General Politics Thread

[weskurtz81]

i don't get this why is this election on my local tv and newspaper ?

i can see world news but local news?

Because Obama wants your vote....

[djpenny]

Simply because its important to stay current on world news and US elections do impact Canada's national interests.

no its does not impact Canada we not even run by the usa Canada been doing better then usa last couple of years

Because Obama wants your vote....

lol

[Sub-stance1]

no its does not impact Canada we not even run by the usa Canada been doing better then usa last couple of years

lol...you seem to be confused about something. Who said the U.S. runs Canada? Our elections does have an impact on Canada as well as other countries and vice versa. We are allies and do border each other the last time I checked.

[unicron7]

The truth is that Obama hasn't been a bad president. Not as bad as some make him out to be. Most of that negativity is just politics from what i can see. Besides, politically Bush had a worse first term and he got reelected. The sep.11 event and war on terror gave him that boost he needed to get reelected but after 2004 people had a change of heart. Even if Obama doesn't get reelected he will still leave office with a higher approval rating than Bush/Cheney. Iraq will forever be a stain on that administration. One of the biggest mistakes this country has ever made.

Damn right. A war that's waged based on one giant lie is just disgusting. Men and women have died over there for nothing. The only thing that their sacrifices have helped are war profiteers such as Cheney and Bush. They should be tried as war criminals.

In regards to Obama, not the best president, but is way better than what I see being offered right now. Did Obama sit on his ass the entire time? Not at all. He tried to honor many of his campaign promises. Many of which were made into law...and the majority roadblocked by every GOP motherfucker in our government. Roadblocked for the sheer goal of trying to make our president look bad and get him out of office. To the lamen, Obama looks to have done nothing. But to those who actually follow what he has TRIED to do, he's done a lot. He'll be getting my vote this year. No politician is perfect, but he beats out the last retard we had in office by a country mile. What tickles me to no end, is that even with the bombardment of propaganda that has been unleashed on our president throughout the last four years, he will most likely get elected for a second term...in which case I will laugh hysterically.

[Sub-stance1]

Damn right. A war that's waged based on one giant lie is just disgusting. Men and women have died over there for nothing. The only thing that their sacrifices have helped are war profiteers such as Cheney and Bush. They should be tried as war criminals.

In regards to Obama, not the best president, but is way better than what I see being offered right now. Did Obama sit on his ass the entire time? Not at all. He tried to honor many of his campaign promises. Many of which were made into law...and the majority roadblocked by every GOP motherfucker in our government. Roadblocked for the sheer goal of trying to make our president look bad and get him out of office. To the lamen, Obama looks to have done nothing. But to those who actually follow what he has TRIED to do, he's done a lot. He'll be getting my vote this year. No politician is perfect, but he beats out the last retard we had in office by a country mile. What tickles me to no end, is that even with the bombardment of propaganda that has been unleashed on our president throughout the last four years, he will most likely get elected for a second term...in which case I will laugh hysterically.

I know Bush was president and took a lot of the blame but I think Cheney deserves just as much because there is evidence that he was the one pushing for it more than anyone else. Bush trusted him( as any president would f his VP) and his supposedly evidence linking Al qaeda to Iraq which turned out to be totally erroneous. Even to this day I don't think Bush and him are close because of it.

They also used a well respected general like Colin Powell to sell it. I really don't think we would have gone in if Cheney wasn't Vice president. As a matter of fact, Tony Blair revealed that Cheney wanted to invade several middle eastern nations in his book. But the majority of the blame fell on bush as it should because he was CIC and went along with it. They used the emotions of the 9-11 attack to fuel the whole thing.

[Centurion]

no its does not impact Canada we not even run by the usa Canada been doing better then usa last couple of years


lol

The US is Canada's closest ally and largest trading partner. So ofcourse a US election has some impact on US/Canada relations.

[Morganator]

Just out of curiosity. Does anyone remember what I said about Romney being shoe-horned in and how the RNC and Republican party as a whole would use the media to cheat Ron Paul out of his wins? Looks like I was correct eh?

[btbam]

RNC will be in full swing tomorrow. Look out for speeches by Anne Romney and chris Christie.

[Morganator]

RNC will be in full swing tomorrow. Look out for speeches by Anne Romney and chris Christie.

Meh. I just want to see the convention disrupted, violently if necessary. Romney did not "win" fair and square. He cheated the whole way through.

[Vulgotha]

There is no such thing as 'moral' war. Nor should one be waged on that kind of pretense.

Although often it is sold to the public as such in order to gain support from the people.

[-Kwesnoth-]

I find it kinda funny that Obama's new campaign ads are calling Romey an "Outsourcer and chief", when it was Obama that outsourced NASA to Russia.

[Sub-stance1]

I find it kinda funny that Obama's new campaign ads are calling Romey an "Outsourcer and chief", when it was Obama that outsourced NASA to Russia.

You really don't have to put up a front. You already made it clear how you feel about Obama by saying you will leave the country, or something like that if he wins.

As for the name calling... being called an outsourcer( which seems to be backed up by facts) is nothing compared to the things Obama is being called. There are still some people who actually believe that he is not American, a muslim, and his college transcripts are fake. We even had an idiot at work that got demoted saying such ridiculous stuff, but that's another story.

Romney still has a lot to prove. He comes off as someone who you can't really trust. The Republican party definitely settled with him because there is no way in hell another candidate would get away with the stuff Romney has. I'm sort of hoping that Romney wins so people can see how much of a hypocrite he can be, and how all theses candidates are playing politics. In my area, I don't know one independent who is voting for him. These conventions are nothing more than political pep rallies meant to put people against each other.

[F34R]

I would need mental hospitalization if I actually took any of the election stuff seriously lol.

[btbam]

Chris Christie's speech was interesting lol. Basically the gist of it was

"I CHRIS CHRISTIE, GREATEST NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR EVER,present to you mitt romney."

His speech was like 90 percent about him lol. mitt wasn't even mentioned until like 18 min in.

[-Kwesnoth-]

You really don't have to put up a front. You already made it clear how you feel about Obama by saying you will leave the country, or something like that if he wins.

As for the name calling... being called an outsourcer( which seems to be backed up by facts) is nothing compared to the things Obama is being called. There are still some people who actually believe that he is not American, a muslim, and his college transcripts are fake. We even had an idiot at work that got demoted saying such ridiculous stuff, but that's another story.

Romney still has a lot to prove. He comes off as someone who you can't really trust. The Republican party definitely settled with him because there is no way in hell another candidate would get away with the stuff Romney has. I'm sort of hoping that Romney wins so people can see how much of a hypocrite he can be, and how all theses candidates are playing politics. In my area, I don't know one independent who is voting for him. These conventions are nothing more than political pep rallies meant to put people against each other.

I'm not putting up a front. I wish Obama had never become president, and it makes me sick that we have a president like him.

And as for name calling, it happens on both sides, always has, always will. So they can just buck up.

No, I don't like Romney. I'd vote for "F34R for president". But F34Rs not running, and I would take anything better then Barrack Hussein Obama.

[PeanutButterMunky]

I'm not putting up a front. I wish Obama had never become president, and it makes me sick that we have a president like him.

And as for name calling, it happens on both sides, always has, always will. So they can just buck up.

No, I don't like Romney. I'd vote for "F34R for president". But F34Rs not running, and I would take anything better then Barrack Hussein Obama.

Obama or Romney... Seriously the last two decades of presidential choices has been god awful.

[The Black Wolf]

This is going to be a very close race. Have you guys seen the latest polls?

[PeanutButterMunky]

This is going to be a very close race. Have you guys seen the latest polls?

They're both terrible choices... I don't even know who I'm going to vote for.

[The Black Wolf]

They're both terrible choices... I don't even know who I'm going to vote for.

You could always not vote, like a lot of people are doing.

[UberZman]

Really? You want Obama to have more time to complete his evil plans? I'm definitely not voting for Obama.

[bash]

Obama is doing a reddit AMA

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment...united_states/

Too bad all the new traffic is ddosing reddit servers.

[F34R]

I'm definitely not voting. When the President fucks things up, I feel good knowing that I didn't contribute to putting him in there.

[Sub-stance1]

I'm not putting up a front. I wish Obama had never become president, and it makes me sick that we have a president like him.

And as for name calling, it happens on both sides, always has, always will. So they can just buck up.

No, I don't like Romney. I'd vote for "F34R for president". But F34Rs not running, and I would take anything better then Barrack Hussein Obama.

Now that's more like it. That's the deep seeded hate I was talking about. No need to pretend you actually care about policy.

Really? You want Obama to have more time to complete his evil plans? I'm definitely not voting for Obama.

What evil plans? You actually think his whole agenda is to secretly destroy this country..lol Obama isn't perfect but guys really need to go and look at the facts and stop listening to one side. All this "evil plans" talk sounds kind of ridiculous. Look at the issues that are important to you and see where both sides stand and decide.

I'm definitely not voting. When the President fucks things up, I feel good knowing that I didn't contribute to putting him in there.

I feel the same way but the president is not at fault for all bad things. That blame should be shared by other politicians in power and congressional leaders. They have the power to make certain things better. Its just that they decide to sit on their hands when a member of their party isn't in the white house. Its just basically playing politics and putting their party ahead of the people. This is the reason I don't belong to any party. Voting in this country would be lees painful if people would get the facts and stop playing party favorites.

[btbam]

Obama on reddit is the most civil i have ever seen that website. I did see someone correct his grammar.

[-Kwesnoth-]

Now that's more like it. That's the deep seeded hate I was talking about. No need to pretend you actually care about policy.

Ahh naive little sub-stance..you just keep thinking that way. I don't Obama as a person. I hate his policies, and what he has done to the country.