1 I see we're moving in the right direction again.

2 True about the donation part. I understand if times are tight, so work a few hours at the local HQ if need be. If you can swing the cheaper smokes, booze and paying the strippers with ones and not fives..then send the extra dough in to support the cause. Its what the Horde does.

3 Has it been revealed what major state was missing from the supposed-record-setting unemployment drop last month?

4 This is going to make the dems' "binder' website idea look like another Solydra type investment.

5 Rioting or no rioting, I want to walk past Union Square in NYC on election night, like I did 4 years ago coming home from work, dejected. I will be smiling!!!!!

6 I've updated my Ohio analysis on my blog (link in nic).

Romney is leading Ohio in all turnout models that have any likelihood of occurring:

O+2.43% - Current RCP Average
R+7.35% - Average using the 2004 turnout model
O+2.25% - Average using the 2008 turnout model
R+4.09% - Average using the 2010 turnout model
R+3.37% - Average using the 2012 registration model
R+1.16% - Average using the D+3 turnout model

Reason Obama is leading in the polls there?  D+6, D+7, D+9, and D+11.

7

Posted by: andycanuck at October 18, 2012 09:26 AM (vDl/w)

FBN said that CA did not report 30k jobless claims.

8 6 Dave in FLA, you do yeoman's work, old boy.

9

Obama, minutes after the end of the debate, "Of course I lied to everyone watching the debate about having called Benghazi a terrorist attack.  But I had an excellent excuse!  Honest."

http://tinyurl.com/99f7o3z

10 I have been working with "Americans for Prosperity' to make calls to people in swing states. I have a whiteboard posters outside my house every day with either facts about Obama's poor policies or pro Romney signs. Today it said "Mitt Romney-An inspirational and competent leader" Jim Macdonald-a former executive at Staples. I don't have any money till payday but when I do I will donate some to his campaign. Keep up the good fight.

11 Dave, previous thread has Rasmussen Ohio numbers. 49-48 Zero with an even split.

12 Our public school district already banned homework because it's not fair for the deseg kids. No, my kids go private. It's a great, sought after district, too. At least when we bought the house. Now our middle and high schools are the hub for all deseg and ESL. I'm going to be joining the 'will work for tuition moms' soon. Sigh.

13 3 Has it been revealed what major state was missing from the supposed-record-setting unemployment drop last month? Posted by: andycanuck at October 18, 2012 09:26 AM (vDl/w) A sharp drop in the number of weekly jobless claims filed last week was caused by the failure of one large state to report all of its claims, a Labor Department spokesman confirmed to FOX Business. Initial jobless claims, which are a measure of the number of people recently laid off, fell by 30,000 to a seasonally adjusted 339,000, the lowest level in more than four years. But the Labor Department spokesman said the numbers were skewed by one large state that underreported its data. The spokesman declined to identify the state, but economists believe California is the only state large enough to have such a significant impact on the overall numbers __________________ --btw the unemployment rate for California-- 10.6% http://www.foxbusiness.com

14 That's a really good looking steak in the inflation link.

15 Jobless claims...... up........ what....... no......... no, it's not true....... it's okay........ Steiner will save us..........

16 Moochie says Barky never blames anyone else for the problems he faces..........if he couldn't say "Bush's fault" his vocabulary would be halved.

17 3 Has it been revealed what major state was missing from the supposed-record-setting unemployment drop last month? Posted by: andycanuck at October 18, 2012 09:26 AM (vDl/w) I heard it was Cali

18 Jobless claims up ... no shit?!?!?!?!?! Shocked face

19 I also sent this great ad with people who either worked with Romney at Bain or worked in companies that Bain helped to grow speaking highly of him. I sent to people I know who might know people on the fence: http://electad.com/video/mitt-romney-ad-uniquely-qualified/

20 "6 I've updated my Ohio analysis on my blog (link in nic). Romney is leading Ohio in all turnout models that have any likelihood of occurring: O+2.43% - Current RCP Average R+7.35% - Average using the 2004 turnout model O+2.25% - Average using the 2008 turnout model R+4.09% - Average using the 2010 turnout model R+3.37% - Average using the 2012 registration model R+1.16% - Average using the D+3 turnout model Reason Obama is leading in the polls there? D+6, D+7, D+9, and D+11." Rasmussen's has an even D/R split and Obama still maintains his lead in OH. So your goofy re-weighting is nonsense.

21 Rule 12?

22 Thanks dave in fla. I'm going to work in ohio on Monday for Romney. Unfortunately, this October surprise Obama has planned for Monday definitely looks like Romney's income tax returns being leaked right before the last debate. See nice deb for info.. Hopefully Romney is prepared to deal with it quickly,whatever it is.

23 OT: Eddie Yost, one of baseball's greatest unsung third baseman, dead at 86. RIP He was third base coach for the Miracle Mets of '69. Another bit of my childhood gone. :-( http://spectator.org/blog/2012/10/17/eddie-yost-rip

24

VDH says that the lies about Libya, and the ME in general, began two years ago and the administration has no recourse except to continue lying about it or it might be discoved that they have been lying.

http://tinyurl.com/8d43fxa

25 I'm on the Main Line in PA, on the delco/montgomery line.  Way too many Obama signs for my liking (though not nearly as many as 0 .  Will be making calls from Romney center next week, and am fortunately in a position to be able to donate considerably every month. I'll probably work the election in the am if they need me/

I meant to ask you, Dave in Fla, which of the voter scenarios do you think is the most likely?

26 Obama's Doctrine: Get Stoned!

http://tinyurl.com/cox8rom

Was the security contract policy no tolerance for drug/alcohol use or drug/alcohol abuse? The 24/7 on call requirement means that no alcohol or drugs be on the premises ever, and that medical personnel be summarily prosecuted for shooting up, gross dereliction of duty.

Those who contracted the contractors in the STATE DEPT. are to be held accountable FIRST. If any one if fired, start at the top.

Trickle Down Sobriety

27 If Mitt's tax returns are leaked, the bigger question for me is who leaked them. Is this not a federal offense??? MFM yawns here...

28 I was subjected to CNN while having breakfast at the hotel a while ago. We were there for no more than 30 minutes. I lost track of how many times "binders full of women" was mentioned both by the anchor and in two stories on the subject. More than once the words "interpretive dance of rage*" popped into my head, but I kept it together. *With thanks to AtC for introducing me to the concept.

29 I'm now irritated.

Just as I was clicking on the thread I heard a little email bell and checked to find in the subject line: Let the government subsidize your solar installation.

aargh

30 I WISH I could take Election Day off.   I have to drive out to the seacoast to     conduct    a training that day, though, so I can't even call in sick.    You have no idea my level of aggravation about that.  

31 Idiot SCOAMT spox on Fox can't seem to remember the daily briefings by Carney specifically avoiding calling the attacks in Libya "terrorist attacks".

32 Those who contracted the contractors in the STATE DEPT. are to be held accountable FIRST.

Question:  why did state outsource the Benghazi security to a British company? 

No offense to the Brits, as they are capable of security-badassery, but this is something that we should be able to handle on our own.

33 Ras has Romney at 49% and Obama at 47% for Thursday.

34 Can you think back to how you felt in January of 2009?

The Coronation threads here are still classic, ace riffing on the ambulatory couch.

35 71 % of Voters Favor Voter ID-Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 71% of voters think voters should be required to show ID before they vote. 66% of likely U.S. voters believe voter fraud is a serious problem, and 33% say it is a very serious problem.

Yet Liberal judges block it at every turn....Know your Judges and vote them out when you can...

36 28 If Mitt's tax returns are leaked, the bigger question for me is who leaked them. Is this not a federal offense??? MFM yawns here... Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 18, 2012 09:38 AM (+tqYo) Look for Bammy to hit him on it at the end of the debate in his closing statement - since Monday is Foreign Policy. Won't work because voters are moving to Mitt because they feel he can manage the Gov't not just vote present...

37
Differences,

Obama: Big Bird, Binders

Romney: Jobs, Future

38 19 "6 I've updated my Ohio analysis on my blog (link in nic). Romney is leading Ohio in all turnout models that have any likelihood of occurring: O+2.43% - Current RCP Average R+7.35% - Average using the 2004 turnout model O+2.25% - Average using the 2008 turnout model R+4.09% - Average using the 2010 turnout model R+3.37% - Average using the 2012 registration model R+1.16% - Average using the D+3 turnout model Reason Obama is leading in the polls there? D+6, D+7, D+9, and D+11." Rasmussen's has an even D/R split and Obama still maintains his lead in OH. So your goofy re-weighting is nonsense. Posted by: RomneylosesOhio at October 18, 2012 09:34 AM (Jk+oU) ______________________ Want to explain to me--son--how in the SurveyUSA poll-- Romney is winning Independents in Ohio by-- +8%? _________________ In 2008 Obama won Independents by--8% Now it's Romney who is +8% Want to explain that?

39 So now Ras has Heller up 7 in NV. Heller wins by 7, I dont see how Obama takes the state. So that coupled with the latest Ras poll with O +3  there is a bit odd.

40 Bleg: 20 days left. 20! Can you think back to how you felt in January of 2009? Do you remember that feeling of anguish?

****

Yes. Like it was yesterday.

41 Now, astonishingly, she is saying that nobody really knows.  But, trust us, he has successfully wrested the illusive buck from the greedy mitts of Hillary and he's now fully esconced in the arms of responsibility.

42 Anyone who was going to be moved by Romney's wealth already has been. If releasing his tax returns is the best they've got they are really, really in trouble.

43 I'm back for now.  Is there anyone who did not know those jobless claims from last time were BS?

44 Want to explain that?

Posted by: tasker at October 18, 2012 09:41 AM (r2PLg)

Steiner?  Where is Steiner? 

45 I don't recall the   MFM    headlines qualifying the jobless number last report, when they knew that 30-40K people were left off of it.

46 In RR swing state polling Romney had a +4 swing today from 0+3 to R+1...Big win Wed for Obama remember (he only went down 4 in swing state polling) Yay him!

47 I am one step closer to buying my FR-S. Sorry for being so off-topic but I haven't been this excited about a car for a long time. And as crazy as it sounds, it will be therapeutic as well. I wanna do a happy dance!

48 The "missing" State was CA but it was not missing per se.  It was incomplete.

49

Mitt Romney is now within four points of President Obama in Pennsylvania, according to a poll released Tuesday by Quinnipiac University.

The president has 50 percent support to Romney's 46 percent. Romney has gained four points, and Obama has lost the same amount, since he trailed Obama, 54-42, in a CBS News/New York Times/Quinnipiac poll in mid-September. The latest survey comes on the heels of several other polls showing the former Massachusetts governor within striking distance of the president in a state Republicans haven't carried since 1988.



Oh trolls.....

50 I thought Romney already released his tax returns...? Or are these older filings?

51

Got a robo-call for Todd Akin...asking for a donation.

I'm in OK.

I hope he wins, but I'm not donating to the dumbass.

 

52 Okay. Now Rasmussen has the tracking at 49 R to 47 O today. No debate bump. Mitt Romney started showing a bump in Rasmussen's numbers the second day. In fact, Obama went down from yesterday.

53 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

54 Post about those BLS numbers up at my blog.

55 So now Ras has Heller up 7 in NV. Heller wins by 7, I dont see how Obama takes the state. So that coupled with the latest Ras poll with O +3 there is a bit odd. When it comes to state by state polling, Ras has not been nearly as accurate as his national polling.

56 8 6 Dave in FLA, you do yeoman's work, old boy.       Come on, you're not even hiding it now.

57 Is this tax return thing legit? Last night the consensus was a bad publicity stunt for the Discovery Channel.

58 RomneylosesDearborn I laughed out loud.

59 47 Want to explain that? Posted by: tasker at October 18, 2012 09:41 AM (r2PLg) Steiner? Where is Steiner? Posted by: RomneylosesDearborn at October 18, 2012 09:44 AM (/YJYi) _________________ LOL! Ya he's in his bunker--and that bunker is impenetrable --it's his skull.

60 Has it been revealed what major state was missing from the supposed-record-setting unemployment drop last month? Posted by: andycanuck at October 18, 2012 09:26 AM (vDl/w) ======= california. in the WSJ this morning

61 Actually according to my countdown clock it's 18 days 18 hours and 12 minutes, 52 secon 51 50..

62 Any body see the "October Surprise " website ?
They are slated to release some documents come Monday...

I suspect it's just a Publicity Stunt....

63 Or it is Obama's harvard /columbia applications listing him as a foreign national. They would include tax docs.

64 niedermyer i keep getting recorded calls for that! it starts out telling me that my home has been identified as using higher than normal energy......it goes on to say the gov't has STIMULUS MONEY to help with this! my energy bills are high....my ac runs 24/7 (it's set at 80)from late april until oct.....and then from mid nov to end of feb the heat is on (set at 6 and i do at least 5 loads of laundry a day....& run the dishwasher at least twice a day...i pay my bills so i'm trying to figure out why the gov't thinks i need help....

65 smilie face is 68

66 58 So now Ras has Heller up 7 in NV. Heller wins by 7, I dont see how Obama takes the state. So that coupled with the latest Ras poll with O +3 there is a bit odd _____________________ I don't know if you guys really want the answer to this--and I hate to preface this with-- I am not a racist but-- Obama gets a different turn out modeling because of race allegiance. There is also the phenomena of down ticket drop off--particularly with minority voters--supposedly. So --you have to use two different turn out models.

67 Btw, the WSJ failed on telling the full truth about the California exclusion in jobs: "In the previous week, jobless claims dropped by 27,000 because of an unexpected shift in seasonal reporting by one state. That state--California--reported fewer claims than expected, which accounted for the large decrease. There were nearly 5,000 fewer layoffs in the service and retail industries in California for the week ended Oct. 6, according to the Labor Department report. The Labor Department sets seasonal factors well in advance based on historical trends but that can skew numbers when state-level reporting doesn't match those established patterns. "These types of things happen several times a year," a Labor Department official said Thursday. "It tends to be temporary."" http://tinyurl.com/99wcgv8

68 Is this tax return thing legit? Last night the consensus was a bad publicity stunt for the Discovery Channel.

Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 18, 2012 09:47 AM (ZBjRZ)

 

Do we still even know whose tax returns will supposedly be leaked?   Last I heard it was just a rumor without any    backing.

69 Plus--Berkeley the Dem in that NV Senate race had a recent corruption story break out.

70 20

Rasmussen's has an even D/R split and Obama still maintains his lead in OH. So your goofy re-weighting is nonsense.

Posted by: RomneylosesOhio at October 18, 2012 09:35 AM (hJEXQ)

The only nonsense, douchebag, is your desire to shift the debate. For his analysis, Dave in Fla is using all polls for Ohio in the RCP average, not just Rasmussen. Plus, your confidence in Rasmussen is very heart-warming. We'll see how long that lasts ... probably as long as you can use it to your benefit, you hack.

71

>>I lost track of how many times "binders full of women" was mentioned

 

Read some frothing at the mouth "article" on Yahoo about it just to try to figure out what the problem was.

 

The best part was where the writer complained that Romney has always been a boss so...

...ah, I forget, I started laughing so hard...but somehow he's bad 'n evil because he's been in charge of stuff.

72 68 smilie face is 68

Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny, ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 at October 18, 2012 09:50 AM (Ho2rs)

 

I don't know why, but the serendipitousness    of this    comment also being Comment #68    made me smile.

73 dangergirl what color?

74 Last I heard it was just a rumor without any backing.


Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at October 18, 2012 09:52 AM


Doesn't matter.....If it helps Obama, we're going with it, like we do all the time!

75 mwr me too.....it was weird

76 Very good article at American Spectator: 

"And sitting at that debate moderator's desk in such a highly visible moment in American history, Candy Crowley's action in putting her thumb on the scale with the lights and cameras on and running in front of millions -- may finally have been something wildly unintended.

The tipping point for the liberal media.

A tipping point that makes Mitt Romney the 45th President of the United States."

http://tinyurl.com/9kor4je

77 49 In RR swing state polling Romney had a +4 swing today from 0+3 to R+1...Big win Wed for Obama remember (he only went down 4 in swing state polling) Yay him!

Posted by: Gov98 at October 18, 2012 09:44 AM (q4yVo)

Well, let's see what that complete asshole RomneylosesOhio thinks about that since he has a new-found confidence in Rasmussen's accuracy.

78 Heh! He said dump! Heh, heh!

79 WND says the JEF will announce a deal with Iran and nukes on Monday, prior to debate. Sounds about right and tells us they want the JEF to win. Should tell the voters everything they need to know.

80 I lost track of how many times "binders full of women" was mentioned

Read some frothing at the mouth "article" on Yahoo about it just to try to figure out what the problem was.

The best part was where the writer complained that Romney has always been a boss so...
...ah, I forget, I started laughing so hard...but somehow he's bad 'n evil because he's been in charge of stuff.

Posted by: Mama AJ, who heard the SMOD that wasn't at October 18, 2012 09:53 AM (SUKHu)

The MFM is beating that binder drum really hard hoping it will have some impact. Yahoo is particularly pathetic on it

81 81

I never defended the SUSA poll. Ras uses an even D/R split and also has the Independents split. His margin is unchanged from his last poll, so he's very consistent with his results.

Posted by: RomneylosesOhio at October 18, 2012 09:54 AM (t8tck)

Apparently you're going to live and die by Rasmussen's results. How heartwarming. We'll see how long that lasts.

82 At hillbuzz.org: was Barky coked to the gills during Tuesday's debate? tinyurl.com/8oq6f6w Worth reading!

83 76dangergirl what color Hot Lava...which is an awesome orange. Same color as my beloved Eclipse who lost her life while saving mine. (yes, my cars are people, shut up... )

84 82 I have heard about that deal. In my opinion it simply makes Obama look weak. The Iranians have lied all along, all Mitt has to do is point to Iran's track record of what they have done so far, Hell, they should get out ahead of this and say the deal would be unacceptable given Iran's history in this matter.

85 44 Anyone who was going to be moved by Romney's wealth already has been. If releasing his tax returns is the best they've got they are really, really in trouble. Posted by: JackStraw Yep. As long as the law was complied with nobody outside of Moonbat land gives a rip.

86 Quite an increase in violent crimes, as reported by the FBI. "Unexpected," given that there's been a long-running decrease in violent crime. If the trend reverses, it demolishes the Freakonomics theory that the drop in crime rate since the 1990s has been brought about by abortion.

87 Imagine how unemployed women feel about the mocking of the "binder" comment. I guarantee you, that resonated with so many women across the country -- it couldn't have been a kinder statement about how Romney treats/views women. Whether we all agree with it or not (as far as actively seeking women for roles), it is a winning argument for women voters. This helps Romney with women voters, hence, the libs are exploding about it and trying to demean it.

88 No reason to suspect the Iranian nuclear deal will be any different from the deal we made with the Norks.  That worked out well.

89 I felt terrible four years ago. I feared my country was like a retard playing with a revolver. Nothing good could come from it. When Zerocare passed, I got so drunk I fell and tore my rotator cuff. Hurt so bad I didn't sleep for 6 weeks. It still hruts me. The long fucking nightmare is finally coming to an end, I hope.

90 Meanwhile, I don't think Iran compromise is going to sway anyone to Obama's side. People know what he's all about with or without Iran and they don't like it.

91

Ah, here's the quote and a bonus one, too!

 

>>Lastly, Romney’s remark exposed something on flagrant display all night. It’s that he’s a boss—and only a boss. He sees everything from the throne of a massive realm: Massachusetts, Bain Capital, and the many businesses he’s “had the privilege of staffing,” or however he puts it.

 

and earlier:

 

>>Third, the binders response raises the specter of a still more hideous idea. Before answering the question, Romney had been reminded that women earn about 72 percent what their male counterparts do—and his response was to say, “Exactly! That’s why, given half a chance, I hire women!” Bottom line, Romney recruits women because they look good and they come cheap.

 

Flagrant display of leadership!!!1! My lady parts are so scared.

 

No link. You're welcome.

92 "Unexpected," given that there's been a long-running decrease in violent crime. If the trend reverses, it demolishes the Freakonomics theory that the drop in crime rate since the 1990s has been brought about by abortion. Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 18, 2012 09:58 AM (Ec6wH) bd economic times bring an increase in crime

93 ...ah, I forget, I started laughing so hard...but somehow he's bad 'n evil because he's been in charge of stuff.

The local fishwrap's feature article on "binders of women" quotes the head of NAG...I think she's trying to say that Romney soliciting the resumes of qualified women applicants to fill state government positions did nothing to help women in the workplace. 

Compare to how it was a "victory for women" when SCOAMF put unqualified vaginas on the Supreme Court, I guess.

94 Bleg: 20 days left. 20! Can you think back to how you felt in January of 2009? Do you remember that feeling of anguish?

Yep, I remember it well. We were visiting friends in FL and watching the Inauguration on their spanking new big screen. I had to leave the room before I threw something heavy at the tv. Seeing the preezy on a big screen was infuriating enough. Listening to his bullshit was worse. Could I afford to replace the tv, yes, but what a waste of hard earned cash on protesting such a pos.

95 Hot Lava...which is an awesome orange. Same color as my beloved Eclipse who lost her life while saving mine. (yes, my cars are people, shut up... ) Posted by: DangerGirl (@deadlyestrogen) at October 18, 2012 09:57 AM (htu8n) Sweet. Grats and good luck with it. My first (fire engine red) sports car resulted in a lot of cops pulling me over. I got away with most tickets, but when you're going more than 20 mph over the speed limit, or w/e, there is no saving you from the law... They will be looking for you!

96 The long fucking nightmare is finally coming to an end, I hope." --me too. but you cant underestimate the left this time. remember, they looked at this guy like he was friggin GOD. songs, chants, paintings...total cult-mindset. then you had the whole "well, mccain isnt 100% who i want for the job so im not voting" types... be wary...

97 FBN said that CA did not report 30k jobless claims.
Thank you, HtP. I knew it was one of those small, unimportant states that had been omitted from the recent data.
;^)

98 I just noticed 0bama's average in RCP is under 47% Incumbent under 47% with 20 days to go... BAD NEWS FOR ROMNEY!!! LOLRLOL!1111

99 75 68 smilie face is 68 Posted by: phoenixgirl,team dagny, ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 at October 18, 2012 09:50 AM (Ho2rs) I don'tknow why, but the serendipitousness of this comment also being Comment #68 made me smile. The number 69 always gives me a smiley face. Just sayin'.

100 And thanks to tasker at #13 too.

101 83. Quite Man

Yahoo is always over the top for the preezy. I have to constantly remove their news feed from my homepage. Just too infuriating early in the morning.

102
Totally of thread........ but what the hell.....


Ginger or Mary Anne????


Today is Dawn Wells Birthday..... born 1938.  I cant believe Mary Anne is over 70.

103 Liberal Facebookians were complaining that Romney should have personally known women to hire for positions in government, instead of having to go thru the Spiegel catalog. Of course, that would be patronage, which is a sacred duty among liberals. Romney would probably want to see how someone looked on paper based on his experience.

104

92 I felt terrible four years ago. I feared my country was like a retard playing with a revolver. Nothing good could come from it.

 

"Like a retard playing with a revolver"....perfect analogy, maddogg.

 

I was in mourning for my country.

And embarrassed, that the looting class here had gotten so powerful.

2010 gave me some hope...that yeah, this nightmare could end this year.

 

105 101 Eleventy!!!!!

106

Morning Wood:

At UVa's Center for Politics, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball has moved the Pa presidential and Senate races to "lean" Democratic from their previous "likely" rating.

 

We also cannot ignore the polls showing tightening margins in both Pennsylvania's presidential and Senate contest, so we're moving both to leans Democratic, down from likely. Romney probably only wins Pennsylvania in a decisive national victory — we'll be stunned if it accounts for his 270th electoral vote — and the challenger's campaign is wise to downplay his chances both in the Keystone State and Michigan. Meanwhile, it appears that Sen. Bob Casey (D) is running a subpar campaign, and businessman Tom Smith (R) is hammering him with ads. Last month, we ran a list of potential Senate shockers — but none of them would compare to a Casey loss.

107 I just noticed 0bama's average in RCP is under 47% Incumbent under 47% with 20 days to go... BAD NEWS FOR ROMNEY!!! LOLRLOL!1111 Posted by: Highsmith at October 18, 2012 10:03 AM (uwaMU) Maybe you didn't see this: Karl Rove: NO CANDIDATE HAS EVER LOST With Numbers Like What Mitt Romney Has Today (Video) http://tinyurl.com/9mgsslp ht gateway pundit

108

Okay, someone explain this to me.   At Fox News, via a Drudge link:

 

Violent Crime Jumps 18% in 2011, First Rise in Nearly 20 Years

 

Violent crimes unexpectedly jumped 18 percent last year, the first rise in nearly 20 years, and property crimes rose for first time in a decade. But academic experts said the new government data fall short of signaling a reversal of the long decline in crime.

 

The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics reported Wednesday that the increase in the number of violent crimes was the result of an upward swing in simple assaults, which rose 22 percent, from 4 million in 2010 to 5 million last year. The incidence of rape, sexual assault and robbery remained largely unchanged, as did serious violent crime involving weapons or injury...

 

First off, ooh look!     "Unexpectedly"    isn't just for economic news anymore!

 

Secondly, how can a nearly 20% rise in violent crime after twenty years of relatively steady decline NOT signal a "reversal" in the "long decline in crime?"   I understand that, longitudinally speaking, this could just be a severe aberration;    but 18% isn't exactly a blip    on the radar!    That's a pretty hefty swing   in the wrong direction!   "Simple assault" is a pretty minor crime, yes, but it's still a crime that    could involve bodily harm.   And one has to ask, "What would cause more people to indulge in simple assault?  And will that behavior escalate?"

 

Just look at the groups primarily affected by this upswing in violent crime:

 

The growth in violent crime experienced by whites, Hispanics, younger people and men accounted for the majority of the increase.

 

In other words, most of the groups that are the most severely affected by the lousy economy    and stagnant job market.   The only    such   group missing from that list is blacks, and their incidence of violent crime has    unfortunately     been high   for a long time.  

 

I'm not saying that crime is going to suddenly start skyrocketing, but I'd say that this aberration    may be the start of a worrying trend    if the economy doesn't start to improve SOON.  

 

Romney/Ryan!

109

Lefties on the floor, kicking and screaming about Romney asking business people to tell their employees the truth.  http://tinyurl.com/8f5vdwd

This in contrast to Obama ordering govt contractors not to obey the law by telling them that they would be let go.

110 83

The MFM is beating that binder drum really hard hoping it will have some impact. Yahoo is particularly pathetic on it

Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 18, 2012 09:55 AM (1Jaio)

This has to be the dumbest "controversy" ever. Completely manufactured. Perhaps if they spent as much time trying to figure out how Obama can now claim to have always considered the Libyan embassy attack terrorism, but still decided to go to bed the night that it was happening then went to a Las Vegas fundraiser the next day. I'm sure the mainstream media would be just as forgiving to a Republican President for doing that.

BTW, perhaps if Obama thought it was terrorism, he could've told his press secretary and all the spokespeople who went on the Sunday morning shows in the aftermath of the attack since they focused solely on the YouTube video as being the cause for many days after the death of Ambassador Stevens and the others. Moreover, perhaps media can ask Obama why security wasn't increased at the embassy prior to the attacks when there were multiple warnings about the possibility of attacks and it was the anniversary of 9/11.

Even accepting the premise that Hillary had primary responsibility for the security at the embassy, why didn't Obama -- he of the many missed meetings regarding national security -- not take an active interest in ensuring top-notch security of Americans at our new embassy in an unstable country with a huge presence of terrorist elements that intensely dislike the United States?

At the next debate, Romney should forget about talking about whether Obama overtly said the attack on the Libyan embassy was due to a video (he simply didn't at his initial press conference) and focus on all of these missteps by Obama and his administration before and after the embassy attack. That's more damaging to Obama, in my view.

111 Damn!  More than a trillion in welfare spending!  Good news for Obama.

112 Wait....if cheap gas is indicative of a faltering economy, then an increase in the jobless rate means......a booming economy! Stay the cOurSe!! FoUrMOarYeErs!!!!1!!1!!!111! . . . . Disclaimer - Jobless figures are boogered up for political gain and fun. The BLS is not responsible for any misconceptions about economic health.

113 When it comes to holding women, I do not have binders: All I have are floppies.

114 (yes, my cars are people, shut up... ) Duh. I'll just be sitting here being happy for you and not a seething cauldron of jealousy. Nope. I'm totally a better person than that. I just requested off Nov. 6 and 7 which I didn't think I would be able to do but the work situation is a tiny, tiny bit better so I should be able to do so now. I figure I'll need the 7th off because of either hangover/still drunkness.

115 Screw the MSM. Romney has DILBERT!!! I was Dilbert's press agent and have Scott Adams in your corner is not a small thing - he has tons of fans...plus he's smart and really funny. 

116 Drudge headline - Welfare Soars 32% in 4 Years

117 Just wait until next week, the 7.8% number will really sink in.  Add in Big Bird and "binders" and Romney is toast!

118 I've read things Scott Adams has written (no, not just speech balloons) and he is a fairly astute observer of human nature. Except for 4 years ago.

Like many successful liberals, he's a great judge of human nature except when it comes to politics.  But, yes, he's actually very liberal (based on what I've read on his blog), so him supporting Romney may, indeed, be "something."

119

I agree with those who say the  'binders' thing makes Romney look good.

It does.

And it makes the Dems look like idiots for trying to spin it as a bad thing.

 

120 Someone told that idiot that chewing gum will make you smarter.
What he heard was chewing cum makes you smarter.



And now a word to me from the host of this site regarding the door.

121

Where did RomneylosesDearborn go? He was funny  ...

122 Newsweek is going out of print again?

This is like Oprah retiring.  So go th f away already dumbass.

123 Governor Romney, what about your binders??? Yes, this is the sign of a winning campaign.

124

Mitt needs to own the tax return thing.  Just like my next day quarterbacking line I wanted Mitt to have said over the pension zinger:

 

"You may not have time to look at your pension, but you sure to have time to play a lot of golf Mr. President. 

 

Look folks, this Administration is directly responsible for the deaths of its diplomatic personnel, security personnel, and hundreds of innocent Mexican civilians, and his only response is to mock my success.  Let that sink it folks.  I yield the balance of my time before you do it for me."

125

Heh...

 

Stuart Varney just reported the latest Rasmussen:

 

Romney...49%

Obama....48%

 

 

126 I agree with those who say the 'binders' thing makes Romney look good. It does. Pfffft. Personally, I use 2TB solid state drives to store my collection of womyns.

127 Re: Binders. As I said to my mom, Obama lied about Libya but the media is worried about binders. And you wonder why people don't know much about what's going on in their own country, let alone the world.

128 Newsweek is going out of print again? This is like Oprah retiring. So go th f away already dumbass. Posted by: eleven at October 18, 2012 10:15 AM (KXm42) No it's like Oprah losing weight "again"

129 With all of the real issues/problems facing the country Barry and the MFM are going to bleat on about Big Bird, condoms and binders. When you suck like Barry does all you have left are distractions

130 http://tinyurl.com/8ckzyj7 WaPo slams Obama and admin over Libya answer at debate *hope my attempt at bold worked* "Note that in all three cases, the language is not as strong as Obama asserted in the debate. Obama declared that he said “that this was an act of terror.” But actually the president spoke in vague terms, usually wrapped in a patriotic fervor. One could presume he was speaking of the incident in Libya, but he did not affirmatively state that the American ambassador died because of an “act of terror.” Some readers may think we are dancing on the head of pin here. The Fact Checker spent nine years as diplomatic correspondent for The Washington Post, and such nuances of phrasing are often very important. A president does not simply utter virtually the same phrase three times in two days about a major international incident without careful thought about the implications of each word. The White House understands this. Our timeline noted that only after Matt Olsen went to Capitol Hill on Sept. 19 and called it a terrorist act did White House spokesman Jay Carney on Sept. 20 tell reporters that it was “self-evident that what happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack.”

131 130 those are swing state numbers, the daily pres tracking is R49-O47

132

RomneylosesBerkeley

 

Damn, there goes the  critical  public scrotal inflation vote.

133 Just saw a commercial indicating that Mitt Romney is going to make your children play with sticks for entertainment.

134 Re: binders full of women...Where is the Canseku dude when you need him?

135

Pfffft. Personally, I use 2TB solid state drives to store my collection of womyns.

 

With a special section for 'stompy boots'?

 

136

Boy, ever since the first debate, things have gone downhill for Romney.

 

This is shaping up to be Romney's Worst.  Month.  Ever.

 

 

 

 

/sarc/

137 If Barry is reelected, Big Bird is safe. Your job is not.

138 Just saw a commercial indicating that Mitt Romney is going to make your children play with sticks for entertainment.

Making the cost of electricity skyrocket by shutting down plants and coal mines and stuff....

139 110 Morning Wood: At UVa's Center for Politics, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball has moved the Pa presidential and Senate races to "lean" Democratic from their previous "likely" rating. We also cannot ignore the polls showing tightening margins in both Pennsylvania's presidential and Senate contest, so we're moving both to leans Democratic, down from likely. Romney probably only wins Pennsylvania in a decisive national victory — we'll be stunned if it accounts for his 270th electoral vote — and the challenger's campaign is wise to downplay his chances both in the Keystone State and Michigan. Meanwhile, it appears that Sen. Bob Casey (D) is running a subpar campaign, and businessman Tom Smith (R) is hammering him with ads. Last month, we ran a list of potential Senate shockers — but none of them would compare to a Casey loss. Posted by: Jay at October 18, 2012 10:06 AM (3LaGb) ____________ Damn--niiiiiice wait till CAC gets a hold of that. Thanks for the info.

140 Under a President Romney, there would not be enough operations performed on girls. If you were as intelligent as I am, that would make perfect sense to you.

141 136 RomneylosesBerkeley Damn, there goes the critical public scrotal inflation vote. Up until now, I had forgotten that guy....thanks for reminding me.

142

135 130 those are swing state numbers, the daily pres tracking is R49-O47

 

Uh....seems like Varney just said "latest Rasmussen poll of likely voters".

 

143 Just saw a commercial indicating that Mitt Romney is going to make your children play with sticks for entertainment. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 18, 2012 10:18 AM (PHb2k) And? I grew up ploying with sticks. And I have no been jailed once yet

144 New MI poll by a D firm (Denno Research) has Obama up only 3%, 44-41. Romney up 6 w/ indys.


http://tinyurl.com/9gyxehs


In addition, the poll found that Romney had a 6 percent lead over Obama with independent voters — 36 percent to 30 percent — strengthening Romney’s chances of closing the gap.

145

"thanks for reminding me."

 

I'm a giver.

146 Just saw a commercial indicating that Mitt Romney is going to make your children play with sticks for entertainment. Obligatory: http://youtu.be/UZo7Ep0Whuw With a special section for 'stompy boots'? Maaaaaybe.

147 Romney...49% Obama....48% Posted by: wheatie at October 18, 2012 10:15 AM (ipkPX) Yep, I'm sticking with my 52/48 for R/R. I think Ras is a little high for O.

148 132 Newsweek is going out of print again? This is like Oprah retiring. So go th f away already dumbass. Posted by: eleven at October 18, 2012 10:15 AM (KXm42) No it's like Oprah losing weight "again" It's like those "Going Out Of Business" furniture stores.

149

HAHAHA - Romney has sons who slap black people and put them in sex binders.  I heart pole!

 

Damn, just came on my cat again.

150 "Just saw a commercial indicating that Mitt Romney is going to make your children play with sticks for entertainment." I think it's called hockey... where they men involved who said "aboot" a lot?

151 When I was a Kid I did play with sticks , there's nothing wrong with that in fact it helped to create an imagination...

They were called Lincoln Logs...

152 WTf!  Obama ad on KFYI in AZ...

153 Under the Obama/Biden administration, the only time we use binders on women is when we tie down young girls and perform operations on them! As many operations as possible!

Because that's our core! And I mean it!

154 I signed up for Election Day volunteering (crediting AOSHQ) saying I'd do "anything" and "all day." Am awaiting a callback. Any idea what they have New Yorkers doing?

155 HAHAHA - Romney has sons who slap black people and put them in sex binders. Go on.

156

 

If there are any Florida morons who are interested in poll watching during early voting here, click the link in my sig to complete the form.

 

I hope they're doing this in other swing states too.

157

Thursday, October 18, 2012

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 49% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns the vote from 47%. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate, and another two percent (2%) are undecided.

In the 11 swing states, Mitt Romney earns 49% of the vote to President ObamaÂ’s 48%. One percent (1%) likes another candidate in the race, and two percent (2%) are undecided.

158

Just saw a commercial indicating that Mitt Romney is going to make your children play with sticks for entertainment.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 18, 2012 10:18 AM (PHb2k)

 

...And?   That's a problem?  I grew up playing with sticks.  Some of my best friends were sticks.  And if they're playing with sticks, doesn't that mean they're outside getting exercise instead of inside turning into tubs of    lard   as they play WoW?

159

Okay, math problem for the morons:

In a certain city council race there are nine at-large city-wide seats, and each voter has nine potential votes, each of which must go to a different candidate or to no one.

 

Is it easier to win a seat on that nine-member council, or is it easier to run in a smaller segment of the city (say, a ward made up of one-ninth of the city) in a single-seat race?

 

What's the math for this in a general case?

160 New American Crossroads ad on Libya....



http://tinyurl.com/8etorey

161 Re. the "Oct. Surprise" tax return "big reveal" these guys were out'd at Free Republic yesterday. I'm having an exchange with @octsurprise on Twitter this morning. Guy says "we're continuing anyway because it's too important" and I said "hope you have good lawyers." I left a comment on their Buzzfeed page yesterday that got deleted. It raised questions about Internet forgery, how easy it is to do, and asked how they were going to authenticate the documents. Guess they didn't like those questions. This looks like a Kos operation to me.

162 When this election is over, there will be 2 things that I won't miss gee at thd HQ......Gerg and his spectacularly wrong predictions.......and the eyeores that fall for every pronouncement from the land of Libtardia.

163 Hey, remember when our resident troll had the name or "RomneyLosesBig" but now it's just "RomneyLosesOhioBig?" Must suck to be a troll and see everything turning to shit.

164 And if they're playing with sticks, doesn't that mean they're outside getting exercise instead of inside turning into tubs of lard as they play WoW?

Not necessissarily.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker_toy

I loved these things.

165

Here’s how CNN.com tries to strap legs onto the legless “binders” meme:

 

[Romney will] have to do some serious repair to regain traction, political experts say.

 

It went on and on and on. With this slipped in, in the middle:

 

Undecided women voters who were watching the debate and participating in a focus group in Ohio reacted positively to Romney's anecdote during dial-testing for CNN. *The responses from the women jumped sharply* on-screen when Romney spoke about workplace flexibility.

 

WomenÂ’s first response was to love RomneyÂ’s answer. That wasnÂ’t part of the Expected Narrative. So they are laboring heavily to manufacture a new one, to convince those same women that their first reaction was wrong. Pathetic.

 

http://tinyurl.com/9w3k2kv

166 How can we trust doctors to do every operation on our daughters if they just want to amputate lady parts for money?

167 And? That's a problem? I grew up playing with sticks. Some of my best friends were sticks. And if they're playing with sticks, doesn't that mean they're outside getting exercise instead of inside turning into tubs of lard as they play WoW? Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at October 18, 2012 10:26 AM (4df7R) Damn right and i also grew up playing I'll show you mine if you show me yours and I am semi-normal

168 Sticks?? My husband will be jealous...he only had one stick to play with as a child.

169 Morning Morons.


Local paper does story on Billy Grahams basically endorsing Romney, then the story turns into an  anti Mormon story.  Wonder why?

Early voting starts in NC today.  Over 100 people in line at 10:00 AM at my polling place. 

170
I too had a Stickfriend.  We had quite the time flipping over dead things.

But apparently somebody (didn't catch who did the commercial) thinks that playgrounds will fall into total disrepair if Romney is elected.

And kids using their imaginations might be terrible.

171
PS - my Stickfriend died in a tragic fire one winter.

172

Imagine Barbara Streisand singing, "Memories" and then check out Obama's scrapbook from this time, four years ago: http://tinyurl.com/4wdjje

Walk down memory lane!

173 Former Mass Governor Kerry Healy talks about "binders of women" Godo grief, the leftists are dopes: http://video.foxnews.com/v/1907306517001/

174

Speaking aboot hockey and playing with sticks; me, brother and assorted neighbourhood young'uns would take old hockey sticks, saw off the blade, then nail on a small crossguard for some crude swordplay.  Hit points were optional, getting whacked in the head was not.

175

>>playgrounds will fall into total disrepair if Romney is elected

 

Because the President has the power to make local playgrounds disappear.

 

Riiight.

176 How is it possible that Scott Brown is so far behind Warrnen, now? good grief surreal

177 172 Sticks?? My husband will be jealous...he only had one stick to play with as a child. Posted by: Mama AJ, who heard the SMOD that wasn't at October 18, 2012 10:30 AM (SUKHu) WOW, he had a stick. I just had rocks...

178 Is the binder thing supposed to be some subliminal association with serial sexual bondage killers, like in a Michael Connelly novel?

179 WOW, he had a stick. I just had rocks...

Posted by: The Robot Devil at October 18, 2012 10:33 AM (136wp)

Sticks and rocks?  You people were rich....I had dirt.

180 Posted by: Mama AJ, who heard the SMOD that wasn't at October 18, 2012 10:30 A

Reminds me of one of Redd Foxx's innumerable funny lines: "We were so poor...if I wasn't a boy I wouldn't'a had nothin' to play with!"

181 He had to walk uphill in the snow to get to a rock.

182 182 Is the binder thing supposed to be some subliminal association with serial sexual bondage killers, like in a Michael Connelly novel? Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at October 18, 2012 10:33 AM (he2LC) 50 Shades of Stupid

183 Newsweek is dead, but Orca Crowley lives.

184 @168, when I was small, my parents got me a few boxes of Lincoln Logs.



No idea how many hours I spent fiddling with those and little green army men defending the log forts.

185

164 New American Crossroads ad on Libya....



 

 

http://tinyurl.com/8etorey

 

-------

 

Excellent.

I hope that gets played in some swing states!

 

You know...that wild-eyed look on Barky's face, during the debate, is on display in that Ad.

 

Someone upthread mentioned that there's a Hillbuzz article claiming that he was coked up.

Maybe he was.

 

186 Yesterday  Barry  spoke  at  Ohio  University  in  Athens, Ohio. He's  been  reduced  to  speaking  on college  campuses  where  he'll get  mindless  crowds.  Laughable  and  desperate!!

187 "Anyway, I was thinking about an election night moron meet-up in the NYC area, but I've been seeing VERY disturbing reports of threats on Romney's life and threats of rioting if he wins.  Wow. Just wow....Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 18, 2012 08:00 AM"

JJ I was wondering the same thing re: NYC Moron Meetups.  I can't think of anything more fun and satisfying than to gather as a mob outside of 30 Rock and shout "jump" to the agonized myrmidons of MSNBC.

They are on the second floor I believe and will hear us ;-)

188 Just saw a commercial indicating that Mitt Romney is going to make your children play with sticks for entertainment.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 18, 2012 10:18 AM (PHb2k)





They aren't sticks, they're Big Bird's bones!!!!!!

189 164 New American Crossroads ad on Libya....
http://tinyurl.com/8etorey
========
That's a good ad (can they shorten it to 30 seconds?).

I always thought that the look that Romney gave Obama when asking him about whether he called the attack on Beghazi terror was an strong moment, even though Romney later fumbled prosecuting the case.

190

LOL - Obingo never blamed anyone for his propblems? If you believe that, you'll believe Moochie never berated a fat kid.

191 DEVASTATING NEW CROSSROAD’S AD – Obama’s Benghazi Lies http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/10/devastating-new-crossroads-ad-obamas-benghazi-lies/

192 WOW, he had a stick. I just had rocks...

Posted by: The Robot Devil at October 18, 2012 10:33 AM (136wp)

 

I bet Vic only had driftwood, back in the days before    flint and fire.

 

(I keed, I keed!)

193

I'm taking off election day and volunteering for Romney's election day team. I used link in the top right of the sidebar. They contacted me the same day I filled out the form. If you can't take the day off, they can still use volunteers for the afternoon/evening. If you're not in a swing state then you can donate money to help Romney run ads in contested states or you can make phone calls to other states at Mitt Romney's Website.

That's nice.  I filled that out two weeks ago and I haven't heard/seen anything.  Granted, it I was in Mexico when I filled it out and I have been out of town since the 8th on work.  But Mrs. Squibob has made any mention of a phone call from Mitt or Tagg.

Guess he just don't like them Jack-Mormons helping out.  Any other of you Morons have a suggestion?

194 They aren't sticks, they're Big Bird's bones!!!!!! Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 18, 2012 10:35 AM (1Jaio) hehe

195 I always thought that the look that Romney gave Obama when asking him about whether he called the attack on Beghazi terror was an strong moment, even though Romney later fumbled prosecuting the case.

Posted by: edj at October 18, 2012 10:35 AM (+QKfp)

I LOVED that look!!!  It's actually kinda sexy.

196 hilarity will ensue on Laura I. Trump on the way

197

Dude, Lincoln logs, Pick Up Sticks, Tinker Toys...I actually enjoyed playing with sticks as a kid.

 

 

Lawn, Get Off It

198 There won't be any sticks to play with after Mitt's friends in the coal industry destroy the air and all the trees die.

199

Strangely enough, my to-do list hasn't gotten any shorter this morning.

 

I blame Romney for putting me in a binder. I mean, just because my list is soooo long that I need a binder for it, that doesn't mean it's my fault. Totally his fault for leading 'n stuff.

200 ...but Orca Crowley lives. Posted by: Isaac Davis White at October 18, 2012 10:34 AM (Dll6b) To the last, I will grapple with Crowley... from Hell's heart, I stab at thee! For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee!

201 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker_toy

We had Tinkertoys, although "play" with them usually degenerated to whipping the round pieces at each other.

202 The reminder which should be unnecessary: Nobody makes the poll forecasts come true except the people who get out and vote on the day*. GET OUT THERE. Because if it's lost by one vote and the winner turns the US and the free world to shit, you know you'll never forgive yourself. (Nor will anyone else.) * (Figure of speech - I know some already have.)

203 Well, damn. I thought the nephews were going to get Tinker Toys for Christmas, but I can't afford them.  http://is.gd/g1jQM5

Back to sticks from the backyard.

204 Early voting starts Oct 27 in Fla, runs 'Saturday through Saturday' Nov 3


no early voting on the Sun or Mon before Nov 6

205

WOW, HUGE SWING TO ROMNEY IN SWING STATE POLLING AFTER DEBATE!

Holy moly.

In just one day of polling AFTER the last debate that Obama supposedly "won", Romney has surged from being down 3 to Obama to up 1 in today's Rasmussen Swing State polling.

Now this poll includes states such as MI and PA which weren't even considered possible till recently.  This is DEVASTATING news for Obama.

If Romney wins MI or PA this is over.

206 Any word yet on what that occupy wall street october surprise website is going to post next week?

207

The big questions remains....

 

Why did Candy Cowley come to the debate armed with a transcript of that Rose Garden speech?

 

Even if she claims now...that she didn't have a transcript with her...

She talked like she had it memorized.

Why would she have studied up on that speech before the debate?

 

I know...we know the answer.

But these are the questions to be throwing at the Dems.

 

 

208 You had sticks??? What were you, millionaires?

209 I know...we know the answer. But these are the questions to be throwing at the Dems. Posted by: wheatie at October 18, 2012 10:42 AM (ipkPX) Binders? Binders? Anyone... Binders?

210 Slow Joe Scarborough v Mika Dipshinski on Morning Joe http://tinyurl.com/8msthev heh.

211 Even if she claims now...that she didn't have a transcript with her...
She talked like she had it memorized.
Why would she have studied up on that speech before the debate?

I know...we know the answer.
But these are the questions to be throwing at the Dems.

Posted by: wheatie at October 18, 2012 10:42 AM (ipkPX)

I said yesterday that I think the bigger question is why did Obama tell her to 'get the transcript'....like he KNEW she had it.

212 Posted by: Radical Redneck at October 18, 2012 10:35 AM (+VNlz) I'm gonna be a bar in NYC tonight for a farewell party for someone in my Unit. I'll be the drunk guy on the floor

213

Even if she claims now...that she didn't have a transcript with her...
She talked like she had it memorized.
Why would she have studied up on that speech before the debate?

 

Maybe Soledad O'Brien was reading it into her earpiece.

214 215 Collusion

215 This goes to the essential flaw in Team Obama's strategy. The president and his advisers have been so intent on disqualifying Mr. Romney that they have done a miserable job defending the president's record and virtually nothing to frame a second-term agenda.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444868204578062682928525340.html

216 Sicks, rocks, dirt.  What luxury.  We used to dream of having such nice things.  When I was little, all we had  to play with was the wind.  Ever try making a fort with the wind or playing tag with it?    Ah, but we were happy!

217 Binders? Binders? Anyone... Binders?

Never heard of them.

218 Posted by: 19 days at October 18, 2012 10:43 AM (LpQbZ)

I really hope that Mika gives great head and fucks like a racehorse, because she is profoundly, stunningly stupid.

219 Warren being ahead in Mass just reinforces my complete disrespect for them. Idiots.

220 new post

221 215

I said yesterday that I think the bigger question is why did Obama tell her to 'get the transcript'....like he KNEW she had it.

Posted by: Tami at October 18, 2012 10:43 AM (X6akg)

Even more disconcerting was the fact that the transcript "Mama Cass" Crowley had in her possession was riddled with Doritos dust and mustard stains.

222 Posted by: Count de Monet at October 18, 2012 10:45 AM (BAS5M)

You had wind?

We had the smoke billowing from the incinerator stack we lived in (just to keep warm). But we blew smoke rings and drew pictures in the soot!

That's happiness!

223

Guess he just don't like them Jack-Mormons helping out. Any other of you Morons have a suggestion?

 

Google your county or state GOP and contact them. (Or any local Republican politician.) There is no way a volunteer will be left unused this election.

224

This goes to the essential flaw in Team Obama's strategy. The president and his advisers have been so intent on disqualifying Mr. Romney that they have done a miserable job defending the president's record and virtually nothing to frame a second-term agenda.

 

Karl Rove is a dunce. This wasn't an essential flaw in his strategy, it was the only realistic option he had. He couldn't run on his record because it's a disaster. The only chance he had was to make Romney into an unacceptable alternative, but Mittens destroyed that image in the first debate.

 

I for one plan to savor the next two and half weeks because the left wing rage and panic will be glorious.

225

I said yesterday that I think the bigger question is why did Obama tell her to 'get the transcript'....like he KNEW she had it.

 

Yeah, Tami.

Could it have been more obvious, that it was an orchestrated tag-team performance?

 

The guy who asked the question...which led up to that...was on Greta last night.

Such an obvious plant!

When she asked him how he was voting, he said "I like Ã˜bama's stance on all the social issues, and health care".

Gah.

 

226

For what it's worth from Houston, TX:  in 2008, you couldn't spit without hitting an Obama sign or bumper.  Lots of co-workers were talking about Obama.  He had a big splashy headquarters building in downtown Houston with one whole side of it covered with that disgusting "Hope" painting. 

This year?  The HQ looks unoccupied and the painting has been vandalized.  No one -- and I mean not a single person -- has said anything about Obama at work.  I had one person ask me about the debats and that's it.  There are a few Obama yard signs in the clueless rich liberal neighborhoods but nothing like 2008.  There are very, very few Obama bumper stickers.  Most of the ones I have seen are from 2008 (meaning they are on cars that are at least four years old -- likely because the owners can't afford a new one under Obama's economy).  The only one I saw that said "Obama 2012" was on a Prius driven by a fat middle aged white woman (likely worried about her unused womyn's parts).

That said, though, I've seen very few Romney stickers or yard signs.  I've got the only yard signs for Romeny in my neighhorhood, but there aren't any others up at all for any candidate.    

The good news?  We have been spared most of Bambi's commercials.  He ran one for a while during the Demo convention and that's it.

It's weird - like there isn't an election in Texas this year.

227 ...decided to go to bed the night that it was happening then went to a Las Vegas fundraiser the next day. I'm sure the mainstream media would be just as forgiving to a Republican President for doing that Yeah, I remember how forgiving they were about 'My Pet Goat.' Where is Mikie Moore? Maybe show the alarm clock next to SCOAMF's bed as the hands whirl around for the whole night.

228 /looks to Horde for judgment on #192 Anyhoo...keep in mind, folks, that even once we get TFG out of Washington, the place is still riddled with dead-enders of all stripes. Cleaning out that mess will make Iwo Jima look like a stroll through the park, and it's going to be a long slog even if we get to work before Mitt finishes the words "So help me God". End of the beginning...but I got faith. Just have to see this thing through.

229 Slow Joe Scarborough v Mika Dipshinski on Morning Joe

http://tinyurl.com/8msthev

heh.

Posted by: 19 days at October 18, 2012 10:43 AM (LpQbZ)

I am now dumber for having watched that.

Y'all didn't think that was possible, did ya?

230

Why did Candy Cowley come to the debate armed with a transcript of that Rose Garden speech? Even if she claims now...that she didn't have a transcript with her...She talked like she had it memorized.

 

She mentioned later that she was there when he said it and remembered it. 

231 When she asked himhow he was voting, he said "I likeØbama's stance on all the social issues, andhealth care".
Gah.

Posted by: wheatie at October 18, 2012 10:51 AM (ipkPX)

I heard some dem on Varney & Co. say this morning that the college kid who asked a question about a job has 'decided' to vote for Obama.

It's a miracle!

Undecided voters my ass.

232 I think the JEF was arming the libyan "rebels" on they sly. Libyan "rebels" were passing the arms to Hamas and Hezbullah, who is now shooting them at Israeli helicopters and troops. Ambassador Stevens was in Benghazi trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube and get the arms back. And they killed him. Arming Israel's enemies is why the JEF cannot tell the truth about Benghazi and clung to the video so fiercely. And I believe this was all a Jarret (the Iranian) and Rice production. The JEF did not attend his own security briefings, and I do not think he even read the briefs, news to him.

233 Why would she have studied up on that speech before the debate? Local radio talkers are suggesting there may have been some co-ordination involved. If the GOP had the huevos, this would be the end of the debate outfits in their current form, but nooooo...

234 I'm gonna be a bar in NYC tonight for a farewell party for someone in my Unit. I'll be the drunk guy on the floor...Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 18, 2012 10:43 AM

What does than narrow it down by?  10%? ;-)

235 You had sticks??? What were you, millionaires?

Posted by: Witchfinder at October 18, 2012 10:42 AM (s/PhC)

Luxury. The only sticks we had were the one me dad used to beat us to death with then make us clean the blood off of it

236 Scott Adams' endorsement, really a rejection of Obama, was completely nonsensical. So much for the notion that marijuana doesn't have deleterious effects on brain-function.

237 "Rasmussen's has an even D/R split and Obama still maintains his lead in OH. So your goofy re-weighting is nonsense."

*laugh*

The Rasmussen Ohio poll was included.  And it did indeed pull Romney's numbers DOWN in the D+3 model.

Or is only Rasmussen now considered a valid poll?  Could you make up your mind, please?

238 Alburtis' teen councilman is in trouble with the law again, this time on charges he stole campaign signs supporting Mitt Romney and other Republicans and then took a joy ride that damaged high-profile farmland in neighboring Lower Macungie Township. Kyle Bower, a 19-year-old Democrat, was less than a year into a four-year probationary sentence when he plucked three campaign signs — one for Romney and others backing U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent and state Rep. Ryan Mackenzie — from a neighbor's property before driving through a Jaindl Land Co. soybean field in Lower Macungie, police said. Investigators say they found the three election signs, along with two bottles of beer, in the vehicle, which was stuck on Jaindl land near the Alburtis borough line at Ruth Road and Smith Lane, site of the controversial 700-acre development Jaindl is planning. The alleged incidents occurred late Oct. 3 into the next morning.

239 Has anyone else noticed that the Downfall parodies have dried up? Did the tools at YouTube block them

240 You'd think Scott Adams would be more concerned about this administration locking up a guy for making a video (which is not illegal) than for smoking pot (which is illegal, even though I don't think it should be).

241 Hey Scott Adam.  Obama and you democrats have murdered millions and have done it to get elected.  Its not a hypothetical you dumbass.  Obama even approves of murder closets.

242 North American pavement critters

243 Reminds me of one of Redd Foxx's innumerable funny lines: "We were so poor...if I wasn't a boy I wouldn't'a had nothin' to play with!" Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 18, 2012 10:34 AM (ZgX/g) ummm...when does that all end? I have only had girls now have a 2 y/o grandson that seems to like that particular "stick"...a LOT

244

American's are generally not interested in foreign policy.

-Juan Williams, Markets Now, FBN

245 Luxury. The only sticks we had were the one me dad used to beat us to death with then make us clean the blood off of it

Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 18, 2012 10:57 AM (1Jaio)

 

You had a Dad?  I wish I had  Dad.  He left  me  Mum shortly after knocking her up,  went back to Kenya and his wife and had half a dozen more kids with half a dozen  different women.  I only saw him later at the airport for less than an hour when he passed through.  Stupid  gift  basketball - made me think  I could play.

 

Then  me Mum dragged me halfway across the world, before abandoning me forever  back in the U.S. with me grandmum, a typical white woman.

246 And from the next chapter installment from the dem playbook entitled, "The End Justifies the Means... When You're a Dem",  HHS Sebelius tells Issa when asked why HHS is using unappropriated taxpayer money to buy the election, "The end justifies the means... because we're dems!"

247 nevermind.  I checked on Legal Insurrection and commenters there pointed out that the october surprise website is registered to two d-bags who performed some elaborate rick-roll in 2007.  Since they were found out, they have been trying to scrub references to their previous prank from the interwebs. 

I'm pretty sure that if there was any dirt to be had on Romney, team zero would have arranged to have it released by now.  They would have had it released before the first debate, to mess with his head.

248 All we had to play with was misery and we were happy to have it. Well actually we weren't, because all we had was misery.

249

...Investigators say they found the three election signs, along with two bottles of beer, in the vehicle ...

 

Beer.  The cause of, and solution to, life's problems.

250 Post about those BLS numbers up at my blog.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 18, 2012 09:46 AM (8y9MW)

In before the "AllenG has a blog?" jokes......

251 I wonder if any morons/ettes have their own blogs ?

252 234 Why did Candy Cowley come to the debate armed with a transcript of that Rose Garden speech? Even if she claims now...that she didn't have a transcript with her...She talked like she had it memorized.

She mentioned later that she wasthere when he said it and remembered it.

Posted by: CJ at October 18, 2012 10:53 AM (9KqcB)

 

She sure does change her story a lot.  First she says Obama is right during the debate.  Then after the debate she said she got it wrong and Romney was right.  Then it comes out that she has interviews with Axelrod and McCain where she's talking about their 2 week delay to call it a terrorist attack.  Now its that she was actually there to hear him say it.

 

This is why you never trust a Hutt.

253 257 She keeps a BINDER of those Rose Garden speech transcripts. Doesn't everyone?

254 257 Maybe O sent her an iPod filled with Rose garden speeches

255 We couldn't afford stick and rocks.  The best we could do was play with dirt clods.

256 http://tinyurl.com/8s982r3

His Individual Retirement Account could be worth in the neighborhood of $87 million, as documented in an extensive report from the Washington Post.

But as for a strictly public pension? Zip, zero.

Romney only served one term as governor of the Bay State and did not take a salary, so he is eligible for nothing.

So while Romney appears headed for a happier retirement financially, he'll be footing his own bill — unless, of course, he wins next month. In that case, his nest egg will be even that much bigger than Obama's.

257

Re boys and their ding-a-lings:

 

Watching John with the ding-a-ling, it was suddenly so clear. It  would never stop. It would never leave him, and it would never hurt him, never shout at him, or get drunk and hit him,  claim to have a headache, or say it was too busy to spend time with him.

 

It would always be there. And it would die, to protect him. Of all the would-be  girlfriends  who came and went over the years, this thing  was the only one who measured up. In an insane world, it was the sanest choice.

258 1pm ET might be interesting, as that is when Gallup releases their dily tracking poll.

259 #252 I checked too and they are giving hints. Supposedly it's something they said in public. One poster said they gave another "clue" and said it was said at both the VP debate and the last debate. Now, I think it's a hoax, but we shall see...

260 Ed Klein says Hillary DID ask for more security for Benghazi before 9/11: http://tinyurl.com/9n7tyoo

261 My...my universe is shrinking!!! Halp me, halp me!!!

262

Obama's problem is that he can certainly go on indefinately about the proposals he's against, but he can't seem to find a single proposal of his own that he can tell us to be for.

 

 

263 D.M. Hawkins @HawkinsUSA If Rasmussen used a 35-35-30 ID breakdown, Romney up 50-44.9% nationally. Holy Schnikes

264 I saw something on Twitter last night suggesting that someone has proof that the Obama campaign spoofed Gallup, and got several campaign operatives into the debate hall and at least one of the questioners was an active campaign worker.  Anyone else see this or hear about it?  This would be pretty explosive if it can be proven.

265 269 I saw something on Twitter last night suggesting that someone has proof that the Obama campaign spoofed Gallup, and got several campaign operatives into the debate hall and at least one of the questioners was an active campaign worker. Anyone else see this or hear about it? This would be pretty explosive if it can be proven.

Posted by: rockmom at October 18, 2012 11:44 AM (aBlZ1)

Well, not that exactly but I saw a tweet a day or so before the debate from a reporter....but not a well known one.  She said that she overheard one of the questioners telling someone that he wasn't even registered to vote and that he was going to give them some bogus voter registration.

It wouldn't surprise me if every question asked came from an Axelrod relative.

266

No inflation, just an increase in price of everything you might put in a typical basket of goods purchased on an ordinary day.    Statistics, lying their ass off since we decided to inflate out of our debt like a banana republic.  

267 rockmom >>Jack Moss ‏@macranger Nina Gonzales is a registered democrat, and surprise works for the Obama campaign out of Nassau County NY. #tcot She's the woman who asked the gun question. Supposedly this guy has an internet radio show where he is going to put out details.

268 Oh Lord, on Drudges twitter he says Gloria Allred is about to come out with something and that team O is on the ready. She's a Lib so it must be about Romney. Probably some poor worker he had like she took Meg Whitman down with...

269 Re: food prices going up.  I just spent 4 days with my family in a condo in Florida.  We rent condos and buy food to try to save money on meals.  Went to Wal-Mart and bought breakfast food and snacks, coffee and sodas, cold cuts and bread for sandwiches, plus a cheap bottle of wine and a 6-pack of beer.  Total was $110.  Would have been cheaper to go to McDonald's for breakfast and lunch and eat from their $1 menu.  It's pretty bad when fast food is actually cheaper than groceries! 

270 JackStraw - that is the guy who was on Twitter hyping this last night. Thanks. 

271 Romney says Obama also has investments in Chinese companies and through a Cayman Islands trust

Romney told Obama: "You also have investments in Chinese companies. You also have investments outside the United States. You also have investments through a Caymans trust."

ItÂ’s an accurate set of statements when you consider investments made by managers of the Illinois pension fund in which Obama has an account.

As we noted in reviewing previous claims about RomneyÂ’s investments in China, the investments involved are indirect and -- as far as anybody has said -- made without the knowledge of the account holder.

With that clarification, we rate RomneyÂ’s statement Mostly True.

272 Same guy says he has details on at least five DNC/OFA plants in the debate audience, and collusion between OFA and CNN on getting them in.

273

269 I saw something on Twitter last night suggesting that someone has proof that the Obama campaign spoofed Gallup, and got several campaign operatives into the debate hall and at least one of the questioners was an active campaign worker. Anyone else see this or hear about it? This would be pretty explosive if it can be proven.
 
Posted by: rockmom at October 18, 2012 11:44 AM (aBlZ1)

I don't believe in 'explosive' anymore when it comes to this guy.  He's numbed the populace to all sorts of violations that would've gotten ANY OTHER PRESIDENT IN HISTORY - impeached and/or indicted and jailed.  This is no different.  It's just confirming what conservatives have been speculating would happen for a month and saying 'happened' for a couple days now.  You won't see any real discussions about 'rule of law' until after Obama loses.  And even then, they won't be about Obama.  They'll be about Romney.  The traitorous lying subversive shitweasles...

274 BREAKING:  Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturns Defense of Marriage Act.  Guess it's on to SCOTUS now.

275 269 I saw something on Twitter last night suggesting that someone has proof that the Obama campaign spoofed Gallup, and got several campaign operatives into the debate hall and at least one of the questioners was an active campaign worker. Anyone else see this or hear about it? This would be pretty explosive if it can be proven. Posted by: rockmom at October 18, 2012 11:44 AM (aBlZ1) I would lay odds on the the hag that asked Romney how he differed from the evil Bush....or the Rosie Perez look alike who actually read the card verbatim like she never saw/heard/thought of it before.

276 Gloria Allred is going to dish on Romney? Another person used to try to take down a campaign? How. ......convenient. I LOATHE that woman.

277 I think that might be a troll, I'm not seeing anything on Twitter from Drudge about Gloria Allred.

278 281 Gloria Allred is going to dish on Romney? Another person used to try to take down a campaign? How. ......convenient. I LOATHE that woman.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 18, 2012 12:07 PM (ZifVj)

  Well we all knew it was coming obama is backed into a corner... He sees his Presidency ending. He can't have that so lets bring in Allred to accuse Romney of something. Couple that with the alleged october surprise, and here we are...

279 282 I think that might be a troll, I'm not seeing anything on Twitter from Drudge about Gloria Allred.

Posted by: rockmom at October 18, 2012 12:08 PM (aBlZ1)

  No it's me, Donna... Not a troll I went to Drudge and went to his twitter and it was there ... At least a few minutes ago. It doesn't specifically say Romney, but Allred is a big Lib so one would guess it would be against him...

280 I am just going to pray extra hard for protection for Romney.....It's going to be a difficult couple of weeks.

281 New Amer. Crossroad vid hammering the administration bullshit on Benghazi http://tinyurl.com/9zmuyzj

282 I wouldn't be surprised AT that people at the 2nd debate were DEM plants; I'd be surprised if they weren't. Some of the questions were just too contrived.

283 282
I think that might be a troll, I'm not seeing anything on Twitter from Drudge about Gloria Allred.

Posted by: rockmom at October 18, 2012 12:08 PM (aBlZ1)

No it's me, Donna... Not a troll I went to Drudge and went to his twitter and it was there ... At least a few minutes ago. It doesn't specifically say Romney, but Allred is a big Lib so one would guess it would be against him...

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna at October 18, 2012 12:11 PM (9+ccr)

 

I got a chuckle out of that "No it's me, Donna"

 

284 I got a chuckle out of that "No it's me, Donna"

Posted by: The Jackhole at October 18, 2012 12:15 PM (nTgAI)

  Thanks I guess. It is me, Donna. Guess I shouldn't panic over this stuff. I'm sure Romney is expecting this type of crap...

285 Different hashes, hmmmm....

286 I got a chuckle out of that "No it's me, Donna"



Posted by: The Jackhole at October 18, 2012 12:15 PM (nTgAI)

Thanks I guess. It is me, Donna. Guess I shouldn't panic over this stuff. I'm sure Romney is expecting this type of crap...

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna at October 18, 2012 12:17 PM (9+ccr)

 

I should explain; I just thought it was funny because your sig says "Hello, its me Donna"

Then someone said maybe a troll

And then you said "No its me Donna"

 

Maybe only funny to me carry on !

 

 

287 So what is Allreds angle going to be? Mitt had many affairs. He didn't have a 100 percent womyn staff? And dear Lord I hope they don't go this way, but seeing the depths that they'll go keeps on getting lower... How does Mitt have 5 sons......selective sex abortion!!11!1!!1! WAR ON WOMYNS!

288 291 I giggled

289 I think I'm spending too much time on the computer!

290

“I hear Pittsburgh is very nice this time of year.”

-- A senior Romney campaign staffer talking to Power Play about the strategy for the closing weeks of the campaign.  http://tinyurl.com/8enkw8c

291 287 I wouldn't be surprised AT that people at the 2nd debate were DEM plants; I'd be surprised if they weren't. Some of the questions were just too contrived.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 18, 2012 12:14 PM (ZifVj)

 

Remember, Jabba the Crowley and CNN were the ones the chose what questions were asked of the 80 people there.  And they only asked 11 or 12.  So even if there were no plants, which I of course doubt, they were going to pick the questions that believed helped Obama the most.

292

I think I'm spending too much time on the computer! - Donna

I know what you mean! 

293 223 "Warren being ahead in Mass just reinforces my complete disrespect for them. Idiots." This time two years ago polling had Brown 15 points behind Martha Coakley. He ended up winning by a meaningful margin. Here in MA there's not much to be gained by publicly acknowledging you intend to vote for Brown, because the overwhelming probability is that you're talking to a moonbat. The safe answers are "Warren" or "oh, I probably won't vote, too busy". So, I expect poll results here are heavily biased D. Still, I'll be happily surprised if Brown pulls off a win.

294 #292 If anything, it's another former maid or other domestic worker claiming mistreatment by the Romneys.  Maybe just a rehash of old allegations that the Romneys employed illegal aliens as gardeners.  Yawn.  Allred's been to this well too many times.

295

#298 Unfortunately, Warren is being helped by all the Obama ads running in Boston to reach New Hampshire voters.  MA is the one state where he may have coattails.  That's why Scott Brown has had to emphasize areas where he agrees with Obama or Obama has supported his legislation.  Many straight-ticket Democrats in MA. 

 

296 BREAKING: Dinesh D'Souza resigns as President of King's College.  I think it could be that Gloria Allred's new client she is unveiling had something to do with him, not Romney.  Certainly it is in Team Obama's interest to slime D'Souza. 

297 300 "#298 Unfortunately, Warren is being helped by all the Obama ads running in Boston to reach New Hampshire voters. MA is the one state where he may have coattails. That's why Scott Brown has had to emphasize areas where he agrees with Obama or Obama has supported his legislation. Many straight-ticket Democrats in MA. " Totally agree with that assessment. I think if it was purely a Senate race, as when Brown beat Coakley, he'd have a reasonable chance. But if Dems are pulling ballots to vote for Obama--although you'd wonder why they'd bother, it's not like he's going to lose MA--and vote straight ticket, it's hard to see how Brown overcomes that, unless the Independents come out REALLY hard (and there are a lot of them in MA, about 30% of the pop is registered Independent).

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

299 Re: Newsweek ending the print mag. "We are all socialists now. Or bloggers. Take your pick"