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Topic	Who are you Voting for?
Zeus 11/05/18 2:58:31 PM #15:	Depends on the race. Amusing, most of CT's races seem to be "Malloy vs Trump," with less attention to the actual candidates running. I've had coworkers and friends save me some of their flyers since, as a Democrat, I don't get nearly the mix that independents receive. My favorite flyer this season is the Kevin Lembo mailer where he and Malloy are escaping CT on a life raft. The governor's race is between two multi-millionaires who have never held political office. This year would have been an easy win for Republicans had anybody but Stefanowski won the nomination. And if virtually anybody other than Lamont was running (because Lamont is still an improvement over Joe Ganim and Dan Malloy), Stefanowski wouldn't even be close in the polls. Judgmenl posted... I refuse to participate in an election system that is so corrupt that they will re-elect Elizabeth Warren and refuse to even nominate a competent opponent. And just think: One of these days goofy Elizabeth Warren is going to be our first female president. Far-Queue posted... Judgmenl posted... I refuse to participate in an election system that is so corrupt that they will re-elect Elizabeth Warren and refuse to even nominate a competent opponent. How can a competent candidate win if people don't vote? Are you familiar with Massachusetts politics? Warren is very popular here, but not unbeatable. Jeff Diehl has as good a chance as anyone to win against her. He has a considerable amount of support. Did you vote during the primary? Warren ran unopposed on the Dem ticket but Diehl had opponents. If you didn't like Diehl, or thought one of the other candidates might have a better chance against Warren, you and people like you may have made a difference. There's still an independent in the running in Shiva. If you don't want Warren to win, vote. That's the absolute shittiest argument against voting - being disenfranchised with the process because you assume the incumbent is a shoe-in to win - and then refusing to vote... that's just lazy and irresponsible. The only way you and the rest of the lazy slobs out there can hope to change anything is to vote. Saying voting won't make a difference is a cop-out. More than 50% of the voting population don't vote during midterms. If even half of those people got off their ass and did their civic duty, these elections may not be as predictable as they tend to be. Pretty much. Judgmenl posted... The same thing happened in the 2016 election, nobody went against Hillary in the primaries for the same exact reasons. There was no chance of victory due to it being her turn. Uh, what? --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:911861257] in Who are yo... [t:77173096]...</cite> <quote>Depends on the race. Amusing, most of CT's races seem to be "Malloy vs Trump," with less attention to the actual candidates running. I've had coworkers and friends save me some of their flyers since, as a Democrat, I don't get nearly the mix that independents receive. My favorite flyer this season is the Kevin Lembo mailer where he and Malloy are escaping CT on a life raft. The governor's race is between two multi-millionaires who have never held political office. This year would have been an easy win for Republicans had anybody but Stefanowski won the nomination. And if virtually anybody other than Lamont was running (because Lamont is still an improvement over Joe Ganim and Dan Malloy), Stefanowski wouldn't even be close in the polls. <cite>Judgmenl posted...</cite> <quote>I refuse to participate in an election system that is so corrupt that they will re-elect Elizabeth Warren and refuse to even nominate a competent opponent.</quote> And just think: One of these days goofy Elizabeth Warren is going to be our first female president. <cite>Far-Queue posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Judgmenl posted...</cite> <quote>I refuse to participate in an election system that is so corrupt that they will re-elect Elizabeth Warren and refuse to even nominate a competent opponent.</quote> How can a competent candidate win if people don't vote? Are you familiar with Massachusetts politics? Warren is very popular here, but not unbeatable. Jeff Diehl has as good a chance as anyone to win against her. He has a considerable amount of support. Did you vote during the primary? Warren ran unopposed on the Dem ticket but Diehl had opponents. If you didn't like Diehl, or thought one of the other candidates might have a better chance against Warren, you and people like you may have made a difference. There's still an independent in the running in Shiva. If you don't want Warren to win, vote. That's the absolute shittiest argument against voting - being disenfranchised with the process because you assume the incumbent is a shoe-in to win - and then refusing to vote... that's just lazy and irresponsible. The only way you and the rest of the lazy slobs out there can hope to change anything is to vote. Saying voting won't make a difference is a cop-out. More than 50% of the voting population don't vote during midterms. If even half of those people got off their ass and did their civic duty, these elections may not be as predictable as they tend to be.</quote> Pretty much. <cite>Judgmenl posted...</cite> <quote>The same thing happened in the 2016 election, nobody went against Hillary in the primaries for the same exact reasons. There was no chance of victory due to it being her turn.</quote> Uh, what? --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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