This election is probably the most heated presidential race in our country’s history. You know what I’m talking about. Friendships have ended. Families have been torn asunder. I don’t ask my peeps (I’m mostly talking about the straight ones) who they’re voting for because I’m scared I’m going to hear an answer which will make me scream, claw at my eyes, and defriend their asses on Facebook. Which is way harsh, Tai.
I WILL point out that, in regards to our community, one of the candidates is seemingly for us and one is seemingly against us. Both have been rather vocal about their stances. There are SO many other issues to consider when voting, but for the LGBT community – our fight for equal rights is KEY.
The gist of it is – you can’t complain if you don’t get your ass out to the polls and make yourself heard. Unfortunately, the deadline to register to vote was Oct. 22. If you ARE registered – here’s two handy dandy URLs to help you find your polling place:
http://www.rockthevote.com/election-center/contact-sos/
Finding your polling place on Google and Facebook
http://www.webpronews.com/find-your-voting-location-on-google-facebook-2012-11
Oh, and if you do get out and vote and enough people show us their “I Voted” sticker – Dewitt will be doing a sexy “thank you for voting” dance in one of Manhunt’s Video Chat Rooms on Election Night. He doesn’t know it yet, but I’m sure he’s down for whatever.
– J. Harvey
Neither candidate deserves support — Obama has been a failure, completely wasting the opportunity for real change that his near-landslide election afforded him, and being little more than a front man for banksters and insurance companies. Romney would probably be worse than Obama for the next four years, but only marginally. I won’t be upset if Romney wins, because the economy is likely to tank in the next four years regardless of who wins, and the party in power will get the blame. If Obama wins, expect someone MUCH worse than Romney (think Santorum, or Ryan) to win the presidency in four years.
if I bother to vote in the Presidential election, it will be for a third party candidate.
Neither candidate deserves support — Obama has been a failure, completely wasting the opportunity for real change that his near-landslide election afforded him, and being little more than a front man for banksters and insurance companies. Romney would probably be worse than Obama for the next four years, but only marginally. I won’t be upset if Romney wins, because the economy is likely to tank in the next four years regardless of who wins, and the party in power will get the blame. If Obama wins, expect someone MUCH worse than Romney (think Santorum, or Ryan) to win the presidency in four years.
if I bother to vote in the Presidential election, it will be for a third party candidate.
I already voted during early voting. 😉
Guys just VOTE, remember if you don’y vote, you do not have the right to complain, because you decided to sit on your lazy undeceive ass, and let this shit happen. Personally you guys are lucky you have 2 guys to vote for… we have a open election campaign so its 20+. But we still get off our lazy asses and vote, there are people that walk 4hours to vote, some have to commute by taxi- and you guys don’t know shit about bad taxis’. but still these people believe they have to vote, it is there freedom and their right, and thus it is their responsibility to vote.
you guys get stickers for voting D: man canada sucks 🙁
you guys get stickers for voting D: man canada sucks 🙁
The whole point is get off your asses and vote.
The whole point is get off your asses and vote.
Preach it, J. Harvey. The future of our country–and the type of country we will be for years to come–is riding on the outcome of this election. And while there are many factors to be considered, on issues of particular concern to the LGBT community, the choice is clear: Obama equals continued movement forward, and Romney equals the loss of gains already achieved.
i really think you have to pick the lesser of two evils and just because Obama stand for gay rights does not mean you should vote for him, the rest of what he has done to this country in the last four years is not worth it in the long run. there is way to much welfare being provided for people who should be out getting a job and working to earn their own money to spend instead of depending on the working class citizens to support them in the crack addicted lives and whatever else they choose to spend their money on, they go to the store and buy some inecspencive item so they can get the rest back in cash, that is so wrong if they are legitmitately earning food stamps they should only be allowed to buy food with them and not receive cash back if they dont buy that much, and look how much debt he has racked up in only one four year term, more in one year than any other president in their entire 2 terms in history.
a vote for the double R will destroy what ever rights we have, the middle class, students in college, health care, elderly, veterans, disabled, and turn our country over the EXTREMELY RICH
a vote for the double R will destroy what ever rights we have, the middle class, students in college, health care, elderly, veterans, disabled, and turn our country over the EXTREMELY RICH
I didn’t say that Obama’s pro-gay stances are the only reason to vote for him (important as they are to many who read this blog). To the contrary, I said that there are many factors to be considered. To me, a few of these factors include climate change and its effect on the future of the planet (not a small item), the future composition of the Supreme Court (and the effect its decisions will have on generations to come), women’s rights including reproductive freedom, and the re-enactment of a tax structure that compels the wealthiest among us to pay their fair share. These issues are, I think, a lot more important than some folks misusing food stamps. Yes, our national debt is a real problem, but Romney’s so-called plan lacks any convincing specifics that he’ll solve that problem. Indeed, he blames Obama for not balancing the budget in only four years (in the midst of a Republican-created economic disaster) while saying that he would need eight to ten years to balance it himself.
I heard the owner of manhunt is a staunch right winger.
What I find disturbing about Mitt Romney is that everything he is in favor off now he was aginst when ran for Governor of Massachusetts and now everything he is aginst now he was in favor off when he ran for Governor of Mass . The People of Mass many will say the Governor merely wanted the tittle of Governor and not the job of 4 years as Governor ( according 2 the NY Times ) more a year of it was spent outside of the state , Governor Romney is a HYPERCRIT of the worst kind !!!
It always surprises me when I read people like you talking about how he has been a failure….. Try telling that to the 30 million who will now have access to affordable health care, try telling that to the gay men and women who serve now openly in the military, try telling that to women who because of the Lilly Ledbetter Act will receive the same pay for doing the same work as men. Try telling that to credit card holders who are not now ripped off by companies as they were before. There are a whole host of things that this man has achieved WITH NO COOPERATION from the other side…. True has this man done everything we would have wanted? No. But to try to equate the two as equal is just plain stupid and to throw your vote away on a third party candidate is even more stupid. As polite as I can be, you have zero idea what you’re talking about. And that’s YOUR fault, not the President.
It always surprises me when I read people like you talking about how he has been a failure….. Try telling that to the 30 million who will now have access to affordable health care, try telling that to the gay men and women who serve now openly in the military, try telling that to women who because of the Lilly Ledbetter Act will receive the same pay for doing the same work as men. Try telling that to credit card holders who are not now ripped off by companies as they were before. There are a whole host of things that this man has achieved WITH NO COOPERATION from the other side…. True has this man done everything we would have wanted? No. But to try to equate the two as equal is just plain stupid and to throw your vote away on a third party candidate is even more stupid. As polite as I can be, you have zero idea what you’re talking about. And that’s YOUR fault, not the President.
it’s a sad state of affairs, that people are unwilling to detach themselves from the teats of the democrats and republicans.
because the milk is coming from the same diseased mother|fucker.
second of all, the power literally is within The People — we don’t have to put anyone into office if we don’t want to.
we don’t have to allow any official to stay in power, if we democratically-determine this individual pisses us off enough.
presently, all i see are politicians who are interested in lining their own pockets: who will BAMN anyone, who actually cares about The People, who gets in the way of grabbing our money.
it’s a sad state of affairs, that people are unwilling to detach themselves from the teats of the democrats and republicans.
because the milk is coming from the same diseased mother|fucker.
second of all, the power literally is within The People — we don’t have to put anyone into office if we don’t want to.
we don’t have to allow any official to stay in power, if we democratically-determine this individual pisses us off enough.
presently, all i see are politicians who are interested in lining their own pockets: who will BAMN anyone, who actually cares about The People, who gets in the way of grabbing our money.
it’s a sad state of affairs, that people are unwilling to detach themselves from the teats of the democrats and republicans.
because the milk is coming from the same diseased mother|fucker.
second of all, the power literally is within The People — we don’t have to put anyone into office if we don’t want to.
we don’t have to allow any official to stay in power, if we democratically-determine this individual pisses us off enough.
presently, all i see are politicians who are interested in lining their own pockets: who will BAMN anyone, who actually cares about The People, who gets in the way of grabbing our money.
it’s a sad state of affairs, that people are unwilling to detach themselves from the teats of the democrats and republicans.
because the milk is coming from the same diseased mother|fucker.
second of all, the power literally is within The People — we don’t have to put anyone into office if we don’t want to.
we don’t have to allow any official to stay in power, if we democratically-determine this individual pisses us off enough.
presently, all i see are politicians who are interested in lining their own pockets: who will BAMN anyone, who actually cares about The People, who gets in the way of grabbing our money.