tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512669.post653646295722823357..comments2023-07-21T06:38:14.648-04:00Comments on Shadow of the Hegemon: Obama Focuses on Deficit, and Guess Whose Fault it is?Demostheneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14552994996411944134noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512669.post-62403681856690600932011-02-17T15:46:59.201-05:002011-02-17T15:46:59.201-05:00Or blaming the Democrats for not finding a way to ...<i>Or blaming the Democrats for not finding a way to appeal to needs of 105,042 more voters in Wisconsin.</i><br /><br />There, that's the one. Blame your war-mongering, corporate whore president.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512669.post-36659130502126601042011-02-16T18:26:20.838-05:002011-02-16T18:26:20.838-05:00"They all suck" is a lazy Villager narra..."They all suck" is a lazy Villager narrative that reinforces voter apathy, so why repeat it?<br /><br />For Feingold the difference between winning and losing was just 105,00 votes out of a possible 4.37 million. Almost 1/2 the people who voted in the election didn't board the Republican crazy train and they aren't to blame for the problems of a FPTP system or the nature of the 2010 election.<br /><br />An argument that shames the 1/2 who don't vote, on the other hand, might do some good. Or blaming the Democrats for not finding a way to appeal to needs of 105,042 more voters in Wisconsin.crocnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512669.post-19218610830627599072011-02-15T20:17:25.956-05:002011-02-15T20:17:25.956-05:00In every election in every FPTP system in history,...In every election in every FPTP system in history, there are people who "don't get the candidate they wanted". That doesn't change the nature of the election of 2010.<br /><br />And, obviously, it doesn't excuse those who (as you put it) didn't "bother to vote".Demostheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14552994996411944134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512669.post-11045545346911785082011-02-15T18:23:30.568-05:002011-02-15T18:23:30.568-05:00I think you've got your Howards and Russells c...I think you've got your Howards and Russells confused here, D.<br /><br />I'm not sure why you think everybody is to blame but you. Last I checked about 1/2 of the 1/2 of people who bother to vote don't get the candidate they wanted, so on behalf of my 25% of Wisconsin, FUA2.crocnoreply@blogger.com