Romney family intervention altered campaign, polls
UPDATE: 9:07:
From The Hill:
Mitt Romney has overtaken President Obama in a Public Policy Polling survey released on Tuesday.
Romney won 49 percent support from likely voters in the poll, compared to 47 percent for Obama.
It’s the first time all year Romney has led in the poll, which was conducted on behalf of liberal Daily Kos website and the Service Employees International Union. Obama led 49-45 percent in the group’s previous poll, conducted before last week’s debate.
The PPP poll, like the Pew poll cited below, was taken in the immediate aftermath of last week’s debate.
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Source: Pew Research Center
In a new nationwide Pew poll taken in the immediate wake of last week’s debate, Mitt Romney holds a four-point lead over Barack Obama. Until that’s confirmed by other polling, count me unconvinced. Yes, Obama did poorly in the debate, but there’s little to support the contention that a 12-point swing took place — Pew’s pre-debate numbers gave Obama an eight-point lead, a little on the high side — or that the debate completely erased Obama’s 18-point lead among women, as Pew reports.
There’s no question that Romney got a good bump out of the debate. The question is how large and whether it lasts. Gallup and Rasmussen provide evidence that it has begun to fade, perhaps because of the good jobs report, but time will tell.
And what inspired this apparent shift in Romney strategy and fortunes? In an interesting new story at Politico, the change is attributed to an intervention on Romney’s behalf by his eldest son, Tagg, and his wife, Ann, in which they demanded a more moderate approach.
“Even now, many Romney officials wonder whether the change can be sustained. In essence, Romney is trying to undergo a political metamorphosis — to shed an image of personal stiffness, and to emerge loose and willing to compromise. Romney, advisers concede, is at his worst when improvising — and this shift is the biggest improvisation of the campaign. Right now, Romney is described as going with the flow, trying to quickly grow into this new public persona, most notably with his decision to tell personal stories on the stump.
Campaign officials said any change will be confined by Romney’s own cautious nature. And they are candid that their electoral map still looks terrible: Romney is behind in nearly every vital state. Ohio still looks very tough to win and New Hampshire, once a possibility, looks very bleak, officials say.”
So we’ll see. Again, there’s no question the narrative arc of the campaign has been altered. As that great political strategist Yogi Berra once noted, it ain’t over ’til it’s over.
– Jay Bookman
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Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
12:30 pm
“One could argue that he was remarkable in stabilizing the world economy but you don’t want to see that…”
Obama was “remarkable” in “saving the world economy”???
Oh my God. I think I’m going to throw up some kamspam.
Fred ™
October 9th, 2012
12:30 pm
Fred,
You may want to send that along to David Letterman, Bill Maher, and others. Making jokes about Palin’s younger daughter(12 years old I think) getting knocked up by a pro athlete falls in this category. But I don’t remember seeing your outrage on here about that.
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You didn’t? Why would that be Thulsa? Oh I know, BECAUSE I WASN’T HERE THEN ASSHAT.
What kind of three year old are you? Your moral character is based upon that of Bill Fcking Maher? REALLY? HE is your moral compass and shapes your honor and integrity?
Act like a man god damn it and speak up for that which is wrong not like a suck dog fanatical asshat who needs to attack little girls.
TaxPayer
October 9th, 2012
12:31 pm
Which one of me should I be for Halloween this year. – Mitt
moonbat betty (2 panties one wad)
October 9th, 2012
12:31 pm
Yeah, since only republicans believe in family values, dems have a free ticket to act like a-holes.
Ahem
October 9th, 2012
12:31 pm
And about PBS: I like a lot of the programming found there although I do not agree with the goverment using tax dollars to fund the entity. It is not necessary.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 9th, 2012
12:32 pm
Ahem — “Conservative blogger, NOT.”
Rejected.
“I could claim to be six foot-two and the perfect physical specimen, but then that would not reflect reality.”
And y’all claim that ‘the polls are biased,’ but that doesn’t reflect reality, either. So what gives?
“We were also told Oblunda was the smartest guy around, but…”
He beat y’all’s candidate like a rented mule. Looks like he’s smarter than at least some of the people on your side.
“The core principles of Sullivan’s blog have been the style of conservatism he views as traditional. This includes fiscal conservatism, limited government, and classic libertarianism on social issues. Sullivan opposes government involvement with respect to sexual and consensual matters between adults, such as the use of marijuana and prostitution.”
Well, what do you know? Sullivan’s in favor of ’smaller government.’ And I bet I could go out on Free Republic right now and easily bring you half a dozen posters from the last hour that are arguing in favor of the same things Sullivan is.
“Sullivan believes recognition of same-sex marriage is a civil-rights issue but is willing to promote it on a state-by-state legislative federalism basis, rather than trying to judicially impose the change.[22]”
Well, well, well. He’s not along among conservatives.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_Cabin_Republicans
“Most of Sullivan’s disputes with other conservatives have been over social issues, such as these, and the handling of postwar Iraq.”
So he’s *not* conservative how, exactly?
stands for decibels
October 9th, 2012
12:32 pm
some of his positions on social issues are less than conservative IMHO.
social issueS, plural, or the Big One?
because if it’s all about gay marriage, he’s been advocating on behalf of it from a conservative perspective since 1989. If you’ve never seen this seminal piece, I urge you to have a look:
http://sullivanarchives.theatlantic.com/homosexuality.php
“[G]ay marriage is not a radical step. It avoids the mess of domestic partnership; it is humane; it is conservative in the best sense of the word. It’s also about relationships. Given that gay relationships will always exist, what possible social goal is advanced by framing the law to encourage those relationships to be unfaithful, undeveloped, and insecure?”
barking frog
October 9th, 2012
12:33 pm
Remember the comeback
kid? How did that work for
Clinton? Obama is the
POTUS and yet he is the
underdog getting beat up
with lies by the rich kid.
awesome.
Mighty Righty
October 9th, 2012
12:33 pm
Thank God, Romney in his VMI speech stated what most Americans want and that is for America to return to it’s previous stature as the worlds greatest economy with all of the benefits attached thereon to be enjoyed by our citizens. This is in stark contrast to the last three years and nine months where our government’s goal was to reduce our nation to third world economic wealth.
Pass the Cheesy Grits Please
October 9th, 2012
12:34 pm
I think Mitt called Bill Clinton and asked how he did it.
Mitt hid behind his religion. Clinton hid behind his books and school.
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
12:34 pm
“They deserve to be mocked.”- pass the cheesey grits
kampspam
Morality?
October 9th, 2012
12:35 pm
Certainly anyone paying attention would know that Romney is “moderate” and Obama is somewhere to the left of there. That is nothing new. The only poll I am interested in is after the POLLS close on voting day. Need to keep an eye on those slicksters down in south Florida . chad counting again? How many will be able to stay awake during Jumpin’ Joe’s dehbate? Will a gallon of 5 Hour Energy and a case of No Doz be enough? Does it to come to anyone’s surprise that Bill Clinton was PAYED to be in the Dem adds supporting Obama?
Pass the Cheesy Grits Please
October 9th, 2012
12:35 pm
Thank God, Romney in his VMI speech stated what most Americans want and that is for America to return to it’s previous stature as the worlds greatest economy with all of the benefits attached thereon to be enjoyed by our citizens.
Yes. And if we just go back to the Republican policies of Bush we will surely be there in no time.
You are an idiot.
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
12:36 pm
“Mitt hid behind his religion. Clinton hid behind his books and school.”
Clinton also managed to hide behind black churches whenever he got in trouble. I guess that’s what you do as the nation’s first black president.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 9th, 2012
12:36 pm
Its nothing short of astounding that I can swim naked from Alaska to Russia across the Bering Sea.
That Black Guy
October 9th, 2012
12:37 pm
TaxPayer
October 9th, 2012
8:56 am
How did Bill miss out on serving in Vietnam?
Bill had to serve in England. He was there to save the English from the perils of tea consumption. After all, there’s nothing worse than a English soldier hopped up on tea being sent off to war with a loaded gun.
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I’m sure that was your next Vietnam draft dodging snipe.
I’m sure you were going to rip on Bill like you did Mitt.
Although, Bill spent his time on self serving endevours. Mitt was in service to his religion.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 9th, 2012
12:37 pm
Righty — “Thank God, Romney in his VMI speech stated what most Americans want and that is for America to return to it’s previous stature as the worlds greatest economy with all of the benefits attached thereon to be enjoyed by our citizens.”
And we can accomplish that best by invading and colonizing the planet Kolob, thereby taking its agricultural and mineral wealth for ourselves.
BIG BUDGET BOOST FOR NASA, BABY! THOSE SPACE-COLONIZING SHIPS DON’T COME CHEAP!
JamVet
October 9th, 2012
12:37 pm
Of course PBS is not necessary.
In an ocean of filth, pollution, sleaze and huge leeches, who needs even one island of decency and excellence nonpareil?
Besides it sucks for our anti-USA Uncle Sam haters to fully see that the free market “does everything worse” than government.
Stay stupid, my fiends.
LOL!
moonbat betty (2 panties one wad)
October 9th, 2012
12:37 pm
So Obama is running on Big Bird and Honey Boo Boo now?
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
12:37 pm
“You are an idiot.”
Sheriff Bookman don’t take kindly to name calling.
tick, tick, tick…
moonbat betty (2 panties one wad)
October 9th, 2012
12:38 pm
Views can make donations to PBS at any time.
moonbat betty (2 panties one wad)
October 9th, 2012
12:38 pm
viewers
Joe Hussein Mama
October 9th, 2012
12:38 pm
Morality — “Need to keep an eye on those slicksters down in south Florida . chad counting again?”
Didn’t they completely redesign the ballots down there after the 2000 election?
I can’t imagine they kept on with that kind of ballots for long after that.
Any of our Florida posters able to speak to that point?
barking frog
October 9th, 2012
12:38 pm
If nothing else comes from
the financial crisis and this
election, I hope it debunks
polls and financial rating
companies both of which
just make up crap and sell
it to idiots.
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
12:39 pm
moonbat betty,
Terry Tate was hilarious. Been a long time since I’ve seen that.
moonbat betty
October 9th, 2012
12:40 pm
“Terry Tate was hilarious. Been a long time since I’ve seen that.”
Every office needs a Terry Tate.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 9th, 2012
12:40 pm
Doom — “Sheriff Bookman don’t take kindly to name calling. ”
Indeed.
Cheesy, you should cool it. Assuming Sheriff Jay doesn’t have the hanging rope ready to go already.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 9th, 2012
12:41 pm
Its nothing short of astounding the way that women watch me in the gym when I’m clad in my speedos and wife-beater.
JamVet
October 9th, 2012
12:41 pm
…with all of the benefits attached thereon to be enjoyed by our citizens.
Man, that Romney KoolAid must be yummy!
MR “I hide money overseas and ship your jobs there” Romney, BIG time helps screw over working class American families and our working class cons revere him as their champion anyway!
What a crazy collection of guppies, huh?
moonbat betty
October 9th, 2012
12:41 pm
And Kamchak makes jokes about dogs getting run over?
Terry Tate would love to set him straight.
Erwin's cat
October 9th, 2012
12:42 pm
Cheesy Grits – BTW I see now that Georgia is going to tax internet sales.
Thanks Republicans.
What, You don’t want to pay your fair share?
Mighty Righty
October 9th, 2012
12:43 pm
As predicted by those stupid Republicans who warned Obamacare would result in more unemploymnet, Darden Resturants, owners of Olive Garden, Red Lobster, and Long Horn Resturants annouced it is experimenting with cutting employee housrs. White Castle is also trying to figure out the law.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-darden-part-time-workers-20121007,0,1505128.story
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
October 9th, 2012
12:43 pm
Jamvet -_Nice comment about PBS? But, I like what Romney said “any program that is not absolutely necessary that is financed by money loaned to us by China, will be eliminated”! Good start in really eliminating wasteful programs.
barking frog
October 9th, 2012
12:44 pm
moonbat betty
October 9th, 2012
12:41 pm
And Kamchak makes jokes
about dogs getting run
over?
Terry Tate would love to
set him straight.
………….
Kamchak isn’t straight?
Pass the Cheesy Grits Please
October 9th, 2012
12:44 pm
“They deserve to be mocked.”- pass the cheesey grits
kampspam
Hey you dont want your kids mocked.
Don’t put them in your ads and use them for political gain.
If you do they are fair game.
So are you for gay marriage or not ?
You said earlier government should stay out of it and people should be allowed to be with whomever they choose.
I notice you didn’t answer.
Thats the problem with you idiots. You hate government intrusion into peoples lives until it fits your agenda.
Then its perfectly fine.
Hypocrites one and all.
Morality?
October 9th, 2012
12:44 pm
Brain dead zombies for Obama ……….. could the debate have brought them a little life? Probably not as they were already BRAIN dead. Jumpin’ Joe is their kind of man….. lot’s in common in the brain dead department.
Brosephus™
October 9th, 2012
12:44 pm
I see now that Georgia is going to tax internet sales.
Avoid paying internet sales tax by shopping locally.
JamVet
October 9th, 2012
12:44 pm
Make the welfare kings on TV and radio pay rent to us.
Those airwaves belong to we the people. Sadly, Uncle Sam lets these leeches use them for nothing…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 9th, 2012
12:45 pm
Terry Tate would love to set him straight.
It’s not up to the likes of Terry Tate to get me straight.
USMC
October 9th, 2012
12:45 pm
“Sheriff Bookman don’t take kindly to name calling.”–Thulsa Doom
HAH! I finally am able to prove Thulsa Doom wrong!
You are incorrect, sir. Jay Bookman will let his Leftwing Sock puppets, stands and Kammy, attack and say and get away with whatever they want.
It’s ONLY when Conservatives speak out and attack back does Jay Bookman step in and take action.
Pass the Cheesy Grits Please
October 9th, 2012
12:45 pm
What, You don’t want to pay your fair share?
I’m already paying it. Hell I pay twice the tax rate Mitt Romney does.
F. Sinkwich
October 9th, 2012
12:46 pm
Sesame Street is a $200 million franchise. They need my tax dollars? No way.
moonbat betty
October 9th, 2012
12:46 pm
Terry Tate eats Cheesy Grits for breakfast. WOOOAAAW!
Joe Hussein Mama
October 9th, 2012
12:46 pm
USMC — “You are incorrect, sir. Jay Bookman will let his Leftwing Sock puppets, stands and Kammy, attack and say and get away with whatever they want.”
Did not Aquagirl receive a suspension not long ago?
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
October 9th, 2012
12:47 pm
Also, if you are not an ally of ours, I believe the foreign aid should be cut. Every little bit helps, believe me, it will eventually add up. If Mexico refuses to secure border on their side, I would not give them one red cent!!
That Black Guy
October 9th, 2012
12:47 pm
JKL2
October 9th, 2012
9:11 am
go navy- Mitt Romney’s 5 boys just, “say NO to the U.S. Armed Forces”.
What’s the over/under on the obama girl’s Naval future?
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As did Chelsea Clinton, Al Gore’s 4 children, Jimmy Carters 4 children.
Your point?
Pass the Cheesy Grits Please
October 9th, 2012
12:48 pm
Clinton also managed to hide behind black churches whenever he got in trouble. I guess that’s what you do as the nation’s first black president.
What does that have to do with Vietnam ?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 9th, 2012
12:48 pm
Avoid paying internet sales tax by shopping locally.
And I do that as much as I can.
But it is extremely annoying to go out and try to find a specific item locally only to be told, “we don’t have that in stock, but we can order it for you.”
Hell, I can order it myself from Amazon and have it delivered directly to my home and I don’t have to waste time and gasoline to drive back to the retailer.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 9th, 2012
12:48 pm
Oh the horror… oh the victims of the Bookman. You just don’t know the imaginary suffering of them conned posters. Devastating.
Towncrier
October 9th, 2012
12:49 pm
“Until that’s confirmed by other polling, count me unconvinced.”
I am still very puzzled by the amount of faith liberals (and not a few conservatives) place in political polls. As I have been arguing, the difficulty of polling accurately has increased dramatically and steadily over the last decade or so. The majority of people now do not use traditional land lines, but only cell phones. We have no idea how many people use VoIP at home and those that do typically have unknown phone numbers (because the providers don’t apparently publish them). Pollsters by law cannot use autodialers when calling cell phones, making polling a much more expensive enterprise. And I have read in several places that less than 1 in 10 people are willing to participate in polls, making the sample pool very hard to work with (it was close to 40% a couple of decades ago and ideally should be 100%).
Added to this is the reality that, if pollsters really wanted to “skew” polls (say to please the media organizations paying them), they have plenty of plausible deniability built into the commonly asserted fact that statistically (even a series of them) polls can be “off” by a good amount. And this is perhaps borne out historically when you look at the polling results weeks and months before an election and compare them with the final pre-election polls (which are often very close to being correct) – how do so many pollsters “get it right” with their final polls but not nearly so right (sometimes wildly off) in the preceding ones? This is one thing I think should really be researched. If anyone knows of a study, please let me know. Otherwise, I will have to do it on my own in my spare time.
Anyway, here is what one commentator is saying today:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/the_day_polling_died_avC02WOQrbvvohrTLZwgAI
barking frog
October 9th, 2012
12:49 pm
Some folks should self
suspend and save Jay the
trouble. We know who we
are.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
October 9th, 2012
12:50 pm
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
12:21 pm
Thulsa,
All I’m saying is that the only way racism will stop is if we are all one color, whatever that color would be. God must have thought we would be more tolerant and understanding about skin color…
Erwin's cat
October 9th, 2012
12:50 pm
Obama was “remarkable” in “saving the world economy”???
The IMF might disagree….who said this crisis is over anyway?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 9th, 2012
12:50 pm
Jay Bookman will let his Leftwing Sock puppets, stands and Kammy, attack and say and get away with whatever they want.
(shrug)
Think what you will, but my posts get pulled down just the same as everyone else’s.
getalife
October 9th, 2012
12:50 pm
I remember David Plouffe was worried about our President’s first debate with Hillary because he said our President sux at debate. David was right and he lost the first debate.
JamVet
October 9th, 2012
12:50 pm
But, I like what Romney said “any program that is not absolutely necessary that is financed by money loaned to us by China, will be eliminated”
And you believe that inveterate liar???? The guy who is a corporation masquerading as a human being running for president????
Wow.
Talk about penny wise and pound moronic…
The reason you neocons want to eliminate PBS has nothing to do with the miniscule amount of money involved.
It has everything to do with the fact that you are addicted to stupid. And PBS makes your corporate stupidvision look really, really, really bad.
And in our new quasi-fascist nation of Corporations Uber Alles, you cannot have that…
That Black Guy
October 9th, 2012
12:52 pm
Go Navy
October 9th, 2012
9:16 am
JKL2
October 9th, 2012
9:11 am
what are you saying? The American people can sacrifice “their sons” but Mitt can’t? If Obama had 5 boys and NONE had ever served including him, do yo think that he would be ready to start another war? Go figure.
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Did you say that about Bill, Al Gore, Jimmy Carter?
Also, stop being sexist. Women can and have served in our armed forces for years.
Do you not think they should?
barking frog
October 9th, 2012
12:53 pm
Kamchak
Total agreement. Cabinets
not in stock at Home Depot
or Lowes, 5 weeks estimated
delivery time. I could order
from AliBaba myself.
Mighty Righty
October 9th, 2012
12:53 pm
JamVet
October 9th, 2012
12:41 pm
You are ignoring the tens of thousands of jobs sent over seas by the Obama administration during the last three plus years including but not limited to Green Jobs which were directly financed by Obama’s administration. GE alone shipped 20,000 to China. The new $20.00 light bulbs now required by this out of control administration is just one of many examples of the pot calling the lying Democrats propoganda. The Romney jobs shipped over seas are alledged while the Obama jobs are factualy and documented.
Brosephus™
October 9th, 2012
12:53 pm
Kamchak
True. I try to do as much business locally as I can. I feel better about circulating money locally with the small guys as opposed to the big chains.
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
12:54 pm
I see that the king of kamspam had more truly thought provoking commentary @ 12:36- something about the Bering sea.
getalife
October 9th, 2012
12:54 pm
Funny, how the cons don’t want to cut big oil welfare of billions but want to cut Big Bird of thousands.
They suk at math.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 9th, 2012
12:54 pm
Towncrier — “how do so many pollsters “get it right” with their final polls but not nearly so right (sometimes wildly off) in the preceding ones?”
Could you be a bit more specific, please?
1) How do pollsters get it right in their final poll?
2) Why aren’t pollsters’ earlier results closer to the final result?
3) How can pollsters be so far off to start with, yet zero in fairly accurately on the final result once Election Day rolls around?
Are those the questions you’re asking?
stands for decibels
October 9th, 2012
12:54 pm
It’s ONLY when Conservatives speak out and attack back does Jay Bookman step in and take action.
I can speak from first hand experience that this is not even remotely true.
godless heathen
October 9th, 2012
12:54 pm
When is round 2 of The Stormin’ Mormon vs. The Professor?
Pass the Cheesy Grits Please
October 9th, 2012
12:54 pm
It has everything to do with the fact that you are addicted to stupid. And PBS makes your corporate stupidvision look really, really, really bad.
South Park did a good take off on this.
Can you believe Honey Boo Boo is on a channel called ” The Learning Channel ”
I would venture a guess 90 percent of Honey Boo Boo watchers are Southern Republicans.
There is a reason why the lower the states education level is, the more likely its a red state.
Morality?
October 9th, 2012
12:55 pm
So are you for “gay” marriage? NOT. Is that clear enough for you? PBS was entering the cess pool with some of their programing by having a series on the “gay” life style showing “bath houses”, drug filled orgies, full frontal nudity etc, etc, rather graphically during prime time when children would be watching TV but public outrage and the threat to cut off their funding put PBS back on course.
barking frog
October 9th, 2012
12:55 pm
getalife
The President does not lie
bluster or argue thus not
a good debater.
Pass the Cheesy Grits Please
October 9th, 2012
12:55 pm
I see that the king of kamspam had more truly thought provoking commentary @ 12:36- something about the Bering sea.
Do you support gay marriage Thulsa ?
Or is it just freedom for some ?
Erwin's cat
October 9th, 2012
12:55 pm
Cheesy – I’m already paying it. Hell I pay twice the tax rate Mitt Romney does.
really…you’re paying 27% to 41%….BS
TaxPayer
October 9th, 2012
12:55 pm
I’m sure that was your next Vietnam draft dodging snipe.
I’m sure you were going to rip on Bill like you did Mitt.
Although, Bill spent his time on self serving endevours. Mitt was in service to his religion.
I’m sure you’re an Independent, That Black Guy.
JamVet
October 9th, 2012
12:56 pm
Gomer.
For the fifty seventh time, quit whining like a teenage girl.
Or do like Del, cut and run to Kyle’s…
Welcome to the Occupation
October 9th, 2012
12:56 pm
Tom: “From now on, let’s say we(the taxpaying citizens) takes care of the folks who get welfare and social financial assistance. ”
You’re leaving out something huge here, and maybe that’s because you’d prefer not to look at it.
A major recipient of “government assistance” are the banks.
So are you equally upset that the banks are receiving “government assistance” as low-interest loans to boost their profits as when the bulk of the workers and the less privileged receive it in the form of public services and investments (education, etc.)?
Pass the Cheesy Grits Please
October 9th, 2012
12:56 pm
So are you for “gay” marriage? NOT. Is that clear enough for you? PBS was entering the cess pool with some of their programing by having a series on the “gay” life style showing “bath houses”, drug filled orgies, full frontal nudity etc, etc, rather graphically during prime time when children would be watching TV but public outrage and the threat to cut off their funding put PBS back on course.
And there you have it.
TaxPayer
October 9th, 2012
12:57 pm
When did Mitt ever pay 20.5% federal taxes. He’s never admitted that. Release those tax returns, Mitt.
barking frog
October 9th, 2012
12:57 pm
godless heathen
Stormin Mormon, Mitt
should push that.
Astounding Fact
October 9th, 2012
12:57 pm
Obama is a liar.
Pass the Cheesy Grits Please
October 9th, 2012
12:57 pm
really…you’re paying 27% to 41%….BS
Umm yes I do.
F. Sinkwich
October 9th, 2012
12:58 pm
“But, I like what Romney said “any program that is not absolutely necessary that is financed by money loaned to us by China, will be eliminated””
I liked that too, Jammie.
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
12:58 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 9th, 2012
12:04 pm
“68 year old Sandusky get a minimum 30 year sentence.
At his age, that’s a life sentence.”
Really? No kidding genius. Geez.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 9th, 2012
12:58 pm
Righty — “The new $20.00 light bulbs now required by this out of control administration is just one of many examples of the pot calling the lying Democrats propoganda.”
Dude, I don’t know where you’re shopping for bulbs, but CFLs are WAY cheaper than that. You can get a pretty good new-generation LED bulb for about $20 or so, but those aren’t required.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 9th, 2012
12:58 pm
Well I see the old Doom has returned. SO much for that turning a new leaf.
I see that the king of kamspam had more truly thought provoking commentary @ 12:36- something about the Bering sea.
Doomchumming for attention
getalife
October 9th, 2012
1:00 pm
frog,
I don’t expect must change from the second debate because it is a town hall debate.
Towncrier
October 9th, 2012
1:01 pm
“I can speak from first hand experience that this is not even remotely true.”
Agreed. Jay allows a whole lotta “free” speech here.
getalife
October 9th, 2012
1:02 pm
doomy.
Did you think he should walk?
Joe Hussein Mama
October 9th, 2012
1:03 pm
“Morality” — “PBS was entering the cess pool with some of their programing by having a series on the “gay” life style showing “bath houses”, drug filled orgies, full frontal nudity etc”
You’ve clearly never been to a singles bar.
Erwin's cat
October 9th, 2012
1:03 pm
Taxpayer…I rounded up..1999 to 2009 Mitt averaged 20.2%
Cheesy…If you really pay that rate, you should probably stop preparing your own taxes
Brosephus™
October 9th, 2012
1:04 pm
“Doomchumming”
That sounds like something a person should do in the privacy of their own home and behind closed doors.
Just sayin’
TaxPayer
October 9th, 2012
1:04 pm
Con Poll 2012:
Which Mitt Romney is the real Mitt Romney?
A) The extremely conservative Mitt Romney
B) The former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney
C) The left of Obama Mitt Romney
D) The Gekko Mitt Romney
E) A, B, C and D
F) The hidden camera Mitt Romney
TaxPayer
October 9th, 2012
1:05 pm
Erwin,
You got a link to Mitt’s returns from 1999 to 2009.
DownInAlbany
October 9th, 2012
1:05 pm
Release those tax returns, Mitt.
Release those college transcripts, Mr. President!
DownInAlbany
October 9th, 2012
1:06 pm
Righty — “The new $20.00 light bulbs now required by this out of control administration is just one of many examples of the pot calling the lying Democrats propoganda.”
Dude, I don’t know where you’re shopping for bulbs, but CFLs are WAY cheaper than that. You can get a pretty good new-generation LED bulb for about $20 or so, but those aren’t required.
$20 is $20, right?
barking frog
October 9th, 2012
1:07 pm
Astounding Fact
October 9th, 2012
12:57 pm
Obama is a liar.
…………..
Depends on what the
definition of ‘is’ is.
Mick
October 9th, 2012
1:07 pm
doom
Americans have short memories, if you go back a short four years ago, the economy of the US and the world looked pretty bleak. Mccain inspired zero confidence and his vp pick was a disaster. President obama made some tough decisions at the time especially the auto bailout which was needed, even the previous president agreed. The housing debacle is still ongoing and will need another 3 or 4 years before inventory is bought up. Then and only then will construction start to see some life in the home building sector. Also, the trending is positive and things seem to be going in the right direction regardless of a hostile, do nothing house of representatives…
Erwin's cat
October 9th, 2012
1:07 pm
TaxPayer – No
does that make it false?
larry
October 9th, 2012
1:07 pm
TaxPayer
October 9th, 2012
1:04 pm
I will go with E. They really need to work with his multiple personalities. Maybe a good therapist will work .
DownInAlbany
October 9th, 2012
1:08 pm
JamVet: The O administration outsourced the security in Libya to a British company. How’d that work out?
Joe Hussein Mama
October 9th, 2012
1:08 pm
DownInAlbany — “$20 is $20, right?”
Sure, but you can get a box of CFLs for much less than $20.
Towncrier
October 9th, 2012
1:08 pm
“PBS was entering the cess pool with some of their programing by having a series on the “gay” life…”
I cannot speak to the timing of their programming (since I am unaware of it), but some of their documentaries on gays (such as “The Stonewall Uprising”) have been (perhaps unintentionally) somewhat unflattering. For example, from watching “The Stonewall Uprising” I learned that gays in NYC in the sixties would meet by the hordes and pack into unclean meat trucks for sex in complete darkness. That is really disturbing – even just from a health/medical standpoint.
stands for decibels
October 9th, 2012
1:11 pm
ohfercryinoutloud–you’re playing the Light Bulb Freedom card now?
(in case anyone wondered–this poutrage is actually aimed at guidelines from legislation signed into law by that business-hatin’ Commie George W. Bush, in 2007.)