I was doing so well ignoring facebook posts that were horrible, but I bit for the first time in like 2 weeks. so anyway, he turned down a bet and kinda maybe threatened the president.
He had posted the words "Doing what is politically convenient is the new definition of President!" and then a pic of the president at a presser from Sandy with the quote "we don't leave anybody behind" below that it said "really" over a pic of the dead coming home from Benghazi. and below the pic he wrote, "Did you know that Obama voted AGAINST relief for Katrina victims, when he was a Senator? Now he pretends to be Comforter in Chief? See for yourself."
I was going to post something about Obama actually voting FOR relief before and that it's a "good vote" and about "principal" when republicans do what Obama did. but instead I just posted "couple more days until re-election"
and now his awesome response:
Fox predicted a land slide for Romney this morning. Two separate polls (NPR and NY Times) of independent voters had Romney at 51% and Obama at 39%. Dems and Reps vote 90% for their party, so when you add the independent voters Romney wins by about 10%.
and then he posts a fox news link.
me:
yeah, and unskewed polls has Romney up by like 6 nationally....fox predicting a landslide means nothing. did they get that from Dick Morris or Karl Rove? don't forget a lot of Teaparty people identify themselves as independents now, taking away from the Republican bottom line. That doesn't ADD, it just SHIFTS. I think Obama takes Nevada, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio and New Hampshire. Those I am VERY confident in. That puts him at 281. He only needs 270. I think Romney takes Colorado and North Carolina. Florida and Virginia are a coin flip I think. If I HAD to bet though, I'd give Florida to Romney and Virginia to Obama. 294 to 244. gamblers would LOVE to bet on Obama if it's even money. i don't bet money though because I have to take care of my family, and I can't take a chance, Obama isn't a guaranteed bet. how about this....if Obama wins you put up a Pro Obama picture of my choice as your profile pic for a day. without posting anything saying that you lost a bet. i would do the same for Romney. I should add that we gotta post something along the lines of, "The other guy won, so let's move forward. He wasn't my candidate, but he's now my president (or in the case of Mitt, "will be my president). something along those lines
him:
I'll not put up with 4 more years of Obama! He's a traitor, liar, socialist, coward, etc.. If he wins, that should be the straw...... Be careful what you wish for, you may get it!
I did not want to "put words in his mouth" saying he threatened the Prez, so I took a different angle:
didn't think so. and btw, what do you mean you won't put up with 4 more years? gonna move to a country that's LESS "socialist" than the USA? and Romney is a poopy head that hates orphans...
him:
How can you look your child in the eyes and say "$20+ trillion in debt will be a good world for you to grow up in"? My kids are grown, and they still like Obama. I ask them if they can each afford another $40,000 in debt that Obama will burden them with? They just shrug their shoulders. My god, is everyone in the country blind or what? He has failed and needs to be replaced. Simple as that!
me:
that's right. I forgot about all that Romney was going to do about the debt ;) is this "severe conservative" Romney or the recent "Massachusetts moderate" or the current "confused mitt". I don't blame you for not taking the bet. If Romney got elected, there's not really much I could do about that. I surely wouldn't move to another country. I would just "put up with it" for 4 years. But I don't think I'll have to worry about it.