# I can hardly stand the suspense! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 5, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943 "2012-11-05T09:58:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/41 "2012-11-05T18:20:16Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Wait…what? Is this some real event you a referencing or is this hyperbole? I am referring to [Tariq Khan](http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/tariq-khan-killed-cia-drone/story?id=15258659#.UJgB8VI0_6R), the Pakistani child who met and talked with with human rights groups to help document the effect CIA drone attacks were having on Pakistani civilians, and then three days later was murdered by a CIA drone while driving. > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Göring and Goebbels are running for POTUS? Yes, **Bo**. There have only been two war criminals in the entire history of mankind, and both are running in this year’s election. The use of second strikes against first responders and funerals, or supporting torturing prisoners totally doesn’t count. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/42 "2012-11-05T18:20:54Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Now that it’s here, could someone explain who or what he’s ranting about? Wait, I will hook up the universal translator: "Herp a derp. Herp derp herp derp. Herp derp. \ Damn. Someone owes me $195.99 ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/43 "2012-11-05T18:21:52Z")
It’s still a no brainer for me- Obama will be way better for the USA and for the world then the alternative (in my opinion of course), so I am morally required to vote for him. I really have no choice. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/44 "2012-11-05T18:28:47Z")
I’m not getting why people are waffling, I believe my dog could make this choice, and correctly. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/45 "2012-11-05T18:29:57Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > The FEC prohibits campaigning within 100 feet (or yards, maybe) of a polling station. No I got that, but is wearing a “Go Obama” t-shirt at a polling station while you vote considered afoul of that rule? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/46 "2012-11-05T18:30:47Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > I am referring to [Tariq Khan](http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/tariq-khan-killed-cia-drone/story?id=15258659#.UJgB8VI0_6R), the Pakistani child who met and talked with with human rights groups to help document the effect CIA drone attacks were having on Pakistani civilians, and then three days later was murdered by a CIA drone while driving. > Yes, **Bo**. There have only been two war criminals in the entire history of mankind, and both are running in this year’s election. The use of second strikes against first responders and funerals, or supporting torturing prisoners totally doesn’t count. :rolleyes: So which one of our candidates has been convicted of war crimes? I must have missed that in the news. Hurry with the details; the election is tomorrow and I wouldn’t want to cast my vote for a convicted war criminal. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/47 "2012-11-05T18:31:43Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > No I got that, but is wearing a “Go Obama” t-shirt at a polling station while you vote considered afoul of that rule? This is a question of state law, not federal law, I believe. The states that I’m aware of do not prohibit this. And I think there’s a pretty good legal argument for why any such law would be unconstitutional. Are you curious about a particular state? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/48 "2012-11-05T18:48:38Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > [Will Romney see 93% of all income growth go to the top 1%?](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-02/top-1-got-93-of-income-growth-as-rich-poor-gap-widened.html) [Will he exile US citizens without trial?](http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/05/muslim-no-fly-qatar) What? The bottom 99% saw income growth? This is inexcusable. Under Romney, these folks will see NO income growth at all. They should thank their lucky stars that they have some sort of job at all. Exile US citizens? Not on Romney’s watch. He’ll execute them instead. This has been stupid hypothetical comparison theatre. Tune in next week, when we’ll talk more about Obama’s evil plans. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/49 "2012-11-05T18:59:52Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > This is a question of state law, not federal law, I believe. > > The states that I’m aware of do not prohibit this. And I think there’s a pretty good legal argument for why any such law would be unconstitutional. > > Are you curious about a particular state? More or less I am curious where the poster upthread that claimed to work at a polling station lives and works. Asking people to turn their t-shirts inside out seems pretty high school-ish to me. What else do they do, make you take the pro-Obama or Romney magnet off the back of your minivan when you drive to the polling station to vote? I mean, we wouldn’t want a bumper sticker to unduly influence the undecided stragglers at the polls! ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/50 "2012-11-05T19:09:23Z")
> [@A\_nice\_guy\_with\_an\_opinion](#): > > destroy the good bond between the parties that has BIPARTISAN bills flowing through smooth as silk, I noticed no one has commented on this bit of stupidity so I will: This is a joke right? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/51 "2012-11-05T19:12:10Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > More or less I am curious where the poster upthread that claimed to work at a polling station lives and works. Asking people to turn their t-shirts inside out seems pretty high school-ish to me. What else do they do, make you take the pro-Obama or Romney magnet off the back of your minivan when you drive to the polling station to vote? I mean, we wouldn’t want a bumper sticker to unduly influence the undecided stragglers at the polls! The Michigan statute says: On election day, a person shall not post, display, or distribute in a polling place, in any hallway used by voters to enter or exit a polling place, or within 100 feet of an entrance to a building in which a polling place is located any material that directly or indirectly makes reference to an election, a candidate, or a ballot question. Except as otherwise provided in section 744a, this subsection does not apply to official material that is required by law to be posted, displayed, or distributed in a polling place on election day. 168.744(3). The Secretary of State has interpreted that to include campaign paraphernalia worn by a voter, and this has been upheld in federal district court. I suspect you’ll see more litigation over this issue, maybe this year. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/52 "2012-11-05T19:13:16Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Bullshit. Yours is not the vote that will make the difference between an Obama victory and a Romney victory, so voting for one war criminal out of fear of a slightly worse war criminal is stupid. Well, you’re Australian so you don’t even get one vote! ETA: Although your parroting of Republican Talking Points makes me doubt your profile… ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/53 "2012-11-05T20:02:21Z")
The OP attacked the Messiah!!! (OK, I’ve tee’d it up…) ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/54 "2012-11-05T20:12:50Z")
What a great thread. It started out with a solid OP and just keeps getting better and better. Well done, everyone! Let’s give ourselves a round of applause! (Seriously, this thread distills everything that sucks about message boards around election season. You should all be deeply ashamed of yourselves.) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/55 "2012-11-05T20:23:01Z")
Gee, if only there were an alternative message board, with people even hipper and smarter than the SDMB, where shit like that doesn’t happen! Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/56 "2012-11-05T20:32:34Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > ETA: Although your parroting of Republican Talking Points makes me doubt your profile… Do you work to make yourself this stupid, or did your parents just drop you on your head a lot as a child? I _wish_ these were Republican Talking Points, because then you Democrats might actually feel some shame about voting for a fuckstick that gloats about how many whistleblowers he’s persecuted. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/57 "2012-11-05T20:33:38Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Gee, if only there were an alternative message board, with people even hipper and smarter than the SDMB, where shit like that doesn’t happen! Any suggestions? I lurk there every now and then, but for some reason or other I always get a stiff neck when I do. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/58 "2012-11-05T20:37:27Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > What a great thread. It started out with a solid OP and just keeps getting better and better. Well done, everyone! Let’s give ourselves a round of applause! > > (Seriously, this thread distills everything that sucks about message boards around election season. You should all be deeply ashamed of yourselves.) I would say that the best thing about messageboards is the scold who comes in just to tell everyone else that they’re not being very good messageboard posters, except obviously the real best thing is the scold who comes in to scold the scold, so wheee. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/59 "2012-11-05T20:37:53Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > And my question is why they think this is the best they have. Even recycled Benghazi fables would seem to be more visceral and effective. > > But maybe the notion that Obama wants revenge is so vague and threatening that every crazy reads his own nutjob fantasy onto it? Yes. Have you ever been here? [Politics and Other Controversies Forum - Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Conservatives, Liberals, Third Parties, Left-Wing, Right-Wing, Congress, President - City-Data Forum](http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/) Or its sub-forum, Elections: [Elections Forum - Relocation, Moving, General and Local City Discussions - City-Data Forum](http://www.city-data.com/forum/elections/) [Angry black man talking revenge is scary lately](http://www.city-data.com/forum/elections/1725957-obama-scary-lately.html) You might want to take a Xanax before opening any threads there. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/60 "2012-11-05T21:50:23Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Gee, if only there were an alternative message board, with people even hipper and smarter than the SDMB, where shit like that doesn’t happen! Any suggestions? Beats me. Something Awful, maybe? > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I would say that the best thing about messageboards is the scold who comes in just to tell everyone else that they’re not being very good messageboard posters, except obviously the real best thing is the scold who comes in to scold the scold, so wheee. Lisa: “If you’re the police, then who will police the police?” Homer: “I don’t know, Coast Guard?” I think you’re the Coast Guard in this analogy. So that’s something. Sorry for the scolding, I’m just ready for this election to be over. Listening to each side shout their talking points past the other has lost its novelty for me, doubly so when said conversation gets started by the laziest, most obvious troll in the history of the Internet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943.md?page=4)