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[shadeeverdark]

I fail to understand why I remain so consistently amazed at the utter stupidity of the average American voter (I'm sure it's not just Americans, but they're the ones I have to interact with and suffer through). Agree or don't with the candidate of your choice on any of a myriad of policy and campaign issues, but when I hear so many different

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[pinkgerbil]

I refuse to vote McCain/Palin for other reasons. Other, sound reasons based on more than just the way a persons name is spelled.

[shadeeverdark]

That was my whole point. People who refuse to vote for Obama because of his name, his ethnicity, or some half-baked ideas about his religious affiliation or background is beyond inane, when it's not outright bigoted.

And a lot of the the people who think that way have found themselves in the news.

[alhyntius]

Secret ballots are great and all, but I think we should have secret campaigning. We the voters have no idea who is running. We don't know their names, we don't know what they look like, heck, we don't even know what party they're in. Instead, each candidate writes a brief paragraph on their thoughts on the issues: economy, education, foreign affairs, gun control, taxes, abortion, etc.

The ballot lists each issue and has the paragraphs below. You mark which paragraph you agree with most. Then your results are tallied and whoever you agreed with most gets your vote.

Kind of like this thing from ABC News.

I will be honest that when I took the above quiz I was surprised with my results. It still gave me the candidate I plan on voting for, but I was surprised on how much or how little I agreed with the two candidates. Seems to me a more fair and educated way of doing things. It would also prevent sexism and racism in the results.

[courtea]

The last election I had someone tell me to vote for George Bush because he was from Texas. I was like, "are you serious???? "

Oof!

[lulu_vox]

I'm going to put on my Denial hat, file the above quoted statement away as a (really bad) joke, and move along.

[mallochai]

Indeed.

My favorite myths have to do with Obama being sworn into his current office with the koran, and consistently being labeled as a Muslim because of his heritage and schooling, even though he is clearly not.

The intolerance in the this country will never cease to amaze me. It's not just us, of course, but it hurts much more this close to my doorstep.

[lulu_vox]

Speaking of your doorstep, Anna, I've been meaning to ask you a question! Do you ever miss being in Alaska, where you could see Russia from your front yard and keep Putin in check when he would rear his head?

[mallochai]

How many times have I been asked this question? Let me count the ways...

:D

Nah.

Besides, I fucking love russian people. I'd probably help old Putin with the whole head-rearing business. He might make me part of his awesome evil army in return!