Want vs Think

a777pilot · Oct 5, 2012

OK, let's cut to the chase.

The election is on 6 NOV 2012, here in the good old U S of A, so...........

Who do you THINK will win?

Then

Who do you WANT to win?

I'll start:

Think.......Romney (With 320 EC votes.)
Want.......Romney

It is not necessary to explain your choices. I am just interested in the feelings and thoughts of this forum.

Thank you.

clax · Oct 5, 2012

Want Romney
Think, not exactly sure

myp · Oct 6, 2012

Think- depends on how the economy is. If unemployment gets better again by November, I think Obama takes it. If something bad happens and people are mad, Romney gets a shot.

As for want, neither. There is a greater problem with political incentives than candidates I think- too much anti-intellectualism on both sides of the aisle and not enough knowledge of scientific findings. There are some really reforms that I think would turn things around but they are not on the political table for a variety of reasons.

a777pilot · Oct 6, 2012

So you don't know who you want or who you think will win. Great.

myp · Oct 6, 2012

a777pilot said:
So you don't know who you want or who you think will win. Great.

No, I know I want neither

a777pilot · Oct 6, 2012

OK, so there is no one on the ballot you want. Now, who do you think will win?

myp · Oct 6, 2012

a777pilot said:
OK, so there is no one on the ballot you want. Now, who do you think will win?

I already answered that. It depends on how people feel in November and that depends on the economy. If unemployment goes lower again, I say Obama takes it.

a777pilot · Oct 6, 2012

OK, I guess I will have to take that as your answer.

David · Oct 6, 2012

Think - Obama
Want - Anderson but that's not going to happen.

Dirk · Oct 15, 2012

Think - Probably Obama.
Want - I don't know, Jill Stein or something.

I'm sure you're all glad I can't vote in American elections.

myp · Oct 17, 2012

Related: http://marketmonetarist.com/2012/10/16/you-dont-need-presidential-debates-the-one-graph-version/

(supports my "theory" that the economy will determine the winner)

reader · Oct 22, 2012

Rick Perry's presidency would be quite fun.

But, I think Obama will win.

David · Oct 22, 2012

reader said:
Rick Perry's presidency would be quite fun.

But, I think Obama will win.

it would of been interesting.

tecoyah · Oct 25, 2012

Think~...Obama

Want~...Reagan, But Obama is close enough

a777pilot · Oct 25, 2012

tecoyah said:
Think~...Obama

Want~...Reagan, But Obama is close enough

You should not post after doing drugs.

tecoyah · Oct 25, 2012

a777pilot said:
You should not post after doing drugs.

Yeah, not the first time I have heard that.

Then Again:
"
First, both men had to cope with deep recessions — and Obama with a downturn more global in scope that threatened actual depression. Mid-term, both men looked as if they could be one-term presidents. In the Harris poll, Reagan collapsed from 67 percent approval to 56 percent disapproval in just 11 months; Obama's standing has never been that dire.
Then the Reagan economy started to recover. Unemployment, which had peaked at 10.8 percent, was 8.3 percent by the time Reagan delivered his election year State of the Union message in 1984. This month, the corresponding figure for Obama was 8.5 percent — down from a high of 10 percent.
Both presidents could report a measure of progress to the country. Reagan said: "Inflation has been beaten down" — and then talked about the millions who were now finding jobs. Obama said: "In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than 3 million jobs." He pointed to the rescue of the auto industry: "Today General Motors is back on top as the world's number one automaker." But both presidents were also tempered. Reagan's words — "We know that many of our fellow countrymen are still out of work" — strikingly pre-figure Obama's reference to "a time when millions of Americans are looking for work."

Sorry cant post links yet

David · Oct 25, 2012

tecoyah said:
Yeah, not the first time I have heard that.

Then Again:
"
First, both men had to cope with deep recessions — and Obama with a downturn more global in scope that threatened actual depression. Mid-term, both men looked as if they could be one-term presidents. In the Harris poll, Reagan collapsed from 67 percent approval to 56 percent disapproval in just 11 months; Obama's standing has never been that dire.
Then the Reagan economy started to recover. Unemployment, which had peaked at 10.8 percent, was 8.3 percent by the time Reagan delivered his election year State of the Union message in 1984. This month, the corresponding figure for Obama was 8.5 percent — down from a high of 10 percent.
Both presidents could report a measure of progress to the country. Reagan said: "Inflation has been beaten down" — and then talked about the millions who were now finding jobs. Obama said: "In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than 3 million jobs." He pointed to the rescue of the auto industry: "Today General Motors is back on top as the world's number one automaker." But both presidents were also tempered. Reagan's words — "We know that many of our fellow countrymen are still out of work" — strikingly pre-figure Obama's reference to "a time when millions of Americans are looking for work."

Sorry cant post links yet

Got to love Repubs. Longing for a new Reagan and when he finally comes they turn on him because he happens to be a Dem (nevermind that Reagan was a Dem himself for 1/2 his adult life).

clax · Oct 26, 2012

David said:
Got to love Repubs. Longing for a new Reagan and when he finally comes they turn on him because he happens to be a Dem (nevermind that Reagan was a Dem himself for 1/2 his adult life).

Regen was a conservative president. He ran for the republican party as a national elected official. If you change to republican you can no longer be democrat, there is no duel party candidates. Your statement is strange.

I choose people who are fiscally conservative if they are democrat republican or any other silly party. I don't care what color you're they are wearing.

tecoyah · Oct 27, 2012

clax said:
Regen was a conservative president. He ran for the republican party as a national elected official. If you change to republican you can no longer be democrat, there is no duel party candidates. Your statement is strange.

I choose people who are fiscally conservative if they are democrat republican or any other silly party. I don't care what color you're they are wearing.

There is a hybrid demublican...I know, as I am one. Reagan Republican disillusioned as the Party changed into something I no longer found acceptable. Started to vote Democrat after Bush Sr, and watched as both parties became corrupted.

We tend to call this hybrid an Independent.

David · Oct 27, 2012

clax said:
Regen was a conservative president. He ran for the republican party as a national elected official. If you change to republican you can no longer be democrat, there is no duel party candidates. Your statement is strange.

I choose people who are fiscally conservative if they are democrat republican or any other silly party. I don't care what color you're they are wearing.

1. Obama is a conservative president, he'd be far right outside of America.

2. I never said Reagan was a Dem and Republican at the same time. No idea where you got that idiocy from.

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