>>>>>>>>>Best zinger of all 3 debates? Horses and bayonets. I literally LOL'd.
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>>>>>>>>>I can understand pro-Obama supporters, and I can understand anti-Obama people. I get their philosophical differences. I get voting for Obama because you believe in his vision. I get voting for Romney because you think anything is better than Obama.
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>>>>>>>>>What I genuinely can't understand is how anybody can truly be behind Romney. A vote for Romney is like voting for a question mark. What does Romney stand for? Who the hell knows.
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>>>>>>>>>He was pro-choice, and then he wasn't.
>>>>>>>>>He was pro stem-cell research, and then he wasn't.
>>>>>>>>>He was a hunter, and then he wasn't.
>>>>>>>>>He was pro public health ins, and then he wasn't.
>>>>>>>>>He was pro gun-control, and then he wasn't.
>>>>>>>>>He was for inflation increases on min. wage, and then he wasn't.
>>>>>>>>>He doesn't want to return to Reagan-Bush, and then Reagan was his hero.
>>>>>>>>>He was an interventionist, until last night's debate.
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>>>>>>>>I think that Romney has proven what he stands for. He will say anything to get elected. Should he be successful, the voters will get what they deserve.
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>>>>>>>Don't vote. It only encourages them.
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>>>>>>If you don't vote, you can't bitch about the results. You don't get to make a decision by not making a decision and then not liking the decision that was made because it isn't the decision you would have made, but you chose not to make a decision.
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>>>>>If you don't vote you can still bitch about the results, the government, and anything else you wish to complain about. Abstention is also an electors opinion.
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>>>>Just not a useful one.
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>>>Not necessarily. A low poll is a useful warning to politicians that they are not engaging with the majority of voters and they need to up their game.
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>>If Congress isn't getting the message from their 17% approval rating I'm afraid they are immune to such. They would rather have someone not vote than to vote for a challenger. Voting for a third party may send a message, because it is a message from a voter. But not voting at all says, literally, nothing.
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>I disagree, voting for a third party gives the third party the illusion of support. I don't think any politician would ever admit they get votes because they are the least bad choice. Maybe a spoiled vote is better than just not showing up to vote t all.
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>BTW your election does seem to be going down to the wire. Most USA visitors I meet over here are democrats ans have voted so. Maybe thats because Republicans don't travel :-)

Or they don't talk to you ;-) ( people on bicycles may be Bolsheviks )

Frankly I'm having a hard time getting excited about it. I could Frankenstein a reasonably acceptable President from Obama, Romney and Johnson but I find each one difficult to digest on whole. I think my increasingly Libertarian bent is the result of figuring that given the quality of "leaders" in government the only rational thing to do is to constrain government so it can do as little damage as possible. I see examples of intelligence, compassion, competence and efficiency in real life, I just don't thnk those things translate easily into elected public service.