OT: Does Obama have a chance in GA?

Submitted by paul h on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 22:55

Nobody Cares

I don't care if you want him to win or not. I'm just trying to decide if I should register here in OR or vote absentee in GA.

I hear the Obama campaign's

Submitted by backlikeclap on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 23:05.

I hear the Obama campaign's pulling staff out of Georgia, so I think it's a long shot.

Check fivethirtyeight.com

i kind of think so

Submitted by lisa on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 07:26.

I think when they take the polls they don't count the newly registered voters, and they don't call cell phone users- which is practically everyone youngish... maybe I'm wrong about that but there could be a surprise. Jim Martin is even with Chambliss now, that was unexpected too. Ok, Obama probably doesn't have a real chance but I bet it will be closer than they're thinking now.

39 County Metro Area

Submitted by Teh Black Hole on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 08:25.

Is where the vast majority of the people live in the state. Given how much we bash OTP... you can figure this one out on your own.

saw a recent pole was

Submitted by Stupefying Jones on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 08:42.

saw a recent pole was shocked that it's even this close in GA: 52% McCain, 44% Obama:
http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReportPopup.aspx?g=b1b8098c-b5fc-4f4...

fine

Submitted by paul h on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 09:11.

ugg, I don't know what to do!

probably still a long shot

Submitted by gabriel on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 10:18.

but closer than GA's been in a long time. Lisa's point about new voters is a good one.

If anyone's moved recently (or gasp - not registered) I have forms!

Or you can do it online now.

do it

no, don't. if you aren't

Submitted by Fat Panda on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 11:21.

no, don't. if you aren't registered properly by now you probably don't have sufficient interest or self-education on the politics or politians. Gabe, don't encourage people who will vote based on things like "that man has a funny sounding name" or "he's so old, he'll probably die" to vote. these people should be left out of the voting pool. voting is not a right, it's a privilege granted or withheld at the discretion of local and state governments, based on who they deam qualified. Unforunately, most of their "qualifications" revolve around trivial things like possession of a valid photo ID (Georgia, Indiana), and not matters of substance like awareness of current affairs (but that's probably because it's harder to bullshit an educated populace...all the more reason why the uneducated masses shouldn't be voting). The US constitution prevents local gov from descriminating against race sex and age (AM XV, XIX, XXVI), but protection against descrimination is not the same as granting of rights.*

i consider myself undereducated with regard to this election, and will either be abstaining, or voting for Barr (not because i like him or his politics but because i know he will lose and "third" parties in Georgia (esp) need all the help they can get to break the duopoly that currently controls our State/Country).

*Alexander v Mineta 2000; Bush v Gore 2000

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Don't listen to him

Submitted by Teh Black Hole on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 12:45.

I'm going to make my choice based on a roll of the dice I am going to make in the booth. Compared to most people's shallow reasons for voting for their candidate I think it's a pretty good way to make decisions (Entropy/Anarchy FTW).

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"he's so old, he'll probably

Submitted by Dfunk on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 18:10.

"he's so old, he'll probably die"

Oh, but what about, "he's so old, he'll probably die AND THEN THAT CRAZY STUPID LADY WILL BE PRESIDENT?" Regardless of fiscal policy, I can't vote for the republican ticket based on the fact that the candidates have gone on the record saying they want to make it legal to discriminate against me and people I care about. Furthermore, anyone who does not recognize the fact that Gov. Palin is an abject moron is either ignorrant, delusional or themselves an abject moron. I'm tired of electing people who did worse than me in school to the most powerful offices in our nation. I will agree that both choices suck. But unsatisfactory as they are, the differences between them are clear. Anyone who's indifferent at this point is not paying attention.

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does that mean you're gay or

Submitted by Stupefying Jones on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 18:23.

does that mean you're gay or pregnant?

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You are forgetting

Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 19:47.

moose.

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Re: Palin

Submitted by Teh Black Hole on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 21:23.

Nu-que-lerr
Mav-rick
::wink::
Dog-gone-it

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nukular. i want to vomit.

Submitted by Stupefying Jones on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 21:34.

nukular. i want to vomit.

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So you too marked that as

Submitted by Teh Black Hole on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 21:41.

So you too marked that as one of the 'tequila shot' words. Fuck.

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yeah, mistake. on the bright

Submitted by Stupefying Jones on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 22:00.

yeah, mistake. on the bright side I won bingo several times over.
http://www.palinbingo.com/

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Well last night Sarah was

Submitted by guerciotti on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 18:23.

Well last night Sarah was making the lesbians all hot for teacher. Of course there was alcohol involved but they were all excited about Sarah, kinda funny really.

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no.

Submitted by conjob on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 18:50.

let the record show that i am a lesbian who does NOT find sarah attractive. not at all.

my girlfriend might think she's hot, but still....

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Is that your answer to the

Submitted by IndyFan on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 20:11.

Is that your answer to the OP question? I tend to agree.

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or, i might vote Obama,

Submitted by Fat Panda on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 11:22.

or, i might vote Obama, because he stands the best chance of increasing social programs which would keep even more people from ever having the motivation to better themselves and become self-sufficient ("why work harder when the gov helps me for doing nothing?")... and the last thing i want is people competing for my job.

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oh yeah, go with your selfish instincts

Submitted by guerciotti on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 11:57.

Don't forget that once Obama, ie. the great one, is our new lord and master, er, I mean landlord, er, I mean mortgage owner, do you really think he'll foreclose and evict you? He's gonna need your vote to get re-elected in four years, because you can't be great without getting re-elected.

So vote Obama, stop paying your mortgage and the men in black will visit you (might even call first) and magically reduce your mortgage balance if you'll agree to start making payments again. If they can hold a gun to your head, can't you do likewise? (rhetorically speaking of course)

btw, when will the new Campy 11 speed Super Record groupo start shipping? It can't be more than a couple of mortgage payments, can it? Greedy Italians.