely.  Obama has been showing a small lead in national polls.  Still, fivethirtyeight is putting the likelihood of Romney winning the popular vote but losing the electoral college at 6.9 percent, which is not an insignificant possibility (if their model is accurate).
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Re: Election 2012 Thread
« Reply #43 on: November 05, 2012, 01:44:10 pm »
I wish the government could abolish the Electoral College. Nothing says democracy like a bunch of dudes that could, on a whim, decide to elect whoever the hell they wanted. Goooodddd timessssss.

That said, I'm leaning towards Obama winning. Incumbency non-sense. Also, I see change. I've seen change in the attitude of everyone around me. Economy is looking better, I love obamacare, and foreign policy's been mended. The fact people can't see the changes? Non-sense.
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Re: Election 2012 Thread
« Reply #44 on: November 05, 2012, 01:54:30 pm »
Romney

Always have the other scenario in mind.