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PoliGAF 2012 Community Thread
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mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
To me with 8.3% unemployment I think 80+ % is insane. That's some crazy enthusiasm that the Dems have right now.
I'd be scared if I were the GOP if unemployment hit 7.9% at anytime this year.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
LOL--that's crazy high.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
That's why the GOP needs to change FAST. If they don't start appealing to minorities they'll be irrelevant in a decade or two.
Invisible_Insane
Member
I hope to understand one day what information the White House has that makes spending an additional day in Afghanistan a worthwhile proposition. It's insane.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
WTF is that?
happyfunball
Member
Preview of Rush Limbaugh next week? 2016 Republican Platform? Rick Santorum's journal entry last night?
All correct answers.
Invisible_Insane
Member
Republican women's health policy applied to the franchise.
speculawyer
Member
I can sorta understand . . .
-Pulling out is viewed as 'losing'.
-It is a nice thing to 'nation build' in Afghanistan to help that forsaken place out
-Nice place to keep an eye on Iran and Pakistan from.
But despite those things, we need to get out because we don't have the money and the benefits are outweighed by the costs in blood, money, goodwill, etc.
He's staked some spectacularly inane positions in the past-Gelb-Biden derp. But he's been closer to correct on Afghanistan since becoming VP. As I recall, he opposed the escalation in 2009 when it was being considered. Additionally, if Obama were to accelerate the withdrawal, it'd be a fairly transparent admission the surge was a mistake
A step in the right direction.
Blergmeister
Member
Not enough slut shaming.
"Only sluts and whores would go to the poll booth, and this is to vote free entitlement contraception abortions to themselves out of YOUR tax dollars"
LOL GOP appeal to minorities.
That train left the station in the 70's for one of the big groups and the plane just took off for the other.
The only minorities they have in their pocket are old Cuban's and even that is shifting as younger Cuban's realize they don't really care about Castro or Cuba and see the GOP for what it is as a party.
The GOP made its bed with the Religious, the Old, and the White. All 3 of those make reaching out to minorities virtually impossible.
It actually sucks for Republicans imho, most of them I know and talk to do not identify with the party platform at all and are only R because they don't want to be D's.
empty vessel
Member
Aw shit, is it fighting season already? I completely missed spring training. And I haven't even gotten my season tickets yet.
Now that I remember, I scoured the bookmarks on my work PC last evening and found a USGS report on domestic REE supply I had previously used.
I'll reserve a seat for you.
PhoenixDark
Banned
The recent polls seem encouraging but these numbers might be more important. If folks think Obama is going to win anyway they'll probably stay home.
Out of the frying pan into the oven. Obama can't catch a break, this is going to be tough.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
I dont see that happening at all.
Invisible_Insane
Member
...I swear I just had this discussion with Ghal. "How confident are you that X will win" is a miserable, terrible, no-good, very bad way to predict potential behavior.
Hahaha. That's amazing.
gutter_trash
Banned
Sharia like Santorum is
PD has been in top form, hasn't he?
RustyNails
Member
Just buy the $2.50 gas signs already man
Hey, he's dedicated to his craft.
Your act is wearing thin. Surely you can do better than that.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I don't agree with you in this case but I do believe that had something to do with Kerry losing. The media that morning and early afternoon were shouting from the rooftops about Kerry winning exit polls in swing states. I'm positive it convinced some dems to stay home and some GOP to go out and vote.
RustyNails
Member
Kerry energized the base about as much as a bag of potatoes powering a nuclear plant.
This is true, but he also has a point. IIRC, it's one of the reasons the networks now withhold exit poll results until after the polls have closed in those states, so as not to influence voters.
cartoon_soldier
Member
Holy shit, they were allowed to release exit polls before end of polls before? Who the heck thought that was a good idea?
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
Why not? If someone wanted to take exit polls, I don't see why it should be illegal or frowned upon to report what is found, whether an independent or national source.
squatingyeti
non-sanctioned troll
Am I missing something here or do most of you want to keep pointing out Romney flip-flops when he needs to, while simultaneously ignoring Obama has more flip-flops than Miami beach?
I mean, talking about all Obama needs to do is play sound bites of Romney flip flopping, ignoring that this very tactic would backfire massively if Romney fired back, or mentioning how bad he is because he has changed his stance on different topics.
Obama lives in a very weak glass house when it comes to some of this stuff and if he's smart, he'll stay far away from throwing those stones. Better to stick to stuff like the economy improving and fighting the battle that the GOP will bring stating it improved despite him, not because. Stick to battles that are easier to win, not ones that make you look like a terrible hypocrite.
I mean, talking about all Obama needs to do is play sound bites of Romney flip flopping, ignoring that this very tactic would backfire massively if Romney fired back, or mentioning how bad he is because he has changed his stance on different topics.
Obama lives in a very weak glass house when it comes to some of this stuff and if he's smart, he'll stay far away from throwing those stones. Better to stick to stuff like the economy improving and fighting the battle that the GOP will bring stating it improved despite him, not because. Stick to battles that are easier to win, not ones that make you look like a terrible hypocrite.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
I am sorry, but you are ill-informed. Obama has flip-flopped as much as a normal politician, but Romney is constantly changing positions, even just hour by hour sometimes.
Invisible_Insane
Member
I give him three weeks.
Please name some of these egregious flip-flops that we are all overlooking.
It's not illegal, but the media collectively looked at the possible influence it was having on elections after 2004, and decided to be cautious with the timing of the release. It's a pretty responsible approach; surprisingly responsible, IMO. (According to a quick Wikipedia search, many countries do make it illegal to release them early.)
Unrelated, PPP has Bob Casesy cruising to re-election.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I remember hearing ABC News radio reports at noon about how Kerry was dominating exit polls. I'm positive it's one of the reasons he lost, because the exit polling was fantastic.
You don't need tickets. You can stream it with "USArmy Live" app and in app subscription on your iPad.
Yea, even I thought of that reaction. I expect PD to concern troll in new and inventive ways, otherwise it's just no fun.
speculawyer
Member
You mock but this fighting 'season' phenomenon is apparently real in Afghanistan. They mostly chill out in the winter and then start the fighting back up in the spring. It is one of those signs that should be telling us "You are wasting your time trying to change Afghanistan . . . they have a 'fighting season'".
No dude, just no (smh)
Obama is a politician, he is for something till he is against it but normally there are months/years and other circumstances involved
Romney is for and against everything, it's even been documented how be flips in the same conversation. There was even an exit polling the suggested people have no idea what he is for due mainly to being on both sides at the same time
Baraka in the White House
2-Terms of Kombat
Yeah Romney has been known to flip in the middle of a conversation. The phrase, "flip flopping" gets thrown around a lot in elections but Romney personifies it.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So it's better that Romney's people are less enthusiastic now? I love this guy.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
I never told you guys, but I lost my job a couple weeks ago due to "Business Realignment."
Am I still allowed to vote for Obama?
Am I still allowed to vote for Obama?
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
To be fair that's how it goes for most long wars, historically.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
For real? Sorry man, hope your position isn't redundant everywhere.
But, yes, you do not vote for Obama. The other candidates are all promising to punish companies who outsource and eliminate positions. LOL
Officerrob
Banned
Is there anything you can't turn into a negative for Obama?
speculawyer
Member
Yeah, and for all the complaining we do about the media, I have to thank them for being responsible about this and not releasing exit poll data until after the polls close. That is one of the areas where all news outlets seem to be holding a morally respectable line.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
lol PD is awesome at his craft.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
Washington Post shows Romney got more delegates than Gingrich or Santorum in Mississippi. How is that?
TestOfTide
Banned
Even I have a hard time believing that. This isn't 2004 where the democrat was a Romney-esque democrat, this is 2012 where the candidate is guaranteed to create similar turnout for minorities unless the GOP manages to get voter suppression ID laws passed in every single swing state.
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