2012 US General Election Discussions: Start to Finish

Martina · 11-01-2012, 03:54 PM

Bloomberg endorsed Obama!! I don't know why I am so happy about that. It wasn't like New York wasn't going to go blue anyway. But I am.

*big grin*

tonaderspeisung · 11-01-2012, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Martina

Bloomberg endorsed Obama!! I don't know why I am so happy about that. It wasn't like New York wasn't going to go blue anyway. But I am.

*big grin*

ok now i'm all kinds of suspicious

bloomberg - who i always thought he did not support obama politics - outright tells him not to come around for super storm photo ops - and he gives him his endorsement

christie - who had that rather unflattering toward obama leadership convention speech - he's all nicey nice and now offering overtly favorable and borderline overly effusive commentary on obama's abilities to jump into action and lead

something is a foot

Corkey · 11-01-2012, 05:26 PM

NJ will be voting from military trucks. So one question answered.

Martina · 11-03-2012, 12:20 AM

Polls are looking good. Fingers crossed.

Kobi · 11-03-2012, 01:33 PM

Got my first celebrity political call today.....from Matt Damon supporting Elizabeth Warren over Scott Brown for the Senate. Matt has good taste.

Wonder when Ben Afflect will be calling?

Miss Scarlett · 11-03-2012, 03:30 PM

OK, now I think I've seen it all...has anyone else seen the SuperPAC sponsored commercial set in China in 2030?

All the negative talk about China in this election is creeping me out. They're one of this country's biggest creditors, is all that talk really a good idea? Just wondering...

Kätzchen · 11-03-2012, 03:49 PM

I have my ballot ready to deliver by hand to the elections offices downtown on Monday. It took me nearly a half a month to wade through all the political construals that were provided in what seems to have been a tome of information.

And, like so many of us here, I am deeply concerned about the outcome of the current presidential election.

DMW · 11-03-2012, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss Scarlett

OK, now I think I've seen it all...has anyone else seen the SuperPAC sponsored commercial set in China in 2030?

All the negative talk about China in this election is creeping me out. They're one of this country's biggest creditors, is all that talk really a good idea? Just wondering...

I know? the debt...but, they depend on us to buy from them.
China needs the US for their exports....we buy tons from them. That is our leverage.
The exports to china from US has risen...finally...

http://www.ustr.gov/countries-regions/china
https://www.uschina.org/statistics/tradetable.html

Semantics · 11-04-2012, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Kobi

Got my first celebrity political call today.....from Matt Damon supporting Elizabeth Warren over Scott Brown for the Senate. Matt has good taste.

Wonder when Ben Afflect will be calling?

I got a call from Pat Boone yesterday.

He was calling on behalf of Linda McMahon (running in CT). I called her branch office immediately and asked them if Linda was aware that Pat Boone is a bigot who said that homosexuals are worse than terrorists.

The man who answered apologized and said he'd had no idea and that Linda McMahon supports the gay community.

Having an asshole like Pat Boone call is real supportive, right?

Kätzchen · 11-04-2012, 06:59 PM

Well, here we are, less than 48 hrs away from hearing the verdict.

Side note: I have yet to be called by anyone. But this probably has to do with me setting the parameters on who gets to call me. I don't like calls, so that probably figures in respectively to my own parameters being respectfully held in place. However, I have had a number of people who have paid visits to me at home. Each time a volunteer worker came to my house, usually late in the evening and fortunately I was home, I found them to be very respectful in their presentation of information and I always made a concerted effort to thank them for coming to my house and checking up on me and sharing with me items of relevancy. I plan to write to each respective candidate office and share positive feedback with them on each visit made on my behalf and to advocate this approach again, if necessary in up-coming voter elections issues. I find that grass roots organizational approaches are probably the best single method available, in organizing positive voter turnout; with voters being much more informed by having a personal conversation with people who are well versed on voter issues, rather than a call or being assailed by non-sustainable practices (mailbox full of pamphets, flyers, etc).

Leaving less of a carbon footprint is always better.

Martina · 11-04-2012, 07:12 PM

He's also a birther.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Semantics

I got a call from Pat Boone yesterday.

He was calling on behalf of Linda McMahon (running in CT). I called her branch office immediately and asked them if Linda was aware that Pat Boone is a bigot who said that homosexuals are worse than terrorists.

The man who answered apologized and said he'd had no idea and that Linda McMahon supports the gay community.

Having an asshole like Pat Boone call is real supportive, right?

11-01-2012, 05:26 PM	#3
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11-03-2012, 01:33 PM	#5
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11-03-2012, 03:49 PM	#7
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow ツ Posts: 16,060 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,111 Thanked 33,517 Times in 10,643 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	I have my ballot ready to deliver by hand to the elections offices downtown on Monday. It took me nearly a half a month to wade through all the political construals that were provided in what seems to have been a tome of information. And, like so many of us here, I am deeply concerned about the outcome of the current presidential election. __________________ “If you get close to what you love, who you are is revealed to you,” — Ethan Hawke.

11-04-2012, 06:59 PM	#10
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow ツ Posts: 16,060 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,111 Thanked 33,517 Times in 10,643 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	Well, here we are, less than 48 hrs away from hearing the verdict. *Side note:* I have yet to be called by anyone. But this probably has to do with me setting the parameters on who gets to call me. I don't like calls, so that probably figures in respectively to my own parameters being respectfully held in place. However, I have had a number of people who have paid visits to me at home. Each time a volunteer worker came to my house, usually late in the evening and fortunately I was home, I found them to be very respectful in their presentation of information and I always made a concerted effort to thank them for coming to my house and checking up on me and sharing with me items of relevancy. I plan to write to each respective candidate office and share positive feedback with them on each visit made on my behalf and to advocate this approach again, if necessary in up-coming voter elections issues. I find that grass roots organizational approaches are probably the best single method available, in organizing positive voter turnout; with voters being much more informed by having a personal conversation with people who are well versed on voter issues, rather than a call or being assailed by non-sustainable practices (mailbox full of pamphets, flyers, etc). Leaving less of a carbon footprint is always better. __________________ “If you get close to what you love, who you are is revealed to you,” — Ethan Hawke.

11-01-2012, 03:54 PM	#1
Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,286 Times in 4,167 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Bloomberg endorsed Obama!! I don't know why I am so happy about that. It wasn't like New York wasn't going to go blue anyway. But I am. big grin

11-03-2012, 12:20 AM	#4
Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,286 Times in 4,167 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Polls are looking good. Fingers crossed.

11-03-2012, 03:30 PM	#6
Miss Scarlett Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: . Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: . Posts: 5,530 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,478 Thanked 12,947 Times in 3,419 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	OK, now I think I've seen it all...has anyone else seen the SuperPAC sponsored commercial set in China in 2030? All the negative talk about China in this election is creeping me out. They're one of this country's biggest creditors, is all that talk really a good idea? Just wondering...