General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWith just 22 days left, we need positive forward looking people like these great posters-
22 days til 11/6/2012 and the booths open. 22 days and 17 hours and 39minutes til the west coast voting booths close(and a few hours later for Hawaii!) Remember to think of 192
If we have 192 anytime before 11pm eastern time, we win, as 78 votes from 4 blue states are yet to be counted (California/Washington/Oregon and Hawaii). 192 before 11pm eastern time is the goal(or many, many more.
Here is a list of the positive posters we are looking for-
abigail AllrightObamaisgoingtowin
bill BetyoursweetbippyObamaisgoingtowin
cuttenMittandBoyGlove cutfromanychanceofwinning
eleanor elevatesObamaToWinnerAndStillChamp
frankie ForsureObamaisgoingtowin
gus guaranteesObamaisgoingtowin
harry haspredictedObamawillwin
ilene isproudofBarackObama
jacklyn justknowsObamawillwin
katherine kindlywantsObama
louis LovesObama
natalie noticedatrendupwardforObamaBiden
obi onlyvotesfordemocratorthosethatcaucuswiththedems
paulie paintsaprettypicture
quinlan quitesureObamawon
russ ralliesthetroops
sam singshappysongs
tillie teardropsofjoyintheparkinChicagoafterObamawins
ursella upforObama
vickie victorious
willie wonteverstopsupportingobama
xavier xontheearlyballothevotedforObama
yanni yessiree!
zippy zipadeedoodahwewin!
and if you know any other positive people, please add them to the list!
please, none of the following, these people are wanted on Mitt & Boy Gloves site-
abigail awolfromevervotingdemocratic
bill bradleytakingmyballhomeyoulosers
cutten runner
debbie downers
eleanor elevatedbloodpressure
franklee dearwedontwanttobedemoralized
gus groaners
harry haveneversaidapositivethingaboutobama
ilene ignoramous
jacklyn jeeswhyisshesosad
katherine kenyahereobamacomes
louis letmeoutofhereIamleavingDU
millie morbids
natalie nasty
obi ohmygodanotherhater
paulie pouter
quinlan quitsinasnit
russ reallyIamleavingwashingtonsucksandstartingmyownlobbyfirmers
sad sams
tillie teardrops
ursella underminethetroops
vickie vicious
willie wontevervoteforademka
xavier xactlywrong
yanni yawner
zero zense
redgreenandblue
(2,088 posts)It is a flawed philosophy, not only with regards to this election, but in general.
"If only we are optimistic enough things will be fine" - "If things go wrong it is because of the pessimists."
It's a popular, and deeply false, way of looking at things, which has cost lives.
mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)the doomsayers. It helps me through the day.
Donkees
(31,364 posts)'Eeyore is generally characterized as a pessimistic, gloomy, depressed, anhedonic, old grey stuffed donkey'
Start kicking for the climb ahead!