ryutaro's mama
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Well played.
TacticalFox88
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Had to admit, this got me good.
Had to admit, this got me good.
There have been some good zingers in this election so far.
Maddow talked about it on her show the other day. In North Carolina they challenged 30,000 people and in Ohio they challenged 300,000. Maddow said that they wasted people's time and money to check out the challenged names.
ryutaro's mama
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Give your writers a raise, Obama.
In other news, I would vote for a sensible republican. Are you telling me there isn't a single one that isn't aligned with the most far Right position?
Looking at those clowns they rolled out in the primaries (for the last two cycles) is horrible.
Good grief.
In other news, I would vote for a sensible republican. Are you telling me there isn't a single one that isn't aligned with the most far Right position?
Looking at those clowns they rolled out in the primaries (for the last two cycles) is horrible.
Good grief.
The last one. (Romney is already not going on liberal shows whenever he can.) It's just more of the "America is actually super conservative, but the media is fooling them and that's why we keep losing elections" idea.
Had to admit, this got me good.
The debates can't come soon enough.
Captain Pants
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What do you guys read on slow PoliGAF days? I was counting on this thread keeping me entertained during a slow Saturday shift. I read fivethirtyeight regularly, but I've been wary of spending too much time on places like TPM or Huffington Post just because I feel like they just tell me what I want to hear.
cartoon_soldier
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Yea, just read that wtf. I hope Obama gets as many people as he can to vote early. Looks like TP is geared up for Voting day shenanigans.
HuffPo, Daily Kos, MSNBC, and to an extent this thread are guilty pleasures. They may reinforce my already existing opinions, but looking at the shit Republicans say on the internet just depresses me so I deliberately avoid doing that.
Captain Pants
Killed by a goddamned Dredgeling
I'm kinda the same way. I just don't want to become the liberal equivalent of the conservative who only gets his news from Fox and Rush.
You won't.
Another bus tour, another bracket: Ted Strickland to shadow Mitt Romney's Ohio swing next week
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/09/another_bus_tour_another_brack.html
TacticalFox88
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I was thinking about this recently...If you were to look at both Romney and McCain, they have (at least historically) been known as "moderates" of their party. Yet it seems that in the race to win their tickets, they both (I believe) fall for the attention of the loudest and angriest voices (Fox/Tea Party). They become so entrenched in their respective bubbles that they (quite literally) become something that they truly are not.
McCain who spent years fighting for immigration reform suddenly is demanding a taller fence. Romney, who helped construct a successful health care system in Mass. suddenly disagrees with it's very concept.
The fact of the matter is that for the last two elections, it's the moderate that gets the nod and those that are voting for them are essentially getting drowned out by the noise of the far right. The campaigns are also listening and sure enough, they start to parrot those same talking points.
I usually read liberal websites, got to keep myself energized.
No point in reading sites where you agree with most of the stuff and where most people agree with you.
I must say that I never checked political section here, never imagine I would run into another Democratic Underground on a gaming forum!
The GOP will conclude that the solution to the failure of these moderate candidates is a true conservative believer candidate.
When I think of a sensible Republican the image that comes to mind is basically the Democratic party at this point. I think right now I couldn't really vote for anyone to the right of the democratic party on a national scale.
If I'm not with friends or watching football, I frequently review the committee schedules for important hearings or publications I missed during the week.
NihonTiger90
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Strickland in Lima should be fun (if they don't murder him for being a "librul") but this is a good idea. And it makes me think Ted wants something big. Back to Columbus? Something else?
This is actually why I don't read Kos or HuffPost and just use TPM to refer me to other sources. But the reality is that there aren't really any progressive websites that won't get slammed as too far to the left. Mostly I read the Atlantic and TNR. And of course aggregate Sullivan, Frum, Yglesias. (I feel like I just wrote this list like two weeks ago.) Compassionate conservatives are nice to read because I don't agree with their policies but do agree that the GOP is a huge disaster -- so I know they're not just faking it.
Fixed.
This is exactly what I'm hoping for. Given that the Tea Party cost the GOP the Senate in 2010 and the Presidency this year, their continued dominance of the party is a great extra ingredient for Democratic victories (on top of more friendly demographic trends).
With these factors giving Dems another Electoral College victory or two before the GOP finally figures-out their way out of this predicament, we may well see a lovely chorus line of Ginsburg clones sitting on the high court. They may fix their party, but the "damage" will have already been done. Yum.
Are you serious? Wow.
That makes no sense haha.
Half and half
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I felt okay about Huntsman. Even though he was talking about rolling back Obamacare, he seemed to have a decent head on his shoulder. Plus, he had the rare ability of opening his mouth w/o offending half the country/World.
I hope the guy reappears in future elections.
Captain Pants
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I keep forgetting about The Atlantic. I always like their articles. Their article on Nixon has got me searching for a good Nixon biography. That guy is one of the most fascinating politicians I've ever studied.
Because he's a policy wonk! And that's what smart people do, duh.
Aaron Strife
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He's raising the teleprompters so he can see them better.
I think Huntsman is almost worse because he pretended to be reasonable and serious, acting like the adult in the room, yet was one of the first candidates to enthusiastically back the Paul Ryan budget, and from what I remember he even flip flopped on climate change when it suited him.
Bleh. He was probably the best, but they all sucked.
PhoenixDark
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It must be frustrating to a certain degree to have someone as dumb as Sarah Palin trolling you. Her passive aggressive schtick must piss off people who are actually running for office while she sits on the side lines popping off.
Agreed its not like her experience or knowledge got her anywhere (elected office wise)
PhoenixDark
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And she can forever dissmiss that loss as purely McCain's fault because he "didn't go far/right wing enough." She'll never run for office
So, what does a Libertarian do when the market/a private corporation decides he's too boring and uninteresting and unworthy to include in their presidential debate? He runs to Big Government to force the private corporations to include him against their free market will, of course!
It just makes it all funnier that he's citing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
It just makes it all funnier that he's citing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Rocket Scientist
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How difficult is it to get on the ballot for the presidential elections? If it's quite hard then maybe it would be a good idea to start including everyone in the debates. It could be a way to start bringing down the two party system.
Captain Pants
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I've seen a few articles today, including this one from the Washington Post, talking about how Romney is spending more time raising money than he is campaigning. I realize he needs money to stay in the fight, but it seems like a really bad idea. It furthers the narrative that he is more interested in his donors than he is in the American people.
Dominican Power
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It seems to me that they're just bragging about having The Cuban vote.
PhoenixDark
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link?
No link. I'm here and I've just spend about 20 minutes walking to the back of the line and I haven't found it yet. It's gotta be miles long
Take pics
PhoenixDark
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Romney rally?
Hobbestetrician
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Was at the Museum of American History in DC today and as we walked through the First Ladies section I began to wonder what will happen when Hillary gets elected. Does Bill's picture just go up next to Michelle's? Do they have to re-brand the whole thing? Was interesting to see how many First Ladies there were that weren't the President's wives. Some daughter-in-laws and nieces, I guess I never knew that was how it worked.
Also they had a timeline of all the Presidents and there was no room on the last panel for a new entry so if Mitt were to be elected they would have to redo the entire section to get him to fit on there. Looks like the Museum is dodging a bullet there this year.
Also they had a timeline of all the Presidents and there was no room on the last panel for a new entry so if Mitt were to be elected they would have to redo the entire section to get him to fit on there. Looks like the Museum is dodging a bullet there this year.
Aaron Strife
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Dunno why considering Romney and Thompson totally have Wisconsin on lockdown. May as well call it quits now, bams.
No, it's a really good idea. He can't win and he doesn't want to spend his own money on this doomed campaign. This way he also gets a nice meal and can make questionable speeches without the press jumping all over him, in theory at least. I bet these events have a no cellphone rule now.
Officerrob
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Yeah I'll try an take a few. One pic angle doesn't begin to show it though. Should have taken a video. The line is about 5 people thick and goes on for miles. It winds around buildings and stuff, too.
I gave up looking for the end and just kind of stopped somewhere.
Obama in Milwaukee ;p
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