lol

I know, he’s a man of peace and love…lol :-)

And how exactly will Obummer save the world?

And how exactly will the Mormon ruin it?

Stop rehashing bollix you heard from your university lecturer.

yes kevin because how would a university lecturer possibly know more than a red neck bigot

Did you forget the most important letter there? The I for Israel.

Crap. Sorry Barry, AIPAC!!!!!

Thats why I’m actually hoping(none intended, it just fits)Obama will take it.

Moremoney is fresh Cheyney…don’t need that WarInc.

Obama is on a tightrope across hard-right ignorance trying to keep some middle ground in a grossly corporate-media propagandised country. One wrong step and they’ll tear him down with further smears.

He had the Mutt on the ropes last night. By the finale you knew Romney knew he’d lost. The voice was gone Minnie Mousey.
Beware the ballot-stuffers.

hahahahahha i love the way americans are just as stupid as irish people

There are other options, they just don’t have the financial backing or media attention of the major two.

The other options are there for sure, but as you said – they just can’t match the media power of the big two parties. The other parties effectively exist to present an image of an inclusive democracy to the wider world.

Much the same as the Irish model.

People are put of voting for.other candidates because of the electoral collage system, in a swing state a vote for third party could have a detrimental effect. Look at Nader done to Gore…

Neil young tune?

Four dead in Ohio!

My name is Goldman Sachs and I approve this message.

Ron Paul possesses too much integrity to be president.

Generalize much?

That’s right, all 310 million of us had our annual meeting last week, and wouldn’t you know it…we all agreed on everything as dictated to us by the media. Didn’t seem to matter that we come from every ethnic and cultural background and all social classes. We just turned on the television and listened to what the corporations told us so we knew exactly what to think.

let me remind my American friends that Romney was well behind because of his public gaffes, but went level after the tv debates. I voted for him because I believe the American public fall for spin and sound bytes and right now that’s Romney and his media machine

Seems about right Michael..

Dave, so using your logic about how to group people together, surely you must have drinking and fighting to attend to or some horses to get to market? Stereotypes are fun aren’t they? Saves a person from thinking too much and makes every conspiracy seem even more believable. But let me guess, you know the real truth of things, you must because you have internet access…

Well Micheal,
The American Presidential election is only one step away from Americas got Talent. In a media controlled country, where the major players are allowed to simply make up news to suit policy makers and lobbyists. You have to admit that Tim has a point.. Fox was recently banned from canada for that exact reason.. Its not necessarily the peoples fault. But a major issue all the same.

Dave, I agree big money has too much influence in the electoral process in the States. However, as someone who is American and lived in New Hampshire for 10 years before moving to Ireland a few years ago (NH being a very political state). I can tell you that there are a great deal of very clued in people (from all sides) who are as exasperated by this as anyone in the world. When you make generalisations such as the ones you and Tim are making what are you basing them on exactly? The 2% of voters who change their mind based on the news cycle? And where are you getting your information from exactly? The highlights of the electoral process as edited and presented by…wait for it…the media.

What wars did Obama start? Any wars / conflicts America is involved in at the moment are legacies from the Bush era!

Drone strikes in Pakistan a clear violation of international law has killed more civilians than terrorists. He got involved in Lybia where within 10 years the guns, and training he gave the rebels will be used against America. The sanctions bringing poverty to ordinary Iranians all because if Iran gets a nuke America can never invade. Obama is the lesser of two evils here.

John, that’s an easy excuse for Obama’s continuation of a terrible foreign policy. I’m not excusing Bush in anyway, just saying that it’s always easy to blame the old regime for lack of decision making in the current one.
Don’t forget he went back on his promise to close Guantanamo Bay torture centre.

Who do you think will win the >>> US <<< presidential election?

We have enough doom and gloom about our own country in every direction we look, this is about the US.

…fair enough, but some of us do have an interest in this election so please allow us to have our discussions. I’m pretty sure things like football, sport and music don’t really matter in the grand scheme of things but those of us with an interest in them like to discuss them. This is pretty much the same.

“so please allow us to have our discussions.”

What?

Damocles, nail on head! You’re making some good comments recently man. I like it :-)

He’d want the kenyan to win it.

Jim corr wears tinfoil hats who cares what he thinks.

Yeah the media did a right job on Jim Corr, and on Charlie Sheen, Rosie O’Donnell, Wille Nelson, Edward Asner…etc, not to mention thousands of architectics, structral engineers, pilots, firemen, police and victims families that have all been vilfied by the same media sure there all nutjobs. Who did they all think they were questioning offical theories, so what if the offical story defied the laws of physics and had more holes than a tea bag. The media has told us as soon as we hear thier names ignore what they say and call them tin foil hat wearing nutters. And thats what I’m goin to do too, I dont want any one seeing me going against the herd.

as is the irish electorate, so easy to point and laugh at how easy it is to pull the wool over the yanks eyes, would never happen here…

We could say the same to you, Blow in.. :D

FLMAO @Dave

Hows things Mark.. Hahahaha..

yeah listen to mark and dave here! they are correct, when we Irish hit third world status we will be flocking to America, and if we are lucky we might get some aid from them.

You may not care but like it or lump it in impacts Ireland and the world in general, so its rather foolish not to care

If he doesnt care, it doesnt make him foolish, you shouldnt make comments like that.

Actually Pádraig, it does make him foolish.

the don’t care option is not to click on the story, rather than click read it , the options, and make the first comment…

Go Romney. Great to see the Irish support for him on here!

@Mark, don’t mix up support for Romney with who do people think will win. If the election was in Ireland Obama would trounce him with 90% plus of the vote as per a poll done here before.

The individual in charge is irrelevant.. Th policy dictators behind the scenes will be the same..

@Bilbo – i fully agree. the “who cares” BS is becoming almost as boring as “burn the bondholders”, “sack them all” and “I hope he burns in hell”.

Every story on the journal is pretty much categorised as one of the above at this point.

good stuff martin!

couldn’t give a rats either! …time for a egg and toast…

Just look at the betting odds… They’re rarely wrong when it comes to elections… Obama 2/5, Romney 15/8.
It’s not even close. Romney has alienated himself from too many ordinary Americans, and from our point of view, he seems determined on a war with Iran, which will immediately mean a rise in oil prices. This was clearly evident in last nights debate, which Obama slightly shaded. Romney is a charismatic speaker and one of the best liars in the business.

Ok ill be as ridiculous as the comments above…. 90% of the people that comment on this website are delusional.

Policies will remain largely unchanged. If you never told the Americans who won the election, they probably wouldn’t be able to figure it from the impact it has on their lives. It is such a poor choice to make–like “Do you want to be shot at midnight or hung at dawn?” America has been screwed since they passed the “Patriot Act” after 9/11. The police have become an army of occupation in American cities. Phones and computers are tapped without court orders. Extrajudicial executions are carried out both in the country and around the world. Capital aggregation is taking place at a breakneck speed. Do you think either one of these guys is going to back away from the power levers? How strange they take credit for the collapse of the Soviet Union, only to mimic that state 20 years later. I’m no young man, so I can look back over 50 years and see the turn to the right. The average American has been losing out since about 1973 or thereabouts. What is called a “centerist” today would have been a right-winger 40 years ago.