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ch00beh ??? from Who Knows Where Since: Jul, 2010
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#37151: Nov 6th 2012 at 11:51:43 AM

that's like saying "if I can't have 100%, everyone will get 0%"

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." Twitter
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#37152: Nov 6th 2012 at 11:54:29 AM

[up][up][up][up][up] Helping make austerity seem like something necessary, helping make the center seem further right than it is, and is all rhetoric is delivering improvement? Just because he won't mess the country up as much as Romney doesn't make him creating improvement.

pvtnum11 OMG NO NOSECONES from Kerbin low orbit Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
OMG NO NOSECONES
#37153: Nov 6th 2012 at 11:55:16 AM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/douglas-labier/republican-party-extremism_b_2082383.html

I thought this was pretty on-point, on pointing out the flaws in the party, and how they weren't always like this.

Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.
terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
#37155: Nov 6th 2012 at 11:59:20 AM

The Tax Cuts were,for unemployment benefits.

@deathpig: I don't,especially not when there are better leftist parties out there which seem much saner. Green makes more sense,but I didn't see a candidate for them against Feinstein. So that left it down to Emken,Feinstein, and whatever candidate the American Indies threw out,Feinland was the only option.

Not that it matters,Feinstein will win and squander and weasel around anyway. Boxer will have to be the reasonable Senator for the state.

deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#37156: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:02:30 PM

Also, cut, I feel like my signature could have tipped you off to what you would be dealing with, even if I said nothing.

@terl: I really like their pseudo-communist rhetoric in their platform, coupled with their antimilitarism.

ch00beh ??? from Who Knows Where Since: Jul, 2010
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#37157: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:03:23 PM

I voted for Feinsten because Emken seemed entirely too assy. In retrospect, I should've just left it blank or written in Bart Simpson.

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." Twitter
cutewithoutthe Góðberit Norðling Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
Góðberit Norðling
#37158: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:04:32 PM

I was talking about how you used your own personal spectrum in the conversation, without even acknowledging that it could confuse others.

deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#37159: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:08:43 PM

...My own political spectrum?

...No, I use a global political spectrum, which is no more unique to me than anyone's mental political spectrum is since there is not codified center. No one else makes the disclaimer that they're center isn't the same as everyone else's, so I don't see why I should.

Plus, it's far more reasonable to have global spectrum than have to change to a new spectrum whenever you change regions, and be completely unable to compare politicians from different places.

cutewithoutthe Góðberit Norðling Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
Góðberit Norðling
#37160: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:10:46 PM

haha okeydoke

deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#37161: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:14:11 PM

Anyway, Nate Silver is currently giving Obama a 90.9% chance of winning.

ch00beh ??? from Who Knows Where Since: Jul, 2010
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#37162: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:14:25 PM

you're making the assumption that people in Silicon Valley have the same set of needs and wants as indigenous tribes in South America.

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." Twitter
BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#37163: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:14:32 PM

Well, since this is the thread about the American election, maybe it's best to define the centre as somewhere around Obama. For most of the world, Obama would be quite firmly on the Right, a little bit past Centre-Right parties; the US doesn't have a mainstream Left-wing party at all. But as I said, for the US, the Democrats are the Left and Republicans the Right.

Just let's not assume that threads that are not explicitly about the US will use the US spectrum.

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
GigglesMcYummy wobbledewopple wob woppl from Ohio Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Reincarnated romance
wobbledewopple wob woppl
#37164: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:16:29 PM

I voted for the first time today. I can't help but feel like my vote doesn't matter as much as everyone acts like, though.

My PM box is always open to anyone who wants to talk/vent.
higherbrainpattern Since: Apr, 2012
#37165: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:19:08 PM

[up][up] @Giggles: same. Although I've voted in the gubernatorial election two years ago, I voted in my first presidential election today.

deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#37166: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:20:41 PM

@ch00: Doesn't mean that they can still be on the same liberal-conservative scale, or chart, if the case may be.

@Besty: I don't change my spectrum depending on where I'm talking, and, even if I did speak of thing in the terms of the American Spectrum, I would still treat Obama like a conservative since he is to me.

RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
scratching at .8, just hopin'
#37167: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:21:17 PM

[up][up][up]You're from Ohio, dude. Your vote statistically matters thousands of times more than people from other states.

[up]Forgive me for asking, but are you a member of any minority groups? Ethnic, sexual, whatever?

edited 6th Nov '12 12:22:06 PM by RadicalTaoist

Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#37168: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:24:37 PM

I'm an atheist. pansexual, polyamorous crossdresser. That's four.

RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
scratching at .8, just hopin'
#37169: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:25:28 PM

Okay. And did you vote third party? If so, at what levels (House, President, state, etc.)?

Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.
Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#37170: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:26:30 PM

Polyamory isn't a minority group. Minority groups are usually formed due to immutable characteristics and religion is included in there, too.

Crossdressing and pansexuality: are you open?

edited 6th Nov '12 12:27:36 PM by Completion

theweirdKiddokun What a Wonderful World! from Last Place in the Race Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
What a Wonderful World!
#37171: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:27:29 PM

Well, I voted.

The Reaper Games starts anew.
Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#37172: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:29:01 PM

I voted early in N.C. I hope the election here is closer so that I feel that I contributed to something. Something like 52% or less.

Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
Will kill you
#37173: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:30:39 PM

This is the godliest parody of the 2012 election I've ever seen:

"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
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#37174: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:32:31 PM

@Taoist: Yes. I voted Green for President and House. There were no Green candidates lower than that, and, given their stance on higher education, I don't trust Libertarians as the Regent for CU.

@Compy: Polyamory is just as immutable as homosexuality.

I'm dating six people, but I'm open. As I said, polyamorous.

carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#37175: Nov 6th 2012 at 12:34:34 PM

I found it rather amusing that most of the Democratic candidates here in NC would have been firmly considered Republicans just a few years ago. Most of them are pro-life and either against gay marriage or remain silent on the matter, and firmly support most of the "right wing" stances on defense and justice. A good many of the Republican candidates however have adopted a slash and burn policy on education and infrastructure, and are very loud on voicing that X person is a democrat, ergo a secret socialist. The only major exceptions I've seen are the small time candidates running for county positions, but then again outside of their jobs a lot of them are friends so you don't see such extreme rhetoric coming from them.

edit- Several candidate's websites listed here.

edited 6th Nov '12 12:39:17 PM by carbon-mantis


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