Questions for American Atheists

[Annik]

[Whateverist]

Actually no Moros, I don't see a bigger evil. I see Coke and Pepsi. I really don't give a shit which one pulls the strings, neither will pull them my way, and there is no other option. So, count my non-vote as passive protest. If we all decided not to vote, just once, they'd have to declare a fucking this or that, and it would be pretty god-damned obvious that nobody gave a shit (not that this would stop them from declaring a this or that by default, but the process would be laid completely fucking bare..wouldn't it).

(Pro-tip, democrats have moneyed environment and middle class raping interests as well, they just have competing interests with the republicans)

You can't seriously think that had a democrat been elected instead of W, we would still have invaded Iraq? Would you not have lifted a finger to prevent that had you known what W would do?

The republicans are motivated to spend the country into debt in order to chip away at medicare and social security. If a democrat had been elected instead of W, you can bet there would have been no rush to trade an opportunity for balancing the budget for a chance to give a tax return to the ultra rich.

Yes the system is fucked in many ways but to blithely assume that there is no significant difference is just plain wrong. With kids to worry about I don't see how you can be so indifferent about how much worse things get.

[Adjusted Sanity]

I'm not voting. I don't like either party.

[Shell B]

No, I won't. Abe Lincoln is dead.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

You can't seriously think that had a democrat been elected instead of W, we would still have invaded Iraq?

Do you seriously think it would not have happened?



The true Tweedle Dum/ Tweedle Dee nature of US politics has been graphically illustrated by how little has changed under the incumbent Democrat president.

[Whateverist]

You can't seriously think that had a democrat been elected instead of W, we would still have invaded Iraq?

Do you seriously think it would not have happened?



The true Tweedle Dum/ Tweedle Dee nature of US politics has been graphically illustrated by how little has changed under the incumbent Democrat president.

Absolutely. What logic leads you to think otherwise?

[The Grand Nudger]

Entrenched business interests that don't give a shit which party puts forward the talking head...

Don't get me wrong Whatev, I'd love to have a viable choice here, you show me a candidate that isn't a wholly owned subsidiary. Obama? Give me a break, hedge funds gave generously to his campaign and -surprise surprise-made money by losing money. How did that whole "bringing the troops home" business pan out? Isn't one of the biggest gripes about our current POTUS that he is, in fact, a moderate republican candidate in the first place...lol? Coke, or Pepsi?

(wait..wait, maybe I could vote for Ron Paul [insert "I'm not the other guys" candidate here] or something...no...no I haven't completely lost my fucking mind, so that's a no go as well.)

[Rev. Rye]

Obama. He hasn't done much, but maybe he'll do something next term. Better someone who doesn't do much than a repeat of Bush Jr.

[Whateverist]

At least you don't argue O'bama -or any other democrat- would have sent troops into Iraq in the first place. That's the difference between 'coke' and 'pepsi', a democrat may not remove the troops as quickly as I would like but it takes a republican wingnut to send them there in the first place. Republicans are the party of american exceptionalism, God and emphasizing the military option as our first line of diplomacy.

Go on thinking that anyone who doesn't do everything you would do isn't worth voting for. It's your and your kids future to fuck up.

[Paul the Human]

Obama. He hasn't done much,

It's really not from a lack of trying, though. The Republicans got it into their heads to prevent him from accomplishing anything regardless of whether it would be good for the country or not. Their entire M.O. has been to block him at every turn, because they have the goal of making him a one term president. That is their priority #1.

They couldn't give two shits about the "American People". All they care about is keeping the power firmly in the grasp of the 1%.