The election is making people crazy!

[beckyg]

I will be glad when its over! My brother came to pick up my nephew today who is 4 1/2. He pulls me aside and says to me in an angry tone "Don't you be telling my kid who to vote for!" For crying out loud, he's 4 1/2. He can't vote anyway! But what caused this is I read a book to the kids called "Duck for President". I thought it would be a good one to read and then we could talk about the election. So I read it and said "Do you know that we are voting for a new President in a few weeks?" My nephew says "yeah". Then I said "Do you know who is running for President?" My nephew says "Barack Obama". I was actually surprised that he could remember that name. Then I said "Do you know who else is running?" He said "No." I told him "John McCain" and that was the end of the discussion.

Well it turns out that my brother and my dad got in a heated discussion because my Dad is voting for Obama. My brothers are McCain supporters because they both hunt and they have this deep-rooted fear Obama is going to take their guns away which is a bunch of B.S. So that is when my nephew piped in and somehow my brother got the idea that I told him to vote for Obama. Geez!!!

Well after I explained this all to him he did apoligize but man people are getting testy about this!!!

[epiphanies]

They really are! (I love how you just replied to my post... and now I'm replying to yours...)

Anywho, I hate bringing up politics right now, because all the crazy people (that the fore-fathers were worried about) are stuck in their ways and aren't even willing to listen to varying viewpoints. It's so stupid to pick a candidate on one standing. Geez.

[Adam]

Yeah I have been around a few fights that have broken out over this whole thing.
1 more week!!! Finally..

[Maddy]

They're even getting that way here in Australia. I try not to bring anyhting political up because I'm sick of hearing my mother trash Obama all the time.

[EM68]

I can not wait until this election is over with. I do not remember it being so polarizing. I am getting sick of hearing about it.

[xequar]

I love politics, and I'm even ready for this damn election to be done. As it is, we've turned to soap operas at work instead of CNN.

And as scary as it is, my dad is turning into one of those single-issue gun-crazy voters. He's more worried that Obama's "gonna take [his] guns" than about the fact that he lost his business due to the economy and was unemployed for almost a year, the fact that my parents' house is in jeopardy because of aforementioned business failure and subsequent bankruptcy, or about health care or any of the other issues.

Nope, it's all about the guns and making sure they're only prying them out of his cold dead hands.

I fully encourage people to vote according to their values. When I say values, I mean valueS, with an "S," as in the plural of values. "He's gonna take my guns," as a sole deciding factor for one's vote is NOT an example of values.

[Nodnarb]

Yeah...just a week left, thankfully.

On another forum I post on, the politics board was closed today. People were getting a bit too touchy.

At the football game Friday night, one of my friends was ranting about socialism and attacking me for being a Democrat. Doesn't he know you're not supposed to discuss politics at sporting events?

[Paralyzer]

My friend's mom is blaming the school for her daughter supporting Obama. They were at a family breakfast when the girl said she liked Obama. They all freaked and basically told her she was wrong. In the end she didn't change her mind. She's about 7 or 9 I think. From what I can determine from where I live, most of this Obama hate is ignorance and discrimination. The farmers think that just because he's black he's going to ruin the nation and no one will listen to an ad about him for 15 seconds before they slander him.

And omg, if you have friends that support different candidates, the whole election discussion is looked apon with the stink eye and is avoided. The momment you mention one candidate in front of the wrong person, no one says anything, but they stare in an odd fashion... unless they are really outspoken.. then they start talking really loud. No one really discusses anything.

This is the first election I've been alive for that I was in high school.. so I'm wondering if it was like this for the last election too. I don't remember. I just remember everyone supported Bush about 4 years ago and anyone who didn't was just being funny. I was in middle school. I think perhaps high school was different.. but I don't know.

[xequar]

Originally Posted by Paralyzer

This is the first election I've been alive for that I was in high school.. so I'm wondering if it was like this for the last election too. I don't remember. I just remember everyone supported Bush about 4 years ago and anyone who didn't was just being funny. I was in middle school. I think perhaps high school was different.. but I don't know.

The electorate was very divided last time, but not nearly as polarized as it is now. We had an incumbent president, and however bad he was and is, that kept some of the crazy in check. Also, John Kerry was the worst possible candidate the Democrats could have chosen, which helped keep the crazy in check on the liberal end of the continuum. The end result was a largely unenthusiastic electorate that had to hold their noses as they cast their vote.

This time, we have a candidate that's really energizing people with a positive message, and one that's stirring up every manner of hate in a final desperate attempt to save his failing campaign. It's not working in the polls.

[Nodnarb]

Originally Posted by Paralyzer

This is the first election I've been alive for that I was in high school.. so I'm wondering if it was like this for the last election too. I don't remember. I just remember everyone supported Bush about 4 years ago and anyone who didn't was just being funny. I was in middle school. I think perhaps high school was different.. but I don't know.

Everybody here supported Bush last time too. In my 8th grade english class, our teacher decided to have a debate. She told the class to seperate; Kerry supporters on the left, Bush supporters on the right. I was the only one on the Kerry side. I ended up debating two of my close friends; nobody else really had anything to say. And I won the debate

But yeah, I think it's always like this. But I think, as a nation, we are getting more and more polarized each election.

[kh23172]

Ugh yea.. I get into minor arguments with my parents because they support McCain and I support Obama. It's ridiculous. One more week and we'll have normal comercials again! Yay!

[Mind Freak]

I just hate when people get all serious and then can't even tell you 3 of the candidates policies. :|

[Wander]

You should meet my racist, fundamentalist, Muslim-fearing grandmother. I love her to death most of the time, but she can be a real nerve-buster.

[Nodnarb]

Originally Posted by Wander

You should meet my racist, fundamentalist, Muslim-fearing grandmother. I love her to death most of the time, but she can be a real nerve-buster.

I know where you're coming from here...except I can't honestly say I "love her to death"...

I wonder what she'll think when the sky doesn't come crashing down around us after Obama is elected?

[Derek the Wolf]

Yeah, this is a really hot election. Everyone's all excited. I expect voter turnout to be a record, maybe even in the double digits!

[George]

Originally Posted by firecausesburns

They're even getting that way here in Australia. I try not to bring anyhting political up because I'm sick of hearing my mother trash Obama all the time.

lol yeah I've been following the elections like a hawk because what happens in Americaland influences the rest of the world, especially Australia.
OBAMA 08!

But the people who even mildly read news about the elections get all insane about it.. It's kinda freaky.

[Fiorino]

Originally Posted by Wander

You should meet my racist, fundamentalist, Muslim-fearing grandmother. I love her to death most of the time, but she can be a real nerve-buster.

Haha-dido.

I feel for you.