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Presidential Election 2012
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Twixlen
The Weston District
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I heard this on NPR this morning (Morning Edition) -
Romney Rivals Try To Woo Undecided Southern Voters
It's always fun when the reporter is compelled to add in corrections to statements that interviewees make, as they are so grossly in error.
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lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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Twixlen said:
I heard this on NPR this morning (Morning Edition) -Romney Rivals Try To Woo Undecided Southern Voters
It's always fun when the reporter is compelled to add in corrections to statements that interviewees make, as they are so grossly in error.
Shit like this is starting to scare the bejezus out of me. We're in for a rough 4 years if these people win.
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thefiercelime
the 4th Dimension
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If you're a betting man and have lots of cash flow, this year's election is a no-brainer easy bet. It's only going to earn you about 10% but if there has ever been a sure bet it is this. Obama was selected for re-election when he was selected the first time around.
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lazyfish
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Go, go,
go Ricky go
Mississippi and Alabama, this could be fun....
There's considerable skepticism about Barack Obama's religion with Republican voters. In Mississippi only 12% of voters think Obama's a Christian to 52% who think he's a Muslim and 36% who are not sure. In Alabama just 14% think Obama's a Christian to 45% who think he's a Muslim and 41% who aren't sure.
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/03/other-notes-from-alabama-and-mississippi.html
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Twixlen
The Weston District
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lazyfish said:
Go, go,go Ricky go
Mississippi and Alabama, this could be fun....
There's considerable skepticism about Barack Obama's religion with Republican voters. In Mississippi only 12% of voters think Obama's a Christian to 52% who think he's a Muslim and 36% who are not sure. In Alabama just 14% think Obama's a Christian to 45% who think he's a Muslim and 41% who aren't sure.
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/03/other-notes-from-alabama-and-mississippi.html
The Atlantic has an article on this as well --- and it basically suggests that by asking the question, you create a situation of reasonable doubt.
The Problem With Polls About Obama Being a Muslim
PPP, which is a Democratic firm, is sometimes maligned for being an unreliable pollster, but in this case the biggest problem is that they're asking the question at all. The belief that Obama is a Muslim, like the belief that he is somehow not an American citizen, is pernicious and flatly wrong. It has also been rejected by the vast majority of the American body politic, although there are some glaring examples of politicians who flirt with it to score political points. But if the goal is to fight mistaken beliefs, this is the wrong way to do it.
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Mercurius
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Twixlen
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rus
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“I don’t criticize these guys because they meant what they said,” Biden said, according to the pool report. “But then they went and they couldn’t get it done.”Biden made the remarks at the Georgetown home of Senator John Kerry, where some 87 guests paid a minimum of $10,000 per couple to dine on char-grilled grass-fed New York strip steaks and white truffle mashed potatoes beneath a tent basked in soft pink lighting. Biden told attendees that he is confident about Obama's reelection because Republicans are being open about their intent to cut programs important to a large swatch of the electorate -- the middle class.
“These guys don’t have a sense of the average folks out there,” he said. “They don’t know what it means to be middle class.”
$10,000 per couple. Such average folks.
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pedex
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rus said:
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/03/biden-slams-gop-lawmakers-for-failure-of-debt-deals-117225.html
“I don’t criticize these guys because they meant what they said,” Biden said, according to the pool report. “But then they went and they couldn’t get it done.”Biden made the remarks at the Georgetown home of Senator John Kerry, where some 87 guests paid a minimum of $10,000 per couple to dine on char-grilled grass-fed New York strip steaks and white truffle mashed potatoes beneath a tent basked in soft pink lighting. Biden told attendees that he is confident about Obama's reelection because Republicans are being open about their intent to cut programs important to a large swatch of the electorate -- the middle class.
“These guys don’t have a sense of the average folks out there,” he said. “They don’t know what it means to be middle class.”
$10,000 per couple. Such average folks.
What is ironic is the Obama administration along with some help from previous regimes set into motion policies which will destroy the middle class yet neither are being blamed for it, hell the middle class as of yet doesn't even see it coming even though 8 million plus of its ranks have disappeared already.
As far as average folks and pay for plate donation and meeting type political functions, that starts at the local level too at $25-$100 per plate. How many political input type events have been scheduled at the metropolitan club with mandatory cover charges? Why are these events not held in already paid for public venues? Welcome to the world of pay to play politics.
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pedex
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Twixlen said:
Heh. Well, the educational achievements of those states isn't the best. I do find it ironic, how red they are, yet how much federal subsidy they receive. If they were to be governed in the way they claim, they'd no likie.Oh ya, they for sure won't like an end to all govt aid. No more food stamps aka SNAP, no more govt health care, no unemployment, no labor laws. Of course we already have been there done that in the 19th century but I guess some people like to avoid history while others wish to repeat it. Of course this doesn't apply to the Santorum's of the world, they get to continue their patented rent seeking behavior and fleecing of the tax payer. PT Barnum was right.
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lakeerietransplant
On the outskirts of Yuppieville (Weinland Park)
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thefiercelime said:
If you're a betting man and have lots of cash flow, this year's election is a no-brainer easy bet. It's only going to earn you about 10% but if there has ever been a sure bet it is this. Obama was selected for re-election when he was selected the first time around.If the election is such a "no-brainer", why have recent polls shown a Romney-Barry race as a dead heat, or why polls have Santorum and RON PAUL!! within striking distance?
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Buster Bluth
Columbus, OH
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lakeerietransplant said:
If the election is such a "no-brainer", why have recent polls shown a Romney-Barry race as a dead heat, or why polls have Santorum and RON PAUL!! within striking distance?Because Obama hasn't unleashed his billion-dollar war-chest of propaganda. He will literally be able to chauffeur every liberal in America to the polls on election day.
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lifeontwowheels
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Obama campaign manager Jim Messina warned supporters on Tuesday in an e-mail that Mitt Romney could potentially defeat them based on recent polling.
"According to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll, if the general election were held today, we would lose to Mitt Romney," Messina wrote. "Let me say that again: According to this poll, if the general election were today, we would lose."
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ColumbusTime
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I just love that he wrote "Let me say that again," the classic internet way of writing to try and drum up concern and show importance. I am surprise he didn't end the email with "if the general election were today. we. would. lose."
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