Voting Booth!

[Koori Renchuu]

Vote for either Obama, McCain or Nader.

 

[Retsu]

If you're going to include Nader, why not include other major third-party candidates?

 

[___urnamz2longfixit___]

Obama.

 

[goldenquagsire]

Obama-san ist meinen Bishie.

I can't vote anyway, but I give him my moral support.

 

[S.K]

Woah 12 up to Obama... woah... Good thing Palin wasn't included.

It sort of depends, whether you want to pick Obama to save the world, or to pick Palin to see how funny the last 5 minutes would be.

 

[Raichu Grunt]

Its a strange way to put it but...

 

[opaltiger]

The Economist ran a "global election" for everyone to vote in.

Obama won 9000-some electoral votes to 200. If only the world could vote. >:(

eta: added Barr and McKinney
eta: wow I have never even heard of Chuck Baldwin. Let's add him anyway.

 

[Yarnchu]

Whats with the Obama worship? His economic plan will slow the economy! Seriously, McCain's plan will at least open up jobs, where Obama's plan is only giving the middle and low classes tax cuts.

I guess I made my point. McCain will lose the real election too, but he needs any support he can get. Yes, I paid more attention to the actual election so I know what I'm talking about, unlike last time.

 

[Vladimir Putin's LJ]

Whats with the Obama worship? His economic plan will slow the economy! Seriously, McCain's plan will at least open up jobs, where Obama's plan is only giving the middle and low classes tax cuts.

McCain's plan gives everyone a tax cut.
He wants to stay in Iraq, which, on top of being retarded because of the loss of lives and lack of reason to be there, wastes millions of dollars every day.
The two first things I could think about that suck about McCain's plan, and only because I can't be bothered to remember more simply because he's going to use Bush's plan, whcich sucked balls (as we can see quite clearly), and Obama has one very similar to Clinton's, whose era was one of the most economically prosperous for the US.

hurr durr

 

[opaltiger]

Whats with the Obama worship? His economic plan will slow the economy! Seriously, McCain's plan will at least open up jobs, where Obama's plan is only giving the middle and low classes tax cuts.

I like your glaring lack of supporting arguments. It's not like Obama's plan to punish companies that outsource work is going to create more jobs or anything. Also, how is giving the middle and low classes tax cuts in any way not a good thing?

McCain has no idea what he's going to do with the economy, is far too aggressive with foreign policy, and is against both abortion and samesex marriage.

 

[Vladimir Putin's LJ]

mccain hates poor people

 

[opaltiger]

mccain hates poor people

This is pretty much what I am getting from it. The McCain campaign's wild criticism of Obama's "spread the wealth around" line makes no sense to me; what the fuck is wrong with spreading the wealth around? How is this anything but a good thing? Or is it because anything that even remotely suggests socialism is instantly viewed as BAD AND COMMUNIST AND NEVER TO BE ACCEPTED?

 

[Yarnchu]

is against samesex marriage.

Really?

Obama has one very similar to Clinton's, whose era was one of the most economically prosperous for the US.

Wasn't the economy already prosperous before he was elected?

Well, I agree with the foreign policy problem. However, the tax cuts are a problem. Though people will have more money, companies that provide jobs won't have as much as under McCain's plan, and thus fewer jobs will open up. In other words, Obama's is short term help, while McCain's is long term help.

 

[opaltiger]

Really?

Yes.

Wasn't the economy already prosperous before he was elected?

No. All the Republican presidents going back to Reagan at least have left the country worse off than it was (VPLJ, where's your handy reference image?).

However, the tax cuts are a problem. Though people will have more money, companies that provide jobs won't have as much as under McCain's plan, and thus fewer jobs will open up. In other words, Obama's is short term help, while McCain's is long term help.

I think you may have made a mistake in this paragraph.

 

[goldenquagsire]

This is pretty much what I am getting from it. The McCain campaign's wild criticism of Obama's "spread the wealth around" line makes no sense to me; what the fuck is wrong with spreading the wealth around? How is this anything but a good thing? Or is it because anything that even remotely suggests socialism is instantly viewed as BAD AND COMMUNIST AND NEVER TO BE ACCEPTED?

but opal!

helping other people is WRONG and UN-AMERICAN and HEATHEN and stuff.


speaking as a citizen of the UK, I find it nearly impossible to think in the mindset of the average american - how could anyone be so opposed to basic living standards for every human being - the right to food, shelter, education and health? frankly, it's barbaric; even the victorians had more of a social conscience.

and furthermore, this is popular opinion in one of the richest, most influential countries in the world. no wonder so many people hate america. :/

 

[Vladimir Putin's LJ]

Wasn't the economy already prosperous before he was elected?

(VPLJ, where's your handy reference image?).

 

[Yarnchu]

Now, I'm sure that it had recovered before he was elected, so he just got credited with helping it recover. I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it did recover before he was elected.

I can't help but lol at that pic though.

 

[Vladimir Putin's LJ]

oh yeah it's super easy to recover from 300 billion dollars
and if bush sr. left his post with that much in deficit, how/when/who made it recover seeing as Bill Clinton became president immediately afterwards.

 

[Retsu]

Remove my vote for Obama and give it to McKinney, please. She is awesome. >(

Edit: Thanks, opal. :D

 

[Valor]

Voting in South Dakota is useless.

We're worth one bloody electoral vote, so it's not going to matter, and any issues involving the state (Our largest issue being a ban on abortion "Without medical reason") are going to be mostly religion-influenced.

Terrif.