2012 U.S. Presidential Election

[Dark Sage]

Roy, I'm not convinced that it's a depression unless I see bread lines and "Hoovervilles".

Of course, I guess they'd be called "Obamavilles" this time... If they existed at all.

Edit: Roy, do you know what the difference is between me and you?

You try to back up everything you say with statistics and links. It may be an intellectual approach, but it isn't always as accurate as you might imagine.

Me? I talk to real people. I listen in on internet chat rooms, message boards, on facebook, and any other public forum. I listen people with real opinions.

I don't need to look at polls to know that Mr. Obama is highly favored in New York... Nor do I need to look at them to know that Romney is highly favored in Texas. I hear what people say in both states, and the 48 other ones.

You can quote all the statistics and news articles you like. I talk to a few people who read those articles, and they wonder what the writers were thinking.

After all, it's hard to trust the media, nowadays. Nancy Grace is an example of a reporter I do NOT trust, and as I'm sure Heald knows, the British newspapers treated Amanda Knox horribly. When she was acquitted, one of them even got the verdict wrong, likely due to wishful thinking.

Thing is, the news rarely even reports the news any more. It's all editorial most of the time. That's why I was so deeply saddened when Mike Wallace died. He was one of the few reporters left from a time where they knew what their job was supposed to be...