[Valkyrie]

Good morning, fellow forumites!

Got a simple project for y'all Call it a show of my own curiosity as to how many folks here have voted. All you need to do is posted "Voted!" once you have done so. Yep, it's that simple. I know not everyone has early voting available, and not everyone here is 18 yet, but that's okay! If you're not of voting age, but you participated in the Scholastic Kids Vote, that counts too.

NOTE: This is NOT a debate thread. We had one once. Then it took an Arrow of Closure to the knee. This is simply a fun one-word project to see how many of us here took the opportunity to vote.

Let's begin!

Voted!

[Dark Stranger]

going to vote on the 6th. Luckialy I don't have to work both jobs so I can vote.

[Agatha]

^This. On the 6th, I'm gonna vote vote vote like a baby stoat!

[kahad]

I'll be voting the 6th. I practically live at my polling place (it's in the apartment complex's office building), so it'll take me all of 5 minutes to vote.

This post has been edited by kahad: 04 November 2012 - 04:54 PM

[sentinel28a]

Voting on the 6th in the morning.

Possibly heavy drinking to commence in the evening.

Ben Da Mad Irishman
"Either in celebration or mourning"

[Dark Stranger]

sentinel28a, on 04 November 2012 - 05:56 PM, said:

Voting on the 6th in the morning.

Possibly heavy drinking to commence in the evening.

Ben Da Mad Irishman
"Either in celebration or mourning"

Let's hope it won't end with alot of swearing and bottle throwing by the nights end.

[Tiamat97]

nope

[kahad]

Dark Stranger, on 04 November 2012 - 09:35 PM, said:

Let's hope it won't end with alot of swearing and bottle throwing by the nights end.

Unfortunately, it will end that way regardless of who wins. At least, it will over here in Carbondale.

[magicalgamer]

Early voted a while ago just to avoid the last minute politics of an election.

[rondo]

Traditionalist. Will vote on Tuesday.

[obakasan]

Waiting till Tuesday. Never know if something concerning a candidate will come up (there *are* more things on the ballot than the Prez ya know). Once you early vote you can't change your mind, unlike voting absentee. Plus it's easier to get to the local normal polling place for me, and the lines (if any) will be a lot shorter.

[sentinel28a]

Dark Stranger, on 04 November 2012 - 09:35 PM, said:

Let's hope it won't end with alot of swearing and bottle throwing by the nights end.

Like Kahad said, that's likely to happen anyway. (My bottles are plastic and filled with Pepsi, though.)

That's a good thing. Americans like to swear and throw things when their guy doesn't win. Then 24-48 hours later, we shrug and say, "Well, screw him...but I guess we're stuck with the SOB..." We're better than Europe at that sort of thing.

At least, I hope we are.

Ben Da Mad Irishman
"There was that little dustup in 1860"

[Visadin the insane]

I am thinking of getting drunk, maybe turn on fox news if obama wins for the lawl and sweet tears of douchbags.

EDIT: also to note my dad is voting for obama, after voting 30 years of republican voting, since he is one of the smart ones that know that bushed screwed it up and it take a bit more then less then 4 years to fix a econmey

This post has been edited by Visadin the insane: 06 November 2012 - 01:51 AM

[Agatha]

[kahad]

Voted.

[magishine]

Voted

[Tiamat97]

still nope

[Dark Stranger]

Tried to vote before work. Line was outside the building. So I had to wait til after work. Still waited for about 5 mins. That is either a really good thing or a really bad thing.

[rondo]

I done did it. Now off with all those advertisements.

[Dark Stranger]

rondo, on 06 November 2012 - 12:04 PM, said:

I done did it. Now off with all those advertisements.

No matter who wins that's at least one positive for everyone at least. lol

[Wingypoo]

Just voted 10 minutes ago.

[sentinel28a]

Voted and then a nice lunch.

In the words of Peter Griffin, "Now to play the waiting game."

Ben Da Mad Irishman
*bites nails*

[Keiichi-chan]

kahad, on 04 November 2012 - 10:17 PM, said:

Unfortunately, it will end that way regardless of who wins. At least, it will over here in Carbondale.

to be fair, that's literally every single night, when anything happens, in carbondale, though, right?

[kahad]

Keiichi-chan, on 06 November 2012 - 07:24 PM, said:

to be fair, that's literally every single night, when anything happens, in carbondale, though, right?

Pretty much.

[woozle]

Voted.

[Femme Fatale]

I did my part. I early voted!

[rondo]

That's pretty much it. Obama for 4 more.

EDIT: And once Ohio was called, it was over.

This post has been edited by rondo: 06 November 2012 - 10:21 PM

[XenoBlade]

Faith in humanity...restored

[kahad]

Drat. Here's to two - four more years of deadlock and Washington getting little to nothing done. *Goes to sleep.*

[sentinel28a]

kahad, on 06 November 2012 - 10:29 PM, said:

Drat. Here's to two - four more years of deadlock and Washington getting little to nothing done. *Goes to sleep.*

If we're lucky, gridlock will be what we get.

But...

I will look at this night as a win-win. If my liberal friends are right, and all Obama needs is four more years to get us back on our feet, then the economy will get better, unemployment will go down, gas prices will drop, and so on. That's okay with me. I'm not so much of a partisan that I want Obama to fail. So, if the liberals are right, Obama's going to be awesome in his second term and all will be well. Good. I hope so.

But the problems have not gone away. Unemployment is still at 7.9%, Iran still wants to nuke Israel (and us if possible), there's still questions as to what happened at Benghazi, gas prices are still high, the economy is stagnant, and the entitlement freight train is heading right towards us. And if you voted to keep us out of war, someone forgot to tell Iran, Syria (we may still intervene there), and Mali (where chances are very good we're going in).

I'd feel more confident if Obama had laid out a plan to solve those things. He didn't.

So, if Obama continues to screw up, in two years the Republicans will retake the Senate. In four, possibly the White House. Win-win.

But if any of us think the hard part is over, you're wrong. It has just begun. Obama may regret winning tonight. I hope he doesn't--I hope we don't regret it.

Ben Da Mad Irishman