Why should Obama be reelected?

JudeBrando said:
Because with all that faces this nation and this world, that's what really matters...
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If gay rights are so unimportant in the grand scheme of things, why do so many Conservatives waste their time fighting against them?
 
sarge said:
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2. Marriage is sacred (in a cultural, rather than a religious, sense). If gays get married, it will result in at least half of all straight marriages disolving in divorce. And the children - think of the children.

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WOW! So Gay Marriage will actually PREVENT divorce!!!

The divorce rate in California right now is around 75%, so if only half get divorced when Gay Marriage is allowed, that will be a 25% reduction!!!!!

;) :boxedin:
 
BenBurch said:
WOW! So Gay Marriage will actually PREVENT divorce!!!

The divorce rate in California right now is around 75%, so if only half get divorced when Gay Marriage is allowed, that will be a 25% reduction!!!!!

;) :boxedin:
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There you go. A pragmatic, logical argument for gay marriage. As the Republicans claim to be the "realists" of American politics, I expect every Republican candidate to come out in favor of gay marriage.
 
BenBurch said:
I would love it if we removed the Electoral College and instituted an Australian ballot, but pigs will fly before the small states will accept a constitutional amendment that will make them irrelevant in national policy.

:pigsfly :pigsfly :pigsfly :pigsfly :pigsfly :pigsfly :pigsfly :pigsfly
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states made sense as a local intermediary prior to electronic communications and air-travel, not so much so in the modern world. Perhaps it is time for all states to become irrelevent to national policy.
 
DavidJames said:
No, Tricky is correct. While you may think you are not supporting someone by not voting, you are in fact supporting whoever gets the most votes.

Not voting is a cop out and cowardly.
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Agreed, always vote for the ideal candidate whether or not anyone else considers then "viable."
 
Dessi said:
I want $350M, a 150" plasma screen television, 6 hot pink 2012 year Porches (doesn't matter what the make or model is, so long as they're expensive),...
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porches have models and makes?

screened or open?
 
Kay said:
To what? Every electoral system is choosing one candidate or party out of a group, no matter what reform. Now if there were more third parties, there may be more choices, but it doesn't follow that the candidates would be better.

If Ron Paul actually goes ahead and makes a third-party run, does that mean that things have improved because he's running third-party? I'd argue no, because at the end of the day, Paul's still crazy.
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how about eliminating and outlawing political parties and party politics?
 
DavidJames said:
I understand what you're saying and from a "moral" perspective, somewhat agree. However, given the choice of, for example, 3 candidates:

1 - I disagree with 90% of the time
2 - I disagree with 50% of the time
3 - I agree with 90% of the time.

If #3 has no chance in hell of winning, I'm voting for the second one.

I've been down the road of voting for a 3rd party candidate and concluded I really was helping the guy I hated the most win. It turned out no matter how much I said, "but I voted for #3", I still had to deal with that 90% crap.

Having to live with that reality ended up trumping my pride and ego.
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wus!
 
I was going to say Johnson except that he might actually get us out of the wars.
 
applecorped said:
There are plenty of threads about the Republican nominees and their various faults/issues/reasons to not be elected.

Why should Obama be reelected? Without mentioning any Republican nominee tell me why should Obama serve another term. What do you hope he accomplishes in his next term?
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That's going to be a tough question to answer, because the Republican nominees ARE the reason Obama should be re-elected. They're that bad.
 
I will vote for him because he is the only person to present his U.S. birth certificate. Anyone else maybe a terror/anchor baby.
 
BenBurch said:
"Newton" is hardly an American name. I think he may be a Redcoat terrorist who will hand America back to the Queen!!!
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His hair line looks suspiciously reptilian.

Seriously though....

President Obama should be re-elected for doing a good and honest job in the face of great difficulty. He is facing a terrible global economic crisis and some very egregious political opposition at home. He is doing this well and performing despite everything. He is good man and a good president.
 
In the end I will probably vote for Obama for the same reasons I did in 2008:

He seems to be the only candidate that gives a damn about Americans with no health insurance.
He seems keen to rebuilding our infrastructure.
He wants to focus on defeating Al Qaeda.
He seems to be the only candidate that doesn't think gay people are not human.
He seems to understand that diversifying our energy supply is important.

And maybe this time he'll actually accomplish his goals if the Republicans would stop being so obstructive and needlessly mean/cruel.
 
Trakar said:
Agreed, always vote for the ideal candidate whether or not anyone else considers then "viable."
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I will happily vote this way when they change the voting system. But so long as I only get one vote, it's going to go to the candidate that I agree with the most, who has the most likely chance of winning the election.
 
I remember in 2000 when loads of people voted for Nader to make a statement and because their small number of votes wouldn't make a difference.

Except that the Nader vote made the difference between Gore winning Florida vs Bush winning Florida. We got eight years of W instead.
 
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