2/4     Romney is very good looking. My inlaws are voting for him because
        he reminds them of Ronald Reagan. They've always voted for winners
        in the past and have been 100% accurate.
           \_ Yeah?  What do you think of them now, with Romney out of the
              race?  "Even a broken clock is right twice a day".  Also,
              if you have 1000 mutual funds playing the market, some of them
              are going to have extraordinary winning streaks that are more
              owed to randomness than to wisdom on the part of those running
              the mutual fund.
        \_ So now that Romney's out of it what's their accuracy rating? 50%?
        \_ Good looking?  They like how he looks?  Or they like his policies?
           \_ They like the way he carries himself. Ya know, charm,
              confidence, modesty. Things that Americans care about.
        \_ Sounds like your inlaws are going to be <100% accurate come Nov.
        \_ Damn, so does this mean that a few years from now alcohol, coffee,
           cigarettes, and diet coke will be outlawed, and everyone will
           be allowed to have more than one wife?
           \_ I'm not a Mormon but I'm against alcohol, cigarettes, and
              gambling since they've had crippling effects on my family.
              I don't care about diet coke or caffeine as they haven't
              affected me personally. The multiple wife thing is a serious
              issue since it'll create more desperate single restless
              young men w/o a wife to whip them (e.g. hateful, restless
              Middle East young men effect). I don't care about gay
              marriage, religion, etc. In all I don't have anything
              against Romney, and I may just end up voting for him.
                                        -Undecided Independent
              \_ I have no problem with people eschewing alcohol, cigarettes,
                 gambling, etc. on their own; I have a huge problem with them
                 telling me I shouldn't indulge those vices.
           \_ No, but I hear he is planning on declaring a "War on Trolls."
              Watch out!
        \_ Wow, two time Bush voters? Your inlaws are smart folk!
           \_ They're NOT smart, that's the whole thing. Americans vote
              for charming winners that appeal to their hearts while
              left wing people vote for smarties (or at least those
              who seem annoyingly smug about their superier intelligence)
              It's not about the policies, damnit.
              \_ Oh I see, you're just trolling.  Left-wing people are not
                 American?
                 \_ San Franciscan style left wing is not MAINSTREAM America