Election 2012 Jan 3, 2012 at 9:59 am

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Obama wins?! Well hurray for indefinite military detentions without trial on US soil, torture and more war. Seriously, Obama signs into law the NDAA just in time for the Iowa caucus. He's making it easy for us. Ron Paul 2012.
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A Ron Paul supporter at blogtown?!? Cute!! We're diverse!!
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Are all Floater fans Ron Paul supporters?
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America Loses If Obama Wins
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/12/ame…
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Fuck everyone up for election. Ready for anarchy myself.

- Commented from My Anarchist Notepad.
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Andy from Beaverton is a Loser Even if Obama Wins

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@ #4: Isn't there a Beaverton Mercury you can go post on, you vacuous suburban fuck?
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I thought the left was all about being peace, multiculturalism and love. Maybe the "Community Colon" and "Get Yer Own Blog" need to go to a reeducation camp?
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I've always enjoyed the fact that so many conservative commenters feel free insult other people (e.g. Andy's fondness for "occutard"), but, when they get back what they put out, whine that liberals are supposed to be nice.
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@5, No thank you. Personally I'd prefer a hereditary monarchy and caste system. Each on a global scale with all power consolidated to Portland, OR.

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"...whine that liberals are supposed to be nice."
You missed my point, which I'm not surprised. Leftist always taught no labels, no hate and no name calling. But the truth is that leftist never like to obey the laws they create, but they require everyone else to follow those rules. So you occutards, libtards and regular tards can just suck it.
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Yeah, I am on the left, and Obama winning fills me as much dread as any of the other idiots.

Ron Paul, Newt, Santorum, Obama... all of them are terrible, the general election is going to be part two of the Republican primary.

I think it misses me off to see people saying them are on the left but defend Obama, let the brutes tear him up there is no future for regular people under Obama either.
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The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).

Every vote, everywhere, would be politically relevant and equal in presidential elections. There would no longer be a handful of 'battleground' states where voters and policies are more important than those of the voters in more than 3/4ths of the states that will just be 'spectators' and ignored, like Oregon.

When the bill is enacted by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes– enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538), all the electoral votes from the enacting states would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and DC.

The bill uses the power given to each state by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution to change how they award their electoral votes for President. Historically, virtually all of the major changes in the method of electing the President, including ending the requirement that only men who owned substantial property could vote and 48 current state-by-state winner-take-all laws, have come about by state legislative action.

A survey of Oregon voters conducted on December 16-17, 2008 showed 76% overall support for a national popular vote for President.
Support was 82% among Democrats, 70% among Republicans, and 72% among independents.
By age, support was 67% among 18-29 year olds, 68% among 30-45 year olds, 82% among 46-65 year olds, and 76% for those older than 65.
By gender, support was 81% among women and 71% among men

In Gallup polls since 1944, only about 20% of the public has supported the current system of awarding all of a state's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who receives the most votes in each separate state (with about 70% opposed and about 10% undecided). Support for a national popular vote is strong among Republicans, Democrats, and Independent voters, as well as every demographic group in virtually every state surveyed in recent polls in closely divided Battleground states: CO – 68%, FL – 78%, IA 75%, MI – 73%, MO – 70%, NH – 69%, NV – 72%, NM– 76%, NC – 74%, OH – 70%, PA – 78%, VA – 74%, and WI – 71%; in Small states (3 to 5 electoral votes): AK – 70%, DC – 76%, DE – 75%, ID – 77%, ME – 77%, MT – 72%, NE 74%, NH – 69%, NV – 72%, NM – 76%, OK – 81%, RI – 74%, SD – 71%, UT – 70%, VT – 75%, WV – 81%, and WY – 69%; in Southern and Border states: AR – 80%,, KY- 80%, MS – 77%, MO – 70%, NC – 74%, OK – 81%, SC – 71%, TN – 83%, VA – 74%, and WV – 81%; and in other states polled: CA – 70%, CT – 74%, MA – 73%, MN – 75%, NY – 79%, OR – 76%, and WA – 77%. Americans believe that the candidate who receives the most votes should win.

The bill has passed 31 state legislative chambers in 21 small, medium-small, medium, and large states. The bill has been enacted by 9 jurisdictions possessing 132 electoral votes - 49% of the 270 necessary to bring the law into effect.

NationalPopularVote
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Andy: and you just proved my point. Again.
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This picture is for you dmirir
http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivation…

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