Today I voted - Page 19

wendybeth · 11-08-2006, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Yes, but they also think having their bare ass in another man's face isn't gay.

You must spread some Mojo around before giving it to Ghoulish Delight again.

Lol!

SzczerbiakManiac · 11-08-2006, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

What's really funny is that my De-troit midwest friends think I'M a liberal!

That's cause you're a Libertarian. I don't know if you're registered that way, but from what I've read, you fit the bill to a tee.

It's all about expectations/perceptions. E.g., if you go see a C movie but were expecting an A, you'll be let down. If you see the same film but were expecting an F, you'll be pleasantly surprised.

NirvanaMan · 11-08-2006, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Yes, but they also think having their bare ass in another man's face isn't gay.

Yeah, this much is true. Teabagging...also apparently totally not gay.

However actual people that are gay? Yeah they are awful, disgusting and evil. It is a strange dichotemy.

Gemini Cricket · 11-08-2006, 05:56 PM

There's buzz that the GOP and the White House are trying to convince Allen to concede... So sayeth the blogosphere...

wendybeth · 11-08-2006, 07:03 PM

MSNBC projects Dem Senate win

Gemini Cricket · 11-08-2006, 07:13 PM

CNN is saying the same on CNN.com.

Scrooge McSam · 11-08-2006, 07:15 PM

49 Democrats
49 Republicans
2 Independents

Yay

wendybeth · 11-08-2006, 07:32 PM

Both Indies have said they would caucus* with the Dems, which puts the Senate in Dem control.

*Sounds kind of dirty,eh?

BarTopDancer · 11-08-2006, 07:46 PM

The country has spoken. So happy to see that so many eyes were opened to what has really been going on.

My civil liberities feel a bit safer today too.

innerSpaceman · 11-08-2006, 11:25 PM

Well, absent the histrionics and regurgitated upset, I enjoyed catching up on this discussion of our personal politics, we Swankers who are political, and how they may be more nuanced and more personal and far more complicated than we tend to assume on a daily basis around here.

I think many of us may have, in fact, lumped all the liberal-leaning members together, and all the conservative posters together too often, because the issues have tended to polarize us with such certainty on both sides.

I have to agree that the LoT leans liberal, and in far more than just politics, if you consider it purely by numbers. But, when we communicate via internet threads of discussion, is it simply the number of posts, or perhaps rather the passions with which views are expressed that make this board lean this way or that?

If a hypothetical conservative member, lets call him "SCAsparrow, has 58 posts in a political thread, and there are 42 other posts by 6 liberal members in that thread, is that a lefty thread or not? What if another conservative poster, we'll call her "Crephyula," has 12 posts in some thread, and they are the most passionately expressed posts amoung 60 others, much more liberal and much more dull. What is the poliltical ph-balance then?

I don't think it's simply a numbers game of us vs. them, even though too many threads come down to it. I prefer to concentrate on the details of the different viewpoints we might be able to illuminate for each other, even on the topics we agree about.

The election's over, and I'm happy ... but don't feel like gloating. I know we're not going to solve any of the world's issues here on the board, so I hope in future we can do more illumination of our various personal politics and persuasions ... and less fighting about the issues as if we were the ones charged with solutions.

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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	MSNBC projects Dem Senate win __________________
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Scrooge McSam What? Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,635	49 Democrats 49 Republicans 2 Independents Yay
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Well, absent the histrionics and regurgitated upset, I enjoyed catching up on this discussion of our personal politics, we Swankers who are political, and how they may be more nuanced and more personal and far more complicated than we tend to assume on a daily basis around here. I think many of us may have, in fact, lumped all the liberal-leaning members together, and all the conservative posters together too often, because the issues have tended to polarize us with such certainty on both sides. I have to agree that the LoT leans liberal, and in far more than just politics, if you consider it purely by numbers. But, when we communicate via internet threads of discussion, is it simply the number of posts, or perhaps rather the passions with which views are expressed that make this board lean this way or that? If a hypothetical conservative member, lets call him "SCAsparrow, has 58 posts in a political thread, and there are 42 other posts by 6 liberal members in that thread, is that a lefty thread or not? What if another conservative poster, we'll call her "Crephyula," has 12 posts in some thread, and they are the most passionately expressed posts amoung 60 others, much more liberal and much more dull. What is the poliltical ph-balance then? I don't think it's simply a numbers game of us vs. them, even though too many threads come down to it. I prefer to concentrate on the details of the different viewpoints we might be able to illuminate for each other, even on the topics we agree about. The election's over, and I'm happy ... but don't feel like gloating. I know we're not going to solve any of the world's issues here on the board, so I hope in future we can do more illumination of our various personal politics and persuasions ... and less fighting about the issues as if we were the ones charged with solutions. . Last edited by innerSpaceman : 11-08-2006 at 11:57 PM.
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