Telling friend from foe, and foe from annoyance

I’m supposed to leave for work but I’m too scared to go outside.

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Jay, that first point, I’m sure you meant to post “It is disturbingly easy to…”

And yes, it is. (not that I think he’s actually shocked and stunned. He’s just assuming that swing voters are even dumber than they actually are.)

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I was going to say that it’s just the Republican way. Treat everything like a threat and make America fear it. To them, to take the stand of moderate, rational intercourse to a problem, without the flag waving or sword rattling, is just an act of cowardice.

But…what would you expect from a Party that has a high school bully as their..er…man?

Once again I quote: “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent”.

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Romney is sounding a little scary.

But we all know whatever Flip Romney says has to be taken w/ a grain of salt. Who the hell knows what this guy will do once in office and if he’s saying these things to appear like a far right-wing conservative.

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What I don’t understand is on one hand the conservatives will say, over and over, that we should not be the police of the world. Let everyone else pay for that but they will take a stance like Romney (really Cheney and the neo-cons) and want to attack any country that they deem a threat.

So which is it going to be? Will the real Republican Party please stand up.

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From the “awww, isn’t that sweet?” files.

Though Mr. Romney rarely mentions Mr. Cheney on the campaign trail, he did bring him up at a town hall in September, recalling having watched the former vice president field a variety of questions during an interview on C-Span he had seen.

The two men will probably have some time on Thursday for a private meeting.

Some precious alone-time, that’s so hard to find in these rough-and-tumble, trying-to-have-it-all work and play schedules.

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the abuse of the folks at the NAACP convention

like I said (and so did Nancy Pelosi, in essence) — Mitt wasn’t speaking to black Americans by addressing the NAACP, he was shoring up his White Power base.

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I thought Bill Kristol was Mitt’s foreign policy braintrust.

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Recon,

Care to site any real evidence of your claim? Fox, Drudge, and Rush are not considered credible sites for you evidence.

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Romney is a candidate for
President. They often
promise things they either
can’t or won’t do if elected.
Government is based on
fear and protection.

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” A true American, Mitt is, of uncommon valor and courage, a self made man who asked for nothing more than the opportunity to prove himself. ”
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It’s a little early for Jack Daniels isn’t it?

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Romney is hot air filling a suit, shirt and tie!

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TiredOfIt

Beats Hannity at 8am, though -

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It’s a little early for Jack Daniels isn’t it?

yeah, the “self made” business is a hoot. Mitt didn’t get any handouts from his CEO and Governor dad, nope. He just got priceless business contacts, funding for his education and a couple of years’ ministry in France.

but no handouts.

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Mitt is showing real courage by speaking to the NAACP? What is next “courage by appearing on Toddlers and Tiaras”? Maybe an appearance to explain Shamus to PETA–that would be more courageous.

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“Tell that to guys who’ve moved from the kill list to the killed list.”

Tell that to our young people in the military who’re on the KIA list because of an inept CnC.

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Does this REALLY surprise you, Jay???

The GOP just luuuuuuuuuz to peddle fear … fear of other countries, fear of ideas, fear of anyone / anything that’s different.

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Romney doesn’t know a thing about how to run a country. He certainly knows how to be a bully though, as evidenced over his whole life, including what he did at Bain to many companies. Sure, he made a few friends (aka successful businesses) but he also bullied a lot of other companies into the ground. If corporations are people, do they ALSO have to be thrown on the ground and have their hair cut?

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Mitt is hunting votes and
he probably killed a few.

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“Romney doesn’t know a thing about how to run a country.”

Neither does Obama.

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“My conclusions?”

Vote for Obama!

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Recon

“Tell that to our young people in the military who’re on the KIA list because of an inept CnC.”

Okay, I’ll bite.

Just what are you talking about this morning?

Seems like some of our Vietnam-era posters have confused a ‘free fire zone’ with a ‘fact-free zone.’

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““Romney doesn’t know a thing about how to run a country.”

Neither does Obama.”

So MiltonMan, if neither know a thing about how to run a country (which you just conceded) who are you voting for?

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The spin machine turned a really bad press event for Romney at the NAACP convention into a “Whitey is Strong” bit of nonsense, huh?

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From The American Conservative

Jonathan Bernstein comments on what he calls Romney’s “astounding exaggeration on Iran”:

Which raises two broader points. One is that there really does seem to be a divide within the Republican Party between a more cautious and traditional foreign policy approach, and the kind of of bellicose and grandiose national security thinking that still, apparently, sees the Iraq War as a great success. Which side is Romney with? That’s a good question for the next reporter who gets a chance to sit down with him.

It is a good question, but Romney’s answer on Iran would already give us a good idea of how he would respond. Let’s not forget that Romney’s expression of his complete and lack of respect for the Constitution and representative government came in response to a question about Bill Kristol’s support for a Congressional authorization for the use of force against Iran. Romney has adopted a position on executive power and military action that distinguishes him as more hawkish and less restrained than Bill Kristol. That being the case, is there really any doubt at this point about which side Romney takes in the intra-party policy debate?

Bernstein is partly right that Romney has been able to keep his positions vague, but there have been several occasions when he has stated with startling clarity exactly what he intends to do (or not do). He will wreck the relationship with Russia, he won’t negotiate with the Taliban, and he will be more likely to order an attack on Iran (and he believes he can do this on his own authority). The trouble is that Romney makes statements that seem so far removed from reality that journalists and pundits usually just shrug their shoulders and dismiss it as campaign hyperbole. They say to themselves, “No one could be foolish enough to do what he says he’ll do!” Romney has been able to brush off a series of foreign policy blunders that would normally be considered major liabilities if they had been made by someone who was supposed to know what he was talking about. Romney’s inexperience and incompetence on foreign policy have become very effective political shields.

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Yes that Chavez is one swell guy:

Your binary mind is…. well, stupid.

Somehow “Chavez is not a threat” must be turned into “Chavez is awesome and our friend.” What a load of bullsh*t.

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“The GOP just luuuuuuuuuz to peddle fear … fear of other countries, fear of ideas, fear of anyone / anything that’s different”

…and the libs flying drones over farmers to monitor fecal material, forcing us to have “free” healthcare, bailing out bums who cannot afford a house, etc., etc. is such a better alternative???

I guess Obama’s pledge to seek out Iran and have talks/negotiations has worked out so well.

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As I’ve always stated. Its best to be feared than laughed at. And that’s what we have now with Oblama… Bowing and apologizing to world leaders is not what I call leadership and I think the American people see it… Its just simply not the issue…

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Flip a coin.

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As I’ve always stated. Its best to be feared than laughed at.

well, it must doubly suck to be you, then.

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dB – 8:30 –

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I suppose this was inevitable.

We lost Iraq and Afghanistan as a threat, so we picked China as a threat.

China kinda faded, so we latched onto Iran.

Now that’s faded, too, so we latch onto Venezuela.

Is it just me, or has the quality of the threats to America’s way of life, liberty and standing in the world gone seriously downhill?

That’s gotta be Obama’s fault, too.

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“What good are nuclear weapons if you can’t use them?”
Bill Kristol…………….neocon creep.

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flying drones over farmers to monitor fecal material

Back in my day, we monitored the fecal material by hand, and we liked it!

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“Keep making up a record for Obama guys, it’s working out for you pretty well isn’t it? Obama still above 60% probability of winning re-election.”

Based upon what exactly??? His 44% approval rating? You libs were so convinced that 2010 would not be a big deal but ended getting shell-lacked.

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dB – 8:34 – well, you really had to have a nose for it … but, if you had a good job as fecal monitoring, it really was the business … my uncle, he was #1 in the #2 business … but he was always pooped at the end of the day

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has the quality of the threats to America’s way of life, liberty and standing in the world gone seriously downhill?

I was looking at the list-by-GDP to see where Venezuela ranked.

Maybe we can drop down another thirty places, and start making Slovakia the next booga-booga be-very-afraid target.

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I agree Jay,not important,what,s important is the economy stink,s so bad we need someone else to give it a shot because this man does not know his ass from a hole in the ground.

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but he was always pooped at the end of the day

“So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on ‘em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you’d say. Now where was I… oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion tied to my belt, which was the style at the time. You couldn’t get white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones… ”

–Thomas Jefferson

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USinUK

First time I saw that, when Romney got to “end of quote”
I nearly cried from laughter….

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ADAM,

Say what you want about the drones, but Al Qadea/Taliban are terror organizations that use suicide bombers murdering innocents to create fear to get their way. The drones put the fear of Allah into them and don’t kill as many innocents. I say they are a good thing and highly support them. Best of all, they save American lives and I’m all for that.

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ah yes, the ol’ criticizing of “conservative media” on a “liberal media” forum…otherwise known as the “but my sh@t don’t stink” theorem.

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I seem to have lost track, how many things is Romney going to do on day 1?

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Wasn’t he going to make friends with Iran?

No. He just wasn’t going to make stupid jokes about bombing them.

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Y’all do realize that when President Bush left office, the unemployment rate was over 7%?
Yes sir, the GOP has always been bullish on jobs and you are correct; It IS the economy and it IS getting better…in spite of the Republican foot dragging. THAT is what will be remembered come November.

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At least it shouldn’t take much of a tax cut to fund Mitt’s invasion of Venezuela.

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“Y’all do realize that when President Bush left office, the unemployment rate was over 7%?”

and the economy was hemorraging -850K jobs/MONTH

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He’s riddled with the cancer of leftism.

Stay classy, Terrance.

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Paul
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Just goes to show,,,,,,,,,violent pychosis is not limited to any party.
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We will see Obama’s “calm steady” hand leading up to the election…IF obama has a chance of losing.
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I wouldn’t want to be a brown person living in the Middle East.
It won’t be a mere Wedding mass murder.

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He’s riddled with the
cancer of leftism.
……..
genetic. because he has
a south paw.

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DOGGONE/GA

So those lost in a war on the wrong country under his watch will rise from their graves?

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Frankly, I wished Mittens had done something more like this:

http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2012/07/11/r-money-iz-in-the-hizzouse/

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East lake 8:52

He’s right. Nothing is free.

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Ah, the “Mitt Romney standing up to black people” meme is in full force already ….

Well that was quick. /sarc

Rube strategy. Works. Like. A. Charm.

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The REAL threat to Obama is sixteen year-old American citizens looking for their fathers.

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So, when’s the blog on the economy coming?

In other late breaking, but boring news, Romney was shocked and stunned by the car repair bill I just paid. Obama thinks it is unfair that I had to put it on my credit card, and declares a new tax to help people like me pay the bill.

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How’s that Iranian “engagement” going?

Good job O.

Hoooheee. Obama is a joke.

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Foreign policy isn’t going to get a lot of attention in this race, but as we’ve learned the hard way, a single unexpected event can suddenly make it the most important item on the national agenda. To my mind, Obama has provided a calm, steady hand in foreign affairs; there is every sign that Romney would provide leadership of a different sort.

– Jay Bookman

The key phrase here is ” in my mind”. That to me means what comes after is pretty much worthless!

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Speaking of rube strategy:

If you think that Barack Obama is weak and Mr. Romney gonna get tough on them for’un en’mies, well then, you’re probably someone with the kind of mind where you make statements like “riddled with the cancer of leftism”.

Not super-bright in other words.

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Jm 8:59

You’re trying to make the case the sanctions pushed by the Obama Administration have no detrimental effect? Not even on internal Iranian politics?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6b9F9IiAZw&feature=player_embedded

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How’s that Iranian “engagement” going?

Wow. /shaking head

What can you say about the display of jingoistic, knuckle-draggery displayed day in and day out on this blog?

It’s an embarrassment of riches just surveying all the inane statements you see hear each hour shooting fish in a very small barrel.

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Apparently I’m supposed to be more outraged by what Romney does with his money than what Obama does with mine!

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“If you think that Barack Obama is weak and Mr. Romney gonna get tough on them for’un en’mies”

well, you know, he DID tackle the gay guy in high school and cut his hair … so you know he’s rough-n-tough …

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“Apparently I’m supposed to be more outraged by what Romney does with his money than what Obama does with mine!”

oh, how cute!!! Mr Right can repeat a mememememe

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Someone needs to make sure that Recon dude gets on the no “cry” list.

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Wudn’t a been wurth nuthin as a post-Atwater/-Rove GOP campaign strategy without the — god I’m yawning already and I’m only half way through this — obligatory ‘visit’ to the NAACP to pay my backslappin respects to the blacks. You know there’s such a pesky bunch, always gotta be payin lip service to ‘em. Good thing they’re not the politically radical and clever activists they were back in the day, whew. Otherwise I might have to actually sweat a little and be on my toes if I ever dared pay them a visit.

When the historians are sifting through the remains of the great country’s late days of empire, they’ll not be worth their salts of they don’t zero in on just such acts of pure empty cynicism as this, bringing to bear their fully stocked Edward Gibbon archaeological dig kits.

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“Did you even read the link, scan it at least?” – Yeah. But when he said “nothing is really free”, he’s absolutely correct.

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As I understand politics, it’s okay to get a bad reception when giving a speech. What’s not dandy is to know you will get a bad reception and use it to your advantage.

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I picture Bookman handling the New Black Panthers. Bookman gets his readership by bashing Romney; he never mentions that he voted for Romney.

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But when he said “nothing is really free”,

golly, who here used to enjoy telling the YouLibs that, every time he posted?

It’s on the tip of my tongue.

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USinUK,

Somehow I don’t think Joseph knows the relationship between cause and effect…

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East Lake Ira

BTW, atleast Romney had the balls to go speak to the NAACP. Obama’s sending his sidekick to do his work for him. You think Obama would ever talk to a group of white Tea Party supporters knowing he doesn’t have their vote? Yeah right.

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Exactly what is it about the Bush/Cheney foreign policy that the cons want to see back in power?

The invasion of a country that was not a threat and gross mismanagement of the war?
The gross mismanagement of the war in afghanistan?
North Korea turning into a nuclear power?

Much like leaving the country in the worst financial mess since the Great Depression, the foreign policy legacy of these loons is just as bad…

YEAH! that was awesome, lets do it AGAIN!!!

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Bros, Joe — do I gotta now add “(SfBA)” to my screen handle, since I’m now Spokesman for Black America?

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Jm

“Obama was just going to actually talk with Iran

And everything was going to be ok”

Do you have any source at all that documents that was the strategy and the desired outcome?

Aside from Rush and Hannity as sources, that is.

See, this is another example where the Right asserts what Obama tried and why he tried it, in a situation that does not have the outcome they assert, then they use that to state he failed.

It’s like saying “Toyota’s chairman says they’re going to produce a line of hybrid cars and in two years they will replace gasoline-only cars. Hybrids haven’t replaced gas-powered cars, therefore Toyota failed.”

(You can substitute ‘Obama” “Iran” and “everything will be swell” in that quite easily. And it’s about as true, too).

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Normal: Whether or not I agree with the drone strikes, they are accomplishing the goal they set out to accomplish and we know all about them because of transparency. And my overall major point was that Obama’s foreign policy record is clear. It is STRONG, and he is showing LEADERSHIP.

I still disagree with the drone wars. Now we don’t even need to have a human cost to war, and if a Romney or other hawk were to ever get into office you can bet our killing would increase while we enjoy nice fat tax cut checks here at home. “We believe in all these things and they won’t cost anybody anything.”

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CIA admits drone strike killed six in Wisconsin wedding party(at least the “wedding crashers”escaped unscathed).
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After a three months of investigations, the CIA now admits that a NATO Predator drone flew off course on July 10 of this year and mistakenly launched a missile strike on a wedding reception being held in Pamperin Park in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

CIA investigators report that the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which was flying missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, misidentified the Miller-Peterson wedding celebrants for Taliban insurgents and launched an attack, killing six and wounding 17.

After failed attempts to establish radio contact with what were then suspected to be militants and having no other indication that the attendees were actually “friendlies,” the drone operator was given a go-ahead to launch the attack on the gathering. On that fateful Saturday evening, the Predator drone soaring a mile over the north Green Bay suberbs launched its radar-guided AGM-114 Hellfire missile and struck the reception area with pinpoint accuracy, just as the DJ was announcing the arrival of the wedding party.

The explosion caused the collapse of the nearby gazebo that held the wedding cake, launched charred tables, chairs and wedding guests out of the blast zone and destroyed the sign-in table, leaving the bride devastated and totally embarrassed.

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Those immediately killed in the attack included the Best Man, the photographer and four guests on the bride’s side. Among the wounded were the couple’s parents, two groomsmen, several friends no one had seen since college and two wedding crashers who later fled from the hospital before being identified.

“This completely ruined my wedding,” the recently married Melissa Peterson-Miller told investigators. “First, theflowers were all wrong, then Rodney [Stevens, one of the groomsmen who was injured in the attack] threw up on the cheese tray at the rehearsal dinner last night, and now this!”

The incident report reveals that the drone pilot believed the targets on the ground appeared to be militants wielding weapons and firing them into the air in an act of aggression. It turns out, the guests were merely conducting a “raise the roof” dance move as part of the DJ’s appeal for support and “a little energy” while the wedding party arrived to take their seats at the head table.

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Hey, Mitt when you gonna show your tax returns?

Even your dad said “one year can be a fluke”.

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Barking Frog,

Where is that wrong? I don’t go into many situations hoping to get hurt, lose money, or lose other people’s money. If I want to do something charitable, I look for the best way to do that too. What’s the problem?

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Jm (LL) -pass TSPLOST silly people

July 12th, 2012
9:15 am

Does the Tea Party have the guts to RESPECT and LISTEN to Obama? Nope
Did Romney go and specifically address concerns of the black community…like CUTTING education spending….crime…?? Nope

I heard the speech LIVE….and replayed it to verify the nuances!! Romney wasn’t confrontational…but he WAS adversarial!! When you have to bus in 200 supporters to get the applause he GOT…and the message was antithetical to the black community, what else would you expect?? It was the policies he eschewed that got him booed…….

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MiltonMan — “North Korea, South Korea & China among others have a larger military than the US.”

I don’t know if you’ve ever SEEN a North Korean soldier, but the *supposedly* elite ones they have guarding the border at Panmunjom look like scrawny, underfed teenagers. I could take half a dozen of them my ownself, and I’m a creaky old disabled veteran.

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CALLED IT!

[golf clap]

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Thomas Heyward Jr.
July 12th, 2012
9:25 am

OMG! Wow…

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godless heathen

“I thought it was the Bush tax cuts that were extended by the Obama administration.”

Well of course they were. But Republicans also tell us jobs growth under Obama has been a failure, so obviously tax cuts don’t create jobs, do they?

So any idea why it is Republicans keep pushing tax cuts!

Dingdingdingdingding!!!!

I know!!! I know!!!

Because the wealthiest couple percent didn’t get a big enough tax cut to create jobs, that’s why!!!!!!!

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Bros? Bring me some m-f’n iced tea, then.

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Jm (LL) -pass TSPLOST silly people

July 12th, 2012

Does Obama have the guts to go talk to the tea party? Nope

Did they have the guts to invite him?

Let’s remember that although booed for his Obamacare statement, Mr. Romney was given a respectful standing ovation by the NAACP upon his entrance.

Would the Tea Party be so well bahaved?

9:15 am

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Ira — “JM & Peadawg – Did you even read the link, scan it at least? Mitt is cynically using his reception at the NAACP for support and votes. His positioning of the AA community as “the other” the “they” the “the ones you should fear” is sickening and disgusting. ”

My wife and I were discussing this last night, and we concluded that Romney’s appearance at the NAACP event was not *aimed* at the NAACP membership, or at black Americans in general.

It was aimed at his base.

Romney can now use that event as evidence that he *tried* to speak calmly and respectfully to the leadership of those mean, hateful black folks, and they booed him. As a consequence, everyone should help Romney heal from his owie by sending him lots of cash and checks, and by voting for him. That’ll make the hurt go away.

Again, folks, that appearance wasn’t for *gaining* black votes. It was about gaining conservative votes and about shoring up his base. Think about it.

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OMG…. Heyward…. You truly must me kidding. A 11.11.2010 story from “THE CHICAGO DOPE” (never true….always accurate).

http://www.thechicagodope.com/2010/11/11/cia-admits-drone-strike-killed-six-in-wisconsin-wedding-party/

Guess we know who the dope really is.

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do I gotta now add “(SfBA)” to my screen handle, since I’m now Spokesman for Black America?

To quote Barry White, “Sho’ You Right!!”
Welcome aboard, SfD…….

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Is there a problem in the whole entire universe that libs can’t solve with a tax increase on the rich?

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I noticed Luckovich did not include any “Intelligent” white guys in the GOP. Then again, how else should he handle the occassional outlier, should one arise.

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Paul, The meme from the left is that the tax cuts don’t create jobs, unemployment is at 8%, but the stimulus worked great, unemployment is at 8%.

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Jay

“Can’t stand the competition, Grits? Afraid your “beautiful mind” might be tainted by information you do not wish to encounter?”

Nah….

Grits (Sinkwich?) has his “Ilk Deflector Shield” firmly in place.

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How many problems have been solved by the GOP tax cuts, Ben.

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I’m 67 with 30 years in the US Army.
Will I be recalled when Romney/Cheney/Wolfowitz (?) get in office?

Latest rumor is Cheney is bucking for an encore as VP.

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Hey Mitt, why is one of your top campaign donors under justice department investigation for aiding clients to create illegal off shore tax havens?

BTW, why do you have off shore accounts again? Just for shlt’s and giggles?

Oh yeah, where are those tax returns? Every other presidential candidate releases them, why not you?

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Obama: if we just talk with Iran, and engage them, then this thing can be solved

How are those conversations going O?

Hilarious. Obama the rube.

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JHM: My wife and I were discussing this last night, and we concluded that Romney’s appearance at the NAACP event was not *aimed* at the NAACP membership, or at black Americans in general.

And if he didn’t speak to the NAACP you and wifey would be concluding that the reason Romney didn’t speak to the NAACP would be to appease his base, the old white guys that comprise 99.99999999% of the Republican voters.

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Hey Heyward….

You fell for that SATIRE?

Now that’s funny.

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“How many problems have been solved by the GOP tax cuts, Ben.”

I don’t know, ask Bill Clinton. He advised Obama to extend them.

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A Simple Man
July 12th, 2012
9:27 am
Barking Frog,
Where is that wrong? I don’t
go into many situations
hoping to get hurt, lose
money, or lose other
people’s money. If I want to
do something charitable, I
look for the best way to do
that too. What’s the
problem?
…………..
I did not say it was wrong
or a problem.

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I’m loving the cynicism regarding Romney giving roughly the same speech to the NAACP as he does everywhere else…It’s misguided cynicism, but cynicism nonetheless…I just wish it would catch on and spread to other areas.

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for the next guy who plays the “how about the college TRANSCRIPTS, huh? ‘cuz we all know that Knee Grows is stoopit and can’t get into Ivy League skoolz without ‘Firmative Axshun.” card?

Some heartfelt advice.

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Seems like Romney is in a lose-lose situation w/ this NCAAP thing. If he didn’t go, people would be screaming he’s indeed racist and doesn’t care about blacks.

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How dare Mitt Romney address the NAACP. How dare Mitt Romney tell the truth about his policies and explain his reasoning. How dare a (very few) media outlets mention that he received occasional applause. According to the little blue book, all of the ajc employees are now obligated to cover their ears and chant la la la

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B. Shockley — “You can try to spin it any way you want, but Romney ain’t the one who acted badly in this instance.”

Shrug. Don’t care. You’re missing my point, which I pretty much expect you to do.

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I don’t know

I know, Ben.

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Romney didn’t tell the truth about his policies. He said he’d repeal Obamacare and then put damn near everything that was in it (ESPECIALLY the dreaded REGULATIONS and RULES) back in place.

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The black community is monolithic in their voting habits and ideology, and they make no attempt to listen respectfully to the other side.

How do you explain Powell, Rice, Thomas, et. al.? That monolithic crap is nothing but an epic failure of the supposedly party of conservatives attempts or lack thereof of connecting with Black conservatives. When you paint someone into a corner with such a broad brush, how else do you expect them to respond when they are approached by people who buy into those perceptions?

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It’s misguided cynicism, but cynicism nonetheless…

ty, I’ll admit that some of us might be giving Team Romney a bit too much credit (for lack of a better word).

They might not have been playing 11th dimensional chess; it might have been an “either way it goes, we can play this as a net positive”, bog-standard kinda booking.

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“Not to bright” or

Not too bright

Ok…..

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“How do you explain Powell, Rice, Thomas, et. al.?”

Brosephus,
didn’t you get the memo? “sellouts” don’t count.

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Kind of like John Lewis showing up at that Tea Party rally, huh? Only Lewis got treated respectfully, unlike Romney.

Who the f*** is John Lewis?

The question pretty much answers whether or not I should care about who the Tea Party respects.

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Obama: hey dude, will you just stop building the nukes? Please?

Iran: GFY

Well that didn’t quite work out did it?

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G. Heathen — “And if he didn’t speak to the NAACP you and wifey would be concluding”

If I were you, I’d get my money back on that Home Telepathy Kit you bought off the teevee. Because it’s not working. (laughing)

Seriously, if you want to know what I think, then ask me. Leaping to uninformed conclusions about what I think will pretty much always result in a mistaken conclusion on your part.

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Don’t feed the B.S. Troll

Yes those are his initials and also what his posts are comprised of

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“Who the f*** is John Lewis?”

Tells me everything I need to know about your intellectual; standing, thanks.

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Just saying.

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Ben Shockley!!

Hi!!!!

““The Great Diverter is back, it seems”

Yes, Bookman is doing an admirable job diverting attention from Obama’s record on the economy and jobs, just as his handlers have instructed him to do.”

Oh goody! You’re here to set the gold standard of an example? Great!

Before spinning off into another of “Ben Shockley’s Amazing Stories and Little-Known Facts”

do you have that source for your assertion the other day that the top 1 percent pay about 90 percent of taxes?

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Tax increases during Clinton years. Result: Growth and a balanced budget
Tax cuts during Bush years. Result: stagnant jobs, eventual deep recession.

Surely you don’t look at the world that simplistically, Adam?

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The usual lib reaction to opposing opinion is to shout it down, as oppsoed to engage in meaningful discourse. Kind of like Romney’s speech to the NAACP and kind of like this blog.

1) Play the race card
2) Blame tax cuts for the rich
3) rinse, repeat

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Blacks vote over 90% Democrat. Fact.

Who gives a flying sh*t other than you? 90% of GOP votes came from Whites. Fact. Still doesn’t mean jack sh*t other than the GOP does a piss poor job of convincing ACTUAL conservatives for voting for them. Makes one wonder if the current incarnation of the GOP is really trying to reach all conservatives or just ones that believe the hype.

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Adam:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/20/tea-party-protests-nier-f_n_507116.html

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Brosephus, are you getting angry? LMAO. Facts do that to liberals I guess.

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“Obama has provided a calm, steady hand in foreign affairs” Yeah, if you’re the enemy…he’ll take their side over ours. What a freakin sellout.

While Venezuela is small, they should e treated no differently than we treated the Soviets in the Cold War. Lock them out of our economy. Personally, I won’t buy gas from a Citgo station. Chavez can go do something with himself.

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Romney’s schtick is getting old fast. Everything Obama says or does, Romney is shocked or appalled.

I’m appalled that the cons would nominate such a lying, money grubbing, war mongerer for pres.

Oh, nevermind. That describes the entire GOP and their gullible voters.

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“The usual lib reaction to opposing opinion is to shout it down, as oppsoed to engage in meaningful discourse. Kind of like Romney’s speech to the NAACP and kind of like this blog.

1) Play the race card
2) Blame tax cuts for the rich
3) rinse, repeat”

only to people who don’t seem to have critical thinking skills – I’ve seen far more reasoned debated BACKED UP BY FACTS from the left on this blog than I EVER have from the right

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Adam – “…including what he did at Bain to many companies.”

which companies and what did he and Bain do?

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Our President wins the foreign policy argument.

Next?

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dB – SfBA – 10:02 – may weeeee

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Jay,
looks like another bad day for Penn St…I’d be expecting a call asking for a donation fairly soon…they’re going to need the money, and lots of it.

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which companies and what did he and Bain do?

My personal favorite? Providing $75 million to No Fetus Can BeatUs.

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stands

I would, but gas is now at $8 a gallon, thanks to Obama, and I can’t afford it.

Could you give me a ride?

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Run along ben.

You are done here.

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“As to getting angry, nope, I wouldn’t waste the energy it takes to build up anger on you.”

Then why all the profanity in your other post?

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“Our President wins the foreign policy argument.”

LMAO

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By the way, Bro…pointing out that blacks vote over 90% Dem isn’t playing the race card. It’s playing the fact card.

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Someone should invent a Romney doll where you pull a string and it says stuff like “shocking, largest, worse ever,…” and put that in front of the cameras so he can bury himself even more into a closet and not have to face his real thoughts on something. He could be backed up by a group call the Talking Points, with that ditsy blond women and the painted on smile, Ari, Bay Buchanan.

There is no standing army in the world that is going to invade us now that Russia has bankrupted trying. So the Republican invent forces of evil almost insulting our intelligence and when we go after the third world countries we show we are not so fearsome ourselves. To fight a war you have to have your heart into the deal. These countries we invade have more on the line, we are their like traveling salesmen wanting to be home. We loss a lot more that the war when we fight these things, we lose our heart and the respect we have in our worldwide community. All this is Greek to the right but ever since Vietnam we have lost ourselves as a nation.

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Conservatives – why are you suddenly backing this Romney clown, when he was skewered by the true conservatives during the primary?

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Lefties love Castro, why wouldn’t they love Chavez?

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“Too bad those critical thinking skills don’t translate to independance and self reliance, but instead lead to government dependance and liberal bed-wetting.”

considering that the states that are net RECIPIENTS of federal dollars are RED STATES, that’s effing RICH.

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pointing out that blacks vote over 90% Dem isn’t playing the race card. It’s playing the fact card.

Why is there a need to single out Black, with a capital B, voters at all? Americans are Americans regardless to what race they are. If one wasn’t so focused on racial issues, why would you need to play that “fact” card? I don’t recall anybody here, including you, ever making the claim to be an intellectual giant. I hope you realize that burning all that straw could lead to wildfires like Colorado has.

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From CBS news:

While Republicans lambast the cost of implementing health care reform, a new report shows that their efforts to repeal the law have come at a major cost to taxpayers — to the tune of nearly $50 million.

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Paul, I think you are laboring under the mis-impression that I answer to you. But I’ll humor you, because I’m feeling generous.

If you lefties are so great at critical thinking, why can’t you provide your own health insurance, invest your own money for retirement, decide where to send your own kids to school, etc? Is it because your critical thinking and analysis leads you to the conclusion that you really just aren’t smart enough to handle those things, and you’d rather just turn total control of your lives over to government?

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G. Heathen — “Sorry JHM, You are correct.”

Yes, I am.

“I should have stated, “It is my opinion, based on my observations of JHM’s previous purely partisan analysis, that he and the wifey would be critical of Romney for not speaking to the NAACP just as much they would be for him speaking to the NAACP.”

Yes, you should have. Then I would have simply disregarded your uninformed speculation.

Once again, I spent over 20 years voting with the GOP, and a dozen years volunteering for them as well. When you set me up as some sort of dyed-in-the-wool liberal, you’re not only demonstrating that you *haven’t* been paying attention to anything I say; you’re also demonstrating that you’re not very good at analysis and thought yourself.

In other words, you make yourself look like a jackass. Once again, if you want to know what I think, then ask me.

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Could you give me a ride?

Sure. Mind you, this scooter might have a bit of trouble with the steeper hills, if we’re gonna go two-up.

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LOL. Still waiting for documentation that I made anything up. Good luck with that.

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When you meet someone who says they are voting for Obama they are a foe and an annoyance.

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By the way, when you invoke Kamchak, a blogger who never ever adds anything of substance to the debate, but exists purely to throw out snarky little witticisms (that are more feeble than witty) and who is a regular attendee at DragonCon, well…………maybe you shoud start your struggle for credibility elsewhere.

I’d also stay away from getalife and JamVet. Never add anything but vapidity….

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B. Shockley — “LOL. Still waiting for documentation that I made anything up. Good luck with that.”

Okay, here you go, Sonny. From earlier in ths thread:

“You can try to spin it any way you want, but Romney ain’t the one who acted badly in this instance.”

http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2012/07/12/telling-friend-from-foe-and-foe-from-annoyance/?cp=4#comment-1010587

Show me where I said that Romney acted badly. Otherwise, it’s something you made up.

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Why even engage in conversation with the Ben Shockley troll?

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T. Webb — “I love when commenters who repeatedly make the most partisan comments, consistently from one particular ideological perspective, claim to be somewhat neutral.”

I love it when commenters consistently misrepresent the words of others, put words in their mouths and then demand that *their* version of what the other person said be taken as gospel truth — while simultaneously demanding what the poster *actually* said must be disregarded.

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Congratulations JHM…you don’t even understand your own post.

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More Dragon*Con…… seems to be an obsession of a certain poster’s childishness. Me thinks he doth protesteth too much (he must have lost a costume contest)

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I rest my case

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“Ben-why the continual hating on Dragoncon?”

Makes as much sense as hating on peopl who don’t want government running their lives.

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Why even engage in conversation with the Ben Shockley troll?

You ever see a cat play with a ball of yarn or a mouse? Sometimes it’s just fun.

Although I do understand your point, and I’ll cease with chumming the water under the bridge.

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Steve is rising on the charts like a bullet. At #3 but shooting for the #1 spot with a new hit “You’re too foolish for me”

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“Especially if you abbreviate it “KC by BS””

damn.

I mean.

just.

damn.

Paul … saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaLUTE!!! for your entire 10:27

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“I’m still trying to figure out how government is running my life…”

seee???? that’s JUST how canny it is … it’s running your life and you don’t even know it!!!

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Romney claimed he spoke with Sr. Leaders after his speach and they were supportive.

Bullhockey:
Many of Romney’s claims were debunked by Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy and the Director of the Washington Bureau of the NAACP, Hilary Shelton who said that the only African Americans Romney met with after his speech were those that he brought with him. Mr. Shelton explained that Mitt Romney flew in his own African-American supporters who were not affiliated with the NAACP, in order to have some people in the crowd cheering for him.

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My, my, but hasn’t the morning crew been busy little beavers today…

On topic (I know, I’m late and nobody really cares what I have to say about it and if they do, we ARE in trouble) but: how significant is Venezuela? Well, it didn’t take anytime at all for us to leave that matter and go on to other things. No need to make a big issue of it in the campaign since it will probably draw a yawn there, too.

The Imam’s got it right. Chavez is a tin horn dictator from another generation, His sole “importance” on the world stage is as a nettle to the US and he can’t even get a good itch going there. Domestically, he’s a tragedy for the Venezuelans. The good news there is that try as he might, he’s not been able to shut up/down the dissenters. He’ll be yesterday’s news soon enough.

Obama’s (Hillary’s and Susan’s) foreign policy? So far, so good. Slow, measured and no great swings one way or the other in our traditional policies. He needs to get his human rights act in gear, imauo, but then, that’s one of my big issues and not his.

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Bro – “You ever see a cat play with a ball of yarn or a mouse?”

Do I ever talk about what you do behind closed doors?

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Bro – I don’t think the words #2 and “try harder” should be in the same sentence … unless fiber is involved

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TP…I have….you?

Erwin,

You must be referring to your claim of Bain “creating hundreds of thousands of jobs.” Tell me again how many of those jobs already existed when Bain took over and how many were created during Bain’s involvement and what role Mitt played at Bain during that time. You know, some of that “cheesy” data analysis that you’ve done.

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Hey ben Shockley. How dumb is Obama?

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TP – keep up..I never said “created”..I said employed at a BC company…
I’m sure you’d prefer those 500k people were unemployed so you could hate some more

Aren’t you tired of my leg yet?

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yawn

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Ben Shockley seems to not understand that opinions are not facts and that his opinions are in fact wrong.

Ben Shockley appears to spend a lot of time watching the likes of Shemp H. and Teary-eyes Beck taking notes with the firm belief that they speak the truth.

Ben Shockley is thankfully only one vote.

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“Hey ben Shockley. How dumb is Obama?”

Even reading from a teleprompter he said there are 57 states in the union.

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In terms of American geopolitical policy, every single Republican president and major candidate since Richard Nixon has been a complete idiot.

Worse, some of them, ReAgan and GWB for example, have been utterly inept and deadly to American and allies lives.

Romney is another would be idiot and chickenhawk incompetent.

But he knows the Republican voters well.

BOO!

BE VEWWY, VEWWY AFWAID!!!

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East Lake Ira seems not to understand the very same thing.

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Actually, I misspoke in my last.

GHWB was NOT a complete boob in this matter…

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“He started two fewer wars than President Bush, ended one and is working on ending the other, and oversaw the ‘getting’ of OBL, which is something President Bush couldn’t do.”

Joe, absolute bull defecation. He claimed throughout his campaign that Afghanistan was the war to win and that Iraq was a mistake. His commanding general in Afghanistan requests the combat personnel and supporting arms to conduct a similar surge that worked in Iraq during the Bush administration. Obama sits on that request for several months and then approves a scaled down version along with his bone headed announcement of a troop draw down and withdrawal timetable. Now the war that Obama stated was the war to win is instead the one we’re losing. As for Iraq the war that Obama deemed to be a mistake is now free of a ruthless dictator who could have become even a greater threat to the region as well as to our own national security. Iraq today is far more stable than Afghanistan. Now for OBL the Intel for his termination was gathered long before Obama set foot in the White House and if rumored reports are true he had to be dragged kicking and screaming to authorizing the operation. Shortly after the successful SEAL TEAM operation the leaking White House leaks sensitive information that puts our SOCOM units at risk for the sole purpose of making this presidential failure look like a hero to gullible voters. You say you like facts, well now you have some.

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Mental Ben is back??

Is he still averring that heathen is a liberal?

Clueless with a capital C…

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TaxPayer

July 12th, 2012
10:38 am

You are referring to that nasty substance named Pepsi, right? Right?!

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Come on, Erwin. Give me a little bit to work with here. I mean, it’s only been what now, afew minutes, since you claimed to have done some “analysis” of those Bain jobs.

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[in scratchy radio voice]
‘well it looks like we got two bogeys, in what looks like japanese zeros
with the cockpits locked from the outside, circling ovah the
USS Obama Mammmba aircraft carrier’

be careful, that’s an unhinged, desperate enemy out there.

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Ben Shockley

I hear the school bell ringing!! Recess is over. Time for you to go back into your 8th grade class at The Christian Academy.

Don’t forget today’s assigment. It’s “how I know Obama is a Black Socialist Communist Muslim non-American out to destroy America”.
Extra credit will be given if you claim God told you to hate Obama.

Off you go now. Theres a good boy.

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“what I’m opposed to is using my tax dollar to support sending your child to a religious school … why??? because of numpties like this:”

And I’m opposed to using MY tax dollars for public schools where no mention of the word “God” is allowed.

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Time for you to go back into your 8th grade class at The Christian Academy.

Is that where they teach that course on Compassionate Conservatism.

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Mental is blubbering about teleprompters???

What a Fox News guppy…

JamVet
July 11th, 2012
6:09 pm

LOL at George…

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USinUK

If you missed it earlier, that recipe was a wonderful email to wake up to -

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TP – “Come on, Erwin. Give me a little bit to work with here. I mean, it’s only been what now, afew minutes, since you claimed to have done some “analysis” of those Bain jobs.”

I gave some numbers yesterday…you must have missed it while being distracted by my leg

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Oh the outrage of these young capitalist- uh I mean old big liberal funders-

I am confused- outrage from the libs over putzy Facebook guy but I suppose this is ok?

Wealthy socialite and Grammy-nominated songwriter Denise Rich has renounced her U.S. citizenship and resides in London, her spokeswoman Judy Smith said Tuesday.

Rich’s maiden name, Eisenberg, appeared on April 30 in the Federal Registrar’s Quarterly Publication of Individuals Who Have Chosen To Expatriate, though she left in November 2011.
By handing in her American passport, tax lawyers say she is able to legally avoid paying significant taxes on her estate.

Rich, 68, is the ex-wife of billionaire commodities trader Marc Rich, who was pardoned in 2001 by then-president Bill Clinton for oil profiteering and tax evasion after he fled to Switzerland. The pardon was considered controversial because of Denise Rich’s financial contributions to the Democratic Party and to the Clinton Library.

As of 2001, Denise Rich had made more than $1.3 million in political contributions to the Democratic Party since 1993, including $70,000 to Hillary Clinton’s Senate campaign and $450,000 to the Clinton presidential library in Arkansas.

Investigators told CNN at the time that there were Secret Service logs showing that Rich went to the White House the last night of Bill Clinton’s presidency.

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Ben 10:38

Obama was hoping a beer summit with Ahmadinejad would solve everything

Apparently not

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Ex-pat, informed, even moderately intelligent people know that Reagan was a DISASTER in terms of American foreign policy.

Across the globe.

Worse, he and Ollie proved just how disgraceful that entire administration was…

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“And I’m opposed to using MY tax dollars for public schools where no mention of the word “God” is allowed.”

Show me where the public schools you help fund do not allow students or teachers are not allowed to mention the word “God.”

Do it Ben or STFU.

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Morning, josef!

Some of us do look forward to your take on Jay’s posts.

If you read a little further on, you’ll see Venezuela is just one more example of Obama’s failed foreign policy, of how he got people killed, etc etc etc….

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“Isn’t guantanamo supposed to be closed by now?”

gosh.

so what is it???

either Obama CAN or he CAN’T override congress … make up your mind …

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Hey its the economy stupid! Now that should tell you Obama is stupid.

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“Romney lied!”

Again? Damn, Romney’s lied and flipped and flopped in just the past year almost as much as Obama has in his 4.

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If the libs aren’t defending failures of the current administration by fact avoidance, they’re trying to rewrite the history of prior successful administrations like Ronald Reagan’s. Just another day on Jay’s blog a home for left wing delusional thinkers.

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And Erwin, if you’d shave those things every once in a while perhaps they would not pose such a distraction on the blog as you claim.

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Brosephus

“don’t laugh while you have a mouth full of lunch.

Especially since Bosch abandoned us and absconded with all the screen cleaner…..

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Yet another lie.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78438.html

When will Mitt come clean?

Why does he lie about everything with such ease??

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USinUK

I didn’t make the A list either…shoot…

BENJI

Where in my contract or guidelines does it say I can’t use the word G-d? Jeeze, Mec, my class roster includes Jesus and Mohammad!

PAUL
Yeah, but you’re EOI director and preparing your quarterly report. You have to read them!

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“geez … willieb is drinking before lunch again …”

And…….That is a way to deal with the delusional progressives.

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USinUK

“either Obama CAN or he CAN’T override congress … make up your mind …

If it’s closing GITMO and transferring prisoners to your back yard, he can.

If it’s telling the Legislative there are certain Executive prerogatives and he’s not about to hand over whatever documents they want to continue with a fishing expedition, then he can’t.

But either way, the Right gets to yell “Obama violated his oath of office!!! He’s not upholding the Constitution and the rule of law!!!!”

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josef – I know!!! we need to work on our game, my friend!!

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Paul

Yep. I need to get a re-supply order in with him.

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USinUK 10:57

Yup, and that was the second bestest thing to wake up to this morning!

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WillieB @ 10:53 — bwaaaa, you’re a real laugh riot. Oh I can’t stop laughing, you so funny!

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TP…6 or 7 numbers…gotta run for now..
I’ll work on my grooming

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Obama: the downgrade president

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Jm — “Isn’t guantanamo supposed to be closed by now?”

If only the GOP Congress would appropriate money for it.

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Torture is the reason gitmo is open.

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Obama: the 8% unemployment president

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Uh oh, someone is up to their old tricks again – stream of unconsciousness blogging…

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“Yup, and that was the second bestest thing to wake up to this morning!”

honest to dog, giggling about it all day I have …

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On April 17, 1998, Brookside Capital Partners Fund, a Bain Capital affiliate, filed a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission noting that it had acquired 6.13 percent of Hong Kong-based Global-Tech Appliances, which manufactured household appliances in a production facility in the industrial city of Dongguan, China. That August, according to another SEC filing, Brookside upped its interest in Global-Tech to 10.3 percent. Both SEC filings identified Romney as the person in control of this investment: “Mr. W. Mitt Romney is the sole shareholder, sole director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Brookside Inc. and thus is the controlling person of Brookside Inc.” Each of these documents was signed by Domenic Ferrante, a managing director of Brookside and Bain.

The bane of Mitt Romney’s past or at least one of them that has come to light.

Mitt Romney – Chief Executive OffShorer/Chief Information Obfuscator/Chief Outsourcing Officer

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Why even engage in conversation with the Ben Shockley troll?

Generally speaking? I agree with you in principle. I think it’s rude to a blog host to go off topic on the first or second page (i.e., 50-100 posts in), and if there are people making an earnest effort to keep on topic, you don’t indulge the trolls.

but when you’re an hour-plus, and it’s a topic as broad as this one, there’s little harm in having some fun.

Specifically? Ben Shockley is to us, what a really good BP chucker is to a decent hitter. He serves ‘em belt-high, over the plate, so you can easily wail away and have a decent shot at going deep.

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Joe@10:57…I’ll cut to the chase and say your reply reads like excuses for failure and therefore rejected on all counts. Fact avoidance won’t win an argument.

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Redneck Convert (R–and proud of it)

I’ll vote for war with Cuba; nice beaches, good cigars, & close by. The Cubans will be throwing flowers at us rather than using IEDs.

The tourism industry will be ecstatic.

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Ty Webb 11:06 bingo

Jail time

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If only the GOP Congress would appropriate money for it.

Lame excuse. Obama is the CIC. The Defense budget is how many $billions? He could move the GITMO prisoners for less than what it takes to take Michelle out on date night.

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Honestly, if Etch-A-Sketch is elected, either:

1. The election is rigged due to so many red states “purging voters”;
2. See #1 above.

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He could move the GITMO prisoners for less than what it takes to take Michelle out on date night

Oy vey, these density of the fog is thick today. One minute they whine about Obama not following law, the next minute they demand that he just do as he please.

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Psst, we broke the Cuban embargo very quietly.

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Mr. Romney supplied the McCain campaign 23, yes 23 years of tax returns when he wanted to be VP.

McCain chose Sarah Palin.

I wonder why he didnt choose Romney ?

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Bob sorry Reid is in charge of the senate

Obama is president

He can’t get the job done

Need a new president

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speaking of belt-high BP fastballs:

public schools where no mention of the word “God” is allowed.

Kindly provide a list of public schools where the word “God” is not allowed.

(and no, I don’t think this place counts, so Josef, keep yer yap shut.)

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He could move the GITMO prisoners for less than what it takes to take Michelle out on date night.

You’re right in that he could move them. What you don’t acknowledge, though, is that he can’t do that unless Congress appropriates the money to do that exact thing. Contrary to popular rhetoric, Obama doesn’t hold the US checkbook. Congress does.

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godless,

They can’t try them legally because w tortured them.

Just let them go?

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Boehner/McConnell the Downgrade Congress

That Congress has spent over 1.1 billion dollars on 33 bills to repeal ACA. Bills they knew were not going nowhere.

And the President is responsible for the downgrade?

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“He’s the CIC, they are prisoners of war. He said he would close GITMO, he hasn’t done it and his water-bearers blame Republicans for it.”

yes. he’s CiC … he’s not the King.

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Joe,

I know how important it is for you to have the last word and regardless as to how irrelevant they typically are I’ll allow you to have the last word once again on this exchange. But calling males “punkin” and “snookums” ummm…does your DD214 recommend you for reenlistment. You don’t need to tell as it is now is no longer necessary.

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cons and corporate media give the gop a free pass but not on this blog..

They fought against our recovery and that is totally unacceptable.

Whig party.

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JamVet @ 11:17 — I too am amazed at how many voters believe the BIG LIE foisted on them for so many years, that somehow a miracle will happen and Voodoo Economics will actually start working for everyone… hasn’t happened yet for 30+ years and yet they still believe… good grief!

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JOSEF,

I posted this downstairs for you but we moved on…

A great day in history…

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/confederacy-signs-treaties-with-choctaw-and-chickasaw-tribes

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Barking @ 11:21 — LOL, I like your bumper sticker too! To hell with birth control says the GOP!

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josef
do you feel you have been
slack listed?

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How would a 9/11 go down today? Would passengers just sit there and let this unspeakable thing happen? I think you would have had three planes not one dumped in some field in the northeast, if it had to go that far.

When the battle is on our shores the selfish have to get involved not just the summer help. This is a little of the point Obama makes on all paying their fair share of taxes. It is not just the budget that the right wreaks when they are in office and then make political hay when they are not, it is the involvement of all citizens in this country. We have seen money and citizens bolt our country because they have no dog in this hunt. We have seen half baked military planning because we are in foreign lands and have forgotten even why we are there. What O says is lets put a heart back into America. Do this and the economy with revive itself. This use to be the character of the country, now we have watered down loyalty especially from the rich. They might not let that plane they are on be taken by terrorist because of selfish reasons ,not patriotism, but they will let this country go down for the same selfish justification.

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The demographics of the Bain employees is interesting. Wonder if that is indicative of Mitt’s management style…

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True American heros.
True Foe to every Brosephus/Bookman State worshipper.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDCXzqgD99o&feature=player_embedded

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FROG

@ 11:24

Yeah, that’s it…

******

Benji, quo vadis? You trying to find that citation where we are ordered not to use the word “G-d” in the public schools?

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So every time a C-141 flies in and out of GITMO, Obama has to go to congress to get the money for the fuel?

The reality is that when he made the campaign promise, Obama was naive about the political fall-out he would receive if he relocated the prisoners to one of the states and when he took office he found out things aren’t as simple as they look from the outside. Obamanauts should just concede this one and quit blaming Republicans.

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“Funny people cons.”

PJ — a real laugh riot these days… even their own “heroes” would not recognize what has happened to the GOP lately. No birth control, no paying for their chosen wars, no balanced check-books. Every issue is NO, unless of course we’re talking about giving more $$ to Exxon, and then it’s a big YES!

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Recon — “Joe, I know how important it is for you to have the last word and regardless as to how irrelevant they typically are I’ll allow you to have the last word once again on this exchange.”

I need neither your permission nor your allowance. But I have *seized* your acquiescence. (laughing)

“But calling males “punkin” and “snookums” ummm…does your DD214 recommend you for reenlistment. You don’t need to tell as it is now is no longer necessary.”

Why don’t you ask my wife about it, Punkin? (laughing)

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PJ Besides why are you upset? Cons didn’t want it closed in the first place. You got your wish but you’re still not happy. Funny people cons.

I’m not upset and only unhappy when the libbies hide behind the fig leaf of “It’s the Republican’s fault that GITMO isn’t closed.”

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Thomas Heyward Jr.

CIA admits drone strike killed six in Wisconsin wedding party(at least the “wedding crashers”escaped unscathed)…

TH Jr.

You got punked by a fake site, it happened to me once ’round about the time of the missionaries in Haiti and the adoption scandal.

I went googling for something that would allow me to make a point and I posted something that did just that, only it was fake.

I immediately apologized when it was pointed out to me that I had been punked and I emailed
Jay and apologized for not doing due diligence.

You can’t walk it back and posting anything else before apologizing to Jay and the blog is nothing short of deflection.

If you want your credibility back, I suggest you do these two things, otherwise you will be ridiculed mercilessly.

Just my $0.02

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D. DoRight — “Why does Recon always “come out” with all those gay jokes and hints? Do you think he may be………ummmm………..in the closet about certain things from his past?”

I don’t know, but yesterday, he was all like ‘this is an opinion blog and everything I post here is my opinion.’ But today, he’s acting like he thinks he’s posting facts, but he’s got nothing to back it up.

Cons. Who can figure ‘em?

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Oh I see, John Lewis is an Atlanta Congressman.

Ben: I don’t live in Georgia, fool. Do you know, without looking, who represents district 5 in New York. District 1 in Montana?

That’s what I thought.

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Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
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To think that I was “punked” is not to realize……………………………………….that you have been “counter-punked”.
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I thought Even a Romney/Obama supporter would know the difference.
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Classic.

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‘there is every sign that Romney would provide leadership of a different sort.’
you are right, leadership through strength….thanks for pointing that out jay…..different day, same political hack…..but you will rile up your 10-15 daily liberal posters…..all your ilk has is to character assassinate your opponents which is on the level of a spoiled brat in elementary school……please keep talking and exposing the essence of liberalism…….please

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ruh-roh Adam … now you’ve gone and done it … expect a deluge of “why are you hanging out on an Atlanta blog! get your own damn blog! blahblahblah”

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