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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 10:41 AM
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"I'm not getting enough info to make up my mind."
If I hear this one more time I'm going to break my TV.

People expect to be spoon-fed an answer to every question they have about every candidate, and they have no sense of responsibility for finding their own answers, or vetting what they hear. If the TV says this one day, they swallow it, and the next day it says something else and they swallow that. I'd love to be able to ask them, "So, have you read a paper? Ever? Have you visited the candidates web sites? Have you checked debunking sites like Snopes or Media Matters or anything to get a differing point of view? HAVE YOU DONE ANYTHING AT ALL TO BECOME MORE INFORMED?"

I'd bet the answer is no.
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QueenOfCalifornia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 10:42 AM
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1. I feel your pain
I don't know how much info it takes to realize we need to really enact some CHANGE.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 10:42 AM
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2. imagine how long it takes them to pick out clothes for the day or when they need a new car?
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Doremus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 10:43 AM
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3. Sooooo sick of it too. To paraphrase Joe Biden: STAND UP & get the facts!!! n/t
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Blu Dahlia Donating Member (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 10:43 AM
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4. when mukkkain disappoints pundits, they always say "neither candidate
Edited on Wed Oct-15-08 10:44 AM by Blu Dahlia
has explained y or z..." This way they can attack Obama at the same time.
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 10:46 AM
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7. That makes me crazy too.
As if, every issue that arises around one candidate has an equivalent for the other candidate. McCain's crowds want to kill Obama; and the media let's McCain claim he's heard just as bad from Obama's crowds. Where? When? Any video of that? Because I haven't seen it. It's absurd.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 10:44 AM
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5. People who aren't getting enough information to make up their minds clearly aren't using their minds
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 10:45 AM
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6. They want the information spoon fed to them..
I agree anybody who still doesn't have enough information hasn't tried very hard to get it. Low information voters, it's scary that sometimes they can swing an election. I don't think that will happen this time though.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 10:49 AM
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8. Seriously! I hate the way everyone has to cater to these lazy morons!
:grr:
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 10:49 AM
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9. it's like my information about football teams
I am scolded constantly by my grandson that I am unaware of the names of certain football teams and players.

If you asked me who plays for the Dallas Cowboys I would say I don't know. I may see sensational headlines about say Kobi Bryant but I guess he's a basketball player. Can you imagine the same thing with politics?
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RoadRage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 10:51 AM
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10. AKA.. "I don't like the black guy, but McCain hasn't said anything that
will convince me that he's going to make this country any better.. so i'm going to keep holding out as long as I possibly can to hopefully see McCain say something I like so I don't feel bad about not voting for the black guy". :eyes:
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 10:59 AM
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12. Or the "Obama scares me" story.
Like we don't know what that means.
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JimWis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 10:59 AM
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11. I agree and am sick of it too. And I think the reply by RoadRage
really nails what I have been thinking also.
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