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RE: Obama 2012
April 4, 2011 at 4:59 pm
And yet some people wonder why I get high all the damn time...
Obama 2012: Because the lesser of two evils is hopefully less evil.
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RE: Obama 2012
April 4, 2011 at 5:16 pm
It's a statistical fact that you have better odds to win the lottery than to be the one vote that sways the United States Presidential Election.
If it came down to one vote it wouldn't matter. The Supreme Court would decide the election like it did in 2000 - when the difference was more than one vote.
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RE: Obama 2012
April 4, 2011 at 5:32 pm
(April 4, 2011 at 5:16 pm)lrh9 Wrote: If it came down to one vote it wouldn't matter. The Supreme Court would decide the election like it did in 2000 - when the difference was more than one vote.
Yeah, I missed that part of the Constitution that says "in the event of a close election, the Supreme Court has the power to stop a recount and simply appoint a President for the sake of expediency."
My home state is Kentucky, which is permanently painted red on those newsroom election maps. Consequently, my vote doesn't count, thanks to the winner-take-all electoral college system. My vote doesn't count in the primary election either, since Kentucky goes so late that it's a done-deal by the time it reaches us. Consequently, I'm going to vote 3rd party. If enough solid-red-state progressive voters go 3rd party, we can always hope it sends a message. Hey, it could happen.
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RE: Obama 2012
April 4, 2011 at 5:42 pm
Me voting would be a matter of principle. And also, I LURVE QUESTIONARIES!!!! XD
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