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Who Appears More Desperate & Frightened?

Who is more frightened about today's election?

  • The right is obviously more scared

    Votes: 15 57.7%

  • The left are wetting their pants in fear

    Votes: 2 7.7%

  • Both are playing the fear card with reckless abandon

    Votes: 3 11.5%

  • I'll have a milk shake with those fries....

    Votes: 6 23.1%
  • Total voters
    26
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Based on what I'm seeing here at DP, the conservative/right seems much more desperate. More frightened about this election.

I'm seeing many more threads from people just begging for support towards Romney. Very VERY chicken-little styled threads.

The fearmongering and attempt to intimidate and change people's minds based on some idea that the country will collapse into the fiery pits of hell if Obama is elected are quite telling.

I'm not seeing those kinds of threads from the left.

Why does there appear to be such desperation and fear?
 
Its close.... maybe 60 - 40 with the right in more absolute fear than the left.
 
I am so scared I had to go buy boots to quake in.
 
Give me a vanilla milkshaeke with those fries please. No, seriously, I have not been on DP long enough to know who of the voters are more afraid, b ut of the candidates, Obama seems definitely more depserate. He used to send the "Yes we can!" nonsense in 2008, and now it's all "It could've been worse."
 
Why is "fear" such an over-riding theme though?
Is it simply the best motivator of our time?
The easiest tool to use in the toolbox?

Do people honestly believe the entire country's future is in jeopardy today?

2016 is right around the corner. We're not electing a "dictator for life" type leader.

Plus - there's still the entire congress that people seem to completely forget about when it comes to power and control.

All the fear-mongering horse-excrement being thrown around is strictly leveled at Obama/Romney and none of it is around all the other possibilities for all the other races involved in today's elections.

Seems we place way too much importance on the POTUS and wash over all the rest.
 
Dragonfly said:
Based on what I'm seeing here at DP, the conservative/right seems much more desperate. More frightened about this election.

I'm seeing many more threads from people just begging for support towards Romney. Very VERY chicken-little styled threads.

The fearmongering and attempt to intimidate and change people's minds based on some idea that the country will collapse into the fiery pits of hell if Obama is elected are quite telling.

I'm not seeing those kinds of threads from the left.

Why does there appear to be such desperation and fear?
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I don't know...I'm not seeing it. I guess you are going to have to show me a breakdown of conservative/liberal desperation threads.

Anyway, I have no fear. Whichever way it goes, our country won't dry up and blow away.

Do I have my preferences? You bet. Do I think my guy has a good chance of winning? Hell, yes. Will I die if my guy doesn't get elected? Not a chance.
 
I don't know but the President was crying this morning at a campaign stop...it means something...I just don't know what.
 
I'm concerned, but not "frightened". I think both sides are equally concerned and expressing it in different ways. From the left, you have a lot of last ditch efforts to destroy Romney's character. From the right, you have a lot of last ditch efforts to reinforce Romney's chances/discredit polls.

But what both have in common is a significant lack of defense for Obama's record/attack of same.
 
I voted the right of course because that is obvious! lol

BUT lets be clear the nutball hacks that make me answer "the right" for this question do NOT represent normal people on the right. They are the group of partisan dishonest rightwing hacks that we have here at DP.

Nonsense from attacking christie and blaming him if Mitt loses, to saying " I really am afraid this election" , to saying the Dems are already cheating at the pools, etc. etc

but in general nobody take these loons seriously, just like the group of hacks we have here on the left. Its just currently the right loons seem more worried.
 
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haymarket said:
Its close.... maybe 60 - 40 with the right in more absolute fear than the left.
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What happened...flip flop?

haymarket said:
The following are predictions for this November based on my forty plus years in the political trenches and observing:

1- Obama and Romney will stay neck and neck about even until October when the GOP and its supporters pour a record amount of money deluging the media with the most vicious attacks ever seen in a presidential race. Romney will not issue his missing tax returns. Obama will still insist on Marquis of Queensbury rules even after a baseball bat smashes his skull reteatedly.

2- Romney will win by less than 2% as a result -.

3- the GOP will hold the House - perhaps increase their numbers by a few seats - also due to the massive influx of right wing money in October.

4 - The senate will switch control to the GOP as well giving them a majority but less than the 60 necessary for total domination. The thing that will get them this victory is the massive amount of money coming in from right wing circles in October.

5- The same kind of stuff we have seen in Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan will begin to happen in the Congress when we effectively have one party government.

6- Despite not reaching 60 votes in the Senate, many new laws will be passed of a far right nature due to a lack of spine among many Democrats who roll over and play dead not having the guts to do to the GOP what the GOP did to them the previous four years.

7 - Much of the progressive reforms of the 20th century will be repealed as fast as humanly possible by the GOP Congress.

8 - President Mittens will smile broadly and look much like the Hollywood casting figure he works so hard to be and signs all the new right wing legislation.

9 - Unions will be a target and their power cut even more with legislation.

10 - Taxes will be cut on the wealthy.

11 - A flat tax will replace the graduated income tax.

12 - Right wing libertarians and conservatives think they have died and gone to heaven.

Those are my predictions. I am serious.

What are yours?
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The bolded parts sure look like fear...am I wrong?
 
Dickieboy said:
What happened...flip flop?



The bolded parts sure look like fear...am I wrong?
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As John Maynard Keynes said "as the facts change I change my mind? What do you do sir?"

What happened to cause those changes was SANDY. I believe it changed the narrative and stopped the Romney momentum. And you cannot say enough about the impact of the comments from Governor Christie which really helped the President.

Now if Romney wins - and by my calculations it will only take a shift one one state for that to happen, I still stand by predictions for what would result in a one party government.
 
I don't know about anybody else but the free market communists are absolutely terrified.
 
The Left is always afraid. This is what happens when you have a low moral base.
 
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Objective-J said:
I voted the right of course because that is obvious! lol

BUT lets be clear the nutball hacks that make me answer "the right" for this question do NOT represent normal people on the right. They are the group of partisan dishonest rightwing hacks that we have here at DP.

Nonsense from attacking christie and blaming him if Mitt loses, to saying " I really am afraid this election" , to saying the Dems are already cheating at the pools, etc. etc

but in general nobody take these loons seriously, just like the group of hacks we have here on the left. Its just currently the right loons seem more worried.
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Anyone trying to use Debate Politics as a barometer for anything other than "Who has too much time on their hands" is wasting energy. Most people in the real world don't give a **** about the majority of topics we post. Oh, they might have a passing interest, but, basically? They're busy with their lives. Their real ones.
 
MaggieD said:
Anyone trying to use Debate Politics as a barometer for anything other than "Who has too much time on their hands" is wasting energy. Most people in the real world don't give a **** about the majority of topics we post. Oh, they might have a passing interest, but, basically? They're busy with their lives. Their real ones.
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True dat.

We are a group fairly well defined by our shared zealotry.
 
MaggieD said:
1.)Anyone trying to use Debate Politics as a barometer for anything other than "Who has too much time on their hands" is wasting energy. 2.)Most people in the real world don't give a **** about the majority of topics we post. Oh, they might have a passing interest, but, basically? They're busy with their lives. Their real ones.
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1.) I totally agree with this and thats why i posted my "lets be clear part"
2.) I meet a lot of people that care about the topics we post, well at least that i post in
3.) but what is certain the total dishonest hacks that we have here i do no encounter in real life, either because they are simply trolls and dont believe the stupidity that falls out their mouths or they are afraid to get punched in the face in real life :D
 
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I said the right because they are the ones here at DP who have been "begging" independants and undecideds to vote Romeny......they also seem to be the most upset when they hear someone voted 3rd party instead of giving their vote to Romney.
 
I think clearly its the right. Voter suppression would not be occurring if the right wing governors thought they had a chance. Also the increasingly desparate campaign ads.
 
Dragonfly said:
Why is "fear" such an over-riding theme though?
Is it simply the best motivator of our time?
The easiest tool to use in the toolbox?

Do people honestly believe the entire country's future is in jeopardy today?

2016 is right around the corner. We're not electing a "dictator for life" type leader.

Plus - there's still the entire congress that people seem to completely forget about when it comes to power and control.

All the fear-mongering horse-excrement being thrown around is strictly leveled at Obama/Romney and none of it is around all the other possibilities for all the other races involved in today's elections.

Seems we place way too much importance on the POTUS and wash over all the rest.
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Theres some science to the effect that conservative types respond more.strongly.to threats to the "tribe".

Something to do.with the amygdala, iirc.
 
straykatz said:
I said the right because they are the ones here at DP who have been "begging" independants and undecideds to vote Romeny......they also seem to be the most upset when they hear someone voted 3rd party instead of giving their vote to Romney.
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That's exactly what I'm seeing.
 
haymarket said:
As John Maynard Keynes said "as the facts change I change my mind? What do you do sir?"

What happened to cause those changes was SANDY. I believe it changed the narrative and stopped the Romney momentum. And you cannot say enough about the impact of the comments from Governor Christie which really helped the President.

Now if Romney wins - and by my calculations it will only take a shift one one state for that to happen, I still stand by predictions for what would result in a one party government.
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Weird...apparently you didn't notice that you made that prediction the first week of August...Sandy occurred last week...what 'facts'?
 
perhaps the right has reason to be afraid, perhaps they are the only ones who can see the pending disaster of 4 more years of Obama....can anyone fathom 32 trillion?
 
Dickieboy said:
Weird...apparently you didn't notice that you made that prediction the first week of August...Sandy occurred last week...what 'facts'?
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uh yes .... Sandy occured last week... and it is now apparent it changed the dynamic.
 
I think Obama is more scared then Romney is.
 
I am watching CNN and I am calling if for Romney. Carvell did not have much to say.
 
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