January 26, 2012
— Ace Reporters have two problems: They're liberal, and they're lazy.
Before the SOTU, Obama's people leaked portions of the script. They announced to the media the tone they were seeking was "optimistic" and "Reaganesque," so the media would understand the tone they heard after they'd heard it.
They'd actually given the media its story for them.
I joked in the live-blog that we'd soon be seeing the headlines...
NYT: IN A SOARING, OPTIMISTIC SPEECH RECALLING REAGAN...
Whoopie Goldberg: That was so optimistic. Joy Behar: Almost Reaganesque.
Time: In a 65 minute speech brimming with optimism and Reaganesque flourishes...
Washington Post: Although Republicans sat on their hands throughout, Obama's mood was light and optimistic throughout the speech. At times, one might have mistake him for another Great Communicator -- Ronald Reagan.
Brian Willims: Certainly it was one of his most optimistic, Reagan-like performances...
Those were jokey semi-predictions. But here's the reality, at The Hill.
Confident Obama Struts His StuffA relaxed, confident Barack Obama hit a pitch-perfect high note last week at the famed Apollo Theater in New York.
President Obama sang, “I’m so in love with you” — from Al Green’s hit “Let’s Stay Together” — and showed the world just how comfortable — if not sanguine — he is as he heads into the election year.
Note a lot of these words, like sanguine, just mean optimistic.
....Both public appearances illustrate the assuredness and moxie the president has exhibited in his quest for another term. They also highlight a stark contrast with Mitt Romney, who has appeared unconfident and downright clunky in recent weeks, as he has dealt with a series of missteps having to do with his wealth and income tax filings.
Observers say itÂ’s probably no coincidence a seemingly self-satisfied (and singing!) Obama has emerged in recent weeks, given a string of political victories and signs the economy is improving.
“Their internal polling is probably showing that things have steadied a bit and is giving him a bit of a boost,” said Tobe Berkovitz, a professor at Boston University who specializes in political communications.
Their internal polling is probably showing that??!!
What if I drew the opposite conclusion and said it's probably showing him doing horribly with independents, the same as public polls? And so they had attempted to change the story by projecting "Reaganesque" "optimism"?
Could I get quoted in The Hill for my "probably"?
Of course not; Obama told them which story to write, and they're writing it.
I didn't watch the coverage to see if my optimistic/Reaganesque joke became the reality. If you noticed, please let me know, include the link or the quotes.
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Posted by: Country Singer at January 26, 2012 06:57 AM (L8r/r)
Posted by: Serious Cat at January 26, 2012 06:59 AM (2YIVk)
Posted by: TEH WON at January 26, 2012 06:59 AM (GsBJY)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa demanded in letter to Attorney General Holder that the Justice Department make Arizona U.S. Attorney's Office Assistant United States Attorney Michael Morrissey available to speak with Committee investigators about his role in and knowledge of Operation Fast and Furious. His supervisor, Patrick Cunningham, has stated he will exercise his Fifth Amendment and refuse to answer any questions pertaining to Operation Fast and Furious – such an assertion is extremely rare and suggests possible criminal culpability on the part of a high ranking Justice Department official. Morrissey, who reported directly to Cunningham's and was intimately involved with Operation Fast and Furious.
Posted by: Clark Judge at January 26, 2012 07:00 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Meggy Mac at January 26, 2012 07:00 AM (5wsU9)
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 26, 2012 07:00 AM (23Ios)
Posted by: joncelli, who is married at January 26, 2012 07:03 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Not an Artist at January 26, 2012 07:03 AM (fOPv7)
Posted by: ace at January 26, 2012 07:04 AM (nj1bB)
Posted by: Tami at January 26, 2012 07:04 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: maddogg at January 26, 2012 07:05 AM (OlN4e)
I'm bitter like a bowl of Marrianne today and hating the game.
Posted by: SarahW at January 26, 2012 07:06 AM (LYwCh)
"Both public appearances illustrate the assuredness and moxie the president has exhibited in his quest for another term. They also highlight a stark contrast with Mitt Romney, who has appeared unconfident and downright clunky in recent weeks, as he has dealt with a series of missteps having to do with his wealth and income tax filings."
NO bias there.
Posted by: whatever at January 26, 2012 07:06 AM (O7ksG)
Posted by: eman at January 26, 2012 07:07 AM (pn8u0)
I don't recall seeing one either, though honestly after the debacle the other day the need for a rework was pretty obvious.
Posted by: DarkLord©, Rogue Commenter at January 26, 2012 07:08 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: wheatie at January 26, 2012 07:09 AM (ALwK/)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 26, 2012 07:10 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: ace at January 26, 2012 11:04 AM (nj1bB)
WOOOHOOOOOOO!!!! Is there an ETA? Will it have the you code, or whatever the hell that is?
Posted by: joncelli, who is married at January 26, 2012 07:10 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 26, 2012 07:10 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 26, 2012 11:10 AM (UOM4
The debate alone would make it worthwhile.
Posted by: joncelli, who is married at January 26, 2012 07:11 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Serious Cat at January 26, 2012 07:11 AM (2YIVk)
Posted by: jewishodysseus at January 26, 2012 07:11 AM (p8Hnn)
Posted by: eman at January 26, 2012 07:12 AM (pn8u0)
The left are jealous. They hated Reagan back in the day and they hate him now. The leftwing media simply want to ride on Reagan's popularity coattails and hand Obama the popularity without the work.
Posted by: whatever at January 26, 2012 07:12 AM (O7ksG)
Posted by: wheatie at January 26, 2012 07:12 AM (ALwK/)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 26, 2012 11:08 AM (UOM4
Yeah. I'm sure RR would be so proud to be included in the ranks of Zero and Slick Willie, and would be having Harry Reid and Blank Stare Pelosi in the oval office for daily consultations on policy.Posted by: maddogg at January 26, 2012 07:12 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 26, 2012 07:13 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 26, 2012 07:13 AM (Ho2rs)
If it is a day of the week there must be another debate! Carrying the theme from the DOOM thread over, the election was lost due to the Republicans getting bogged down in too many debates.
Posted by: RioBravo at January 26, 2012 07:14 AM (eEfYn)
Since I won't be able to watch or participate in the libe blog tonight, I'm going to go ahead and call Florida for Mitttens UNLESS Newt gets to bitch slap the moderator over the Reagan stuff.
4 point win for MItt in FL, Gingrich second, Santorum third, Paul won't get double digits.
Posted by: Dick Nixon at January 26, 2012 07:14 AM (kaOJx)
Posted by: wheatie at January 26, 2012 07:14 AM (ALwK/)
And we wonder why our schools are producing so many mouth breathers.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 26, 2012 07:14 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 26, 2012 07:15 AM (i6RpT)
26 Is there another debate tonight?
Yeah. . .a CNN one, I think.
Oh, God, no. Just stop the debates now. Seriously, is there anyone watching these things for other than entertainment value? If we're going to have content-free wrestling matches, let's go all the way. Turn the debate stage into a big pool filled with baby oil and send Callista and Ann Romney out in bikinis and have them scratch each other's eyes out.
That at least I'd watch.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Clitoris at January 26, 2012 07:15 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Truman North at January 26, 2012 07:16 AM (I2LwF)
On Thursday, Ener1 announced it will initiate a pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan as part of an agreement to restructure the companyÂ’s debt obligations.
Posted by: Dr. Chu at January 26, 2012 07:16 AM (e8kgV)
And we wonder why our schools are producing so many mouth breathers.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 26, 2012 11:14 AM (UOM4
Mrs. Behar, why do we study the same stuff over and over?
Posted by: Jimmy, who can't read at January 26, 2012 07:16 AM (RD7QR)
Hey, that's at least 50 more percentage points of truth in this one than the previous ones.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 26, 2012 07:16 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at January 26, 2012 07:16 AM (48wze)
Posted by: teh wind at January 26, 2012 07:16 AM (ekrQa)
The authorette, Arnie Parnes, is a jewess:
This is just standard issue bolshevik frankfurt school propaganda & disinfornation - pretty much exactly what
The Chosen have been serving up ever since day one of their "emancipation".
Posted by: Lillian Hellman at January 26, 2012 07:16 AM (Bjf6P)
I hope the candidates manage to make tonight's debate about Obama's horrifying State of the Union address.
American Enterprise Institute's blog (http://tinyurl.com/7m68wsd) has a story up today about an academic study just published comparing Masscare and Obamacare. In their article, they were predicting it would come up in the debate tonight.
More helpful, perhaps, is this summary of the candidates' positions on health care (http://tinyurl.com/7frxojo). It's from the Kaiser Foundation, but I've been poking through it and it looks well-sourced and I think it's basically fair. (I believe Kaiser is an Obama-leaning foundation.)
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 07:17 AM (5H6zj)
Most of these dohts never liked Reagan, so when they say "Almost Reaganesque" is that a compliment ?
Posted by: Bob Novak at January 26, 2012 07:17 AM (e8kgV)
You owe me brain bleach.
Italic test
Hod did you get that to work?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 26, 2012 07:17 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: doc at January 26, 2012 07:17 AM (O3Yh7)
Posted by: Minnie Rodent at January 26, 2012 07:18 AM (S3rrR)
Posted by: maddogg at January 26, 2012 07:18 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: dagny at January 26, 2012 07:18 AM (w+PM8)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 26, 2012 11:17 AM (8y9MW)
You have to use [ i] and [ /i] (without the extra spaces I put in.}
Posted by: Tami at January 26, 2012 07:19 AM (X6akg)
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I read somewhere this morning that Santorum is not even staying in Florida for the returns. I can't recall the site, but they were taking that as a bad sign for him that his campaign is running out of steam.
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 07:19 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: dagny at January 26, 2012 07:19 AM (w+PM8)
Posted by: real joe at January 26, 2012 07:19 AM (979FD)
Posted by: Not an Artist at January 26, 2012 07:19 AM (fOPv7)
Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at January 26, 2012 07:19 AM (AsY5D)
I was around and paying attention when Reagan gave his speeches. I don't remember the media being so enthusiastic about him then. Apparently they really like dead people as speakers and voters.
Posted by: pep at January 26, 2012 07:20 AM (YXmuI)
My money is still on Mitt Romney. And I think he's going to get the nomination. And then I think Obama is going to beat him like a runaway sister wife. Yes, I do.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 26, 2012 07:20 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Wall_E at January 26, 2012 07:20 AM (48wze)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 26, 2012 07:20 AM (8y9MW)
If I were drunk and blindfolded, I'd do shit to Behar you wouldn't do to a farm animal.
Really, really drunk. And bored.
Posted by: Dick Nixon at January 26, 2012 07:20 AM (kaOJx)
Posted by: real joe at January 26, 2012 07:20 AM (979FD)
You think we can get that much for it?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 26, 2012 07:21 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: dagny at January 26, 2012 07:21 AM (w+PM8)
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I didn't take Romney's comments about Gingrich's media sparring as a particularly harsh criticism of Newt, but I do think it's bad strategy for any of our GOP candidates to minimize in any way the righteous indignation we should feel about the media. I think it would be better for people to stay mistrustful and mad at them whoever our nominee is.
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 07:22 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 26, 2012 07:22 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 26, 2012 07:22 AM (Ho2rs)
>>>You think we can get that much for it?
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They won't take it. They'd like to dump Quebec.
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 07:23 AM (5H6zj)
Dumb scrunt doesn't realize Reagan was a Democrat until he came to his senses.
Posted by: real joe at January 26, 2012 07:23 AM (979FD)
Posted by: maddogg at January 26, 2012 07:23 AM (OlN4e)
82 But I clearly suck on the line breaks.....
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Try putting in an extra period, then hit Enter again.
Posted by: wheatie at January 26, 2012 07:23 AM (ALwK/)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 26, 2012 07:23 AM (i6RpT)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 26, 2012 11:21 AM (8y9MW)
Maybe they would give us a stick of back bacon. "At best."
Posted by: Will Folks at January 26, 2012 07:24 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Dick Nixon at January 26, 2012 07:24 AM (kaOJx)
Posted by: blindside at January 26, 2012 07:24 AM (x7g7t)
We aren't the only ones who practice internecine warfare. We're just better at it.
Posted by: Occupep at January 26, 2012 07:24 AM (YXmuI)
For God's sake, Reagan WAS a Democrat, then switched parties, you stupid scrunt.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at January 26, 2012 07:25 AM (RI0fC)
7 So, the italics and bold etc. are working for posts, but not for comments? C'mon Ace, Pixy, whomever...it's either that or I start CONSTANTLY WRITING IN ALL CAPS TO SHOW EMPHASIS again.
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 26, 2012 11:00 AM (23Ios)
Could it be that this is a cunning plan by Ace to restrict free expression in the comments section? Would Perry have won the primaries if not for the impact of italics and bolds?
And who is this “Pixy” person. Has anyone ever seen her?
Where is the money coming from to finance this “new website”? What are these (Jew) bankers asking for in return?
It seems Mr. OÂ’Spades has some unanswered questions.
Posted by: jwest at January 26, 2012 07:25 AM (FdndL)
That's not true.
They like "maverick" and "moderate" Republicans, as long as they're not running against a democrat and are trashing on the Conservative base.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 26, 2012 07:25 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Truman North at January 26, 2012 07:25 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 26, 2012 07:25 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Canada at January 26, 2012 07:25 AM (r2PLg)
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What do you think will happen to his supporters? I really don't have a good read on them.
My hunch is that they will go to Romney because they seem somewhat risk-averse and Romney is supposed to be the safer candidate.
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 07:25 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: dagny at January 26, 2012 07:26 AM (w+PM8)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 26, 2012 07:26 AM (jucos)
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 11:23 AM (5H6zj)
Serial governor schtupper sock off. Really, that's Hobson's choice. Hmm, get rid of the lefties but get a bunch of whiny frogs. Hmmmm...
Posted by: joncelli, too stressed by half at January 26, 2012 07:26 AM (RD7QR)
http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2011/20110126125238.aspx
Posted by: Phil Jones at January 26, 2012 07:26 AM (tf9Ne)
Pixy's working on something more important-- getting the new site ready to go.
Posted by: ace at January 26, 2012 11:04 AM (nj1bB)
Woot! We can haz sarcasm font?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 26, 2012 07:26 AM (4q5tP)
Posted by: Canada at January 26, 2012 07:26 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 26, 2012 07:27 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: dagny at January 26, 2012 07:28 AM (w+PM8)
>>Woot! We can haz sarcasm font?
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So will the new site featured a Revised New Comments Thingy or a New New Comments Thingy?
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 07:28 AM (5H6zj)
Santorum and Paul (who should come in 3rd & 4th -preferably in that order) should both drop out afterwords. Well, Paul should, certainly- Santorum at least has some delegates.
But, really, if either Newt or Mitt win FL (which is Winner-take-all, remember), the race is, essentially, over. They'll have a commanding lead and "momentum." The best anyone unhappy with the winner of FL will be able to hope for is a brokered convention.
And if that's the "best" you're hoping for (as I already kind of am), you're in deep kimchee.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 26, 2012 07:28 AM (8y9MW)
Or, else it will center around the fact that Gingrich's daughters do not qualify as witnesses so far as anything to do with stepmommy dearest (Marianne) goes.
Posted by: Minnie Rodent at January 26, 2012 07:29 AM (S3rrR)
Article author Amie Parnes is apparently a 14 year old girl. From her bio:
"Amie lives in WashingtonÂ’s Dupont Circle neighborhood. She adores her parents, her sister, Sherry, her dog, Jake, and her very sweet friends (you know who you are!) and she despises those who have crossed her (you know who you are, too!)."
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 26, 2012 07:29 AM (3wBRE)
The thing these guys have over Pravda is that everyone knew that it was the govt mouthpiece, here at least half the people think these left wing media outlets are perfectly objective.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 26, 2012 07:29 AM (XrrP7)
Pixy's working on something more important-- getting the new site ready to go. Posted by: ace at January 26, 2012 11:04 AM (nj1bB)
We can haz New Comments Thingy?
Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2012 07:29 AM (nKPY4)
Posted by: Decaf at January 26, 2012 07:29 AM (QBuqo)
Posted by: dagny at January 26, 2012 07:30 AM (w+PM8)
I think from a functional standpoint Romney and Gingrich are equivalent in terms of what their respective presidencies would do re abortion. Gingrich may be more pro life in his heart, but I don't think there'd be much difference between them in terms of federal funding or advancing pro life initiatives.
Disclaimer: I'm no exceptions against abortion.
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 07:30 AM (5H6zj)
Wonder if Obama is planning to tap her for VP...
Posted by: blindside at January 26, 2012 11:24 AM (x7g7t)"
Glad you added "for VP".
She hasn't been very popular, has she? I don't think she's doing this to go up but to get out. She's the one frustrated at those nasty elections, wasn't she?
Posted by: AmishDude at January 26, 2012 07:31 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 26, 2012 07:31 AM (fuUYY)
Posted by: maddogg at January 26, 2012 07:31 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: dagny at January 26, 2012 07:31 AM (w+PM8)
Posted by: wheatie at January 26, 2012 07:32 AM (ALwK/)
Posted by: RM at January 26, 2012 07:32 AM (TRsME)
Wonder if Obama is planning to tap her for VP...
I don't swing that way.
Now, if she has a Pok-ee-stahni foreign exchange student living with her...we can talk.
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 26, 2012 07:32 AM (nKPY4)
It turns out Buffett's secretary earns $60,000 per year.
If you go to the tax tables and take the standard deduction, her taxes run about 12%, without any other deductions.
Posted by: franksalterego at January 26, 2012 07:32 AM (9XykO)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 26, 2012 07:33 AM (fuUYY)
It will be the New New Comment Thingy.
OT: Ace or cob-loggers: I was going to buy the Atlas Shrugged DVD just to support it (although I heard it wasn't great, but I want it finished) and figured I would go thru this site, so if somebody wants to put it in your store in the next week or so that would be good.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 26, 2012 07:33 AM (XrrP7)
FLORIDA IS NOT WINNER TAKE ALL THIS CYCLE
The rules require proportional allocation of delegates as follows – Example:
Candidate “A” gets 30% of the vote would get 14 delegatesCandidate “B” gets 20% of the vote would get 10 delegatesCandidate “C” gets 15% of the vote would get 7 delegatesCandidate “D” gets 10% of the vote would get 5 delegatesAnd so on until the 48 delegates are gone.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at January 26, 2012 07:34 AM (RI0fC)
" And by my definition that means people who know him best feel compelled to come forward and tell the real truth. "
You mean like Norm Coleman did with Mittens?
Posted by: Dick Nixon at January 26, 2012 07:34 AM (kaOJx)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 26, 2012 07:35 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: AmishDude at January 26, 2012 07:35 AM (T0NGe)
Just scanning the comments...I think the take-away is that Pixy is confidently working on the optimistic new site while Ace is looking Reaganesque and sanquine.
And that the blog problems were caused by Italic Terrorists who banned Jane D'oh.
Posted by: Mama AJ at January 26, 2012 07:35 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: maddogg at January 26, 2012 07:35 AM (OlN4e)
http://www.art2superpac.com/livevideo.html.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 26, 2012 07:35 AM (UOM48)
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Yeah. I assume the attacks on Newt's role in the Reagan Revolution are aimed at swaying the younger people or people who didn't pay attention.
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 07:35 AM (5H6zj)
If you go to the tax tables and take the standard deduction, her taxes run about 12%, without any other deductions.
Posted by: franksalterego at January 26, 2012 11:32 AM (9XykO)
Or so Buffett says. I read that this morning. Either he's a fatassed liar....or he's a fatass cheapskate. She's been with him for 37 years and only makes 60k?! Schyeah....right.
Posted by: Tami at January 26, 2012 07:36 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 26, 2012 07:36 AM (jucos)
Posted by: beavis at January 26, 2012 07:36 AM (p8Hnn)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 26, 2012 07:36 AM (fuUYY)
Posted by: tasker at January 26, 2012 07:36 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Minnie Rodent at January 26, 2012 07:37 AM (S3rrR)
Posted by: AmishDude at January 26, 2012 11:35 AM (T0NGe)
*******
I didn't "lie", I told an "Obama".
Posted by: Warren Edward Buffett at January 26, 2012 07:37 AM (ggRof)
Posted by: Moot Romknee at January 26, 2012 07:37 AM (Zw/H7)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 26, 2012 07:38 AM (Ho2rs)
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I was part of the accidental bannings on the Perry thread that a troll screwed up.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 26, 2012 07:38 AM (UOM48)
>>figured I would go thru this site, so if somebody wants to put it in your store in the next week or so that would be good.
Just search for it from the search box on the front page and the pennies should drop right into Ace's lap. Or hit him on the head, as the case may be.
Posted by: Mama AJ at January 26, 2012 07:38 AM (XdlcF)
As a young Count watching the three channels (four if you had a weird loop antenna to catch UltraMan), I used to marvel at the way the alphabet broadcasters could instantly analyze the President's speech, connect its meanings to other things going on in the world, and appear so knowledgeable and wise and worldly.
It never occurred to me that they (including staff) might have had an advance copy to mull over for several hours or so. That's like cheating, or magic tricks.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 26, 2012 07:38 AM (4q5tP)
polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 26, 2012 11:36 AM
Too stupid to read this morning dufus? Or are you too busy strawmanning the threads, as you were doing yesterday.
Posted by: Dick Nixon at January 26, 2012 07:38 AM (kaOJx)
Posted by: tasker at January 26, 2012 07:38 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 26, 2012 07:38 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: Truman North at January 26, 2012 07:39 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 26, 2012 07:39 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: SurferDoc at January 26, 2012 07:39 AM (6H6FZ)
No, but it will require a copy of your college transcripts.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 26, 2012 07:40 AM (UOM48)
@153...Dave in Fla,
Yes. Thanks for the reminder. .....Which is one of the reasons why this election is different that others in the past.
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We've never had this many early primaries before.....never had candidates kicked off of the ballots like in VA. .....There are a lot of differences this time around.
Posted by: wheatie at January 26, 2012 07:40 AM (ALwK/)
Posted by: tasker at January 26, 2012 07:41 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at January 26, 2012 07:41 AM (xb+lF)
I recall reading about the admins who started with Home Depot at the beginning. All of them retired very very rich because of the stock they were given at the beginning.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at January 26, 2012 07:41 AM (RI0fC)
http://tinyurl.com/6mjgo6n
Emily's List ranks Gingrich as the WORST.
http://tinyurl.com/6repkea
Nevertheless, I think that in terms of what would happen with abortion in this country, Gingrich and Romney would be roughly the same. I doubt either would be really aggressive about anything other than federal funding issues.
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 07:41 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 26, 2012 07:42 AM (jucos)
>>Will it have the you code, or whatever the hell that is?
That was one of the funniest things evah here. Except for the people who got really really upset at the terrible things that were being said about them.
Okay, that was funny, too.
Posted by: Mama AJ at January 26, 2012 07:42 AM (XdlcF)
Correct, we normally would be taking 96 delegates to the convention.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at January 26, 2012 07:42 AM (RI0fC)
No way will I vote for Romney. If the repubs go that route, I will know for sure what I have now long suspected, that these people we call RINOs aren't, they are actually what the Republican Party has become. Just slightly less liberal than the dems.
No matter the outcome of a Romney v OdipO election, the time will be right to start building a conservative party.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 26, 2012 07:43 AM (XrrP7)
tasker, Romney still has Norm Coleman on the payroll.
Ol' Norm apparently let the cat out of the bag with his "no repealing Obamacare it it's entirety" comment. And Coleman, per what I've read, is MIttens choice for HHS Secretary.
Too funny.
Posted by: Dick Nixon at January 26, 2012 07:43 AM (kaOJx)
Posted by: tasker at January 26, 2012 07:43 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 26, 2012 07:44 AM (jucos)
Posted by: Captain Hate at January 26, 2012 07:45 AM (yowgW)
They sure do loves them some Reagan, huh?
Posted by: The kids from South Park at January 26, 2012 11:40 AM (piMMO)
Of course, he's dead.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 26, 2012 07:45 AM (4q5tP)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 26, 2012 07:45 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at January 26, 2012 07:45 AM (Y5I9o)
Posted by: maddogg at January 26, 2012 07:45 AM (OlN4e)
But Zeese doesn't believe that the accusations are just coming from other occupiers. He told BuzzFeed that "a lot of these attacks on us came after we started to call out Democratic operatives that tried to take control of the [Occupy] movement."
To back this up, Zeese sent us a number of links accusing Van Jones -- a green jobs activists pushed out of the Obama Administration amid a controversy over his past radical statements -- his and MoveOn.org of trying to co-opt Occupy, e.g. Van Jones can't occupy us and Occupy Movement tells MoveOn: Back Off!
"We are up against very powerful foes who know how to destroy movements," Zeese said. "Divide people from those who have shown leadership is a key tactic."
Posted by: Bob Novak at January 26, 2012 07:45 AM (e8kgV)
My home IP got whacked a couple of weeks back, too.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 26, 2012 07:46 AM (B+qrE)
I hear you, I'm having the identical problem with Newt. I decide I'm voting for him, them some new thing he says or does pisses me off and I reconsider.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at January 26, 2012 07:46 AM (RI0fC)
Posted by: tasker at January 26, 2012 07:46 AM (r2PLg)
Do you know what his title and salary are? Where did you read this?
Posted by: pep at January 26, 2012 07:46 AM (YXmuI)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 26, 2012 07:46 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 26, 2012 11:46 AM (UOM4
With sound.
Posted by: Tami at January 26, 2012 07:47 AM (X6akg)
My point exactly. However, if you look at Drudge, he's giving big play to an article in National Review Online by Elliott Abrams in which Abrams claims Gingrich said all kinds of things in opposition to Reagan. Abrams, you may recall, was censured by the U.S. District Court of Appeals in D.C. in 1995 for providing false information -- just the kind of hit man to give NRO credibility, or credulity, to be nice. This goes counter to the CSPAN speeches you cite above, plus the testimony of a lot of other witnesses. There was a searing article on another blog (Legal Insurrection) on the dishonest nature of today's shit-flinging by Drudge and Fox .
Posted by: Minnie Rodent at January 26, 2012 07:48 AM (S3rrR)
Posted by: ace at January 26, 2012 11:04 AM (nj1bB)
Great.
Posted by: Vic at January 26, 2012 07:48 AM (YdQQY)
I'm not a fan of the upding thingy. I don't understand the point of it.
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 07:48 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: joeindc44 - tebow's new lifting coach at January 26, 2012 07:48 AM (QxSug)
Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2012 07:48 AM (nKPY4)
Posted by: tasker at January 26, 2012 07:48 AM (r2PLg)
pep at January 26, 2012 11:46 AM
Tepid Air. It's still on the front page about halfway down. He is listed as an advisor in the campaign. Romney himself has not publicly stated anything on Norm's comments, nor have I read anything about him being removed from the campaign staff.
Posted by: Dick Nixon at January 26, 2012 07:48 AM (kaOJx)
186.....Geez-I keep wanting to back Romney-but...
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I know, tasker. .....The way that the media, including Fox, is so in the tank for Romney, has been pissing me off. .....It's hard to get past that.
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My husband is convinced that even Fox wants the SCoaMT to win, because they've made so much money off of providing a voice against him.
Posted by: wheatie at January 26, 2012 07:49 AM (ALwK/)
Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2012 11:48 AM (nKPY4)
Yes, and you'll have to wear underwear.
Posted by: joncelli, too stressed by half at January 26, 2012 07:49 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 26, 2012 07:49 AM (jucos)
171 MSDNC hackery
If Reagan were alive he would be horrified by both parties and the size of the government. Again, the left want to steal the popularity, not the substance. Hacks that they are....
Posted by: whatever at January 26, 2012 07:49 AM (O7ksG)
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Not unless they violate the rules set up at the Party meeting last year which said ALL primaries before April 1 would be proportional.
Posted by: Vic at January 26, 2012 07:49 AM (YdQQY)
And they act like Barry and Biden personally took them out.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 26, 2012 07:49 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Jean at January 26, 2012 07:50 AM (WkuV6)
A cool feature on the new site would be a troll zapper.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 26, 2012 11:46 AM (UOM4
With sound.
Posted by: Tami at January 26, 2012 11:47 AM (X6akg)
A nice sizzling Bbzzzzzzzztt!
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 26, 2012 07:50 AM (4q5tP)
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 11:48 AM (5H6zj)
It is a convenient feature to allow you to know if you are sucking up to all the cool posters and are "right in your political views".
IOW, worthless.
Posted by: maddogg at January 26, 2012 07:50 AM (OlN4e)
We like it when the 'ettes have to go thru gymnastics to post a comment. It adds a little um....class to the place.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 26, 2012 07:51 AM (XrrP7)
Posted by: tasker at January 26, 2012 07:51 AM (r2PLg)
Romney has Norm Coleman and Mel Martinez on his payroll. Add Mitt and two more failures, and you have the Washington Generals.
Posted by: Truman North at January 26, 2012 07:52 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: joncelli, too stressed by half at January 26, 2012 11:49 AM (RD7QR)
Oh C'mon!
Posted by: Tami at January 26, 2012 07:52 AM (X6akg)
it's the Big Mo factor."
Yes, no one will score a knockout, and both Newt and Mitt will leave with 15 to 20 delegates. It is all about momentum. You are getting a read on what the 4th largest state in the country, that is a swing state in the general, thinks of these candidates.
Newt need momentum to get past the upcoming caucuses in NV and MI, where Mitt will take most of the delegates. Once we hit Super Tuesday, then we have winner take all states. That could finish the process if one or the other wins the majority of those states.
This is how McCain beat Mitt last time. He didn't get many delegates from FL, but it gave him the momentum to beat Mitt on Super Tuesday where it counted.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at January 26, 2012 07:52 AM (RI0fC)
Posted by: Barky S. H. O'pantload, 12 handicap at January 26, 2012 07:53 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 26, 2012 07:53 AM (8y9MW)
Atlas Shrugged Pt 1 was actually pretty good. They will not be releasing Pt 2 until next year.
Posted by: Vic at January 26, 2012 07:53 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Dick Nixon at January 26, 2012 07:53 AM (kaOJx)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 26, 2012 07:54 AM (N09cC)
Posted by: dagny at January 26, 2012 07:54 AM (w+PM8)
>>We like it when the 'ettes have to go thru gymnastics to post a comment. It adds a little um....class to the place.
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Wouldn't be the same with an underwear requirement, now would it??
Posted by: Mama AJ at January 26, 2012 07:54 AM (XdlcF)
224 .....Not unless they violate the rules set up at the Party meeting last year which said ALL primaries before April 1 would be proportional.
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Which is why Iowa calls theirs a 'Caucus', right? .....So that they can get around that?
Posted by: wheatie at January 26, 2012 07:54 AM (ALwK/)
Well, it calls him a "special adviser for policy", but he is still then associated with the campaign, paid or not. As I said yesterday, he needs to be publicly jettisoned.
Posted by: pep at January 26, 2012 07:55 AM (YXmuI)
Posted by: tasker at January 26, 2012 07:55 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 26, 2012 07:55 AM (4q5tP)
Things have gotten very negative. I am going to try to avoid the worst of it as much as I can and look at the neutral/positive reports on the candidates.
Basically, if you want to read something positive about the each of the candidates you have to go to particular sites.
For positive Gingrich stuff it's basically Legal Insurrection, Riehl World view, and DrewM's blog. The Weekly Standard seems to occasionally have positive Newt stuff as well. Overall they seem more balanced than NRO is right now.
For positive Romney stuff it's basically NRO, Hot Air, and I'm sure a lot of the other big blogs (I don't go to many of those).
There is plenty of negative stuff, too. LI is anti Romney. Red State is anti Romney but EE seems to be pushing the "we need a new candidate!" idea (dumb). Hot Air is anti Gingrich.
This site is pretty much anti everyone, but especially Gingrich (and Paul).
I'm trying to convince myself that there is something good or acceptable about each of them, mostly because I am trying to make sure I can get my husband to vote in the general. But it is still necessary to read the counter attacks when these charges get leveled from one camp to the other.
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 07:55 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Jean at January 26, 2012 07:56 AM (WkuV6)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at January 26, 2012 07:57 AM (RI0fC)
Posted by: dagny at January 26, 2012 07:57 AM (w+PM8)
The new site has been up for years
Where will the secret Nutmegger cabal meet if we take over the 'New' site?
Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2012 07:57 AM (nKPY4)
Santorum seems like a decent fellow, but then this is probably why he got creamed in his Senate bid, and why he hasn't stood a snowball in hell's chance of getting the nomination -- and besides he is a politician, like the others.
Posted by: Minnie Rodent at January 26, 2012 07:57 AM (S3rrR)
Not to shill (well, okay, shilling a little) but have you hit my blog today? It gives a rough-draft of what I wish Mitt would have said from the beginning. It might help your husband if Mitt's the nominee.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 26, 2012 07:57 AM (8y9MW)
I was wondering how long it would take Ogabe to realize that beating down pirates was a risk free way to pump his defense cred. Nobody who matters gives a shit if you waste pirates.
It took him three years to figure it out. I thought he was going to play this card a couple of years ago.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 26, 2012 07:58 AM (N09cC)
Posted by: wheatie at January 26, 2012 11:54 AM (ALwK/)
Nope, also applies to caucuses.
Posted by: Vic at January 26, 2012 07:58 AM (YdQQY)
Another good call Mittens.
Posted by: mpfs at January 26, 2012 07:59 AM (iYbLN)
Posted by: Barry Obama, Dictator for Life at January 26, 2012 07:59 AM (UOM48)
I don't know why anyone would try to compare Obama to Reagan. I mean, Reagan is, like, the....the epiphany of everything that is wrong with the Republican Party. Old. White. Completely uncool. And, like, cruel to animals and stuff, even.
If you want Obama to be cool, you should compare him to cool presidents. And one of the coolest presidents I can think of is Harrison Ford. I mean, wow! Don't you all remember that time he kept all those lesbians from taking over Air Force One? I mean, yes, he was Republican I guess, since he was fighting lesbians, but MAN! Wow.
So you should all totally do more to compare President Obama to President Ford.
And, on an aside, the strangest thing keeps happening. When I got onto Wikipedia to look all this up, someone had the webpage for Ford all wrong. I mean, they had the wrong picture, and had his name as "Gerald." AS IF! So I logged on and fixed it all. But then went I went back later, they chagned it back. I blame those Anon and Mouse hackers.
Posted by: Meggie McCain, Senior MSNBC Anal-ist at January 26, 2012 08:00 AM (sPO/s)
Posted by: maddogg at January 26, 2012 08:00 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 26, 2012 08:01 AM (8y9MW)
I think that Florida going early, especially with proportional delegates, is a really good thing. Florida is a very good look at what the general election voter is going to think, and is a great place to get an idea of how well our candidate is going to do in November. It is a good balance to the over emphasis that Iowa and New Hampshire get.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at January 26, 2012 08:02 AM (RI0fC)
They all do this, and they always do this.
Mitch Daniels was of course, bestest SOTU response evah.
The media is completely corrupt. The yapping poodles on both sides are useless bots.
Posted by: Entropy, Racism Delenda Est at January 26, 2012 08:02 AM (mf67L)
Posted by: tasker at January 26, 2012 08:02 AM (r2PLg)
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I'll check. Thanks.
I know what I wish he had said. He just never said it.
What gained a little traction with my husband was summarizing the tax plans and also Obama's State of the Union. But mostly my husband has developed a personal distrust of Romney and he does not think he's electable anyway.
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 08:02 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Truman North at January 26, 2012 08:02 AM (I2LwF)
http://is.gd/rVk82e
Posted by: Vic at January 26, 2012 08:03 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at January 26, 2012 08:03 AM (xb+lF)
How in Hell does anyone believe he can beat Barky?
Posted by: Not an Artist at January 26, 2012 08:04 AM (fOPv7)
Posted by: Meggie McCain, Senior MSNBC Anal-ist at January 26, 2012 08:05 AM (sPO/s)
Posted by: reason at January 26, 2012 08:06 AM (sPO/s)
61 Italic test How did you get that to work?
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It's all fun and games until Yoshi pokes someone's eye out tries to break the blog using bbcode.
Posted by: The A380 Management Process at January 26, 2012 08:06 AM (NmR1a)
The best way to do that is to keep the focus on what Obama has been doing to destroy this country. Hopefully he will end up voting ABO, as, I suspect, most of us are already.
Posted by: real joe at January 26, 2012 08:06 AM (979FD)
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 08:06 AM (5H6zj)
....as in having both eyes closed
....at the same time
Posted by: ontherocks at January 26, 2012 08:09 AM (ZJCDy)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 26, 2012 11:49 AM (UOM4
Don't diss us!
Making gutsy calls is tough!
Almost as hard as spending your grand-children's money!
Posted by: Barky O & Sharif Joe at January 26, 2012 08:10 AM (i3+c5)
Posted by: blindside at January 26, 2012 11:24 AM (x7g7t)
Please God make this be true, Bev(Cancel the elections) Perdue, the only democrat dumber than Biden to replace Biden?
I like it.
Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at January 26, 2012 08:10 AM (tWFaN)
MITT ROMNEY 2012.
All the Conservativism and Personality of Al Gore, with 1/3 Less AGW and Zero Chakras per Serving.
Posted by: reason at January 26, 2012 08:10 AM (q/kmn)
Point of interest: It also means bloody.
Posted by: Wikitorix at January 26, 2012 08:10 AM (RvG4o)
Posted by: RUReadingthis at January 26, 2012 08:11 AM (V92KK)
It's the one weapon he's really got, though.
If he had more, I might be more willing to support him.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 26, 2012 08:11 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Not an Artist at January 26, 2012 12:04 PM (fOPv7)
Because it is Mitt's turn. Trust us, this has always worked well for us in the past!
Posted by: Hrothgar RNC Establishment Shill at January 26, 2012 08:13 AM (i3+c5)
Hmm, go to the link on Ace's "new" site three years ago.
Note the top banner.
Login??? Does this mean ace is going to registration to comment????
Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at January 26, 2012 08:13 AM (tWFaN)
Posted by: robtr at January 26, 2012 08:13 AM (MtwBb)
129 So will the new site featured a Revised New Comments Thingy or a New New Comments Thingy?
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Would you believe "Two Hamsters One Wheel Comment Thingy"?
Posted by: Agent Misa at January 26, 2012 08:13 AM (FzhYM)
THERE'S a visual that'll haunt me.
I know her, she not bad for an old bitch. Nice fake tits and shitty face lift.
Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at January 26, 2012 08:14 AM (tWFaN)
You mean THIS new site? She sure is taking her sweet time. Ha Ha.
http://tinyurl.com/2fubqn7
Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at January 26, 2012 12:03 PM (S1INM)
I've wondered about that -- does Pixy have a gender? If so, is he/she/it aware of what it is?
Posted by: joncelli, too stressed by half at January 26, 2012 08:15 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at January 26, 2012 08:16 AM (tWFaN)
Posted by: Cricket at January 26, 2012 08:16 AM (DrC22)
Not to shill (well, okay, shilling a little) but have you hit my blog
today? It gives a rough-draft of what I wish Mitt would have said from
the beginning. It might help your husband if Mitt's the nominee.
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Romney's strategy, so far as I'm convinced, was calculated to skip running for the GOP nom altogether and just coast on inevitability so it would be easier for him to pander left during the general.
This guy will, so far as I'm convinced and so far as virtually all his staff has no experience doing anything else in their campaign history, run left in the general and toss the Tea Party under the bus, appeal to moderates by insulting conservatives to their faces, and demoralize the fuck out of everybody.
Posted by: Entropy, Racism Delenda Est at January 26, 2012 08:16 AM (mf67L)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at January 26, 2012 08:17 AM (HN/S8)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at January 26, 2012 08:17 AM (Ml6be)
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I don't know if he can or not, but he has a much, much better shot than Newt. If Mitt has a 40% chance, Newt's is 20%.
What makes Newt attractive to many Republicans also happen to be things the general electorate either dislike or don't care about.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 26, 2012 08:19 AM (SY2Kh)
Because the voters always like Dem Lite instead of the real thing.
Posted by: real joe at January 26, 2012 08:20 AM (979FD)
Yeah. But it also makes for an uphill battle after three plus years of Obama's class warfare stuff.
One thing about his background is that it makes him somewhat predictable in terms of instincts/motivations. But that is also a two-edged sword because it's clear what's good for Mitt is not necessarily what's good for us and he is weaker than most politicians (who are almost always richer and more powerful than the rest of us anyway) at projecting that he understands "regular people."
Someone else said keep reminding about Obama. But I really think for some of us (my husband more than me, but even me to some extent) at some point you hit a WTF moment, decide you're doomed anyway, nothing is going to save you, so why bother?
That's partly Gingrich's appeal to many of us, I think. The idea that he might do one or two bold things that actually help us. Shit, he's the only one who remaining who has a flat tax in his proposals.
Because Romney does not know the Beltway as an insider and because he is not naturally combative against Democrats, I find it nearly impossible to believe he would do anything major to counter them. I think we get four more years of Mitch McConnell and John Boehner style leadership. At least with Newt there's a good chance he will drive Congress to take the fight to the Democrats. He can be bold in that arena because he knows it.
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 08:20 AM (5H6zj)
Successful Capitalists should be president
Show me one?
We can't have successful capitalists because we haven't any free markets for them to succeed in except at the margins. The capitalists are all drug dealers and cathouse pimps.
All the successful people are in bed with government.
Posted by: Entropy, Racism Delenda Est at January 26, 2012 08:21 AM (mf67L)
The guy who lies to everyone and will say anything doesn't want to lie to us, avoids it like the plague.
I think he doesn't want other people to see him associating with us or even pandering to us if he can help it. Because he hates us, and fully intends to screw us sideways.
Posted by: Entropy, Racism Delenda Est at January 26, 2012 08:25 AM (mf67L)
Posted by: Alex at January 26, 2012 08:25 AM (GgXZc)
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I don't know if he can or not, but he has a much, much better shot than Newt. If Mitt has a 40% chance, Newt's is 20%.
What makes Newt attractive to many Republicans also happen to be things the general electorate either dislike or don't care about.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 26, 2012 12:19 PM (SY2Kh)
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I don't agree with the percentages you quote. I would say their chances to beat Obama would be about the same at maybe 30 to 40%. In my opinion, in order to beat an incumbent you have to present a stark contrast. Mittens can't do that - Hell, he's the same as Barkypants.
I realize Newt's negatives are high, but that can and would change if he were to win the nomination.
Posted by: Not an Artist at January 26, 2012 08:26 AM (fOPv7)
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 08:28 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at January 26, 2012 08:29 AM (Xv4+T)
Posted by: real joe at January 26, 2012 08:32 AM (979FD)
"Can we trade Vermont to Canada for a six pack of Labatt's Blue ???"
You want us to take the progressive ski hill called Vermont? Why do you hate Canada?
We'll give you Quebec, and a six pack, to keep Vermont.
Posted by: Doowleb at January 26, 2012 08:34 AM (r+Gn+)
Posted by: Reaganesque not mean what you think it means at January 26, 2012 08:34 AM (tN/BV)
Posted by: Riding Through The Desert On A Sock With No Name at January 26, 2012 08:39 AM (FE6vU)
Posted by: netsailer at January 26, 2012 08:39 AM (KK903)
Note a lot of these words, like sanguine, just mean optimistic
Well, it means confident... and BLOODY. Disturbingly appropriate choice of words.
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 26, 2012 08:41 AM (Iaxlk)
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"And it would have worked, too, if it weren't for those meddling kids!" ;-)
Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2012 08:45 AM (5H6zj)
Obama has emerged in recent weeks, given a string of political victories
Really? where are these victories they speak? if this is victory, our hands are too small to hold it.
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at January 26, 2012 08:50 AM (1hM1d)
ABC This Week host Christiane Amanpour proclaimed that Obama's address was "full of sunny optimism, very Reaganesque, on and on about American exceptionalism in many, many instances and full of Kennedyesque encouragement to break a new frontier. That Sputnik moment was remarkable."
On CBS, Evening News anchor Katie Couric touted how political analyst Jeff Greenfield thought it was "down right Reaganesque" and that "some" have argued "this could be his Reagan moment."
Correspondent Andrea Mitchell chimed in: "That's exactly what he was trying to get after and I think he was trying to invoke the optimism, the can-do spirit that brings to mind Ronald Reagan in these settings."
Later in the CBS coverage, Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer reiterated the Reagan comparison: "[Obama's] Reagan moment was when he made that speech in Tucson. But I think he kind of built on that tonight. I thought this speech was something of an extension of that speech."
Posted by: Sterling Archer at January 26, 2012 11:24 AM (1H47k)
These people are just horribly embarrassing themselves. Do let me know when the small child comes forth and tells them that "Teh Emperor is NAKED". It will take some of these dolts years (if ever) to realize how they were taken in by this charlatan.
Reagan came to be known as the Great Communicator. The best Barry can hope for is the Great Pretender.
Posted by: dissent555 at January 26, 2012 08:39 PM (yR6A1)
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So, when a progg scrunt like Behar calls something "Reaganesque" that's a slam, right?
Posted by: HeatherRadish needs italics. And a beer. at January 26, 2012 06:56 AM (ZKzrr)