The Michael A. Naso Institute of Comedy

[King]

I've met people who are openly homophobic, racist, hate big Government...and yet embrace Obama and expect to vote for him.

That's when I came to the conclusion perhaps not everyone votes on issues or actual political viewpoints.

I see things different than most. When I see 92% of French people want Obama to win, that makes me want Romney to win. When I see the President defend the probable criminal Treyvon Martin, who for all intents and purposes was the same kind of punk that harassed me back in my grade school days, that makes me want to vote for whoever didn't defend Treyvon. When I see ridiculous union demonstrators and Obama clearly doesn't oppose them, I want to vote against those people and whoever agrees with them.

So my conclusion, based on the few Obama voters I have met, is that they are voting based on personality and not issues, or personal political views.

[Phony Moderate]

For ban: 47%
Against ban: 49%

My numbers:

For ban 100%
Against ban 0%

Ban carries

[opebo]

Once again, it's just eerie to me how much this sounds like what I was thinking at this time in 2004.

I don't know any democrat who thought Bush's policies couldn't be changed or defeated even if he won a second term.  Our belief is that if Obama wins a second term, the policies that are enacted will stay permanently - developing a society that functions around cradle to grave government care that in short time gives way to an economic collapse that tips the balance of power in the world to Russia and China whilst the rest of the western world collapses into chaos. 

The democratic opposition to Bush was for a much less motivating reason.  It was primarily a combination of a feeling of delegitimacy left over from the 2000 election, anti-war protest and support for gay rights.  That's not like the opposition we have to Obama.  It wasn't the end of the country if Bush won a second term.  The country would make its typical cyclical shift between democrats and republicans every 8-12 years.  It certainly did during the 2008 election.  This year truly is different.  The feelings I described in the paragraph above are not just felt by a bubble of conservatives pushing conspiracy theories.  The view is near uniform among every single registered republican, even the republican moderates I know and many independents. 

You have no clue about the anger people felt about Bush in 2004. Hell, I still get angry thinking about it. We were fighting for the morals of the nation! We were fighting for the good name of America, a country that doesn't go around invading people just because it can.

That anger isn't even close to the feeling that your country will be irrevocably lost and destroyed. 

[Badger]

Context:

"And why don't submarines have screen doors, anyway?"

Craigo is definitely one of the better new posters in a while.

[Landslide Lyndon]

No Republicans are coming to this board... we need to lure Republicans in here by hosting a barbecue or something. Then we slip them some ruffies, lock them in the basement and force them to look at the recent polls.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Dudefest.

[opebo]

Anyways, "NV-POS (R)" is clearly Joe Republic.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

See you in church.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The scary thing is, Akin may still win this.

I'd put his chances at about 35%. A clear chance, but he's still an underdog atm.

He's still the underdog, but his gaffs have not been fatal.  He's closing. 

Where's the evidence of that?

JJ's fourth rule of elections.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

for some reason I can't fastforward the CSPAN videos

More evidence that we're all in purgatory, and Dave Leip is the devil.

[Lief 🗽]

context necessary:

Democrats were oversampled.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

context necessary:

Democrats were oversampled.

Very rarely are there posts that are flawless.
This is one of those posts.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

My numbers:

Northeast Region: 4.8 Aye, 2.2 Nay
Mideast Region: 9.6 Aye, 8.4 Nay
IDS: 6.4 Aye, 5.6 Nay
Pacific Region: 3.2 Aye, 0.8 Nay
Midwest Region: 5.6 Aye, 1.4 Nay
Total: 29.6 Aye, 18.4 Nay

Brought to you courtesy of the Popular Front for the Defense of the 2012 Board.

[King]

A lot of you are going to put mypalfish to shame. Winfield and I will have the last laugh.

[© tweed]

Let's just cut out all the middle men and inaugurate Bibi while we are at it.

[Antonio the Sixth]

LOL @ Democrats who think Romney is going the way of Mondale.

What are you going to do when Romney wins on Election Night?

Get into my trans-dimensional flivver and head home to this timeline where Obama has won.  It truly is a shame that one can't stay too long in other timelines without risking insanity.  That one where President Hollings used his veto to made certain that Social Security was not used to make the deficit appear like it had disappeared when it hadn't is one I would really like to live in.  Of course, the less said about that timeline where Perot won, the better.

[© tweed]

"Savings" I'm not sure what that is....is it a German word you picked up Franzl?

[Mechaman]

This could belong in the Deluge.  However, I think most of you will agree this is a more appropriate place:

...and in Iowa Democrats are asking for absentee ballots at a rate of 5:1 over Republicans... there are all kinds of dynamics, not the least of which being different deadlines and requirements.

If this is all you can point to, good luck to you.  

Yes, we all know the Chicago Machine has flooded Iowa. Big deal.

...and now conspiracy theories... keep going.

You guys are clinging to a few absentee ballots in Iowa. I mean, give me a break. We all know why that is happening in Iowa:

[Joe Republic]

Yes, the past four years have pushed me further to the right on economics, but I am still to the left of many people on many social issues, especially relative to most Republicans.

Such as your belief that gay marriage is not a priority for America because gays usually die of AIDS anyway, so why should anybody care?

He did say "relative to most Republicans."

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Yes, the past four years have pushed me further to the right on economics, but I am still to the left of many people on many social issues, especially relative to most Republicans.

Such as your belief that gay marriage is not a priority for America because gays usually die of AIDS anyway, so why should anybody care?

He did say "relative to most Republicans."

Excellent post.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

LOL

[Donerail]

Yes, I too will strive to see that none of your legislation is passed! Mwahahaha!!


Support.

[Phony Moderate]

Rudy?

[Oakvale]

'Ever play the game"President Forever"?  I have the 2008 version with a 2012 scenario mod; playing through the game has given me some insights into how the election might play out.  If I had to guess, I'd say the Romney campaign is biding its time and won't roll out the big advertising blitz until at least October.  Once that happens, all bets are off.  For this reason, I'm not too concerned about Obama having more money or even that he's ahead in the polls. 

[Oakvale]

Oakvale - Is that really you?

Yes, the ~ two months I took off from this weird place probably extended my life by far more than that, but I'm back nonetheless.