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Poll: Who are you voting for president?
View Poll Results: Who do you want to be president (besides your fav)?
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Obama
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87.18% |
Mitt Romney
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12 |
7.69% |
Sarah Palin
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5.13% |
Member Since: 6/4/2010
Posts: 38,919
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Why would I vote Romney? If he becomes president I'll never be able to finish college.
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Member Since: 11/13/2009
Posts: 25,902
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Originally posted by Dickard
Survival of the fittest.
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More like survival of the weakest... Weakest heart. Weakest soul.
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Member Since: 12/21/2010
Posts: 51,088
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*Oprah voice*
Barack. OBAMAAAAAAAA
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Member Since: 9/18/2010
Posts: 12,628
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I've always wondered, sorry if I sound really ignorant btw, but do the majority of black (African-American) people in America vote for Obama?
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Member Since: 5/7/2012
Posts: 8,404
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Originally posted by fabian_phipps
I've always wondered, sorry if I sound really ignorant btw, but do the majority of black (African-American) people in America vote for Obama?
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The majority of all minority races voted for Obama.
But who cares if Romney saves a bit of money if he goes to the middle east and runs his mouth and starts WWIII. And I think people are insensitive to the lower class. With Romney and Ryan if they stick to what they do, they'll try and remove medicare, food stamps, and other government benefits that will do nothing but try and destroy the poor which will only cause theft and crime rates to go through the roof.
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Member Since: 12/14/2011
Posts: 21,274
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Member Since: 9/18/2011
Posts: 18,295
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I will vote for Obama and I'm gonna make OBAMA FOR ATRL posters too.I already have FB cove sized graphics made.
Romney can't even send us more than one year's worth of F**king TAX RETURNS,what makes me think I should vote for him?
That being said....
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Member Since: 4/24/2011
Posts: 7,635
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Rosanne.
Jk, Obama.
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Member Since: 3/17/2012
Posts: 10,399
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Originally posted by TeamRHI
Well, Obama has done really nothing for anyone but the lower class. And he's doing a lot of socialist programs, which aren't really good for anyone but the poor and the GREATLY HURT the upper class.
I have no clue what Romney will do because he's a flip flopper. But I can only hope that he'll do better than Obama :/
Better of two evilz = Romney imo
Where is Ron Paul when you need him
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Romney's "across-the-board" tax cuts will increase taxes for people who make UNDER 200k a year.
These Romney people never actually know anything about their fave. It's always, "Well, it's not Obama!"
Ignorance.
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Member Since: 3/17/2012
Posts: 10,399
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Originally posted by TeamRHI
We should support everyone equally. The rich worked for their money, basically what Obama is saying is "Ok, you're poor, its fine! We'll just redistribute money from the rich to you"
I have family members in the upper class who are paying 60% tax. That should NOT happen. With Obama we are becoming a more socialist society, with Romney nobody knows what will happen, with Paul we would be forming into a libertarian society.
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Proof? Obama has never implemented any taxes that would require the upper class to pay 60%.
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With Obama, we have less rights. We HAVE to pay healthcare, we HAVE to redistribute our money (even if we don't want to), we HAVE to pay into Social Security that we're not gonna get. Also, with Obama he's taking away the church's right to marry who they want (which I'm not a christian, but the church has as many rights as anyone else)
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No, you do NOT have to pay for healthcare. And proof that Obama is forcing churches to implement equality? You're still allowed to deny marriages based on race last time I checked.
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Romney supports the middle class and wealthy, which imo is better than supporting the poor considering all the socialist benefits already in place from FDR and Obama.
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At the expense of the poor? Tell me, are you just sucking the funds from your parents or do you actually make over 200k a year by your self?
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Romney is an idiot, that is obvoius. But Obama's is just as bad. We need someone who will pull us out of everyone's business. Obama doesn't do that, he's like Bush 2.0.
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And Romney wont?
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Member Since: 5/14/2007
Posts: 25,912
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I can't vote but I would definitely vote for Obama. A Romney/Ryan ticket is dangerous for anyone making less than 250,000 a year. I will be able to get through 2 years of college with money from my parents, but I'm going to need some loans, and I need the government to help with that. Also, why would I vote for someone who wants to make abortion/gay marriage illegal? I don't support abortion, but I though we were supposed to be a secular government with no religious opinions and laws.
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Member Since: 9/18/2011
Posts: 18,295
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And THE NERVE of Mitt Romney or his ticket trying to slam Obama for cutting medicare when HIS OWN VP CANDIDATE wants to take away medicare only to replace it with some silly coupon program.
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With Obama, we have less rights¹. We HAVE to pay healthcare², we HAVE to redistribute our money (even if we don't want to), we HAVE to pay into Social Security that we're not gonna get. Also, with Obama he's taking away the church's right to marry who they want³ (which I'm not a christian, but the church has as many rights as anyone else)
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¹ We are on a forum primarily populated by LGBTI people.Obama,and the democratic paty have shown support for Gay marriage and abortions.Both of which are rights.
²As opposed to having basically no medicare or medicaid
³With Gay marriage rights,the church would still marry whoever they want.It would be unconstitutional to make churches do otherwise.The LGBT population primarily wants the government to recognize their marriage as valid,NOT just the church.Believe what you want but marriage rights should never be up for a vote because of some uber religious people.
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Member Since: 4/23/2012
Posts: 9,618
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I'm voting for Obama. I originally voted for him by default in 2008 because I was an avid Hillary Clinton supporter at first and had no choice, but this time I can confidently say I'm okay with voting for him. He is not only backing gay marriage but he has also given me the chance to be covered under my parent's health insurance until I'm 26 and is intending to help us with student loans. Why would I support someone who wants to take that all away?
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Member Since: 6/28/2012
Posts: 2,784
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Originally posted by YSL
I'm voting for Obama. I originally voted for him by default in 2008 because I was an avid Hillary Clinton supporter at first and had no choice, but this time I can confidently say I'm okay with voting for him. He is not only backing gay marriage but he has also given me the chance to be covered under my parent's health insurance until I'm 26 and is intending to help us with student loans. Why would I support someone who wants to take that all away?
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Yup to all of this.
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Member Since: 10/21/2010
Posts: 1,754
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P!nk
Obama
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Member Since: 9/16/2011
Posts: 11,808
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Member Since: 4/10/2012
Posts: 14,915
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Lol @ Sarah Palin. FOH.
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Member Since: 10/17/2011
Posts: 1,788
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The only way someone in the "upper classes" would EVER pay anything even close to 60% of their income in taxes is a lack of a good tax accountant and have a very funky income. The top federal income tax marginal rate is 35%, and the top rate on capital gains can go up to 20%. Even if you add payroll taxes and local income taxes (which can be deducated from your Federal income taxes in the US), there is almost NO way that anyone is paying 60%.
Heck, no one is paying more in taxes under Obama than they were before he came into office. No tax rate has been increased. In fact, the vast majority of Americans have had their taxes cut at the Federal level (primarily throught the cut in the payroll tax). And the truth is, EVERYONE in the US needs to start paying more in taxes if we actually think the national debt is an economic problem.
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Member Since: 9/26/2011
Posts: 974
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100% voting for Obama. I can't even imagine how horrible our country would be with a Romney/Ryan White House.
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Member Since: 2/29/2012
Posts: 17,071
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Originally posted by TeamRHI
Well, Obama has done really nothing for anyone but the lower class. And he's doing a lot of socialist programs, which aren't really good for anyone but the poor and the GREATLY HURT the upper class.
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We should support everyone equally. [/B]The rich worked for their money, basically what Obama is saying is "Ok, you're poor, its fine! We'll just redistribute money from the rich to you"
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Alright, I'll play. Focusing on the poor by partly resourcing from the wealthy would make it just about even then, right? What's the problem there? Not every rich person has worked hard for their money, just like not every poor person hasn't come to that just by laziness. You say you have wealthy family members that have been, in a sense, 'negatively affected' by Obama's current plan but do you have any poor/underprivileged family members or are close to any that are struggling as well? I assure you the wealthy's struggle doesn't begin to compare to theirs.
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Romney is an idiot, that is obvoius. But Obama's is just as bad. We need someone who will pull us out of everyone's business. Obama doesn't do that, he's like Bush 2.0.
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