2012-11-07, 08:19 | Link #2683 | |
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Several pages later, the question still stands. Don't you ever ask any such silly questions! This is a two party system, buddy. *grabs James by his slender waist and tugs firmly* Get back in line!
If anyone cares, Gary Johnson got less than 1% of the popular vote and he was predicting a Obama win few hours few the polls closed. Quote:
2.6 billion dollars were spent all together. GOP super pac outspent DEM super pac by a margin of almost 3 to 1.
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2012-11-07, 09:09 | Link #2686 | ||
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Obama simply delayed the reckoning until it all happens on the same month. When all the lies come home to roost. And all because Republicans rejected a generous offer from Obama, thinking that it would help crush Obama's 2nd term chances. The gamble did not pay off. And if you lose a gamble, you have to pay up.
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2012-11-07, 09:14 | Link #2687 | |
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Campaign is, on the other hand, done mostly by volunteers.
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2012-11-07, 09:48 | Link #2689 | |
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Just in case: Spoiler for :
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2012-11-07, 09:56 | Link #2690 |
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Surprisingly, no revolutions or fires happening...yet :0 Most of the people I know either voted Obama or Johnson. There are a few sad sacks here and there that did vote Obama because he was black *deep sigh*
Even funnier, a Republican strategist said there was "a Latino problem" when I know of several who voted for Romney... I was half tempted to troll the hell out of a friend of mine who proclaimed "Israel is screwed." because Obama won |
2012-11-07, 10:24 | Link #2692 | |
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Sorry for the late response James, I had to go to bed.
Gary only got 1% of the vote, which shows me the sad state of affairs in this country. And to the man's credit, he did predict Obama would win a full day before it happened. Mr. Johnson understood what everybody that voted for him understands. There is/was no difference between Obama and Romney. We are going to get two more years of the same dismal policies and maybe when it finally gets bad enough, Americans will pull their heads out of their collective asses and vote 3rd Party. Quote:
No the US just chose to shoot themselves in the left temple rather than the right as the DOW Jones is currently showing. After the Green Agenda starts and the economy starts to tank, then the Red Vs. Blue finger pointing crap will begin all over again while the US is replaced by China as the world's leading economy. We've chosen the way of oblivion and we deserve it because Americans as a whole appear either too stupid or too brainwashed to notice 100 years of both parties taking us down the same path to destruction.
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2012-11-07, 10:28 | Link #2693 |
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Apparently The California Democrats now have a 2/3rds majority in both the state senate and Assembly (The Senate is the upper house, The Assembly the lower house). This is LOL HUEG, the first time in 80 years that a party has had such control, and because of the stupid conditions in Prop.13, it's the minimum level of votes needed to raise taxes.
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2012-11-07, 10:37 | Link #2695 | ||
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Still, good for the Libertarian Party. They (finally) got 1% of the popular vote. which is just another data point in the ever so slow trend upward toward the White House. Give them another 100 years and they might finally get a Libertarian voted President . |
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2012-11-07, 10:39 | Link #2696 | |
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Now the pain begins because you cannot inject $40bn a month and not have major inflation/devaluation of the dollar.
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2012-11-07, 10:44 | Link #2697 | ||
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Anyways, there has been a lot of discussion now among pundits and Republican strategists (including the GOP Latino strategist) about how the party needs to figure itself out. Demographics are changing. The Tea Party cost the GOP 5 senate seats over the last few years. Cost them the Latino vote and Florida this year. Cost them female voters. Tying this back to what I was saying before .. the country/voters is/are becoming: 1) Less white, more latino/black/asian 2) More female 3) Split more young / old 4) Split along income levels (rich / poor) So .. it'll be interesting to see whether there will be a "moderate Republican" backlash against the more conservative elements of it's own party. I'd be happy to see a 3-party system with conservative Dems and moderate Reps getting together. Then again I'm the crazy Canadian that believes in universal healthcare, gun control and a moderate sized government and can't understand my U.S. counterparts south of New York .. Cannot produce a prediction at this time |
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