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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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By the way, is the US President allowed to vote in US Presidential Election?
Keep Rolling On
Yes, as long as he is registered to vote.
I don't know what state he counts as, though.
Also, if the U.S. President is from North Dakota, I don't know if he needs to be registered to vote.
Gunpla is amazing!
He's a citizen is he not?
It'd just be a formality anyway. One vote doesn't really matter.
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Obama is an Illinois citizen.
Then, assuming he still maintains an official primary residence to be in Illinois, he just needs to be be registered to vote at his residence in Illinois (and nowhere else).
The Potato's Choice
While I know the typical Republican talking heads are going to cry "Fraud enabling", I'm happy to see that this is happening:
(I can't post the links. Look up "Congressman opens voting rights probe of tea party group" and "Tea Party Voter Suppression Group Under Investigation For Possible ‘Criminal Conspiracy".)
Basically there's a Tea Party backed vote antifraud group called True the Vote. They claim to be supporting legitimate and fair voting, but they sued to have Ohio pull an overwhelming number of Homeless, Students, Trailer Park residents and African Americans from the registered voter rolls.
They also plan to have a lot of volunteers across the country watch people vote, and threaten, intimidate and challenge them for voting if they don't think the people are up to snuff.
I'd have more good faith on this if the Republican Party's talking heads, reps, and pundits didn't seem... I'm not sure the word here, I want to use here. I hate to be invoking Godwin's Law, but it seems like some of the elements of Fascism...?
edited 8th Oct '12 4:32:49 AM by PotatoesRock
Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. - Douglas Adams
Welcome to america. Where loving freedom and america involves treating anyone not old and white as suspect.
Will kill you
This is really discouraging V_V :
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/08/presidential-polls_n_1947777.html
What is it about telling 27 lies that American people don't understand? -facepalms-
"I don't give a rat's ass about going to hell. I guess it's because I feel like I'm already there." -Mugen
Citizen
If you tell a lie often enough and with enough conviction, people will start to believe it. Obama's campaign really needs to start calling Romney out on his BS instead of sitting back like a little bitch and taking it. The President needs to grow a frakking spine and stand up to this bully.
edited 8th Oct '12 8:31:47 AM by Lawyerdude
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.
Its not as much americans at fault as it is basic human nature. Humans are biologically keyed to believe the guy who sounds strong and forceful in his convictions must be right unless evidence/personal belief blatantly says otherwise.
The Potato's Choice
Romney's Foreign Policy Speech is out, transcript wise.
He's saying basically
• We need more ships to build to go to war with. 15 a year, plus 3 Submarines.
• We need to challenge Putin and Russia for shadowing young democracies all over the globe.
• He wants the Libyans and or American forces to hunt down and deal with whoever killed the embassy members there.
• He plans to threaten Egypt with retracting aid if they don't do what we want.
• He plans to arm the Syrian Rebels.
• He also plans a more 'realistic' exit strategy from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
• He also plans to use magic voodoo to somehow cause a Palestinian state to magically form side by side with Israel.
• Sounds like he wants to support Israel going to war with Iran.
edited 8th Oct '12 9:30:33 AM by PotatoesRock
Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. - Douglas Adams
Karkadinn
As Jon Stewart noted in his recent debate, I would like to say that the whole point of democracy is that we DON'T GET TO CHOOSE OTHER COUNTRIES' FRICKIN' LEADERS.
War with Iran. Ugh. I think that might actually spark a serious revolt against the GOP if it went through.
Furthermore, I think Guantanamo must be destroyed.
scratching at .8, just hopin'
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.
Citizen
"Shadowing young democracies"? What does that even mean? That Putin is following around recently democratized nations and watching them go about their daily lives? Or does he mean that Putin is threatening the sovereignty of those countries?
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.
The Potato's Choice
I think he's implying Putin is a reincarnated Stalin with a less awesome 'stache and hairdo, and using Russian power to corrupt newborn democracies into USSR... er, Russian satellite states.
Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. - Douglas Adams
???
I'd be okay with hunting down whoever killed the embassy people.
"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." Twitter
Citizen
Me too, but we don't need 15 more surface ships and 3 more submarines to do it. Work with friendly Libyans and use special forces to find them.
???
yeah pretty much. You don't start a war when looking for fugitives.
"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." Twitter
Lost in Space
What, exactly, are these extra surface ships going to do, Mr. Romney? Float around and look intimidating because America, Fuck Yeah?
edited 8th Oct '12 9:59:39 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
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well you know, they're in case Canada ever looks at us funny.
"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." Twitter
The Potato's Choice
I assume, posture aggressively with a stern leer at Russia, which he appears to think is the U.S.S.R. Not that Putin's clean, but I don't think he's that much of a concern at this point, per say, either.
Oh. Right. Romney is also going to demand/force the entirety of NATO's membership jack up their military spending to 2% GDP, and stop slacking on it.
Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. - Douglas Adams
Romney has a cold war mentality. The Rocky IV reference Kerry made was probably the most insightful thing said all campaign. Romney thinks that you don't walk softly and carry a big stick, you run around swinging that stick like a crazy person, and people will back off because hey, you've got a big stick and you're a crazy person.
わからない
Challenge Russia? But China is the only one doing all the "shadowing". Oh, his buddies invested their money in China.
I'm reading this because it's interesting. I think. Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot, over.
Pffft. Cold War mentality doesn't need facts.
Triv: Whether a campaign HAS to fault Obama for everything is totally independent of the observed fact that THE campaign DOES attempt to fault him for everything.