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Thrill

(19,178 posts)
1. I can't believe those young women gave that clown their vote
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:06 PM
Nov 2012

How could they vote against their own best interest.

codjh9

(2,781 posts)
2. You must've missed a photo on another post from his post-election ballroom w/a bunch of
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:07 PM
Nov 2012

nice young women who all looked vewwwwy vewwwwy sad.

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)
11. Alot of those young women have grown up being taught a certain set of "facts"
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 02:34 PM
Nov 2012

Many of them will eventually grow up and realize the truth.

codjh9

(2,781 posts)
17. True, but for a fantastic different example, I have a 'little old lady' friend (she'd hit me with a
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 03:47 PM
Nov 2012

tire tool if she heard me say that :^) who's in her late 80's, and she didn't start voting Dem until either Kerry or Obama's first. And she LOVES Obama, and argues with her rich John Bircher brother!

savebigbird

(417 posts)
5. I'm feeling guilty...
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:11 PM
Nov 2012

...because their sad little faces are making me feel a little happier.

It feels so right, yet it feels so wrong!

bluemarkers

(536 posts)
6. they were lied to, they thought they were going to win
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:17 PM
Nov 2012

not that I didn't think the sad faces were funny, but in a way I feel bad for them... oh who am I kidding, I don't feel bad for them. They had access to the exact same information we did, they saw the same things, yet came to the conclusion that a cult bishop and lying liar should be prez and vp. That suppressing the vote, and regulating women to the sidelines was a good thing.... If only the scales would fall from their eyes!

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)
10. No matter how I feel about Mittens...
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 02:33 PM
Nov 2012

I will not make fun of his grass roots workers and supporters who were in tears. I remember how that felt..... not fun.

Do I disagree with them on almost everything.... yes. But they are human and they really thought they were going to win. If they stood emotionless.... THEN maybe I would freak out a little.

RichGirl

(4,119 posts)
15. Honestly....
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 03:38 PM
Nov 2012

If Romney would have won...I'd be curled up in the corner in a fetal position....still....wasting away....

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