A examination of politics with the help of superheroes, as well as other cool things
Showing posts with label Vote. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vote. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
City votes Mayor "Supervillian of Year"
Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto, Canada, has been voted "Supervillain of 2012" in a poll conducted by news site Torontoist.com, and one of his biggest opponents in City Council was voted "Superhero of 2012". Ford has been significantly criticized in recent months for a wide range of issues including several driving altercations, attempts to buy city property, regularly leaving meetings to oversee a highschool football team, firing the city's popular public transit manager for telling Ford that his plans would be too expensive for the city's budget, cutting funding to youth outreach and anti-gang programs, and regularly insulting minorities, LGTB activists and anyone else who disagreed with him. He has recently been found guilty of breaking Conflict of Intrest laws and been ordered to vacant his position, although he has been granted a stay until his appeal is heard in January. The full article on what won Ford a vote he probably didn't want can be read here.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Vote Today!
Today's the day, so it's time to go vote, as Deadpool over there is encouraging you to in celebration of his new series, where he meets Presidents of the past. If you don't know what to do or where to go, visit PresidentialElection.com for more information.If you want up to the minute news on the results, you can check out the Election Pages for CNN, FoxNews, MSNBC, or for International sites, BBC, CTV and Al Jazeera.
If you've voted and are looking for something to do while waiting for the result to come in, The AV Club has assembled a list of politically-minded films ranging from the satirical to the serious, which can be viewed here.And if you need even more information about the elections to help come to a decision, check this two react videos by The Fine Bros, or the special message from Will Ferrell at the bottom of the page.
And if you're just tired and want the election to be over, enjoy this comic from xkcd.
Friday, November 2, 2012
The Superheroes' Postions
And now,
we have a roundup of who the superheroes were in favor of for each issue, where
they gave a point for Obama, Romney or Undecided, and who each is voting for.
Superhero
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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"All men by nature seek knowledge. It's how that
knowledge is used that's important, and it looks like Obama is the only one
who desires to actually use it to improve America."
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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"Romney's unabashed desire to not be responsible for
helping despite wanting to be president is worrying. His plans to pass as
much responsibility as possible onto other parties make me wonder what he
thinks being president is all about."
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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"Romney's current platform sounds a lot like
Obama's, but that wasn't Romney's first platform, and I wonder if Romney really
means it."
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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"When asked about how to improve education in
America, Obama talks about how he's invested in programs to create more
educated and better skilled teachers, while Romney attacks teachers unions,
says parents need more choice in schools, and that the good should be
rewarded, but nothing about improving what's broken, which makes it clear
what's really broken with the system."
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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"You can't be afraid to spend money on things
that'll help make the world a better place. Obama thinks that means people,
while Romney thinks it means rich people. I think Obama has the right
idea."
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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"Romney keeps saying he wants to make things easier
for businesses or delegating things to the states, like he doesn't want to
understand how or why these things works."
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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"Nobody should suffer because we failed to help when
we should have. Obama is seeking to help as many as he can, while Romney
clearly doesn't care for women, the non-rich and non-whites"
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U
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O
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O
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O
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O
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U
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U
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O
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O
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U
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O
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"Speaking from experience, if more people were
willing to help one another when they're in need, we'd have a lot less
villains out there. That's why I like Obama, since that's what his plan is."
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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"Romney's attempt to criticize Obama for the
diversity of his federal technology investments is odd. Didn't he learn not
to put all his eggs in one basket through all his business experience?".
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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"I've learned the hard way you can't go giving some
people special treatment. You have to treat everyone equally, or things will
go badly for everyone. Given Romney's desire to treat some people special,
and Obama's efforts to treat people fair, the decision isn't hard."
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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R
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O
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O
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O
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O
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"Mr. Romney, seems to keep saying we shouldn't help certain
people. We're suppose to help people! Don't you believe in things like Help
thy Neighbor Romney?"
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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" Romney doesn't seem to believe very much in his
Mormon faith, since so many of policies contradict our most basic beliefs."
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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"Mitt Romney's desire to return pre-existing
conditions barriers to healthcare and deny life saving treatments to anyone
is downright criminal."
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O
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U
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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U
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O
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O
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"Sometimes you have to be the one to support others
if you want thinks to get better. Obama's efforts to support every American
equally are the right action."
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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"Romney doesn't want to talk about these issues?
Then I don't want to talk about him."
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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"I'll support anything that helps save lives and
reduce the burden on the average citizen, which is exactly what Obama's plan
is going to do."
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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"Romney's belief that whatever he does is innovative,
and the fact that he changes stance within the same paragraph in his answers,
convinces me that Romney is saying whatever he thinks sounds good."
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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"If we want to go further than those before us, we
have to know more than them, and the only way that'll happen is if we keep
investing in spreading our knowledge around."
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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"Romney seems to want to set things back to the way
they were under Bush. I don't see any good coming from that."
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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O
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"Every day I hear all the languages of the world.
And no matter language they speak, I help where I can, because even if
they're from different lands doesn't mean they have different rights. Romney's
desire to give priority to some over others isn't by any means fair."
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Total
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Obama/Biden
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20
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Undecided
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1
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1
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0
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0
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0
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1
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1
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0
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1
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1
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0
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Romney/Ryan
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Conclusion
And with that, Obama takes all of the superhero vote. That's not to surprising, given the way things were playing out and their liberal creations and clear liberal bias. But that doesn't change the valid points that were brought up about both candidate's campaigns. I hope anyone reading this will take all the information brought up into account when deciding who to vote for this Tuesday.
~James
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