# VOTE OBAMA-your reply is your vote

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 25, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480 "2008-10-25T05:13:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/61 "2008-10-25T14:48:23Z")

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Can I post twice, since my wife and I both voted last week?

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/62 "2008-10-25T14:51:19Z")

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In the tank.

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**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/63 "2008-10-25T14:53:09Z")

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> [@Carson\_O\_Genic](#):
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> B.O. would have to step on his dick big time.

I understand your comment, but not “a live boy or a dead girl.” What am I not getting?

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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/64 "2008-10-25T14:53:20Z")

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Absolutely.

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**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/65 "2008-10-25T15:01:03Z")

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someone from my family has to.

It’s kinda like being a repubican on these boards.

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/66 "2008-10-25T15:05:26Z")

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> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#):
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> I understand your comment, but not “a live boy or a dead girl.” What am I not getting?

The saying is that “[candidate] would have to be caught in bed with a live boy or a dead girl to lose.” Cf. Ashcroft’s loss in 2000 to a dead man.

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**Author:** ![wonderwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@wonderwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderwoman)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/67 "2008-10-25T15:07:00Z")

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This is my first post and my vote.

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**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/68 "2008-10-25T15:07:23Z")

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I voted, mailing it today. Woo!

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**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/69 "2008-10-25T15:07:33Z")

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OBAMA IS A LONG-LEGGED MACK DADDY!

I’m votin’ for him.

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**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/70 "2008-10-25T15:11:52Z")

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Voting Obama since 2004. (This’ll be my third vote cast for him - obviously I am way ahead of the curve.)

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**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/71 "2008-10-25T15:13:48Z")

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I’ve never felt better about casting a ballot.

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**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/72 "2008-10-25T15:16:47Z")

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This poll is at least as scientific as the one I got sucked into the other day, right?

Already cast my early ballot.

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**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/73 "2008-10-25T15:20:32Z")

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Of course.

For my first time, I’ll also be a volunteer election official. “Poll worker” sounds too euphemistic. The boyfriend will be out knocking doors that day for That One, too.

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**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/74 "2008-10-25T15:20:59Z")

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I’m voting Obama, or as my 2 year old calls him, “Rock Yomamma”.

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**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/75 "2008-10-25T15:41:39Z")

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Vote for the Big O!

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**Author:** ![Fiona\_Greenlee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e68b1a/32.png) [@Fiona\_Greenlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiona_Greenlee)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/76 "2008-10-25T15:47:41Z")

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Me and the husband mailed in our votes yesterday. 🆒

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**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/77 "2008-10-25T15:56:08Z")

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Uh, guys. You do know that your post isn’t _really_ your vote right? You still actually have to go out and vote. (Don’t tell the other thread.)

Count me in.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/78 "2008-10-25T15:57:15Z")

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Barack on.

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**Author:** ![Influential\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Influential\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Influential_Panda)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/79 "2008-10-25T16:01:27Z")

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Oh, cool. Now I don’t have to leave the house. Thanks, internet.

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**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-obama-your-reply-is-your-vote/469480/80 "2008-10-25T16:02:22Z")

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Definitely.

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