lol is ANYONE out there still gonna vote for Romney?

[zanejohnson]

for srs

 

[Smoblikat]

I was, just because I dont want obama. But hes too conservative for me, by conservative I mean a religious lunatic. So im not voting. Ron Paul/Gary Johnson would have my vote if it didnt help obama.

 

[zanejohnson]

I was, just because I dont want obama. But hes too conservative for me, by conservative I mean a religious lunatic. So im not voting. Ron Paul/Gary Johnson would have my vote if it didnt help obama.

i also would have voted Ron Paul..

 

[peonyu]

I was thinking he would win by having the white vote mostly on his side before the DNC convention [for various reasons]...But ever since the DNC convention his campaign has turned to shit. Im not voting for either one since I think they are both bad candidates, but Obama will likely win it at this rate. Diehard repubs will still vote Romney but its the swing vote [mostly white btw] that will determine the election.



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[peonyu]

i also would have voted Ron Paul..

Ron Paul is good but the media coverage he gets is almost non existant, it requires $$$ and connections with people in the media/lobbyists to get elected these days.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I was, just because I dont want obama. But hes too conservative for me, by conservative I mean a religious lunatic. So im not voting. Ron Paul/Gary Johnson would have my vote if it didnt help obama.

How does a vote for Ron Paul or Gary Johnson help Obama if you aren't going to vote for Romney regardless? Do you assume that they take all votes for third party candidates and award them to the incumbent?

 

[zanejohnson]

I was thinking he would win by having the white vote mostly on his side before the DNC convention [for various reasons]...But ever since the DNC convention his campaign has turned to shit. Im not voting for either one since I think they are both bad candidates, but Obama will likely win it at this rate. Diehard repubs will still vote Romney but its the swing vote [mostly white btw] that will determine the election.



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yep..

i kinda feel like my vote may actually count this year.. D's would kinda be fucked if people like me didn't vote D...

white, texan, mid-late 20's middle income..

 

[zanejohnson]

Ron Paul is good but the media coverage he gets is almost non existant, it requires $$$ and connections with people in the media/lobbyists to get elected these days.

yea, he's the only "human" one of out of the three.. Obama's either a great pres, or the antichrist..(a joke)

Romney.. srapped his dog to the top of the car and drove across multiple states.. (that's when i was like ohhhhh my god...)

 

[Steeplerot]

I was thinking he would win by having the white vote mostly on his side before the DNC convention

White folks overwhelmingly voted for O, and will again seeing as they are the majority in the USA. (for now)

You mean white rural retirees, those folks hate O anyhow thanks to the insular right-wing entertainment/propaganda world they live in.

Maybe one day they will wake up? Hopefully, but time runs short.

 

[zanejohnson]

White folks overwhelmingly voted for O, and will again seeing as they are the majority in the USA. (for now)

You mean white rural retirees, those folks hate O anyhow thanks to the insular right-wing entertainment/propaganda world they live in.

Maybe one day they will wake up? Hopefully, but time runs short.

yep.. people like buck strickland are the die hard R's that will vote no matter what..

i'd imagine hank would be leaning Obama by now.. damn they need to make that episode..

 

[lazy0ne]

I definitely plan to VOTE and VOTE for Romney/Ryan.

Obama is leading our country in the wrong direction, period. I'm not sure how any "employed" person in the US could vote for Obama.

 

[peonyu]

White folks overwhelmingly voted for O, and will again seeing as they are the majority in the USA. (for now)

You mean white rural retirees, those folks hate O anyhow thanks to the insular right-wing entertainment/propaganda world they live in.

Maybe one day they will wake up? Hopefully, but time runs short.

They did, but Obama had several things on his side.
1- Bush was a miserable president in most peoples minds, electing a Republican after him ? Not likely. Even rural Whites were not at all pleased with Bush.
2- His campaign of hope and change caught on well, due to media constantly promoting it but it worked.
3- Obama is not the messiah that the media made him out to be in 08, Romney had a chance to win some moderate white votes due to that but post DNC convention it seems his momentum is gone. The seedy side of Romney is being dug up with his connections with big money and of course it looks bad because it is bad.

The stereotypical rural / racist White person is a stereotype, thats not to say they dont exist but I wouldn't say the majority would not vote for Obama due to him being half black. West Virginia is a exception though..Die hard repubs will vote Repub but imo people who vote Repub or Dem as though its a religion is a minority to begin with [whites atleast, blacks are the exception].

 

[Mixolydian]

I'm not sure how any "employed" person in the US could vote for Obama.

For those with at least half a brain, it's quite easy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiVe_7kTTdQ

 

[Dulanic]

forget it nm not worth it

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I was, just because I dont want obama. But hes too conservative for me, by conservative I mean a religious lunatic. So im not voting. Ron Paul/Gary Johnson would have my vote if it didnt help obama.

Voting Paul/Johnson would help show more support for their message that wouldn't otherwise be there. It doesn't help Obama in any way since his message isn't theirs. If you're not voting for Romney anyway, I can't see a reason not to vote third party. I'm not voting for Romney either mind you; just trying to work through this break in logic.

 

[CountZero]

Obviously some people are. Unless you take the view that Romney wants to intentionally destroy the country then it isn't hard to imagine some folks voting for Romney's policies, or voting against Obama's policies and then there are the party hard liners that will always vote for their party.

Even if Obama wins the election (seems likely at this point but still 6 weeks or so to go) I don't expect the popular vote to be a landslide for Obama.

 

[Steeplerot]

The stereotypical rural / racist White person is a stereotype.

All you have to do is look at the demographics of those who watch and listen to right wing media. They are older and rural by a vast margin.

A look at your average teaparty rally vs OWS for example shows the drastic disconnect in the USA. On one hand you have large crowds of middle class and kids, on the other folks who look like zombies that just crawled out of the trenches of WW1.

I feel bad for them, these geriatric "cultural warriors" of the "status quo supporting Baby Boomers" got all of squat done for humanity after getting rolled by lefties of the 1970s. And I suspect missed out on all the good times and getting laid that went with that long gone celebration. Must suck to be them. But, haters will hate.

Maybe the ghosts of "Good times past" will visit them in their sleep and help them remove the stick from their ass? I doubt it though. Their time is past, and the dark horizon of right wing extremism has long since descended on the USA and the damage is done.

The question now is where to go from here with the mistakes made. Not pining for a time past (that never even existed in reality)

 

[Jaskalas]

I pretty much swore back in 2008 that I would not vote for Romney.

Sticking by that no matter how scary Obama is. Principles dictate that a socialist is not my greatest threat, I can live with an honest foe in front of me. It's the backstabbing Neocons pretending to be conservatives that really endanger us and threaten my values.

 

[zanejohnson]

i agree, it's really..

what's worse, communism (socialism) or the good ole boy system of rich, white, (sometimes strangely pedophilic) man-childs (you'll get this if your from the midwest or the south, its alarming really)

i'd take communism...

 

[Steeplerot]

Principles dictate that a socialist is not my greatest threat, I can live with an honest foe in front of me. .

With all the blather about the USSR and the cold war, they never were even a threat. But a tool to divide. Liberal Democracy is adaptable and will always win over totalitarianism.

But yes, it does suck not to have a honest enemy anymore.

Every once in awhile they were right in their criticizing us for stupid shit we pull now and again. We have none of this anymore. Even if their motives behind the callouts were self serving.

What we have here is a vacuum of ideas, and we know what nature abhors the most.

 

[bfdd]

yep.. people like buck strickland are the die hard R's that will vote no matter what..

i'd imagine hank would be leaning Obama by now.. damn they need to make that episode..

Hank would support Gary Johnson.

 

[zanejohnson]

Hank would support Gary Johnson.

lol i just read that in Hank's voice.. epic.

 

[Atreus21]

i agree, it's really..

what's worse, communism (socialism) or the good ole boy system of rich, white, (sometimes strangely pedophilic) man-childs (you'll get this if your from the midwest or the south, its alarming really)

i'd take communism...

Yeah. The good ol' boy system or rich white-man childs is clearly worse than the, oh, 50-60 million people dead in communism's wake.

I'll take Romney, thanks.

 

[Fern]

lol is ANYONE out there still gonna vote for Romney?

Yeah, I'd guess about 60 million or so.

Fern

 

[Steeplerot]

Yeah. The good ol' boy system or rich white-man childs is clearly worse than the, oh, 50-60 million people dead in communism's wake.

I'll take Romney, thanks.

How about screw Stalin or Romney? It is a false choice.