Voters unhappy with Obama; white voters would take Palin over him

i dont think that skin color.. gender.. should be an issue in the election process, but it will always be i am sure. it would be kind of nice if you could keep your candidate sealed in a box with a generic speaker for all.. only to know whom youve elected after you open the box.

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“it would be kind of nice if you could keep your candidate sealed in a box”

With no air holes. The one that can go the longest without oxygen wins…oh wait…that’s what happens now.

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Were they running these “what if” polls when Ronnie Reagan’s approvals were heading toward the 30s, at this point in his first term?

If so, did anyone care?

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jm,

“Polls this far out mean nothing…”

So true.

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I think this NYT column goes a long way toward explaining Palin’s popularity among white people: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/20/opinion/20blow.html. After all, she spent half of the 2008 presidential campaign telling white rural crowds that they represent “The Real America.”

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NPR Listener,

Too bad Palin didn’t tell that to [the as yet uncaptured] Osama Bin Laden, who had his minions attack New York and Washington, using people who boarded a planes in cities, including Boston headed for LA. D’OH! His bad! He meant to attack “Real Americans” and wound up getting city folks instead. Dang.

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she spent half of the 2008 presidential campaign telling white rural crowds that they represent “The Real America.”

and in her latest book she’s telling lies about how Trinity United Church of Christ preached hatred against white people.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-dunn/sarah-palin-michelle-obama-book-america-by-heart_b_785784.html

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But my fault. Lesson learned….

so the Gramps/BibleSpice ticket would’ve been an improvement. got it.

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if so, can you tell us who it was that held a gun to your head and forced you to do so…

ACORN.

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sfd 11:59 – probably not. But short of a Palin 2012 ticket, I’ll vote R. There are probably exceptions in addition to Palin, but not sure who they are. Huckabee would be one. All the rest seem ok…. so far.

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gag me.

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The cost of insuring against losses on Portuguese government bonds climbed the most in almost two months as traders look past the bailout of Ireland to which country will be next to require assistance.

Credit-default swaps tied to Portuguese debt jumped 29.5 basis points to a one-week high of 447 basis points, the biggest increase since Sept. 27, according to data provider CMA. The contracts, which reached a record close of 478 basis points on Nov. 11, have widened about 148 basis points in the past month.

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Wheeeeeee. Can’t wait until this happens to us. Our only hope is that we’re too big to mess with. But we’re probably not. Gotta get some more money to Canada, as much as it annoys them.

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jm,

You seem rather ADHD today with all of the random posts…

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I have said many times America has been consistently dumbing down since the 60’s. A majority favoring Sarah Palin over Obama is proof positive.
Our only hope, and it is a good one, is that the Tea Party Republicans show utter incompetence over the next two years and allow Obama to be easily re-elected.

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jewcowboy – multitasking….

too many important things going on to just sit around and debate Obama’s lack of business talent in his administration.

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Democrats playing crass politics with Monetary Independence. So are Republicans. Wow, breaking news.

Frank Defends Bernanke, ‘Appalled’ By Republican Criticism
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By Steve Matthews and Margaret Brennan

Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) — Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said he’s “appalled” by Republicans who he said have sided with foreign central banks in criticizing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke.

“I was appalled to see a group of Republican economists from the Bush and Reagan administration” arguing against the Fed’s asset-purchase program. “Republicans are joining the central bank of China in attacking Bernanke. This is really distressing to me.”

Frank, who spoke in an interview today on Bloomberg Television’s “In Business with Margaret Brennan,” called the Fed program to purchase $600 billion in assets through June “a very reasonable thing” that isn’t fueling inflation, as Republican critics contend.

A group of 23 people including former Republican government officials and economists published a letter to Bernanke urging him to halt the expansion of monetary stimulus because it risks an inflation surge. Separately, John Boehner, nominated to be the next House speaker, and three other Republicans leaders last week sent Bernanke a letter expressing “deep concerns” about a policy they said risked weakening the dollar and fueling asset bubbles.

“I wish we had some more fiscal stimulus,” Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, said. “In the absence of that, given unemployment, given the complete absence of inflation, he is doing a very reasonable thing.”

The Fed on Nov. 3 said it was expanding record stimulus to try to reduce 9.6 percent unemployment and keep the inflation rate from dropping further. China, Brazil, South Africa and Germany have said the injection of cash into the system may weaken the U.S. dollar.

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Imagine that! Whites would rather vote for inexperienced Alaskan Sarah Palin instead of an intelligent, educated black man? Obviously the intolerance, stupidity and racism of the American voter has been greatly underestimated. We should not really be surprised because these are the same people who believed in the tooth fairy WMDs and voted for Bush TWICE! If you thought Dubya’s ineptitude destroyed our economy and foreign policy quickly, just wait until Palin’s brand of anti-government, pro-business corruption takes control. It will not pay to be any color other than white! Which is what the conservatives want in the first place.

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None of this matters, one way or the other. The election is 2 years away and may very well hinge on something that hasn’t even happened yet.

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jewcowboy 12:13 – whatever dude. There are too many liberal misconceptions bandied about this board to stick to one thing. Just trying to point out the facts that you guys seem to prefer to ignore.

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It will be interesting to see how many people will be stupid enough to vote for the Liar in Chief for a second term.

Bush cannot run again so let it go.

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On the plus side, this ought to lay to rest forever the notion that white Americans are somehow intellectually superior to other races.

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If she does get in then America has really lost it’s mind.
I’m moving to another country, there is no way I would want
to live in America with this dumb bot.

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Not this voter!

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“The problem, however, is that 74 percent of Republicans view Palin favorably, the highest favorability of any GOP candidates tested. Only 17 percent of Republicans view her unfavorably, suggesting that the nomination may be within her reach even if the presidency is not.”

Now, the question is, what happens if – as to me, sounds entirely plausible at this point – you have an independent candidacy by someone like Michael Bloomberg, or even Donald Trump?

This thought ought to stop people in their tracks.

Anybody who thinks Palin can’t win hasn’t been paying attention to politics over the past decade.

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Coming in 2013:

“Nailin Palin II: The Oval Orifice”

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Tax payer I am talking about your HOPE and CHANGE Idiot in Chief, but you knew this, you just did not want to admit you voted for such lunacy.

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jm:

Do you work in higher education? I didn’t think so.

I am intimately familiar with both for and non profit “higher education.” Withholding funds from these for profit scammsters is not unreasonable.

The for profit “colleges” are completely out of control and in many instances committing out right fraud. This has nothing to do with “for profit” or “non-profit.” Scamsters found a new venue and some legal ways to bilk taxpayers out of money pure and simple. Are ALL “for profit” institutions slimy? heck no, but a large majority are.

You need a better example my friend to rail about the President on. trust me on this one……….

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Sarah Palin……..The rest of the civilized world will think American is Disneyland.
Please don’t embarrass us anymore. Bush was enough, I thought we were good for another 100 years.

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Palin isn’t going to win, most of the right won’t really vote for her. But it’s in the interests of the left to pump her up as much as possible so as to drive the haters to the polls and reelect your guy. It wouldn’t make sense for you to admit she’s got no chance of winning, because that won’t drive up enthusiasm in left-wing lockstep voters like a Palin candidacy would.

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sometimes i feel like i am in the movie the wizard of oz.. all the liberal bloggers, etc. are the ones screaming dont look behind the curtain..

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jm

November 22nd, 2010
12:00 pm

Like I said the other day, after Ireland, Portugal. Next stop for the deficit vigilantes: Spain. After that, US.

Get it folks? Apparently not.
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No. Idon’t get it. Ireland is the poster child for Boortz and the other talk show hosts because of their low or non existent taxation of corporation. A model they claim WE should follow……

You mean the right wing house of cards over their has fallen? What blew it down? A newborn babe?

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Voters unhappy with Obama; white voters would take Palin over him
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Not this white voter…I’d vote for Mike Tyson before I’d vote for Sarah Palin.

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Fred 12:25 – sorry bubbo. I’ve read the research and seen the data. I’m not going to pull the data for you. Do it yourself.

I agree the for profit schools should be stopped from scams. So should the non-profits that are engaged in the same thing. But not during Obama. Non-profits skate off free while for profits get nailed. Stupid.

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The fact that the percentages are so close just highlights how weak and incompetent Obama is.

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Sharon, do you not recall all the racist remarks your precious Olunder has made, and talk about someone who can’t talk Oblamer has to have someone write and give him the words to say he is not smart enough to speak on his own. Maybe this will help get your brain awakened, the police acted stupidly.

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Jay, dems should be nervous about this. If Palin can potentially outpoll Obama, then a real candidate could reasonably crush him. Not that I believe in polls this far out. Just pointing out the fact people are sick of Obama.

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Vinny,

You’re a hoot and a half!

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I would vote for Mickey Mouse before I would either one of them.

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Here is the breakdown, no Democrat can run against Obama in the primary and be successful in the general election. It is simple, the negro vote is too imprtant for the Democrats and Obama is their man. If someone beats Obama in the primary the negroes won’t urn out in large numbers in the general election and that would seal doom for the Democrat. (Author’s note: I admire the negroes and consider them to be my absolute equal. In fact, I have a very close friends who are negroe women in Brasil.)

Now that said, we must consider the Bloomberg factor. If he runs, that opens the door for Governor Palin. If Bloomberg and and Hillary run Governor, Governor Palin is a shoe-in given her monolithic support within the GOP.

The interesting part is Governor Palin’s shrewd rehabilitation of her image through the books, reality show, and, yes, Bristol successful turn on DWTS. She may well be able to take Obama on head to head in two years, we’ll just have to wait and see.

Personally, I side with th negroes in that it would be unconscionable if the Democrats do not renominate President Obama, even though I believe Governor palin would be a more effective President. Then again, Ol’ Wyld Byll has always had an ample softside for the pretty girls.

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jm,

“Just pointing out the fact people are sick of Obama.”

I would say an equal number are quite sick of Ms. Palin as well.

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Matti – Just because Obama is an incompetent buffoon, don’t take it out on me.

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“race-baiting.”

Evidently to those on the right, even the mere mention of the word “race” is race-baiting…

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Amvet we know your liberals roots only bleed blue puke

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jm

November 22nd, 2010
12:29 pm

sorry bubbo. I’ve read the research and seen the data. I’m not going to pull the data for you. Do it yourself
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Me too. My families main income comes through Higher Education. We were involved in starting AIU here in Atlanta and got first hand experience of the scam it became.

How are the graduates of Le Cordon Bleu fairing after graduating 80-90,000 in debts? How are they making payments with their $10 an hour kitchen jobs? Those are just 2 examples on an endless list. The “traditional” (lol) non traditional institutes like phoenix and Devry are successful becasue they DON’T perpetuate fraud. They are exceptions though, not the rule.

But you “read research and data.” I’ll continue to live it and experience it first hand.

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Deep, by we do you mean you AND your pet gerbil?

Or, as you apparently mean other people here, please at least have the courtesy to let me know them by name, so I can determine who exactly that it is that you speak for. And rather than inquire of them, I’ll come straight to you, OK?

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TaxPayer

November 22nd, 2010
12:29 pm

Actually I have admitted on more than one occassion that I did vote for Bush and it is a mistake that I will have to live with for the rest of our lives. I know I have apologized for my ignorance but I also know that my apology will never be enough.
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You too eh? I was scared of how bad John sKerry would be so I actually voted for Bush for re-election (voted for Harry Brown his first time), as ‘the lesser of two evils.” Like you, I learned my lesson which is why I couldn’t vote for either Barnes OR Deal. Voting for a scumbag is voting for a scumbag and I won’t go down THAT path ever again……….

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Amvet are you denying your liberal roots ?

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Amvet first, let me say you are using worst president a little to quick, just look at the idiot in office now, and if your referring to Clinton ? The answer is no, I voted for Bush one and that other guy the second time.

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Deep Throat,

“let me say you are using worst president a little to quick, just look at the idiot in office now, and if your referring to Clinton ”

Yeah, 115 straight months of economic prosperity sucks…better to destroy the economy then leave it for someone else to clean up.

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If Obama decides not to run again.

Who would you vote for Sarah Palin or a box of rocks. Hmmmmm?

Tough decision

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I hope that people in this nation can REALLY see how empty Sarah Palin and the GOP really are!! I’m willing to wager during the next election cycle that NO Republican candidate would come into the CITY of Atlanta, ask for minority votes….and run on a platform that would be condusive to attracting minority voters. All I consistently hear is fear-mongering from the GOP…and particularly Sarah Palin!!

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“better to destroy the economy then leave it for someone else to clean up”

Wait, that does remind me of Arbusto Energy and Harken Energy…coincidence I’m sure. Thank goodness he had real world business experience.

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Hey, I know. We can follow the Irish economic model, the Canadian healthcare model and top it off with the French work week………..

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sfd / jewcowboy – I think I’ve said this a dozen times, and if it bears repeating, I’ll vote for Obama if its Palin v. Obama. I won’t be excited about it, but I’ll vote for him anyway.

Romney, Daniels, Pawlenty, Bloomberg, maybe even Christie. Different story.

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Well, my vote’s for Sarah because we need a President that’s closer to my level of thinking and edumacation. We don’t need no Ivory Tower person with a degree from Harvard or Yale. After over 200 years it’s about time we got a Redneck President and Sarah’s the one. I’d rather see somebody that throws cans of food at the First Gentleman than somebody with a wife that tells everybody we can’t eat a Big Mac or Whopper.

Have a good p.m. everybody.

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Sometimes it is best to be quiet and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt!!!!

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The results of this poll show how dissatisfied many people are with Obama more than how they are enthusiastic they are about Palin. I would vote for Jay Bookman over Obama, though I would miss his blog.

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I think Obama is a one term president. Of course he will get all the racist votes. In the chart, women went for Obama. I cannot believe this. The only sure votes Obama can claim is the black vote and the progressive liberal vote. That just is not enough to get him elected for a second term. After all, who can stand 4 more years of this arrogance toward Americans and bowing to foreign Kings.

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palin is a carny; makes chauncey the gardener seem intellectual

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Oh, so the Irish economic model DIDN’T cause their ultimate PHAIL. Whew, glad to know that. It must have been something President Obama did. The talk show hosts were right and the Irish way still IS the way to go………….

I got it now. Once shouldn’t make the observation that the much touted by the right wing talk show hosts economic model of Ireland is inherently flawed after reading an article about said economic melt down. That’s too much of a “stretch” ……………………….

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Thank God we have President Obama in the White House today, trying to salvage our country from the past 8 years of “trickled on” economics! Otherwise we’d all be in deeper doo-doo if Grandpa and the Church Lady had somehow pulled off a squeaker win back in ‘08 — whew!

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“palin is a carny”

Does she have small hands and smell like cabbage?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlSKaDzbQN0

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Jay – “Voters unhappy with Obama; white voters would take Palin over him”

Fine. But judging by that 91% in the ‘Black’ column who are for Obama, he can do anything he wants and he will still have the black vote.

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In the chart, women went for Obama. I cannot believe this.

Wow, really? They went for Obama over candidates who have publicly stated that women cannot be trusted with decisions about our OWN bodies? We’re just too stupid and/or immoral to be able to make personal medial decisions without GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE. Jeepers, I can’t believe it, either!

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Oh Fred. The article is about the financial contagion going on related to the deficits of big debtor countries (like the US). You’re all focused on the rearview mirror. Might want to look out the front window every so often. Boulder ahead in the road.

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If anyone’s playing the race card, it’s the right. Always claiming people voted for him “just because he’s black,” continuing to bring up fake anti-white scandals, accusing the left of voter tampering, feeling oppressed in any way they possibly can…. all this is a political game and a strategy to get people to vote because they are ANGRY at anyone who is not their race! I guess they figured it wasn’t enough to use the evil L-word, LIBERAL! Now they have to use the R-word, RACIST (especially in cases when it cannot logically apply).

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@jewcowboy

It is quite the Dancing frenzy…did you see the story on the guy that shot his TV…that is downright scary!

I must admit I am slightly tempted to watch just for the spectacle.

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I don’t believe these polls.If you recall Palin was trailing by 12 pts in the Governors race in Alaska which she won.
I think Palin is the only one out there so far that can beat Obama.She’s going to run,I guess we will find out.I admire her courage she’s fearless.

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“Remember Rush Limbaugh saying he wish the president fails”
Corey @ 1:28pm — carrying water for the likes of Rush and the tea-partiers means there will be a lot of drowning Republicans for the next few years…

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it would be kind of nice if you could keep your candidate sealed in a box with a generic speaker for all.. only to know whom youve elected after you open the box.

Ohhhhh Hell Naw!!! If you think we’re getting shafted by the quality of candidates now, just imagine if we had to wait until after the election to find out who we voted for…

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Adam and Nice Guy. We appreciate your input. Please have the race debate. Also take note Walmart is open until 10pm at most locations. And don’t worry about the deficit. We have you covered.

We appreciate your spending and working to pay us back our interest. TM

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OMG! I wish everyone, especially the media would STOP harping on about Palin this, and Palin that. WHO GIVES A FLYING CRAP…. about her! She is one of the stupid people put on this earth! She is also a misanthrope, zenophobic looneytune! If no one would give her the time of day, she would go away! My God, has this country fallen so low that it thinks that a wannabee 8th grade cheerleader who has never grown up and loves herself more than herself would make a good President? PLEASE!!!! Is this country so stupid to follow such CRAP!!! Unbelievable!!! I am shocked that people follow her! And I believe polls mean nothing!!!! The only reason dislike and hate Obama is because he is black and he is ‘rocking’ the old ‘white boys’ network….

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JDW,

“I must admit I am slightly tempted to watch just for the spectacle.”

I think I’d rather watch “Nailin Palin”.

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HDB – I think its funny you believe everything a politician says (Christie). I think people will get over Romneycare. He has valid counterarguments. He’s stiff, so I don’t know his ultimate odds of winning the nomination. But I don’t think Palin will be the one.

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Matti – “For women. That’s the natural order of things. Women reproduce when the menfolk say so. Or else. You don’t have to “tell me twice.””

You’ve managed to mistake my intentions (again). I wasn’t passing judgement towards you or women or their bodies. I was just using your post as an analogy of the Democratic Politician way of thinking.

But yes. Actions have consequences.

And menfolk? Wow. Your angry. What, no steak and scotch lately?

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Nice Guy

November 22nd, 2010
1:31 pm

“Ah, yes. Now you see why those of us with right leaning tendencies don’t particularly like the Democrat way of thinking. Problem is, the government interference in this case extends far beyond the medical field.”

Only problem is this: those with right-leaning tendencies want the government to discriminate against certain areas of the populace…wherein many of us progressives only want the government to PROTECT the rights that ALL Americans should have!! Why do conservatives what to determine who sleeps with whom….or who marries whom?? Isn’t that where you leave the government OUT of certain decisions??

Hypocracy…thy name is GOP!!

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“Don’t know which is more scary, Bookman as President or that one of his Bookmanites on here actually is actually typing those words.”

I was the one who originally typed those words, and am definitely not a Bookmanite. I was making the point that there are MANY people who would do a better job than Obama, and that the pollssays less about Palin than it does about Obama. Jay has stated many times that if nominated he will not run and if elected he will not serve.

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Nice Guy,

How thoughtful of you to ask! No scotch this weekend, but I did get my roof blown (heh…) by a chivalrous man with a really big blower.

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Matti,

“but I did get my roof blown (heh…) by a chivalrous man with a really big blower.”

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jm November 22nd, 2010
1:37 pm

Not that I believei everything that a politician says…but Christie HIMSELF has said that he’s not interested in running!! Until otherwise, I have to take him at his word!!!

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Thanks for the Clift link, jm. Good one.

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Fine. But judging by that 91% in the ‘Black’ column who are for Obama, he can do anything he wants and he will still have the black vote.

Oh Geezzz… Not the 91% thing. I thought it was 95%???

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“Why do conservatives what to determine who sleeps with whom….or who marries whom?? ”

Calm down HDB. I could care less who you sleep with or who you want to marry.

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HDB – true. But he’s lying. He wants to run. But he’ll put off the decision. Or he may wait until 2016 if Obama is shaping up well. Only a question of when, not if. IMHO

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Obama’s dream for the Republican ticket Palin/Anybody 2012.

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Byebye – yeah, a good read.

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So if Palin runs and the left criticizes her, does that mean we can call the left “sexist”? Since, you know, if you criticize Obama, you’re “racist.”

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Fine. But judging by that 91% in the ‘Black’ column who are for Obama, he can do anything he wants and he will still have the black vote.

I think you’re forgetting just how much Obama won by in EVERY demographic in the 2008 election. It was practically a landslide. I bet the “black vote” for him is lower in 2012 than in 2008, but I still think he will win by a much larger margin than Palin in such a matchup.

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Obama and his far left policies have certainly been frowned upon by most of the informed electorate. He is leading us down a path that the majority of Americans don’t want to go. Excessive spending, more entitlements, higher taxes, weak leadership, and a forced takeover of health care just don’t go over well with the folks. He is certainly on a collision course for defeat no matter who the Republican nominee is. He has certainly proven that on the job training is not a good idea in leading the most powerful country the world has ever known. It could be Palin, Gingrich, Pawlenty, Romney, or Huckabee. They would all defeat him because of his policies and glaring lack of leadership. Gingrich would mop the floor in a debate obviously because he would be the Republicans most cerebral candidate. Obama basically sticks to talking points if he don’t have a teleprompter to tell him what to say and that would hurt him if he went up against someone who would challenge his points with divisiveness.

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Adam – I’m not sure a 53% to 46% vote is what I would call a landslide. Although it is a pretty big margin in modern times.

http://www.infoplease.com/us/government/presidential-election-vote-summary.html

But it should be a warning. Obama is at a big risk of losing in 2012…. very big.

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Whoever the Republican nominee is Marco Rubio will certainly be their running mate. He is certainly a heavyweight contender that someone like Joe Biden won’t look to good up against.

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Joe,

“Obama and his far left policies have certainly been frowned upon by most of the informed electorate. ”

Please name his “far left policies”. More specifically name policies that he has advocated for as President, that were not part of his campaign, that would now be considered the far left. And please be specific…not generalities like “Excessive spending, more entitlements, higher taxes, weak leadership, and a forced takeover of health care” which are purely subjective.

Actual, independently verifiable policies that differ now than when he was elected.

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Don’t know which is more scary…

There’s your sign.

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NOBAMA, NOBAMA, NOBAMA

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If we get to the point where are Presidential candidates have kids on ‘DWTS’ and their own reality shows, we are in trouble as a nation.

If we Palin is even considered a “Presidential Candidate” in 2012, I’m going to start believing the Mayans knew exactly what they were talking about with thier predicitions to the end of our world.

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Here’s the reality. Obama and his dumocrats have lied form day 1- no transparency, no CSPAN, Reed- emboldening the enemy (the war is lost) Pelosi-” in order to see what is in the bill you first must pass the bill.” What a Car salesman she is. In order to test drive the car, you must first, BUY the car. Cap and Tax, the $13 a week stimulus allowance. yet they spend billions on how a fly sticks to the ceiling and what makes a musician improvise. They create no jobs yet increase the unemp. bene’s. If these idiots had any brains at all, they’d have SBA money set aside for those wanting to start a business and hire people. They’d also have tax credits for companies that can create new energy sources cheaper than oil and hire people. Allow drilling anywhere and everywhere. no one is going on vacation-they have no moeny. So let’s make gas less expensive. And where is obama’s birth certificate from Kenya where he really was born? The first president to declare that the US is a muslim nation. He is now worse than Jimmy. And the only shovel ready jobs are in the livestock barn. Senators decide NOTHING by themselves- it is a group decision. As for the Dems claiming Punch hsi pilot- they are full of themselves. Governors and mayors make decisions on their own. NOT Community organizers and Preachers. And what does Mr. Organizer do? Fly away on trips to bow at Muslim Kings and play basketball. And all you people do is cry Racism. No it is FACT ism!

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YES YES YES YES YES YES YES OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Not to belabor the point, but after 2004, it is obvious that the chances of an incumbent defeat in 2012 are based on the final opposition.

Based on enormous, serial failures, there was NO way on earth that GWB should have remained the occupier of the West Wing, yet….

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Nice Guy
November 22nd, 2010
1:47 pm

You personally may not care…but the political party you support DOES care!! Note how voters got rid of Supreme Court justices for following the Equal Protection statute of Iowa state law when making the prohibitions on gay marriage unconstitutional!! Note how Sen-elect Rand Paul wanted to overturn the Civil Rights Act of 1964!! SB1070 in Arizona is just another way to show hostility!!

GOP has to change…and be able to ATTRACT new demographics…..not antagonize them!!

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WAR EAGLE’s post @ 2pm is proof that Auburn cares more about its athletics than it does it’s intellectual pursuits.

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Fine. But judging by that 91% in the ‘Black’ column who are for Obama, he can do anything he wants and he will still have the black vote.

And just think. All you have to do is hang a “Republican” or “Conservative” ID on him and then you’ll have 91% of white southerners who’ll vote for that black candidate just as faithfully.

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Sharon @12:18pm

It’s interesting that you posted your disgust in the event of a Palin take-overbecause my friend , a doctor , who was once a PeaceCo and now working for the American Embassy in many parts of the planet e-mailed me with the same intentions of leaving the US!!!

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Like I stated before; if the people of Georgia could vote in someone like Nathan Deal for governor, Sarah Palin has a 99% chance for President.

The people in this country have lost their ability to think clearly; if the ability ever existed in the first place.

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Matti,

“all graduates of that fine (boodawg trouncing) university.”

I dunno…I’ve been in the Bucketshop on a Saturday before

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Ragnar Danneskjöld
November 22nd, 2010
2:15 pm

Are you intimating that black voters are not knowledgable of the issues? Are you intimating that black voters and those residents of the inner cities do NOT pay taxes??

PLEASE don’t go there!! Too many people have voted AGAINST their own self-interest to ensure that the poor stay that way…and the preponderance of those voted GOP!!

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Hell no Black people won’t vote for Palin! We know an idiot when we see one. Apparently White folks have not learned that lesson yet. You would think they would have learned after GW Bush.

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I say she should run…if we have to endure 23 months of campaigning, it should at least provide us with numerous SNL skits.

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Steve: It’s less of an issue of white vs black but more about smart vs dumb, for black people. They understand that the politicians they elect should be smarter, and more capable of dealing with issues of both domestic AND foreign policy. I won’t say it’s “because they’re black,” but you really should look at how closely these numbers match up with previous Dem vs Republican presidents.

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Dear HDB @ 2:18, apologies for getting your panties in a wad. I was insulted by the vapid topic and its inherent racial pandering, and was mocking the lack of thought therein by using a simple mirror technique.

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For anyone who votes for her, if she wins, you deserve what you get. Good luck with that, because I will be getting the hell out of this country. The dumbing down of America will be complete.

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Adam – Blacks care about ’smart vs. dumb’? Good one. I would have posted this sooner but thanks to your comment I was busy wiping soda off my monitor.

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I would have posted this sooner but thanks to your comment I was busy wiping … off my monitor.

You were busy wiping what off your monitor? I don’t swing that way dude.

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jewcowboy – yeah. Amazing what an idea can do. Could make stopping the desertification of China and Africa a real possibility. Mitigating climate change. Improving the environment. Saving coral reefs (remember a lot of the Caribbean coral reef killing Jay likes to highlight comes from sedimentation from winds off Africa).

Amazing what one small idea might do. We’ll see. The guy deserves a Nobel one day if widely adopted. Not that I think a Nobel is worth anything. Maybe a big pat on the back and a billion dollars.

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Adam, you’re kidding, right? If intellect is any kind of factor, then explain to me the following:
Marion Barry
Andy Young
John Lewis (50 million freakin times)
Sidney Dorsey
Bill Campbell
Victor Hill
The entire Clayton County School Board
Vernon Jones
Cynthia McKinney
Virtually EVERY black person who has ever held office in DeKalb County

“Smart” is a factor in black voting? SERIOUSLY?????

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Jay, the obvious point of your title is to insinuate that the white people who support Palin are racists. To support this insinuation, you state that Palin leads Obama 47-41 with respect to white voters. Thus, the liberal theory goes, 47% of white people are racists, while 41% are not. I therefore presume that the title of your next “column” will imply that black voters are racists because 95% of them favor Obama over Palin. Nevermind, I forgot that the only people genetically capable of racism are white.

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“Palin was advised by those who admire her natural gifts to bone up on policy and devote herself to governing Alaska successfully. Instead, she quit her job as governor after two and a half years, published a book (another is due next week), and seemed to chase money and empty celebrity. ” ~ Mona Charen

Yep…that about sums it up.

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“She should be presiding over meetings on oil and gas leases in the North Slope, or devising alternatives to Obamacare. Every public spat with Dave Letterman or Politico, or the “lamestream media,” or God help us, Levi Johnston, diminishes her.” ~ Mona Charen

But those infantile spats keep her name in the media spotlight…that counts for something right?

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“Anybody here get in on the GM stock at last week’s IPO? All sold out from what I heard… thank God we have President Obama who helped to save the American automaking industry — they’re making PROFIT$ once again and paying us back the $$ we loaned them!”

Hey Goldie….its a little easier to recapitalize if you tell the original investors and stockholders to screw off…wonder how THEY feel about that little IPO?

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Not this white guy. I’ll move to Canada if Palin is ever our President.

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HDB: I think that point is not as useful as say, the Democratic vs Republican vote. I think it’s pretty similar for the past few decades when you consider the votes demographically along party lines. The interests of minorities have been better served by Democrats, and the interests of corporations have been better served by the GOP. It’s mostly economics, not racism.

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Ragnar Danneskjöld
November 22nd, 2010
2:45 pm

Jay is supposed to invigorate thought….without animus! He does that more often than not; Republicans promote animus WITHOUT thought…and I know that you are better than that!! By grasping at the least common denominator…you perpetuate the animus and myths pertaining to the black electorate!!

Things have to change……

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Steve, the obvious fact remains that for every black example you list, I (and you too, if you had the intellectual honesty) could list 50 white examples.

Yet you don’t.

You seem exceedingly hung up on blacks and black voters.

Is there something you want to share?

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Interesting

Powell, like other commentators, believes the new Republican ascendancy could end in the breaking of political gridlock because it spreads the responsibility to get things done between both parties, giving both a reason to compromise and achieve.

But, Powell said more than once, this is a period of uncertainty in a tempestuous political system. “It’s always been tough in political life,” Powell said. “The founding fathers did not create a system that was supposed to be smooth and easy. It was always supposed to be a clash of ideas — people believing in something and fighting for it.”

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/winds-battle-plan/

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you know the dems would vote for palin in a repub primary

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Adam November 22nd, 2010
2:51 pm
“HDB: I think that point is not as useful as say, the Democratic vs Republican vote. I think it’s pretty similar for the past few decades when you consider the votes demographically along party lines. The interests of minorities have been better served by Democrats, and the interests of corporations have been better served by the GOP. It’s mostly economics, not racism.”

Actually, Adam…it’s a bit of both…particularly since 1964!! Prior to then, the black vote primarily went to the GOP because of their being the “party of Lincoln” and the Democrats were the segregationists. When Goldwater’s conservatism merged with the Dixiecrats’ cpnversion to the GOP, the voting patterns changed! The “old Demrcrats” became Republicans….and the “liberal Republicans” became Democrats!! From that point forth, Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” along with Reagan’s support for segregation ensured the voting paradigm would consistently be tinged with racial animus…….

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Matti

November 22nd, 2010
1:34 pm
Women cant be too smart about their bodies. They cant figure out what is making them pregnant two, three, four, five, six…times

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willie, lay off the Mormons, man…

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Jewcowboy: Let’s start with healthcare. Health care in and of itself is a policy. Specifics could be forcing people to buy it or face fines imposed by the government. This is certainly a far left policy and gives the government more power over our everyday lives than ever before. When the government creates a law that forces you to do something it infringes on your livelihood. Of course someone who adores policies of government intrusion would look at this and say it is wonderful.
The automotive takeover: Taking over a private industry using tax payer dollars to prop it up is another easy example of a far left policy. It’s not the government’s job to waste tax money for the sole purpose of buying votes in support of unions. Anyone with a brain understands that this was a big payoff to keep those enormous pensions afloat for union members.
Cap & Trade: If you don’t believe this is not far left then you’re not worthy of an honest debate. This would force us all to pay more for energy whether it be heating your home or fueling you car for no apparent payoff. Unless forcing people to scrap up every dime just to be able to go to work would make a liberal feel good about themselves that is…
I could go on and on but arguing with a liberal is like arguing with a stop sign. It’s pointless….

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2012 is a long way off. Whatever the polls say today is irrelevant.

If you believe what Bookman and the media have been spouting off the 26% of the Republican Party that DOESN’T like Palin must be the entire Party leadership! Nonsense! Jay or a poll saying independents don’t like Palin is just as much nonsense. This poll is NOT an election.

The Republicans might use Palin like the Democrats did Hillary; i.e., allow her to siphon off all the energy of the opposition and then slip in a charismatic newcomer to the scene. So many potential scenarios could play out, it’s just too soon for this nonsense.

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She better run. I need to vote for her so bad I can’t stand it.

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AmVet: ditto

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jm,

“Annual emissions test.”

Is that part of the new health care law?

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Getting caught up, but Steve, what in the hell does that list of people prove. For any ONE Black politician, history can show at least 3 White ones. That just means that we are more alike than different if anything.

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To HDB. Nice try with the blacks vote for 100% white before Obama. Wrong. Whenever you have an available black candidate blacks will vote for that person. Obama received over 90% of the black vote over Hillary Clinton in the primaries. What about Jesse Jackson? In 1984 he received 77% of the black vote and then in 88 he received 92% of the vote and he’s an idiot. Face it your always going to vote black if there is a candidate. That’s why people like Rangel or John Lewis stay in office so long with no substance.

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Joe,

Let us take this piece by piece shall we?

Health care – or more specifically making it mandatory for everyone to buy a private insurance companies policy or face a fine….are you sure you want to say that forcing people to participate in capitalism is a left wing policy?

Auto bailouts – http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16740.html Bush was left wing…interesting concept…was Sen. Richard G. Lugar left wing as well when he helped write the legislation that bailed out Chrysler in 1979?

And finally Cap and Trade – you do realize that cap and trade is a market based approach to cutting pollution which, rather than providing penalties, provides economic incentives for cutting emissions? Essentially cap and trade is a capitalistic way of dealing with pollution rather than “command and control” regulation. I thought the “conservatives” were all for capitalism over regulation.

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Polls are just group-think propaganda.

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I hope the GOP nominates Sarah Palin and she selects Russ Limbaugh as her running mate and the home grown terrorist group(s) known as the “tea party” whose weapons of choice are hatred, fear and rage/mob mentality against minorities, women, gays & lesbians, Muslims and Jews. The whole world saw their hatred and rage on display during the 2010 midterm election. The whole world saw their lack of respect for President Obama by calling him names (Obozo, Barry, Obamacare, etc. ) and showing up at town hall meetings with loaded guns and wearing stuffed monkeys on their back. The whole world saw a new level of terrorism never before experienced by the American People when the “tea party” inspired many white Americans to vote for the entire republican ticket regardless of the canidates experience across this country. This “fear” tactic used by the “tea party” movement was designed to “take our country back” which was the battle cry used to recruit white Americans who felt disenfranchised due to the economy, lost of jobs and the election of President Obama. The whole world saw America take a giant step backwards regarding civil rights and human rights. Thank God for President Obama.

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“This “fear” tactic used by the “tea party” movement was designed to “take our country back” ”

Robert @ 3:40 — I second your emotion, and I would add that “take our country back” actually meant taking all of us back to 1864.

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Goldie,

This is for you:

http://cdn.crooksandliars.com/files/uploads/2010/07/political-pictures-michele-bachmann-crazy1_43760.jpg

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uh-oh, jewcowboy @ 3:46 — I hate being spanked by the spelling police! And Bachmann may be entertaining, but don’t you agree that it took some “dumb” voters in MN to put her in Congress?

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So, Blacks vote for the Black candidate? What happened to Monds? Blacks do tend to vote for Democrats who take that as a given…Here in the South and in a few urban Northern districts, the Black vote is significant. In a nationwide election, not so much so…the so-called White vote is still the determining factor…neither party can lay claim to that vote as a “bloc…”

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josef nix,

Hiya! It’s been a while. I hope all is well.

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“Let me point out that she has more experience and is more qualified than BHO @ running anything and she did a good job in Alaska.”

LOL, Fundad @ 3:52 — you’re making me spit Chardonnay all over my desk!
You may recall that Sarah QUIT her “good job in Alaska” after she spent a year on the public stage away from her own state, making a fool of herself for the world to see… how well do you think she’s liked in Alaska these days after doing that “good job”??? Bwaaaaaaaa!

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So, Blacks vote for the Black candidate? What happened to Monds?

You know that one didn’t count. Monds isn’t really Black since he’s not a Democratic Party member who wants the 47% who don’t pay income tax to mooch off of Uncle Sam.

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The Lib’s are on here shouting that polls are no good. I don’t know, they were pretty damned accurate 12 months out about the results of the recent November elections. I guess one has to use whatever salve (in this case it’s the old “polls are no good” thing) that soothes your ideological sore. I got a feeling the liberals need to stock up on “salve” for their wounds. 2012 won’t be pretty for them.

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Jewcowboy while the government did bail out Chrysler in the late 70’s, early 80’s, it was a loan guarantee and not an entire takeover of the company. While Chrysler did pay off their loan early and with interest, the taxpayers should not have been put into that much risk. GM got itself into this pickle because its idiot managment negoiated inferior terms and benefits with the UAW over a long period of time coupled with the fact that they were much to top heavy in terms of their corporate structure and could’nt design and produce cars that people wanted. The govt should have let GM go to bankruptcy and work its problems out that way instead of screwing the bondholders & stockholders. Capitalism will work if they just let it.
See Forbes article:http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/09/general-motors-finance-bailout-opinions-columnists-warren-meyer.html

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jewcowboy @ 4:02 — 3 days before Thanksgiving and I’m practicing a little before the holiday arrives!

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SoCo…

Remember when the ole Fierce Advocate first came on the scene? He wasn’t “black enough” according to the pundits. So, he gets into office, shows us just how “white” he really is and now he’s “too black.” I’m so confused…

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Given the people that the Repulicans are electing to public office, Sarah is a natural extension. She serves them right.

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josef nix,

“let me go with “mainstream!””

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RB @ 3:56pm — thank God we have President Obama today… I shudder to imagine how the whole world would be today if Grandpa and his extremist pals got elected to the White House — the Second Great Depression and neverending war, invasions and occupations all over the world as a result.

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Pogo @ 4:04,

This is not a football game or a horse race. Do you really think saying, “Oh noes! How could you stupid libs DO this to us?” one year, and “Nyah nyah we’re better than you!” two years later, actually means something? A house divided falls, and we’ve already fallen — right into the hands of the corporate plutocracy. Meanwhile, we bicker amongst ourselves like in-laws sharing a two-bedroom house (something more and more Americans are having to do, bless their hearts) while the economy for most of us tanks and a small percentage of the population absconds with all the money. What exactly have YOU won? Just curious.

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Palin, Cheney, Tea Party, Fox News.

That ought to be good for another thousand posts.

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Goldie

Not a GOP myself, but Obama is pretty much Bush Lite…still in Afghanistan, no repeal of DADT, repeal of DOMA not even on the agenda, habeas corpus still MIA. death warrents on American citizens, already gearing up for an incursion into Yemen…

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I’d take Palin over Obama. But I would take Mitt Romney or Bobby Jindal or just about any other Republican over Palin.

Why the obsession with Sarah Palin, Bookman? Much like the right wanted Pelosi to be minority leader…. the left wants Sarah Palin to be the Presidential nominee. The right realizes that people hate Pelosi so much that they will deliver Republican huge gains in the house to make sure that it doesn’t happen. The election of NP as minority leader guarantees Republican rule until the Dems elect a different leader. Similarly, the left wants Sarah Palin to run, knowing that she is a polarizing figure both for the centrist middle and for the Republican party. Here’s news for you Jay: IT ISN’T GOING TO HAPPEN. The right is far to smart to nominate a non-starter like Sarah Palin. Anyone… such as YOU and Cynthia Tucker and the MSM… who harps on her shows their true colors. It’s your own wishful thinking for her to run. She’s the “Howard Dean” of the right… YEEEEEOOOOWWWWW! She will make headlines, but she is unelectable. The Deanie Babies and Mama Grizzlies can console each other.

But for you to harp on it, Jay, just tells me you are an idiot.

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Hillbilly

Yeah! At least. Did you happen to catch Whoopi Goldberg on Huckabee last p.m.?

Jewcowboy

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josef nix @ 4.23,

Which is what cracks me up when you have people like Joe ranting about his “far left wing policies”….left wing…really?

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Josef

I did happen to see a couple minutes of that. Didn’t exactly read from the playbook, did she?

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Hillbilly

And neither did he. I found it refreshing. I’m a big Whoopi fan and I’ve grown to respect Huckabee as a gentleman…but when the ranh-ranh crowd takes off on Fox, I still can’t help remember that First Lady Michelle Obama chose his show to announce her “cause” of childhood obeisity and now here comes Whoopi doing the book tour shmooze…and him giving a copy to each member of the audience!

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Poor President Obama, he should have let this country continue to slide and do nothing, he should have put these selfish Americans back to 1929 depression.
Please Mr. President do no run these idiots in this country to not deserve a classy, great President like you, history will show that this country was in the toilet but with your tough decisions things are qetting better.
When you have bigots like Hannity, Rush L. hoping that you fail, shows what a sick country we have. Mr. President these idiots dont realize when you fail America fails. Thank you Mr. President for saving millions of jobs.
George Bush destroyed this country and these idiots expected you to clean it up in 19 mos, this shows why we have two Americans.

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“not alot to fit over.”

Apologies…not a lot to fight over.

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And yes, about 95% of blacks will vote for a black if given the choice unless of course the candidate is one of those “tom” type republicans. You know, the Rice and Thomas “kind” of blacks( neither who were elected but were appointed by Republicans) but you know the “type”. The numbers to prove it are there as revealed in the the 2008 election. 95% of blacks voted for Obama in that election and 95% still support him to this day even though he has proven he is not an effective American leader for anyone of any skin color and blacks aren’t doing any better than anyone else under his leadership. Are blacks racist because they only vote for blacks if given the choice? Does voting for a person only because of their skin color make them racist? If so, then there, we have the answer. If this is the case then blacks are racist or at the very least they are “bigoted” (which in reality is an inter-changeable term for racist). If not, then what can be the explanation? Is it racial pride? I think a few well known dictators and tinpot leaders have used that old one to their advantage quite nicely in the past haven’t they and we know how that turned out. We all know how much white racial pride groups are hated and laughed at (as they should be)don’t we? But shouldn’t black racial pride be just as abhored? If not, then why? Are whites more “mongrel” than blacks therefore they have no right to racial pride? There are no races of people upon this earth that have not endured terrible hardships and downright slavery throughout their histories. At one time or another, every group of people have suffered because of who they were and most importantly what they were. We have a strange way of handling race in this country because in todays world certain groups are singled out as being victims to be coddled meanwhile other groups that have suffered just as much or more have no moral grounds at all for expecting special treatment. The cruel reality of todays and tommorows world is going to change all of that. In American today, the harm that is being done to the black community is being done by the black community itself. Black on black crime is rampant. Most (70%) of the black children are born to one parent households. These things cannot be blamed on white people and these things are terribly destructive.

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It’s way to early to draw conclusions about his adminitration and that’s even more true about comparisons to potential candidates.

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Southern Comfort,

“ADHD-typed, bumper sticker feeding, sound bite drinking, instant gratification expecting citizen of the Instant States of America.”

What’s wrong with instant gratification…oh wait…you wrote instant..not self. Never mind.

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SoCo

Yep. There is that.

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None of the above would be my choice. Of course ANYBODY including you Jay (just kidding, as you seen as liberal) over NObama.

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Not if you’re an ADHD-typed, bumper sticker feeding, sound bite drinking, instant gratification expecting ……………

Sorry, I drifted off before I got to the end of the sentence.

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Pogo et. al…

Why worry about what 95% of Black voters think or do? What you should be thinking is “How do I reach out to that 95%” instead. It’s not like almost all Blacks agree with Obama simply because of race. That’s just as logical as all people hated the healthcare bill because they thought it was socialist. Neither statement or conclusion is factually correct.

People try to explain things in black and white context that can not be explained that way. It was partially a symbol of pride for American Blacks to finally see one who would be considered us to get elected POTUS. Not because we did it, but because there were Whites who believed in him as well. How do you think the Italians felt when the first Italian-American was elected to a high office? How about the Jewish Americans? People need to quit harping on the Black issue. The Black community has voted 100% in previous elections for White candidates and almost 95% for Democratic candidates. Was that based on race? Did anyone make a racial issue out of that?

At one time or another, every group of people have suffered because of who they were and most importantly what they were. We have a strange way of handling race in this country because in todays world certain groups are singled out as being victims to be coddled meanwhile other groups that have suffered just as much or more have no moral grounds at all for expecting special treatment.

Questions for you… How long were Anglo-Americans prosecuted on this soil? Native Americans? African-Americans? Do you know the origins of the word picnic? When was the last Black person lynched in the US?

If we were living in some racially harmonious society, you might have a damned good point. However, look up the names Michael Donald and James Byrd Jr. Those two were lynched in 1981 and 1998 respectively. If you didn’t already know, I just answered the last question for you. Care to try any of the others?

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The number of Americans viewing Sarah Palin unfavorably has hit the highest point since she burst onto the national stage over two years ago, according to a poll out Friday.

The Gallup survey conducted in the days after the Nov. 2 election found more than half of Americans — 52 percent — hold a negative opinion of the former Alaska governor. Only 40 percent viewed her favorably, which ties her lowest score from about a year ago.

Palin, the GOP’s vice presidential candidate in 2008, is among Republican names being floated as a possible presidential pick in two years time. The poll found she might have a good chance of capturing the nomination: fully 80 percent of Republicans have a positive opinion of her.

She might have a harder time in the general election. Gallup found 81 percent of Democrats and 53 percent of independents viewed her unfavorably — while fewer than four in 10 view her favorably.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/144491/Palin-Unfavorable-Score-Hits-New-High.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=Government+-+Politics+-+USA

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DUSTY

From your post last p.m. The event Saturday is our own shindig, unconnected to anybody else…

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Josef,

Just a school thing? Sounds wonderful. Do you think many schools would have that much diversity?

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DUSTY
Not very many would have the diversity. Most urban districts do have at least one or two which do, though.

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“Look at the current Bozo…”

And the Bozo before him, and the Bozo before him, and the Bozo before him…

I’d posit that the one “qualification” befitting just about all of them is that he be a Bozo…

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Sharon: I have only heard [Palin] speak once and she is a racial hate
mongering bitter woman.
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Go ahead and give us that racist quote from Palin.

DIdn’t think so, liar.

And that makes YOU the racist.

Sharon: Racist.

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It was partially a symbol of pride for American Blacks to finally see one who would be considered us to get elected POTUS. Not because we did it, but because there were Whites who believed in him as well. How do you think the Italians felt when the first Italian-American was elected to a high office? How about the Jewish Americans?

Well, we ain’t had a good Redneck President since Andy Jackson. Back when he was elected, all the rednecks showed up for the swearing in and tore up the fancy hedges and furniture and all that fancy stuff. It’s our turn, so get behind Sarah and not in the way some of you filthy-minded folks think.

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Mr Patel 5:34

You predicate the possibility of a potenitally purposeful politician. Mrs. Palin presents a presence of power and personality. The portent of the pusilanimous public are perilous and perfidious to the partient Mrs. Palin. Prejudice poisons purposes of people. Mrs. Palin ,in particular, is poisoned by publicists, professors and people of poor perception. Pity these “professionals”!

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What this column really needed was a graph.

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Has anybody heard anything more about jt winning the Jay lottery…?

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SoCo @5:05

Oh very well said ..you certainly were on a roll. Well thought out and articulated

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As long as it’s a match of wits…Maddow…

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CAGE MATCH — Sarah Palin versus Rachel Maddow

Who wins?

Easy. Maddow is 6′ 1″ and athletic enough to qualify for a Rhodes Scholarship (got to be “athletic and vigorous” to qualify, you know, and I was amused to see her towering over some US officers during her Afghanistan visit.) Palin’s high school basketball guard experience is no match.

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PAULO

Ole Missus has announced she’s leaving the Big House down to Pryor Street…any thoughts about what’s next?

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Appreciated Paulo.

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Ole Missus has announced she’s leaving the Big House down to Pryor Street…any thoughts about what’s next?

Well, they’ll search the whole country for the best school chief, and when it’s all said and done, the best three people will all be Those People. It’s just amazing that all the colledge presidents ain’t Those People, because Atlanta finds them to be the very best for school chief. colledge presidents, and mayors. I just don’t understand why they ain’t running the whole country and all the states. This from a old redneck that has watched this happen for nigh on 40 years.

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SoCo: It seems your attitude is shared by the vast majority of African-descended teens that it is my priveledge to teach. AA kids are pretty much like white kids, some great, some slackers, most (white and black) decent people who don’t see nearly as much color as us old farts. What I don’t often see is the sense of entitlement that many of the “Real Americans” ascribe to them.

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People are pissed. Their minds are made up..

Don’t y’all regular bloggists get tired of pissing on each other everyday?

Sarah Palin this… Obama that…

Have you noticed that groceries are more expensive? Why?

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That these polls are even this close is evidence of the dumbing down of America and the glorification of stupidity. I wonder if it’s these “chemical balancing” drugs that the drug companies are pedaling is what’s causing this insanity. There’s no scientific evidence that these drugs even work for depression or anxiety. I think drug companies have colluded to alter people’s minds to confuse them and allow themselves to be led by idiots. That’s the only logical explanation I can think of to explain why anyone would vote for Sarah Palin. They’re on drugs–

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Common Sense

How could I have left him out… especially today?

Mr_B & josef

I’ve long thought that once my generation (70’s children) dies out, the only vestiges of bigotry and/or racism that will still be alive wouldn’t be enough to blow your nose with. The younger generations are more and more integrated. Even when the older generations try to segregate them, you have things like facebook and online gaming that brings multitudes of different people together. I think the 2008 election was but a glimpse into the future.

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CAGE MATCH — Sarah Palin versus Rachel Maddow

Who wins?

Who cares?

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Southern Comfort @6:41 pm

Mr_B & josef

I’ve long thought that once my generation (70’s children) dies out, the only vestiges of bigotry and/or racism that will still be alive wouldn’t be enough to blow your nose with. The younger generations are more and more integrated. Even when the older generations try to segregate them, you have things like facebook and online gaming that brings multitudes of different people together. I think the 2008 election was but a glimpse into the future.
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I agree that we are getting much better as us old f&rts fade away (remember we never die LOL)

I always see hope in my grandkids. Totally blind to race, but they call an A’hole an A’hole when they meet one LOL.

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Anytime Jay has nothing of consequence to write about (a daily occurrence for him, usually), he brings out the Palin card.

What a waste of a column.

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I don’t know a thing about the Atlanta School System but you’d think in a system that size, they probably already have somebody, plenty capable of running it.

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That guy who’s running the TSA reminds me of Michael Brown.

I have to fly tomorrow afternoon. I hope I get picked for the naked scan thing. I’m gonna make ‘em fondle my junk just to create a messpool.

Opt-Out !!

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SoCo
I’ve been intrigued by the Ibero-American concept of the raza cosmica and its promotion as the national norm in several societies…Brazil being notable…the number of individuals now choosing that as their racial denominator is approaching half overall and in some regions has surpassed that halfway point…we’ll get there…we had already begun in the Lower South back before the Wah-uh, but it got put on hold during the occupation…

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This choice for superintendent is one of the more blatant examples of what is in reality the Carpetbag-Scalawag imperialist occupation mentality…the locals are just too backward to make decisions without their “guidance.” It’s colonialism in it’s purest form and is a continuation of that “missionary complex.” Sadly, too many of us buy into it. But, it does keep the natives from getting TOO restless…

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I have to fly tomorrow afternoon. I hope I get picked for the naked scan thing. I’m gonna make ‘em fondle my junk just to create a messpool.

Opt-Out !!

Well, I don’t fly, tho I had a chance once that was ruint when @@ said she’d go indoors if she was buck-nekkid by her pool and heard a plane. But if I ever do fly, I’m holding out for a feeling up pat-down by Big Sis at the TSA. She’s a little on the skinny side, but she looks alot like the missus.

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Now as far as this pat down-feel up stuff is concerned, what goes on between consenting adults is none of my business…

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josef @ 7:31

One of the neighboring counties up here, finally hired a local (going back generations) to be the County Manager, a couple years back. He’s been a breath of fresh air. He pinches pennies, he understands the people, what they want and what they need. More places should give it a try.

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Insider trading! Isn’t that against the law. So that’s how some of those hedge fund managers got rich while enriching their clientele. I wonder how many of them cheated on their taxes too.

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Neither Palin nor Obama would be a good choice. I don’t think that, once the caucuses and primaries are in full force, Palin will be able to gain the Republican nomination. It may be Romney, it may be Pawlenty, or it may be someone who’s not even on our radar yet.

I wish that a Democrat had the gumption to run against Obama, just as Kennedy ran against Carter in 1979/80. There’s no way I could vote for Obama, no matter who he is running against. Where are all the PUMAs?

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Dear TaxPayer:

The smokescreen is Palin.

Where’s the story in the press today?

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It’s all about Sarah Palin……

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JAY

Off topic a bit…fill me in on jt….

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Is this a blog for teachers and their thoughts or is it a place for discussion regarding Jay’s topix?

Palin? Obama? Tea Party?

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GGL: criticism noted and accepted. Blog drift bothers me too.
On topic: with a Teapartying republican House as a foil, a librul, commie-loving, taxandspend Kenyan Mooslim is gonna look pretty good in Nov. 2012.

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Gordon

Up there in the upper right hand corner….

“An Atlanta blog with a little bit of opinion about a whole lot of things”

Jay

So, jt’s the winner! Now, there’s a lunch I’d like to be a fly doing the back stroke in the soup for! I trust jt will get to choose the venue. Maybe they’ll let us know later and we can all go patronize the joint that hosted such a summit in reaching across the great divide.

BTW what is your take on the resignation? Who do you think should replace her? What do you see for the future of the APS?

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Where is President Obama on this TSA, naked-scan, pat down issue?

What if he and his family had to pass through this system like the rest of us?

How ’bout members of Congress must pass thru a naked-body scan to enter their chamber in the US Capitol?

Why does Boehner, who flies commercial, get to skip the BS the rest of us have to deal with?

Security first after all…

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On Vacation

Kinda makes you wonder what Ms McKinney would’ve done…

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“…and he has legitimate reason to torture detainees…”

Oh, what the hell, just put out a contract on ‘em and forget the torture and detention…along with due process…

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I almost wanna go to the club, get some Cialis and make a party out of gettin’ to my peeps.

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moral authority? have you seen the video of the one of our Americans being be-headed by a rusty hack saw? let me guess, we shouldn’t stoop to their level?

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do we know that a tea-partier spit and cussed at the black Congressmen entering the Capital? Not that i doubt it, mind you, but do we REALLY know who it was…

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jack bull
@ 8:14
No, we don’t know and to go claiming it was is a bit disingenous…

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Mr_B

Please tell me of just ONE act where the TSA employees stopped anyone with a shoe bomb, a bomb up their ass or one with a toner cartridge IN the US? JUST ONE. We are re-active instead of PRO-active. Profile the Muslims is our BEST defense, PERIOD. And please don’t show your stupidity by bring up Timothy McVie, he NEVER used a plane.

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mmmm

Do we know who they’ve stopped and what they’ve found…?

Profile the Muslims? How the hell do you identify a person by religion? I guess if you took my britches down you might have an idea about my religion…

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Anytime Jay Dave R has nothing of consequence to write post about (a daily occurrence for him, usually), he brings out the Palin FairTax/secessionist/I’m too sexy libertarian for my shirt card.

fixed your typos plus.

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mmmm

Now wait a minute. That soccer mom was rightfully upset. Now I wouldn’t hit the referee but the referee was running around the field blowing his little while that woman’s daughter was lying on the ground knocked flat from being hit in the stomach. Did you expect the mom to applaud or something?

Then an official says the umpire was correct because the other side had the ball. So what? If the girl had died with a ruptured spleen or something , the story would be different. Even in a GIRL’S GAME, huh ol’ mcp???

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josef nix

November 22nd, 2010
8:22 pm

How the hell do you identify a person by religion? I guess if you took my britches down you might have an idea about my religion…
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And how the hell would that be? Here in the good old US of A circumcision has been practiced for a LONG time (or a short time in your case. LOL Could resist it, it was teed up).

Maybe back in Europe where they STILL don’t use deodorant unhealthy practices are followed, but here, we follow hygiene. Well some of us anyways, a bath is still optional among many…………..

Muslims followed the first 5 books do they not? Or are they like Baptists and pick and choose the rules they follow……….

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this white voter would vote for Condi if she’d run.. but i, nor any body i know, were, or have ever been, asked by one of these ’so called polls’…

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josef nix – If you DON’T know what a muslim looks like now, YOU NEVER WILL. I did not realize that there were that many dense people around – YOU must be a democrat.

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Josef, 8:22

Please do not lower your britches. There are ladies present..

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Dusty

– Poor little girl, if it’s too weak for the little lady, maybe she should stick to jacks and hop-scotch. You are a FOOL to think it’s OK for a parent to go on the field, besides if she was SO concerned, why didn’t she stay with her daughter? GOOD QUESTION!

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Jack Bull

I HOPE you are not a Republican. By all counts, you are a liberal.

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I hope I get the “Fondle My Junk Treatment” tomorrow afternoon.

I don’t look like a muslim or priest or grandma or rock star.

Choose me !!

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DUSTY

Not to worry…believe it or not, I’m rather modest in that arena!

mmmm

No, I’m not a Democrat. But how DO you tell a Muslim? Seriously….

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Dusty

November 22nd, 2010
8:29 pm

Now wait a minute. That soccer mom was rightfully upset. Now I wouldn’t hit the referee but the referee was running around the field blowing his little while that woman’s daughter was lying on the ground knocked flat from being hit in the stomach. Did you expect the mom to applaud or something?
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Dusty, calm down. Take a deep breath. Feel better/ Now read the BLACK parts. Those are the ones with the words. The white parts are blank. The black parts of that story said the Ref stood over the girl while waving others away like the RULES OF THE GAME say he should. She was fine. Mom on the other hand is a helicopter parent and has no problem that a good old fashioned ass whooopin’ wouldn’t cure. Had she slapped ME, she would have not left that field under her own power. I have this instinctive reaction that i gained doing the particular job in the military that I did to render inoperable anyone who unexpectedly causes me pain. Had she struck me, I probably would have broken her arm and crushed her larynx before I had time to think………

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josef nix – for the men, try towel on the head, prayer blanket and asking which way to Mecca, a white robe, and for the ladies, covered head to toe – or, do you just think that’s some new fashion statement?

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Hillbilly

It scarred me for life!

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i guess we never did find out the cost of Obama’s last trip, did we? i figured someone on here would know..

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Dusty

November 22nd, 2010
8:43 pm

mmm

Nobody said she left her daughter. Are you a referee ? No? Just a mcp, I suppose, tryng to start a fight.
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Actually Dusty, yes they DID say she left her daughter. She left her right there on the field after she sucker punched the ref and ran away. Again, it was in those black parts of the article that some of us call THE PRINTED WORD.

Really, try reading those black parts………

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Fred,

Yeah, go beat up some little ladies and feel better. Break a few arms, attaboy!!

If you ever get hurt, maybe the paramedics will wave their hands over you to check your injuries. Maybe they will blow a whistle also. You are lost in left field!

Thanks for your service in the army field kitchen beating up those biscuits and bacon.

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Mr_B – Yeah, start with them and go down to the arab looking males about 18-30. A little inconvience for them doesn’t bother me. PROFILE like they do in Isreal. You don’t see their planes getting blown up, do you?

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Jack Bull,

What WAS the cost? Does it matter? How much does it cost every time President Obama flushes a toilet in the White House? Does it cost more than every time President Bush flushed a toilet there? What the ever loving hell is the point that you are trying to make? Tel me PLEASE that you aren’t trying to sell that insipid crap that his last visit cost more per day than the cost of the entire US military spends per day in Iraq and Afghanistan. Because if you are peddling THAT pariticular type of feces, you aren’t worth responding to and I just wasted 24 seconds of my life that I will never get back……..

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Oh yeah – BTW

The Ground Zero Mosque people want $5 million for their project – officially and on the record…..

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mmm

Profile like they do in Israel…Arab looking males 18-30…well, I guess that means the Mizrahim and a good part of the Sephardim had better be ready for special treatment…

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mmmm

The recruitment, identification, arrest and prosecution of just those has been much, much higher than you might want to think…

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Southern Comfort – Oh, please anytime the President could take kudos he would, even at the expense of the safety of Americans. And if you don’t belive me there’s some ocean front property in AZ available.

And the two me you spoke about in suits, were they of muslim decent? Did they look like Arabs? If so, I PROFILE them.

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Mr B

Assuming here you’re a MOT, but it never ceases to amaze me how few Arab bashers are aware of just how many Arab Jews there are! Mosad, sure does!

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That is, if we had any trains that actually went anywhere….

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As far as females playing soccer—I’m not sure that most of you don’t realize just how viscous the “fairer sex” can be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMAtxuCpsMU

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Mr B
@ 8:46

Do I get a cigarette afterwards?

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josef nix

November 22nd, 2010
8:53 pm

mmm

Profile like they do in Israel…Arab looking males 18-30…well, I guess that means the Mizrahim and a good part of the Sephardim had better be ready for special treatment
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Holy crap on a stick. THAT was funny. What is even funnier is that M&M paragraph name doesn’t get it. It is WAY over his head lol. Kinda like Dusty not reading the soccer mom article……..

nice response. Another one I would nominate for post of the year………….

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dang, dude, calm down. but yes, it does matter. i’m not trying to ’sell’ anything, just wondering if it actually did cost 200 million per day…i never heard it didn’t, so i guess we should take that as a yes, it did…rather expensive, that’s all..

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Kamchak @ 8:59

Anybody who has sisters is already aware.

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Southern Comfort – I never said don’t check passangers – I SAID PROFILE THE MUSLIMS. You have a problem with that, too bad.

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mmmmmm, mmmmmmm, mmmmmmm,

I showed you a blond haired blue eyed terrorist. Are you really so dense you can’t imagine one getting on a plane? I guess you are.

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“Unlike you I want a SAFE county and we DON’T have it with the current administration.”

Not ONE successful terrorist attack on the US during the Obama administration. Better record than GWB. Just sayin…

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Don’t Forget – Did they blow up a plane? I DON’T THINK SO. And speaking of dense. I said PROFILE the MUSLIMS, not stop the security check for others. READ what is written, NOT what is ASS UMED.

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were they arrested for blowing up planes or flying them into buildings? or were they on a plane at all? just wondering?

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And the two me you spoke about in suits, were they of muslim decent?

Mohammed Atta and Abdulaziz Alomari are the two I’m talking about. Atta was the supposed ring leader. I can’t find the video, but anytime they show a video of the 9/11 perpetrators going thru security, it’s always these two.

One shot of them going thru security.

A closeup of them going thru security.

As far as finding any explosives, why would you think a president would try to take advantage of that? There’s been two different presidents since TSA started. How do you know which president was in office if something was found? Sometimes, national security trumps the media’s need to sensationalize for ratings.

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Mr B, 9/11 happened during the ‘token’ transaction period..so i think that means we can blame that one on Clinton..

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jack bull

November 22nd, 2010
9:02 pm

dang, dude, calm down. but yes, it does matter. i’m not trying to ’sell’ anything, just wondering if it actually did cost 200 million per day…i never heard it didn’t, so i guess we should take that as a yes, it did…rather expensive, that’s all.
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No you should take that as a “there’s no way in hell it COULD.”

That figure was debunked weeks ago.

Oh, and before you even try, I’m NOT a democrat, I’m an independent. I find it my mission to debunk fools on BOTH sides of the aisle. My tireless mission is to get a little bit of TRUTH in these partisan political discussions where fanatical, mindless idiots on both sides spew out the vomitus of whimsical fantasy and lies thinking it somehow “strengthens” their position.

You should see it through my eyes dude. I see the same vitriol from both sides. Everything said is the same except for the names of the “degenerates.”

If you are a pub, President Bush is GOD and President Obama is the anti-christ. If you are a Dem President Obama is God and President Bush is the anti-christ.

I just try to keep the more blatant lies in check……….

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Mr B

Nope no longer a puffer…

But it is funny what people think…we have a set of parents from Algeria and another from Tunesia…as blond and blue-eyed as any Skandahoovian…

The Iraqi-Iranian blond and blue eyed Muslims…yep, and I’ve known blond and blue eyed Iraqi and Irani Jews, too!

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mmmmmm, mmmmmm

What would keep a blond hair blue eyed terrorist from blowing up a plane????? Do you really think the next attack will be just like the last???? You’re makin Wile E Coyote look like a genious.

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Southern Comfort

Why would you think a president would try to take advantage of that?

Because, it’s what every first term president wants – A 2nd term.

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Because, it’s what every first term president wants – A 2nd term.

Suppose something like that happened during Bush’s 2nd term. What would be the rationale for broadcasting that and spooking the public into not flying?

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josef: As M&Ms has pointed out, ALL terroist look like Osama, and the TSA is just gropin, folks ’cause their all dunmmycrat preverts….

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Southern Comfort

November 22nd, 2010
9:14 pm
I never said don’t check passangers – I SAID PROFILE THE MUSLIMS. You have a problem with that, too bad.

And my point to you is how do you determine who’s a Muslim just by looking at them? Islam is the preferred religion of 1/6 of the world’s population. The religion is practiced in countries all around the world by people of all ethnic backgrounds.

You just don’t get it, do you. Start with the ones that DO LOOK it and you still have scanning for the rest of us, including those that don’t “loolk” Muslim.

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