Obama EV O/U 300

[OK_Cat]

without it, the candidates will focus all of their time in california, texas, etc.  even worse than they do now.

Candidates don't campaign in California at all.

i didn't specifically mean california.  just saying that i think that smaller population states would mean even less to candidates if there wasn't an electoral college.

[Rage Against the McKee]

without it, the candidates will focus all of their time in california, texas, etc.  even worse than they do now.

IDGAF if the presidential candidates make a stop in Kansas or any other state. If anything, it would be nice to see the candidates actually campaign in areas where they can reach the most people, rather than focus on loser "battleground" states like Ohio.

i'm just assuming (maybe i'm wrong) that there would still be battleground states...they would just be the bigger states instead of iowa and ohio.

I'm sure they would focus in larger states, but everything would be a whole lot different. It wouldn't really matter who wins California. The margin of victory is what would matter. It would be interesting to see how candidates approach that.

[OK_Cat]

i guess no electoral college would benefit local races and state questions, because more people would show up to vote.   

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OK_Cat, do you think tennis scoring is stupid?

[OK_Cat]

OK_Cat, do you think tennis scoring is stupid?

ok_cat fun fact:  i've never watched a minute of tennis in my life   

[Panjandrum]

Romney has a huge lead in the independent vote polling. 59% to 35%

I hate people who quote popular vote poll numbers.  That being said if McCain had that margin he still would have lost the popular vote in '08.  I'm sure you knew that though.

I find that poll to be kind of sketchy.  Due to the divisiveness of the country, it seems like there are less and less independents, and those that do exist are conservatives who won't vote Republican because of social issues, evangelicals, etc. (e.g. me).

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OK_Cat, do you think tennis scoring is stupid?

ok_cat fun fact:  i've never watched a minute of tennis in my life   

I've never watched a minute of electoral college-ing in my life, but I understand how it works and why it exists.

Skipping down to Ft. Worth?

[06wildcat]

Being disenfranchised due to voter id laws is a completely different level of butthurt.

While true, Florida ended early voting on the Sunday before the election because black churches traditionally "got out the vote" after morning services. That made a lot of people who weren't as enthused in 2012 as they were in 2008 to suddenly become that much more motivated.

It's like Dax's butthurt over foreign policy, except it actually might make a difference.

[OK_Cat]

OK_Cat, do you think tennis scoring is stupid?

ok_cat fun fact:  i've never watched a minute of tennis in my life   

I've never watched a minute of electoral college-ing in my life, but I understand how it works and why it exists.

Skipping down to Ft. Worth?

i wouldn't be caught dead in ft worth.



another thought:  they should put a restriction on how long they can campaign.  I saw that they both gave speeches yesterday.  Do you really feel like there is anyone who is undecided a day before the election?   

[Panjandrum]

Being disenfranchised due to voter id laws is a completely different level of butthurt.

While true, Florida ended early voting on the Sunday before the election because black churches traditionally "got out the vote" after morning services. That made a lot of people who weren't as enthused in 2012 as they were in 2008 to suddenly become that much more motivated.

It's like Dax's butthurt over foreign policy, except it actually might make a difference.

The right wing politicians in Florida don't even try to hide how horribly corrupt they are.  It's kind of humorous.

[Kat Kid]

Being disenfranchised due to voter id laws is a completely different level of butthurt.

old people who have voted for 50+ years should not be required to go get govt. issued ID's to vote it is asinine.

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another thought:  they should put a restriction on how long they can campaign.  I saw that they both gave speeches yesterday.  Do you really feel like there is anyone who is undecided a day before the election?   

The more campaigning, the more I'm turned off.  If I hadn't already mailed mine in, I'd have voted against fluoride in Wichita water because of all the phone calls.

[8manpick]

another thought:  they should put a restriction on how long they can campaign.  I saw that they both gave speeches yesterday.  Do you really feel like there is anyone who is undecided a day before the election?   

The more campaigning, the more I'm turned off.  If I hadn't already mailed mine in, I'd have voted against fluoride in Wichita water because of all the phone calls.

Grandpa 8manpick is a huge proponent of this. Sorry about the phone calls.

[OK_Cat]

yep, same way.

dear state of oklahoma, yes, i would like to keep the department of human services intact. 

[MakeItRain]

another thought:  they should put a restriction on how long they can campaign.  I saw that they both gave speeches yesterday.  Do you really feel like there is anyone who is undecided a day before the election?   

The more campaigning, the more I'm turned off.  If I hadn't already mailed mine in, I'd have voted against fluoride in Wichita water because of all the phone calls.

I've only gotten anti-fluoride phone calls & I've now gotten them four consecutive days.  It's funny to me because whatever list they have me on is comically wrong, I'm a volunteer for pro-fluoride.

[steve dave]

what do they have against fluoride?

[OK_Cat]

what do they have against fluoride?

invented by liberals

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

another thought:  they should put a restriction on how long they can campaign.  I saw that they both gave speeches yesterday.  Do you really feel like there is anyone who is undecided a day before the election?   

The more campaigning, the more I'm turned off.  If I hadn't already mailed mine in, I'd have voted against fluoride in Wichita water because of all the phone calls.

I've only gotten anti-fluoride phone calls & I've now gotten them four consecutive days.  It's funny to me because whatever list they have me on is comically wrong, I'm a volunteer for pro-fluoride.

Have they proven that there are more cavities in Wichita?

[Rage Against the McKee]

another thought:  they should put a restriction on how long they can campaign.  I saw that they both gave speeches yesterday.  Do you really feel like there is anyone who is undecided a day before the election?   

The more campaigning, the more I'm turned off.  If I hadn't already mailed mine in, I'd have voted against fluoride in Wichita water because of all the phone calls.

I've only gotten anti-fluoride phone calls & I've now gotten them four consecutive days.  It's funny to me because whatever list they have me on is comically wrong, I'm a volunteer for pro-fluoride.

Have they proven that there are more cavities in Wichita?

I think it would be easy enough to prove that there are less teeth in the south, where fluoride is much less likely to be added to water than in other parts of the country.

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

another thought:  they should put a restriction on how long they can campaign.  I saw that they both gave speeches yesterday.  Do you really feel like there is anyone who is undecided a day before the election?   

The more campaigning, the more I'm turned off.  If I hadn't already mailed mine in, I'd have voted against fluoride in Wichita water because of all the phone calls.

I've only gotten anti-fluoride phone calls & I've now gotten them four consecutive days.  It's funny to me because whatever list they have me on is comically wrong, I'm a volunteer for pro-fluoride.

Have they proven that there are more cavities in Wichita?

I think it would be easy enough to prove that there are less teeth in the south, where fluoride is much less likely to be added to water than in other parts of the country.

I would argue that there are fewer toothbrushes per capita in the south.

[slobber]

what do they have against fluoride?

Its toxic. It can explode. Look it up on the internet.

My MIL. GRHS.

[MakeItRain]

another thought:  they should put a restriction on how long they can campaign.  I saw that they both gave speeches yesterday.  Do you really feel like there is anyone who is undecided a day before the election?   

The more campaigning, the more I'm turned off.  If I hadn't already mailed mine in, I'd have voted against fluoride in Wichita water because of all the phone calls.

I've only gotten anti-fluoride phone calls & I've now gotten them four consecutive days.  It's funny to me because whatever list they have me on is comically wrong, I'm a volunteer for pro-fluoride.

Have they proven that there are more cavities in Wichita?

hasn't been studied, not the point.  It's sad that the tea party has made fluoride a partisan issue, fluoride.  Someone is going to tell these idiots that 911 is a government intrusion then we'll have a groundswell to kill it too.

SD, they are contending that fluoride is:
1. Big government intervention
2. Poison that is harmful to kids & pets.
I'm in no way joking or being facetious about this.

[p1k3]

fwiw fluoride is in a compound that is a huge part of Prozac

[MakeItRain]

a huge part of Prozac

lol, that's fantastic science Pike!

[Tobias]

waiting for someone to argue against dhmo