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Forum Post: Would you vote for Obama?

Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 13, 2011, 6 a.m. EST by TurtlePower (0) from Berkeley, CA
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Just wondering...

Many of the OWS ideas are considered left wing, but I'm not sure the movement embraces the Democratic party as much as the Democrats would like.

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[-] 1 points by China777friends (75) 13 years ago

You do for the Obama campaign! ? We respect the U.S. president! ! Not a person!

[-] 1 points by voteforyourself (5) 13 years ago

We have been convinced by the media and the two primary parties that we can only have choice "a" or "b". If we vote third party "c", to send the message that we don't accept "a' or "b", then our vote goes to waste. Like it was said elsewhere on this site, elections are winner-takes-all... Nobody ever counts the "non-votes" and correlates them as dissatisfaction with the current candidates. We need a clear way of sending a proof positive message that we are dissatisfied with the current candidates/elected officials and the way they operate. If you don't like the candidates on the ballot, what do you do?? Today, many people don't vote at all, because they have no one to vote for that truly represents their interest... If the 99% is comprised a great deal by people that don't vote because they essentially have no one to vote for, then they need an alternative. They need to be encouraged to write in their own personal name. Then the results of an election will show proof positive that candidates "a", "b" and "c" all got a small percentage of votes, but when the majority of votes cast represent individual voter write-in names, it will illustrate that none of the "a, b, c" candidates were accepted by the voters. No one wins the election... This should force the candidates "a, b, c" to cater a little more toward the needs of the 99%... right?

[-] 1 points by abmebratu (349) from Washington, DC 13 years ago

Voting brings nothing knew any longer. It brings the same policies with different faces. That's it.

[-] 1 points by KellyJacobs (13) from Seagoville, TX 13 years ago

The democratic party is the same as the Republican- it is one party with two labels, both of which are controlled by the rich elite.

Of course Obama is a liar. Is he not a politician?

[-] 1 points by fiyero (2) 13 years ago

(Y)

[-] 1 points by musiciansproject (5) 13 years ago

not again.

[-] 1 points by IdFightGandhi (38) 13 years ago

Left wing? Nope. I suppose I lean right but don't like either ideology hard liners.

Obama has abandoned the people. Now he will blame others for his failures.