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Independents?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by mugrakers, Jul 8, 2011.

  1. weslinder

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    When I went through political training, the quote was that the average person thinks about politics 5 minutes per week. Those are almost all of your independent voters. They are even more likely to vote straight party (if they vote at all), because they are usually very low information voters.
     
  2. rhadamanthus

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    I don't consider myself independent. I consider myself completely disenfranchised. So should anyone in America.
     
  3. pirc1

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    Sounds like about 70% of the country.
     
  4. Space Ghost

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    And like me, you are much more disenfranchised with one party over the other ... to the point where you nearly vote straight ticket.
     
  5. SamFisher

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    There's another glaring difference between him and you...I can think of what it is. Can you?
     
  6. rhadamanthus

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    Swing and a miss.
     
  7. rockbox

    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    Yep that's me. When did it become party over country? No one is willing to do what is right anymore. Its all about the sound bite. All the republicans care about is low taxes and governing morality. All the democrats care about is protecting the hand-outs.

    We spend over 3 billion dollars a year while our tax receipts are only a little 2 billion. We aren't going to fix this problem by raising taxes or cutting spending alone. We have to do both, but no one seems to care because no one wants to make any sacrifices.
     
  8. gifford1967

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    Obama and the Democrats have offered to make cuts. The Republicans have absolutely refused to raise any taxes. They are not the same. It's not even close.
     
  9. rockbox

    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    Obama has offered to make cuts, but democratic party is pretty pissed about it. I don't mind Obama's policies so much as his lack of leadership. He needs to call out Congress for the turds that they are. Guys that put partisan politics over country.
     
  10. Dubious

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    Obama Grasping Centrist Banner in Debt Impasse


    WASHINGTON — President Obama made no apparent headway on Monday in his attempt to forge a crisis-averting budget deal, but he put on full display his effort to position himself as a pragmatic centrist willing to confront both parties and address intractable problems.

    At a news conference preceding the latest round of debt-reduction talks with Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders, Mr. Obama said he would not accept a temporary agreement to kick the problem down the road a few weeks or months.

    He said that he was willing to take the heat from his own party to move beyond entrenched ideological positions and that Republicans should do the same. And he continued to insist on “the biggest deal possible,” saying that now is the best opportunity for the nation to address its long-term fiscal challenges.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/us/politics/12obama.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&src=ig
     
  11. Qball

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    What do you favor republicans on? That they are anti-gay? Anti-education? Anti-Muslim? Pro-big business? Pro-war? Anti-women? Anti-tax for rich folks only?

    Just curious...
     
    #51 Qball, Jul 12, 2011
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