Anne,
what economic plan did she think Romney had?
Right, there comes a point where you have to either move on, or just buy yourself a Klingon costume and go with it.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
le nubian - Nov 09, 2012 4:42:09 pm PST #194 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Anne W. - Nov 09, 2012 4:47:30 pm PST #195 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Basically that he knew what he was doing as a successful businessman (ha!). When I try to counter on anything political, however, she gets very confrontational and I get so flustered I can't think straight to state my case.
Kat - Nov 09, 2012 5:05:19 pm PST #196 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I have two students who voted for Romney because they are single issue voters (pro life) and 18 and and and.....but also poor and latina, so I don't get it.
Kat - Nov 09, 2012 5:07:52 pm PST #197 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Which makes me think, am I single issue? And the answer is yes and no. Everyone I vote for is pro choice, but they have a constellation of other issues that are as important (and frankly more so) than just that one.
I voted for Obama because I genuinely like him. I like the no drama, contemplative thing, which is hard to keep and maintain. I like the pragmatism even when it means he drags his heels on issues I care about. And, you know what, I like that he seems like a genuinely thoughtful, compassionate, careful human. Those may all be "bad" political reasons, but I just like him.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 09, 2012 5:14:21 pm PST #198 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm single issue if a candidate is vocal about trying to relegate me to second class citizen status, but otherwise tend to vote for whomever I think will do the best job for the most people. For the past couple of decades that's tended to be Democrats, even though we disagree on abortion and in some cases gun control and military action.
meara - Nov 09, 2012 5:17:29 pm PST #199 of 30001
Assuming there was a pro-gay republican, would I vote for them? Hm. Maybe if their opponent sucked. I did vote for Senator Lugar back when I lived in Indiana, and the democrat who won this year was pro-life, so who knows. But generally, single issue that will make or break is your views on gay. So...yeah.
Kat - Nov 09, 2012 5:18:35 pm PST #200 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
In total other news, I'm reading 1984 with my AP students and To Kill a Mockingbird with my 9th grade.
I have forgotten how amazing 1984. I think the last time I read it was around 1984 so I'm enjoying it so much this time around. Orwell's use of language is phenom.
My students are doing a role-play though. They have a list of 10 rules (what color to wear, how to speak to people, what stairways they may use). Each time they break a rule and it is reported, they have to write an additional page in their reflection paper. There are 4 Thought Police among them who report their misdeeds and I then announce them each day. They are seriously wigging out.
TKAM is a lovely book. Funny. But my students don't get the humor as much.
The classics are wasted on kiddies.
Tom Scola - Nov 09, 2012 5:19:25 pm PST #201 of 30001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I support any candidate who is for the free coinage of silver and bimetalism.
sj - Nov 09, 2012 5:21:21 pm PST #202 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I have forgotten how amazing 1984. I think the last time I read it was around 1984 so I'm enjoying it so much this time around. Orwell's use of language is phenom. I have forgotten how amazing 1984. I think the last time I read it was around 1984 so I'm enjoying it so much this time around. Orwell's use of language is phenom.I love 1984. I remember actually jumping up from my chair in shock the first time I read a certain scene.
Kat - Nov 09, 2012 5:22:56 pm PST #203 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
meara what if there were a pro-gay, antichoice republican? (Seems to difficult to conceptualize)?
I think the weird thing is that I am getting way more conservative in my old age. I trust government less, but still more than corporate america. I am way more anti-abortion than I have ever been given my experience but also way more pro-choice. I care about pro-gay more than I care about most issues, but how a candidate considers and thinks about education and pay equity matters more. Maybe most. I'm pro-immigration reform, just not in the way most people would think and I'm definitely pro-tax reform, but again, not in the way most candidates think.
I'm also pro-grammar. Any candidate who uses the subjunctive correctly rises in my esteem.