vote Election Day 2012: The Thread

Meanwhile...

  On 11/8/2012 at 8:15 AM, compson said:

Meanwhile...

 

yeah, that was pretty entertaining to watch last night. i had some co-workers complaining about the same thing before all the votes were in-with california's largely left-leaning population it was obvious obama's popular numbers were going to go up. my co-workers have been strangely quiet today.

florida is amazing. how can they still not have their ballots counted? can any floridians shed some light?

  On 11/8/2012 at 8:53 AM, pattern recognition said:

 

florida is amazing. how can they still not have their ballots counted? can any floridians shed some light?

it's florida, man. looks like a big floppy cock. full of old people and chongas. don't even ask.

  On 11/8/2012 at 8:15 AM, compson said:

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fucking LOL

the tables have turned, motherfucker!

..something about a shoe being on an other foot...

  On 11/8/2012 at 9:03 AM, baph said:

  On 11/8/2012 at 8:53 AM, pattern recognition said:

florida is amazing. how can they still not have their ballots counted? can any floridians shed some light?

 

it's florida, man. looks like a big floppy cock. full of old people and chongas. don't even ask.

lol

also: the electoral college is a disaster. apart from elections for the entire nation that come down to 9 or 10 counties, it's extremely unfair because the amount of electoral votes is not tied to the amount of votes per state and instead tied to population (many of whom never vote)

I'd love to see an election where the electoral votes were determined AFTER everyone voted simply by number of votes per state and not population. Seems like that would really reveal who cares about voting. It would probably increase our turnout by at least 50%

  On 11/8/2012 at 8:53 AM, pattern recognition said:

florida is amazing. how can they still not have their ballots counted? can any floridians shed some light?

There are still people waiting in line to vote.

Edit: on this.

what? why are they still voting? they won't be counted now, will they?

it's all the levers they have to push on the machine

The election procedures are just a mess in the US. Every state has their own things. I understand there are local issues being voted on, but can't they at least make the federal elections (congress and presidential) uniform in the whole country and supervised by an independent organization. And make sure there are enough polling places so people don't need to wait in line for hours to cast their vote. And why the hell is it held on a damn Tuesday that is not a holiday, at least make it a holiday or move it to a weekend. Smarten up, Americans.

  On 11/8/2012 at 9:20 PM, azatoth said:

The election procedures are just a mess in the US. Every state has their own things. I understand there are local issues being voted on, but can't they at least make the federal elections (congress and presidential) uniform in the whole country and supervised by an independent organization. And make sure there are enough polling places so people don't need to wait in line for hours to cast their vote. And why the hell is it held on a damn Tuesday that is not a holiday, at least make it a holiday or move it to a weekend. Smarten up, Americans.

+1 from America. We will bomb you for democracy, and we will practically bomb our own to prevent it.

  On 11/8/2012 at 9:20 PM, azatoth said:

Smarten up, Americans.

but we've elected Obama, and apparently many people outside of the United States think we are smart for doing so. ISn't that enough? Don't be hard on us, until of course we vote the next republican into office because that dude will be a laughing stock!

Obama is already gonna start pushing to fight against the legalization of mj

1,000 days of darkness

No way man, he's a thoughtful guy and he has nothing to loose now, it's going to be the most liberal 4 year term in history. I trust the dude to do what's right. Plus he smoked weed and was a constitutional law professor, there's no way he would fight the legalization...

Obama's war on pot - Rolling Stone

BUT IT FELT SO GOOD TO VOTE 4 HIM, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WHY HE DOES THIS? I STILL THINK HES A GOOD GUY THO. HE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED AND HE HELPS THE PEOPLE WITH MOVING SPEECHES. HE IS A GREAT STORY TELLER. I LIKE TO HEAR HIM SAY STUFF THAT IS MOTIVATIONAL. AMERICANS NEED MOTIVATION. MOST AMERICANS DON'T HAVE MOTIVATIONS SO I UNDERSTAND WHY HE IS AGAINST MARIJUANA, PLUS ROMNEY HATES PEOPLE WHO SMOKE WEED. HE'LL COME AROUND WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. KEEP THE FAITH

ONE LOVE

one of the more asinine republican sour grapes reactions to the election comes from none other than Victoria Jackson (SNL alumni, who mostly was terrible, you probably remember her better as the wife in UHF) who said on twitter

does this dumb bitch know that Romney is a mormon, not a Christian? And does she forget Obama is a Christian who had an anti gay preacher inaugurate him? Or is she so idiotic she still thinks Obama is a muslim atheist (as a lot of those morons in the Romney rally video claimed)

I don't mean this as an insult to people with developmental disabilities, but Victoria Jackson is probably mentally retarded by clinical, DSM-IV standards.

i can get on board with that, after all she was born a mutant

If there was an Anne Coulter/Sarah Palin ballot it would have to be renamed: Erection Day. Am I right?

Hey Watmm 3rd party voters, Chris Matthews thinks your an idiot and excoriates you for your freedom of choice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw0aAdxmTz0&feature=related

I am no fan of obama's middle-right wing policies, but my relief that romney did not win is still enormous. I mean, you would have a hard time finding anyone who represents corporate america & the selfish elitist <1% than romney.

I don't usually like using infographics to make an argument, but this chart is pretty straight-forward & self explanatory

(although the fact that it's apparently from fox kind of troubles me)

lol FoxBusiness.

Chris Matthews revealed himself to be a complete hack over a decade ago.

Yeah, I don't know what to say about that. (fox business) A friend sent me the image, and I had been unsure of whether to post it because of that. I don't really see how it would benefit their agenda to represent that data in that way if it is skewed though.