Someone please calm my fears... even just a little?

[jessm78.livejournal.com]

Ever since 2003, I've been an avid visitor of the website Freerepublic.com. Never joined but I lurked there and they put my fears to rest back in 2004 when the exit polls all showed John Kerry winning at first.

Now I'm over there and most of them are all harping on the fact that Obama is ahead in today's Rassmussen poll, I think 2 points ahead of Romney (although the internals don't make sense in that they're saying Romney is ahead with women while Obama is ahead with men; plus he's assuming Dems will have a bigger turnout this time... huh?). They're all saying what an awful candidate Romney is, that he'll be just like McCain and Dole in the debates, that this country is too busy loving their new "Obamaphones" and want government to take care of them and they'll all just reelect him.

This is seriously freaking me out. I just cannot think of 4 more years of Obama considering how bad things are. I know the media likes to demoralize us into not voting, a lot of the polls oversample Democrats, etc.

Yes, I know this country is vastly different now from the way it was even 20 years ago. And I know that the die-hard Obama fans will stick with him. But I'd like to think that the average Joe is a little concerned about the way things are going to want change.

I'm really worried for my future and that of my family and friends if this guy ends up being reelected. Someone please calm my fears before I slit my wrists. :(

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[sreya.livejournal.com]

I was pretty proud of myself for continuing to be nice and polite. Although I'll admit I skirted the lines of legality a little bit by admitting I'm privy to information in my job that has certainly shaped my opinions. But basically I drove home my point that even on the couple of "good" points the guy brought up, like the immigration executive orders that Obama had implemented them illegally by going around Congress and it would only hurt that cause in the future anyway. So I'd rather give the other guy a chance.

I honestly don't think he knew what to do with me. LOL