Very true. Americans have a terrible record of showing up and voting, let alone voting for what they believe. The last time voter turnout was over 60% for a national election was in 1968. The last election in 2010 the turnout was under 38%.
In contrast, since 1989 there has been only one federal election in Canada where the turnout was below 60%. The US citizen seems to be far more interested in American Idle than their responsibility to the country and themselves. On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > No, I'm saying we voting Americans have done a terrible job. > > We keep voting for people who perpetuate the status quo, I.e. lobbyist-based > legislative and executive. > > Vote Mitt. Won't matter. Bush=Bill=Bush=Barak. > > If you're looking to break the cycle, he'll Mitt's the ultimate slow and > steady guy so you're going to be disappointed. He knows how to do one thing: > profit from the system. He's stellar at it. > > Unfortunately that's our exact problem. But then Obama isn't any better so > ... > > > > On Jul 14, 2012, at 4:15 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> " Despite the fact I'm probably voting for him (regretfully), I find the >> list below interesting for this reason: " >> >> That is terribly unsettling. >> >> You seem to be admitting that President Obama has done a horrible job and >> yet you won't be able to find another candidate on the ballot to vote for >> (or to write in). >> >> Reminds me of a recent story. The Reverend William Owens said basically >> that Obama is taking the Black vote for granted since he believes they are >> in his pocket. >> >> I think he would have been there if he had not taken the NAACP for >> granted. The NAACP had pandered to the president, they are doing his will >> by endorsing same-sex marriage, and I dont think he counts them as being >> important now because he already has them. >> >> Or of my Black friend who has a degree from a prestigious private >> university. In 2008, he told me he was voting for Obama. I asked him why. >> He told me that his family has always voted Democrat. I was hoping for >> some policy talk or such, especially from someone who so well schooled. >> Nope. >> >> Seems like you are admitting to be in the pocket already. >> >> I won't be voting for Mitt or Barack. They both suck. Unlike the last >> three elections, I will not be voting against a candidate. I will either >> find someone I like or not vote in that race. >> >> On the issue of Romney, I don't see why disenfranchised Democrats don't >> like him. He's about as progressive a candidate that the GOP has ever put >> forward. Hell, Soros pretty much gave him a stamp of approval: >> >> If its between Obama and Romney, there isnt all that much difference >> except for the crowd that they bring with them. - George Soros >> >> >> Then Romney even admitted to being "progressive". >> >> "I think people recognize that I'm not a partisan Republican, that I'm >> someone who is moderate, and my views are progressive, and that I'm going >> to go to work for our senior citizens, for people that have been left >> behind by urban schools that are not doing the right job. And so they're >> going to vote for me regardless of the party label." - Mitt Romney >> >> >> >> >> J >> >> - >> >> Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I >> repeat myself. - Mark Tw >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:352693 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
