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alanx commented on the blog post Large Generational Divide Among White Voters
This poll shows that if it were up to white voters, Romney would win over Obama by 15-25 points!
I don’t believe it. The nation is racist, but not that racist. The nation is stupid, but not that stupid.
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alanx commented on the blog post Nation Expects Obama to Win Despite Close Polls
The problem with most polls is that they don’t show any nuance. What shows here (online poll) is that there will be many people who will vote for Obama even if they don’t like a lot of what he does.
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alanx commented on the blog post Young Prefer Obama but Are Not Enthusiastic About Voting
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alanx commented on the blog post Mittens adds out gay man as national security and foreign policy spokesman
I’m not one of those “be civil to our conservative friends at all costs” types, but I have to wonder if FDL is well served by using contemptuous monikers like “Mittens” in the headlines. There is no fact or opinion in the article itself that I can find fault with.
Also I am not a concern troll. I don’t like the Obama-based pejoratives frequently used on other sites as well. It just tells me more about the copy editor than it does the supposed object of derision.
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alanx commented on the blog post Administration: We Won’t Sign Any Appropriations Bills That Break Debt Limit Deal
Second try:
I have given up predicting whether Obama will take a stand or not. As a progressive you are always bound to be disappointed. I can’t even count the number of times I have heard “I don’t care if he loses if he would just fight on this one.” But that’s no-drama-obama.
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alanx commented on the blog post Administration: We Won’t Sign Any Appropriations Bills That Break Debt Limit Deal
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alanx commented on the diary post Apple’s Two Faces: Power Gaps Between Brazil and China Foxconn Workers by Michelle Chen.
China has always had a big underclass of effectivley slave labor. Foxconn is nothing new. Over history every foreign national government — Britain, Germany, France, Japan, the U.S. and others always sought to exploit China’s seemingly endless reserve of wealth. This is why the treaty ports on the coasts of China still exits. Before WW [...]
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alanx commented on the blog post Obama and Romney Effectively Tied
I think a lot of readers of FDL will be well aware of Obama’s shortcomings as a real/pretend/imagined progressive president. That isn’t the same as being willing to vote for Romney.
My online poll here shows some nuance with regard to Obama. My take is that most of the people who will end up voting for him are basically voting against the conservative movement which is about the only thing anyone informed and sane can do. And that of course has always been Obama’s one unassailable political asset. The alternative so much worse.
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alanx commented on the blog post This Election Is a Referendum on Obama
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alanx commented on the blog post Obama to Attack Ryan Budget Today
I just don’t see how Obama can maintain this fatuous desire for bipartisanship. Will the Ryan plan finally convince him that compromise with the extreme right wing will simply never work?
BTW, I would like to see if people here would be willing to vote on this poll. If he does sell out again, it will be reflected with red marks here:
http://www.myqwip.com/banner.xhtml?height=400&width=300&qwipID=2
