I am on the committee to re-elect Barack Obama...

[sevin]

Because I posted this picture on Facebook.

I have a Republican friend who is very open-minded on social issues like gay marriage and ending the war on drugs, but she is just so loyal to her party that she is determined to help Romney just to see Obama get kicked out. Here's what she said to me:

Are you on the committee to re-elect Barack Obama? Posting things like this you might as well be. The way I see it we've given him a chance and he has made things worse. Mitt Romney has not had a chance and Paul doesn't have a chance in hell of getting elected. So, it's the current President who is robbing us blind or try someone new, who is electable, and if you don't like them get rid of them in 4 years. They aren't the same. You can point out similarities but there are differences that should be pointed out as well.

My response:

You are stuck in the false left-right paradigm. It is no longer Right vs. Left. It is Freedom vs. Statism, and both Obama and Romney are statists, so what's the difference? When I look at Romney's record, he looks about as conservative as Clinton. Romney might say a lot of good things, but his past tells me otherwise. I won't choose between the lesser of two evils if both options are poison.

 

[Elwar]

Tell him this easy phrase:

"A vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for 8 more years of Obama's policies."

 

[Carlybee]

Now don't go trying to make people think!

 

[ctiger2]

They haven't figured out Mitt Romney will NEVER beat Obama. Not even with a Ron Paul endorsement. Not-gonna-happen.


A vote for Romney = A vote for Obama.

 

[The Goat]

Tell her that you don't like Romneys ideas for social engineering anymore than you like Obamas Idea for social engineering.

 

[Lightweis]

Love your response! +rep

 

[S.Shorland]

I don't like their foregin policy either.

 

[Tyler_Durden]

I don't like their foregin policy either.

I'm against foreskin policies.

 

[Liberty74]

There is no difference between the two except skin color. Ask her why she is so stuck on that?

Mitt and Barack are the same. A vote for Mitt is a vote for Barck. Mitt is an ex Democrat and professed progressive hiding behind the "R" after his name.

I am dealing with the same crap here at work. People are stuck in the false left right paradigm set up by design by the two party criminal system which is really a one party dictatorship.

 

[bunklocoempire]

Are you on the committee to re-elect Barack Obama? Posting things like this you might as well be. The way I see it we've given him a chance and he has made things worse. Mitt Romney has not had a chance and Paul doesn't have a chance in hell of getting elected. So, it's the current President who is robbing us blind or try someone new, who is electable, and if you don't like them get rid of them in 4 years. They aren't the same. You can point out similarities but there are differences that should be pointed out as well.

This friend of yours is pushing "Hope", how ironic. I'm seeing a LOT of that on the 'R' side too.

Mitt Romney has certainly been given a chance and has shown his weaknesses.

"In the animal world, they don't nurture weakness, and if we do, then we're nurturing the wrong state of mind."
Cesar Millan

 

[dannno]

They should also know that Ron Paul polls about as good against Obama as Romney does, and he does it with much LOWER name recognition.

 

[jolynna]

I don't know about your friend sevin, but many people I run into are not voting the issues.

They are acting like the election a football game.

I am beginning to think that is the WAY they want to view it. Football games and debating stupid things, like the religion of one candidate versus the whether or not the other candidate let his secret service cavort with hookers is a LOT more interesting to discuss and easier to understand than economical issues.

Change is scary. And Ron Paul is advocating big changes and even belt tightening.

I think people would RATHER life could some way become secure again (like before the 2008 financial crisis) and no different than from the lives they've always known. Pretending that the religion of a candidate or where a candidate was born is the VITAL issue that will make things go back to the way they used to be lets voters ESCAPE the reality of the dangerous issues our nation is facing.

Neither voters OR the media are talking about what IS important. The media CAN'T because they are all bought and paid for. And the public is sucking it up because it lets them believe that by CHOOSING either of their shoved-down-their-throat non-choices and by having an opinion about non-issues like who's wife will make the best first lady, they can FIX all that is wrong in this country.

Ron Paul's more realistic view of the world is a downer to the masses. They LIKE being in denial.

Forcing them to look at unpleasant truths is NOT what they want. They'd rather "Rah, Rah GOP" or "Rah, Rah, Democrats". They DON'T want to hear about drones killing innocents being murder OR that the nation is bankrupt with NO good way out. Any false promise the "other" known-to-be-liar candidates make is better than facing reality for most.

In my opinion.

 

[IterTemporis]

I'd rather have the devil that I do know, rather than the devil that I don't know.

At least with Obama, we know what to expect.

 

[ATXRevolutionary]

That is an amazing response, and strangely applicable to an argument I was just having on Facebook. +rep

 

[Acala]

This friend of yours is pushing "Hope", how ironic. I'm seeing a LOT of that on the 'R' side too.

Mitt Romney has certainly been given a chance and has shown his weaknesses.

"In the animal world, they don't nurture weakness, and if we do, then we're nurturing the wrong state of mind."
Cesar Millan

Yup. My Father says things like "Mitt might turn out to be great" And I respond "I thought "Hope" was the Obama slogan?" Silence.

For most Republicans it has, once again, really come down to the same slogan they had last time "Vote for McCain - he doesn't suck as bad as the other guy." How pathetic.

 

[jmdrake]

Good. I would have added "Support government run healthcare and government mandated health insurance".

Because I posted this picture on Facebook.

I have a Republican friend who is very open-minded on social issues like gay marriage and ending the war on drugs, but she is just so loyal to her party that she is determined to help Romney just to see Obama get kicked out. Here's what she said to me:



My response:

 

[ironj221]

I chuckle at people that think Romney is going to win.

The only Republican candidate that has a chance is Ron Paul. Anyone who is following the truth (not the media) should know this.

 

[amtcas]

Did she respond to your response?

 

[Eisenhower]

There are a ton of people who have the exact same opinion as the woman quoted in the OP. People like this will always exist after a nation is disappointment with the failure of their president/political party, so they simply move to the other side of the spectrum and try to oust the previous leader.

Sadly, the naivety of people today is disgustingly strong. Clearly the woman does not realize that Romney is the same pro-banker, pro-croney capitalism that Obama is. The GOP is obviously just propping him up and making the people think that he is the only option to get Obama out of office. These people need to think and REALIZE what they are actually voting for, and if they did that, then Ron Paul would be the clear cut winner for President 50 times over.

 

[EBounding]

Obama bringing up Romneycare alone will torpedo him. It's so ridiculous. The Obama campaign is just keeping that powder dry.

The only reason Romney is polling slightly higher is because neither has really campaigned against each other yet. So Romney is whoever people think he is right now and that's, "The anti-Obama". Romney's loss is probably going to be even worse than John Kerry's.