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October 10, 2012

Two Paths
— andy

Something to get your blood pumping on this hump day ... a great new video by Ben Howe appears below the fold.

Posted by: andy at 08:20 AM | Comments (96)
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1 Hello?

Posted by: Othered at October 10, 2012 08:21 AM (EuW9O)

2 First?

Posted by: katya the designated driver at October 10, 2012 08:22 AM (DoZD+)

3 There are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road, you're on.

That's the part of "Stairway to Heaven" that gives the Satanic message if you play it backwards.

Posted by: Looking closely at October 10, 2012 08:22 AM (PwGfd)

4 Shoot.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at October 10, 2012 08:22 AM (DoZD+)

5 Tomorrow's debate scenario: It's 4th and 10 at midfield. They're telling Biden to "punt" and just run out the clock for the entire debate. Biden has other ideas. He's going for it. It's up to Paul Ryan to stop a doddering old fool from making a 1st down.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 10, 2012 08:23 AM (jUytm)

6 I'm ready to rrrrrrumble! Look out Romney!

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 10, 2012 08:24 AM (wIgpo)

7 Nice to see Breitbart in there.

Posted by: EC at October 10, 2012 08:24 AM (GQ8sn)

8 BIG BIRD!!!!!

Posted by: i am mad as hell and i am not going to take it anymore at October 10, 2012 08:25 AM (cgxNI)

9 Love the Reagan bit at the end.

Posted by: BignJames at October 10, 2012 08:25 AM (rlFQ+)

10 Not enough Romney--but really good.

Posted by: tasker at October 10, 2012 08:25 AM (r2PLg)

11 It's 4th and 10 at midfield.

They're telling Biden to "punt" and just run out the clock for the entire debate.

No way. I can win this thing.

Three words: Grand slam home run!

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 10, 2012 08:25 AM (zZ1FA)

12 Holy crap.

That's a base ad, not a mainstream ad, but...

Holy crap.

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 10, 2012 08:25 AM (M2x4y)

13 Arab Springtime for Hitler and Germany!

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 10, 2012 08:26 AM (Hx5uv)

14 The Los Angeles Police Department has come under criticism from some corners after Chief Charlie Beck announced that hundreds of illegal immigrants arrested by his officers each year for low-level offenses would no longer be turned over to federal authorities for deportation.

Â“What the LAPD is doing is making federal law enforcement decisions, usurping federal law,Â” said Janis Kephart, national security policy director at the Center for Immigration Studies. Â“These policies create chaos where you absolutely need continuity of enforcement.Â”

But other praised the move.

Posted by: Pablo Alvarado at October 10, 2012 08:26 AM (e8kgV)

15 Some pretty amazing stuff coming out these days.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at October 10, 2012 08:26 AM (DoZD+)

OT: Congressional hearings opening statments:

Ranking member Cummings: What went wrong? Repubs cut funding!!!!

Posted by: Wisrich at October 10, 2012 08:26 AM (hdpay)

17 There!
Are!
Two!
Paths!

Posted by: Jean Luc Picard at October 10, 2012 08:26 AM (PIu/i)

Biden has other ideas. He's going for it.

I don't think Biden has it in him to keep his mouth shut.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at October 10, 2012 08:28 AM (DoZD+)

19 Yeah, that's good.

Posted by: dogfish at October 10, 2012 08:28 AM (N2yhW)

20 ...unless he's all doped up...

Posted by: soothsayer at October 10, 2012 08:28 AM (jUytm)

21 Don't change a thing. Terrifying and inspiring. Made me weep.

Posted by: wankette at October 10, 2012 08:28 AM (qNhTJ)

22 That ad is like in the movies when they go gather up everyone--I mean everyone--in the old gang to make one last stand.

It's all the people the liberals can't stand in one place saying in one voice, "Tonight we dine in hell!"

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 10, 2012 08:29 AM (M2x4y)

23 Just add a beauty shot of Romney at the end--BOOM!

Posted by: tasker at October 10, 2012 08:29 AM (r2PLg)

24 The Bill Whittle video is also awesome:

www.you tube.com/watch?feature=
player_embedded
&v=Bae3T1kUi-o#t=0s

Some assembly required.

The "Two Tribes" gedankenexperiment is one all conservatives should be able to articulate. After the basics are covered, the same setup allows discussion of GDP growth, taxation, and the "Rich/Poor Split" that liberals insist is hideous.

Posted by: Al at October 10, 2012 08:29 AM (MzQOZ)

25 OT but Chavetz killed it at Benghazi hearing

Posted by: Thunderb at October 10, 2012 08:29 AM (Dnbau)

26 You know its really interesting here where I am in Ohio. The channels I watch used to be slammed with Obama ads. Almost up to one every commercial break. Yesterday Romney's commercial was all over the place and very few of Obamas. I don't think I've really seen any today.

Posted by: buzzion - Free Kratos at October 10, 2012 08:30 AM (GULKT)

Hearings, Norton: Yea, what Cummings said. Damn Republicans

Posted by: Wisrich at October 10, 2012 08:31 AM (hdpay)

28 RAWWWRRR!! Ben Howe knows how to pump up the blood!

Posted by: IreneFingIrene at October 10, 2012 08:32 AM (X7MMs)

29 funny A vote that was never passed into law to cut future funding for redundant crap we don't need in foreign unfriendly lands = Republicans cut funding to Benghazi embassy security. And the media Just Runs With It.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 10, 2012 08:32 AM (jUytm)

30 Zombie Reagan. Bringing the bitch slap.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD the revelator at October 10, 2012 08:32 AM (VtjlW)

31 beck on the Blaze has some pretty good snark about if this election were a movie, how should we cast it? To play Joe Biden, Leslie Nielsen.

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 10, 2012 08:33 AM (Hx5uv)

32 or Peter Graves as Capt. Over as Joe Biden

Posted by: soothsayer at October 10, 2012 08:34 AM (jUytm)

33 >>>They're telling Biden to "punt" and just run out the clock for the entire debate. I think they are telling Biden that what ever he does, to keep his clothes on.

Posted by: Redd at October 10, 2012 08:34 AM (guxHP)

34 Wow great ad. I wept. I felt like shouting I am not a government slave

Posted by: Thunderb at October 10, 2012 08:34 AM (Dnbau)

35 That. Video. Is. Awesome.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2012 08:34 AM (B/VB5)

36 I don't think Biden has it in him to keep his mouth shut.

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The if-you-can't-dazzle-them-with-brilliance theory.

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 10, 2012 08:35 AM (Hx5uv)

37 what's this? Gov Haley reporting victory in the voter ID law?

Posted by: soothsayer at October 10, 2012 08:36 AM (jUytm)

38 awesomeness!

Posted by: trailortrash at October 10, 2012 08:36 AM (xllDV)

39 32 beck on the Blaze has some pretty good snark about if this election were a movie, how should we cast it? To play Joe Biden, Leslie Nielsen. Posted by: WalrusRex at October 10, 2012 12:33 PM (Hx5uv) ________________ Chevy Chase--but he would have to dumb it up.

Posted by: tasker at October 10, 2012 08:36 AM (r2PLg)

40 Â“What the LAPD is doing is making federal law enforcement decisions, usurping federal law,Â” said Janis Kephart, national security policy director at the Center for Immigration Studies. Â“These policies create chaos where you absolutely need continuity of enforcement.Â” --- I actually won't jump on the LAPD for this one... this is a case where they have been told they'll get no cooperation from INS / DHS and they're saying "Fuck this, we've got enough problems to deal with on our own.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 10, 2012 08:36 AM (e0xKF)

FLOTUS in Pueblo CO said she would back her daughters 100 percent if they wanted to join the military.

Hahahahahahaha. Bullshit.

Posted by: Ronster at October 10, 2012 08:36 AM (H5i76)

42 Oh, the days dwindle down
To a precious few........

Posted by: Joe Biden in reflective mood at October 10, 2012 08:37 AM (YXmuI)

43 Connolly: God forbid this becomes a political football (although it's worked for us Dem's up to this point. But now? Not so much so lets not do it).

Posted by: Wisrich at October 10, 2012 08:37 AM (hdpay)

hands alex her tea.

The ad was moving.. Although I don't know how many other than us will be moved by it. C Christies comment about in the future opening up a history book to explain what we Used to be brought tears to my eyes.

Posted by: willow at October 10, 2012 08:37 AM (hX8cq)

45 Some excellent Paul Ryan Hey Girl memes in anticipation of the debate: http://goo.gl/QAt19

Posted by: Redd at October 10, 2012 08:37 AM (guxHP)

46 They're telling Biden to "punt" and just run out the clock for the entire debate.

Biden: It's ok, I can make it up in the next frame if I bowl a strike! Someone put up the bumpers!

Posted by: EC at October 10, 2012 08:37 AM (GQ8sn)

47 OT From Twitter: Nikki Haley @nikkihaley 2m South Carolina just won the Voter ID case! Lawsuit by unions....WON! lawsuit by NLRB against Boeing..... WON!... fb.me/22xZ5bcgS Developing...

Posted by: Brother Cavil presents at October 10, 2012 08:38 AM (GBXon)

48 Beautiful. Look at who is represented in that piece from the conservative side. One star after another. Seeing Breitbart always overwhelms me.

Posted by: yep at October 10, 2012 08:38 AM (LpQbZ)

49 If you see a fork in the road, take it.

Posted by: Yogi Berra at October 10, 2012 08:38 AM (WAOCR)

50 I actually cried when AB showed up. What a Patriot for these times. Breitbart and Santelli are American heroes.

Posted by: ChampionCapua at October 10, 2012 08:39 AM (KZi9D)

51 11 No way. I can win this thing. Three words: Grand slam home run! Touchdown Celtics!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2012 08:39 AM (oAxUf)

52 Totally BIASED!

Posted by: John C. Troll at October 10, 2012 08:40 AM (zH3Ej)

53 Breitbart lives in this election

Posted by: Thunderb at October 10, 2012 08:40 AM (Dnbau)

54 Thank you, willow. Wow great ad. I wept. I felt like shouting I am not a government slave Exactly. I am a citizen, not a subject. Politicians work for me, I don't work for them. This country is owned by the citizenry, not by the political class. It is terrifying that saying this is nigh to a revolutionary call.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD the revelator at October 10, 2012 08:40 AM (VtjlW)

55 Loved hearing Clint say this Country belongs to us...

Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 10, 2012 08:41 AM (9+ccr)

56 Big Bird is here.

Posted by: Grover at October 10, 2012 08:41 AM (WAOCR)

57 Obama's new campaign video includes the old Yogi Berra saying "It ain't over 'till it's over." When reached for comment, Mr. Berra replied "It's over."

Posted by: Norm MacDonald at October 10, 2012 08:41 AM (e0xKF)

58 It is terrifying that saying this is nigh to a revolutionary call.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD the revelator at October 10, 2012 12:40 PM (VtjlW)

bitter clingers.

Posted by: willow at October 10, 2012 08:41 AM (hX8cq)

59 "A little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital".... man, Reagan was so damn smart, he could even predict life with Bammy as our prez.

Posted by: PlymouthMom at October 10, 2012 08:41 AM (uoHSR)

60 Norton and Cummings are a disgrace.

Posted by: RWC at October 10, 2012 08:42 AM (fWAjv)

61 despots everywhere are the same

Posted by: Thunderb at October 10, 2012 08:42 AM (Dnbau)

62 Some excellent Paul Ryan Hey Girl memes in anticipation of the debate: http://goo.gl/QAt19 Posted by: Redd at October 10, 2012 12:37 PM (guxHP) === awesome

Posted by: yep at October 10, 2012 08:42 AM (LpQbZ)

63 Terrific ad, wish I could post it on Facebook. But all my brown shirt friends will shout me down.

Posted by: Mjim at October 10, 2012 08:42 AM (zH3Ej)

64 Oh my gosh.

That last line delivered by Ronald Reagan. He could have written it today. He could have written it for Obama.

Posted by: mama winger in paul ryan's district at October 10, 2012 08:42 AM (P6QsQ)

65 I actually think Biden's going to do OK for two reasons. One, he has the Good Time Charlie personality and can BS well. Second, the bar is already set impossibly low. I expect that he'll come out and hold his own and because of the low expectations the press will claim it to be the most important debate ever and the start of the inevitable comeback.

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at October 10, 2012 08:42 AM (JxMoP)

66 But all my brown shirt friends will shout me down.

Posted by: Mjim at October 10, 2012 12:42 PM (zH3Ej)

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Time for some new friends.....

Posted by: fixerupper at October 10, 2012 08:43 AM (C8hzL)

67 Gen. Wood testifying now. http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN/

Posted by: BignJames at October 10, 2012 08:43 AM (rlFQ+)

68 Man with more honor that Obama has ever had or known currently testifying

Posted by: Thunderb at October 10, 2012 08:43 AM (Dnbau)

Excellent Ad. ...Well done, Ben Howe!

Stirring.

Posted by: wheatie at October 10, 2012 08:43 AM (l5RhJ)

70 biden was selected to lend foriegn policy gravitas so i think ryan is in hot water. snarf

Posted by: uterus cannon at October 10, 2012 08:43 AM (GEHBn)

71 Terrific ad, wish I could post it on Facebook. But all my brown shirt friends will shout me down.

Posted by: Mjim at October 10, 2012 12:42 PM (zH3Ej)

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So? Buck up.

Posted by: mama winger in paul ryan's district at October 10, 2012 08:43 AM (P6QsQ)

72 @61: Reagan and Thatcher and Walesa and JP2 understood Marxism better than any of its alleged practitioners. That's why they still hate all 4 of them.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2012 08:43 AM (B/VB5)

73 "Time for some new friends....."

Bless their hearts... I still love them.

Posted by: Mjim at October 10, 2012 08:44 AM (zH3Ej)

74 OT: Congressional hearings opening statments:
Ranking member Cummings: What went wrong? Repubs cut funding!!!!

Posted by: Wisrich at October 10, 2012 12:26 PM (hdpay)

Has the Cumdumpster ever taken responsibility for a fucking thing in his life? Or ever not excused the murder of Americans?

More O/T: Jim Lehrer was just on Dennis Miller's show and exhibited a sense of humor I never knew he possessed. I think his attitude toward any cocksuckers who are whining about his performance moderating the debate is "Fuck off, Junior".

Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 10, 2012 08:44 AM (AkT7x)

75 75 "Time for some new friends....." Bless their hearts... I still love them So? I still love my ex-wife. Haven't spoken to her since Easter Sunday, 2006. And never will.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2012 08:46 AM (oAxUf)

76 Some of us have family members in the military who put on combat boots and fight terrorists in temperatures of 135 degrees in summer, and 15 below in winter.

Some of us are afraid to post videos on Facebook because they might get called bad names.

Two paths.

Posted by: mama winger in paul ryan's district at October 10, 2012 08:47 AM (P6QsQ)

77 Terrific ad, wish I could post it on Facebook. But all my brown shirt friends will shout me down. A lot of people fall into being liberal because it's kind of a social default in the modern West. They often discover (like Gov. Martinez's speech at the RNC) that when they hear the right person saying the right things that they were conservative all along. And this video is a veritable murderer's row of the right people.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2012 08:48 AM (B/VB5)

78 I think his attitude toward any cocksuckers who are whining about his performance moderating the debate is "Fuck off, Junior". --- I think his attitude is that of Internal Affairs officer Moe Tilden in Cop Land, who proclaims "You had your chance AND YOU BLEW IT!" He gave Obama openings he could use but Obama was unwilling or unable to capitalize on them.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 10, 2012 08:48 AM (e0xKF)

79 78 If youwant to avoid being pulled over while breaking every law in the vehicle code then buy a 1982 Toyota mini-truck, build an elaboratecage onthe bed, and fill itwithvarious varietiesof garbage. Sweet! Can we use the tiny steering wheel from my old chebbie?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2012 08:49 AM (oAxUf)

80 LTC Andrew Woods: ...I feel a duty bound [...] I feel a sense of honor for those individuals who have died in service to their country. [...]The killing of a US Ambassador is a rare and extraordinary thing- and requires our attention as a people. As a citizen--I made the determination that this outweighs all other interests and will risk what ever circumstances will result form my testimony.

Posted by: tasker at October 10, 2012 08:49 AM (r2PLg)

81 Bless their hearts... I still love them.

Doesn't mean you can't make new friends.

Most of my FB news feed is the Horde these days, although I keep around HS classmates and such just keep down my delusions of adequacy.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at October 10, 2012 08:49 AM (/kI1Q)

82 >>>75 "Time for some new friends....." Bless their hearts... I still love them. The question is whether they love you.

Posted by: Redd at October 10, 2012 08:50 AM (guxHP)

83 "The question is whether they love you."

Now that you make me think about it.... Hmmmm....

Posted by: Mjim at October 10, 2012 08:53 AM (zH3Ej)

84 I think the ad is fantastic at motivating the base, but if anyone thinks it's persuasive or instills courage in the weak-kneed, I disagree.

There is little point in antagonizing the liberals and moderates that populate much of Facebook. It is a well-known principle of persuasion that after a certain sweet spot, the more your views diverge from those who you are trying to persuade, the less effective you will be.

I think if you had a reaction dial hooked up to most persuadable moderates, it would swing very negative when Glen Beck, Ann Coulter, and Sarah Palin appear. I was a huge fan of Palin in 2008--my happiest moment of the campaign was when McCain picked her--but even I found her voice grating in that montage.

The video is inspirational to those of us who agree with it. But it's not going to persuade fence sitters. It would scare more than it would swing. The appropriate audience is conservatives who don't think Romney is conservative enough, are considering third party, or might otherwise sit this one out. (It's good for ginning up a contribution, too.)

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 10, 2012 08:56 AM (M2x4y)

85 That would be a great TV ad....I'll even donate to get this on air a national buy.

Posted by: Sam at October 10, 2012 08:56 AM (FWINB)

86 AP is reporting that McCaskill is now running ads featuring raped women. To those who want the RNC to start sending money his way, there's your reason why they shouldn't.

The TFG crew would be all over this support in a heartbeat, beating this squirrel like it owes them money.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 10, 2012 08:57 AM (ccXZP)

87 I found it very emotional--by the time Allen West spoke, I was ready to pull a Boehner. But I'm very aware most voters aren't wired the same way I am and wouldn't react to it as I did.

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 10, 2012 09:00 AM (M2x4y)

88 "Two Paths."

God. I miss Breitbart.

Posted by: nhwingnut at October 10, 2012 09:05 AM (DhgCF)

89 AP is reporting that McCaskill is now running ads featuring raped women. To those who want the RNC to start sending money his way, there's your reason why they shouldn't. --- McCaskill is feeling pressure over the revelations that hubby's business made beaucoup bucks at the expense of the taxpayer.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 10, 2012 09:05 AM (e0xKF)

Every day I wish I'd been old enough to hear and understand Ronaldus Magnus' speeches. Those are electrifying, to a one. The fools running the ship of state (aground) need to be vanquished top to bottom. Were I president, my first directive would be to fire everyone in the state department down to the secretaries. Then everyone at the DOJ civil rights division. Mass purges of careerists across all departments would follow.

Hence, I'll never be elected president.

Posted by: sans_sheriff at October 10, 2012 09:23 AM (HgwiM)

91 headline on yahoo about an hour ago:

Ryan prepares to take on skilled debater Biden

Greg so excited that he can't hardly swallow. ewww.

Posted by: mallfly at October 10, 2012 09:26 AM (bJm7W)

92 Hell yes. What an ad! Get it on my television. Get it on everyone's television.

Posted by: Durka Durka at October 10, 2012 09:30 AM (1crPI)

93 from another yahoo article about Biden playing 'hardball" (maybe he'll get a tingle):

The 42-year-old congressman must overcome a lack of foreign policy expertise and experience in national debates, although Democrats praise his encyclopedic grasp of budget details and ability to think on his feet.

"Paul Ryan is an inside Washington guy, smart and wonky. He knows the budget better than anybody," said [idiot from Michigan] Granholm.

Biden is likely to press Ryan to defend Romney's proposals on taxes, Medicare and spending Â— and seize any opportunity to tie Romney to a House Republican budget written by Ryan. Democrats say the GOP budget contains severe spending cuts unacceptable to most voters.

["encyclopedic grasp of budget details and ability to think on his feet" vs the gaffe machine. should be interesting, right Greg?]

Posted by: mallfly at October 10, 2012 09:42 AM (bJm7W)

94 Strong video. The overdubbed Reagan clips near the end were pure genius. He understood the promise and foundation of America in a way you just can't put on a teleprompter.

Posted by: Adjoran at October 10, 2012 10:06 AM (ZHQvg)

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

Posted by: steevy at October 10, 2012 12:08 PM (6o4Fb)

96 I don't like the ad. It starts off good. Damning them with their own words is the way to go in this campaign but when you start mixing in certain conservative pundits and politicians it becomes a much more difficult message to sell to voters, especially people like Coulter, Palin and Beck who I don't think are even widely respected amongst conservatives let lone the wider American public. People will see them and instantly be turned off, partly because of the media treatment and partly because they all have admittedly said some pretty dumb things. Beyond that, the first thing a viewer is going to think is 'bias'. In that sense it is too much like preaching to the choir. The point of any ad surely has to be to project the very legitimate message our side has beyond a right wing echo chamber.

Posted by: STV at October 10, 2012 01:18 PM (zEWwx)

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