# Obama voters: voting for Obama or against Romney **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 5, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-voters-voting-for-obama-or-against-romney/639953 "2012-11-05T14:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-voters-voting-for-obama-or-against-romney/639953/41 "2012-11-05T19:51:21Z")
> [@](#): > > And really, no one is intentionally evil unless they’re a fictional character. In real life, people think they’re doing the right thing. Ha, true. Does anyone else like the BBC sketch comedy show _That Mitchell and Webb Look_? The other day I saw a hilarious sketch in which they play Waffen SS officers in the midst of a battle on the Eastern Front. The Waffen SS, you’ll recall, famously had the skull “death’s head” insignia on their helmets. So the following conversation ensues (paraphrased from memory; keep in mind that “baddies” is a Briticism for “bad guys”): W: That will show those cowardly Russian bastards! M: Yeah. Hey, so I just noticed we have skulls on our helmets. W: Uhhh…yeah, so? M: Skulls. **Skulls.** Kind of scary looking, don’t you think? W: I suppose. What’s your point? M: It’s just making me wonder…do you think maybe \*we’re \*the baddies? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-voters-voting-for-obama-or-against-romney/639953/42 "2012-11-05T19:51:47Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > I’d say “against the Republican party” much more than either for or against Obama or Romney. The GOP simply cannot be allowed to be in control under any circumstance. Not that i dislike Obama or anything, but i would vote for anyone who opposed the Republican party. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-voters-voting-for-obama-or-against-romney/639953/43 "2012-11-05T20:07:14Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Ha, true. Does anyone else like the BBC sketch comedy show _That Mitchell and Webb Look_? The other day I saw a hilarious sketch in which they play Waffen SS officers in the midst of a battle on the Eastern Front. The Waffen SS, you’ll recall, famously had the skull “death’s head” insignia on their helmets. > > So the following conversation ensues (paraphrased from memory; keep in mind that “baddies” is a Briticism for “bad guys”): > > W: That will show those cowardly Russian bastards! > M: Yeah. Hey, so I just noticed we have skulls on our helmets. > W: Uhhh…yeah, so? > M: Skulls. **Skulls.** Kind of scary looking, don’t you think? > W: I suppose. What’s your point? > M: It’s just making me wonder…do you think maybe \*we’re \*the baddies? I loved that skit. Does bringing it up count as godwinizing against all of us, though? Second Nazi: I mean, what do skulls make you think of? Death… cannibals… beheading… pirates… Hans: Pirates are fun! Second Nazi: I didn’t say we weren’t fun, but fun or not pirates are still the baddies. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-voters-voting-for-obama-or-against-romney/639953/44 "2012-11-05T20:09:19Z")
20% for Obama and 80% against the GOP in general. I voted absentee last week. ---
**Author:** ![Anduinel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Anduinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anduinel)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-voters-voting-for-obama-or-against-romney/639953/45 "2012-11-05T20:25:13Z")
Both. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-voters-voting-for-obama-or-against-romney/639953/46 "2012-11-06T16:59:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Second Nazi: I didn’t say we weren’t fun, but fun or not pirates are still the baddies. Ha! That’s right, I forgot that part. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-voters-voting-for-obama-or-against-romney/639953/47 "2012-11-06T17:11:03Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > I’d say “against the Republican party” much more than either for or against Obama or Romney. The GOP simply cannot be allowed to be in control under any circumstance. Pretty much this. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-voters-voting-for-obama-or-against-romney/639953/48 "2012-11-06T17:53:32Z")
I don’t even know what this means. If I had the option to appoint anyone in the world President of the United States, would I choose Obama? Probably not. I lean pretty far to the left and we don’t agree on plenty of things. If there was one person I did not, under any circumstances, ever want near the White House, would it be Romney? No, I’m sure there could be worse things than a Romney presidency. But if I had to choose between Obama and Romney, I would choose Obama. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-voters-voting-for-obama-or-against-romney/639953.md?page=2)