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Maraya1969

(22,486 posts)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 08:53 PM Nov 2012

Some jackass Romney whiner is saying that people with <30K income voted for Obama

greater than 60%. Which may be true but it pisses me off that he is saying this. He also said he might become a Democrat next time so he can get a free ride and a free meal on election day.

What do I say to this guy. He has already announced that he is a 1%'er. He is a pompous ass. Now they are doing everything they can to try an make Obama's win seem not such a big thing.

And does anyone know what % of the population voted this year? Because this guy and another one are trying to say that Obama was voted in with less than 25% of the population which means that less than 50% must have voted.

What cry babies they are.

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Some jackass Romney whiner is saying that people with <30K income voted for Obama (Original Post) Maraya1969 Nov 2012 OP
He should obviously get to work raising everybody's pay! struggle4progress Nov 2012 #1
Good one! Except I don't know what he does and I don't want to engage him that much to find out. Maraya1969 Nov 2012 #2
I got three new cars, a pony, lots of bling Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #3
LOL! yardwork Nov 2012 #18
Ask him if the poor should be allowed to vote or not. reformist2 Nov 2012 #4
Ask him where he is getting this information. janx Nov 2012 #5
I did ask him. Haven't gotten a response yet and I can't find the information. He may have heard it Maraya1969 Nov 2012 #11
That would be my guess. n/t janx Nov 2012 #29
they should have voted for him greater than 99%. BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #6
Um, no. liberalmuse Nov 2012 #7
+1 nt TBF Nov 2012 #13
Why wouldn't they vote for him? Romney would rather these people die off than help 'em. Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #8
I earn gopiscrap Nov 2012 #9
As Jim Rome Says Dirty Socialist Nov 2012 #10
Well even with 1% ignorance is bliss. Don't play into his hand. He is trying to rile you up. southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #12
I would rather be in the Romney handout line. Thinkingabout Nov 2012 #14
Hubby and I both voted for Obama distantearlywarning Nov 2012 #15
Does he REALLY want to be poor? NashvilleLefty Nov 2012 #16
We had an election. We had an accountability moment. bluestateguy Nov 2012 #17
I'm not even sure what they are whining about. The 1% did quite well under Live and Learn Nov 2012 #19
Yeah? So? Zoeisright Nov 2012 #20
I know some people who work 12-14 hours a day and have 3 jobs and still don't clear 30k a year cherish44 Nov 2012 #21
All he has to do is say he's an "Obama voter who is disappointed with him", and he zbdent Nov 2012 #22
These people think only wealthy landowners should have the right to vote. kestrel91316 Nov 2012 #23
That is one-third of all households. I sure hope they did, because those who didn't are stupid. nt lumberjack_jeff Nov 2012 #24
So what if it is true? People making under $30K have a right to vote for whomever they want. Iris Nov 2012 #25
I make about 20k/yr. What is this "free" stuff? Zero Division Nov 2012 #26
The Constitution doesn't require any particular income level to have the right to vote. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #27
He probably didn't vote...he has "people" to do that for him........ Swede Atlanta Nov 2012 #28
 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
3. I got three new cars, a pony, lots of bling
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 08:57 PM
Nov 2012

and an unusual venereal disease. Your friend should definitely vote democratic next time, this is great!

reformist2

(9,841 posts)
4. Ask him if the poor should be allowed to vote or not.
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 08:57 PM
Nov 2012

Usually behind all this bashing is a false sense of superiority, and a total rejection of the founding principle of America, that "all men are created equal."

janx

(24,128 posts)
5. Ask him where he is getting this information.
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 08:58 PM
Nov 2012

The *original* numbers, not something he heard second hand on TV or radio. Where did the numbers come from?

Maraya1969

(22,486 posts)
11. I did ask him. Haven't gotten a response yet and I can't find the information. He may have heard it
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:06 PM
Nov 2012

on teh stoopid channel - Fake news!

 

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
12. Well even with 1% ignorance is bliss. Don't play into his hand. He is trying to rile you up.
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:06 PM
Nov 2012

Just tell him Obama won, get over it. Then don't answer him anymore. That will piss him off more.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
14. I would rather be in the Romney handout line.
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:07 PM
Nov 2012

We have had to contribute $44 M to find am underfunded pension Romney escaped with. Plus he can not show Amy taxes for 10 years, a scumbag.

distantearlywarning

(4,475 posts)
15. Hubby and I both voted for Obama
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:08 PM
Nov 2012

We make nearly three times that much money in a year. We voted on social issues (as did nearly every other Obama voter we know - nobody gives a rat's ass about free "stuff" in our social circle). These people saying that freeloaders gave Obama a 2nd term are seriously so full of shit. They have no idea what the voters out there were actually thinking.

NashvilleLefty

(811 posts)
16. Does he REALLY want to be poor?
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:08 PM
Nov 2012

Does he REALLY want to make <30k a year?

Well, no one else does, either. But sometimes that's all that some people can get because the "job creators" won't pay them what they're worth in order to make more $$$ themselves. So that they can sneer at those making less.

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
17. We had an election. We had an accountability moment.
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:08 PM
Nov 2012

If he does not like the way he is running the country, if he does not love America, then he should leave.

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)
19. I'm not even sure what they are whining about. The 1% did quite well under
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:25 PM
Nov 2012

Obama's first administration but they got even greedier and wanted even more so they ran a jackass that wanted to completely decimate the rest of us. Hopefully, Obama can really make them pay for all of it this time around.

Zoeisright

(8,339 posts)
20. Yeah? So?
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:26 PM
Nov 2012

They're voting in their own best interests. That's what you tell that whiny little jackass. On edit: Oh, and I make over six figures and I voted for President Obama.

cherish44

(2,566 posts)
21. I know some people who work 12-14 hours a day and have 3 jobs and still don't clear 30k a year
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:29 PM
Nov 2012

Are you calling them lazy? I'd say more like obscenely underpaid...

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
22. All he has to do is say he's an "Obama voter who is disappointed with him", and he
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:33 PM
Nov 2012

not only gets a cushy job appearing in a commercial, but a big fat paycheck for doing so.

Now, if he tried to cash that back-dated check, he'd probably find that it won't pay him anything because the account it was written on was closed 11/5 ... nsf ...

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
23. These people think only wealthy landowners should have the right to vote.
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:34 PM
Nov 2012

They must be so unhappy that we ever declared independence from Britain.

Iris

(15,661 posts)
25. So what if it is true? People making under $30K have a right to vote for whomever they want.
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:36 PM
Nov 2012

And the more people who are pushed into jobs making less than $14.50/hour, the more people will vote for candidates the jackass doesn't like.

Zero Division

(1,135 posts)
26. I make about 20k/yr. What is this "free" stuff?
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:48 PM
Nov 2012

I still pay a significant portion of my income taxes, along with the rest of the payroll taxes. I have no dependents, so I get very little back from either the state or federal government, but assholes like this think every low wage earner is a "lucky ducky" that pays no taxes and gets "free stuff"--whatever the fuck that is in his reality-challenged mind. I'm certainly not receiving anything like that from the government, nor do I expect to.

 

Swede Atlanta

(3,596 posts)
28. He probably didn't vote...he has "people" to do that for him........
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:02 PM
Nov 2012

It is truly disgusting for someone who has had the fortune to become wealthy (inherited, privilege, earned, who cares) to attack those that are at the lowest end of the income scale.

Sure, there are some in the lower income group that are lazy and try to milk the system for what it is worth. But I suggest that is a very, very small percentage of people in that income group.

But, we have decided as a nation, that some people deserve assistance. We have decided that families shouldn't go hungry (although the current "food stamp" program hardly provides for a bounteous or necessarily healthy diet), have adequate money for the essentials of life ("welfare&quot , etc.

I'm sure this 1% claims to be a Christian but hasn't learned anything from the Bible about charity and Jesus' charge to his followers.

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