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- inactive, on 11/06/2008, -0/+10Social media influenced me to vote 6 times this election day.
- DeFex, on 11/06/2008, -0/+7AOL has animation now!
Surely a milestone in technology. - Jhonka, on 11/06/2008, -0/+3the imeem banner is epic.
- palehorse864, on 11/06/2008, -1/+3Not sure if sites like Digg had a huge effect. Most here, and on sites like this were already pretty staunch obama supporters who were going to go out and talk about him even if the site didn't exist. I would say the economy and Bush did more to put him in office.
- ButterLoyalist, on 11/06/2008, -0/+2Is there any way to filter out articles that have the word Obama in the title?
- PleaseJustDie, on 11/06/2008, -0/+2And calling McCain, McSame goes to show that you don't bother to take a look at his policies to see that he's not the same as Bush.
I heard from someone once that "the internet in general is a great tool for people who want to get past the *****, and find out where candidates stand on real issues." - Chameleongoo, on 11/06/2008, -0/+1I don't know about that, but do you mind showing me where his name is shown in this title?
- Chameleongoo, on 11/06/2008, -0/+1 The article is not saying that these websites were promoting Obama, just that they were encouraging people to go out and vote. I do think however, that the internet in general is a great tool for people who want to get past the *****, and find out where candidates stand on real issues. 90% of the people I have met here in Alabama that voted for McSame repeat the same ***** about Obama being a Muslim extremist and every other fear based roomer spread by the GOP, never really took the time to find out the truth about either candidate.
- PleaseJustDie, on 11/06/2008, -0/+1Your own fact-check article shows that 95% was only for one year, a year which had larger than usual support of the policies that bush proposed by democrats as well.
Prior years McCain supported bush 77% and even as low as 61% of the time.
Even Obama voted with Bush almost 50% of the time in '06. The fact is you can't cherry pick one small sample of data and say that shows proof that he's the same as Bush. You have to look at his career and history and proposed policies and see that McCain sides with his party and Bush on average of around 70% of the time which is a huge difference. - palehorse864, on 11/06/2008, -0/+1Heh, Wish I could talk longer with you. This has been a good conversation. Shoot me your e-mail in a shout or something, or add me as a friend on here.
I know exactly what you're talking about. I heard people on both sides going on without really knowing what they were talking about. I've heard of Mccain being favored by some because of unfounded rumors about Obama, and I have heard cases of people voting for Obama simply because he's handsome, with no real knowledge of his stance on anything. I know of a few friends and such who support him for reasons that really have little to do with anything about him. They disagree with just about everything he stands for, but they don't listen when you inform them of how a candidate differs from their opinions. They kind of give a "oh really... I didn't know that" or some other indication of surprise, and then about a day or two later they've forgotten that you said anything. Elections woudl certainly be better if everyone handled their own research. I see a lot of people voting based on whether one candiddate beat another in the debate. The debates are really just who can PR the best on the fly. I would rather know what these guys really do on the job, considering candidates can say whatever they want in speeches, even if they don't mean it, or can't carry through with it. - elizabethb221, on 11/06/2008, -1/+2That vote ticker on facebook was hypnotic.
- palehorse864, on 11/06/2008, -0/+1He also seemed to abstain from votes that he really should have voted for. This, on the surface looks like it would prevent some China-esque behaviors.
http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php? ... - inactive, on 11/06/2008, -0/+1well it sucks
- Chameleongoo, on 11/06/2008, -0/+1Oh, crap you caught me... McSame sure as ***** did not vote in line with Bush 95% of the time..,
http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/is_it_true_j ... - palehorse864, on 11/06/2008, -0/+1For one, his continuous fights against the born alive bill that came across in Illinois. He fought it because of his pro-abortion stance, but it would have offered medical care and protection for infants who survive a botched abortion and need help. Basically, some survive and are fully born, away from the mother etc. Even many abortion supporters who I believe even supported partial birth abortion (Where the delivery is made of everythign but the head which "technically" qualified the baby as a fetus for abortion law at the time) supported these protections since once the baby was fully seperated from the mother and elsewhere in the room, they agreed that it was considered a baby at that point. Barack actually spoke out against the protections. He made a few excuses a bit later, but none that would hold water to a bit of outside investigation.
I was also not the fondest of his methods for getting into office in Chicago.
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/How_Barack_Obama ...
I couldn't vote for McCain either, so I wrote in (Though McCain really shocked me with that elegant concession speech, and Barack gave another of his powerful speeches that night)
To be fair to Obama, I did like some of his policies allowing immigrants (even if illegal) who have been here a while to apply for citizenship if they are willing to put in the efforts to become a citizen, learn English, etc. It seemed to open up new avenues for people.. - inactive, on 11/06/2008, -0/+1Yea butter, don't click on them! Hater!
If you'd like to see the election speech again, you can watch it here along with Oprah's reaction:
http://www.clickapost.com/controllers/post/?id=Bar ...
Thanks. - odigity, on 11/06/2008, -0/+1Yay Obama!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2YsJVF-920 - Chameleongoo, on 11/06/2008, -0/+1I can understand the saturation of the "Change we can believe in" slogan, I really wish there was a "maverick" in the running who was above campaign slogans... "*****" aside, what about Obama's voting record turned you off to him?
- palehorse864, on 11/06/2008, -0/+1The internet is not a big tru...
I mean, yes, the internet is a great tool. I was actually more turned off of Obama and wrote in this year because of DIGG. Obama is very charismatic, and definitely a top notch speaker. But after seeing McSame one too many times (at least pick something that actually rhymes or has something in common with what it tries to modify than just a general A sound.) That on top of constant nitpicks about Sarah Palin wearing white after labor day, etc. did more to turn me of of his candidacy, and the constant parroting of slogans made it all seem very empty. I heard enough of "Change we can believe in" while still not hearing specifics and then enough "Yes we can" to where I wanted to fill in the blanks "Yes we can go get ice cream after the primaries." "Yes we can save on our car insurance by switching to Geico" etc.
That didn't sway my decision though. Eventually, I went to vote smart and checked out Barack's voting record. After that, I decided to write in this year. This is what I did in 2004 as well, and it is a pretty good method to find out where the candidates stand on issues that you care about. Politicians can say anything in their speeches and in the debates. The voting record makes it more clear where they stand though. - Chameleongoo, on 11/06/2008, -0/+1You have obviously done your research, and know where you stand as compared to Obama. I agree the born alive bill on the surface looks like an obvious yes vote. I do however see his tactics in Chicago as completely valid. Why drag out an election and dump thousands of dollars and manpower into a campaign, when with a solid understanding of election law you can disqualify the incumbent? She obviously lacked a basic qualification to run for that office. I cannot make heads or tales of HR 2764, its a long read, and not a deciding issue for me right now.
My original point, was that the average voter in my area has done little more research than to listen to roomers, and the internet is a great tool research real facts. You used the internet to decide for yourself what candidate you wanted to vote for based on facts, and thats wonderful. - inactive, on 11/06/2008, -1/+1Why not make it possible to vote online?
4chan? - japanmoran, on 11/06/2008, -1/+1Um, wasn't the "youth vote" only up from 17% to 18% this year?? NPR, but can't find the link right now.
- leonadik, on 07/07/2009, -0/+0have you heard of tour jobs or tour guide jobs?
http://www.viamigo.com/tour-guide-jobs - leonadik, on 07/07/2009, -0/+0where's the "/s"?
- Yasz312, on 11/06/2008, -0/+0I think voting online should be the next step!
Btw
Check out http://www.jobstaxi.com
New Jobs. Playlist. 2K Games. 7digital - MeatMountain, on 11/06/2008, -0/+0Stop crying, hes not even sworn in. You people are so whiny.
- leonadik, on 07/07/2009, -0/+0no it doesn't
- STARTRAK4907, on 11/06/2008, -2/+1YES WE DID!!!!
- zebbers, on 11/06/2008, -2/+0Demonoid's open for registration if anyone cares.
- AtraNoxVII, on 11/06/2008, -6/+1How socialist media gets votes?
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