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Who will you vote for in the GOP Primary?
Michele Bachmann 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Herman Cain 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Newt Gingrich 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Jon Huntsman, Jr. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Ron Paul 43%  43%  [ 6 ]
Rick Perry 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Mitt Romney 36%  36%  [ 5 ]
Rick Santorum 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
None of the above 21%  21%  [ 3 ]
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YankeeInRaleigh
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I think most of us, excluding godzilla(i don't remember his new name), crosscheck, and sabresfansince1980 get a little snippy because that's how we talk to our friends in real life a
nd that sarcasm in words get lost because there isn't a real personal connection between any of us and then we perceive little connotations out of one another's posts and pick at them. then it escalates quickly.

the other day i was having that sort of argument with a friend and i told him to stop lecturing me and being an asshole and have a f**** conversation. i think that is what would happen between us in real life. but on the boards we forget that and those little digs we write (accidentally or not) get exacerbated since you can't immediately call the person on that etc.

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PatGreen wrote:
YankeeInRaleigh wrote:
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I think most of us, excluding godzilla(i don't remember his new name), crosscheck, and sabresfansince1980 get a little snippy because that's how we talk to our friends in real life and that sarcasm in words get lost because there isn't a real personal connection between any of us and then we perceive little connotations out of one another's posts and pick at them. then it escalates quickly.

the other day i was having that sort of argument with a friend and i told him to stop lecturing me and being an asshole and have a f**** conversation. i think that is what would happen between us in real life. but on the boards we forget that and those little digs we write (accidentally or not) get exacerbated since you can't immediately call the person on that etc.

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LOL, does that mean Mr. Natural, XC, and I are snippy sometimes because we're jerks? Not mad, just asking.
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PatGreen
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Sabresfansince1980 wrote:
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LOL, does that mean Mr. Natural, XC, and I are snippy sometimes because we're jerks? Not mad, just asking.

no i was saying you typically aren't. i forgot stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu too, he doesn't typically get in digs.
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Sabresfansince1980
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Oh...so in that other post you meant "including" instead of "excluding"? Anyway, you're right. My friends and acquaintences know I'm sarcastic, but not in a 'cut you down' kinda way. I'm dry in delivery though, and that doesn't translate well on the internet.
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Sabresfansince1980 wrote:
LOL, does that mean Mr. Natural, XC, and I are snippy sometimes because we're jerks? Not mad, just asking.

You guys are passionate, not jerks.

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PatGreen
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Sabresfansince1980 wrote:
Oh...so in that other post you meant "including" instead of "excluding"? Anyway, you're right. My friends and acquaintences know I'm sarcastic, but not in a 'cut you down' kinda way. I'm dry in delivery though, and that doesn't translate well on the internet.

nope, i meant excluding. i said most of us get snippy, except you
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I think most of us get a little snippy because that's how we talk to our friends in real life

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, excluding godzilla(i don't remember his new name), crosscheck, and sabresfansince1980

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edit: just understood what may have confused you. notice my qualifier is before the action verb (get snippy), not after, so i indicated you do not get snippy, not that you don't get snippy for the same reason i include the rest of us for.
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Sabresfansince1980
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Pat - gotcha.

Bagboy - What's interesting to me is that I don't put a fraction of the emotion into a post that some people think I do...unless someone gets cranky with me, then I get cranky back. Squanto called me something like passive aggressive in another thread, over a sarcastic, dry joke. I don't think most others here would've responded the way he did, but even still, I know my style that works very well in person (with a grin or a wink) doesn't go over as well on these boards...ask Irony...lol.
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PatGreen
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1980, did you disable PMs or something?
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Sabresfansince1980
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I don't think so.

Ah...I guess I did disable it a while back...fixed it now.
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Stuuuuuuu
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PatGreen wrote:
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LOL, does that mean Mr. Natural, XC, and I are snippy sometimes because we're jerks? Not mad, just asking.

no i was saying you typically aren't. i forgot stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu too, he doesn't typically get in digs.

Not sure I deserve the compliment. I try not to get personal with people, but I have no problem criticizing their ideas in ways that aren't the most constructive. I can be a pretty cold-hearted, sarcastic jerk without much effort.
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Stuuuuuuu
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BTW, this may come as a shocker, but I'm not a Republican, so I won't weigh in on the race.
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BagBoy wrote:
Sabresfansince1980 wrote:
LOL, does that mean Mr. Natural, XC, and I are snippy sometimes because we're jerks? Not mad, just asking.

You guys are passionate, not jerks.

egh...yes but I can totally be a jerk too ;)

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Stuuuuuuu wrote:
I can be a pretty cold-hearted, sarcastic jerk without much effort.

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I can totally be a jerk too ;)

If I can quote Rush Limbaugh...ditto.

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If I were a Republican I would have a tough time voting in these primaries. I like Newt and his policy experience, but the guys comes with so much baggage. I like Cain, but he's a foreign policy novice (but really, how much foreign policy experience do Governors, or half-term Senators, have?). His tax plan has its positives and negatives. Romney is a slimy politician, through and through. Perry's stance on imigration bothers me, and he's imploded since his early prominence.

No great options. But I still like any of them over Obama. If that's who the Democrats stick with (hardly likely we'll get a Democrat challenger) then I see my vote going to the (R) on the ballot.

Ham


What's your argument against Ron Paul? (curiosity, not poking with a pointy stick)

I like a lot of what Ron Paul says. I'm intrigued by his recently released budget plan (haven't read up on it, yet). But I don't like his isolationist tendencies. I can see where he's coming from, I just think it's naive.

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Hammygoodness wrote:
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If I were a Republican I would have a tough time voting in these primaries. I like Newt and his policy experience, but the guys comes with so much baggage. I like Cain, but he's a foreign policy novice (but really, how much foreign policy experience do Governors, or half-term Senators, have?). His tax plan has its positives and negatives. Romney is a slimy politician, through and through. Perry's stance on imigration bothers me, and he's imploded since his early prominence.

No great options. But I still like any of them over Obama. If that's who the Democrats stick with (hardly likely we'll get a Democrat challenger) then I see my vote going to the (R) on the ballot.

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What's your argument against Ron Paul? (curiosity, not poking with a pointy stick)

I like a lot of what Ron Paul says. I'm intrigued by his recently released budget plan (haven't read up on it, yet). But I don't like his isolationist tendencies. I can see where he's coming from, I just think it's naive.

Ham


You don't think that a bit of an isolationist point of view (putting your star player first, as Kat Williams puts it) is important?

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Mitt Romney: hated by all, wins anyways.

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NYIntensity
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Mitt Romney: hated by all, wins anyways.

Because regardless of how we vote, the Republican "party" picks him.

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If you vote for Ron Paul, how much of your support is a genuine desire to see him win versus a type of protest vote? In other words would you still support Paul if you actually thought he could win the GOP primary?

Back in the 1980s I voted for Jesse Jackson - twice. However, it was mostly a protest about the direction in which the Democratic Party was heading. If I honestly thought the Democrats had a chance of winning in '84 or '88 (they fielded Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis those years) I might have rethought my vote. I don't know.

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I've voted for Ron Paul since I turned 18...

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Mr. Natural
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The only GOP "candidate" I'd vote for over Obama is Fred Karger.


I didn't know he was a Republican.

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