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Some of the most stupid reason to vote for Obama.
Obama has 1/2 Asian sister - so vote Obama.
Obama has 3 Asians working for him - so vote Obama.
I was interned in the 40s - so vote Obama.
Asians have low voter turn out - so vote Obama.

>> ^bobknight33:

Some of the most stupid reason to vote for Obama.
Obama has 1/2 Asian sister - so vote Obama.
Obama has 3 Asians working for him - so vote Obama.
I was interned in the 40s - so vote Obama.
Asians have low voter turn out - so vote Obama.


to be fair, you actually do make a rational argument for a change. I was actually thinking the same thing.

But I think what was left unspoken is: "The other guy sure as HELL doesn't give a damn about those minorities" Takei is just being classy and keeping it positive.

You're illustrating what is wrong with our voting system. Neither side really has our interests at heart, they BOTH cater to corporations more than they will cater to us.

Parties suck...period. They divide the nation, they pit us against each other all the time. You simply cannot boil down the complex issues of the day into left vs right.

Ban parties, make elections completely and 100 percent public. Get the private money out of there. money is not free speech. your vote is your free speech. Make it about the person and not the party.

Who are we to decide what is or is not an appropriate reason for an Asian-American to support Obama?

>> ^bobknight33:

Some of the most stupid reason to vote for Obama.
Obama has 1/2 Asian sister - so vote Obama.
Obama has 3 Asians working for him - so vote Obama.
I was interned in the 40s - so vote Obama.
Asians have low voter turn out - so vote Obama.


He's making the case to Asian Americans that Obama cares about and understands their interests. Obama's cabinet appointments, family and upbringing help make that point. As for low voter turn out among Asian Americans, I think Takei is making a more general point that their community has gone through hardship and discrimination to get where they are now, and it's a waste if the younger generation doesn't choose to participate in democracy.

Why is he a Democrat? FDR, a Democrat, is the one who put Americans in an internment camp.

I am surprised that there are no comments here about Guantanamo. That isn't 70 years ago, it is today.

A political hot button, sure. Obama isn't dictator, he can't make the states take them.

Still, I am ashamed. Not 70 year old shame. Today shame.

I agree with what you say. Both parties suck. They do pit us against one another. Corporations should be counted as 1 person and limit their donations to the same $2500 max that you and I are capped at.


>> ^VoodooV:

>> ^bobknight33:
Some of the most stupid reason to vote for Obama.
Obama has 1/2 Asian sister - so vote Obama.
Obama has 3 Asians working for him - so vote Obama.
I was interned in the 40s - so vote Obama.
Asians have low voter turn out - so vote Obama.

to be fair, you actually do make a rational argument for a change. I was actually thinking the same thing.
But I think what was left unspoken is: "The other guy sure as HELL doesn't give a damn about those minorities" Takei is just being classy and keeping it positive.
You're illustrating what is wrong with our voting system. Neither side really has our interests at heart, they BOTH cater to corporations more than they will cater to us.
Parties suck...period. They divide the nation, they pit us against each other all the time. You simply cannot boil down the complex issues of the day into left vs right.
Ban parties, make elections completely and 100 percent public. Get the private money out of there. money is not free speech. your vote is your free speech. Make it about the person and not the party.

Based on BHO's performance, he doesn't deserve a second term.

>> ^quantumushroom:

Based on BHO's performance, he doesn't deserve a second term.


I must be going mad. I could've sworn QM just made a political statement without resorting to childish name-calling or ridiculous hyperbole.

A sign of things to come? One can only hope.

Based on Romney's imperformance, he doesn't merit a first term.

>> ^quantumushroom:

Based on BHO's performance, he doesn't deserve a second term.

Obama is not the messiah, Guantanamo is probably his biggest red mark on his record and he is still spending a lot of money maintaining armed forces across the waters, but I am scared to HELL what would happen if Romney is elected.

Romney: successful businessman, family man, upstanding citizen, square.

The irony here is that you, the liberal, have all the facts the libmedia could dig up on Romney, with a huge side dish of bias, of course.

Obama hasn't been vetted to this day, huge gaps remain in his personal history.

What we have now, however, is a 4-year record meriting his firing.

>> ^MrFisk:

Based on Romney's imperformance, he doesn't merit a first term.
>> ^quantumushroom:
Based on BHO's performance, he doesn't deserve a second term.

Careful now, I'm not a liberal. I'm an independent. You should try it sometime.

I don't put much merit on any of the attributes you've given Romney. Inheriting money isn't successful -- creating it is; knocking up a your wife isn't noble, it's natural; using laws as a barometer for morality is repulsive; and squares are just fearful of everything everybody but themselves do.

The fact is, Obama has been vetted. And if you want to talk trash, call him out for: not closing Guantanamo; for not using his position to limit Wall Street's power and corruption; for allowing indefinite detention; for allowing citizen executions without a trial; for extending unwarranted wiretapping; for catering to the pharmaceutical industries during negotiations for the Affordable Care Act; etc.

But I know the foam at your mouth hinders any reasoning in your brain. In fact, is Romney the man you put in for during the primary? Or isn't it just anybody but B. Hussein O.?

>> ^quantumushroom:

Romney: successful businessman, family man, upstanding citizen, square.
The irony here is that you, the liberal, have all the facts the libmedia could dig up on Romney, with a huge side dish of bias, of course.
Obama hasn't been vetted to this day, huge gaps remain in his personal history.
What we have now, however, is a 4-year record meriting his firing.
>> ^MrFisk:
Based on Romney's imperformance, he doesn't merit a first term.
>> ^quantumushroom:
Based on BHO's performance, he doesn't deserve a second term.

Careful now, I'm not a liberal. I'm an independent. You should try it sometime.

At one time or another I've been an anarchist, liberal, conservative and (card-carrying) Libertarian. Like anyone here, my views are complex because life is complex.

I don't put much merit on any of the attributes you've given Romney. Inheriting money isn't successful -- creating it is; knocking up a your wife isn't noble, it's natural; using laws as a barometer for morality is repulsive; and squares are just fearful of everything everybody but themselves do.

Many people inherit money and burn through it irresponsibly. Romney worked hard and created value, which brought him more wealth.

Clinton knocked up Hillary, are you going to compare his "natural" abuse of women and dishonoring of his marriage with Romney's marriage?

Laws, for the most part, reflect morality. Plenty of stupid, unjust laws exist and are bent. I believe if anarchy ensued, Romney would still be the same decent square. He could be fooling us all, of course.

The fact is, Obama has been vetted.

Where are his grades and college papers? Does anyone have a timeline of his immigration status? When did he have dual citizenship and for how long? Do you think a boy raised by marxists in a foreign land shares American values? I don't. Obama was a spoiled kid who decided to "forward" himself playing the race card. He had no reason to be bitter about anything except by choice.

And if you want to talk trash, call him out for: not closing Guantanamo; for not using his position to limit Wall Street's power and corruption; for allowing indefinite detention; for allowing citizen executions without a trial; for extending unwarranted wiretapping; for catering to the pharmaceutical industries during negotiations for the Affordable Care Act; etc.

Arch-liberals 'hate' Obama for reasons different than centrists. On many points, we would agree Obama poses a serious threat to liberty, and there are other additional points which make him an unacceptable candidate to me, but not to you. So be it.


>> ^MrFisk:

Careful now, I'm not a liberal. I'm an independent. You should try it sometime.
I don't put much merit on any of the attributes you've given Romney. Inheriting money isn't successful -- creating it is; knocking up a your wife isn't noble, it's natural; using laws as a barometer for morality is repulsive; and squares are just fearful of everything everybody but themselves do.
The fact is, Obama has been vetted. And if you want to talk trash, call him out for: not closing Guantanamo; for not using his position to limit Wall Street's power and corruption; for allowing indefinite detention; for allowing citizen executions without a trial; for extending unwarranted wiretapping; for catering to the pharmaceutical industries during negotiations for the Affordable Care Act; etc.
But I know the foam at your mouth hinders any reasoning in your brain. In fact, is Romney the man you put in for during the primary? Or isn't it just anybody but B. Hussein O.?
>> ^quantumushroom:
Romney: successful businessman, family man, upstanding citizen, square.
The irony here is that you, the liberal, have all the facts the libmedia could dig up on Romney, with a huge side dish of bias, of course.
Obama hasn't been vetted to this day, huge gaps remain in his personal history.
What we have now, however, is a 4-year record meriting his firing.
>> ^MrFisk:
Based on Romney's imperformance, he doesn't merit a first term.
>> ^quantumushroom:
Based on BHO's performance, he doesn't deserve a second term.

Just look at his last comment, and allow your hopes to be dashed. Ultimately he's just a birther negrophobe.>> ^ChaosEngine:

>> ^quantumushroom:
Based on BHO's performance, he doesn't deserve a second term.

I must be going mad. I could've sworn QM just made a political statement without resorting to childish name-calling or ridiculous hyperbole.
A sign of things to come? One can only hope.