Election Day Thread

[justgo_withit]

Tonight's take away: most people (well, most of my fb friends) don't really know anything about our government, and therefore don't have much of a foundation for their opinions and are very sensitive about them. And one click unfriending is really really awesome.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by justgo_withit

Tonight's take away: most people (well, most of my fb friends) don't really know anything about our government, and therefore don't have much of a foundation for their opinions and are very sensitive about them. And one click unfriending is really really awesome.

Agree. My favorite quote of the night, "We need to get rid of the electoral college and go by the popular vote!" Yeah, President Gore agrees with you.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by justgo_withit

Tonight's take away: most people (well, most of my fb friends) don't really know anything about our government, and therefore don't have much of a foundation for their opinions and are very sensitive about them. And one click unfriending is really really awesome.

Agree. My favorite quote of the night in response to how unfair the results of the night were, "We need to get rid of the electoral college and go by the popular vote!" Yeah, President Gore agrees with you.

[moe.ron]

Trump and Rove's melt = awesome. Can't wait for the daily show and colbert report covering the two melts.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Agree. My favorite quote of the night in response to how unfair the results of the night were, "We need to get rid of the electoral college and go by the popular vote!" Yeah, President Gore agrees with you.

I think if we get rid of the electoral college it's only fair to get rid of the Senate as well

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

I think if we get rid of the electoral college it's only fair to get rid of the Senate as well

I don't care if we get rid of it, it's just disingenuous to agree with it only when it suits you. The point is moot anyway, since Romney was only winning the popular vote before the West Coast votes poured in.

[GeorgiaGreek]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Agree. My favorite quote of the night in response to how unfair the results of the night were, "We need to get rid of the electoral college and go by the popular vote!" Yeah, President Gore agrees with you.

I love all of these statuses about "so glad I live in a democracy..."
Nope, it's a republic. You've even said it yourself if you've said the Pledge of Allegiance. Another hint to that is that if the fact we're using the electoral college instead of the popular vote.

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaGreek

I love all of these statuses about "so glad I live in a democracy..."
Nope, it's a republic. You've even said it yourself if you've said the Pledge of Allegiance. Another hint to that is that if the fact we're using the electoral college instead of the popular vote.

Thank you GeorgiaGreek. I keep banging that drum, and no one seems to get it. We're in a republic, people.

Now I'm going to put on Bob Marley and go make french toast.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AzTheta

Thank you GeorgiaGreek. I keep banging that drum, and no one seems to get it. We're in a republic, people.

My then-14-year-old from the back of the car one night last spring: "You know, nobody understands how our government works. They think we have a democracy, and that's just wrong. If we had a democracy, everybody would get a vote on everything."

"So what kind of government do we have?," I asked.

"A republic," he answered. "A federal, democratic republic. A constitutional, federal, democratic republic."

My = very proud.


On a different topic, I highly recommend listening to this past weekend's This American Life: Red State Blue State. The blurb:

Everyone knows that politics is now so divided in our country that not only do the 2 sides disagree on the solutions to the country’s problems, they don’t even agree on what the problems are. It’s 2 versions of the world in collision. This week we hear from people who’ve seen this infect their personal lives. They’ve lost friends. They’ve become estranged from family members.

There's also an interesting story on polarization and the squeeze on the middle (as much between Republicans as between Republicans and Democrats) in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.