>>>>>>>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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>Do as you wish. Nevertheless, people who did not vote are a statistic that is considered by the government. It does have an effect.

Five generations of my family have served the United States Military, myself included, so that our citizens can vote, they tell me. Also, the politicians like to create ways for citizens to not vote. I do not like to represent that.

I have a friend who served in the “Korean Police Action” (as it was called), who refuses to vote. He also will not eat meat nor go near restaurants. The reason is directly related to his experience in Korea. He told me that he cannot go near cooked meat because the odor reminds him of the burned bodies he remembers from Korea. Nor can he vote as a citizen of a country that has been involved with killing in the name of democracy. That occured 60 years ago and he remembers!

You may serve your country but then your country may do as it pleases. If you have not seen the carnage of war you may not understand his thoughts. So if you do not wish to vote, don’t. If you want to vote, you may not be allowed. If you do vote your vote may not be counted. The person you vote for may not do what you think he or she stood for. None of this matters in reality except to the individual.

Well, it is almost time to get ready for the next election - no not November 6th, 2012. I mean 2016. Let's do it again. It is such great fun.