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Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
"Hey, we'll let you speak if you say EXACTLY what we want!"
Good for him for saying no.
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"Hey, we'll let you speak if you say EXACTLY what we want!"
Good for him for saying no.
Black Mamba
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The Republicans should have just offered Ron Paul to speak on Monday with no conditions.
Box Office Report: Anti-Obama Doc Beats New Films With $6.3 Mil on Eve of GOP Convention
People hate Obama. Who knew?
I like how they have to put "excluding nature films". I wonder what it would be if they didn't.
Hurricanes are the ultimate free markets.
Black Republican
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i might watch the film just to see the evil
el retorno
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I'll watch it, but I ain't paying to see it in a theatre
So is this movie supposed to be like Farenheit 9/11 except way more slanted and skewed?
Seems odd that they can use sound from his audio book.
el retorno
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Its republican fan fiction.
You see the same thing on Fox News.
I hope that documentary's message filters into the convention. I want birthers up and down that stage saying crazy shit to scare independents away and embarrass the GOP.
Same thing happened to H.W. Bush when Pat Buchanan got on stage in '92 and started ranting about the culture war.
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Real African´s draw more than Fake Africans
I'm probably just being way too sensitive about this, but I just don't like the optics on this post.
el retorno
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I was joking about the fact that the Republicans keep hyping up the racist stuff (which usually plays into the monkey crap) and that he was born in africa.
I was insulting them. Hence the "fake african" (he´s not, he´s american)
I did question posting it and did think about that and should have put some kind of disclaimer.
It will be interesting to see whether redstate flips out again. Maybe the point of the Ryan pick was to placate the true believers so that he could do this without worrying about the right flank.
Between this and the birther jokes, apparently the new strategy is Romney care + Obama is a foreigner. Weird combo.
Arrowgigantic
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And without the $24M opening weekend or the $222M worldwide gross. In fact, I would be surprised if this sells one ticket overseas.
I really hope the moderators in the debates allow Obama/Romney to actually get into real debates instead of them simply regurgitating rehearsed talking points. Obama would destroy Romney if they were in an honest debate.
It'd be like a dream come true if the moderators just stepped back and let the two of them go at it for a couple hours.
The messaging is getting so weird. "we need to cut entitlements, but Obama is cutting entitlements and that's bad! Obamacare sucks and needs to be repealed, but Romneycare was great!"
Romney understands that the media isn't going to challenge him in any serious way and he's taking full advantage of that.
PhoenixDark
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That's why Hillary didn't get a speaking slot this year
Yeah, but if I were an advisor I'd be holding my breath during the debates, because there's no way Obama won't attack that.
el retorno
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hahaha
Jeb Bush may be the most overrated politician in America today. It's become a persistent meme of sorts that he's the smart one of the family, who would've made a great candidate if only he'd had a different last name. Fact is, he's as generic a conservative as they come, subscribing to most of their nonsensical platform. He just has a slightly better understanding of election strategy and what does and doesn't appeal to independents.
From same interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oEkCqbtV24&feature=g-all-u
He claims there was not a single dollar in tax savings by having his offshore accounts. So I assume the reasoning behind investing in foreign companies is because.. he hates America?
He claims there was not a single dollar in tax savings by having his offshore accounts. So I assume the reasoning behind investing in foreign companies is because.. he hates America?
Aaron Strife
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They're just keeping her entrance a surprise when she announces she's going to be Obama's running mate.
Yeah. And he gets to say "I gave health care to everyone without cutting Medicare like Obama did" every time he brings it up as well, which similarly the media won't call him on.
It's pretty smart actually. Any time anyone asks him "But Romneycare is just like Obamacare, isn't it?" he can just say "No, I didn't cut Medicare." It's a gigantic lie, but one he can get away with and it will be extremely effective.
They see me trollin',
They hatin'
you mean they announce Obama is her running mate!
Edit: Biden to head huge new federal beauracracy Gaffe Protection Agency
Black Republican
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Is Gov. Cuomo going to be a speaker?
PhoenixDark
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He knew Wallace wouldn't ask a response question. Not because Wallace is biased or in Romney's pocket (he's not), moreso because journalists tend to let candidates get away with that shit.
Well, technically it's not a lie. He didn't cut medicare, in fact. But the reason it's still a douchey statement is cause medicare is a federal program so he couldn't cut have cut it even if he wanted.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/romney-akins-comments-hurt-gop
Romney: Akins Comments Hurt Republican Party
How can Romney say this when his own VP co-sponsored a bill with Akin that had similar, if not exactly, the same language? I want to see his answer to this when/if Akin's comments comes up in the debates.
Romney: Akins Comments Hurt Republican Party
How can Romney say this when his own VP co-sponsored a bill with Akin that had similar, if not exactly, the same language? I want to see his answer to this when/if Akin's comments comes up in the debates.
If Dems had balls (and they have lately, just don't always know where to use 'em), they'd put that front and center for a while. Shout it from the rooftops, on every fucking network, in every interview, for a week straight: If Romney thinks this is so damaging why does his running mate support the same things Akin does? The rest will speak for itself while the GOP scrambles to save face.
They won't do it, though.
Because enough of the media lets him get away with it. Also, their recent denouncements are enough to plant that seed of truth in people's gut.
PhoenixDark
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And that's what makes me nervous. It reeks of the media hammering away at Al Gore when there was all kinds of stuff going by mostly unsaid about Dubya. In the end, it helped him. Lots.
Dems really need to step it up and have a coordinated media frenzy against Romney's VP pick.
Dems really need to step it up and have a coordinated media frenzy against Romney's VP pick.
Arrowgigantic
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1) Medicare isn't being cut.
2) States do not have any Medicare TO cut. It's a federal program.
3) You vetoed the part of the bill that keeps it fiscally responsible. Luckily the legislature overrode you. So no, you didn't do health reform, the legislature did it in spite of you.
lol, wow.
PhoenixDark
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what part was that?
Wow, I honestly thought this headline was real:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blo...lls-for-emergency-tax-cuts.html#ixzz24eqkIVnb
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blo...lls-for-emergency-tax-cuts.html#ixzz24eqkIVnb
Black Mamba
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I wanted to post that earlier. I did a double take on the second and third homes part, but still thought it might be legit. The thirteen percent part was when I realized it was satire.
Well done, honestly. Enough to get baited before realizing it a third of the way through.
CHEEZMO
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They're understandably loath to provide him an unfettered platform. He's refused to fully endorse Romney. And he's a peculiar figure with a passionate, yet equally bizarre, cult of personality.
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