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[Presidential Election 2012] Batmitt vs. Bain: Whitefall

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  • CptKemzikCptKemzik Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    Forar wrote: »
    There are people to disenfranchise in Rhode Island?

    Wait, let me back up.

    There are people in Rhode Island?

    Uh.. RI has 1+ million people, and Providence can be considered a major northeastern city. That's kind of a dumb attempt at a joke. It has more people than states like montana, the dakotas, and wyoming which have substantially larger territory.

    Also Williard Moneybags Romney getting booed by the NAACP after saying he'll repeal Obamacare was another great foot-in-mouth moment. I laughed out loud listening to that on the radio today.

    CptKemzik on
  • AtomikaAtomika Live fast and get fucked or whatever Registered User regular
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    Forar wrote: »
    There are people to disenfranchise in Rhode Island?

    Wait, let me back up.

    There are people in Rhode Island?

    Uh.. RI has 1+ million people, that's kind of a dumb attempt at a joke. It has more people than larger states like montana, the dakotas, and wyoming.

    Yet it wouldn't even make the top ten list for Most Populous Cities in the US.

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  • TheCanManTheCanMan GT: Gasman122009 JerseyRegistered User regular
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    Forar wrote: »
    There are people to disenfranchise in Rhode Island?

    Wait, let me back up.

    There are people in Rhode Island?

    Uh.. RI has 1+ million people, that's kind of a dumb attempt at a joke. It has more people than larger states like montana, the dakotas, and wyoming.

    Yet it wouldn't even make the top ten list for Most Populous Cities in the US.

    Rhode Island, the Montana of the North East minus all the big sky.

  • Dongs GaloreDongs Galore Registered User regular
    what's the deal with states like Rhode Island and New Jersey

    they're so tiny

  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    Protecting your vote:

    We will provide a free Voter ID to voters who don't already have a current and valid Photo ID

    No eligible voter will be turned away at the polls. Voters who do not bring an acceptable ID to their polling place can vote using a standard Provisional Ballot. The ballot will be counted if the signature they give at their polling place matches the signature on their voter registration

    Voter ID will be phased in over two election cycles. In 2012 and 2013, voters can also use a variety of non-photo IDs including a Social Security or Medicare card. Beginning in 2014, only Photo IDs will be accepted at the polls

    Mail ballots do not require ID

  • a5ehrena5ehren AtlantaRegistered User regular
    what's the deal with states like Rhode Island and New Jersey

    they're so tiny

    Woo Colonial/Religious politics!

  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    Burtletoy wrote: »
    Protecting your vote:

    We will provide a free Voter ID to voters who don't already have a current and valid Photo ID

    No eligible voter will be turned away at the polls. Voters who do not bring an acceptable ID to their polling place can vote using a standard Provisional Ballot. The ballot will be counted if the signature they give at their polling place matches the signature on their voter registration

    Voter ID will be phased in over two election cycles. In 2012 and 2013, voters can also use a variety of non-photo IDs including a Social Security or Medicare card. Beginning in 2014, only Photo IDs will be accepted at the polls

    Mail ballots do not require ID
    Wow that sounds exactly the same as everyone else's voter ID laws

    and by exactly the same I meant not even fucking close

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  • MarathonMarathon Registered User regular
    Spool is right, both sides are exactly the same. The proof its right there.

  • AtomikaAtomika Live fast and get fucked or whatever Registered User regular
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    Forar wrote: »
    There are people to disenfranchise in Rhode Island?

    Wait, let me back up.

    There are people in Rhode Island?

    Uh.. RI has 1+ million people, that's kind of a dumb attempt at a joke. It has more people than larger states like montana, the dakotas, and wyoming.

    Yet it wouldn't even make the top ten list for Most Populous Cities in the US.

    Rhode Island, the Montana of the North East minus all the big sky.

    Rhode Island is a weird one. It's actually our second-highest populated state in terms of density, but it's so small it barely matters. There are individual counties in states in the Southwest that are bigger than Rhode Island.

    Another weird thing is Vermont. Right up there in New England with all the other high-density states, yet no one lives there. It has less density than Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, or Kentucky.

  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    Forar wrote: »
    There are people to disenfranchise in Rhode Island?

    Wait, let me back up.

    There are people in Rhode Island?

    Uh.. RI has 1+ million people, that's kind of a dumb attempt at a joke. It has more people than larger states like montana, the dakotas, and wyoming.

    Yet it wouldn't even make the top ten list for Most Populous Cities in the US.

    Rhode Island, the Montana of the North East minus all the big sky.

    Rhode Island is a weird one. It's actually our second-highest populated state in terms of density, but it's so small it barely matters. There are individual counties in states in the Southwest that are bigger than Rhode Island.

    Another weird thing is Vermont. Right up there in New England with all the other high-density states, yet no one lives there. It has less density than Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, or Kentucky.

    Because it's really fucking cold.

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  • CptKemzikCptKemzik Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    Forar wrote: »
    There are people to disenfranchise in Rhode Island?

    Wait, let me back up.

    There are people in Rhode Island?

    Uh.. RI has 1+ million people, that's kind of a dumb attempt at a joke. It has more people than larger states like montana, the dakotas, and wyoming.

    Yet it wouldn't even make the top ten list for Most Populous Cities in the US.

    Rhode Island, the Montana of the North East minus all the big sky.

    Rhode Island is a weird one. It's actually our second-highest populated state in terms of density, but it's so small it barely matters. There are individual counties in states in the Southwest that are bigger than Rhode Island.

    Another weird thing is Vermont. Right up there in New England with all the other high-density states, yet no one lives there. It has less density than Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, or Kentucky.

    Because it's really fucking cold.

    Also doesn't have area bordering the atlantic coast like the rest of new england, new york, new jersey etc. so it didn't have the historically densely populated ports that people flocked to while moving to the US.

    CptKemzik on
  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    Forar wrote: »
    There are people to disenfranchise in Rhode Island?

    Wait, let me back up.

    There are people in Rhode Island?

    Uh.. RI has 1+ million people, that's kind of a dumb attempt at a joke. It has more people than larger states like montana, the dakotas, and wyoming.

    Yet it wouldn't even make the top ten list for Most Populous Cities in the US.

    Rhode Island, the Montana of the North East minus all the big sky.

    Rhode Island is a weird one. It's actually our second-highest populated state in terms of density, but it's so small it barely matters. There are individual counties in states in the Southwest that are bigger than Rhode Island.

    Another weird thing is Vermont. Right up there in New England with all the other high-density states, yet no one lives there. It has less density than Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, or Kentucky.

    Because it's really fucking cold.

    Also doesn't have area bordering the atlantic coast like the rest of new england, new york, new jersey etc. so it didn't have the historically densely populated ports that people flocked to while moving to the US.

    I mean yeah I guess if you wanna get all historical and factual about it

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  • CommunistCowCommunistCow Abstract Metal ThingyRegistered User regular

    *facepalm* Stop doing stupid shit Democrats.

    No, I am not really communist. Yes, it is weird that I use this name.
  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    Preacher wrote: »
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    One thing that isn't brought up enough about Romney is how he used to dress up as a police officer and pull people over on the highway.

    This needs to be mentioned more.

    WHAT

    That's HELLA illegal

    Illegal as fuck

    Its ok when your dad is the governor.

    I've never heard this one before, but if it was while his dad was governor, it's in Michigan. And we've got a bit of a history of letting that shit slide. Mayor Stanley got caught in a borrowed cop car with enough weed in his trunk to get high forever, and has moved up to higher office (this is the guy who set race relations in the state back thirty years, by warning white people about crossing the river if he didn't get his way). His successor upped the ante and stole a uniform, too, and started issuing tickets.

    Which the fucking courts upheld. Because if you can't trust the word of a mayor playing policeman, who CAN you trust?

    Hevach on
  • CptKemzikCptKemzik Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    Forar wrote: »
    There are people to disenfranchise in Rhode Island?

    Wait, let me back up.

    There are people in Rhode Island?

    Uh.. RI has 1+ million people, that's kind of a dumb attempt at a joke. It has more people than larger states like montana, the dakotas, and wyoming.

    Yet it wouldn't even make the top ten list for Most Populous Cities in the US.

    Rhode Island, the Montana of the North East minus all the big sky.

    Rhode Island is a weird one. It's actually our second-highest populated state in terms of density, but it's so small it barely matters. There are individual counties in states in the Southwest that are bigger than Rhode Island.

    Another weird thing is Vermont. Right up there in New England with all the other high-density states, yet no one lives there. It has less density than Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, or Kentucky.

    Because it's really fucking cold.

    Also doesn't have area bordering the atlantic coast like the rest of new england, new york, new jersey etc. so it didn't have the historically densely populated ports that people flocked to while moving to the US.

    I mean yeah I guess if you wanna get all historical and factual about it

    Fun fact: Vermont technically saw action during the US civil war against the confederates albeit in what was a single, incredibly botched, raid (basically a bank robbery). Small group of confederates snuck up into canada, and tried to attack an area of Vermont near the border in an attempt to force the union to divert attention to the north as well as the south. It failed spectacularly of course.

    History.

    CptKemzik on
  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    Forar wrote: »
    There are people to disenfranchise in Rhode Island?

    Wait, let me back up.

    There are people in Rhode Island?

    Uh.. RI has 1+ million people, that's kind of a dumb attempt at a joke. It has more people than larger states like montana, the dakotas, and wyoming.

    Yet it wouldn't even make the top ten list for Most Populous Cities in the US.

    Rhode Island, the Montana of the North East minus all the big sky.

    Rhode Island is a weird one. It's actually our second-highest populated state in terms of density, but it's so small it barely matters. There are individual counties in states in the Southwest that are bigger than Rhode Island.

    Another weird thing is Vermont. Right up there in New England with all the other high-density states, yet no one lives there. It has less density than Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, or Kentucky.

    Because it's really fucking cold.

    Also doesn't have area bordering the atlantic coast like the rest of new england, new york, new jersey etc. so it didn't have the historically densely populated ports that people flocked to while moving to the US.

    I mean yeah I guess if you wanna get all historical and factual about it

    Fun fact: Vermont technically saw action during the US civil war against the confederates albeit in what was a single, incredibly botched, raid (basically a bank robbery). Small group of confederates snuck up into canada, and tried to attack an area of Vermont near the border in an attempt to force the union to divert attention to the north as well as the south. It failed spectacularly of course.

    History.

    I can just hear Yakkity Sax playing while you explain this brilliant plan.

  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular

    *facepalm* Stop doing stupid shit Democrats.

    As explained above, the law really isn't that bad. It's actually a pretty worthless law, since you can just go ahead and vote anyway even if you don't have an ID.

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  • PantsBPantsB Fake Thomas Jefferson Registered User regular
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    Forar wrote: »
    There are people to disenfranchise in Rhode Island?

    Wait, let me back up.

    There are people in Rhode Island?

    Uh.. RI has 1+ million people, that's kind of a dumb attempt at a joke. It has more people than larger states like montana, the dakotas, and wyoming.

    Yet it wouldn't even make the top ten list for Most Populous Cities in the US.

    Rhode Island, the Montana of the North East minus all the big sky.

    Rhode Island is a weird one. It's actually our second-highest populated state in terms of density, but it's so small it barely matters. There are individual counties in states in the Southwest that are bigger than Rhode Island.

    Another weird thing is Vermont. Right up there in New England with all the other high-density states, yet no one lives there. It has less density than Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, or Kentucky.

    Because it's really fucking cold.

    There are big chunks of interior Maine that are uninhabited.

    Providence on the other hand is part of the Boston Combined Statistical area, which is the 5th biggest (NY LA Chi DC)

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    PantsB wrote: »
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    Forar wrote: »
    There are people to disenfranchise in Rhode Island?

    Wait, let me back up.

    There are people in Rhode Island?

    Uh.. RI has 1+ million people, that's kind of a dumb attempt at a joke. It has more people than larger states like montana, the dakotas, and wyoming.

    Yet it wouldn't even make the top ten list for Most Populous Cities in the US.

    Rhode Island, the Montana of the North East minus all the big sky.

    Rhode Island is a weird one. It's actually our second-highest populated state in terms of density, but it's so small it barely matters. There are individual counties in states in the Southwest that are bigger than Rhode Island.

    Another weird thing is Vermont. Right up there in New England with all the other high-density states, yet no one lives there. It has less density than Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, or Kentucky.

    Because it's really fucking cold.

    There are big chunks of interior Maine that are uninhabited.

    Providence on the other hand is part of the Boston Combined Statistical area, which is the 5th biggest (NY LA Chi DC)

    Isn't like 98% of Maine uninhabited? Or some ridiculous number like that, anyway.

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  • TheCanManTheCanMan GT: Gasman122009 JerseyRegistered User regular
    edited July 2012
    SyphonBlue wrote: »

    *facepalm* Stop doing stupid shit Democrats.

    As explained above, the law really isn't that bad. It's actually a pretty worthless law, since you can just go ahead and vote anyway even if you don't have an ID.

    Did I read it wrong, or is that only true until 2014 when picture IDs become a requirement?

    EDIT: Actually, after re-reading what Burtle posted, it seems I may have misread it. I think it's saying that in 2014 picture IDs will be required to vote at a polling station. I guess the provisional ballots will still be available without them, though? that I failed to read the last sentence both times I read it. :oops:

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    Well it's happened again; you've wasted another perfectly good hour responding to a spool post...

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  • PuddlesworthPuddlesworth Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    Even if the RI voter ID was as bad as the other state laws, I'm not quite sure how the fact that several Republican states and one Democratic state enacted voter ID laws would imply that they are equally bad. I don't have much of a problem with calling Democrats terrible, but pretending they're equally terrible is fantasy.

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  • AtomikaAtomika Live fast and get fucked or whatever Registered User regular
    Even if the RI voter ID was as bad as the other state laws, I'm not quite sure how the fact that several Republican states and one Democratic state enacted voter ID laws would imply that they are equally bad. I don't have much of a problem with calling Democrats terrible, but pretending they're equally terrible is fantasy.

    Also, "Hey, some other guys did it, too," is fallacious retort to accountability.

    "Both sides," indeed.

  • Dongs GaloreDongs Galore Registered User regular
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    PantsB wrote: »
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    Forar wrote: »
    There are people to disenfranchise in Rhode Island?

    Wait, let me back up.

    There are people in Rhode Island?

    Uh.. RI has 1+ million people, that's kind of a dumb attempt at a joke. It has more people than larger states like montana, the dakotas, and wyoming.

    Yet it wouldn't even make the top ten list for Most Populous Cities in the US.

    Rhode Island, the Montana of the North East minus all the big sky.

    Rhode Island is a weird one. It's actually our second-highest populated state in terms of density, but it's so small it barely matters. There are individual counties in states in the Southwest that are bigger than Rhode Island.

    Another weird thing is Vermont. Right up there in New England with all the other high-density states, yet no one lives there. It has less density than Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, or Kentucky.

    Because it's really fucking cold.

    There are big chunks of interior Maine that are uninhabited.

    Providence on the other hand is part of the Boston Combined Statistical area, which is the 5th biggest (NY LA Chi DC)

    Isn't like 98% of Maine uninhabited? Or some ridiculous number like that, anyway.

    I'll vote for whichever side promises to abolish the state of Maine

  • tbloxhamtbloxham Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    Burtletoy wrote: »
    Protecting your vote:

    We will provide a free Voter ID to voters who don't already have a current and valid Photo ID

    No eligible voter will be turned away at the polls. Voters who do not bring an acceptable ID to their polling place can vote using a standard Provisional Ballot. The ballot will be counted if the signature they give at their polling place matches the signature on their voter registration

    Voter ID will be phased in over two election cycles. In 2012 and 2013, voters can also use a variety of non-photo IDs including a Social Security or Medicare card. Beginning in 2014, only Photo IDs will be accepted at the polls

    Mail ballots do not require ID

    Yeah, I can be behind this voter ID law 100%.

    Should people have voter ID's to vote? Yes, yes they should.
    Should anyone be turned away at the polls because they do not have, as of yet, a voter ID although they are eligable for one? No, no they shouldn't.
    Should the state provide ID's that meet their voter ID standard for free to anyone who is eligable? Yes, yes they should.

    From a 'liberal' standpoint there are absolutely no problems with THIS voter ID law because it fulfills the latter two requirements for a fair law. The ones in other states do not, which is why this one is fair, and the others are a massive attack on the ability of people to vote. Those that require an ID which costs money for example, effectively are a bar on anyone who can't afford that money voting. Most also come into effect and turn voters away much too quickly, and allow IDs possessed by old people and rural folk to be used while not accepting those which are possessed by most young people.

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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited July 2012
    Yeah, I'm not seeing anything objectionable unless the words "voter" and "identification" and "law" being used together is in itself the problem.

    If they aren't turning anyone away, then it is not the same as laws being crafted specifically to make it so certain people cannot vote or are less likely to vote for no legitimate reason. (note: wanting "your team" to 'win' and hoping to turn away or discourage "the other team" is not a legitimate reason)

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  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    I think we should, as a nation, provide everyone with a state issued photo ID (not sure what age) that would make things easier for everyone. I do not think they should be required to do things such as voting, but would be available (for free!) in order to speed some things up.

    Basically a social security card but with more useful info. Providing people with photo IDs (once again, for free, by mail would be best) and wanting them to use them isn't a bad thing. It's more about how fast you implement them and how well you cover everyone.

    Not to mention if the goal is to eventually have single payer, the ability to easily identify people would be a huge time saver.

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    Magus` wrote: »
    I think we should, as a nation, provide everyone with a state issued photo ID (not sure what age) that would make things easier for everyone. I do not think they should be required to do things such as voting, but would be available (for free!) in order to speed some things up.

    Basically a social security card but with more useful info. Providing people with photo IDs (once again, for free, by mail would be best) and wanting them to use them isn't a bad thing. It's more about how fast you implement them and how well you cover everyone.

    Not to mention if the goal is to eventually have single payer, the ability to easily identify people would be a huge time saver.

    They tried that a few years ago and everyone flipped out, I think

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    Media will declare him the winner, guaranteed.

    They did the same thing with McCain and Palin in their debates, and then the general public in poll after poll said "no actually Obama/biden did".

    Who could seriously write Sarah Palin won a debate and not die of a brain aneurysm?

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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    Media will declare him the winner, guaranteed.

    They did the same thing with McCain and Palin in their debates, and then the general public in poll after poll said "no actually Obama/biden did".

    Who could seriously write Sarah Palin won a debate and not die of a brain aneurysm?

    While I'm sure someone did it, I don't recall it myself.

    I do recall her being given credit for presenting herself above the set expectations at the time.

    However, the bar for those expectations was so low she really just had to show up awake and not set any pets on fire while on stage for that to come true.

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    Media will declare him the winner, guaranteed.

    They did the same thing with McCain and Palin in their debates, and then the general public in poll after poll said "no actually Obama/biden did".

    Who could seriously write Sarah Palin won a debate and not die of a brain aneurysm?

    Rich "Starbursts" Lowry

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    I'm sure I'm not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, "Hey, I think she just winked at me." And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. It sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America. This is a quality that can't be learned; it's either something you have or you don't, and man, she's got it.

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  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
    That dude has a column in I want to say Time and anytime I skim it I feel like I've gotten a few IQ points dumber.

  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    Media will declare him the winner, guaranteed.

    They did the same thing with McCain and Palin in their debates, and then the general public in poll after poll said "no actually Obama/biden did".

    Who could seriously write Sarah Palin won a debate and not die of a brain aneurysm?

    Rich "Starbursts" Lowry

    Thank you for making it so I didn't have to look up that ... thing he wrote again.

  • kelleyberrykelleyberry Registered User regular
    KalTorak wrote: »
    Well it's happened again; you've wasted another perfectly good hour responding to a spool post...

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    SyphonBlue wrote: »

    *facepalm* Stop doing stupid shit Democrats.

    As explained above, the law really isn't that bad. It's actually a pretty worthless law, since you can just go ahead and vote anyway even if you don't have an ID.


    That doesn't mean it still isn't a stupid thing for Democrats to do because it allows people like spool to play the False Equivalency card and think he made a point.

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    I'm sure I'm not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, "Hey, I think she just winked at me." And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. It sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America. This is a quality that can't be learned; it's either something you have or you don't, and man, she's got it.

    I have to say what I miss the most about Olbermann is how he made fun of rich lowry after the palin comments. Yeah everything else about him was awful, but his schtick on lowry was hilarious.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • AtomikaAtomika Live fast and get fucked or whatever Registered User regular
    Forar wrote: »
    However, the bar for those expectations was so low she really just had to show up awake and not set any pets on fire while on stage for that to come true.

    Pretty much this. I remember the media taking Biden to task during their debate because it looked like "he was verbally beating up on some defenseless girl."

    Because that's a descriptor you want in an elected executive: "defenseless girl."

  • MetalMagusMetalMagus Too Serious Registered User regular
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    PantsB wrote: »
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    Forar wrote: »
    There are people to disenfranchise in Rhode Island?

    Wait, let me back up.

    There are people in Rhode Island?

    Uh.. RI has 1+ million people, that's kind of a dumb attempt at a joke. It has more people than larger states like montana, the dakotas, and wyoming.

    Yet it wouldn't even make the top ten list for Most Populous Cities in the US.

    Rhode Island, the Montana of the North East minus all the big sky.

    Rhode Island is a weird one. It's actually our second-highest populated state in terms of density, but it's so small it barely matters. There are individual counties in states in the Southwest that are bigger than Rhode Island.

    Another weird thing is Vermont. Right up there in New England with all the other high-density states, yet no one lives there. It has less density than Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, or Kentucky.

    Because it's really fucking cold.

    There are big chunks of interior Maine that are uninhabited.

    Providence on the other hand is part of the Boston Combined Statistical area, which is the 5th biggest (NY LA Chi DC)

    Isn't like 98% of Maine uninhabited? Or some ridiculous number like that, anyway.

    I'll vote for whichever side promises to abolish the state of Maine

    Hey, what'd Maine every do to you? I mean, sure the northern part is basically the Deep South meets Deliverance, but what do you expect when they're so close to Canada. Not the good parts either, I'm talking about French Canada.

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