the OFFICIAL IM UPSET OBAMA WON/MCCAIN LOST THREAD

[4dmin]

You shouldn't be surprised Walker. You know that I think you're as smart as wingless fly caught on fly paper and that's only BECAUSE you're black......pffft..... JP.

I'm just playing. I know full well that basic education in this country totally sucks. Part of the reason is exactly this.....we let students get to COLLEGE w/o knowing how many states we have. How's that happen? My daughter who is 14 knows the answer to that. But my point is exactly that......we are letting those same people who have no basic knowledge of our Political system.....hell, basic knowledge of the country they live in.....VOTE. Why? There is no right that says we have to in a Presidential election. So, why do we keep perpetuating the same idiocy over and over again. We don't let people w/o a degree and passing a test operate on us, right? Why do we allow people that are too stupid decide who can take our money at the end of a gun then????

You still my boy blue.

here is what i'm not drinking the juice on... Obama got the majority vote for every age bracket except seniors... EVERY AGE BRACKET. sorry but the bright minds of america aren't 70+ years old; i would love to know the education level of people under 50 vs 50+. You may be very surprised to find that McCain won't have as many voters as you think if they all had to take a test.

[Jaimecbr900]

here is what i'm not drinking the juice on... Obama got the majority vote for every age bracket except seniors... EVERY AGE BRACKET. sorry but the bright minds of america aren't 70+ years old; i would love to know the education level of people under 50 vs 50+. You may be very surprised to find that McCain won't have as many voters as you think if they all had to take a test.

That may very well be true, and yet I still stand by my statement. I didn't make the statement merely as some excuse why Mccain didn't get elected. I made the statement more so because I'd rather politicians be elected based on educated information and knowledge about what they proclaim to stand for instead of being elected because they bombarded the masses with fancy commercials and herd mentality. Know what I mean?

See, I don't have a single problem with anyone defending their belief and their vote IF they defend it using intelligence and common sense. If they just rattle off some infomercial they saw on TV as a justification for their vote, then they'd be better off buying widgets off the Shopping Network and leave the voting to people who take it seriously.

[Mr. Clean]

That may very well be true, and yet I still stand by my statement. I didn't make the statement merely as some excuse why Mccain didn't get elected. I made the statement more so because I'd rather politicians be elected based on educated information and knowledge about what they proclaim to stand for instead of being elected because they bombarded the masses with fancy commercials and herd mentality. Know what I mean?

See, I don't have a single problem with anyone defending their belief and their vote IF they defend it using intelligence and common sense. If they just rattle off some infomercial they saw on TV as a justification for their vote, then they'd be better off buying widgets off the Shopping Network and leave the voting to people who take it seriously.

yeah i was just saying something to my boss today about this factor. yes this was the largest voter turn out and my generation of voters came out in herds. that doesn't mean that votes were cast by people who knew wtf they were doing. i think a VAST majority of my generation that voted, just voted because they are supposed to now. so whoever they saw the best commercial for or whoever was cool (as lame as that sounds, i BET that shit happened). and also, my g/f is a perfect example, a lot of my gen. voted for a party based on what their parents beliefs or voted for a party simply because they didn't want to be like their parents. my g/f voted republican. why? because her parents are republican. if you asked her why... i bet money she would stumble all over the place and maybe ramble a fact from a commercial or something she heard from her parents or a colleague. so i think a lot of votes were cast as just a shadow of their parents vote.