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LostAnarchist Violence Is Necessary! from Neo Arcadia Itself Since: Sep, 2011
Violence Is Necessary!
#34326: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:26:46 PM

And anarchy is on my mind now...

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GearLeader from Dota Hell Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Married to the job
LostAnarchist Violence Is Necessary! from Neo Arcadia Itself Since: Sep, 2011
Violence Is Necessary!
#34328: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:27:29 PM

[up]Whose doing this ass-kissing now?

edited 22nd Oct '12 6:27:46 PM by LostAnarchist

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johnnyfog Actual Wrestling Legend from the Zocalo Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
Actual Wrestling Legend
#34329: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:27:39 PM

Somehow, I'm not envisioning a giant poll bump after this telecast.

I'm a skeptical squirrel
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#34330: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:27:40 PM

@Serocco

Hard to say.

Romney is doing far better than I expected

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
Will kill you
#34331: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:27:48 PM

lol Obama is boss ^^

Sets Mitt up like he did in the second debate.

"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
GearLeader from Dota Hell Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Married to the job
#34332: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:28:05 PM

[up][up][up][up]Both of them.

edited 22nd Oct '12 6:28:19 PM by GearLeader

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkI1sTDoEg
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#34333: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:28:20 PM

Never did understand why the realist foreign policy school insists on supporting Israel; its not like the country is vital from a pure national interest viewpoint to the United States.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Nettacki Since: Jan, 2010
#34334: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:28:29 PM

Just to be clear, I don't want Romney in office either. I just find it silly that we're content with imperfect when there are better candidates in the third parties.

LostAnarchist Violence Is Necessary! from Neo Arcadia Itself Since: Sep, 2011
Violence Is Necessary!
#34335: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:28:33 PM

[up][up][up]UUUGGHHHH!!!

[up][up]It isn't, as a matter of fact!

edited 22nd Oct '12 6:29:49 PM by LostAnarchist

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Quantumawsome Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#34336: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:28:45 PM

Really Romney, we need a peaceful planet... Oooh, why didn't anyone think of that? Great idea!

GearLeader from Dota Hell Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Married to the job
johnnyfog Actual Wrestling Legend from the Zocalo Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
Actual Wrestling Legend
#34338: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:29:24 PM

The trouble with Romney's foreign policy is that he treats it as a game of Monopoly. You put enough destroyers on Ventor Avenue and win.

I'm a skeptical squirrel
NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#34339: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:29:27 PM

Just to be clear, I don't want Romney in office either. I just find it silly that we're content with imperfect when there are better candidates in the third parties.

If you mean Gary Johnson, he's just a conservative who supports legalizing pot.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#34340: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:29:51 PM

@ Rationalinsanity

A lot of it has too due with Truman and The Cold War.

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
Will kill you
#34341: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:30:13 PM

Romney if we want us to be a powerful country how about not showing we're dicks by going into a conflict with an antagonistic approach?

"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
LostAnarchist Violence Is Necessary! from Neo Arcadia Itself Since: Sep, 2011
Violence Is Necessary!
#34342: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:30:27 PM

[up][up][up] Not enough reason to vote for him at all, IMHO...

edited 22nd Oct '12 6:30:42 PM by LostAnarchist

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DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#34343: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:30:30 PM

@Johnnyfrog: Now I want to play your version of Monopoly. [lol]

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
DrTentacles Cephalopod Lothario from Land of the Deep Ones Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Cephalopod Lothario
#34344: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:30:37 PM

Call me a collaborator, but I'd rather have my vote go to a canidate who can actually serve my interests partially, then do what amounts to wasting my vote.

Third. Party. Candidates. Are not viable for presidential elections. At best, they split the vote, and end up causing the guy you hate to win, rather than the guy you mildly dislike. Until American's election system changes, it's not going to change. A vote for a third party candidate is a vote for the enemy.

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#34345: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:31:12 PM

Why does Romney keep going back to domestic economy during a debate about foreign affairs?

DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#34346: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:31:23 PM

So, Romney wants a strong military... but he doesn't want to use it?

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
Quantumawsome Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#34347: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:31:31 PM

Has Romney disagreed with Obama on a single point yet?

GearLeader from Dota Hell Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Married to the job
#34348: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:31:41 PM

We need a third party man...we really do. And they need to be invited to these debates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkI1sTDoEg
LostAnarchist Violence Is Necessary! from Neo Arcadia Itself Since: Sep, 2011
Violence Is Necessary!
#34349: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:31:43 PM

[up][up][up]Hypocrite...

Seconding a third party guy telling everyone to shut up.

edited 22nd Oct '12 6:32:23 PM by LostAnarchist

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Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#34350: Oct 22nd 2012 at 6:31:47 PM

A vote for a third party is a vote on principle, not politics.

E.g. Rocky Anderson wanting to remove campaign contributions; Jill Stein having an eco-friendly platform; and Gary Johnson ending our militarism.

edited 22nd Oct '12 6:32:38 PM by Serocco

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