Shady Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) The U.S. mid-term elections are only a couple of weeks away, so I figured there should be a thread to post any and all things related. Things don't look very good for Democrats right now. They're looking at losing a few more seats in the House, and losing control of the Senate. The current generic ballot gives Republicans a 4 point edge. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/generic_congressional_vote-2170.html Edited October 22, 2014 by Shady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted October 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 AP puts the GOP up 8 in the generic ballot: But the GOP holds a significant lead among those most likely to cast ballots: 47 percent of these voters favor a Republican controlled-Congress, 39 percent a Democratic one. That’s a shift in the GOP’s favor since an AP-GfK poll in late September, when the two parties ran about evenly among likely voters. http://ap-gfkpoll.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/AP-GfK_Poll_October_2014_Topline_Politics.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Good idea....but midterms are BORING to many U.S. voters. Sometimes I only vote in midterm elections to write in my wife's name on the ballot and get her a vote count in the local newspaper ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On Guard for Thee Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Is this going to be another, (as BC likes to call it) "circle jerk"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Good idea....but midterms are BORING to many U.S. voters. Sometimes I only vote in midterm elections to write in my wife's name on the ballot and get her a vote count in the local newspaper ! No comments about people being "wannabe American voters"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Good point...let foreign nationals vote in American midterm elections to boost interest. Lots of Canadians seem to think that America controls every aspect of their lives anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldo Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Lots of Canadians seem to think that America controls every aspect of their lives anyway. one (claimed) American here seems to think his perpetual statements/claims/implications that 'America controls every aspect of Canadian lives', actually has merit, relevance, meaning, significance, etc., to the rather smallish MLW snapshot of Canadians represented on this board. 35K+ posts and counting... MLW controlling one undeniable aspect of your life! Again, thank you for your service! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Hosted in Texas...hosted in Texas...hosted in Texas...hosted in Texas. Did I mention that MLW is hosted in Texas....that's still in the USA...I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Hosted all the way South in Texas and yet still obsessed with Canadian politics. Nothing interesting enough on the American politics forums for you/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Nope...what could be more rewarding than sharing world events with my "cousins", "brothers", and "sisters" who live "north of the border" in the "provinces" as well as in the "states". We are fellow "North Americans" after all, except that most Canadians do not include Mexicans....odd that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Nope...what could be more rewarding than sharing world events with my "cousins", "brothers", and "sisters" who live "north of the border" in the "provinces" as well as in the "states". We are fellow "North Americans" after all, except that most Canadians do not include Mexicans....odd that. Now that's hilarious. I don't know any Canadians who don't consider Mexico part of North America. We even properly consider Cuba part of North America. It's a very popular vacation spot not open to Americans. You may have heard of it. You know what else is part of North America? Guatemala, Haiti, The Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Costa Rica, and all the other Central American and Caribbean states. How come you don't talk about these North American brothers and sisters as much as you obsess over Canada? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Because they don't have an over-the-top obsession with the "states" the way that Canada does ! next question.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldo Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Hosted all the way South in Texas and yet still obsessed with Canadian politics. Nothing interesting enough on the American politics forums for you/ this is perhaps the most salient point of all. I regularly check out a cross-section of U.S. political discussion boards, a few with more than 100K members; there's rarely any mention of Canada... ever! And yet we have this guy so absolutely obsessed with MLW and righting his perceived wrongs that a smallish number of wascally MLW members have foisted upon America! Always fighting the obsessed fight... what self-respecting American would so care about Canada this much? 35K+ posts and counting. A while back another MLW member speculated a Canadian Border Services Agent must have really ticked the guy off... but when is enough, enough... when will "Mission Accomplished" be declared? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 That's the best part....If little 'ol me represents an obsession, think what thousands...no millions.... of Canadians obssessing about 'Murica and 'merkins means. Amazing !!! I hope the U.S. midterm elections gives Canada something to be interested in....such drama ! 1. Will the eeevil Republican NeoCon Tea Party faithful keep the House and get control of the Senate ? 2. Or will the brave and progressive Democrats win the day and get Congress back for their president ? It is so exciting !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On Guard for Thee Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Drama...yeah I guess so, sort of, but not very exciting, or interesting. Oh, just to be clear, I'm mostly referring to the midterm's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I hope the U.S. midterm elections gives Canada something to be interested in Do you? Because I swear you've said before that you don't care what Canadians think about your government or its policies. Now you hope Canadians are interested. Regardless, I'm sure there's very few Canadians even remotely as interested in American politics as you are in Canadian politics with nearly 36000 posts here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Do you? Yes...I do, because it is obvious that it really matters for reasons that escape me. Maybe it's that new bridge plaza you guys want or the Keystone pipeline....or how about stopping country of origin labeling for tainted meat. God knows it is always something...right ? The world watches and waits for U.S. midterms. My oh my...what will the U.S. do ? 36,000 posts ain't nutin'....I'm shooting for 100,000...the Good Lord (and MLW mods) willing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I'll start a change.org petition to allow you a vote in our elections too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I'll start a change.org petition to allow you a vote in our elections too. That's great...'cause Change.org is also American (B Corp.). Can a brutha get some Canadian content 'round here ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldo Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 That's great...'cause Change.org is also American (B Corp.). Can a brutha get some Canadian content 'round here ? now you're just recycling your old crap here! Change.org claims to be the world's largest petition platform... has offices in 4 continents... 70 million users in 196 countries. Besides, your call for "Canadian content" makes no sense as for liability concerns, change.org disavows any relationship and/or attachment to petition content... try again, hey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On Guard for Thee Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Oh don't tempt him. mind you it is a tad entertaining, in a hip slap kind of way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 That's great...'cause Change.org is also American (B Corp.). Can a brutha get some Canadian content 'round here ?Why would I get a Canadian company for the petition when I'm petitioning for an American who so desperately wants to be Canadian? The petition should come from America, land of the free, home of the brave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted October 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Let's try and stay on topic. Start your own thread if you wanna talk about this crap. It's suppose to be about the upcoming mid-term elections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Tell it to bush_cheney2004. I'm just responding to his posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldo Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Tell it to bush_cheney2004. I'm just responding to his posts. . Stop feeding the trolls. You guys are needlessly derailing this thread from an interesting point of discussion that Shady had. you're welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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