The 2012 election became a litmus test for me today.

[WilliamPitt]

The 2012 election has become, for me, a litmus test for the American people at large. This test is presented on two levels:

1. For the so-called "average American voter," it is a test of how much raw, stinking, fly-riddled bullshit can be swallowed before saying, "No." What Romney has presented of himself to date - and perhaps more importantly, what he hasn't presented - should do more than give one a moment of pause. It should deliver, in Technicolor, a huge double-underscored statement on the simple fact that the man is not fit to hold the office he seeks. This was more than "bad campaigning." This was a humiliation delivered not only upon the Romney campaign, but upon us all, because we all live in a country that saw fit to elevate this blithering idiot to a place where he could concievably become the leader of the nation.

2. For the "Both Parties Are The Same" crowd, I have crossed a personal Rubicon. At this point, making that claim is, to me, not only disingenuous but flatly dangerous. You will get no argument from me that Mr. Obama is no prize, but from here on out, anyone who dares to claim that no difference exists between the two main candidates will immediately qualify for "Hopelessly Addled Shithead" status. Mitt Romney is actively dangerous - not only to Americans, but to the world entire - and if you can't see far enough past your own spasms of self-righteousness to acknowledge this self-evident truth, you are a train wreck, a dumpster fire, a Comprehensive Fail that bends the very light with its mass and gravity. Peddle those papers elsewhere; the entire planet knows better now.

[JNelson6563]

1. Couldn't agree more.

[Whisp]

2. You are wrong, PRESIDENT Obama IS a prize.

[Jazzgirl]

4. +1.

His hands have been so tied by Congress it isn't even funny. I wouldn't even want to think about playing the balancing act he's had to play the last 4 years.

[malokvale77]

11. Better than winning the lottery.

[Raven]

3. It is a terrible commentary on

the state of the Republican Party that these men are the best they have...and it is dangerous!

[Mopar151]

5. Happy to be the fifth (thot I was 1st)

To say "F'n Nailed it!"

[porphyrian]

6. . n/t

[renie408]

7. Amen, brother. Me, too.

I have been arguing for weeks now on FB and it has escalated in the past 48 hours to a boiling point. I have come to realize that there are people that six months ago I would have called my dearest friends that I will NEVER be able to look in the same way again. The fact that they mindlessly spout the lies that Romney/Paul and the GOP have been spewing forth has forever damaged any respect I ever had for them.

I do not care that people keep trying to tell me that there is a reasonable conservative voice out there. I have not heard it. Today, being a member of the GOP is like having a scarlet letter on your chest denoting ignorance, ugliness and greed.

[malokvale77]

8. For me, they failed that test when they elected Bush/Cheney...

Not once but twice. That's addled.

[ecstatic]

9. Good points, but I can't rec because

IMO, Obama IS a prize. He's a breath of fresh air and I'm glad he's president right now. Not only because he is intelligent and thoughtful, but because he's accomplished so much despite a do-nothing congress. Equal pay for women. Better healthcare, free of discrimination due to my gender, and I don't have to worry about what would happen if I were to lose my group healthcare. I also was able to refinance due to changes made to FHA's refi plan this past June. I'm saving $250/month as a result.

[cali]

10. I disagree. I think in many ways, President Obama is indeed a prize.

And that's despite having some strong disagreements with him on both international and domestic policy.

I'm not quite sure what compelled you to add that.

[WilliamPitt]

12. "I'm not quite sure what compelled you to add that."

74,000+ posts on DU, and you have no idea at all?

Disingenuous. Even overused sponges absorb a little bit.

[cali]

15. wowzer. overreact much?

sorryl, but I've seen a plethora of mixed messages from you regarding the President. You alternately offer high praise and criticism.

nothing disingenuous about it, but my you certainly are prickly. how interesting, dear.

[WilliamPitt]

16. Oy.

[librechik]

14. He's a Nobel Prize! (lol)

yes, "he's no prize" because of many disappointing incidents. But there is no comparison to Romney, they aren't in the same class at all.

[eridani]

17. I think it's pretty obvious that no one can aspire to the presidency--

--without fundamentally agreeing with and condoning the American imperial project. Obama does, and I don't like that at all. However, cool-headed and cautious imperialism is still light years ahead of blustering ignorant imperialism.

[WilliamPitt]

13. Up

[shanti]

18. spot on, will!

i'm definitely in the disappointed in obama camp, but even a blind person can see that electing Rmoney and Lyan would destroy this country. the choice is clear!

[MrSlayer]

19. Agreed. There is a stark choice here.

With republicans so far off the rails, the Democrats have had to be left, center and right all at once. The fascist Bagger party is completely uninterested in governing.
Voting for them is voting for death.

[Stuart G]

20. I am sure you speak for many of us here and around the country..nt

[The Magistrate]

21. Well Said, Mr. Pitt

[scheming daemons]

22. saying the two parties or candidates are the same should result in pizza