October 15, 2012
— Gabriel Malor Happy Monday.
President Obama is laying low in Virginia for debate prep today, which campaign aids say he's taking very seriously. Meanwhile, both campaigns are peeved with CNN's Candy Crowley, who seems to have an incorrectly expansive view of her role in Tuesday's debate.
The UK's Met Office has released temperature data that shows that there's been a 16 year pause in global warming. the pause in global warming has now lasted for about the same time as the previous period when temperatures rose, 1980 to 1996.
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Posted by: s☺mej☼e at October 15, 2012 02:59 AM (HNn1q)
She is from CNN, and probably read The Diary.
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 15, 2012 03:05 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: DangerGirl (@deadlyestrogen) at October 15, 2012 03:06 AM (xhupI)
Posted by: Honey Boo Boo at October 15, 2012 03:10 AM (fQlRP)
Posted by: Nikkolai at October 15, 2012 03:11 AM (pSsN0)
Posted by: Crowley the Hutt at October 15, 2012 03:11 AM (mw0FO)
Does this mean I won't get my ice age?
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at October 15, 2012 03:12 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: BurtTC at October 15, 2012 03:13 AM (BeSEI)
The Dems aren't leaving without a fight. It will be ugly.
..as we all go over that cliff.
Posted by: sickinmass at October 15, 2012 03:14 AM (bcNec)
Posted by: Crowley the Hutt at October 15, 2012 03:15 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2012 03:17 AM (vjJM3)
Posted by: GASHSSIWB at October 15, 2012 03:18 AM (cyzli)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 15, 2012 03:18 AM (ck76k)
Posted by: Up, up with people at October 15, 2012 03:20 AM (kzFo5)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 15, 2012 03:20 AM (kc2b9)
Iowa on pace for slowest tornado year in 5 decades
http://t.co/cXMjpJBN
All those lives and homes and farms not destroyed...*shudder*
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at October 15, 2012 03:22 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: DangerGirl (@deadlyestrogen) at October 15, 2012 07:06 AM (xhupI)
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Those same people forget that Biden actually voted in favor of a Constitutional amendment overturning Roe v. Wade.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at October 15, 2012 03:22 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Bruce at October 15, 2012 03:22 AM (JI+T4)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 15, 2012 03:22 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: JDTAY at October 15, 2012 03:26 AM (a0nis)
Posted by: DangerGirl (@deadlyestrogen) at October 15, 2012 07:06 AM (xhupI)
I challenged a facebook friend on that issue who lives in Massachusetts and posted nearly verbatim that idea you presented. I asked her if it was a bit silly to demagogue on the issue considering he was the governor of her state previously and didn't do anything to restrict abortions at that time. I pointed out that the only "restrictions" he might place on abortion would be to eliminate federal funding of foreign abortions and eliminate the mandate for religious institutions to pay for abortions. Needless to say, she took her post down.
Posted by: NewEnglandDevil at October 15, 2012 03:27 AM (73P68)
I know requiring voters to pass a civics test is "racist" (for reasons that actually ARE racist), but if you don't understand that Presidents can't outlaw things, they can only sign or veto legislation sent to them by Congress, you really shouldn't be allowed to vote.
OTOH, TFG has set a lot of precedent for "making laws without Congress" so I can understand some of the confuse. *mutter*
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at October 15, 2012 03:29 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Harry Re at October 15, 2012 03:29 AM (+d8XA)
Posted by: The Kid at October 15, 2012 03:29 AM (BAnPT)
why is it that every D president spends to the first term figuring out that America's enemies are evil. not misunderstood, or just like us at heart, or merely guided by self interest. They are evil and must be dealt with accordingly. Every D president has had to learn this. (save Truman)
Meanwhile, every R president (save Reagan) has had to learn that the Democrats on the hill are not patriots, and not trying to do a good job for the country, and they do not have America's best interest at heart.
So. that said, will a president Romney understand this about the D's and treat them like the spoiled, greedy children that they are?
Posted by: endeavor to persevere at October 15, 2012 03:31 AM (zZJJp)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2012 03:33 AM (ZifVj)
Posted by: Infidel at October 15, 2012 03:33 AM (pzoRG)
She is from CNN, and probably read The Diary.
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 15, 2012 07:05 AM (GoIUi)
I wondered that as well, but I'll have to see her rediscover her "inner journalist" (if she even has one) before I actually believe it's going to happen.
I cannot remember what it was about now, but didn't she kinda/sorta defend Romney on air a few weeks back during one of the faux gaffe things? I wish I could remember which one, but I think Crowley actually called bullshit on one of them, but it may just be my memory playing tricks and a lack of caffeine talking.
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 15, 2012 03:33 AM (qEkGZ)
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at October 15, 2012 03:33 AM (6BgmB)
Posted by: Jim in virginIa at October 15, 2012 03:33 AM (KoX0c)
Candy Crowley is conflicted because of her dual role as presidential moderator and Zumba Fitness spokesperson.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at October 15, 2012 03:33 AM (lDWQr)
Posted by: biff at October 15, 2012 03:33 AM (9qOrR)
So. that said, will a president Romney understand this about the D's and treat them like the spoiled, greedy children that they are?
Hopefully he will regard them as mortal enemies because our survival depends on it.
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at October 15, 2012 03:33 AM (R8hU8)
Posted by: BurtTC at October 15, 2012 07:09 AM (BeSEI)
RIH works for me.
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 15, 2012 03:33 AM (qEkGZ)
Posted by: Case at October 15, 2012 03:35 AM (vVmp0)
"when Joe Biden and Harry Reid voiced quasi-racist commentary on Obama's white blackness, they seemed to voice the liberal tingle that they could both embrace a black mand and not embrace a black man, as if voting for Obama gave them exemption from worrying about their own apartheid existences, as cosmic inclusivity allowed private exclusiveness."
The man can turn a phrase. I'd have included Chris Matthews and Nancy Pelosi in that list.
Posted by: pep at October 15, 2012 03:35 AM (YXmuI)
Posted by: endeavor to persevere at October 15, 2012 07:31 AM (zZJJp)
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I think he'll understand that and deal with them appropriately. After all he has what, 15 grand children? So he has a lot of experience dealing with childish behavior.
Which is also why I think he will do surprisingly well with the "town hall" debate format tomorrow.
Posted by: Nighthawk at October 15, 2012 03:37 AM (RSqz2)
Posted by: JDTAY at October 15, 2012 03:37 AM (a0nis)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 15, 2012 03:38 AM (feFL6)
Posted by: Justamom in Achin' Akin's district at October 15, 2012 03:39 AM (Sptt8)
Yeah, one would hope. But everyday we get earfulls of his reaching accross the isle bullshit. Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 15, 2012 03:39 AM (kc2b9)
And guess what? It was right after that dang Diary was found.
Remember, the Hillary assistant who had the email hissy fit was particularly upset that CNN "had made copies and passed it around."
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 15, 2012 03:39 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Infidel at October 15, 2012 03:43 AM (pzoRG)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 15, 2012 03:43 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at October 15, 2012 03:45 AM (HNn1q)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 15, 2012 03:46 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: Truman North at October 15, 2012 03:47 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: GASHSSIWB at October 15, 2012 07:18 AM (cyzli)
Yes because for fuckheads like Chris Wallace, Watergate was the worst thing evarrrr because his dumbass father said that. Keep in mind that nobody died at Watergate and it was small potatoes compared to anything Lyndon Johnson did on a daily basis or shoved off to his right hand dicknose Bill Moyers. I don't even think Woodward is stupid enough to think that young people give a flying fuck about Watergate or any of his fellow journo cocksuckers.
Wallace's father also said that Reagan's tax cuts would be terrrrrible which is why his son keeps whining about "the numbers don't add up" on Mitt's tax plan because the stupid cocksucker keeps looking at estimates that use static income activity which is a complete crock. FNS would be better served to have a cardboard image of Tony Snow moderating the show. Another brilliant personnel move by Ailes.
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 15, 2012 03:47 AM (F/U0V)
Posted by: Truman North at October 15, 2012 03:48 AM (I2LwF)
So the Brits are saying no more "warming". Imagine that. The Old Farmer's Almanac is saying the same thing and that an ice age is coming in the next solar cycle.
If people thought "warming" was bad they can stand by for real hell with "cooling". I can already tell this is going to be a hard cold Winter here.
Posted by: Vic at October 15, 2012 03:49 AM (YdQQY)
Does Foreign Policy Matter to Voters?
CBS News political director John Dickerson talks
about the importance of foreign policy to voters, and
how according to the Election College Map, President
Obama still holds an advantage in the race.
http://tinyurl.com/c2ssct6
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 15, 2012 03:49 AM (06lNq)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 15, 2012 03:50 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 15, 2012 03:51 AM (X3lox)
The format is designed *specifically* to exclude you, bint. Can't you just leave it alone and do your job as assigned?
Posted by: lauraw at October 15, 2012 03:52 AM (DbybK)
Tea Party's Anti-Sustainability Fight Goes Quiet
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - A small percentage of Americans
say that a U.N. resolution to promote sustainable development
is an attack on their very existence. But their campaign against
apartment buildings and bike lanes is struggling to stay in the
spotlight.
http://tinyurl.com/cz3ckz2
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 15, 2012 03:53 AM (06lNq)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 15, 2012 03:53 AM (ck76k)
Posted by: Truman North at October 15, 2012 03:53 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: edj at October 15, 2012 03:55 AM (+QKfp)
So the annual COLA for SS farts will be almost nothing this year.
Anyone who believed a single word this admin puts out is a fool.
http://is.gd/01xU2A
Posted by: Vic at October 15, 2012 03:55 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Truman North at October 15, 2012 03:55 AM (I2LwF)
Advisors: Obama to 'come out swinging'
After bad reviews of his first debate with
Mitt Romney, President Obama will bring passion
to the second showdown Tuesday, advisers say.
http://tinyurl.com/clkp6je
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 15, 2012 03:57 AM (06lNq)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 15, 2012 04:03 AM (8y9MW)
(AP)
AP twist of the screw, "former moderate". How many changes in party affiliation was one too many to finally qualify in the MSM eulogy to being a "former" moderate until he was what, "post moderate"?
So Specter coined the single-bullet theory that not only killed JFK but went on to wound then TX Gov. Connally? Hm, preferential source, Magic v. Physics...
Posted by: My Cousin Vinny at October 15, 2012 04:03 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Infidel at October 15, 2012 04:04 AM (pzoRG)
http://is.gd/ruPrYI
Posted by: Vic at October 15, 2012 04:05 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Tonestaple at October 15, 2012 04:06 AM (gvVlx)
I cannot wait. Maybe Nikki Haley will run against him.
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at October 15, 2012 04:22 AM (he2LC)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 15, 2012 04:22 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: Broom Hilda Crowley at October 15, 2012 04:24 AM (/ZZCn)
If Obama swings like he throws we're in great shape. Throwing like a girl is no way to win a debate.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at October 15, 2012 04:25 AM (lDWQr)
Posted by: TheNventor at October 15, 2012 04:25 AM (+yL85)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 15, 2012 04:25 AM (X3lox)
The only difference is without the teleprompter you can all of the "uh's."
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 15, 2012 04:26 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: kawfytawk at October 15, 2012 04:28 AM (JWLqy)
It doesn't mean that SCOAMT will drop the negative attacks (he simply doesn't have anything else) but I do think it will make them a little less effective.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 15, 2012 04:29 AM (8y9MW)
That is, if Isaac Newton is to be believed.
Posted by: AmishDude at October 15, 2012 04:29 AM (T0NGe)
I reject this "town hall" faggotry. All residents can attend town hall meetings. This is an audience of liberals invited by Gallup.
And why are the campaigns worrying about what Candy Crowley might do? Fire her fat ass and hire a new moderator, having him/her sign a contract with a liquidated damages clause that severely penalizes her/him for showing his/her ass.
Also, having a moderator pick the questions stupid. Pool them all, eliminate the repeats, give the campaigns three peremptory strikes, then select the questions by lottery.
Game. On.
But that will never happen. The Dems know that their fat little dumpling Candy will tilt the scales in their favor. Especially if she throws one of her fuckin ham hock arms on it.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 15, 2012 04:30 AM (JDIKC)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 15, 2012 04:31 AM (HNwOT)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 15, 2012 04:34 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 15, 2012 04:35 AM (feFL6)
Wasn't there a "snowman" asking stupid questions in 2008?
I'm going to be almost disappointed if they don't let some asshole dressed as Big Bird take the floor and waste our time with some asinine quip.
Posted by: HeatherRadishâ„¢, predenounced for your convenience at October 15, 2012 04:35 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: kawfytawk at October 15, 2012 04:35 AM (JWLqy)
Posted by: Harry Reid, pederast and bridal dress shop owner at October 15, 2012 04:37 AM (zWtTr)
>>I think Romney can hold his own unless they get one of those gushing freaks who just can't believe they get to talk to the messiah.
Too late!
Posted by: Candy C. at October 15, 2012 04:38 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 15, 2012 04:38 AM (X3lox)
Mr. Preznit, Governor Romney won't let black folks eat at lunch counters. Do you think this should be the law of the land?
Posted by: Navin Johnson at October 15, 2012 04:38 AM (lDWQr)
Two answers I would love to hear from that-
One he'll never use, "What can I say, George Soros is my hero."
One he should use, "Who hear has eaten at Outback Steakhouse? Who has shopped at Toys-R-Us? Staples? Without Bain Capital those places don't exist today. In fact, there are over a dozen very large, national retail or restaurant companies in which Bain Capital invested. Sometimes we invested in a company and it became necessary to cut jobs, or sell off portions of the company, to save the greater whole. Most of the time, we were able to save the company- which has then gone on to create, in aggregate, well north of 1 million jobs."
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 15, 2012 04:40 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2012 04:41 AM (vjJM3)
You made me a promise and kept it Mr. President, and that's why I will vote for you in this election. By the way, I could use a new bathroom with Jacuzzi bubbles and stuff.
Posted by: Peggy Joseph at October 15, 2012 04:41 AM (lDWQr)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 15, 2012 04:41 AM (UTq/I)
I thought of pointing out that those were staged town halls where the questions were pre-arranged, but then thought I would just let her be dumbfounded with his stammering tomorrow evening.
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 15, 2012 04:42 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 15, 2012 08:41 AM (UTq/I)
Hamster shift change
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 15, 2012 04:42 AM (FIDMq)
Posted by: kawfytawk at October 15, 2012 04:44 AM (JWLqy)
In April 1939, the Bishop of Southwark (London) asked Jung if he had any specific views on what was likely to be the next step in religious development. Jung's reply was:
"We do not know whether Hitler is going to found a new Islam. He is already on the way; he is like Mohammed. The emotion in Germany is Islamic; warlike and Islamic. They are all drunk with wild god. That can be the historic future."
Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961, Swiss) stressed the importance of individual rights in a person's relation to the state and society. He saw that the state was treated as "a quasi-animate personality from whom everything is expected" but that this personality was "only camouflage for those individuals who know how to manipulate it", and referred to the state as a form of slavery. He also thought that the state "swallowed up [people's] religious forces", and therefore that the state had "taken the place of God"—making it comparable to a religion in which "state slavery is a form of worship". Jung observed that "stage acts of [the] state" are comparable to religious displays: "Brass bands, flags, banners, parades and monster demonstrations are no different in principle from ecclesiastical processions, cannonades and fire to scare off demons". From Jung's perspective, this replacement of God with the state in a mass society led to the dislocation of the religious drive and resulted in the same fanaticism of the church-states of the Dark Ages—wherein the more the state is 'worshiped', the more freedom and morality are suppressed; this ultimately leaves the individual psychically undeveloped with extreme feelings of marginalization. [end quote]
/...sounds far too familiar for comfort, applicable v. US Government that's departed from its identity as our Constitutional Republic.
Austrian Economists weren't the only ones criticizing the socialist Road to Serfdom. But then, they weren't illustrating how "Islam" manifest in European "Will" long before the Muslim immigration provided cheap labor and social unrest.
Posted by: My Cousin Vinny at October 15, 2012 04:44 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: dogfish at October 15, 2012 04:44 AM (N2yhW)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 15, 2012 04:44 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 15, 2012 04:45 AM (ck76k)
Posted by: kawfytawk at October 15, 2012 04:45 AM (JWLqy)
Gee whiz, aren't we supposed to be against all of this meanie politics? But I guess it's OK for Obama. And why would you give people the heads up on what's happening?
It's because (a) They know Obama will look bad attacking. As Miss Marple pointed out, he doesn't express the full range of emotions. So they are telling the media, "He's attacking now, it's not because he's spastic." (b) They know that the media will second-guess him so they want to shape the meme early. Obama "did what he had to do" even if he looks horrible doing it.
I saw a funny sidebar on the Candy Crowley article. It had recent poll data, including the WaPo poll. Except for a swing state poll, they were all comfortable Obama leads. And at the bottom was a survey of media "experts" who said 82-18 that they thought Obama would win.
They are going to all go Pauline Kael on us.
Posted by: AmishDude at October 15, 2012 04:47 AM (T0NGe)
Maybe it's before my requisite 3rd cup of coffee....but what is the significance of 2/5 - 6/15?
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Posted by: Velvet Ambition at October 15, 2012 04:47 AM (R8hU8)
"I don't even think Woodward is stupid enough to think that young people give a flying fuck about Watergate or any of his fellow journo cocksuckers."
Hell, I was 2 or three years old at the time and I sure as fuck don't care about Watergate. Even after knowing what the hell went on I don't care about it. My mother, who was definitely old enough to remember it always said "I'm not sure what the big fucking deal was about Watergate. They bugged an office, so fucking what?"
Almost her verbatim argument. Just cleaned up her profanity a bit.
I tend to agree with her.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 15, 2012 04:48 AM (uD2fR)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 15, 2012 04:48 AM (X3lox)
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..Because Bain contributes more to the Obama '12 Campaign.
With Obama, there is only under the bus, no matter how much you bundle, endorse and contribute financially. /Bain should learn from Gaddafi's demise before they experience the same. /
Posted by: My Cousin Vinny at October 15, 2012 04:49 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Matt S. at October 15, 2012 04:49 AM (moRRg)
But it was actually pretty rare when people who worked for a living got fired. More often, it was the 1%er upper management who suffered if Bain had to make cuts.
Posted by: AmishDude at October 15, 2012 04:50 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: san antonio rose at October 15, 2012 04:51 AM (wtB46)
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They aren't worried in the least. Just want it out there, so the nitwits and LIVs will think there is no bias coming from Crowley.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 15, 2012 04:52 AM (lTVJy)
Posted by: My Cousin Vinny at October 15, 2012 04:52 AM (BAnPT)
>>He has two cadences: angry and boring but arrogant professor.
I think the fun will be when O responses and is "tough" (arrogant) and Romney doesn't fall over and wimper. O will have no idea what to do next.
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 15, 2012 04:54 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 15, 2012 04:56 AM (X3lox)
>>Morning all. Obama's messing with illegal immigration is having some predictable consequences. There is a rise in young illegal immigrants. Trouble is, these kids often don't survive the brutal trip across the border.
Oh, how awful.
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 15, 2012 04:56 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: NoBama12 at October 15, 2012 04:57 AM (ykY2u)
Posted by: Redd at October 15, 2012 04:57 AM (f0ies)
Posted by: I hate teacher unions at October 15, 2012 04:57 AM (wtB46)
Posted by: VBJonny at October 15, 2012 04:58 AM (bED4B)
Posted by: JLD at October 15, 2012 04:58 AM (aDkUp)
I like the cut of your jib.
Posted by: HeatherRadishâ„¢, predenounced for your convenience at October 15, 2012 04:59 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra impact. at October 15, 2012 04:59 AM (VtjlW)
*bangs head into desk* The stupid it burns!
Twenty-something girl friend is whining because guys are being grabby hand on her. Saying she is not her girly bits and she is creeped out. Then she goes and jokes about a guy's penis size.
*gyah!!!!*
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2012 05:00 AM (vjJM3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2012 05:01 AM (vjJM3)
>>Me with a tazer moderating the debates is looking better by the second, isn't it?
>>Watergate did not have a body count.
Watergate, no; alex-debate-gate, quite possibly.
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 15, 2012 05:01 AM (SUKHu)
I don't understand your comment.
Posted by: Richard Lugar at October 15, 2012 05:02 AM (YXmuI)
Posted by: Not really at October 15, 2012 05:02 AM (wtB46)
Twenty-something girl friend is whining because guys are being grabby hand on her. Saying she is not her girly bits and she is creeped out.
Probably the type to wear a t-shirt with print right across teh boobies or something else intended to draw the eye that direction and then complain about guys always looking at her tits.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 15, 2012 05:02 AM (uD2fR)
1. Most of the "undecideds" are really democrats who hid their political affiliation. (Pony tail guy was a UVA assistant prof who wound up as a prof at Princeton, which I would bet cash money was a payoff).
2. If there ARE undecided people they are like the customers I got when I sold furniture, who would take 2 months to select a sofa fabric and then would pick the one on the showroom floor. They are stupid people who enjoy the attention of being "conflicted" and "undecided."
3. I hate the "I am (insert whatever problem you care to use) and pitiful, so what will you do for ME?"
4. The potential for gotcha questions without merit is especially high, particularly for Romney. They have known he would be the nominee for a long time, and have had time to insert their agents into that audience.
5. Because the secret service has to vet these people, it is possible Obama has their names and can get his own questions into the pool.
It needs to be dropped. We are stuck with it for now, however.
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 15, 2012 05:02 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: dogfish at October 15, 2012 05:03 AM (N2yhW)
I'm going to be almost disappointed if they don't let some asshole dressed as Big Bird take the floor and waste our time with some asinine quip<<<<<<
I'd go dressed as Rachel Corrie. That costume is very slimming.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 15, 2012 05:03 AM (QVmdM)
If you think those funding cuts will come from the football programs you have your head so far up your ass that even the jaws of life can't extract it.
For the chirrens always worked in the past. It's the chapter right after threatening a decrease in police and firefighters in the Lib Handbook. I thought they didn't want high school football anymore. Head injuries!!11!
And speaking of semi-pro....my son's high school would fit into that category. Byrnes High School here in Duncan, SC. Crowds bigger than college. Pretty amazing.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 15, 2012 05:04 AM (lTVJy)
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 15, 2012 05:04 AM (+I8Mq)
Posted by: Let Alex the chick moderate the debates at October 15, 2012 05:04 AM (wtB46)
I thought of pointing out that those were staged town halls where the questions were pre-arranged, but then thought I would just let her be dumbfounded with his stammering tomorrow evening.
Of course SCOAMF will do well at a townhall debate. It is all "can I haz money from the government" questions. Every one of these friggin townhall debates deal with people telling their tale of woe and asking what the government can do to help. Why any Republican would agree to do this is beyond me.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life
First mention I've seen recognizing the hand-picked nature of all of Obama's town hall audiences and questions. Even then one lady mentioned her disappointment in an impressive manner and made all the news casts. I don't think this will be as advantageous for him as is being elsewhere suggested.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at October 15, 2012 05:05 AM (VLifP)
Posted by: Candu Crowley at October 15, 2012 05:05 AM (Y//vu)
Posted by: Matt S. at October 15, 2012 05:05 AM (moRRg)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 15, 2012 05:05 AM (feFL6)
>> I know you were being sarcastic there Mamma AJ
Oh, gosh no, for once I wasn't.
The article was about young kids not surviving the border crossing. It is awful:
>>“I myself have found a number of children out there,” he said. “Most recently, I found a 10 year old girl and a 12 year old girl who had been left behind by immigrant smugglers,” he said.
>>Vickers says there is no doubt in his mind why these young people are risking their lives to sneak into the United State.
>>“I think the Obama Administration has blood on it’s hands,” he said.
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 15, 2012 05:06 AM (SUKHu)
Nora O'Donnell was on Twitter this morning saying that Obama had done 58 town halls so he probably would do well in this setting.
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Yeah but he did none of them with his mortal enemy R. Money standing just a few feet away from him. Mitt is in preazy's head, he won't be able to stand the pressure.
Posted by: kallisto at October 15, 2012 05:06 AM (jm/9g)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra impact. at October 15, 2012 05:06 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Redd at October 15, 2012 05:06 AM (f0ies)
Posted by: Teddy "Aquaman" Kennedy at October 15, 2012 05:06 AM (lOmbq)
.......whatever
Posted by: ontherocks at October 15, 2012 05:08 AM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: Friday night lights at October 15, 2012 05:08 AM (wtB46)
Pay attention to any Libya stuff or machinations of the Clintons.
Have a great day!
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 15, 2012 05:09 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: buzzion - at October 15, 2012 05:09 AM (GULKT)
But her statement it hurts that such lack of actions and consequences correlation exists.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2012 05:09 AM (vjJM3)
Posted by: The Kid
They were afraid that naming her Bertha would make her grow up to look like a cave troll.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at October 15, 2012 05:10 AM (VLifP)
Posted by: Matt S. at October 15, 2012 05:10 AM (moRRg)
In the documentary, "In the Path of a Killer Volcano" (NOVA) about the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Phillipines, it was stated that the ash from the eruption would result in a cooling of the earth's atmosphere for five years.
Now, if you assume that the maximum effect would be at or near the beginning in 1991, then you would observe temperatures rise for five years ending in 1996.
Probably just a coincidence.
Posted by: OCBill at October 15, 2012 05:10 AM (MiSre)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at October 15, 2012 05:11 AM (PVNda)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 15, 2012 05:11 AM (tOkJB)
Posted by: Honey Badger at October 15, 2012 05:12 AM (GvYeG)
This is how they get even. Not by forcing teachers to have 25 in a class instead of 15 and eliminating teaching positions. No way.
I could send my kid to private school for as much money as they expected him to shell out for Band alone. I told the director there was no way we could afford that kind of money and that our son would have to quit.
There's a whole bunch of other weird "dues" and "fees" that keep popping up for other activities as well.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 15, 2012 05:12 AM (uD2fR)
Posted by: VBJonny at October 15, 2012 05:13 AM (bED4B)
Posted by: Greg at October 15, 2012 05:13 AM (wKkyv)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 15, 2012 05:13 AM (QVmdM)
Posted by: Candu Crowley at October 15, 2012 05:14 AM (Y//vu)
Posted by: Inspector Asshole at October 15, 2012 05:14 AM (jZn+7)
The parents here cared more about football than they did education.
Posted by: Vic at October 15, 2012 05:14 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2012 05:14 AM (vjJM3)
>>The daughter spent half her day picking up and dropping off
I'm pretty sure some involved parents spend more time doing school stuff than I do homeschooling.
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 15, 2012 05:14 AM (SUKHu)
There's a whole bunch of other weird "dues" and "fees" that keep popping up for other activities as well.
Heaven forfend that any of the highly paid administrators take any sort of pay cut. That would reduce the Dim campaign coffers considerably.
Can't have that.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 15, 2012 05:14 AM (lOmbq)
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Tea Party, Mallamutt. A Tea Party candidate agrees to Townhalls.
Why a Rockefeller Republican would agree, good question.
Perhaps Romney wants to appear concerned for the grassroots that he just burned, breaking Convention Rules denying votes. But that's hardly logical, given that this is not Romney's Townhall, but the President's.
Romney will prove one way or the other to doubters whether he is or is not approachable, as Townhalls are where voters as a group traditionally approach their elected politician. Perhaps whatever Townhalls that Romney's addressed have been campaign stumps in friendly settings. To date, Romney's only access to this "elected PUBLIC servant of the people" occurred some years ago during a single term as Governor. Aside from that, his business and church leadership experience is insulated from public access. So will he perform comfortably?
A lot of stupid people base their voter whether someone "looks" comfortable. Who else has noticed that the Obama Campaign re-shot a happy, confident Obama to cut/paste into their commercial split screen of Barry/Mitt supposedly taken from the first "live domestic" debate? Mulligan Obama.
Posted by: My Cousin Vinny at October 15, 2012 05:15 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Sorry about that Mamma AJ at October 15, 2012 05:15 AM (wtB46)
Posted by: Greg at October 15, 2012 05:16 AM (wKkyv)
Posted by: Matt S.
Actually, "Candy" is short for "I really, really like candy and can't seem get enough of it. Do you happen to have any?"
Posted by: Dang© at October 15, 2012 05:16 AM (R18D0)
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at October 15, 2012 05:17 AM (/YJYi)
Ole' Ben said: Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither. He was talking about this:
Can we have our fourth amendment back, please?
Posted by: HtP at October 15, 2012 05:17 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2012 09:14 AM (vjJM3)
ISWYDT
Posted by: Insomniac at October 15, 2012 05:17 AM (DrWcr)
So they turned around and held a special election a few months later without a lot of publicity. All the county employees were give the day off to vote.
It passed with only 900 people voting in a county of 70,000.
Posted by: Vic at October 15, 2012 05:17 AM (YdQQY)
I don't think "Candy" quite does her justice...
Maybe something more like Fatback Crowley
Creme Brulle Crowley
Chickenbucket Crowley
Sizzlerbuffet Crowley
Posted by: burnitup at October 15, 2012 05:17 AM (Znqj4)
The governmentÂ’s chief spending watchdogs have already secured nearly 600 convictions and judgments against people and companies accused of misusing stimulus funds and have a whopping 1,900 investigations currently open into possible wrongdoing, officials say.
The wave of scrutiny more than three years after the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed by Congress early in the Obama administration means the question of how money was managed early in the program is certain to extend well into the next year as many of the current investigations come to conclusion.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at October 15, 2012 05:17 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra impact. at October 15, 2012 05:18 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 15, 2012 05:20 AM (vjJM3)
Posted by: Arlen the Spectre, in the split second before St. Peter tanked the trapdoor lever that dropped him i at October 15, 2012 05:20 AM (BNuW6)
Posted by: Love Reggie at October 15, 2012 05:20 AM (JMt7S)
Posted by: private schools are okay at October 15, 2012 05:20 AM (wtB46)
Posted by: Fritz at October 15, 2012 05:20 AM (/ZZCn)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 15, 2012 09:13 AM (QVmdM)
That's just flat wrong!
Posted by: HtP at October 15, 2012 05:21 AM (jx2j9)
The wave of scrutiny more than three years after the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed by Congress early in the Obama administration means the question of how money was managed early in the program is certain to extend well into the next year as many of the current investigations come to conclusion.
Wasn't it supposed to be Ol' Smilin' Joe's responsibility to be the watchdog of that money?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 15, 2012 05:22 AM (lOmbq)
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 15, 2012 08:54 AM (SUKHu)
The JEF would be well advised to not try and be Barry Badass on the stage. Choom Boy is a beta male and any attempt to act otherwise when faced with somebody other than a fucking strawman would be hilarious and pathetic; but mostly pathetic.
I'm wondering if any conservatives will show up for this "Town Hall" or if CNN and the debate commission cocksuckers have packed the joint with DUmbfucks and Kostards. I just hope somebody asks the Indonesian to articulate (LOL without a 'prompter) just what his plans are for the next four years; because nobody's heard a fucking thing about that. If nobody's there to ask it then Romney should do it. The amount of "uh"s and "you know"s would set a world record.
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 15, 2012 05:22 AM (F/U0V)
Looks like the poll troll's work of finding favorable polls for Obama is getting harder.
Either that or things getting harder down at the glory hole, IYKWIMAITTYD
Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 15, 2012 05:22 AM (uD2fR)
Guy named Shahid ('martyr' in Islam) who lives in Pakistan absolutely destroys the entire Islamic narrative of places like the New York Times or LA Times. He isn't falling for the "Taliban are bad Muslims" crapola we hear on a daily basis.
Oh, and ladies, check out his photo in URL.
Posted by: Beagle at October 15, 2012 05:22 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: JDTAY at October 15, 2012 07:26 AM (a0nis)
While I agree with you about being toys for now, I don't think it's a stretch to see them used for delivery-bots and self-driving cars in 20 years. If you don't need to own a car, you don't need to fill the tank or plug it in, it'll do that on its own when not in use.
Posted by: Joey Biden at October 15, 2012 05:23 AM (xAtAj)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 45% more DOOM! at October 15, 2012 05:23 AM (xAtAj)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at October 15, 2012 05:24 AM (UjSt7)
Posted by: Redd at October 15, 2012 05:24 AM (f0ies)
Posted by: ontherocks at October 15, 2012 05:25 AM (aZ6ew)
The Dems sudden "worrying" about Candy Crowley is just subterfuge.... much like the average dem decrying the "conservative media" and how it's biased against liberal "truths". The Obama campaign is just trying to confuse the average independent voter that doesn't pay attention to politics that what they saw in the vp debate was a fluke... i.e. the moderator was a partisan hack that let Biden get away with anything he wanted to do. The Dems have to fight back against the exposure of the MSM as partisan hacks otherwise their built in advantage will fade away...
Oh, and thanks for the headlines Gabe! 
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at October 15, 2012 05:26 AM (VZWKk)
What's the line on there being no "you didn't build that" or "credit downgrade" or "grand bargain" questions getting through?
Posted by: RMH at October 15, 2012 05:26 AM (Xv7f/)
So Obama is going to discuss Bain again? Why do I care about Bain if:
1. I don't have a job
2. Gas is double then it was 4 years agao
3. Obama care will not let me keep my doctor and my taxes go up
4. GDP of 1.3% and contracting
5. $16 Trillion deficit and climbing
6. Foreign policy in shambles and Iran gets a nuke and starts a war in the ME
7. Etc..........Etc.....Etc........
Vote for Obama because Bain Capital SUX.....Oh yea that will work.... How pathetic is this little man ?
Posted by: Wall_E at October 15, 2012 05:27 AM (48wze)
Hell, we Repubs can't even figure out that Americans don't care that four Americans were brutally and savagely murdered?
http://tinyurl.com/9gr2m8y
Posted by: HtP at October 15, 2012 05:27 AM (jx2j9)
I wish I had time to get started on an epic rant about the third-grade education I received at the West Marshall Football Academy and Daycare Center.
Posted by: HeatherRadishâ„¢, predenounced for your convenience at October 15, 2012 05:27 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: NoBama12 at October 15, 2012 05:27 AM (ykY2u)
Posted by: osu at October 15, 2012 05:28 AM (vgMWF)
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 15, 2012 05:28 AM (F/U0V)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 15, 2012 05:29 AM (G9qZk)
Romney is the product of a fully-functional family. Romney is a good son, husband, father and grandfather. Obama is the spawn of a horny hippie mother and her Socialist/Nationalist lover.
Obama has an inferiority complex that manifests itself often as superiority.
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at October 15, 2012 05:30 AM (he2LC)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 15, 2012 09:11 AM (tOkJB)
You know i would love it if the entire audience was dressed up as muppets
Candy Crawley popped out of a trash can dressed as oscar the grouch
and Obama would come out in a Big Bird Costume.
I am telling you that would win the election for Barack right there.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 15, 2012 05:31 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: osu at October 15, 2012 05:32 AM (vgMWF)
Posted by: kawfytawk at October 15, 2012 05:32 AM (JWLqy)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 15, 2012 09:29 AM (G9qZk)
One thing that's impressed me about Romney, even when I was voting against him in the primary, is he has a first class organization around him. He'll be well prepared for whatever those fucksticks toss at him. Plus, unlike Choom Boy, he has a good work ethic and has prepped for this far more than lazy ass King Putt.
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 15, 2012 05:33 AM (F/U0V)
Posted by: pray for peace at October 15, 2012 05:39 AM (oZfic)
I think there are quite a few leftys ready to jettison this slacker before he collapses their House of Lies.
Posted by: ontherocks at October 15, 2012 05:42 AM (aZ6ew)
The most important trend in that poll is that the right track/wrong track number is breaking in Obama's favor.
Posted by: Greg at October 15, 2012 09:13 AM (wKkyv)
Greg Greg Greg...this is why you silly moronic liberal fucktards can never balance the budget, control spending, or handle any issue that requires understanding Simple Math. When your beloved President Barack Retard Obama says Its Just Plain Math, what he is really saying is Like everything else i just fly by the seat of my pants cause i dont really know what math is.
METHODOLOGY – This ABC News/Washington Post poll was conducted by telephone Oct. 10-13, 2012, among a random national sample of 1,252 adults, including 1,063 registered voters and 923 likely voters, including landline and cell-phone-only respondents. Results have a margin of sampling error of 3.5 points for registered and likely voters alike, including design effect. The survey was produced for ABC News by Langer Research Associates of New York, N.Y., with sampling, data collection and tabulation by Abt-SRBI of New York, N.Y.
Partisan divisions in this survey, Democrats-Republicans-independents, are 33-22-37 percent among the general population, 34-25-36 percent among registered voters and 35-26-33 percent among likely voters. Partisan divisions in the 2008 exit poll were 39-32-29 percent.
So magically, somehow obama is gonna get even MORE people voting for his race baiting incompetent lazy ass than the first time when he had no record?
greg...seriously, as my did used to say to me as a child when i told him bullshit as a way to explain why i proverbially crapped my pants, "Get the fuck out of here with your bullshit before i beat it back into your ass."
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 15, 2012 05:47 AM (ovpNn)
Q: Mr. Romney, you name a bad thing that could happen to an undecided voter and its happened to me. Lost my job. Lost my health care. Lost my left nut to the cancer, dog died, kid is on drugs for ADHD and meth, the missus left me for a Chinese hedge fund manager and the promotion the SEIU promised was comin' to me for doing all them phone bank calls at work has been delayed til after the 'lection. What's a Romney administration gonna do to end me havin' bad luck and makin' worse choices? Why do you hate me and want to punish me more?
A: Bad luck is everybody's business. ...
Posted by: RMH at October 15, 2012 05:48 AM (Xv7f/)
Izzat Candy's mug on Drudge? She has a face made for radio.
They should get some of the Spanish TV station weather girls to moderate.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 15, 2012 06:10 AM (BAS5M)
I'm wondering if any conservatives will show up for this "Town Hall" or if CNN and the debate commission cocksuckers have packed the joint with DUmbfucks and Kostards. I just hope somebody asks the Indonesian to articulate (LOL without a 'prompter) just what his plans are for the next four years; because nobody's heard a fucking thing about that. If nobody's there to ask it then Romney should do it. The amount of "uh"s and "you know"s would set a world record.
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 15, 2012 09:22 AM (F/U0V)
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What's that sound? Oh yeah, somebody just switched on the excuse machine. WTG, cappy.
Posted by: Che Gorilla at October 15, 2012 06:28 AM (icwKQ)
Posted by: Gmac at October 15, 2012 06:33 AM (IanLz)
I could tell he was itching to do that at the last debate.
Posted by: Ms. M at October 15, 2012 07:15 AM (+qScL)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at October 15, 2012 07:27 AM (U+DUu)
[golf clap]
Excellent job of politely expressing the fact that she's an arrogant ass.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 15, 2012 07:42 AM (PMGbu)
Republicans should not agree to do these any longer, there's simply too much opportunity for mischief, and it plays into the ridiculous narrative the media is always pushing that government can solve every individuals problem.
And honestly, I'm so sick of people pretending like they don't know what these candidates' stance on the issues are. Really? Are you that stupid that you can't do a little research, you actually have to ask the candidate to his face? I think these idiots just like being coddled and wooed until the very end.
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