Regret Your Vote Yet?

[Pogo]

So the President is supposed to stop everything and mourn? Where is the precedent for that?

Nope.

But he should quite probably avoid flippant and pleasure-seeking activity, a metaphorical 10 seconds after making such a somber announcement.

Right-Wingers care much more about style than substance. Ronald Reagan & George W. Bush are proof.

You say this when just yesterday Obama talks about how the "optics" didn't look good???????????

Oh let's be serious, elections are entirely about "optics" for any and all candidates of any and all parties.

We're not electing candidates --- we're buying products. It's set up that way intentionally. It's no accident that we describe party ideologies using the word "brand". Style always takes priority over substance.

 

[boedicca]

I didn't vote for Obama, so I have nothing to regret.

I voted for Huntsman in the primary. I knew it wasn't going to happen but I don't regret it at all. I do regret that the act had no power except to make a drop-in-the-bucket statement.

Sadly, many of our votes don't mean anything anymore.

Given Dem control of CA, my votes are mainly symbolic.

I don't think I've ever regretted a general election vote, because I knew what the alternatives were before I went in there (if I don't know, I don't vote). What I regret is that the system gives me a choice of green or turquoise out of the entire color spectrum, so to speak, since we're limited to two party (singular intentional) whose real-world differences are effectively nonexistent.

When given a chance and if he/she is strong enough I'll vote for a third party -- just to upset that system. Again, a drop in the bucket. Whattayagonnado.

Well, for one thing, we can speak out against the Free Speech restrictions that Harry Reid is promoting....

Can you point me to that? Just a keyword oughta do, thanks.

I'll refer you to Ted Olson:

http://online.wsj.com/articles/theo...t-amendment-1410124101?mod=Opinion_newsreel_2

 

[Synthaholic]

So the President is supposed to stop everything and mourn? Where is the precedent for that?

Nope.

But he should quite probably avoid flippant and pleasure-seeking activity, a metaphorical 10 seconds after making such a somber announcement.

Right-Wingers care much more about style than substance. Ronald Reagan & George W. Bush are proof.

You say this when just yesterday Obama talks about how the "optics" didn't look good???????????

I'm saying that all the wingnuts care about is optics. Not what he actually does, just how he looks doing it.

 

[ShackledNation]

What were the alternatives again?

The alternative was a man of courage, a hero who shut down his business to help a colleague search for a missing child, a man with proven successful executive and business experience.
Just what the nation needed.....

(1) I agree Obama sucks, to put it bluntly. I didn't vote for him, and have no regrets.
(2) As to your description of Romney...LOL. I'm sorry, but he sucks too. Your romanticized portrayal of him is sadly hilarious. Lay off the kool-aid.

 

[boedicca]

I didn't vote for Obama, so I have nothing to regret.

I voted for Huntsman in the primary. I knew it wasn't going to happen but I don't regret it at all. I do regret that the act had no power except to make a drop-in-the-bucket statement.

Sadly, many of our votes don't mean anything anymore.

Given Dem control of CA, my votes are mainly symbolic.

I live in DC and am a registered Republican. That's worse than CA.

It might be just as bad..., but I doubt it's worse.

 

[asaratis]

I don't regret my vote at all. I voted for McCain and Romney so I am not responsible for this clusterfuck of an administration. It is funny to see the libs cling to his coat tails no matter how badly Obama fails.

No worse than the pontificating Reaganites...

There's nothing to pontificate about. We had a better economy during Reagan's term and it would have been even better without the dems failure to spend responsibly.

It's easy to have a good economy when you stick your successors with the bill.

And Obama the Great fosters a lackluster economy while sticking his successors and their great grandchildren with the bill. The Incompetent One has created more debt than all before him....definitely outpacing Reagan. Thanks, Obie!

 

[AmericanGirl05]

So the President is supposed to stop everything and mourn? Where is the precedent for that?

Nope.

But he should quite probably avoid flippant and pleasure-seeking activity, a metaphorical 10 seconds after making such a somber announcement.

Right-Wingers care much more about style than substance. Ronald Reagan & George W. Bush are proof.

You say this when just yesterday Obama talks about how the "optics" didn't look good???????????

Oh let's be serious, elections are entirely about "optics" for any and all candidates of any and all parties.

We're not electing candidates --- we're buying products. It's set up that way intentionally. It's no accident that we describe party ideologies using the word "brand".

That may be partially true. However, criticizing Republicans for preferring style over substance when Obama refers to his untimely actions as bad optics is just stupidly partisan.

 

[AmericanGirl05]

So the President is supposed to stop everything and mourn? Where is the precedent for that?

Nope.

But he should quite probably avoid flippant and pleasure-seeking activity, a metaphorical 10 seconds after making such a somber announcement.

Right-Wingers care much more about style than substance. Ronald Reagan & George W. Bush are proof.

You say this when just yesterday Obama talks about how the "optics" didn't look good???????????

I'm saying that all the wingnuts care about is optics. Not what he actually does, just how he looks doing it.

You have to be joking or clueless.

The opposition to Obama's immigration policy and the opposition to Obamacare is all about substance.

 

[Pogo]

I didn't vote for Obama, so I have nothing to regret.

I voted for Huntsman in the primary. I knew it wasn't going to happen but I don't regret it at all. I do regret that the act had no power except to make a drop-in-the-bucket statement.

Sadly, many of our votes don't mean anything anymore.

Given Dem control of CA, my votes are mainly symbolic.

I don't think I've ever regretted a general election vote, because I knew what the alternatives were before I went in there (if I don't know, I don't vote). What I regret is that the system gives me a choice of green or turquoise out of the entire color spectrum, so to speak, since we're limited to two party (singular intentional) whose real-world differences are effectively nonexistent.

When given a chance and if he/she is strong enough I'll vote for a third party -- just to upset that system. Again, a drop in the bucket. Whattayagonnado.

Well, for one thing, we can speak out against the Free Speech restrictions that Harry Reid is promoting....

Can you point me to that? Just a keyword oughta do, thanks.

I'll refer you to Ted Olson:

http://online.wsj.com/articles/theo...t-amendment-1410124101?mod=Opinion_newsreel_2

Thanks but that page requires subscription. Can't read it. Another source?

 

[AmericanGirl05]

I didn't vote for Obama, so I have nothing to regret.

I voted for Huntsman in the primary. I knew it wasn't going to happen but I don't regret it at all. I do regret that the act had no power except to make a drop-in-the-bucket statement.

Sadly, many of our votes don't mean anything anymore.

Given Dem control of CA, my votes are mainly symbolic.

I live in DC and am a registered Republican. That's worse than CA.

It might be just as bad..., but I doubt it's worse.

Oh, yeah. Not just very liberal Democrats, but corrupt liberal Democrats. Some of whom are reverse racists.

 

[Pogo]

So the President is supposed to stop everything and mourn? Where is the precedent for that?

Nope.

But he should quite probably avoid flippant and pleasure-seeking activity, a metaphorical 10 seconds after making such a somber announcement.

Right-Wingers care much more about style than substance. Ronald Reagan & George W. Bush are proof.

You say this when just yesterday Obama talks about how the "optics" didn't look good???????????

Oh let's be serious, elections are entirely about "optics" for any and all candidates of any and all parties.

We're not electing candidates --- we're buying products. It's set up that way intentionally. It's no accident that we describe party ideologies using the word "brand".

That may be partially true. However, criticizing Republicans for preferring style over substance when Obama refers to his untimely actions as bad optics is just stupidly partisan.

I think it describes the entire system as a whole. Which says much more about us collectively than about politicians. If we weren't buying "brands", they wouldn't be marketing that way.

Richard Nixon got the message when his face-brand failed to sell on TV in 1960. When he finally got the White House, he brought in advisers specifically from advertising and PR such as Bob Haldeman and Roger Ailes. Because modern media politics is about media and selling face-brands, not politics.

 

[AmericanGirl05]

So the President is supposed to stop everything and mourn? Where is the precedent for that?

Nope.

But he should quite probably avoid flippant and pleasure-seeking activity, a metaphorical 10 seconds after making such a somber announcement.

Right-Wingers care much more about style than substance. Ronald Reagan & George W. Bush are proof.

You say this when just yesterday Obama talks about how the "optics" didn't look good???????????

Oh let's be serious, elections are entirely about "optics" for any and all candidates of any and all parties.

We're not electing candidates --- we're buying products. It's set up that way intentionally. It's no accident that we describe party ideologies using the word "brand".

That may be partially true. However, criticizing Republicans for preferring style over substance when Obama refers to his untimely actions as bad optics is just stupidly partisan.

I think it describes the entire system as a whole. Which says much more about us collectively than about politicians. If we weren't buying "brands", they wouldn't be selling 'em that way.

I have to disagree. As I said above, there are real differences in policies.

God knows, no Republican would have such a terrible foreign policy.

 

[R.D.]

So the President is supposed to stop everything and mourn? Where is the precedent for that?

Nope.

But he should quite probably avoid flippant and pleasure-seeking activity, a metaphorical 10 seconds after making such a somber announcement.

Right-Wingers care much more about style than substance. Ronald Reagan & George W. Bush are proof.

You say this when just yesterday Obama talks about how the "optics" didn't look good???????????

Obama said he "should have anticipated the optics" because "part of the job is the theater of it," conceding..(get ready to laugh).... "it's not something that comes naturally" to him.

Yeah, right

 

[Ernie S.]

No but I sure regret the 14 seconds spent reading that last post...

Really?

Why?

You did not find that an interesting story? One where hundreds of Americans got together to find a missing teenager?

Really? You considered hearing (reading) that story as a waste of time?

Do you claim to be non partisan? I bet you do. And you just proved you aren't.

Reeeeeallly -- time management is "partisan" now?

Want to know how many Tim Horton'ses are in Bangor?
No, I don't think a bullshit feelgood missing persons PR story has jack shit to do with politics. Call me crazy. And the fact that some media outhouse took the time to "fact check" such a PR tale speaks volumes about our electoral values. Or lack thereof.

I has more to do with the character of the man just as fund raising and golf at inappropriate times do.

OH! I forget. Democrats don't claim to be men of character. Never mind.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Unlike you, I love America.....that's why I will never be a Liberal.

-- a nation that is completely a Liberal creation. You have a paradox.
Not that that's a surprise.

Regret your thread yet?

What you refer to as "Liberals".....modern Liberals....were created when John Dewey talked the socialists into changing their name.

Pick up a book for once.

 

[boedicca]

I'll refer you to Ted Olson:

http://online.wsj.com/articles/theo...t-amendment-1410124101?mod=Opinion_newsreel_2

Thanks but that page requires subscription. Can't read it. Another source?

American Thinker has a review of his column here:

Blog Senate Dems seek to rewrite First Amendment

Essentially, Reid wants to overturn the SCOTUS ruling on Citizen United. CU would allow the government to censor books, pamphlets, movies...the free speech of individuals speaking out against incumbent candidates....

 

[boedicca]

I didn't vote for Obama, so I have nothing to regret.

I voted for Huntsman in the primary. I knew it wasn't going to happen but I don't regret it at all. I do regret that the act had no power except to make a drop-in-the-bucket statement.

Sadly, many of our votes don't mean anything anymore.

Given Dem control of CA, my votes are mainly symbolic.

I live in DC and am a registered Republican. That's worse than CA.

It might be just as bad..., but I doubt it's worse.

Oh, yeah. Not just very liberal Democrats, but corrupt liberal Democrats. Some of whom are reverse racists.

I find the same variety in San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley on a regular basis.

 

[Pogo]

No but I sure regret the 14 seconds spent reading that last post...

Really?

Why?

You did not find that an interesting story? One where hundreds of Americans got together to find a missing teenager?

Really? You considered hearing (reading) that story as a waste of time?

Do you claim to be non partisan? I bet you do. And you just proved you aren't.

Reeeeeallly -- time management is "partisan" now?

Want to know how many Tim Horton'ses are in Bangor?
No, I don't think a bullshit feelgood missing persons PR story has jack shit to do with politics. Call me crazy. And the fact that some media outhouse took the time to "fact check" such a PR tale speaks volumes about our electoral values. Or lack thereof.

I has more to do with the character of the man just as fund raising and golf at inappropriate times do.

OH! I forget. Democrats don't claim to be men of character. Never mind.

"Character" is irrelevant to politics.

 

[Ernie S.]

So the President is supposed to stop everything and mourn? Where is the precedent for that?

Nope.

But he should quite probably avoid flippant and pleasure-seeking activity, a metaphorical 10 seconds after making such a somber announcement.

Right-Wingers care much more about style than substance. Ronald Reagan & George W. Bush are proof.

You say this when just yesterday Obama talks about how the "optics" didn't look good???????????

I'm saying that all the wingnuts care about is optics. Not what he actually does, just how he looks doing it.

Everything he's done looks like hell to me...

 

[Ernie S.]

No but I sure regret the 14 seconds spent reading that last post...

Really?

Why?

You did not find that an interesting story? One where hundreds of Americans got together to find a missing teenager?

Really? You considered hearing (reading) that story as a waste of time?

Do you claim to be non partisan? I bet you do. And you just proved you aren't.

Reeeeeallly -- time management is "partisan" now?

Want to know how many Tim Horton'ses are in Bangor?
No, I don't think a bullshit feelgood missing persons PR story has jack shit to do with politics. Call me crazy. And the fact that some media outhouse took the time to "fact check" such a PR tale speaks volumes about our electoral values. Or lack thereof.

I has more to do with the character of the man just as fund raising and golf at inappropriate times do.

OH! I forget. Democrats don't claim to be men of character. Never mind.

"Character" is irrelevant to politics.

That explains a lot.