Intrade: Obama will win easily, Dems easily retain Senate

AMonger · Sep 30, 2012

What was a close race is starting to look like an Obama landslide, according to Intrade, a betting site in which one purchases shares as votes. This shift came just recently, apparently in response to the Libyan situation. Not that Mitt would be substantially better, but we're in for a much steeper descent on individual liberties if Obama wins. Oh, you stupid Republicans for going with the establishment guy...
Dole, McCain, now Romney. Remember when it was the Demon-crats who always nominated the most ridiculous candidates, guaranteeing themselves a loss in the presidential race? Those three are our McGovern, Mondale, and Dukakis.

muttly · Sep 30, 2012

The lame stream media wants to demorilize Romney voters and are putting out skewed and incorrectly weight polls.
UnSkewed Polls -- erasing the bias to show an accurate picture of politics
http://www.dickmorris.com/romney-pulls-ahead/

cheri1122 · Sep 30, 2012

Don't shoot the messenger, lol. If Romney's supporters are that easily di - I mean, demoralized, they aren't too bright to begin with.
How come the right wing never calls the media 'lamestream' when the polls say their candidate is ahead?

davekc · Sep 30, 2012

Doesn't matter who the republicans have running. It comes down to those taking from the system and those paying for it. That will determine the results. Obama's record by comparison to other presidents is a total failure on about every front yet he is tied or ahead in most polls. Same thing when you look over the pond at some of the European countries.

layoutshooter · Sep 30, 2012

davekc said:
Doesn't matter who the republicans have running. It comes down to those taking from the system and those paying for it. That will determine the results.

Both parties are in bed together and working all of us. Only the People lose, no matter which of the two bums running wins.

muttly · Sep 30, 2012

cheri1122 said:
Don't shoot the messenger, lol. If Romney's supporters are that easily di - I mean, demoralized, they aren't too bright to begin with.
How come the right wing never calls the media 'lamestream' when the polls say their candidate is ahead?

I always call them lamestream. If someone doesn't believe that their is a left wing bias is the major news organizations they have their head in the sand and are lying to themselves.
By the way apparently voter registration amongst democrats is way down compared to republicans this year. So maybe thay are the ones that are demorilized. I don't blame them however,when you have the most sucky president even since Carter in the whitehouse.

tughillrunner · Sep 30, 2012

Omg

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layoutshooter · Sep 30, 2012

Lamestream is far too nice a term for those bums. Lame does not cover the bias and lies they spew.

xiggi · Sep 30, 2012

Romney is going to win.

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cheri1122 · Sep 30, 2012

It matters to me, but I take the Pledge of Allegiance very seriously - and I suspect many people do, more so than the damfool politicians.
The attempts to divide the country into makers vs takers is only going to blow up in the faces of those who see everything as 'us vs them', when cooperation is the only way to advance civilized society.
PS why does every reference to 'takers' mean the folks on the bottom of the socioeconomic scale? Why aren't we talking about the 'takers' who get millions from the government in the form of subsidies? Or the representatives who should be the first to 'share the sacrifices' made necessary by their failure to plan and legislate responsibly? Or the foreign aid we can dispense with such largesse?
Cui bono?

layoutshooter · Sep 30, 2012

xiggi said:
Romney is going to win.

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Win what?

layoutshooter · Sep 30, 2012

cheri1122 said:
It matters to me, but I take the Pledge of Allegiance very seriously - and I suspect many people do, more so than the damfool politicians.
The attempts to divide the country into makers vs takers is only going to blow up in the faces of those who see everything as 'us vs them', when cooperation is the only way to advance civilized society.
PS why does every reference to 'takers' mean the folks on the bottom of the socioeconomic scale? Why aren't we talking about the 'takers' who get millions from the government in the form of subsidies? Or the representatives who should be the first to 'share the sacrifices' made necessary by their failure to plan and legislate responsibly? Or the foreign aid we can dispense with such largesse?
Cui bono?

It becomes "us vs. them" when they take my earnings and give it to those who did not earn it. Including subsidies for solar and wind power and lining their own pockets. As for most of the rest, they, just like us, are the product of their own choices. The primary blame for most failure can be found in the mirror. When people start accepting the responsibility for their own lives, successes and failure, they will move ahead.

muttly · Sep 30, 2012

layoutshooter said:
Win what?

The presidency.

layoutshooter · Sep 30, 2012

muttly said:
The presidency.

LOL!! Maybe of the third grade. He has just begun to try to lose this election. Not to worry, he will get worse.

davekc · Sep 30, 2012

cheri1122 said:
It matters to me, but I take the Pledge of Allegiance very seriously - and I suspect many people do, more so than the damfool politicians.
The attempts to divide the country into makers vs takers is only going to blow up in the faces of those who see everything as 'us vs them', when cooperation is the only way to advance civilized society.
PS why does every reference to 'takers' mean the folks on the bottom of the socioeconomic scale? Why aren't we talking about the 'takers' who get millions from the government in the form of subsidies? Or the representatives who should be the first to 'share the sacrifices' made necessary by their failure to plan and legislate responsibly? Or the foreign aid we can dispense with such largesse?
Cui bono?

There is certainly some of the rich that take advantage of the system but just by the numbers, they are a small percentage. You have a us verses them mentality when close to half the population is tied to some type of government program and the other half are paying for it.
One of the reasons I think everyone should pay a tax of some sort.
I do like your comment on representives taking responsibility for their decisions. Not sure it will ever happen though.

cheri1122 · Sep 30, 2012

xiggi said:
Romney is going to win.

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Is not.

layoutshooter · Sep 30, 2012

Better hope they both lose. Either one wins, WE are toast.

xiggi · Sep 30, 2012

We are burnt toast if obama wins. Don't even start with their both the same because that is so far from the facts its painful seeing some can't figure that out.

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layoutshooter · Sep 30, 2012

xiggi said:
We are burnt toast if obama wins. Don't even start with their both the same because that is so far from the facts its painful seeing some can't figure that out.

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Your opinion. I am not required to agree with it or embrace it. My opinion is based on my standards, experience and beliefs, just as your's is based on your's. Your's is valid for you, mine for me.

IF Uncle Mitty wants me to vote for him he had better hurry up and call me to explain why. I will be voted before the week is out.

cheri1122 · Sep 30, 2012

davekc said:
There is certainly some of the rich that take advantage of the system but just by the numbers, they are a small percentage.

A small percentage of those who influence legislation? Who benefit from cronyism? Who can buy 'creative accountants' to invent ever more esoteric tax loopholes? Who cheat the government by fraudulent billing [as in defense & medical/health care industries]?

You have a us verses them mentality when close to half the population is tied to some type of government program and the other half are paying for it.

Except that the 'makers' also take from the government, [how much did Romney get from the government to help bail out the Olympics?] and the 'takers' may not pay income tax, [like the big boys], but they still pay a lot of other taxes, and the seniors have worked their whole lives to collect SS - it's not quite a scenario of productive people vs lazy bums, as Mr Romney and others portray it.

One of the reasons I think everyone should pay a tax of some sort.

They already do: sales tax. And I agree the tax code needs revised, but cutting rates for the top percenters [as Romney wants] isn't the right way to fix the economy, or it wouldn't be broke now!