southsider2k5 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 27, 2012 -> 12:59 PM) I realize you're joking here but it's sad that there are so many people out there from both ends of the spectrum that would seriously react this way. I know it sounds funny, but I crossover all of the time. I have actually worked on campaigns of Democrats before. I plan on voting for Lugar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I think I've mentioned it here before but Kerry and Obama are the only Dem candidates I have ever voted for President. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 27, 2012 -> 01:07 PM) I think I've mentioned it here before but Kerry and Obama are the only Dem candidates I have ever voted for President. I voted: Clinton > Bush Jr. > Kerry > Abstained (essentially my vote of no confidence/none of the above) > ?? (this year) And people call me a republican around here. Edited April 27, 2012 by Y2HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSox05 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I voted for Eisenhower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Apr 27, 2012 -> 02:13 PM) I voted for Eisenhower. I like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Ike's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 27, 2012 -> 01:27 PM) Ike's fine. If you like hippie communists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 27, 2012 -> 12:07 PM) I think I've mentioned it here before but Kerry and Obama are the only Dem candidates I have ever voted for President. Who do you usually vote for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Apr 27, 2012 -> 12:01 PM) Who do you usually vote for? I honestly try to look at the issues and see who best aligns with my priorities. I wish we had a strong 3rd party because the two major ones are pretty awful for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 27, 2012 -> 02:48 PM) I honestly try to look at the issues and see who best aligns with my priorities. I wish we had a strong 3rd party because the two major ones are pretty awful for the most part. I can understand that from the other side of the spectrum. I'm constantly torn between being an idealist and a pragmatist. Do I want the perfect ultra-right guy who's going to get his ass beat because he can't get any independent votes, or do I want a less perfect guy who's got a good shot at winning? And while I know some people who want the perfect one at all costs, for me, the choice is obvious. Romney's not perfect, but I like him, and more importantly, I'm not going to let his few flaws keep me away in November and send Barry back to the White House. Seems counterproductive. I might as well do what I can to push the country in my favored direction, even if the steps are small, right? So call me a Republican by default. It's not perfect, but it is a vehicle for electoral victory and it's currently the right wing's modicum for change, whether we like it or not. Oh yeah, somewhere I rethought my vets-only thing. Military experience is always a big plus for a candidate who wants my vote, and I really do wish that it was like the old days when a CiC was simply expected to be a vet (OK, maybe I'm dreaming a little...I just learned that Taft through FDR weren't vets, but Truman through Bush 41 were). Either way, if there isn't a right-wing vet to vote for, I'm going to go with the pragmatism expressed in the last paragraph. Romney didn't serve but it makes no sense to reject him for it, and in doing so, return to the White House a different guy who doesn't share my views and also didn't serve. Small steps, if nothing else is possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cknolls Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Ronald Reagan . . . was confronted by a bunch of screaming hippies back in his days as governor of California. They swarmed his car yelling at him for cutting education funding or some such. One fellow — who I like to imagine looked like Shaggy from Scooby Doo — held up a sign to Reagan’s car window saying “We are the future!” Reagan quickly grabbed a pen from his suit pocket and wrote something down on piece of paper and thrust it to his side of the window so the kid could read it. It said: “I’m selling my bonds!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Speaking to a reporter on a local news station in Boston, Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts cited her ancestor's "high cheekbones" (quoting an aunt) as evidence of her Native American heritage: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/warren...-do_643103.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 QUOTE (mr_genius @ May 3, 2012 -> 09:07 AM) http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/warren...-do_643103.html I bet she has a black friend too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 3, 2012 -> 09:11 AM) I bet she has a black friend too. totally. and it proves how non-racist she is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 The One-Drop Rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 QUOTE (mr_genius @ May 3, 2012 -> 10:15 AM) totally. and it proves how non-racist she is. (You do realize that the reason she's talking about this has nothing to do with her proving she's not racist and instead this is one of those "resume padding" discussions, right?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 3, 2012 -> 09:17 AM) (You do realize that the reason she's talking about this has nothing to do with her proving she's not racist and instead this is one of those "resume padding" discussions, right?) the Native American thing or her 1 black friend proves she's not racist and puts that on her resume? haha but yes I know that she supposedly got special preference because of her "Native American" ancestry. Edited May 3, 2012 by mr_genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 3, 2012 -> 09:17 AM) (You do realize that the reason she's talking about this has nothing to do with her proving she's not racist and instead this is one of those "resume padding" discussions, right?) Well obviously. She's a Democrat and that means she gets the "Not a racist" for life card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 3, 2012 -> 09:33 AM) Well obviously. She's a Democrat and that means she gets the "Not a racist" for life card. There are plenty of racist Democrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 3, 2012 -> 10:33 AM) Well obviously. She's a Democrat and that means she gets the "Not a racist" for life card. And obviously, she's a Democrat so that means Republicans assume she's a racist, apparently, because otherwise I can't figure out why any of these posts exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 3, 2012 -> 09:35 AM) And obviously, she's a Democrat so that means Republicans assume she's a racist, apparently, because otherwise I can't figure out why any of these posts exist. The standards are different, duh. I apologize to your liberal all-knowingness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 3, 2012 -> 10:36 AM) The standards are different, duh. I apologize to your liberal all-knowingness. Clearly, if I walked into the other thread and replied to your "Maybe you should vote for Romney" line with "perhaps I should, he probably has a black friend", everyone would be confused and wonder why I brought that up and probably legitimately start making the reverse racist accusation, whereas here, we're on about the 10th post, and it's clearly me who deserves to be made fun of for not understanding whatever it is about the Democrats that we're making fun of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 3, 2012 -> 09:41 AM) Clearly, if I walked into the other thread and replied to your "Maybe you should vote for Romney" line with "perhaps I should, he probably has a black friend", everyone would be confused and wonder why I brought that up and probably legitimately start making the reverse racist accusation, whereas here, we're on about the 10th post, and it's clearly me who deserves to be made fun of for not understanding whatever it is about the Democrats that we're making fun of. Its is always different after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I think he's legitimately confused as to what you are talking about because your reply to him didn't make a whole lot of sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 3, 2012 -> 09:41 AM) it's clearly me who deserves to be made fun of for not understanding whatever it is about the Democrats that we're making fun of. agreed. you should probably leave the thread before you embarrass yourself further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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