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April 24, 2012

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1 November 6 cannot come too soon.

Posted by: rd at April 24, 2012 03:34 PM (9sUlj)

2 why so small this time?

Posted by: racefan at April 24, 2012 03:35 PM (Iiyrn)

3 Obama will be beaten 54-46

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at April 24, 2012 03:35 PM (mFxQX)

Still first

Posted by: B. Obama at April 24, 2012 03:35 PM (HLv97)

5 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2012 03:35 PM (7W3wI)

6 This must be a map of Africa. It's huge.

Posted by: Ronster at April 24, 2012 03:37 PM (8oQw/)

7 Obama will be beaten 54-46

Before or after the fraud?

Posted by: John P. Squibob at April 24, 2012 03:37 PM (3a3SQ)

8 So CAC-- What are the counties you would watch in PA? PA use to be amazingly transparent for election results. Some of the counties I think Allegheny even break down to by precinct reporting. Of course none of the above applies to Philly.

Posted by: tasker at April 24, 2012 03:38 PM (r2PLg)

9 CAC-
I'm pretty sure I can do your job better than you can. And that Ace guy better step it up too.

It's hard tolerating mediocrity when I'm so awesome.

Posted by: pep at April 24, 2012 03:38 PM (6TB1Z)

Is there a problem with Gateway Pundit? I get a file not found. The blog is ?

Posted by: rd at April 24, 2012 03:38 PM (9sUlj)

11 Where's the blue areas?

Posted by: John P. Squibob at April 24, 2012 03:38 PM (3a3SQ)

12 Looked like you didn't pull out because the blog has gotten big.

Posted by: MrCaniac in the OBX at April 24, 2012 03:38 PM (FoNan)

13 Bottom right: ~~Detroit~~Philadelphia; top left: Erie; top-ish right: Scranton; bottom-ish left: Pittsburgh.

Pittburgh seems light-blue, so that's encouraging. Philadelphia is moribund and expected.

I didn't know Erie and Scranton were that bad, though . . .

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 24, 2012 03:39 PM (QTHTd)

14 In context: Barkys approval rating is 85%.

Posted by: Nutmeg Moron at April 24, 2012 03:39 PM (Vg4Vv)

15 A friend has a theory that some of the burn area counties around Philly might well be a good gauge of the whole shebang. *If* Obama loses the burbs by a significant amount.....so goes the rest of the country. Or at least that's the hypothesis.

Posted by: tasker at April 24, 2012 03:40 PM (r2PLg)

16 Not a chance in hell. Pennsylvania is now what California was in the 1990s--a nostalgic dream for a rekindling of what once was. To chase it is to ensure defeat.

Posted by: Nessuno at April 24, 2012 03:40 PM (aJ32b)

17 I've heard some people talking about recent elections in Alberta where the media polls had one party leading comfortably but another one took it. I'm not bothered if Obama continues to lead, but if Romney starts to lead I might be worried. >_>

Posted by: JDTAY at April 24, 2012 03:40 PM (sFP59)

18 FOX Chicago News reported the people living in the 17-floor Library Tower building at 520 South State Street were warned in a letter from condo management that Â“we are STRONGLY recommending that all residents find places to stay during the conference from May 18 through May 21.Â” The letter specifically warned of riots: Â“In the event of a riot or the potential of one near the building, all access doors will be locked including the garage door,Â” the letter continues. Â“For everyoneÂ’s safety, we will be instructing anyone in the building to stay in his or her unit.Â”

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at April 24, 2012 03:42 PM (e8kgV)

19 BTW, long-term, I'm predicting Pennsylvania and Michigan both to go to the GOP. Detroit, Flint, Philadelphia, Harrisburg are all of a piece; they're going to go bankrupt and the people who killed those cities are going to migrate to Georgia and Texas. They'll leave behind a wiser population.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 24, 2012 03:42 PM (QTHTd)

20 Pennsylvania is now what California was in the 1990s--a nostalgic dream for a rekindling of what once was. To chase it is to ensure defeat.

Yes, that would explain Pat Toomey, wouldn't it.

Posted by: pep at April 24, 2012 03:42 PM (6TB1Z)

21 Rectangular states are for losers. See, Iowa and Pennsylvania. The GOP is best to ignore you weirdos, and instead focus on wang shaped states like Florida.

Posted by: wooga at April 24, 2012 03:43 PM (vjyZP)

22 The only poll that matters is on Nov. 6.

Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 03:43 PM (O3R/2)

23 Nessuno: don't be so sure. California kept importing the people who killed the state. Pennsylvania (like Michigan) isn't a magnet as was Cali. At least, not now.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 24, 2012 03:44 PM (QTHTd)

24 Rick Santorum lost his PA Senate seat. PA apparently isn't entirely stupid.

Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 03:44 PM (O3R/2)

25 The only pole that matters has a stripper on it.

Posted by: nickless at April 24, 2012 03:44 PM (MMC8r)

26 @21 What about dinosaur foot shaped states like Indiana?

Posted by: JDTAY at April 24, 2012 03:44 PM (sFP59)

27 Coming...

A red Borg ship?

Posted by: Cicero at April 24, 2012 03:44 PM (QKKT0)

28 The GOP is best to ignore you weirdos, and instead focus on wang shaped states like Florida.

What about vaguely dungpile-shaped states like VA?

Posted by: pep at April 24, 2012 03:44 PM (6TB1Z)

29

Where's one of those population maps? Y'know, where the counties are larger or smaller based on pop? That's what I'd like to see.

Sure, it's comforting that there's such a wide swath of red, but how many fricking Amish are there and how many vote?

Posted by: imp at April 24, 2012 03:44 PM (UaxA0)

30 Isn't Cali "exports" the reason Colorado went blue-ish?

Posted by: tasker at April 24, 2012 03:45 PM (r2PLg)

31 26 @21 What about dinosaur foot shaped states like Indiana?

You are dangerously close to rectangle. Tread carefully.

Posted by: wooga at April 24, 2012 03:46 PM (vjyZP)

32 Drudge is reporting that CBS, NBC, And ABC ( they still in business? ) will NOT cover Romney tonight when he declares himself the Republican Victor. Shocka

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2012 03:46 PM (i6RpT)

33 tasker:partly Cali exports, partly Mexican and New Mexican immigrants; but personally I mostly blame the in-house propagandists in Boulder.

But I'm biased, since I live here and see it up close.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 24, 2012 03:47 PM (QTHTd)

34 Never have seen a poll I thought was worth a crap. Far to easy to influence the outcome of a poll just based on how a question is asked, what time of day you call, what part of the country you call, etc. Then to say that just because you got this result from 1 person means that a few thousand, hundred thousand or even million would agree is ludicrous. So personally I think polls are just a good way to generate surplus toilet paper.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 03:47 PM (R5yLq)

35 Penis-shaped states are all going for Mittens!

Posted by: Florida at April 24, 2012 03:47 PM (QKKT0)

36 Snore.

Posted by: Truman North at April 24, 2012 03:48 PM (I2LwF)

37 Obama losing in Rasmussen by 4, trailing romney in NH by 2 per Dartmouth, and facing a 45.9% avg approval rating in March? Mommy I might shit myself!

Posted by: Greg at April 24, 2012 03:48 PM (sXjAm)

38 tasker:partly Cali exports, partly Mexican and New Mexican immigrants; but personally I mostly blame the in-house propagandists in Boulder. ******** Well...Boulder that's been blue longer than Jimmy Carter's nuts.

Posted by: tasker at April 24, 2012 03:48 PM (r2PLg)

Isn't Cali "exports" the reason Colorado went blue-ish?

Yes. Yes it is. I would call it more of a near dark blue if you want to be correct.

Posted by: Ronster at April 24, 2012 03:48 PM (8oQw/)

21 Rectangular states are for losers.

What about one with a....panhandle?

Posted by: wheatie at April 24, 2012 03:49 PM (O4AQQ)

41 Somebody flushed--Gerg's here

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 24, 2012 03:49 PM (Dll6b)

42 I would call it more of a near dark blue if you want to be correct. ******** Shit.

Posted by: tasker at April 24, 2012 03:49 PM (r2PLg)

43 9 CAC-
I'm pretty sure I can do your job better than you can. And that Ace guy better step it up too.

It's hard tolerating mediocrity when I'm so awesome.

Posted by: pep at April 24, 2012 07:38 PM (6TB1Z)

Dude, sock yourself.

Posted by: The Real B. O. at April 24, 2012 03:49 PM (HLv97)

44 What about vaguely dungpile-shaped states like VA?

No problem with Virginia. Except for the fact that you're perpetually being humped by West Virginia.

Posted by: wooga at April 24, 2012 03:49 PM (vjyZP)

45 grug spewing shit again. Do yourself a favor and end it all.

Posted by: Ronster at April 24, 2012 03:50 PM (8oQw/)

46 Isn't Cali "exports" the reason Colorado went blue-ish?

Posted by: tasker at April 24, 2012 07:45 PM (r2PLg)

it was reefer

Posted by: Jones in CO at April 24, 2012 03:50 PM (8sCoq)

47 Isn't Greg in the perma-ban column? I seem to remember he got tb'ed last night.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 24, 2012 03:50 PM (QTHTd)

48 it was reefer Posted by: Jones in CO at April 24, 2012 07:50 PM (8sCoq) ************ Ha!

Posted by: tasker at April 24, 2012 03:51 PM (r2PLg)

49 also, this blog is eNORmous

Posted by: Jones in CO at April 24, 2012 03:51 PM (8sCoq)

obama destroying romney nationally in gallup and winning easily in NH

Tee hee!

Posted by: fluffy at April 24, 2012 03:52 PM (4pSIn)

51 Well...Boulder that's been blue longer than Jimmy Carter's nuts. Personally I think that has to due with the high consumption of granola. You can only eat squirrel food for so long before going completely bat shit crazy.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 03:52 PM (R5yLq)

52 Wide stance.

Posted by: jakeman at April 24, 2012 03:52 PM (96M6e)

53 @33 I'd say Romney isn't worth breaking into regular programming for, except the regular programming's not much to write home about either.

Posted by: JDTAY at April 24, 2012 03:52 PM (sFP59)

54 Yes, that would explain Pat Toomey, wouldn't it.
Toomey was the deep breath before the plunge.

Posted by: Nessuno at April 24, 2012 03:52 PM (aJ32b)

55 I see Greg finally crawls out of his own asshole to gloat about gallup. Weren't gloating just days ago when the tracker showed Romney up 5, or the Dartmouth poll showing Romney up 2 in NH, but go ahead Greg. Slobber away with your selective use of polling.

Posted by: CAC at April 24, 2012 03:53 PM (ivJTD)

56 Personally I think that has to due with the high consumption of granola. You can only eat squirrel food for so long before going completely bat shit crazy. Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 07:52 PM (R5yL ************* Or it could be the lack of oxygen at altitude- Boulder Toilet Hobo excluded.

Posted by: tasker at April 24, 2012 03:53 PM (r2PLg)

57 I lived near Boulder for a while. It's like there is this huge libtard magnet (Oh shit. there is. It's called CU). Libtards gravitate to it.

Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 03:54 PM (O3R/2)

58 Toomey was the deep breath before the plunge.

Posted by: Nessuno at April 24, 2012 07:52 PM (aJ32b)

Obama is the fart coming out of my ass--take a deep breath of that

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 24, 2012 03:54 PM (Dll6b)

59 Personally I think that has to due with the high consumption of granola.

Hence the vegan-festivals. Next time I'll encourage the ladies to eat more solid foods; granola poo is too hard to wash off

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 24, 2012 03:55 PM (QTHTd)

60 I didn't know Erie and Scranton were that bad, though . . .

Erie, Scranton and Pittsburgh are all old-line Democrat strongholds. They loves them some unions and can't figure out why their kids have to move away to get work.

They aren't all that bright either.

The only thing they know about the Democrat party is that it's "for the little guy".

Posted by: AmishDude at April 24, 2012 03:55 PM (T0NGe)

61 Aw, the left is butthurt again the Rush attacked Fluke by noting that she's pushing white house talking points on twitter.

Posted by: joeindc44 says hide your dogs, SCOMDEF's in town at April 24, 2012 03:55 PM (QxSug)

62 Since reading this blog my perception has become much wider.

Posted by: Soona at April 24, 2012 03:56 PM (Nnlm1)

63 "You can only eat squirrel food for so long before going completely bat shit crazy."

Hey, I resemble that remark

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at April 24, 2012 03:56 PM (pVvkk)

64 Oh yeah. One of my pet peaves. CU is "the University of Colorado". KU is "the University of Kansas". UC is "The University of California"

What acronyms are dyslexic?

Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 03:56 PM (O3R/2)

65 Greg smells like a skunk vagina.

Posted by: nickless at April 24, 2012 03:56 PM (MMC8r)

66 Does this blog make my butt look big?

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at April 24, 2012 03:57 PM (niW49)

67 You're gonna need a bigger red marker.

Posted by: Chief Martin Brody at April 24, 2012 03:57 PM (eHIJJ)

68 I lived near Boulder for a while. It's like there is this huge libtard magnet (Oh shit. there is. It's called CU). Libtards gravitate to it.

CU grad here. I was happiest when I moved down to Thornton and commuted and hour each way every day for class. It made my life much more pleasant.

Posted by: Alex at April 24, 2012 03:57 PM (jdZlf)

69 40 Isn't Cali "exports" the reason Colorado went blue-ish?

Yes. Yes it is. I would call it more of a near dark blue if you want to be correct.
Posted by: Ronster at April 24, 2012 07:48 PM (8oQw/)

I think larger factors are its large legal and illegal hispanic population and its attractiveness to the young college-educated crowd.

It kills me to see Colorado in dark blue in the side bar, but I called the state for Obama months ago.

Posted by: Nash Rambler at April 24, 2012 03:57 PM (HLv97)

70 CU was going to hold a huge bong party last weekend, but the grounds keepers put out a shitload of fish fertilizer and resulting stank ruined the party.

Posted by: Ronster at April 24, 2012 03:57 PM (8oQw/)

71 'Cal' is the University of California ( Berkeley )

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 24, 2012 03:57 PM (Dll6b)

72 Well, at least we're not reverting to the old PA "T" shaped red shading. Bucks Co. should be interesting. I've spent some time there, and nobody's pounding for the adminstration.

Posted by: Todd at April 24, 2012 03:57 PM (3XQju)

73 it's not altitude
it's elevation

if you stand on the steps of the Colorado capitol building, your elevation is 5280 feet above sea level.

Your altitude is zero.

Posted by: Jones in CO at April 24, 2012 03:57 PM (8sCoq)

74 I lived in Thornton and commuted to Lewisville to work at STC. 30 years ago. LOL.

Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 03:58 PM (O3R/2)

75 OK crap I guess I have to confess. I went to CU. But wasted most of my time on the synch swim team and hockey club. Both no longer exist.

Posted by: tasker at April 24, 2012 03:58 PM (r2PLg)

76 Erie, Scranton, P'burgh and Philly. *spit*

Posted by: MCPO Airdale at April 24, 2012 03:59 PM (tYaDf)

77 Plus I'm a contrarian asshole so-- came out a hard core Republican!

Posted by: tasker at April 24, 2012 03:59 PM (r2PLg)

78 Both no longer exist.

Title IX, baby.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at April 24, 2012 03:59 PM (3a3SQ)

79 Yes, Cal is UCB.

then there are the other nine campuses of UC. Kind of makes the rest of the world look inadequate.

Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 03:59 PM (O3R/2)

80 CU was going to hold a huge bong party last weekend, but the grounds keepers put out a shitload of fish fertilizer and resulting stank ruined the party.

Good for them. I always hated those fucking hippies and trustifarians who covered Farrand Field (I think that was the name) like cow turds. Smelled about the same as well.

Posted by: Alex at April 24, 2012 04:00 PM (jdZlf)

81 57 I see Greg finally crawls out of his own asshole to gloat about gallup. Weren't gloating just days ago when the tracker showed Romney up 5, or the Dartmouth poll showing Romney up 2 in NH, but go ahead Greg. Slobber away with your selective use of polling.

Posted by: CAC at April 24, 2012 07:53 PM (ivJTD)

Greg is a harbinger of things to come, especially when it comes to polling. Every bad poll gets trumpeted, every good poll, ignored.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 24, 2012 04:00 PM (T0NGe)

82 I'm also sorta French-Canadian--so I'm impervious to Liberal persuasion, or something.

Posted by: tasker at April 24, 2012 04:01 PM (r2PLg)

83 Well - CU and UC are distinguishable, so are KU and UK, MU and UM, etc.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 24, 2012 07:58 PM (7FadD)

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And then there's OSU. Both worthless schools.

Posted by: Soona at April 24, 2012 04:01 PM (Nnlm1)

84 Or it could be the lack of oxygen at altitude- Boulder Toilet Hobo excluded. That's why I was leaning toward the granola, I know a few folks that live at high altitude and not all of them are bat shit crazy libs. So my guess would be the root cause would have to be something other than a simple lack of oxygen. Lol

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 04:01 PM (R5yLq)

85 Greg is Kevin Bacon at the end of Animal House.

Posted by: nickless at April 24, 2012 04:01 PM (MMC8r)

86 67 Greg ~~smells~~ spreads like a skunk vagina. Posted by: nickless at April 24, 2012 07:56 PM (MMC8r) FTFY!

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 24, 2012 04:01 PM (niZvt)

Boehner talking about "losing the House" next fall.....why would he say that? ....Is that his backassward way of trying to get the Tea Party people fired up again?....After he has gone out of his way to try to demoralize them for a year and a half now?

Posted by: wheatie at April 24, 2012 04:01 PM (O4AQQ)

88 Its sooooo BIG and RED!!

Posted by: dananjcon at April 24, 2012 04:02 PM (bX0ZS)

89 there's also University of Caucasians Lost among Asians

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 24, 2012 04:02 PM (Dll6b)

90 Title IX, baby. Posted by: John P. Squibob at April 24, 2012 07:59 PM (3a3SQ) ******* I LOATHE Title IX every time Sarah waxed on about it--I wanted to choke her. I'm off to go kick something.

Posted by: tasker at April 24, 2012 04:02 PM (r2PLg)

91 Terrorists have infiltrated the Amish.

Posted by: David Axlerod at April 24, 2012 04:02 PM (KWdVT)

92 UC has several campuses in the US News and World Report Top Ten Public Universities list. How many does SUNY have?

Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 04:02 PM (O3R/2)

93 "Coming"??? That's my tweet a-hole.

Posted by: Anthony Wiener at April 24, 2012 04:03 PM (81yf8)

94 C'mon Killjoy, don't you have something about Beck to bitch about?

Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 04:03 PM (O3R/2)

95 Speaking of college, how about this student loan mess? Instead of lowering the rate for everyone, maybe they should let it go up for the people who can pay it and focus more on the ones who can't. One of the big problems with socialism is it's always trying to make 100% of the populace beneficiaries when only 30% need it and you do need someone left over to pay for it.

Posted by: JDTAY at April 24, 2012 04:04 PM (sFP59)

96 "Jimbo" is a nom de plume. My inner redneck.

Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 04:04 PM (O3R/2)

97 Romney's Big Speech: ItÂ’s Still About The Economy Â…and WeÂ’re Not Stupid.

Romney to declare victory, will try to reclaim message of Â“fairness.Â” The networks won't carry it, but you can check out a preview on BuzzFeed and Indecision's UnSuperTuesday. posted Apr 24, 2012 6:58pm EDT

http://tinyurl.com/7mv3qr6

Posted by: / at April 24, 2012 04:05 PM (oZfic)

98 21 Rectangular states are for losers. See, Iowa and Pennsylvania. The GOP is best to ignore you weirdos, and instead focus on wang shaped states like Florida.
******* Screw you. Sincerely, Wyoming

Posted by: Grim at April 24, 2012 04:05 PM (gyNYk)

99 So I registered Republican to vote in the primary. Going to get something to eat then going to vote, cause I want to see the numbers, how many voted in my precinct.

So, morons, who should I vote for?

Posted by: doily at April 24, 2012 04:06 PM (oZfic)

100 the UC system made its bones in science and ag research, back in The Day

the social sciences at all the campi are LooneyTune City, and full of cranks.

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 24, 2012 04:06 PM (Dll6b)

101 Speaking of college, how about this student loan mess? Instead of lowering the rate for everyone, maybe they should let it go up for the people who can pay it and focus more on the ones who can't. One of the big problems with socialism is it's always trying to make 100% of the populace beneficiaries when only 30% need it and you do need someone left over to pay for it.

Posted by: JDTAY at April 24, 2012 08:04 PM (sFP59)

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Why not give it all back to the banks and loan companies and let them sort it out. They'll do a much better job in the long run than the fed.

Posted by: Soona at April 24, 2012 04:06 PM (Nnlm1)

102 Posted by: Soona at April 24, 2012 08:06 PM (Nnlm1)

nah, he's going to insure his re election by forgiving all of it.....

Posted by: doily at April 24, 2012 04:07 PM (oZfic)

103 >>>So, morons, who should I vote for?

Do what the little voices in your head tell you to do.

Posted by: David Axlerod at April 24, 2012 04:08 PM (KWdVT)

104 Watch Lackawana County (Scranton) - strong Dem area but Hillary area. Last time I was there - they were still Hillary fans but also lots of Ron Paul. Philly suburbs are ones to watch also.

People in Lackawana (Scranton) and Luzerne (Wilkes Barre) counties have seen their kids have to move away to get jobs. Also, these areas have seen great influxes of illegals and New York Section 8 move in to the area and they do not like that.

Posted by: yellow flag at April 24, 2012 04:08 PM (bNhdY)

105 111 >>>So, morons, who should I vote for?

Do what the little voices in your head tell you to do.

Posted by: David Axlerod at April 24, 2012 08:08 PM (KWdVT)

Gee, I was hoping you guys would give me convincing arguments for one candidate over another.

Posted by: doily at April 24, 2012 04:09 PM (oZfic)

106 I was registered to vote at the bus station by an Obama supporter a few months back. I didn't have the heart to check Republican so I went unaffiliated. The primary won't even matter by the time it comes here (NC) though. :-(

Posted by: JDTAY at April 24, 2012 04:10 PM (sFP59)

107 I like the idea of making colleges co-sign for the student loans that they benefit from. .....They would then be more concerned with creating degree programs that put their graduates in better shape to...you know, get a fucking job!

Posted by: wheatie at April 24, 2012 04:10 PM (O4AQQ)

108 Posted by: yellow flag at April 24, 2012 08:08 PM (bNhdY)

are those black panters going to monitor the repulbican primaries too....weren't they there to make sure all the old people could vote or something?

Posted by: doily at April 24, 2012 04:10 PM (oZfic)

109 Looking good. I think you can pencil in Butler Co in dark red. McCain ripped Obama and it'll be even better this time. Terrible demographics for the One.

Posted by: forest at April 24, 2012 04:12 PM (7RBBe)

110 I like the idea of making colleges co-sign for the student loans that they benefit from. .....They would then be more concerned with creating degree programs that put their graduates in better shape to...you know, get a fucking job!

Posted by: wheatie at April 24, 2012 08:10 PM (O4AQQ)

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I like that idea also. It would cut out a lot of the extraneous bullshit like women's studies, or social justice law schools.

Posted by: Soona at April 24, 2012 04:13 PM (Nnlm1)

111 >>>Gee, I was hoping you guys would give me convincing arguments for one candidate over another.

Honestly? Look, your parents failed you miserably for 18+ years, what makes you think a blog comment can correct that?

Posted by: David Axlerod at April 24, 2012 04:14 PM (KWdVT)

112 I want plaid maps. I demand plaid maps.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2012 04:15 PM (Rhie+)

113

Apparently, Obama is taking aim at conservative run companies like McMillan, Gibson and others. And liberal run companies are getting huge hand outs. This country is going to hell in a liberal/fascist/communist handbasket

Posted by: middle-america at April 24, 2012 04:15 PM (qRdED)

114 eh - my hypothesis is that it's because of the natural beauty. Places like Colorado and New Mexico and Oregon really are quite beautiful (the occasional shithole notwithstanding). So rich Californians visit, fall in love with the place, move there, and then want to turn it into their own little liberal utopia on a mountaintop. My prediction is that the next Western state that turns blue is Montana for that reason.

That's at least part of it. I went to high school near Glenwood Springs, and we watched home prices rise as rich Californians and New Yorkers bought land further and further down valley. They were buying second homes that they would spend maybe two months a year living in.

Posted by: Alex at April 24, 2012 04:15 PM (jdZlf)

115 "Jimbo" is a nom de plume. My inner redneck. I'm wearing plaid on the inside? Lol

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 04:15 PM (R5yLq)

116 Is that with or without the MoF* factored in?

* margin of fraud

Posted by: kbiel at April 24, 2012 04:15 PM (T5155)

117

If you say so...

Posted by: chemjeff at April 24, 2012 07:59 PM (7FadD)

Long story short, I helped a buddy hunt down a dead skunk that had somehow made it into the house.

It was the day before his wedding and the reception was to be held on the property.

After about three hours we finally found it. It had fallen into the sump well and drowned. Mr. Tough Guy didn't want to touch it so I put a plastic Kroger bag on like a glove (didn't help) and tossed it in the back of the property.

That house stunk for about three weeks.

Posted by: ErikW at April 24, 2012 04:15 PM (UTHNU)

118 SCOAMF must have taken Marine 1 or whatever from DIA to Boulder rather than brave the traffic. They had all little roads that went anywhere near the airport blocked off and I heard copter noise. Yes there were a few liberal idiots waiting just to get a glimpse of the scoamf's ride. Well possibly a few were more excited to see the copter but it is Boulder, home of the trust fund babies and crony socialists.

Posted by: Palerider at April 24, 2012 04:16 PM (dkExz)

119

@doiley

Anybody-but-Obama. We have had enough of this asshat communist

Posted by: middle-america at April 24, 2012 04:17 PM (qRdED)

120

120....I like that idea also. It would cut out a lot of the extraneous bullshit like women's studies, or social justice law schools.

Yeah, Soona.....I don't see the marketability of many of the bullshit degrees they are handing out these days.

Let's call it what it is......a government student loan program, which then 'forgives' the loans, is simply a government bailout for colleges. ....And a big fat enabling subsidy to the liberal professors who run them.

Posted by: wheatie at April 24, 2012 04:19 PM (O4AQQ)

121 Thanks Killjoy. College rankings are bullshit. I told my children "Whether you go to UCSD or San Diego State or Harvard or Community College, what you get out of it is proportional to what you put into it."

I regret that I didn't work harder.

Sarah Palin is much smarter than that Sinister Egotist Harvard Law graduate (Surrendered Law license) in the WH.

Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 04:20 PM (O3R/2)

122 @116 Definitely. My sister is about one and a half years out of college and was employed for a while but is having trouble finding work now. In hindsight, she says a minor in computer science would've supplemented her information science degree better than a minor in African-American studies. >_<

Posted by: JDTAY at April 24, 2012 04:21 PM (sFP59)

123

Wheatie, You've nailed it.

Posted by: Ronster at April 24, 2012 04:21 PM (8oQw/)

124

And yes, I've become Random Stream of Consiousness Guy so beware.

I might hang out at an Alzheimers clinic to get make sure I get my technique straight. Or curved as the case may be.

Posted by: ErikW at April 24, 2012 04:23 PM (UTHNU)

125 Yeah, Soona.....I don't see the marketability of many of the bullshit degrees they are handing out these days. Lets face it, the only job your qualified for with most of these degrees is to teach a college course in your chosen major. In the real world most of these degrees aren't worth they paper they are printed on.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 04:23 PM (R5yLq)

126 A minor in African-American Studies? That might be good if her major was Sociology and she wanted to work as a "Community Organizer."

Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 04:23 PM (O3R/2)

127 111 >>>So, morons, who should I vote for?

Do what the little voices in your head tell you to do.

Posted by: David Axlerod at April 24, 2012 08:08 PM (KWdVT)

vote for Ace, The Hawk, Treacher........ or Dana.

Posted by: racefan at April 24, 2012 04:25 PM (Iiyrn)

128 Anyone read the Wapo story about the Army Specialist that bought and gave boots to Afghan women? College grad. Enlisted. If the mission was charity, she achieved her goal. If the mission was to create good feeling about America, she failed utterly.

Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 04:26 PM (O3R/2)

129
CAC:

You can color Luzerne, Carbon and Monroe Counties blue, too.

PA is the 2nd most elderly state in the country. There's no way it's going red this year.

Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at April 24, 2012 04:27 PM (7+pP9)

130 I recommend 2 years Community College and 2 years getting an associates degree for something that is in demand. My daughter never had trouble getting a job as a Hygientist and it pays well. The education didn't cost an arm and leg either.

Posted by: Ronster at April 24, 2012 04:27 PM (8oQw/)

131

133....Thanks, Ronster.

135...Lets face it, the only job your qualified for with most of these degrees is to teach a college course in your chosen major.

Which just perpetuates the absurdity, ad infinitum. ....As well as perpetuating the inbreeding that is going on within our colleges.....where the graduates turn around and begin regurgitating the same inane, brain-dead liberal drivel, to another generation.

Posted by: wheatie at April 24, 2012 04:35 PM (O4AQQ)

132

140, Ronster

The Community Colleges in my state are booming. ....They're great. And the graduates don't seem to have any problem finding jobs, either.

Posted by: wheatie at April 24, 2012 04:37 PM (O4AQQ)

133 140 - If I could do it over again... well, I'd probably shoot myself. However, as an alternative to suicide, I would probably attend a community college for two years and get a trade skill. I could still finish my undergraduate degree, but I'd be in a lot better shape than I am now.

Posted by: Alex at April 24, 2012 04:46 PM (jdZlf)

134 I guess someone e-mailed the troll skank asking it to not use dally anymore.

Posted by: buzzion at April 24, 2012 04:53 PM (GULKT)

135 143. I think trade schools would be a very good option if it wasn't for the unions. It's hard to get into some trades without the union endorsement.

Posted by: Ronster at April 24, 2012 04:54 PM (8oQw/)

136 For fuck's sake, can we use a reasonably-sized image.

Jeebus.

Posted by: Andy at April 24, 2012 04:55 PM (XG+Mn)

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Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at April 24, 2012 05:00 PM (08Pe8)

138 Isn't Scranton in Delaware?

Posted by: Sherriff Joe Biden at April 24, 2012 05:46 PM (1HcLZ)

139 @5 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure. Oh, he is worse than that. You are being way too kind. I shudder to think of what evil he is planning before Nov. to head off his defeat.....

Posted by: chai at April 24, 2012 06:07 PM (sNnCR)

140 Yikes! MARGIN BLOW!

Posted by: toby928© at April 24, 2012 08:06 PM (NG097)

141 Hmmm, wondering how many Black Panthers will show up to keep non-blacks from voting. And also wondering if the police at the polling places will actually do their jobs.

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