2012 Election Megathread

[Ben Grapevine]

I shouldnt have to elaborate, there is literally no reason to not vote

Yes there is.

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[Planr]

i don't see why anyone can vote for obama. he always blames everything thats gone wrong during his administration on somebody else. he's done a TERRIBLE job. the only reason he has so many votes is because all the dumb, ignorant people like that obamaphone lady vote for him. most of them are doing so because he's "cool". i can 100% guarantee everyone here that over half of the american population knows hardly anything about politics and just hops on the bandwagon or votes for whoever they saw on their favorite TV show last night. best part: they can all easily identify justin beiber but can't identify hardly any politicians. its just not that important to them.

brock obama will use his trusty drying pan as a lying pan!

Yes there is.

if people are dumb and don't pay attention to politics; i'd agree with you that those people should not be voting. see my text above.

[Thar]

I shouldnt have to elaborate, there is literally no reason to not vote

There is plenty of reason.

This farce you call American democracy is nothing less than a disgrace to what the founding fathers stood for. You want a good argument against this type of democracy? Go outside and have a political conversation with the average voter. The whole premise of a democracy/republic is that the voters know the issues and know whats best for them. This simply is not true all the time thanks to the terribly underfunded educational system that fails to promote critical thinking and free thinking.

The politicians are corporately sponsored and now thanks to the great supreme court that we have, they are allowed to make unlimited contributions to campaigns of their choice. Tell me how the forget this isn't buying votes and influence in decision making and how this allows for equal representation among the people. Tell me why Goldman Sachs donated hundreds of thousands to both Obama and McCain in 2008. Tell me how this is justified and tell me why the hell you would support such a corrupt system.

[Planr]

i say america should use a similar voting system to what the ancient romans used, except only the educated who've gone to college can vote.

[Thar]

i say america should use a similar voting system to what the ancient romans used, except only the educated who've gone to college can vote.

Education reform would be nice :c

[Racerboy]

Yes there is.

He's right^

I'll probably never vote in my entire life because I have 0 interest in politics and wouldn't even know who I'm voting for.

[Ben Grapevine]

ugh ABC doesn't know what memes are

[Swat 3]

i say america should use a similar voting system to what the ancient romans used, except only the educated who've gone to college can vote.

No. People who have common knowledge on the politics and education to grade high school with good grades.

Because my mom went to college and she doesn't give a fly clue about politics.

My dad didn't and he is a politic knowitall,

[SlayerZ99]

He's right^

I'll probably never vote in my entire life because I have 0 interest in politics and wouldn't even know who I'm voting for.

What a bad reason

[_Rave_]

meh

i think biden was a douche and ryan didn't actually give enough specifics

imo the republicans probably have an economic plan that doesn't sound good to the middle class but will eventually work out, and that's why they aren't giving specifics

[Pixel]

My main issue with these debates is how hard it is for a third party candidate to get into them. Jill Stein is an amazing candidate IMO and shell never get recognition.

[Racerboy]

What a bad reason

What? It's a perfectly fine reason. Why should I bother voting if I know nothing about what I'm voting for?

[Nickelob Ultra]

My main issue with these debates is how hard it is for a third party candidate to get into them. Jill Stein is an amazing candidate IMO and shell never get recognition.

No one else will get any recognition because our entire population is glued onto bipartisan politics, which clearly have worked out so well for the last four years.

[HerpaDerp]

There is plenty of reason.

This farce you call American democracy is nothing less than a disgrace to what the founding fathers stood for. You want a good argument against this type of democracy? Go outside and have a political conversation with the average voter. The whole premise of a democracy/republic is that the voters know the issues and know whats best for them. This simply is not true all the time thanks to the terribly underfunded educational system that fails to promote critical thinking and free thinking.

The politicians are corporately sponsored and now thanks to the great supreme court that we have, they are allowed to make unlimited contributions to campaigns of their choice. Tell me how the forget this isn't buying votes and influence in decision making and how this allows for equal representation among the people. Tell me why Goldman Sachs donated hundreds of thousands to both Obama and McCain in 2008. Tell me how this is justified and tell me why the hell you would support such a corrupt system.

not voting is not gonna help at all lol

[Wynd_Fox]

No one else will get any recognition because our entire population is glued onto bipartisan politics, which clearly have worked out so well for the last four years.

More like twelve?