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Robb
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USA
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 Posted - 11/04/2008 : 11:43:00 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by tomk80
Originally posted by Robb
Yes they are unrepresentitive for Texas but not nationally which is what I meant. I think the Obama vote for some older students are to piss off thier parents more than anything. I know I told my parents in 6th grade that I would vote for Reagan because my parents were very liberal and I grew up in Minnesota who loved Carter.
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What ages are you talking about? Could Obama be popular amongst the older students because he seems to resonate more with younger voters? Perhaps the results in the mock election reflect this popularity?
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Quite possibly. I feel young people are generally more liberal than not. They are real comfortable with spending other peoples money. |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 11/04/2008 : 11:48:25 [Permalink]
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Okay, I left here at 9:30 and just got back. The wait in line was about an hour long. Unusual for here, but a good thing since they call this place "The Peoples Republic of Santa Monica".
Only problem for me was that my back started to hurt after about half an hour of mostly standing in place. But oh well... |
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2008 : 12:15:29 [Permalink]
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I voted this morning. It took about 45 minutes - about 3 times as long as usual. No problemo.
I'm going to the bar to watch the results tonight with a bunch of other freethinkers/humanists.
*hope hope hope* |
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2008 : 12:18:01 [Permalink]
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Took about 15 minutes to get through the poll here. That counts the walk from my car to the building.
My precinct has changed over from the electronic machines to paper ballots and an optical scanner. Good stuff, imo.
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
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"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5310 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2008 : 12:20:42 [Permalink]
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I'm told that Joe Biden visited our polling place this morning in historic Henrico County, VA. Should be a big turnout for the Democrats in our district.
I saw people leaving this morning because of the long lines and the rain. I wonder how many will go back.
I heard rumors of computer problems in other precincts but everything seemed smooth at mine. |
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The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
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Posted - 11/04/2008 : 12:21:54 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Robb
Quite possibly. I feel young people are generally more liberal than not. They are real comfortable with spending other peoples money.
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astropin
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 11/04/2008 : 12:29:20 [Permalink]
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| We voted (the wife and I) at 11:00am. Walked right in and voted....no wait. Same as always around here. |
I would rather face a cold reality than delude myself with comforting fantasies.
You are free to believe what you want to believe and I am free to ridicule you for it.
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
 Posted - 11/04/2008 : 12:48:41 [Permalink]
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Robb:
Quite possibly. I feel young people are generally more liberal than not. They are real comfortable with spending other peoples money. |
I'm 59 and I'm also interested in spending your money. Of course, I'm willing to kick down for you too. See, I'm not selfish and think in terms of the greater good. Nothings perfect, but we have had a taste of where conservatives will lead us if given the chance. Hell, even Nixon understood the concept of a progressive tax and a social net.
Have you enjoyed the huge expansion of government in the last eight years that has pretty much bought you nothing at all?
Did you know that in most European countries, our Democratic party would be considered right of center? But hey, what do those much older countries know about a civilized society? |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2008 : 12:59:23 [Permalink]
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So spake the Rude Pundit: Election Day: Nine Ways Republicans Will Try to Make Obama's Victory Illegitimate (You Don't Get to Read This Until You've Fucking Voted):
This time around, the machines were working at the Rude Pundit's precinct. The first thing he did after pushing the magical buttons was to call the Rude Brother and say, "I just voted for a black guy for president. How crazy is that?" It's not, of course, that it's a leap of beliefs for the Rude Pundit. It's having the opportunity. And, totally non-cynically, that was just goddamn cool. The fact that Obama's gonna win? Well, let's not blow our loads yet. |
Robb: | Quite possibly. I feel young people are generally more liberal than not. They are real comfortable with spending other peoples money. |
That's a meaningless generalization. History clearly shows that it's Republicans, of all ages, who delight in spending everyone else's money, then borrowing more.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 11/04/2008 : 14:09:32 [Permalink]
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Sorry 'bout that, Kil -- too good to pass up! 
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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ktesibios
SFN Regular
USA
505 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2008 : 14:13:34 [Permalink]
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Had about an hour's wait in line at the poll here in Studio City. I drove by two other nearby polling places on my way to work and they both had lines right out the wazoo. It looks like a pretty heavy turnout in my neighborhood. The poll workers will be lucky if they have time to call out for some pizza today.
This is a heavily Dem area, so I'm taking the high turnout as a good sign. |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2008 : 15:19:45 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
Sorry 'bout that, Kil -- too good to pass up!
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I'll sue, I tells ya!!! |
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Robb
SFN Regular
USA
1223 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2008 : 15:40:53 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
Robb:
Quite possibly. I feel young people are generally more liberal than not. They are real comfortable with spending other peoples money. |
I'm 59 and I'm also interested in spending your money. Of course, I'm willing to kick down for you too. See, I'm not selfish and think in terms of the greater good. Nothings perfect, but we have had a taste of where conservatives will lead us if given the chance. Hell, even Nixon understood the concept of a progressive tax and a social net.
Have you enjoyed the huge expansion of government in the last eight years that has pretty much bought you nothing at all? |
That's why I did not vote republican.
Did you know that in most European countries, our Democratic party would be considered right of center? But hey, what do those much older countries know about a civilized society?
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I am just glad I do not live in Europe! |
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tomk80
SFN Regular
Netherlands
1278 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2008 : 16:40:47 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Robb
Quite possibly. I feel young people are generally more liberal than not. They are real comfortable with spending other peoples money.
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Socialist up to the time you work 
Meh, lived in America for half a year. Nothing makes you so willing to pay taxes as going to America. You guys can't even maintain your roads properly! |
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2008 : 16:46:48 [Permalink]
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Yeah, never worrying about healthcare, infrastructure that actually is kept modern, a big push to renewable energy, taxes comparable to what we currently pay (don't believe the right-with lies about euro-taxes, I have lived in Germany for 6 years, they pay very close to what we do now).
Yeah, Europe is such a horrible place!
Not that its all peaches and cream over there, but its absurd to pretend that Europe is a horrible place.
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
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