Romney post-convention bump looks modest at best
The folks at Gallup have completed their post-GOP convention polling duties, and the reviews are not complimentary. Mitt Romney has enjoyed little or no post-convention bump, and his acceptance speech was rated excellent or good by just 38 percent of those who saw it.
While that may not sound terrible, Gallup reports that it is easily the worst rating given to any of the last eight convention acceptance speeches.
A Reuters-Ipsos poll also reports no sustained bump for Romney, and puts the race at essentially tied headed into the DNC convention in Charlotte.
“Ipsos pollster Julia Clark said she was confident Obama’s numbers would improve during his convention.
“The fact that Obama and Romney are still tied signals to me that we’re not going to see any sort of sustained bump for Romney,” Clark said. “As we go into next week’s convention, Romney will struggle to maintain even footing with the president – we’ll likely see a shift back towards Obama.”
While each candidate won overwhelming support from voters in his own political party, Romney was leading Obama among all-important independent voters by 33 percent to 28 percent, the poll found.”
Rasmussen reports what it calls a “modest” bounce for Romney, whom it has leading 48-to-44 percent.
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Orange12
September 3rd, 2012
10:03 pm
“bman, than why are you still hanging around?”
And let these libs have free reign? Somebody has to hold the fort.
Recon 0311 2533
September 3rd, 2012
10:03 pm
doggone, go ridicule yourself.
getalife
September 3rd, 2012
10:04 pm
Two more months and it is over.
We will keep moving forward with our President or go back to a recession or worse and lose your safety net that you paid for with willie robme and paul ruin.
JamVet
September 3rd, 2012
10:04 pm
Big, bad (but easily offended!) Del is back for more………………… pain?
(The guy irrationally denigrates honorable veterans. You figure it out!)
Oh! Another reason why the fake cons loathe President Carter so much! He came from a progressive family that didn’t hate black people like most southern white conservatives, then and now, do.
His mother, Bessie Lillian Gordy, was a registered nurse who in the 1920s had crossed racial divides to counsel black women on health care issues.
Despite this pervasive segregation, two of Carter’s closest childhood friends were African American, as were two of the most influential adults in his life, his nanny Annie Mae Hollis and his father’s worker Jack Clark.
And Oscar, you are correct about their financial status. Mea culpa…
Ahem
September 3rd, 2012
10:06 pm
Well, one is either born an a$$, raised as an a$$, or works hard at being an a$$.
Let’s hope Jamvet was paid for his/her overtime hours.
JamVet
September 3rd, 2012
10:09 pm
A-phlem! You’re back with more scintillating facts for the forum!
You sir, are font of irreplaceable knowledge. Across the board. On a wide variety of subjects.
So, maybe you can help Del out with his “non-explanation” that Carter was a worse president that Bush.
Hysterical, huh?
What? You ain’t laughing? Awwww…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAZ1BSmAubU
St Simons - he-ne-ha
September 3rd, 2012
10:10 pm
its after labor day, and the dead cat bounce
and Flow-rida, Ohio, & Virginia are still blue.
Do they have a mercy rule like in tee-ball?
Ahem
September 3rd, 2012
10:10 pm
And if I forgot to write this lately:
It is, and will be, THE ECONOMY, STUPID!!!
Obama’s happy a$$ better get moving quotes. And take the garden with you, Chewbaca. There.
Enough time in Trollville for me as I am watching da bawlgame. Go Hokies!!!
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
10:10 pm
Getalife 9:58
I’m not a con
Most cons are not fans of W, the ones I know anyway
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
10:11 pm
Recon 10:03
I now will call you Recon Eastwood 
bman
September 3rd, 2012
10:12 pm
Recon .. .. Well, I’m just sort of reading along about Jimmy Carter, GM & our roaring economy while at the same time, families who have nothing to eat. And, even if they did have some food, they don’t have a kitchen to cook.
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
10:13 pm
We will keep moving forward with our President or go back to a recession or worse and lose your safety net that you paid for with willie robme and paul ruin.
Obama is taking us backward, making us poorer, and implicitly aiding our enemies
St Simons - he-ne-ha
September 3rd, 2012
10:13 pm
http://www.electoral-vote.com
Recon 0311 2533
September 3rd, 2012
10:13 pm
jamvet, pain, pain why you don’t even have the remotest idea as to what pain is and certainly not anywhere near what I’ve experienced to yours far beyond a stupid blog.
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
10:15 pm
Jamvet is an entrepreneur and biz owner
Props
Even if he owns a newsstand
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
10:18 pm
Obama likes drones
Ahem
September 3rd, 2012
10:18 pm
Okay JellyVat, this one’s for you:
Nice, jerkwad. Just so you’ll know and thus save some energy, I don’t read everything here or waste time going through to read what has been said prior to posting. So, i have no idea what Del said or what you said, Dipstick. I never, repeat NEVER, click on your links for fear of hitting a pedophile website or worse. And in closing, we all know you are an a$$, and a$$es yield turd$, right loser?
Save your keyboard you loser, as I am out and off to focus on da bawlgame. Bye-Bye…
JamVet
September 3rd, 2012
10:20 pm
Go Hokies!!!
The guy is a gobbling putz.
(Figures…)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Sz8ZTa1UQ
DebbieDoRight - A DoRight Woman
September 3rd, 2012
10:20 pm
24 million unemployed aren’t better off
and how many of them were government employees that the repubs DEMANDED be let go, (trimmed) before they’d sign off on any Dem proposal?
You can’t have it both ways. YOu can’t demand jobs get cut before you sign off on legislation for the buget, then blame Obama when people don’t have jobs.
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
10:23 pm
Obama is all hat. No cattle.
Recon 0311 2533
September 3rd, 2012
10:23 pm
I’m focused on fred being toast on here no matter where it goes.. I’m that intense. Taps
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
10:24 pm
“jellyvat”
Thaaas funny
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
10:25 pm
Obama is a corporate sellout
JamVet
September 3rd, 2012
10:25 pm
Most cons are not fans of W, the ones I know anyway
The tequila bottle has GOT to be damn near empty by now!
Talk about a drug induced fog!
These cons LOVE George and Dick! They want more of them. (Ask Del and Ass-phlem for starters.)
Matti
September 3rd, 2012
10:25 pm
DDR,
Good point. I’m also confused by how my Congressman blathered on for years about how it’s not government’s job to create jobs; it’s the private sector’s job to do that. But then election year rolls around and he’s blaming the President for the unemployment rate. Never mind that he was one of the “We’re gonna focus on jobs jobs jobs” congressmen who then focused obsessively on uteri and vajayjays instead.
Trying to connect the dots: Big business is enjoying record profits, but nobody is hiring, and it’s the President’s fault Congress and Republican legislatures are obsessed with private lady parts? That’s one big sribbledy mess!
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
10:26 pm
Michael Duncan
RIP bro
JamVet
September 3rd, 2012
10:26 pm
Jackets up 10 – 7 on the road. The turkeys sure as hell don’t look like top 25 team…
Thulsa Doom's pledge to keep up and the liberals
September 3rd, 2012
10:35 pm
JamVet,
I can’t believe you are pulling for the turkeys. I’m pulling for the local team. Besides I’ve always loved option football for obvious reasons.
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
10:35 pm
Go wreck
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
10:37 pm
TD
Hey bud. Sorry to hear about your dog. That’s a huge bummer. Let me know if you ever want to chat about it. I’ve been there (or a similar place anyway).
JamVet
September 3rd, 2012
10:38 pm
Doom, I’m a Jackets fan. Have been since I moved here in 1979.
I was just ragging on meat about the gobblers that he likes.
And after that shanked FG try it is still GT by 3…
getalife
September 3rd, 2012
10:47 pm
Tech needs a TD for the win with 7:46 to go.
Good game.
getalife
September 3rd, 2012
10:48 pm
jm,
cons still love w.
You still love him con.
Thulsa Doom's pledge to keep up and the liberals
September 3rd, 2012
10:49 pm
JM,
Thanks man. It means a lot to me that everyone here has been so supportive. But like I said earlier today I guess everything happens for a reason. And the good that came out of it was just thinking about things and about my jackassery to the libs in general. May seem ridiculous to people but that dang dog was my baby. He was like a child to me since I don’t have any children. The toughest part is I can’t sleep or eat and it tears me up to look at pics of him and his progression from a 2 lb fluffball to an 8 pound squirrel chasing terror. Going to take a few days off from work and go home to Mom’s and stay with her, see my nieces, and play with my brother’s 2 lab puppies. The gf is looking at a bunch of puppies online to get us another one by the time I come back on Sat.
Thulsa Doom's pledge to keep up and the liberals
September 3rd, 2012
10:50 pm
JamVet,
Allright. Glad to hear you pull for the Atlanta team. Go Jackets.
gman
September 3rd, 2012
10:51 pm
Old angry white men… the GOP past, present, & future
Matti
September 3rd, 2012
10:51 pm
Thulsa,
I lost my Sweetness this past year. When my team scored it’s first TD of the season on Saturday, instead of rejoicing, I burst into tears, because we… we had a silly little ritual for that.
It sucks.
independent thinker
September 3rd, 2012
10:52 pm
Mitt’s going down for tax fraud- only question is when.
skydog
September 3rd, 2012
10:54 pm
Go Jackets!
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
10:54 pm
Doom 10:49 beer and time on the back porch
That was my solution
Time is the best healer
getalife
September 3rd, 2012
10:55 pm
First down.
40 yards to go and upset.
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
10:56 pm
Getalife 10:49
A. I don’t love W
B. if I’m a pure con, I’m one of the few toodling around in a Prius. But I’m not.
getalife
September 3rd, 2012
10:58 pm
Go for it Tech.
4th and seven.
getalife
September 3rd, 2012
11:00 pm
Sorry jm.
I don’t believe a word you say.
Too many lies.
getalife
September 3rd, 2012
11:01 pm
First down.
Great play.
12 yards to go.
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
11:02 pm
Getalife 11
That’s life
Thulsa Doom's pledge to keep up and the liberals
September 3rd, 2012
11:02 pm
Matti,
Was sweetness a dog or cat. Sounded almost like a human that you were talking about. Speaking of your diet plan that was one of the things I thought about this weekend when I was reflecting on myself. It made me reflect on all the pain and suffering there is in the world and my little part in promoting by the way I’ve treated many people on here. And I did get to know that gut wrenching hunger yesterday. I didn’t eat anything cause I just felt so sick over Marley’s passing. Barely ate anything earlier today. Tonight I actually sucked it up and finished a meal.
Jm,
Yeah. I drank a boatload Sat night after it happened.. It was the only thing that would get me to a few hours of sleep. I drank all day Sunday also trying to cope with it. I drank a 36 pack and an 18 pack in those 2 days. Still didn’t help. Didn’t drink at all today. Being hung over and hungry and dehydrated on top of just being sad was enough to sober me up for the day.
getalife
September 3rd, 2012
11:03 pm
Upset.
skydog
September 3rd, 2012
11:03 pm
Alrighty!
Matti
September 3rd, 2012
11:03 pm
YESSSSS!
Thulsa Doom's pledge to keep up and the liberals
September 3rd, 2012
11:04 pm
Hell yeah. Looks like the jackets are going to pull it out. Hopefully anyway. VT still has 3 timeouts though so that can give them 5 or 6 plays to go 40-50 yards. Hold onto your seatbelts.
DebbieDoRight - A DoRight Woman
September 3rd, 2012
11:05 pm
Jam: These cons LOVE George and Dick!
Cons love Dick? You mean like Haggerty and Foley and Craig?
Matti: Trying to connect the dots: Big business is enjoying record profits, but nobody is hiring, and it’s the President’s fault Congress and Republican legislatures are obsessed with private lady parts?
Matti – so true girl; and the reason why they’re all so obsessed with women parts is because they’re jealous.
skydog
September 3rd, 2012
11:06 pm
I wonder if my offshore account is in the same building as Mitts?
G Mare
September 3rd, 2012
11:07 pm
It seems that the screw head dispute triggered a whole lot of nastiness here tonight. Wow!
Granny G, when you come back, just want you to know I LOVED your chairs post!
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
11:07 pm
Td 11:02 dammn
Don’t think I’d have suggested a 60 pack
Yes, that kind of hangover will get one well grounded again…..
getalife
September 3rd, 2012
11:08 pm
That is your life jm.
I don’t lie.
getalife
September 3rd, 2012
11:10 pm
For the tie.
getalife
September 3rd, 2012
11:12 pm
Dang OT.
Mr. T.
September 3rd, 2012
11:13 pm
And on top of that I have a steady gf and she is happy with the way I am so with me so there’s no real motivation to get whipped into shape for the women
I pity the fool with their imaginary girlriends. You’re on here 7 nights a week, sometimes all night. If you have a girlfriend, George W. Bush was the world’s greatest leader.
td
September 3rd, 2012
11:14 pm
Here is the results of Obama in office. Can the Dems afford another 4 years?
When Obama took office Democrats held:
• 58 Senate seats. It is 51 now (plus two independents who align mostly with the Democrats).
• 257 seats in the House of Representatives. It is 190 now (there are also three vacancies for seats last held by Democrats).
• 29 of the 50 governorships. It is 20 now.
• 4,073 state legislative seats. It is 3,319 now.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/03/politics/king-dnc-preview/index.html
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
11:14 pm
Getalife
I don’t lie
Matti
September 3rd, 2012
11:15 pm
DAMMIT! I can’t believe the Jackets blew that miracle!
Thulsa,
I’m a Southern lib, you know. Big, vicious, killer dogs for me!
deegee
September 3rd, 2012
11:18 pm
I went shopping this weekend for a new bike. I went to a large sporting goods store. They had a lot of bikes but none of them were accessible. I needed a sales person to help me. I looked around but there were no sales people around. As I was leaving the store I saw a few sales people hanging around the exit. They were probably there to make sure that no one was stealing anything.
I went to a big box store whose logo looks like a big red Target. They had a few bikes. I asked the sales guy if I could test drive a bike. He said no, that’s not allowed. I went to another big box store whose logo looks like a big red Target. There were a lot of employees on the sales floor but they were really busy rearranging the shelves and moving merchandise around. I asked a sales guy to help me. He broke away from his moving tasks and helped me access a couple of bikes. He allowed me to test drive the bike in the bike aisle. I decided to buy the bike but I wanted someone to check out the bike before purchasing it. I found the sales guy but he explained that he was on break and I would have to wait for him to finish his break if I wanted him to check out the bike. I decided to just fix the 15 year old bike that I own.
I said all of this to make the point that Obama is not to blame for a sluggish economy. This is not the first time that I have gone into a retail store and couldn’t find anyone that had the interest, the ability or the knowledge to sell me something that I really wanted to buy.
getalife
September 3rd, 2012
11:19 pm
jm,
You just did.
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
11:19 pm
Mark halperin: Obama wants to do deficit reduction next term
I have a hard time believing that
And even if so he’s not capable
Thulsa Doom's pledge to keep up and the liberals
September 3rd, 2012
11:21 pm
Mr. T.,
She lives with me and is usually 10 feet away from me on her tablet doing her thing while I do my thing.
Matti,
What kind and did he live a good, long life. Marley was only with me for 9-10 months. The hard part is that it was my dumba$$ who took my eyes off him for 2 minutes and that’s when it happened.
DebbieDoRight - A DoRight Woman
September 3rd, 2012
11:22 pm
I’m a Southern lib, you know. Big, vicious, killer dogs for
Yeah — me too. I have 3 pitbulls, most loyal dogs ever.
td: Here is the results of Obama in office. Can the Dems afford another 4 years?
They have no other choice. It’s either hang on or dance with the devil. We dems would like to keep our souls.
Matti
September 3rd, 2012
11:23 pm
deegee,
You’re SO right! Customer service is in the crabper. Fewer employees doing more for less. Motivation is low.
Thulsa Doom's pledge to keep up and the liberals
September 3rd, 2012
11:25 pm
Damn. That sucks for Tech. Just sucks.
Midori
September 3rd, 2012
11:28 pm
a good read:
http://kurteichenwald.com/2012/09/the-five-reasons-why-romneyryan-must-be-defeated-in-2012-and-why-conservatives-should-hope-they-are/
Thulsa Doom's pledge to keep up and the liberals
September 3rd, 2012
11:29 pm
Debbiedoright,
The last time you and I spoke it got pretty ugly and I’m sorry about that. I wrote a post at 11:09 this morning on page 2. If you don’t mind taking a minute please go back and read it. It was dedicated at keep and several of the other liberals on here like yourself. .
G Mare
September 3rd, 2012
11:29 pm
Hey, Doomy, hang in there, Honey. You are a con & I am a lib, but we are both humans, & we feel the same hurts. Maybe that is the answer to most, if not all, of our differences: we are all humans & we feel the same pains & heartaches. So maybe we can remember that & be a little more tolerant & a little kinder to each other?
This post is also for you & 0311, Recon. If you need to ridicule me for being a bleeding heart Mary Poppins – whatever, have at it. I am at peace in my heart & soul. That said, would I also like to kick your con, reactionary butts? Oh yeah, but I will try to do it in a kind & gentle way.
Obama/Biden 2012!
Sorry, couldn’t resist. Mea culpa.
Matti
September 3rd, 2012
11:33 pm
Don’t give your football heart to Ga Tech. They’ll break it every time.
Thulsa,
That one was with me for many years and many football seasons. I had a similar experience with a kitten years ago, though. I came home from work and pushed the front door shut. Little thing tried to dart through it at the last second, and got slammed. It wasn’t pretty. Neither was the next half hour I spent trying to get through rush-hour gridlock to the vet’s office just down the street.
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
11:39 pm
Democrats admit we’re not better off now than 4 years ago
-gov of Maryland
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 3rd, 2012
11:41 pm
Well, I just put up 12 pints of black eye peas and I come back and see that a lot of people are gonna be hungover in the morning. This is the same sort of crap that was at CT’s, kinda shocked that it’s some of the regulars here.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is not the first time that I have gone into a retail store and couldn’t find anyone that had the interest, the ability or the knowledge to sell me something that I really wanted to buy.
I’m not surprised. The employees in the private sector know they are getting hosed, and their attitude towards their company, direct supervisor and job reflects that.
In the past year or so, I have noticed that those in the public sector — those govt. employees that were the butt of so many jokes for the past generation — are courteous, efficient, and happy to have their jobs.
Know why?
They are paid well, good benefits, and represented by unions.
Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man
September 3rd, 2012
11:46 pm
Reporters dissing the Obama campaign
“This is one big market-tested campaign, with no unknown candidate who could really blow it up, or be something different,” Leibovich said. “If the last campaign was the change campaign, this is the no-change campaign.”
Thulsa Doom's pledge to keep up and the liberals
September 3rd, 2012
11:55 pm
G Mare,
We will still disagree on things but you’ve shown yourself in many a previous post to have a big heart. You’ll not get any ridicule from me on that point.
Matti,
Yeah. It just sucks when you lose an animal no matter how it happens but I’m sure the kitten’s death was especially gut wrenching. I had a friend call me and do a prayer with me over the phone and we talked about whether or not dogs go to heaven. If I make it to heaven I sure would love to see my scruffy little friend.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 3rd, 2012
11:55 pm
Reporters dissing the Obama campaign
Lying again.
The rest of (actually the beginning) the story.
Presidential campaigns are supposed to be the greatest show in American politics — infused with big ideas and historical import. Yet after 16 months enduring a Republican primary and then a two-man contest so far defined by gaffes, cynicism, knife fights, and rapid-fire news cycles, even the best political reporters want the whole thing over with.
Both campaigns, sport.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 3rd, 2012
11:57 pm
Sure doesn’t sound very efficient ……………………….
ABC News:
“Only days after Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked for federal agents and U.S. Marshals to help combat the city’s wave of violence, about 50 Chicago police officers have arrived in Charlotte to work perimeter security details for a week at the Democratic National Convention.
The Chicago officers, in their distinctive uniforms and checkerboard-brimmed hats, said they had been instructed not to talk with reporters about their out-of-town assignment.
“I would love to know the logic behind that decision to send them there given all that is happening here in Chicago,” the Rev. Ira Acree of the Greater St. John Bible Church in Chicago told ABC News Monday.
Chicago police union officials also questioned the use of officers in Charlotte.
“We had two homicides and dozens of shootings this weekend, and we’re sending offices out of the city?” said Pat Camden, a spokesperson for the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police. “I think the average person would shake his head over that.”
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/crime-wave-50-chicago-police-dem-convention/story?id=17142595
Thulsa Doom's pledge to keep up and the liberals
September 3rd, 2012
11:59 pm
I’m out. Going to try and get some sleep. Ya’ll have a good night.
Oscar
September 4th, 2012
12:06 am
Didn’t except the Jackets to win tonight and they looked really bad in the first quarter, then at the end looked like they were going to end but defense just couldn’t hold. And hard to win scoring only 17 points also.
G Mare
September 4th, 2012
12:30 am
Thanks, Doomy. If your gf doesn’t mind please feel me hugging you – her, too, as I’m sure she feels your loss. Oh, & have fun with the nieces & the puppies.
Okay, it is late & I am out – probably, unless anybody else is still here & wants to chat….
Oscar
September 4th, 2012
12:48 am
Good night, G Mare. I guess we are still the night owls here. I’m always been one and never got used to regular working hours, and couldn’t get to sleep on time. Enjoy staying up late. That’s the best I feel all day, and the least sleepy I feel. Odd, I suppose.
As for pets I’ve never felt that close to one. Maybe because I grew up in a small town where animals were kept outside, including dogs and cats.
Good night.
G Mare
September 4th, 2012
1:02 am
Good night, Oscar. Sleep well. I wish I could say pets are overrated, but I have had dogs & cats over the years that brightened my life & snuggled close to me when I needed a snuggle. Dogs just adore you & cats purr – blessings both.
USinUK - thug with a uterus ... and former Girl Scout
September 4th, 2012
5:35 am
a funny to start your day:
http://delightsbycynthia.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/real-men-bake-like-this.jpg
USinUK - thug with a uterus ... and former Girl Scout
September 4th, 2012
5:47 am
The “are you better off” question may have been an indictment of Jimmy Carter, but Republican hopes notwithstanding, 2012 isn’t 1980. The economy isn’t as bad, the world isn’t as unstable, and — most importantly —vthe public has a clear memory of four years ago, when Obama took office in the worst economic environment since the Great Depression. As Greg points out, voters seem to be grading Obama on a curve — how good are things relative to the Great Recession? By that measure, the country is better off, even if individuals are in a tougher spot than they were at the beginning of his term.
“Are you better off” isn’t the right way to evaluate this election, but that doesn’t mean the Obama campaign shouldn’t try to tackle it. After all, the facts are on their side. In the three months before Obama took office, the economic growth plunged. On Inauguration Day 2009, the economy had lost nearly 4 million jobs and was still hemorraging at an unprecedented rate.
With roughly 150,000 new jobs per month and GDP growth of 1.7 percent, there’s no question that we’re better off today than when Obama took office. It’s true that current conditions are on the bad side of mediocre. But that’s just a sign of how terrible things were four years ago. Voters aren’t sure that the recovery has been fast enough, and that’s why they are hesitating before granting Obama a second term. But it’s not enough for Romney to tell voters that their disappointment alone should lead them to fire the president. Romney has to show them that he could have made things better — and that he will make things better. Without that, the “are you better off” question may not be enough.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/why-are-you-better-off-is-the-wrong-question-for-2012/2012/09/03/a262cad8-f5d8-11e1-a93b-7185e3f88849_blog.html?hpid=z3
skydog
September 4th, 2012
6:37 am
Sure we are better off than we were 4 years ago.
We are 4 years closer to seeing Dick Cheney`s worldly exit.
USinUK - thug with a uterus ... and former Girl Scout
September 4th, 2012
6:49 am
“We are 4 years closer to seeing Dick Cheney`s worldly exit.”
I dunno … he has a bionic heart, now – plutonium could have a longer half-life …
USinUK - thug with a uterus ... and former Girl Scout
September 4th, 2012
6:54 am
man … that should have read “he could have a longer half-life than plutonium” …
… need more tea …
skydog
September 4th, 2012
6:57 am
Do wooden stakes work on plutonium hearts? I know a cross would not have any effect on “the evil one”.
skydog
September 4th, 2012
7:01 am
UK – We better hide all the sharp objects before they get up. We almost had a screw driver flash mob yesterday.
Do you have a monkey wrench I can borrow?
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Charles Moncky story
The following story can be found in sundry publications from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries:
That handy tool, the “monkey-wrench”, is not so named because it is a handy thing to monkey with, or for any kindred reason. “Monkey” is not its name at all, but “Moncky.” Charles Moncky, the inventor of it, sold his patent for $2000, and invested the money in a house in Williamsburg, Kings County, where he now lives.[7][8]
However, this was refuted by historical and patent research in the late nineteenth century.[2]
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bman
September 4th, 2012
7:03 am
Tool talk? Oh no.
skydog
September 4th, 2012
7:08 am
Let`s talk restaurants bman. What kind of fare do you serve?
bman
September 4th, 2012
7:13 am
haha Skydog …you’re still thinking about opening something ?
skydog
September 4th, 2012
7:15 am
Yeah.
skydog
September 4th, 2012
7:18 am
I sure did not want to give Deal any money for T Splost, but I voted yes.
Since we don`t have a plan B, here is some traffic sitting music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30smAQOfusY&feature=player_embedded
USinUK - thug with a uterus ... and former Girl Scout
September 4th, 2012
7:20 am
bman – the mister and I want to open a bakery / tea shop … cakes, scones, sammiches, tea (in real tea pots) and coffee …
USinUK - thug with a uterus ... and former Girl Scout
September 4th, 2012
7:24 am
“Do you have a monkey wrench I can borrow?”
I’m more of an acolyte of the “if duct tape doesn’t fix it, WD-40 will”
bman
September 4th, 2012
7:27 am
Skydog .. .. We serve a bit of everything. I know someone here advised that you shouldn’t attempt it. But it sounds as if you are interested in a bar-type place. Live music/drinking … … that’s a different type of place. I’ve never done anything like that. But, if they’re coming for the music and drinks, the food part should be easy.
bman
September 4th, 2012
7:30 am
USinUK .. .. I love those types of places. I go out of my way to visit them!!