I fixed that for you.
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I seriously am. I wouldnât say I liked the past 8 years, but Iâd vote Clinton to avoid living in the nuclear wasteland. I just hope it doesnât come down to that.
Theyâre about equal IME, but Iâm less hardcore third party this election than others.
If weâre talking about the Republican party, letâs split the difference and say 100 years. Teddy Roosevelt and Bob LaFollette were both Republicans before running for President as Progressive candidates, and McKinley was a trust buster besides being very hawkish. If weâre talking about the people the Republican party won over with the Southern Strategy, that side predated the Republican party. Theyâre the ones who instituted slavery, and theyâre the ones who want to bring it back.
HAM and cheese sandwiches.
See Iâm not one of those Jews or Muslims that wonât eat the meats of a swine. Iâm one of you.
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Is the lack of a front page entry on this the reason you have asked to be expunged from the BBS? Canât there be reasons other than bad intentions that might be motivating this, at least this week?
Shouldnât that be âwhomâ?
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My experiences with the US voting system have led me to believe that elderly African American women are the true backbone of democracy. God forbid one of them should get mad at you, but on the other hand thatâs why they are such a dominating force for good (at least in my area, in my experience). Locally, I am pretty sure our determined old black ladies would win any battle with armed Trumpkins.
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âIs shit broken? No --> Clinton, Yes --> Trumpâ.
Somehow that flowchart has reconfigured into a pattern that makes no logical sense.
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Thatâs why this election is closer than it should be.
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Agreed. And I got a kick out of my polling place being The League for People With Disabilities. So in addition to the long corridor filled with the aforementioned ladies (who were also wearing some interesting hats), there was an AM guy helping to keep the line in order who looked to be older than Methuselah (and yet as spry as could be), and then there was a regular flow of people withâŚmaybe you guessed from the nameâŚdisabilities tromping through the place, too. Wheelchairs, crazy hats, children playing, people talking politely, it was a damned good representation for what a functioning democracy looks like to me.
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For the record, this is not how anyone votes.
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I understand your frustration. This was an issue going back at least to the civil rights (and related) movements in the 60s.
The first campaign where I worked hard was in 1970 against a worm named Phil Crane (I apologize to the US for our not succeeding in that race), and if I had been told then how little society would have moved by now I would have been appalled. However, one thing old age has taught me is that movement forward in robust political systems is by people at the edges pulling or pushing very very hard in order to move things just incrementally.
Just know that there are people here who appreciate your enthusiasm (including some of us who occasionally disagree with you) even if the website owners are less appreciative.
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Theyâre also the ones running as Republicans in this election cycle, so maybe vote against them?
Yes, of course
Yay for open carry laws. Nothing intimidating about this at all, no-siree.
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Also:
Really?
(I know heâs going to get trounced in NYC anyway, but even if he doesnât own the building any more, that seems like a questionable choice of location, at best)
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Play âThe Voter Suppression Trailâ
They have quite a few games, it seems:
Didnât realize these were the Thoughts & Prayers people.
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So youâre blaming the publishers and staff for views presented by random internet posters.
What exactly do you expect them to doâŚput down the keyboard and pick up a machine gun?
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Voted early today so as to be free (if needed) on Election Day proper.
First place I went: 2+ hour wait time. I waited 30 minutes, then asked the guy across from me (the line snaked down one hallway, turned a corner, went down that hallway, then crossed over and went back again along the other side of the hallway) how long he had been there. He checked his text history and then said, when I got this text, I was where you are now, and that was 1 1/2 hours ago. He was still about a quarter of the way to the entrance door.
So, I did some frantic googling and figuring out the odds, and took a chance on another location about 3 miles away. Remember, this was DURING the Cubs victory party covering a significant part of the city, so 1) it was a relatively slow time from the point of view of going to a polling place, and yet 2) so many streets were blocked with traffic re-routed that choosing where to go had to take a lot of unknowns into account.
Second place had a lot more machines, so the wait was only about 12 people. Whew!
Three first-time voters while I was there, who were announced and applauded vigorously.
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