FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama participate in the first presidential debate at the University of Denver, in Denver. Both men relished the wonky talk, but Mitt Romney also showed the easy confidence a presidential contender needs _ and a bit of the salesman's dynamic presentation. Barack Obama sounded more like a long-winded professor a little annoyed he has to go over this stuff one more time for the slow students in the back. For viewers the lesson from both was clear: If they crave a real discussion of complicated issues _ not just zingers _ it means some tough going. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon students participating in a mock election chose Barack Obama over Mitt Romney 62 percent to 32 percent in the race for president.
Students favored Ballot Measure 80 for marijuana legalization 52 percent to 48 percent. Students said the economy was the most important national issue, followed by education.
Students also voted on other state races and ballot measures as part of a national voter education project.
Thank the AP for making it obvious they support Omama and many thanks to the League of Women Voters for pursuing such an endeavor on behalf of all Donkey teachers unions that keep indoctrinating our school aged children on behalf of Omama. Never in my 60 years have I seen such insolence and impudence when it comes to indoctrinating children and that song ridiculing Romney and supporting Omama sung by children is akin to Hitler Youth having been in a war...
Well--they are from Oregon, so no surprise here.....I think I read a couple weeks ago we are #1 in food stamps as well.  So much to be proud of here....
Ofcourse they do, he plays to them like a rock star. Hey Kids ask the kids who did the same in 2008 if they still feel the same way. You will find the wheels fell off bus and the paint peeled really fast. Â
And the media pushes Obama once more. I am getting really tired of the obvious media bias. No wonder the liberals are going after Fox. They are the only people who don't cram the liberal left down our throats.Â
What I personally find sad, is, the fact that people keep perpetuating the problem. We keep voting for the popular candidate. I have heard on numerous occasions we are voting for the lesser of two evils... then I bring up Gary Johnson and most of the people say "Who's that?!" . There are 4 major reasons I did not vote for Obama.NDAADrone WarKill listPatriot Act All things that have been verified. Now not saying that voting for Romney is gonna be any better. It wont be.
This has all been a nice 'shell game' by the media, along with all of the storm stories yet to come. What they (the national media) as a whole are doing is to present any story they can dig up, any story at all, anything, {anything] BUT any story related to Obama's handling of his Benghazi terrorist fiasco. Damn right I mentioned it! Because the mainstream left wing Obama pushing media refuses to cover the story.Â
 @Jack_Bauer Jack because you say something doesn't make it true. It's quite clear how ignorant you are to what is actually going on in our government.Â
This just proves why, when Obama's economy became so bad I could no longer afford to place my child in private school--we pulled ourselves up by our bootstraps and I am now an at home mom who home schools through OR Connections Academy. The public school sector in this state is defunct and sickening and does anything but "care about the children" as is their war cry whenever something (funding, public sentiment, whatever) doesn't swing their way. What is being turned out of schools these days to pass as "educated young adults" is truly terrifying.
This is clearly good news about this future generation. In contrast, twenty years ago we had raised a generation of kids whose primary focus in their lives was on making money. It's heartening to see that more human values have replaced that urge.
 @oodathunked  @felines99 I see that socialism is at work in New York and New Jersey.  Our socialistic government sending in water, equipment, etc. to help those that need help. WOW how socialistic can you get.Â
@scoreboard and yet, contrary to the republican world view, they still have very wealthy individuals. The biggest difference is, the average person is able to live comfortably while the average person in this country lives pay check to pay check while their companies post record profits and the executives of those companies receive multi-million dollar bonuses.
@oodathunked ask Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and many other European nations along with Canada how it works. I'm betting they would say its a great system considering they have a very high standard of living and very good healthcare. Two things that are lacking for most of Americans.
 @oodathunked  @felines99 And everybody know socialism is BAD.  We need all roads to be private, utilities to have free rain to charge as they want.  Those that are unemployed need to just die.  Yup, that socialism is really a bad thing.
@scoreboard @DadInPDX @felines99 As a liberal democrat,I'm more than capable of spelling "strong work ethic" "taking care of myself without help from the government" "gays deserve marriage equality" "women should have reproductive choices"
 @DadInPDX  @felines99 Took the words right out of my mouth. They are quite good at spelling welfare, food stamps, lazy, government assistance and handout.
 @MissLissaJ  @Hiker123  @oodathunked And I'm constantly amazed with the borderline illiteracy of pro-right posters. That's what you don't get, I guess. Don't forget that according to you, we're the "elitists".
 @Hiker123  @oodathunked  @felines99 And you, dear hiker 123---are displaying your wonderful (I'm assuming public?!) educational skills in your word choice. I'm always amazed by the people who post on here that are pro-Obama. You don't get that the rest of the world sees your posting (which you probably consider completely rational, well thought out, and clearly articulated) and we all go "wow, thanks for proving our point, Bubba."
Thank the AP for making it obvious they support Omama and many thanks to the League of Women Voters for pursuing such an endeavor on behalf of all Donkey teachers unions that keep indoctrinating our school aged children on behalf of Omama. Never in my 60 years have I seen such insolence and impudence when it comes to indoctrinating children and that song ridiculing Romney and supporting Omama sung by children is akin to Hitler Youth having been in a war...
@boned Still stuck in that bubble? That bubble will burst soon and you will be set free.
Well--they are from Oregon, so no surprise here.....I think I read a couple weeks ago we are #1 in food stamps as well.  So much to be proud of here....
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-05-07/politics/31606101_1_college-graduates-democrats-increases-chart Rob C.there is a bunch of studies that shows exactly that the higher the education of a person they do have a tendancy to vote Democtatic. See above
 @Salmon Breath Bunk science, Sir. Just the opposite...
@boned ..and you got your info. from Sean Hannitty???
 And in other news, Water is discovered to be wet.
Barach Obama will go down in history as one of the worst presidents ever. What a joke.
 @rozeguy Totally. I remember you clowns saying the same thing about Clinton.Â
Ofcourse they do, he plays to them like a rock star. Hey Kids ask the kids who did the same in 2008 if they still feel the same way. You will find the wheels fell off bus and the paint peeled really fast. Â
And the media pushes Obama once more. I am getting really tired of the obvious media bias. No wonder the liberals are going after Fox. They are the only people who don't cram the liberal left down our throats.Â
@Nobody Of course not they cram Reptard B.S. down your throat and you swallow it whole.People who watch Fox news are less informed than someone who never watches the news.http://www.businessinsider.com/study-watching-fox-news-makes-you-less-informed-than-watching-no-news-at-all-2012-5 read and learn
 @Salmon Breath Classic.Â
No surprise here, numerous studies have shown that the higher a persons education the less likely they are to vote Republican.
 @Ramsesthegreat Education does not equal intelligence.
That can be proven every single day of the week in classrooms across the country.
 @Ramsesthegreat You just make this stuff as you go along? "Numerous studies" hmmm what a joke.
 @Ramsesthegreat The higher a person's eduction means the more time spent in a liberal institution.  Go figure.
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Professional Student is a profession right?
@Ramsesthegreat ......please cite those "studies".
No surprise here. The students don't have jobs, don't pay taxes, and rely on others for their subsistence.
 @Saltire Sounds like a typical democrat to me!
@Saltire Others, as in, Mom & Dad?
What I personally find sad, is, the fact that people keep perpetuating the problem. We keep voting for the popular candidate. I have heard on numerous occasions we are voting for the lesser of two evils... then I bring up Gary Johnson and most of the people say "Who's that?!" . There are 4 major reasons I did not vote for Obama.NDAADrone WarKill listPatriot Act All things that have been verified. Now not saying that voting for Romney is gonna be any better. It wont be.
This has all been a nice 'shell game' by the media, along with all of the storm stories yet to come. What they (the national media) as a whole are doing is to present any story they can dig up, any story at all, anything, {anything] BUT any story related to Obama's handling of his Benghazi terrorist fiasco. Damn right I mentioned it! Because the mainstream left wing Obama pushing media refuses to cover the story.Â
 @last boyscout Censors here are deleting my posts cause Im calling them out on it.
When this all breaks they are going to look like criminals for helping with the cover up.
I expect them to ban me any day now because they have no other defense for their dereliction of duty.
@last boyscout .......that's what happens when the Fourth Estate abandons objective non-biased journalism for promotion and protection of a President.
 @Rob C 503  @last Abso-positiv-ly-lute. True colors are flying everywhere.
@last boyscout Then, why don't you become a news reporter, and report all of the news that you deem reportable?
 @last boyscout Amen! Sad but true. Anything to cover it up.
Anyone who votes for Obama should be considered a student. They clearly have a lot to learn...
One question...did the kids majoring in economics look over both plans? How do they feel about Obama's plan? Romney's plan?
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Or did the professors not even dive into that one, knowing what the actual outcome would be?
@washcomom one issue with that is no one knows the specifics of Romney's plan.
 @Ramsesthegreat  @washcomom Kind of like nobody knows whats in a Obama budget? Since he hasnt created one for two years.
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 @Jack_Bauer Jack because you say something doesn't make it true. It's quite clear how ignorant you are to what is actually going on in our government.Â
 @Ramsesthegreat And there's nothing to Obama's plan, except spend what you don't have.
 @Ramsesthegreat  @washcomom Possibly but Obama's plan is pretty simple.....tax and spend, tax and spend, tax and spend......
This just proves why, when Obama's economy became so bad I could no longer afford to place my child in private school--we pulled ourselves up by our bootstraps and I am now an at home mom who home schools through OR Connections Academy. The public school sector in this state is defunct and sickening and does anything but "care about the children" as is their war cry whenever something (funding, public sentiment, whatever) doesn't swing their way. What is being turned out of schools these days to pass as "educated young adults" is truly terrifying.
The blind leading the dumb.
Ha Ha.
This is clearly good news about this future generation. In contrast, twenty years ago we had raised a generation of kids whose primary focus in their lives was on making money. It's heartening to see that more human values have replaced that urge.
 @felines99 But instead, we should be FORCED to give our money to those that haven't earned it. Yea, that's the America I want to live in. NOT!!!
 @felines99 Pop culture values like drugs & hooking up.....& voting for Obama.
@TimBurr @felines99 With that logic, men with 30 underage wives are the ones voting for Romney
 @felines99 Yeah! Redistribute the wealth, it's called socialism.
 @oodathunked  @felines99 I see that socialism is at work in New York and New Jersey.  Our socialistic government sending in water, equipment, etc. to help those that need help. WOW how socialistic can you get.Â
@oodathunked republicans are all about redistributing wealth too, they just believe it should all be redistributed to the top 1%
@oodathunked @felines99 Romney is a secret socialist: http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Consecration Mormons aspire to have communism upon the second coming of Jesus
@DadInPDX I didn't say it was exclusive, I just said he's a secret communist.
 @pdxd   You forgot to mention: jews, Hitler, Illuminati, and Bilderberg Group.
 @felines99 It doesn't work, but it's a great idea.
@scoreboard and yet, contrary to the republican world view, they still have very wealthy individuals. The biggest difference is, the average person is able to live comfortably while the average person in this country lives pay check to pay check while their companies post record profits and the executives of those companies receive multi-million dollar bonuses.
 @Ramsesthegreat  @oodathunked Works great but they also have some of the highest tax rates in the world!
@oodathunked ask Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and many other European nations along with Canada how it works. I'm betting they would say its a great system considering they have a very high standard of living and very good healthcare. Two things that are lacking for most of Americans.
 @oodathunked  @felines99 And everybody know socialism is BAD.  We need all roads to be private, utilities to have free rain to charge as they want.  Those that are unemployed need to just die.  Yup, that socialism is really a bad thing.
 @Jack_Bauer  @Hiker123  @oodathunked  @felines99 Seriously, is that the best you can do???
 @Hiker123  @oodathunked  @felines99 You are a fool.
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@scoreboard @DadInPDX @felines99 As a liberal democrat,I'm more than capable of spelling "strong work ethic" "taking care of myself without help from the government" "gays deserve marriage equality" "women should have reproductive choices"
 @Hiker123 ...try reading a little Russian history then get back to us....  Â
 @DadInPDX  @felines99 Took the words right out of my mouth. They are quite good at spelling welfare, food stamps, lazy, government assistance and handout.
 @felines99   Don't forget the masses of illiterates on the left that can spell Obama, but can't spell "resume" or "employment".
 @MissLissaJ  @Hiker123  @oodathunked And I'm constantly amazed with the borderline illiteracy of pro-right posters. That's what you don't get, I guess. Don't forget that according to you, we're the "elitists".
 @Hiker123  @oodathunked  @felines99 And you, dear hiker 123---are displaying your wonderful (I'm assuming public?!) educational skills in your word choice. I'm always amazed by the people who post on here that are pro-Obama. You don't get that the rest of the world sees your posting (which you probably consider completely rational, well thought out, and clearly articulated) and we all go "wow, thanks for proving our point, Bubba."
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