Posted on 10/21/2008 2:32:46 PM PDT by BIOCHEMKY
From what I could tell, early voters are the best-informed, smartest, most responsible members of society. Twenty percent of them were supporting their candidate even before he decided to run; 12% planned to spend Nov. 4 volunteering at the polls. When I asked if they wanted to vote now for the next American Idol winner, 80% told me they don't watch the show. Two graduated from high school a year early. One was voting early so she "would be able to avoid crowds and take my time and read all the propositions carefully." These people were making such well-informed decisions that none of them said they were nervous that something would happen before the election to make them regret their vote. "Obama would have to eat a baby onstage with condiments and not wash his hands after," one told me. Another thought about my question for a minute and said, "Nothing could happen that I couldn't rationalize."
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Is this person for real? How absolutely horrifying...
When asked on Oct. 9th by Joel Stein of Time Magazine, "Are you nervous that something could happen before the election that would make you regret your vote?" another early voter said "Nothing could happen that I couldn't rationalize."
Well, now, that DOES sum it up, doesn't it. The dems are not even thinking seriously about whether or not Obama is a good choice. The fact is Obama is not Bush, nor is he of Bush's political Party (Republican). Therefore, Obama is the ONLY choice.
What IDIOTS!
When this is over, someone needs to lead the charge to go back to Election Day voting — and uniform polling rules nationwide. (How quaint!) And, yes, I would think this even if we were the ones a few points ahead in the polls.
My daughters and I voted today. My husband says he’s waiting in case something major happens. There is NOTHING that would make me ever vote for Nobama. It was very quick today and I’m glad I got it done.
I said it before and I’ll say it again...voting should be done on November 4th and not before. Absentee ballots are one thing but this is getting ridiculous!
Oh sure. I’m convinced my in-laws like him simply because he has a “D” after his name. I doubt they know much about him, but anything I could bring up they could easily rationalize. I’ve no doubt there are many people like that in this country.
There is nothing on God's Green Earth that would make me vote Democrat!
Early voting has its advantages. If there hadn’t been any early mail-in votes in Florida in 2000, there probably would have been a few hundred more votes turned away from Bush by the late-hit DUI story, and we’d have had President Gore.
If he thought the perverted morons who support him would be pleased, he'd do it.
Eating a baby is the least thing he'll do if the deluded jackasses put him in the White House.
Voting early is fine if you know what your vote will be. I know who my vote for prez is, and there’s no reason to change it (save something unbelievably extreme, which is what the rather gross quote above refers to with excessive creativity). Nice thing is that early voting persuades people to actually find out what’s on the ballot before it’s too late to do research (like the half-dozen bizzarely-worded initiatives that nobody is ever ready for on Election Day).
Yeah, something might happen to make me vote for 0bama. I could die, I suppose. Then he’d “get” my vote fo sho.
...and purple fingers.
I would only vote absentee if I were truly going to be away at the time... that's why it's called "absentee."
Now, as for this "early voting," it's rubbish. It's like jumping the line at the market, not fair. And it fits right in to the HUGE Democrat registration drive that's going on right now... at a Wendy's near you. Also, the campaigns are still in full swing.
Stop the campaign, then vote. That's how it's always been... until the crazy times we live in.
Obama Blitzes Florida as Early Voting Begins
And what about the 100 ft. rule? Oh, never mind....
My husband and I are voting early in VA because he is having cancer surgery on 11-3 and we will both have our minds on other things on 11-4. We didn’t want to send in an absentee ballot because we both like the idea of going and casting our vote rather than send in an absentee and possibly doing something wrong, having it lost in the mail, etc.
Early voters will vote the same way on Election Day. Their minds are made up, either way.
Why are the people who proudly state that they voted for McCain early any smarter than the ones who voted for Obama early?
Except, of course, that they agree with you.
But, if they have early voting and allow people to vote after music celebrations, get out the vote drives, etc. It clearly will help BO.
Well... honestly, is there anything that would change YOUR vote? I’m thinking that for most of us here, there would have to be some kind of Invasion of the Body Snatchers to make me vote 0bama.
Or am I sensitive? :-) I’m an early voter — mine was in the mail last week. I hope you’re not dissing early voters.
How and when did the SCOTUS rule that early voting is constitutional? Doesn't the Constitution establish a single day for voting for POTUS?
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