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Poll_Blind

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11. Hunh! You know, at first you lost me but then you wrote that sentence about...

Thu Nov 8, 2012, 12:00 AM

Nov 2012

..."a lot of reasonable non freeper people" and at first I rejected that too. And then I got to thinking about a friend of mine. A good guy. Usually votes Democratic but I know he voted for Bush, at least in 2000. Not a crazy freeper type. The thing is, he views the world a lot like you said- looking at somebody and maybe not liking what we have currently and thinking "You know, this guy doesn't look so bad. Maybe I'll give him a shot?"

I follow politics too closely to buy into that and he and I have rubbed each other the wrong way on occasion because of it.

But your last paragraph, I could see my friend maybe going Romney this year. I kind of doubt it but I haven't talked to him in a month or so. He's more right-leaning, though, and so doesn't have a LibGrudge like I do against Obama, so honestly, he was probably more likely to have voted for the President simply because he didn't consider those things you mention in the first couple of paragraphs to be that big of a deal.

But I see your point and I do know people like that.

PB

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I find it deeply unnerving that so many voted for Romney. I just...do. [View all] Poll_Blind Nov 2012 OP

I'm not surprised a bit quinnox Nov 2012 #1

It's just that EVERYTHING about Romney exuded the predator class, predator capitalism. Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #4

As long as it was a white raptor nadine_mn Nov 2012 #7

Yeah, based on what little I know of the demographics of this last race and the demographics... Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #10

Yeah, my grandparents were racists, too tavalon Nov 2012 #16

I wish I could agree with you but I just can't tpsbmam Nov 2012 #21

I hope I'm right about this tavalon Nov 2012 #22

It does seem incredibly intransigent..... tpsbmam Nov 2012 #30

I agree. EC Nov 2012 #2

Well the important thing is K-Matt Nov 2012 #3

I don't. ananda Nov 2012 #5

Hunh! You know, at first you lost me but then you wrote that sentence about... Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #11

A lot of those reasons are why progressives have issues with Obama, not necessarily conservatives. gtar100 Nov 2012 #12

I didn't believe that Bush would be so bad since he was such tavalon Nov 2012 #17

Wow. Great post and agreed 110%. riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #32

Me too. Good writing. It really is. eom uppityperson Nov 2012 #6

Sadly, I think there was a ton of racism in this election tarheelsunc Nov 2012 #8

Well, keep in mind that many have been brainwashed... pointsoflight Nov 2012 #9

I really do not get it, either. Scares me witless... Rhiannon12866 Nov 2012 #13

The economy had a lot to do with it former-republican Nov 2012 #14

Some really good points in this thread... PoiBoy Nov 2012 #15

Who are we kidding? Many of those who voted for Romney held their noses while doing so out of coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #18

Republicans need an intervention-- felix_numinous Nov 2012 #19

my mom votes gop, even tho it basically stands against almost everything believes in... KG Nov 2012 #20

honestly, it's the prefect example of why I do not have faith in Humanity stuntcat Nov 2012 #23

believe me there are NOT tens of millions of them argiel1234 Nov 2012 #24

I think Romney's constant flip-flopping was a deliberate strategy JBoy Nov 2012 #25

You are expressing what causes me great consternation as well n/t Mira Nov 2012 #26

Also... kentuck Nov 2012 #27

a lot of them didn't vote for romney- they voted against Obama. BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #28

I know. They're nuts. Zoeisright Nov 2012 #29

Low Information Voters Agony Nov 2012 #31