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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow the fuck is this even close?
I dont see how 49% of voters can be such hard headed, narrow minded, idiots.
They've been fed corporate sponsored, jingoistic, bullshit and they bought into it.
They're supposed voting the way they think their Gawd would want them, but they instead of thinking about it, they just spew what their minister, preacher, bishop tells them.
The 49% who are voting against Obama and against their own best interests deserve to live in a Romney/Ryan ruled country.
The rest of us, the 51% with a central nervous system and the common sense that God gave a carrot should be able to take care of ourselves in an Obama-ran country for the next four years.
I cant get over how for so may of them, it's just a damn game.
I on the other hand, am disabled with an 18 month old who receives benefits because I cannot work. In a couple of years I'll hopefully be on Medicare, until then I am uninsurable (2 disabling diseases) am cash pay for the health care I receive. So many of them have it so good, yet they complain about having to pay taxes on the 100K that they bring home every year. They bitch about things that I'd love to worry about (capital gains taxes, 401K's, stocks..). I dont have the luxury of getting to throw my vote away on an Ideology that has proven time and again to be a failed one, pushed by billionaires and corporations down the throats of the peasants.
In Florida, you can have those that pose a danger to themselves or others involuntarily committed for their own good and safety. I've done it, it's not pretty, but it saves the lives of the ill. Oh, how I wish we could "Baker Act" (as it's called here) the 49% that are voting to slit their own damn throats.
Sorry, I'm better now.
gateley
(62,683 posts)I'm always kind of surprised when we expect these Reublicans to be logical, rational and informed.
MFM008
(19,816 posts)when you WANT him to be. He will also be hispanic, eskimo, aborigione, and a sasquatch. Whatever you want.
liberal N proud
(60,336 posts)He is whatever you want him to be. He is saving the true Romney for after the election, then now one would admit they voted for him.
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)they are not only uninformed, but under informed. These voters don't follow politics and vote in line with their best buddies, their parent's party and over single issue items. There is a 5%-7% group that simply hate (blacks, libs whatever). There's the unfortunate truth of the matter.
central scrutinizer
(11,652 posts)We thought Rmoney was done for when:
their convention bombed,
the crazy old man yelled at a chair,
Akin spouted his shit,
the 47% tape came out,
the tax returns were withheld,
then the cooked 2011 return was released,
Ryan was caught lying time and time again,
Ryan was crushed by Biden in their debate,
"Binders of women",
"Proceed, governor",
the Jeep lies...
the only positive for Rmoney was the first debate when Obama was caught flat-footed by the audacious mendacity.
There is only one word that can possibly explain the closeness: racism