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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 09:00 PM
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Some People Flummox Me
My good friend who is about to close her restaurant she and her husband opened a year and a half ago and invested $250,000.00 because business is slow and who as a realtor hasn't sold a home in three months and is facing bankruptcy is about to vote for John McCain...At least under Obama she would have received a clean start in bankruptcy court..

I don't understand why people vote against their self interest...


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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 09:03 PM
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1. I am verklempt
Thinking is too hard for some.
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 09:05 PM
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2. That's the tip of the iceberg
the same brand of zombies will launch us head first into a dark age, if we roll over and let them.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 09:05 PM
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3. Just point and laugh at her and say, "For a minute, I thought you were serious." n/t
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 09:08 PM
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4. She has no idea she is voting against her own self-interest.
All she hears is "the Democrats will raise your taxes" played over and over like a broken record. It's a pity that people believe anything repukes say as they are totally and completely untrustworthy and generally full of shit.
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iceman66 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 09:08 PM
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5. It's hard to feel sorry for people like that.
They're not only shooting themselves in the foot, they're taking a shot at the rest of us as well.
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 09:10 PM
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6. There is so much disinformation out there
I really don't blame most people for being fooled. Some of my friends, that are smart enough to know better, sure piss me off though.

Too bad they didn't have more customers at that restaurant.
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dbmk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 09:17 PM
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8. Gee, if only someone would put more money in the hands of the average consumer, huh?
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 09:32 PM
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10. Yeah, heh.
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codjh9 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 09:11 PM
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7. Much that I/we don't understand about them and their side and their choices... n/t
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 09:18 PM
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9. if they haven't learned after living through the last 8 years then there is nope for them.
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