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Obama voted early yesterday. He said “it was really convenient”
Rutabaga_Baggins 2761 reads
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I was driving into Chicago yesterday listening to local radio and caught the tail end of the hottest news of the day in town. Obama made a stop in Chicago in order to vote early. WLS-AM played several cuts of Obama, most were him making jokes but his most germane comment was “it was really convenient”.

Convenient? He diverted AF One for 3 hours, shutting down O’Hare Airport; took a helicopter downtown closing more airspace; closed Lake Shore drive while his convoy headed to the near south side; voted and then reversed the process. All just to vote? He did nothing else while in town. Convenient for him? Hardly, but it shows just how narcissistic the man is. He more than inconvenienced tens of thousands in order to vote early.

What would have been convenient would have been a stamp on an absentee ballot, or voting on November 6th since he’ll be back in town anyway. The man is clueless.

willywonka4u266 reads

The man is the President of the United States. What the hell do you think he's going to do? Ride a bike to Chicago?

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Rutabaga_Baggins347 reads

I do not begrudge Obama's mode of travel. The point is he didn't need to be there just to vote.

It wasn't a campaign stop. All he did was vote. It literally cost tens of thousands of dollars just for him to vote early, WHEN IT WASN'T NECESSARY.

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willywonka4u278 reads

The man is running for re-election for the highest office in the land. I THINK he's gonna be pretty fucking busy on election day.

This is pretty rich. Every President in the history of the country (at least to my knowledge) has voted. It's always a friendly little photo-op to remind everyone to vote. Every goddamned President going all the way back to Moses has done it, but for some reason this one time, you gotta piss and moan about it.

Ruta, I have a question I just have to ask. Could it be that maybe, just maybe, the reason why this one instance of a President voting bothers you so damn much is because

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....wait for it.....

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......is it because President Obama is black?

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Rutabaga_Baggins375 reads

Obama just spent 1,000 times more energy and money to vote than all the previous Presidents COMBINED.

I've respected your intellect for quite some time. (Your honesty in some situations has been a different matter.)

Your'e turning into the thing you ignore.
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laffy.

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willywonka4u324 reads

How in the blue hell did he do that? By voting early?

I'm just trying to figure out why it's such a big deal why the President voted. If every President's done it, and the one black guy does it and this makes you irrate....I'm at a lost what your reasons would be to get so upset about this.

Is it because he's skinny?

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ChowderICantHearYou327 reads

You're reading too much laffy.

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JeffEng16308 reads

up that Boeing VC-25 anytime he fuckin' wants.

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Rutabaga_Baggins250 reads

While it seems he's getting more than his share of the early votes I'm sure Obama's motivation is to get his supporters to vote before they realize they're making a huge mistake.

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salonpas286 reads

...you would NOT be bitching.

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willywonka4u292 reads

...it seems the only time right wing hacks like this bitch about wasting fuel is when President Obama is using it to perform his duties as President.  

I seem to recall Dubya wasting a shit ton more jet fuel running around the country like a little chicken shit on 9/11, trying to hide from bin Laden.

Well, at least that's not gonna happen again. SOMEBODY blew bin Laden's head off. :)

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no_email308 reads

He would be labeld a Muslim.

USN! USN! USN! USN! = United States of Narccistica.  We need a leader damn it!

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Posted By: Rutabaga_Baggins
I was driving into Chicago yesterday listening to local radio and caught the tail end of the hottest news of the day in town. Obama made a stop in Chicago in order to vote early. WLS-AM played several cuts of Obama, most were him making jokes but his most germane comment was “it was really convenient”.

Convenient? He diverted AF One for 3 hours, shutting down O’Hare Airport; took a helicopter downtown closing more airspace; closed Lake Shore drive while his convoy headed to the near south side; voted and then reversed the process. All just to vote? He did nothing else while in town. Convenient for him? Hardly, but it shows just how narcissistic the man is. He more than inconvenienced tens of thousands in order to vote early.

What would have been convenient would have been a stamp on an absentee ballot, or voting on November 6th since he’ll be back in town anyway. The man is clueless.
-- Modified on 10/26/2012 8:54:19 PM

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JeffEng16337 reads

Everyone in that room voted for Obama. No doubt about that.

-- Modified on 10/27/2012 8:27:55 AM

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Rutabaga_Baggins317 reads

The reason given is that you can vote at any early voting poll, whereas election day voting requires you go to your home precinct.

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