Go vote

[Atreides]

Some states do have that option, in Nevada for example it's thought that a fair number of people will go to the polls to vote for their House representative or ballot measures but vote "none of the above" on the Reid/Angle Senate race (because both are pretty equally reviled lol)

[Max™]

That's a terrible spectrum. But i think i said this before.

You're a terrible spectrum.

[Cream Soda]

My friend's family (5 in the household) all went republican. (Glen Beck fans)

[Dantrag]

Both sides are full of shit and have put us into this mess we're in. No single person or party is responsible. They just end up bickering like old married people and don't really care what happens or what is for the greater good of the nation, hell no politician actually does what they're supposed to do, represent the people that voted them in.

[Antithesis]

go away

and p.s. keep claiming you don't care when marco rubio de-funds the department of education and your pell grant disappears

One thing I will agree with you on is that Marco Rubio is fucking stupid. I have no idea how him and Rick Scott managed to even get into the midterms.

[Atreides]

yea man, did you see that video of Rick Scott giving a deposition in his company's medicare fraud case? It was almost as bad as the deposition the Salahis gave to congress after they partycrashed the white house. I mean, how you can perpetrate the single largest medicare fraud in the history of the United States and still poll at 50% is ridiculous. Standing up for your beliefs is one thing, but if there's a more clear-cut case of people sheepishly voting party lines I've never seen it.

edit: here it is, this is actually a campaign ad so sorry if that offends anyone

[Talint]

Just voted. feelsgoodman.jpg

[Max™]

Wonder how many write-in's we could get for this candidate?

Spoiler: show

http://www.leagueofnonvoters.org/ima...te_cthulhu.bmp

[Cream Soda]

I'd vote for that.

[Conrad]

Then go do it, no one is stopping you

[Cream Soda]

What was said will be in regular text, what was implied will be said in parenthesis.

I'd vote for that. (If I were a voter)

[Conrad]

Then go do it, no one is stopping you

[Cream Soda]

Yes, someone is stopping me. I'm stopping me :D, as while it would be funny, it would be rather pointless to do so.

[Max™]

No it wouldn't, you both over AND underestimate the importance of voting, as has been said.

Fuck, I'm a retard and I get it.

[Kurokikaze]

Just put in my vote for Jimmy McMillan cause the rent is seriously too damn high. :/

Spoiler: show

j/k let's go Cuomo!

[Altariel]

What do you guys think of the argument of this article?



Is this a valid theory on why certain center-left parties are losing? Because they've abandoned economic issues for cultural issues that do not address the growing anxiety of the working class? Seemingly creating the impression that these parties are disconnected from the concerns of "the people".

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/2...t_parties_lind

While there are aspects of this argument that I believe are true especially in Europe, I'm not sure how relevant it is to the sentiment in the U.S. I don't think this Congress really turned against the lower class in favor of the professional middle class. Fair pay act, credit card reform, health insurance reform, financial regulation, economic stimulus - these are all directly relevant to their needs. I certainly disagree to the extent that he believes the shift right in these policies embrace the market too much; I don't hear a lot of sentiment about how we should have socialized medicine or nationalized banks instead. I think the biggest problem in the U.S. is that liberals are big fucking pussies. The only message they are getting across is "well at least we're not as bad as the other guys." I don't hear many Democrats standing up for how they voted and what they believe so the teabagger "failed stimulus" and "Obamacare" rhetoric is sticking.

[Yabby]

I voted, glad its over so i don't feel the need to post on FB about how important voting is to me/should be to others. I've had debates with 50% of my friends about why it's important. Sad how many people feel the way CS does.

[BerenTebogo]

Deval Patrick /

[Kurp]

http://cnnbc.moveon.org/index.html

[Max™]

That's because it's hard to REALLY stand out as different if you're so similar.

We've got a right wing party, and a somewhat less right wing party trying to pull off a smooth criminal lean to the left.