Right. That's me over the edge.

[blamebrampton]

I try not to judge people on their politics.

Oh I disagree with them, I disagree hard and frequently. But usually I can see that there would be a reason, however dodgy I personally find it, why a rational person would vote for a particular candidate

Comments

[blamebrampton]

I honestly never thought that the US could come up with a worse candidate than George W Bush, but he was at least personable and consistent. I am really starting to understand people who have just given up on politics altogether and now only read cat gifs.

[ecosopher]

I honestly can't believe the polls are so close. I mean, I know I don't live there -- I'm sure there are details I'm missing, but I just don't get how these candidates compare. I can't believe it'll go to Romney, but that could just be me in denial. I feel sad for America and the rest of us who have to live in the world, if Obama doesn't win it.

[blamebrampton]

I think that there was an expectation that jobs growth would be faster and that the economy would bounce back more thoroughly, but with the GFC and two wars on a credit card, there was very little resilience in the US economy when Obama came in.

And then, the Republican campaign has been so utterly insane that it makes Tony Abbott look like a truth-telling sensitive new age guy: there has been a line spun that Obama is shorthand for socialism and big government, which is not only untrue in itself, but is a crazy thing to criticise, as the countries that are exactly what the Republicans hold up as ooga booga scary are Norway, Sweden and Australia, all of which have life expectancies and quality of life ratings that leave the US in the dirt.

If Romney wins, I am going to spend four years looking at cat gifs. There must be enough on the internet to get me through!

[phoenixacid]

I don't even understand how a woman or anyone under the LGBT umbrella could vote for Romney tbh. :/

[phoenixacid]

[blamebrampton]

Possibly the scariest thing I have seen this year. And I live in a country with spiders bigger than your head!

Edited because I cannot type!

[ashindk]

Eep! That picture scared the s** t out of me!

[sherryillk]

Obama really is overly centrist but I think the only people who realize that here are on the far left who are frustrated that he never goes far enough. But we realize something is better than nothing and it sure is a hell of a lot better than what the other guy can give us so go Obama!

I live in a pretty solid blue state (and somehow managed to live in the only Republican district) so my vote for President doesn't really count for much. We don't even have that many electoral votes...

[blamebrampton]

It's baffling to me that Obama would have been a brilliant Republican President back when I was a girl, and Reagan would make a perfectly reasonable Democrat candidate now, while Lincoln would be considered a dangerous radical. What the hell?

And yeah, for all that Obama makes me look like a raving Bolshevik, compared to the alternative, he's brilliant.

[drgaellon]

The fact that 40 years ago, Obama would have been right-of-center just indicates how far to the right the religious wingnuts have dragged the center of discourse in America.

[frances_veritas]

today is a scary and a bit of a nerve-wracking day. s i g h.

p.s. your brain (and heart) is so nice and beautiful and comfy and lovely and i wish to live in it forever.

[blamebrampton]

You are always welcome in my brain. There is lots of space where sequences and series used to be ;-)

It's all going to be fine. And if it's not, I have a spare room.