Candy Crowley right to stick to her debate guns
Journalists are taught never to become part of the story. Candy Crowley of CNN, moderator of tonight’s town-hall debate, has become part of the story, but in her case, I don’t think she has been given any choice.
From Politico:
In an interview with CNN this afternoon, Candy Crowley reiterated that, like past town-hall debate moderators, she intends to do more than just hold the microphone at tonight’s debate in Hempstead, N.Y. — an intention that has caused concern for both campaigns….
Crowley’s vision of her role at tonight’s debate is in keeping with past town hall debates, but it would defy the expectations agreed to by both campaigns in the co-signed memorandum of understanding, obtained and released yesterday by Time’s Mark Halperin. From section 7, part (c), sub-part (iv):
7. Additional Rules Apllicable to the October 16 Debate…
(c) With respect to all questions…
(iv) The moderator will not ask follow-up questions or comment on either the questions asked by the audience or the answers of the candidates during the debate or otherwise intervene in the debate except to acknowledge the questioners from the audience or enforce the time limits, and invite candidate comments during the 2 minute response period.
There is hardly any gray area here. Crowley is expected to do nothing except to acknowledge questioners, enforce the time limits, and invite candidate comments. Many people — especially journalists — would and have objected to that, but that’s the agreement.
That’s the agreement between the two campaigns. The sponsoring Commission on Presidential Debates did not agree to it. Crowley did not agree to it. If the two campaigns want somebody to handle the job the way they seem to want it handled, they should hire a game-show host, not a journalist.
“The commission and the moderator are not parties to” any agreement the campaigns may have, Frank Fahrenkopf, former chairman of the Republican National Committee and a debate commission co-chair, told the Washington Post. “She agreed to abide by the rules of the commission, not the campaigns.”
Good for the commission, and good for Crowley.
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martin the calvinist
October 16th, 2012
2:38 pm
first?
Call It Like It Is
October 16th, 2012
2:38 pm
Hey, as long as she is tough to both sides, could care less. She just needs to remeber it’s not about her or her need to get in the spot light.
martin the calvinist
October 16th, 2012
2:39 pm
yeah baby!
martin the calvinist
October 16th, 2012
2:39 pm
I agree with Call it…..
stands for decibels
October 16th, 2012
2:41 pm
If the two campaigns want somebody to handle the job the way they seem to want it handled, they should hire a game-show host, not a journalist.
Agreed and frankly, I’m shocked that they don’t just hire Alex Trebek to do the next one.
Stonethrower
October 16th, 2012
2:41 pm
Liberal Media!
Brosephus™
October 16th, 2012
2:42 pm
Seems as though the parties want to continue the status quo of staging nothing but infomercials for their talking points. Hopefully, the people asking questions will not be sheep and play along with the facade. I’m wondering when the commission will quit playing favorites and allow ALL presidential candidates a chance to debate. Georgia has 4 people on the ballot, yet there have only been two people that have debated thus far. When do we get to hear from the other two?
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
October 16th, 2012
2:43 pm
Will O phone it in again?
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
October 16th, 2012
2:44 pm
She should ask Romney why he is a lying sack o’ s.
Georgia
October 16th, 2012
2:45 pm
Alex Trebek would be a fine debate moderator, but then Obama would phrase all his answers in the form of a whine.
Call It Like It Is
October 16th, 2012
2:50 pm
I’m just glad to see that Pizza Hut backed off their idiotic attempt to hijack our presidential debate for marketing.
godless heathen
October 16th, 2012
2:50 pm
Hard to take anybody seriously that goes by Candy unless she’s a stripper.
Georgia
October 16th, 2012
2:52 pm
Someone should ask Obama if he still blames W. Someone should ask Romney if he still takes responsibility for his own choices.
ByteMe - Got ilk?
October 16th, 2012
2:53 pm
I’m just glad to see that Pizza Hut backed off their idiotic attempt to hijack our presidential debate for marketing.
If I’m in Obama’s shoes, I get that out of the way by saying “I’d like to first say this: Sausage. Governor?” and then get on with the real work.
Don't Tread
October 16th, 2012
2:53 pm
We’ll see if she actually sticks to that (or sticks to it for one side only).
CJ
October 16th, 2012
2:53 pm
If the two campaigns want somebody to handle the job the way they seem to want it handled, they should hire a game-show host, not a journalist.
I think it’s a stretch to call Candy Crowley a journalist, but I get your point.
http://mediamatters.org/tags/candy-crowley
ByteMe - Got ilk?
October 16th, 2012
2:53 pm
Will Hannity whine that Candy was drunk ?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 16th, 2012
2:54 pm
Hard to take anybody seriously that goes by Candy unless she’s a stripper
Because whenever you talk about women, they must be degraded to a sexual nature? So of you guys really need to get a clue in your war on women and your phobias about women being more intelligent than you.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
October 16th, 2012
2:55 pm
“If the two campaigns want somebody to handle the job the way they seem to want it handled, they should hire a game-show host, not a journalist.”
The Presidential debate hosted by…..Wink Martindale?
No so very appealing.
ByteMe - Got ilk?
October 16th, 2012
2:56 pm
Will Ann Coulter whine that Obama wasn’t being sexy enough?
DownInAlbany
October 16th, 2012
2:57 pm
heathen: you owe me one Dell keyboard. I just spit half-sweet tea, half-lemonade from Chic-fil-a all over it
Ben Shockley
October 16th, 2012
2:58 pm
“So of you guys really need to get a clue in your war on women and your phobias about women being more intelligent than you.”
Not intended to be a factual statement
Ben Shockley
October 16th, 2012
2:59 pm
If I make a joke about a guy named “Bubba” is that waging war on men?
Ben Shockley
October 16th, 2012
3:00 pm
“She should ask Romney why he is a lying sack o’ s.”
Not intended to be a factual statement
alittlecommonsense
October 16th, 2012
3:00 pm
I hope she does get involved. These town halls are usually a feel good “I can connect with the people” affair. I really could care less about that.
Just as long as she doesn’t take a que from Martha Raddatz who was an active debater on one side of the issues. That was an abomination in the VP debate. Just be fair with both sides – don’t become a debater yourself.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
3:00 pm
JAY,
Already both parties are blaming loss of debate to Crowley…”if we lose it’ because of Crowley….” heard that on America Left last evening as well as from the GOP already..
Making excuses before the outcome…really? I hope she does ask followup questions, namely…”you answered the question with the answer to a question you wanted to be asked..now the question was ???, please provide a short reponse in 15 seconds..”
I think we may as well have Jerry Springer moderate…this whole process is clearly Jerry Springeresque…
ByteMe - Got ilk?
October 16th, 2012
3:00 pm
If I make a joke about a guy named “Bubba” is that waging war on men?
Go ahead, let’s see you make a sexist joke about a respected journalist named “Bubba”. We’ll let you know.
Ben Shockley
October 16th, 2012
3:01 pm
How many times has Obama tried and failed to tell the truth about Libya? About deficit reduction? About Romney’s record at Bain?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 16th, 2012
3:01 pm
Ben, enjoy the ignorance…. when you become a “job creator”, enjoy the lawsuits.
ByteMe - Got ilk?
October 16th, 2012
3:02 pm
I think we may as well have Jerry Springer moderate…this whole process is clearly Jerry Springeresque…
Chair throwing should be part of it, yes.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
3:02 pm
Am I the only one that would pay extra to have the option of eliminating the bottom, side and other news tickers by all “news” and sports channels?
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
October 16th, 2012
3:02 pm
Ben Shockley
October 16th, 2012
2:58 pm
“So of you guys really need to get a clue in your war on women and your phobias about women being more intelligent than you.”
Not intended to be a factual statement
.
.
.
.
I KNOW that to be a factual statement.
Grow a pair (breasts, that is) and you’d understand.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
3:03 pm
BYTEME,
Who knows, we may learn something new about a baby’s daddy…
ByteMe - Got ilk?
October 16th, 2012
3:03 pm
Anyone else see the consistency in the wingnuts worrying about someone with a title derived from the word “moderate”?
Ben Shockley
October 16th, 2012
3:03 pm
“Go ahead, let’s see you make a sexist joke about a respected journalist named “Bubba”. We’ll let you know.”
Apparently the jury is still out regarding the existence of any respected journalists named “Candy.”
Thanks for regurgitating the mindless liberal talking points about waging war on women, though. We were at risk of forgetting about it. It only gets repeated like 5,000 times per day on this blog.
Ronald Reagan Parkway
October 16th, 2012
3:04 pm
It would be a great debate if President Obama and Mitt Romney were placed in separate sound proof booths and asked the same questions. Neither one would be able to hear each others’ answers. That would be a TRUE debate!!!
ByteMe - Got ilk?
October 16th, 2012
3:04 pm
I see Ben still can’t make up his own joke.
stands for decibels
October 16th, 2012
3:05 pm
Shouldn’t the third debate be a tag-team affair?
Lord Help Us
October 16th, 2012
3:05 pm
‘Chair throwing should be part of it, yes.’
If there is a chance Geraldo will hit smacked, I will watch.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
3:05 pm
Anybody other than me also in favor of eliminating the phrases “not intending to be a factual statement..” and ” enter comments here” among others?
ByteMe - Got ilk?
October 16th, 2012
3:05 pm
Shouldn’t the third debate be a tag-team affair?
Would having a cage around the stage debase this any further?
ByteMe - Got ilk?
October 16th, 2012
3:06 pm
Anybody other than me also in favor of eliminating the phrases “not intending to be a factual statement..”
Only when it’s used to innoculate your own lies. Like calling the other person a liar right before letting loose with a bunch of lies.
Brosephus™
October 16th, 2012
3:06 pm
Hard to take anybody seriously that goes by Candy unless she’s a stripper.
Name bias much???
http://www.namepedia.org/en/firstname/Candy/
Kandi Burruss: Successful R&B Artist/Songwriter/Producer, business owner, TV personality
Khandi Alexander: Successful actress.
Not really a “Candy”, but plays the character on “Two and a Half Men. April Bowlby. (*tribute to Kamchak and his list of beauties)
moonbat betty
October 16th, 2012
3:06 pm
Hopefully, Candy doesn’t take a cue from Biden last week and go all Jack Nicholson on them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n47U-v3v1-Q
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
3:07 pm
BYTEME,
They both will do anything to get elected…we will see more of that tonite…I knew Romney was a moderate from the beginning but he needed the money and votes…what else is new??
godless heathen
October 16th, 2012
3:07 pm
So of you guys really need to get a clue in your war on women and your phobias about women being more intelligent than you.
LOL! That’s a real dig, there. Like we associate “journalist” with high intelligence (other than present company, of course.)
Don Abernethy
October 16th, 2012
3:08 pm
Why did the Republicans allow all of the moderators to be liberal????
moonbat betty
October 16th, 2012
3:09 pm
Yeah, don’t make fun of “Candy”.
They could of had “Cokie” Roberts instead.
ragnar danneskjold
October 16th, 2012
3:10 pm
Game show host would be a good idea, especially for something like the town hall format.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
3:11 pm
BRO
Sammy Davis Jr…the Candy Man?
John Candy
Eye candy…
They BOTH suck
October 16th, 2012
3:11 pm
Don
Can you provide substantiated evidence that all of the moderators are liberal?
Thanks
OBIWAN
October 16th, 2012
3:11 pm
No teleprompter, Obama will lose.
Marty Huggins'
October 16th, 2012
3:11 pm
“In the locker room a husband asked Bubba, a young stud with an enormous member: ‘I don’t mean to be too personal, but how did you get that big?’ Bubba laughed and said, ‘Every night before bed, I bang it on the bedpost three times. Heck, it impresses the girls at school!” The husband was excited at the simplicity of this technique and could hardly wait to try it himself. Before he climbed into bed that night, he whipped it out and banged it on the bedpost three times. He was just climbing into bed with newfound confidence when his wife sits up, half-asleep and rubbing her eyes, and says, ‘Bubba, is that you?”"
http://www.psychologyhelp.com/sexual-health/sex-joke-1c.htm
Quick google search revealed no results for journalist names bubba.
So for this we will go with Masters Champion Bubba Watson.
getalife
October 16th, 2012
3:11 pm
She should have never done interviews because everything is political now.
DownInAlbany
October 16th, 2012
3:12 pm
If Crowley comes across as being one-sided, I don’t think that will play real well with the undecideds/independents…which is the targeted group here. Let’s be honest the debates will not change anyone’s mind that frequents this blog.
ODD OWL
October 16th, 2012
3:12 pm
The terms Candy Crawley and stripper are oxymorons that are mutually exclusive… Imagine, Candy Crawley in a Thong ??? Perish the thought… I get the shivers just thinking about it…
stands for decibels
October 16th, 2012
3:13 pm
Game show host would be a good idea, especially for something like the town hall format.
good lord. Rags and I agree on something. Hide your children.
moonbat betty
October 16th, 2012
3:13 pm
“Game show host would be a good idea, especially for something like the town hall format.”
lol – Yeah they need Richard Dawson (RIP) from the old Family Feud. He could go around kissing everyone before the ask a question.
straitroad
October 16th, 2012
3:13 pm
None of this matters anyway. No matter how the debate goes, it will be spun as a massive blowout win for obama by the same folks who had to admit that he was routed in the previous debate. I have absolutely no doubt that this will be the case. Obama could drool all over himself and wear his socks on his ears and he will be deemed the winner.
getalife
October 16th, 2012
3:15 pm
I don’t think mitt will use the same lies or positions as last debate.
He is a consistent flip flopper.
It is the only thing he is good at.
Jack
October 16th, 2012
3:16 pm
Crowley is from CNN. Obama will get a wink and a nod tonight, but it still won’t be enough. The real Obama will be there jut like he was in the first debate.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
3:17 pm
Anybody other than me also in favor of eliminating
the phrases “not intending to be a factual statement..” and ” enter comments here”Jerry Springer references or mentioning Bob Woodward’s book?Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
3:18 pm
John Candy and Candy Crowley…they would make a good match eh?
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=candy+crowley+picture&view=detail&id=1E6E11677F9AE9CEDBF135358FC6E40BFBD6DD29&qpvt=candy+crowley+picture
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=john+candy+picture&view=detail&id=5F93501B38BB5D51DE145E0DE6D14BE55F580A18
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
October 16th, 2012
3:18 pm
And nobody wants to hear sausage or pepperoni. It is a trick question. The correct answer is both with some Canadian bacon, mushrooms, olives, onions, & extra cheese.
The real questions are:
Ginger or Mary Ann?
Veronica or Betty?
Jennifer or Angelina?
Jokes aside. This format should play better for Obama as the Mittster will have nowhere to hide and smuggle his cheat sheet.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
3:19 pm
KAMCHAK
I’m ok with no more Springer references but why not more Bob Woodward book references? Have you read it?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
3:20 pm
Mary Ann.
Veronica.
Jennifer.
getalife
October 16th, 2012
3:23 pm
Yeah stevie,
speaker crybaby told the truth in that book.
Gullible much?
jasper
October 16th, 2012
3:24 pm
Dare everybody to do a shot tonight for every time you hear 47%. Should be better than Bob.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
3:24 pm
EAST COBB
Both
Neither
Angelina
Do you suppose Romney is boxer or briefs guy?
Regnad Kcin
October 16th, 2012
3:26 pm
Ben thinks johns are “job creators.”
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
3:27 pm
GETALIFE
Suggest you read the book and educate yourself..the book is for the most part, a sad critique on BO’s and GOP’s lack of leadership skills…the former more than the latter…as considered in light of the cliff negotiations…but you wouldn’t know that because you are so gullible you are incapable of arriving at any of your own conclusions…both sides use you weak talking points…c’mon…I know you can read..
Independent
October 16th, 2012
3:28 pm
I’ve personally known only one Candy in my life, a classmate at an unnamed high school in north DeKalb County in the mid-70’s. When she graduated from high school she didn’t become a stripper. In the early 80’s a friend ran into her at a hotel in the Dunwoody area, and low and behold, you guessed it, she was a hooker / escort. True story.
stands for decibels
October 16th, 2012
3:28 pm
At his infamous “47%” fundraiser, Romney assured a concerned donor that if a foreign policy crisis emerged late in the campaign, “I will work to find a way to take advantage of the opportunity.” And so he has.
Boris Badnoff
October 16th, 2012
3:28 pm
I greatly admire Candy. She definitely didn’t get where she got by sleeping with anyone. And because she is employed by CNN we know she has absolutely no bias. Heck, the only difference between her and Jay Bookman is 5 million chocolate eclairs.
Paul
October 16th, 2012
3:29 pm
Nothing like making a demand you can’t enforce. If the campaigns wanted to guarantee Ms Crowley would act like a journalist, they did the one thing that will guarantee she will: tell her she can’t be a professional.
I’ll toss out a prediction: the candidate who avoids specifics will, the next day, have his side complain about how unfair and one-sided Ms Crowley was. Now let’s see…. what candidate has made avoiding specifics into a new art form? Hmmmmmm…….
moonbat betty
October 16th, 2012
3:29 pm
Everyone must take a shot when getalife declares “lie”, “liar”, or “flip flopper”
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
3:29 pm
SfD — “Agreed and frankly, I’m shocked that they don’t just hire Alex Trebek to do the next one.”
No, sorry.
The GOPers don’t want Trebek saying that *or* saying I’m sorry, Governor, but the correct answer is “what are tax increases on high-net-worth individuals.”
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
3:30 pm
JASPER,
What about 12 million jobs…what about lies insinuating Romney shipped jobs overseas….what about 5 trillion or 4 trillion…what about debt levels…it’s all the same BS…likely repeated in all three debates…
Regnad Kcin
October 16th, 2012
3:30 pm
RINO,
You forgot Betty or Wilma!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
3:30 pm
Have you read it?
Have you read:
Us and Them: Understanding Your Tribal Mind by David Berreby?
The Myth of Political Correctness: The Conservative Attack on Higher Education by John K Wilson?
Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson I and II by Richard Bandler and John Grinder?
Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalism into a Tax-Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body-Piercing, Hollywood-Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show by Geoffrey Nunberg?
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
October 16th, 2012
3:31 pm
I go with the boxer-briefs and sometimes neither, but that may be TMI. Maybe the next debate should be moderated by the little girl in the Ray Lewis press conference commercial. She knows how to ask the right questions.
ODD OWL
October 16th, 2012
3:33 pm
Candy Crawley and CNN are virulent Republican propaganists… CNN is the acronym for Collaborator Narrative News network…CNN have embraced the flip-flopping, right wing neo-con/ left wing Rockefeller liberal Romney/Rand/Ryan Republican narrative… CNN attempt to give validity and credence to the Romney/Ryan Republican distortions, rumors, Innuendos, halftrues and outright lies, by equating them with Democrat’s reality based truisms… The Romney/Ryan Republicans don’t have any ideas and no plan… Romney/Ryan are disingenuous and intellectually dishonest… They tell lies with reckless abandon… Wolf Blizer is the only fair and balanced news media person at CNN… Blizer should replace Candy Crawley as debate moderator…
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
3:33 pm
STANDS,
What about “you didn’t build that”? Not sure that one is anymore damning than similar mis-speak on 47%…also highly unlikely either will lose votes as a result…
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
October 16th, 2012
3:33 pm
Seen this?
http://www.romneytaxplan.com/
Everything ya’ need to know.
getalife
October 16th, 2012
3:33 pm
stevie,
I don’t believe a word the speaker or the gop say in any nook.
Like Biden said, they are full of bs. Period.
getalife
October 16th, 2012
3:33 pm
book.
Peadawg
October 16th, 2012
3:34 pm
“Hey, as long as she is tough to both sides, could care less. ”
^^This^^
Georgia
October 16th, 2012
3:35 pm
Question for Romney: Will we be better off four years from now if you get elected president? Question for Obama: Why couldn’t you adjust when the Republicans voted down your initiatives and refused to compromise? Why did you just accept defeat so easily. Why did you make it so easy for them.
Quagmire
October 16th, 2012
3:35 pm
Mitt Romney jumped all over Obama for 90 billion for green industry….
He did not even know some was for scrubbers for Coal Power Plants…
That 90 billion for green energy was spread out over many years,,,and
included money for upgrades to Coal Power Plants to install exhaust
cleaners….and clean up the coal exhaust…
Remember Mitt Romney likes Coal….and another thing..
We use 75% of our oil for transportation and we currently get..from a 42
gallon barrel of black oil..
16 gallons of gasoline 40% by volume..
8 gallons diesel fuel 20% by volume..
4 gallons jet fuel 10% by volume..
We have bio-engineered versions of green algae that produce 80% diesel
by volume…and we have similar versions for gasoline and jet fuel…
Exxon is investing in Algae oil…
Obama is pushing Algae development..we can grow our own oil…less risky
Regnad Kcin
October 16th, 2012
3:36 pm
“similar mis-speak on 47%”
With respect, Stevie – you saw the video. Do you think Romney “mis-spoke”? To me he seemed eloquent and heartfelt, and let no room for doubt about what he meant.
I’m very curious to hear YOUR interpretation of what he actually meant…
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
3:36 pm
On another topic…..regarding Libya:
“Plugs” Biden says it wasn’t his or Barry’s fault….it was “intelligence failure”
Shrillary says it was because of “the fog of war”
Wait a minute….is Bush still the president? Aren’t these supposed to be Republican excuses only??
LOL
Patrick
October 16th, 2012
3:37 pm
Candy C. is a pro.
She will do a great job!
getalife
October 16th, 2012
3:38 pm
georgia,
Yeah, the gop won our first downgrade. Congrats.
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
October 16th, 2012
3:38 pm
2 debates (1 POTUS & 1 VEEP) with pointed, direct, & clear questions for the Romney/Ryan ticket to spell out details of their tax plan and they provided nothing. Candy Crowley should get free pizza for life if she can get Mittster to detail the offsets to his 5T in cuts.
jconservative
October 16th, 2012
3:39 pm
It is time for the Republican Party to grow up and stop using as an excuse the “liberal media”.
The liberal media apparently stopped Eisenhower from winning the White House (twice). Same for Nixon (twice) , Reagan (twice), Bush and Bush (twice).
That adds up to Republicans 36 years in the W H and the Democrats 24 years.
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
3:39 pm
Yup Regnad….agree, Romney said what he meant…b/c it’s true. Most of the bedwetters on this blog are part of that 47%
Barry said what he thought was true too…..about the “bitter gunholders clinging to their bibles”
getalife
October 16th, 2012
3:41 pm
The 47% comment was the real mitt. He was relaxed talking to the wealthy. His people.
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
3:43 pm
” Heck, the only difference between her and Jay Bookman is 5 million chocolate eclairs.”
…..ROFLMFAO!!!!……
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
October 16th, 2012
3:43 pm
The 47% comment was the real mitt
Indeed it was. He even got out of bed to a hastily arranged press conference to affirm it. To own it even.
DownInAlbany
October 16th, 2012
3:44 pm
Fox News is reporting that Candy Crowley’s desperate need to marginalize everyday American voters and steal the spotlight for herself during tonight’s debate has just been formalized. Altering the original agreement with the debate commission, and under intense media pressure, both Obama and Romney have agreed to answer any questions asked by Ms. Crowley and her over-sized ego.
Bottom line: When a moderator works this hard to become part of the story, something is terribly, terribly wrong.
getalife
October 16th, 2012
3:45 pm
cnn is corporate media and are doing a segment called “Do facts matter anymore?”
I answered this question at the beginning of this cycle.
Lord Help Us
October 16th, 2012
3:45 pm
” Heck, the only difference between her and Jay Bookman is 5 million chocolate eclairs.”
That and only one of them has a vajayjay…
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
3:45 pm
GETALIFE,
You are confusing books or just plan…well uninformed..
KAMCHAK,
No but i have read the following:
Audacity of Hope
In But Not of…hugh hewitt
The (GOP) Party is Over…Mike Lofgren
Leading From Behind..Richard Miniter
Great American Hypocrites..Glenn Greenwald
The Greatest Story Ever Sold…Frank Rich
Change We Can Believe In..
Hot Flat and Crowded….Tom Friedman
to name a few…Great American Hypocrites being one of my favorites…Change We Can Believe In by far the worst…(not to mention lack of follow up on the BS rendered between those covers…)
The Party is Over runs a close second to Hypocrites…this one is written by long time GOP aide who discusses the changed, untrustworthy new GOP model..
ATL Tiger
October 16th, 2012
3:45 pm
I expect Obama to come after Mitt’s positions more tonight than the last debate (which essentially be one sentence), but he too will offer ambiguous generalities about what his plans are for the future. He will try to win points about Mitt’s so called ‘$5 trillion tax cut’, yet will be unable to answer how and why the national debt has added $5 trillion under his administration.
The person who wins tonight’s debate will be the one who doesn’t self destruct.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
3:45 pm
It is time for the Republican Party to grow up and stop using as an excuse the “liberal media”.
Setting the bar kinda high, I’d say.
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
3:46 pm
“The 47% comment was the real mitt. He was relaxed talking to the wealthy. His people.”
Yup and it’s true. Only need 50% plus one vote to be president….and by the latest polls, Mitt’s got’em.
Hopefully, by the end of 8 years of Romney/Ryan….the ratio of producers/takers will increase, unlike whats happened these past 4 years
ByteMe - Got ilk?
October 16th, 2012
3:47 pm
Fox News is reporting that Candy Crowley’s desperate need to marginalize
No wonder cons are so fact-challenged. They can’t figure out the difference between “reporting” and “opining”.
stands for decibels
October 16th, 2012
3:47 pm
What about “you didn’t build that”?
I’ll defend that statement any day of the week and twice on Sundays. It was an accurate statement about government’s crucial role in building infrastructure for a prosperous country, in a speech that included praise for America’s entrepreneurs.
So, is the notion that Mitt would seize upon a foreign policy crisis to work to his advantage, a distortion of what he actually meant? Here it is, in context, you tell me:
——————
Audience member: If you get the call as president, and you had hostages…Ronald Reagan was able to make a statement, even before he became, was actually sworn in—
Romney: Yeah—
Audience member: the hostages were released—
Romney: on the day of his inauguration, yeah.
Audience member: So my question is, really, how can you sort of duplicate that scenario?
Romney: Ohhhh. [A few chuckles in audience.] I’m gonna ask you, how do I duplicate that scenario.
Audience member: I think that had to do with the fact that the Iranians perceived Reagan would do something to really get them out. In other words [unintelligible]…and that’s why I’m suggesting that something that you say over the next few months gets the Iranians to understand that their pursuit of the bomb is something that you would predict and I think that’s something that could possibly resonate very well with American Republican voters.
Romney: I appreciate the idea. I can’t—one of the other things that’s frustrating to me is that at a typical day like this, when I do three or four events like this, the number of foreign policy questions that I get are between zero and one. And the American people are not concentrated at all on China, on Russia, Iran, Iraq. This president’s failure to put in place a status forces agreement allowing 10-20,000 troops to stay in Iraq? Unthinkable! And yet, in that election, in the Jimmy Carter election, the fact that we have hostages in Iran, I mean, that was all we talked about. And we had the two helicopters crash in the desert, I mean that’s—that was—that was the focus, and so him solving that made all the difference in the world. I’m afraid today if you said, “We got Iran to agree to stand down a nuclear weapon,” they’d go hold on. It’s really a, but…by the way, if something of that nature presents itself, I will work to find a way to take advantage of the opportunity.
————
The reason I ask is, the statement itself is kind of wobblyAudience member: If you get the call as president, and you had hostages…Ronald Reagan was able to make a statement, even before he became, was actually sworn in—
Romney: Yeah—
Audience member: the hostages were released—
Romney: on the day of his inauguration, yeah.
Audience member: So my question is, really, how can you sort of duplicate that scenario?
Romney: Ohhhh. [A few chuckles in audience.] I’m gonna ask you, how do I duplicate that scenario.
Audience member: I think that had to do with the fact that the Iranians perceived Reagan would do something to really get them out. In other words [unintelligible]…and that’s why I’m suggesting that something that you say over the next few months gets the Iranians to understand that their pursuit of the bomb is something that you would predict and I think that’s something that could possibly resonate very well with American Republican voters.
Romney: I appreciate the idea. I can’t—one of the other things that’s frustrating to me is that at a typical day like this, when I do three or four events like this, the number of foreign policy questions that I get are between zero and one. And the American people are not concentrated at all on China, on Russia, Iran, Iraq. This president’s failure to put in place a status forces agreement allowing 10-20,000 troops to stay in Iraq? Unthinkable! And yet, in that election, in the Jimmy Carter election, the fact that we have hostages in Iran, I mean, that was all we talked about. And we had the two helicopters crash in the desert, I mean that’s—that was—that was the focus, and so him solving that made all the difference in the world. I’m afraid today if you said, “We got Iran to agree to stand down a nuclear weapon,” they’d go hold on. It’s really a, but…by the way, if something of that nature presents itself, I will work to find a way to take advantage of the opportunity.
Paul
October 16th, 2012
3:47 pm
DownInAlbany
So it’s your position she should just read questions and watch the clock, period?
Why?
Roswell mom
October 16th, 2012
3:47 pm
I believe Romney will win this one, unless there’s someone to call him out on when he contradicts a prior statement of his (i.e., lies). It’s really hard to beat someone who doesn’t seem to have any consistent position on any issue for more than a few hours and will say whatever it takes to win. Is he for access to birth control or not? Does he think the the other 49 states aren’t good enough for the health plan, Romneycare, HE sponsored in Mass.? Is he going to cut taxes or is he going to get rid of deductions that affect the middle class, such as mortgage interest, and, in effect, raise taxes? Is he going to cut spending or is he going to raise spending on the military and leave Medicare alone? He is truly a slippery one, that Willard Mitt Romney, and there are a lot of people, like those who think wrasslin’ is real and buying gold coins from Glenn Beck will make them rich, who buy it hook, line and sinker.
Lord Help Us
October 16th, 2012
3:48 pm
‘ Only need 50% plus one vote to be president…’
Sure…ask George W…
JamVet
October 16th, 2012
3:48 pm
What a joke.
The
PolitburoCommission of Presidential Debates feigns being reasonable? Though they have – along with the servile, corporate MSM – life and death power over whose voices get heard. Or more correctly – don’t.Hysterical. Given that the American Politubro is completely controlled by the Democratic and Republican parties and has run each of the presidential debates held since 1988. The Commission is headed by Frank Fahrenkopf, a former head of the Republican National Committee.
And
PravdaFox News/CNN will keep us informed as to what the candidates really meant.Money Boo Boo and the Uppity Kenyan Muslim.
Trash TV.
And the worst government that mountains of dirty money can buy…
ByteMe - Got ilk?
October 16th, 2012
3:48 pm
The 47% comment was the real mitt. He was relaxed talking to the wealthy. His people
And he pointed out that his Dad was from Mexico and he’d have it so much easier running for President if his parents had been Mexican.
Hilarious rebuttal: http://actually.org/
stands for decibels
October 16th, 2012
3:48 pm
oops, sorry about the double-paste @ 3.47–I meant to cut my “wobbly” comment at the end and let Romney’s transcript stand alone without comment.
Regnad Kcin
October 16th, 2012
3:48 pm
“Fox News is reporting that Candy Crowley’s desperate need to marginalize everyday American voters and steal the spotlight for herself during tonight’s debate has just been formalized.”
Sounds like fear…
Paul
October 16th, 2012
3:48 pm
getalife
“cnn is corporate media and are doing a segment called “Do facts matter anymore?””
Are they leading with Romney’s chief pollster, who said they don’t?
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
3:49 pm
REGNAD,
He definitely said something stupid to be certain..I think the gist of what he was trying to say is that he is not able to get a majority of votes from one of BO’s most signicant bases…although he surely suggested otherwise..
I think Obama should have fired his speechwriter since he waited two paragraphs to clarify what he said..
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
3:49 pm
Fox News is reporting that…
There’s your sign.
Paul
October 16th, 2012
3:51 pm
ATL tiger
“yet will be unable to answer how and why the national debt has added $5 trillion under his administration.”
Seriously?
Seriously?
18% reduction in revenue, increasing outlays for services for people affected by the recession, the Legislative branch originated and approved the spending bills…
And you think that’s a tough question?
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
3:51 pm
not gonna watch tonight….already voted! Sorta like doing X-mas shopping early!!!
Conservatives are more motivated and will vote early….Liberals are demoralized and when they see the long lines on election day, they will turn around and go home….to watch Jerry Springer
USMC
October 16th, 2012
3:51 pm
Candy Crowley thinks: “RYAN PICK ‘SOME SORT OF TICKET DEATH WISH’”
Yeah, Candy Crowley will treat both side fairly… NOT!
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
3:52 pm
STANDS,
” You didnt’ build that” sure did resonate with independent business owners who build businesses from ground up and paid the lions share of cost to build those roads et al…stupid thing to say..
Re Libya…it’s completely fair game regardless of timing…you really think it would have been different if shoe was on other foot?
stands for decibels
October 16th, 2012
3:54 pm
sure did resonate with independent business owners who build businesses from ground up
It sure did work to build an entire convention around it, didn’t it? Boy howdy, that Republican national convention was a blazing success.
getalife
October 16th, 2012
3:54 pm
“Are they leading with Romney’s chief pollster, who said they don’t?”
It was a professor’s opinion and he did bring it up with a clip of our President quoting him.
Facts don’t matter. It all about style in the debates . Americans expect them and the media to lie because there is no trust or accountability.
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
3:55 pm
“Fog of War”….”Intelligence failure”
Did I just jump into the Hot Tub Time Machine and go back to the Nixon Days?????
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 16th, 2012
3:56 pm
Yeah, Candy Crowley will treat both side fairly… NOT!
That Mitt campaign surreee is stooopid. Agreeing to a bias moderator and all….. you think Mitt will cancel like when he ran away from the women on the View? When the 3 AM call comes in, will Mitt run and get Hillary to handle it?
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
3:56 pm
KAMCHAK,
I just downloaded Wing Nuts by John Avlon…caption says it looks at extremism ” from Tea Party to the onset of Obama Derangement Syndrome..we are allowing paranoids, hysterics, and hyper partisans to hijack our politics..” Will let you know more when I finish..
moonbat betty
October 16th, 2012
3:56 pm
Candy to Obama: “Well, yeah, could you expound on that last question and tell us what your favorite color is?”
Candy to Romney: ” Well yeah could you expound on that last question and tell us if you still beat your wife?”
TaxPayer
October 16th, 2012
3:56 pm
Just to be certain that everyone knows whom we are hearing from, I would like to see the moderator assign subtitles to each version of Mitt such as Mitt the extreme conservative, Mitt the moderate, Mitt that’s left of Obama, etc. There are just so many of him to keep track of and he freely toggles between them even within the same sentence.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
3:56 pm
“Crowley is a vegetarian and practices transcendental meditation”–wikipedia
Uh, yeah… I am not sure if I believe that CANDY CROWLEY is a Vegetarian… transcendental meditation.. maybe… veggie… no…. unless she calls MAC ‘n’ CHEESE a veggie!
Lord Help Us
October 16th, 2012
3:57 pm
Chalk up another good day on Wall Street…
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
3:58 pm
“When the 3 AM call comes in, will Mitt run and get Hillary to handle it?”
….Uhh, No….you’re obviously confused, when things get tough, only Barry asks Hillary to fall on his sword…
Brosephus™
October 16th, 2012
3:58 pm
independent business owners who build businesses from ground up and paid the lions share of cost to build those roads et al
Care to show proof that independent business owners paid the lion’s share of those costs, or is this one of those “you can trust me” things? Given that most of transportation comes from gas taxes, I don’t see how you can prove that statement, but this blog is full of contortionists who present opinion as though it’s concrete fact.
DownInAlbany
October 16th, 2012
3:58 pm
Paul
October 16th, 2012
3:47 pm
DownInAlbany
So it’s your position she should just read questions and watch the clock, period?
Why?
Because that’s what the candidates originally agreed to. Also, one of the rules of journalism…never become the story (I paraphrase, is that ok, Jay, or is it considered a lie?)
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
3:59 pm
If Crowley’s a vegan…..I’m a bedwetting liberal
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
3:59 pm
STANDS,
The GOP convention was for sh*t…the DEM convention was for sh*t excepting Clintons (in retrospect, I really like him…despite impeachment)…
They did build it…their tax dollars and their sweat equity..stupid comment by BO..although just another brick in the demonization of the top earners so unfortunates are of the impression they are VICTIMS of the more fortunate…
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
4:00 pm
M-K President — “Yup and it’s true. Only need 50% plus one vote to be president….and by the latest polls, Mitt’s got’em.”
You seem to be unaware of the existence of the Electoral College.
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
October 16th, 2012
4:00 pm
Wonder why the moderators have been a PBS guy and two liberal females so far? Almost seems not Fair and Balanced! Huh!
DownInAlbany
October 16th, 2012
4:00 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
3:49 pm
Fox News is reporting that…
There’s your sign.
I know, I know…not a legitimate news organization. It’s not the NYT or Politico…which I read with regularity…just for the record.
getalife
October 16th, 2012
4:01 pm
cnn allows “reporters” to spew their opinions. Some are left and some are right. Two are married and politically divided.
ATL Tiger
October 16th, 2012
4:02 pm
“Seriously?
Seriously?
18% reduction in revenue, increasing outlays for services for people affected by the recession, the Legislative branch originated and approved the spending bills…
And you think that’s a tough question?”
It is a tough questions for Obama to answer, because it requires him to admit that he failed to deliver a key promise to the American people he made on the campaign trail 4 years ago. He also promised to reduce the deficit in half in his first term (4 straight years of $1 trillion deficits).
Obama is too much of an narcissist to admit anything negative about him, he will pivot and project on Romney. He’s a typical politician and continuing politics as usual (another broken promise).
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
4:02 pm
@Joe Mama….did I say 50% plus 1 popular vote???
Remember what happens when you ASS-U-ME!!!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
4:02 pm
I just downloaded Wing Nuts by John Avlon [...] Will let you know more when I finish..
Don’t care.
Sounds like a book about crap written for lightweights.
bman
October 16th, 2012
4:02 pm
Mister Bookman .. ..
If you put up another poll of who will win the debate tonight, add Candy in. I think she is going to make both candidates look foolish
JamVet
October 16th, 2012
4:04 pm
The ex-marine and fellow crybabies are already whining about how his big strong RINO won’t get a break from that evil liberal woman???
Even before the opening kickoff.
When Mitt loses on November 6, will they have Candy in their top 25 excuses?
Too funny…
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
4:04 pm
“Wonder why the moderators have been a PBS guy and two liberal females so far? Almost seems not Fair and Balanced! Huh!”
Yeah, imagine what the 47 percenters that are on this blog would say if the moderators were say….Brit Hume or Jake Tapper
…..there teeny heads would explode!!
Simple Truths
October 16th, 2012
4:05 pm
Debate guns? Is Crowley doing P90X?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
4:05 pm
It’s not the NYT or Politico…which I read with regularity…just for the record.
Ross Douthat is a douchebag who writes for the NY Times…just for the record.
moonbat betty
October 16th, 2012
4:05 pm
lol – bman!
Candy for President!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_crXC-rFG9E
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
4:06 pm
By the looks of her….”Candy” is an apt name for Crowley, as in too much candy
Halftrack
October 16th, 2012
4:06 pm
As a moderator of a Presidential debate, she is not a journalist, but in reality has become a servant of the voters. Every candidate should be dealt with equally, not biased or opinionated as she would like to be. The voters need her to follow the rules agreed upon. Her choice should be selfless for the common good of all media personnel and the candidates as well; as for all the voters.
getalife
October 16th, 2012
4:07 pm
The 3 am called was answered by mitt losing it and calling our President a “terrorist sympathizer”
Leave the adults in charge.
indigo
October 16th, 2012
4:08 pm
So, if Obama wins this debate, the Republicans will blame her and call her a Democratic tool? And, if Romney wins, Democrats will blame her and call her a Republican tool?
Only in America.
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
4:08 pm
@Halftrack…..couldn’t agree more….however, she works for CNN….duh!!!!
bman
October 16th, 2012
4:09 pm
lol Moonbat
Video of the day !!
USMC
October 16th, 2012
4:10 pm
“Crowley is a vegetarian and practices transcendental meditation”–wikipedia
I wonder if Candy Crowley also works part-time down at Sevananda in Little 5 Points???
Yeah, she’s a Demwit Librul!
moonbat betty
October 16th, 2012
4:10 pm
“The ex-marine and fellow crybabies are already whining about how his big strong RINO won’t get a break from that evil liberal woman???”
JamVet,
What if “she puts her hips into it”
That was bad, but I cracked up where you said that yesterday somewhere…
Joseph
October 16th, 2012
4:11 pm
I got a prediction. Whichever campaign provides the best pre-debate meal for Ma Candy will be the one she likes best…
Brosephus™
October 16th, 2012
4:11 pm
By the looks of her….”Candy” is an apt name for Crowley, as in too much candy
“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” — Thomas Jefferson
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
4:11 pm
The voters need her to follow the rules agreed upon.
Didn’t read Jay’s piece, didja?
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
October 16th, 2012
4:11 pm
Well, I’m just suprized at all the hate for a good looking woman like Candy Crowley. Now I grant you, she ain’t the missus—yet—-but give her a couple thousand more meals and she’ll be there. She’s a little on the skinny side right now—I’d say maybe 325 soaking wet—but even as she is I wouldn’t kick her out of my bed. I got to admit I cotton to plus size big-boned women, but that’s just me. Anyhow, I say don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.
I’m just glad the missus can’t read. She’d be awful hurt by all the fat jokes on this blog.
godless heathen
October 16th, 2012
4:13 pm
Bro: If you don’t have anything nice to say about someone, please come sit next to me.
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
4:13 pm
Here’s my take on what’s gonna happen tonight…..Barry will run out from the runway with smoke coming out of his ears and attempt a horsecollar tackle on Mitt.
Mitt fully expecting this, deftly sidesteps him and places a spot on stiff arm to Barry’s face
Crowley, while munching on 117 Twinkies, performs an official instant replay and calls offsetting personal fouls on both parties, tie game…
getalife
October 16th, 2012
4:13 pm
Our President is ready, calm and confident.
Joe Biden set the stage and now our President will attack.
cons heads will be exploding again after this one.
skipper
October 16th, 2012
4:14 pm
Hope “Candy” has enough butter-fingers to make it trough the meeting………….
skipper
October 16th, 2012
4:16 pm
Thats “through”!
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
4:16 pm
@getalife….you should do standup…..LOL!!!!
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
4:16 pm
@getalife….you should do standup…..LOL!!!!
Erwin's cat
October 16th, 2012
4:16 pm
get – The 3 am called was answered by mitt losing it and calling our President a “terrorist sympathizer”
from what I can tell the 3 AM call rolled over to voice mail
Paul
October 16th, 2012
4:16 pm
DownInAlbany
Yes, the candidates did agree to that, but as Jay noted in his lead, that was an agreement strictly between the parties. Those asked to moderate were never consulted.
Personally, I’m glad we have journalists who will not be a party to either side willingly obfuscating and misleading at this late date in the election. Right now, it’s the journalists who are the only gatekeepers looking out for the voters.
josef
October 16th, 2012
4:16 pm
I like Candy Crowley. She’s smart and well informed. She’s professional. I might even tune in to this one a bit, just to catch her moderation.
And, so what if the Bobsy Twins agreed…she didn’t.
Oh, yeah, and thank G-d there’s something here today besides the bloody economy.
GETALIFE
Did you catch this one…?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/world/africa/us-to-help-create-libyan-commando-force.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121016&_r=0b
Brosephus™
October 16th, 2012
4:16 pm
godless
I’ll have to sit next to you as I don’t have much to say at all. I can’t even say that I’m surprised about the attacks on Crowley’s looks either, nor am I surprised at the posters who are engaging in the bombing runs. That’s all the more reason why I think supporting political parties is for jackasses.
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
4:18 pm
@Redneck….well you know what they say about skinny black men and fat white women!!!!
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
4:18 pm
M-K President — “@Joe Mama….did I say 50% plus 1 popular vote???”
You said this: “Yup and it’s true. Only need 50% plus one vote to be president….and by the latest polls, Mitt’s got’em.”
Except that ‘by the latest polls,’ he *hasn’t* got 50% of the Electoral College, either. So whether you were speaking of the popular vote or the Electoral College, you’re wrong either way.
“Remember what happens when you ASS-U-ME!!!”
Yep. You get boxed into a corner by your own comments. Like you just did.
Quagmire
October 16th, 2012
4:19 pm
Fox News reporting……………….really, Fox News. Should Faux News be spying on someone’s cell phone or reading their emails…..
josef
October 16th, 2012
4:19 pm
Seriously, the snide comments on Ms Crowley’s physical appearance are uncalled for…especially since she’s already got that Jew nose to hear about…see? That’s what it sounds like…
getalife
October 16th, 2012
4:19 pm
cat,
The CIA and special forces are there so the call was answered. They will strike hard soon to send the other militias a message. that message is don’t kill Americans or you end up in pieces.
DownInAlbany
October 16th, 2012
4:19 pm
Paul
October 16th, 2012
4:16 pm
DownInAlbany
Yes, the candidates did agree to that, but as Jay noted in his lead, that was an agreement strictly between the parties. Those asked to moderate were never consulted.
So, is the debate about the candidates or the moderator?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 16th, 2012
4:19 pm
Seems a lot of childish personal attacks on Ms. Crowley are being posted. Somehow those posters mistakenly believe that their nonsense reflects intelligence or wit rather than a reflecton of their inabilty to use their brain.
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
4:19 pm
@Brosephus….wasn’t Tommy Jefferson a slave owner???? Great ideas huh?
Ben Shockley
October 16th, 2012
4:19 pm
“Our President is ready, calm and confident”
There’s a first time for everything.
philosopher
October 16th, 2012
4:20 pm
You go, Candy. Martha Raddatz paved the way and I hope you keep the heat on…on both of them. And you above who have nothing to add except preadolescent fat jokes and name calling…. please go away…FAR away…until you grow up!!!!
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
4:20 pm
JamVet — “The ex-marine and fellow crybabies are already whining about how his big strong RINO won’t get a break from that evil liberal woman???”
Indeed. They seem to think that Romney’s going to kick Iran’s azz all by his lonesome if we just give him the chance, but having to deal with that mean ol’ CNN lady is too harrrrrrrrd
Paul
October 16th, 2012
4:21 pm
ATL Tiger
“It is a tough questions for Obama to answer, because it requires him to admit that he failed to deliver a key promise to the American people he made on the campaign trail 4 years ago. He also promised to reduce the deficit in half in his first term (4 straight years of $1 trillion deficits). ”
Seems to me brouhahas like this are why politicians avoid giving straight answers or stating goals or making promises. Because the opponent will count on people not remembering context or being willfully ignorant of the fact there must might be another branch of government required to make it happen.
For the record, I’ve been critical of the early Pres Obama for being too slow out of the gate, too much punting to Congress to flesh out the specifics of his visions. But…. something like ‘but he promised to cut the deficit in half!!” strikes me as a pretty nonsensical thing to fixate upon. It’s about in the same league as “but he PROMISED he’d close GITMO!!!”
TaxPayer
October 16th, 2012
4:21 pm
Erwin,
If you are around, I have started reading this exchange on climate change. Have you read it yet?
Erwin's cat
October 16th, 2012
4:21 pm
Bro – That’s all the more reason why I think supporting political parties is for jackasses
The Felines United (FU) party is always accepting new members…we’re the “big box” party
Ben Shockley
October 16th, 2012
4:22 pm
“So, is the debate about the candidates or the moderator?”
If the moderator doesn’t wish to adhere to the guidelines freely agreed to by each side in the debate, it appears that he she doesn’t understand the term “moderator.”
It’s like if a judge in a civil trial over a legal contract said he/she would not be bound by the terms of the contract.
No wonder Bookman thinks it’s a great idea….
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
4:23 pm
…especially since she’s already got that Jew nose to hear about…see? That’s what it sounds like…
Blessed are the cheesemakers..
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
4:23 pm
M-K President — “Mitt fully expecting this, deftly sidesteps him and places a spot on stiff arm to Barry’s face”
I doubt it. Romney needed a pack of helpers to hold that kid down just so Romney could give him a ‘legitimate haircut.’
And you know it was legitimate, because if it wasn’t, the body has ways of shutting that haircut down.
Brosephus™
October 16th, 2012
4:23 pm
Tommy Jefferson a slave owner???? Great ideas huh?
As was almost every other White wealthy landowner then. What’s your point? *as though you actually have enough cognitive skills to formulate one…
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
4:23 pm
oh philospher…lighten up…life’s too short.
you don’t think people take this blog seriously, do you? I mean, really??
USMC
October 16th, 2012
4:23 pm
More bad news for the Obama Campaign…
Romney 50%, Obama 46% Among Likely Voters
Obama down sharply among men, college grads, and Southern voters vs. 2008
http://www.gallup.com/poll/158048/romney-obama-among-likely-voters.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines%20-%20Politics
Paul
October 16th, 2012
4:24 pm
“By the looks of her….”Candy” is an apt name for Crowley, as in too much candy”
Just the kind of comment you’d expect from someone who’d change his moniker to Manchurian Kenyan President. Let’s see, who on this blog is such a coward we’d expect that?
Brosephus™
October 16th, 2012
4:25 pm
EC
And only by opening the box will we know whether there is a party or not.
Manchurian-Kenyan President
October 16th, 2012
4:25 pm
@Brosephus….well, if Jefferson was such a visionary with amazing progressive ideas….shouldn’t he have realized slavery was immoral and wrong?? Just saying…..
Erwin's cat
October 16th, 2012
4:26 pm
TP – not that one…at least not yet, but have read Burt’s analysis…I like his stance of analyzing like an engineer and not a scientist…if a scientist is wrong, he’s just wrong. If an engineer is wrong, people may die…Have you seen Burt’s presentation? I can try and link it but a simple Google of climate change and Burt Rutan should get you there in short order
getalife
October 16th, 2012
4:26 pm
josef,
Thanks. Good to see the Pentagon doing something good with all that money. More advanced than I thought.
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
October 16th, 2012
4:27 pm
Kenyan Guy@4:04 – I think they forgot Chris Matthews of MSNBC. You know the journalist who said Obama sends a thrill up his leg.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
4:27 pm
CBS News: “We report, you decide..” oh wait!
Obama: ‘We Got Back Every Dime’ of Bailout; CBO: Bailout Will Lose $24 Billion
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-we-got-back-every-dime-bailout-cbo-bailout-will-lose-24-billion
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
4:28 pm
“When I look in your eyes, I hear dolphins clapping.”
– Thomas Jefferson
Brosephus™
October 16th, 2012
4:28 pm
well, if Jefferson was such a visionary with amazing progressive ideas….shouldn’t he have realized slavery was immoral and wrong?? Just saying…..
Jefferson lived in a time where slavery was the way of life. You even had people defend slavery by using verses and passages from the Bible, so where would you find something immoral that was supported by the Bible?
Paul
October 16th, 2012
4:28 pm
DownInAlbany
“So, is the debate about the candidates or the moderator?”
The debate’s about getting answers to questions the average American wants answered. So who’d going to make sure that happens?
That question sounds like it was created either by the campaign who thinks they have the most to lose, or by a talk radio personality seizing upon a new angle of the ‘liberal media” script.
josef
October 16th, 2012
4:29 pm
BROSEPHUS
Yes, but Tommy was a spiritually evolved and visionary slave owner!
Ben Shockley
October 16th, 2012
4:29 pm
Libs sure don’t seem to think Fox News is a legitimate news source. You’d think Fox trumped up some fake Texas Air Guard documents or something.
Regnad Kcin
October 16th, 2012
4:29 pm
“well, if Jefferson was such a visionary with amazing progressive ideas….shouldn’t he have realized slavery was immoral and wrong?? Just saying…..”
Yes, what ARE you saying? You’re certainly not being very clear.
Matti
October 16th, 2012
4:29 pm
Mr. Shockley asserts: “It’s like if a judge in a civil trial over a legal contract said he/she would not be bound by the terms of the contract.”
Actually, it’s nothing like that. The purpose of a legal contract between two entities is to designate the responsibilities of each entity.
The purpose of this so-called “debate” is to elucidate — for the American people — our choices for President. Without a moderator to hold them accountable for their answers, they need only spew any old nonsense they think we want to hear with as much enthusiasm as they can. We have Super PACS purchasing ad time to give us that already.
Yes, Mr. Shockley, somebody needs to be on OUR side of this matter. Thank you.
moonbat betty
October 16th, 2012
4:29 pm
I agree, it is wrong to make commnents about Candy’s personal appearance.
I hope she surprises everyone and does a fantastic job.
JamVet
October 16th, 2012
4:30 pm
What is cute is how b-troll boy tries to be three bloggers at the same time.
Mitt’s defeat is a foregone conclusion. And has been for many months.
I’m more interested in watching the disgusting Alan West and Joe Walsh get an opportunity to find employment in the private sector. Along with the non-disgusting Scott Brown.
And locally, I’m stoked about my option.
I get to vote for a veteran, a member of the Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee and a very strong advocate for Georgia vets, instead of some candyass, draft-dodging Republican…
http://www.votescottholcomb.com/home/
Ben Shockley
October 16th, 2012
4:30 pm
You’d think Fox News had a guy going on Twitter urging people to donate to Romney, kinda like that CNN dude did for Barack or something.
barking frog
October 16th, 2012
4:30 pm
Kamchak
Nokia up and running?
USMC
October 16th, 2012
4:31 pm
Chris Matthews’ Epic Meltdown…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z303YXnQDKU
Chris Matthews’ head might Asplode tonight if Comrade Obama doesn’t fare well in the Debate!
Brosephus™
October 16th, 2012
4:31 pm
josef
Don’t forget about his love of ALL things chocolate!!!
skipper
October 16th, 2012
4:31 pm
The fact that if used Candy for a scare-crow the crows would bring back the corn they stole last year should not enter into this……….
Ben Shockley
October 16th, 2012
4:32 pm
“Mitt’s defeat is a foregone conclusion. And has been for many months.”
saving this one for future use……..
straitroad
October 16th, 2012
4:32 pm
Speaking of “sticking”, apparently obama is sticking it to Hillary. I suppose that any of obama’s claims of foreign policy success are due to Hillary as well. You guys should have nominated her, at least she can accept blame, even when the blame lies with someone else.
Paul
October 16th, 2012
4:32 pm
Ben Shockley
“It’s like if a judge in a civil trial over a legal contract said he/she would not be bound by the terms of the contract.”
Judges are not bound by the terms of a contract between two parties in how they adjudicate the case. It’s why they’re called judges.
moonbat betty
October 16th, 2012
4:33 pm
“you don’t think people take this blog seriously, do you? I mean, really??”
Manchurian: You better re-think that statement. There are crazy libs on this blog that would love to have at your personal information. Beware.
Ben Shockley
October 16th, 2012
4:33 pm
“Yes, Mr. Shockley, somebody needs to be on OUR side of this matter. Thank you.”
I’d prefer you not speak on my behalf. Thank you.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
4:33 pm
frog
Yep, working just fine.
I don’t use it to post here.
barking frog
October 16th, 2012
4:33 pm
Paul
and judges can void a
contract.
Ben Shockley
October 16th, 2012
4:34 pm
“Speaking of “sticking”, apparently obama is sticking it to Hillary. I suppose that any of obama’s claims of foreign policy success are due to Hillary as well. You guys should have nominated her, at least she can accept blame, even when the blame lies with someone else.”
If the Kenyan wins re-election, look for a massive payoff to the Clintons, at taxpayer expense of course.
Ben Shockley
October 16th, 2012
4:35 pm
Chelsea will likely be the new Socialism Czar
barking frog
October 16th, 2012
4:36 pm
Kamchak
you should try it.
a challenge but handy if
pc fails. this is good
practice.
DownInAlbany
October 16th, 2012
4:36 pm
Paul
October 16th, 2012
4:28 pm
DownInAlbany
“So, is the debate about the candidates or the moderator?”
The debate’s about getting answers to questions the average American wants answered. So who’d going to make sure that happens?
That question sounds like it was created either by the campaign who thinks they have the most to lose, or by a talk radio personality seizing upon a new angle of the ‘liberal media” script.
Nope, honest question. Anyway, we are not going to solve all that ills us on this blog…nor change each others mind, for that matter. The “D’s” and the “R’s” are firmly entrenched. It’s the undecideds/independents that Obama and Romney are wooing tonight.
josef
October 16th, 2012
4:36 pm
BROSEPHUS
We better be careful or Sue Ellen’ll be in here in a minute with her hoop skirts raised ready to mud wrestle!
Getalife…
Interesting, eh? I was reading the other day and now can’t remember where that there have been overtures from the new regime to the Mossad for helping out with experitise, and it’s getting a positive response. The Libyan-Jewish thingie, BTW, is another of those “nyanh? Really?” thingies…
Ben Shockley
October 16th, 2012
4:36 pm
“I get to vote for a veteran, a member of the Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee and a very strong advocate for Georgia vets, instead of some candyass, draft-dodging Republican…”
LOL. As opposed to candyass draft-dodging Democrats like Bill Clinton
getalife
October 16th, 2012
4:37 pm
rubio said mitt’s tax plan is “troubling”. Too funny.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
October 16th, 2012
4:38 pm
Enter your comments here
USMC
October 16th, 2012
4:39 pm
“Our President is ready, calm and confident”–Getalife
Yeah, just like last Debate, right??
JamVet
October 16th, 2012
4:39 pm
Sure, b-troll. Save it right next to your travel plans to Singapore.
And to think you idgits coulda had a REAL conservative like Newt, Herman, Michelle, Ricky A or Ricky B as your standard bearer.
Instead you get this no-talent, assclown, RINO, milquetoast flip-flopping socialist from hell.
Don’t get me wrong; I love it.
Watching this GOP campaign squirm its way along has been like a marathon of Three Stooges reruns…
Fred ™
October 16th, 2012
4:39 pm
Once again we have so called “journalists” that think THEY are the story and apparently a “journalist” turned opinion blogger who agrees.
Were I involved in the debate I would be a no show. Let the “journalist’ be all the damn story she wants. The rules were decided upon by the parties involved not by the “journalist.” Screw her, screw CNN, and screw the debate.
Let her debate Jay.
Ben Shockley
October 16th, 2012
4:39 pm
“rubio said mitt’s tax plan is “troubling”. Too funny.”
Kinda like Barack campaigning against the Bush tax cuts and then doubling down on them. Too funny.
Paul
October 16th, 2012
4:40 pm
barking frog
Happens all the time.
Thank heavens.
‘course, we do have people on this blog who’d argue that should never happen, because people should be free to enter into any contract they want without big brother government telling them what they can do.
Unless it cites Sharia. Then we need an activist government to protect our sacred rights -
barking frog
October 16th, 2012
4:41 pm
getalife
if mitt is elected and only
gets the 20% rate reduction
his failure to get the
deduction reduction
will be success.
nelson
October 16th, 2012
4:41 pm
She will open up with an over the top “zinger” for Mitt like are you a cultist Mr. Romney?
From then on it will be “fluff”ball questions for Prez O. Not fair, but life was not meant to be fair
Ben Shockley
October 16th, 2012
4:41 pm
“Watching this GOP campaign squirm its way along has been like a marathon of Three Stooges reruns…”
Kinda like watching Obama flounder along as president for four years.
josef
October 16th, 2012
4:41 pm
I guess Anne Coulter would have agreed to just ask the questions? Yeah, sure…Fox is just pissed that CNN actually has a woman on staff who knows her stuff…
getalife
October 16th, 2012
4:42 pm
josef,
“the Mossad for helping out with experitise.”
Good, they need all the help they can get.
Paul
October 16th, 2012
4:42 pm
DownInAlbany
“Anyway, we are not going to solve all that ills us on this blog…nor change each others mind, for that matter.”
Stick around. Over the years, there’s been more than one mind changed on a particular subject.
Brosephus™
October 16th, 2012
4:43 pm
josef
My bad…
moonbat betty
October 16th, 2012
4:43 pm
“Mitt’s defeat is a foregone conclusion. And has been for many months.”
Yes, Obama could slip on a grape and babble incoherently and the media would still claim his victory:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp9TZVecWDI
josef
October 16th, 2012
4:43 pm
BEN
Obama flounder…you got a recipe for that?
USMC
October 16th, 2012
4:44 pm
“rubio said mitt’s tax plan is “troubling”. Too funny.”–getalife
Not near as funny as the DemocRat Controlled Senate rejecting Obama’s budget in 99-0 vote
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/227857-senate-rejects-obama-budget-in-99-0-vote/
NINETY-NINE to ZERO!
Scott Fresno
October 16th, 2012
4:44 pm
Sausage or pepperoni? Neither if it is coming from Pizza Hut! Bring on the Fellini’s!
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
October 16th, 2012
4:44 pm
I hope Obama’s next debate is in Kenya? That was not nice of me! Tired of being nice and rational all the time!
moonbat betty
October 16th, 2012
4:45 pm
Bring in Helen Thomas instead – PLEASE!!!
josef
October 16th, 2012
4:45 pm
getalife
The Kurds and the Turks have certainly benefited from that connection…don’t much get past them in the intelligence arena…
southpaw
October 16th, 2012
4:45 pm
Stevie Ray @3:05
I’ll join you.
barking frog
October 16th, 2012
4:45 pm
josef
Ben is a Romney grouper.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
4:46 pm
“Obama flounder…you got a recipe for that?”–josef
Well if all else fails… Don’t forget…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfFjvHfFj_w
josef
October 16th, 2012
4:46 pm
moonbat
I don’t like Helen Thomas. She should go back where she came from….Lebanon…and join up with Sooth and the Hezbollah…
Hillary blames the "fog of war" for the Obama administration's shifting explanations for the attack
October 16th, 2012
4:46 pm
Are we at war with Libya? Maybe Candy can ask that question tonight.
Matti
October 16th, 2012
4:47 pm
Mr. Shockley,
I did not speak for you. When I said “OUR side,” I was referring to Americans who can form rational thoughts. Please do not think for a moment I’d ever mistake you for one of “us.” You’re welcome.
Kamchak
October 16th, 2012
4:47 pm
frog
I can’t say I like this experience.
josef
October 16th, 2012
4:48 pm
FROG
Ben is a dimwit dipsh’t, imeoiauo…that is if Imam Torquemada will let me give my opinion…
moonbat betty
October 16th, 2012
4:49 pm
“I don’t like Helen Thomas”
I know
I posted that just for you, josef!
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 16th, 2012
4:49 pm
BRO,
In terms of non-roads an bridges the top 5 percent paid 37 % of income taxes in 1980 and 57 percent now..the top 20% pay 87% or more of total tax revenue. Futher, according the CBO, corporate taxes by 2017 will have increased from 2000 over 200% compared to individual tax increase during the same time of 90% for individuals..this means something relative who pays for what..
Of course you are correct about my contortionist approach to this..I’m not generally an emotional guy but I did build and maintain a business and it was a major shot in the face to hear the dope suggest anthing to the contrary..
barking frog
October 16th, 2012
4:50 pm
Kamchak
Don’t worry, it gets worse.
Not really, it does get easier.
50% of all facebook posts
are from smartphones.
moonbat betty
October 16th, 2012
4:51 pm
Hey Fred!
Finally out of the clink?
Welcome back!!
josef
October 16th, 2012
4:51 pm
FROG
BTW, that Romeny grouper was a good one!
getalife
October 16th, 2012
4:53 pm
josef,
I think the adult professionals are doing their jobs and dealing with the situation.
Our President seems more relaxed and confident so it must be going well.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
4:53 pm
frog
The screen’s too small and the keypad worse. I’ll save my data on the smartphone for something useful.
josef
October 16th, 2012
4:53 pm
Moonbat
barking frog
October 16th, 2012
4:54 pm
josef
If you hook a romney
grouper it will regurgitate
all it has swallowed when
it surfaces.
Susan Rice blamed intelligence community talking points for the faulty narrative.
October 16th, 2012
4:55 pm
But Hillary said it was the “fog of war”.
getalife
October 16th, 2012
4:55 pm
War with Libya? No, but there are ongoing operations there.
Try supporting them for a change cons.
josef
October 16th, 2012
4:56 pm
getalife
I am truly intrigued with Libya in all this. To be honest, I would never have expected it. It kinda makes you wonder what they WERE thinking during the Kadaffi years…
Erwin's cat
October 16th, 2012
4:56 pm
JOSEF
and join up with Sooth and the Hezbollah…
so that’s what happen to SoothSayer…Hezbollah huh? I noticed he hasn’t been around in a while
USMC
October 16th, 2012
4:56 pm
After joking with reporters, Obama silent on Benghazi question…
http://freebeacon.com/is-hillary-to-blame-for-benghazi/
“Mums” the word!
It is always the cover-up that brings these crooks down.
Matti
October 16th, 2012
4:56 pm
barking frog,
Phone pic on FB this morning from excited young college co-ed, pumped about her first Prez election, at a Ryan rally in Virginia. It’s of her chest, sporting a button that reads: “Hot Chicks Dig Ryan.”
Um….. bless her lil’ heart! How do I begin to explain to her that men who respect women don’t publicly dice us up into “hot” and “not hot,” hinged on whether we dig a misogynistic candidate who likes to quibble about the definition of when rape is really rape, for the purpose of restricting our right to make our own medical decisions? Tempted to drive down the street and slap her parents!
moonbat betty
October 16th, 2012
4:57 pm
josef- lol – hope you threw up in your mouth just a little bit.
barking frog
October 16th, 2012
4:57 pm
Kamchak
when windows 8 gets
installed i’ll go back to a
pc. old fingers and the
tiny keys do not mesh
well.
JohnnyReb
October 16th, 2012
4:58 pm
I stopped watching CNN years ago when they were full of Liberals. I understand now they are trying to be Conservative so they can have enough veiwers to save their financial butt. Regardless, I had to google Crowley as I am not familar with her.
My first impression of Crowley is, she needs to go on a diet (that should rev up a Moonbat or two). Next, if both campaigns want her to basically keep her mouth shut, she should do just that or step aside.
The debate is for the people; not what a journalist thinks the people want. As has been seen time and time again in the campaign, almost all the so-called journalists don’t have a clue. They just know they want Obama.
Susan Rice blamed intelligence community talking points for the faulty narrative.
October 16th, 2012
4:58 pm
I guess it all depends on what your definition of “fog” is, right?
getalife
October 16th, 2012
4:58 pm
cons are showing their patriotism again.
Terrorist sympathizers to get our President.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
4:58 pm
“I did not speak for you. When I said “OUR side,” I was referring to Americans who can form rational thoughts. Please do not think for a moment I’d ever mistake you for one of “us.” You’re welcome.”—MATTI
One of Matti’s Comrades on “Our Side”…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio
josef
October 16th, 2012
4:59 pm
FROG
Heh, heh!
BLAMED
The fog of war is a rational summation in a few words to me…
getalife
Like I keep saying, it’s hard to tell who wants Libya to fail more, the lunatic fringe of the conservative right here at home or the al Qaaida in the Maghreb.
Hillary blames the "fog of war" for the Obama administration's shifting explanations for the attack
October 16th, 2012
5:00 pm
Oh, I see. Instead of the “fog of war” she should have said “fog of ongoing operations”.
barking frog
October 16th, 2012
5:00 pm
Matti
kids live in a different world.
parents may not be aware.
Hillary blames the "fog of war" for the Obama administration's shifting explanations for the attack
October 16th, 2012
5:02 pm
getalife
Try supporting them? You mean like why we didn’t support our ambassador when his many security requests were submitted?
josef
October 16th, 2012
5:02 pm
ERWIN’s CAT
I hear Sooth’s attending high level meetings in Teheran and Lebanon!
Joe Biden said "We are leaving in 2014, period"
October 16th, 2012
5:03 pm
State Department official: Negotiations to extend U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan starting soon
Matti
October 16th, 2012
5:04 pm
The debate is for the people; not what a journalist thinks the people want.
The people already get advertising. Why should the “debate” be reduced to an opportunity for more free advertising? I hope that somebody will press for clarification of intentionally vague or misleading statements. Facts matter. Let them keep paying for air time if they want to spew unchallenged lies.
getalife
October 16th, 2012
5:04 pm
” It kinda makes you wonder what they WERE thinking during the Kadaffi years…”
Not sure but when they got their hands on him, they beat the crap out him.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
5:04 pm
“But Hillary said it was the “fog of war”.”–
LOL! Yeah more like “FOG ON THE BRAIN”!
getalife
October 16th, 2012
5:06 pm
Hillary,
Which side are you on?
josef
October 16th, 2012
5:06 pm
SUSAN BLAMES
Who cut the funding for consular security?
And support our ambassador? That man was our Golden Boy in Libya and had the unqualified support of this administration…
His work continues and his legacy lives and it would behoove the partisans here to get behind that and quit the, well ignorant, rants,,,
USMC
October 16th, 2012
5:08 pm
“Which side are you on?”
Hillary is on HER side. Come on, everyone knows that.
getalife
October 16th, 2012
5:10 pm
Looks like you cons chose the terrorists side to get our President.
JamVet
October 16th, 2012
5:11 pm
Ben Dover,
Move to Singapore already and save yourself the embarrassment and grief of being a Boo Boo Money
jockstrapsupporter…Joe Biden said "We are leaving in 2014, period"
October 16th, 2012
5:12 pm
josef
I would imagine Congress cut funding (House Rep lead, Senate Dem lead)
Do you have a link that shows the cuts you mentioned lead to the decision to leave the ambassador without a security team?
getalife
October 16th, 2012
5:13 pm
“Like I keep saying, it’s hard to tell who wants Libya to fail more, the lunatic fringe of the conservative right here at home or the al Qaaida in the Maghreb.”
If I can get you to write the book on their behavior called “Unhinged” , we will be richer. The movie will make millions.
weetamoe
October 16th, 2012
5:15 pm
No one has made a sexist joke about a respected journalist. In fact no one has even mentioned a respected journalist.
Brosephus™
October 16th, 2012
5:15 pm
Stevie Ray: In terms of non-roads an bridges the top 5 percent paid 37 % of income taxes in 1980 and 57 percent now..the top 20% pay 87% or more of total tax revenue.
And you fall for the GOP talking point hook, line, and sinker. You give up any right to truth when you start trying to split up the different taxes. When looking ONLY at federal income taxes, it seems that the wealthy are getting screwed. However, when you look at the ENTIRE picture, the story changes.
This entire conversation is the result of a (largely successful) effort to redefine the debate over taxes from “how much in taxes do you pay” to “how much in federal income taxes do you pay?” This is good framing if you want to cut taxes on the rich. It’s bad framing if you want to have even a basic understanding of who pays how much in taxes.
There’s a reason some would prefer that more limited conversation. For most Americans, payroll and state and local taxes make up the majority of their tax bill. The federal income tax, by contrast, is our most progressive tax — it’s the tax we’ve designed to place the heaviest burden on the rich while bypassing the poor. And we’ve done that, again, because the working class is already paying a fairly high tax bill through payroll and state and local taxes.
….
Which is why, if you want to understand who’s paying what in taxes, you don’t want to just look at federal income taxes, or federal payroll taxes, or state sales taxes — you want to look at total taxes.
…. the poorer you are, the more state and local taxes bite into your income. As you get richer, those taxes recede, and you’re mainly getting hit be federal taxes. So that’s another lesson: When you omit state and local taxes from your analysis, you’re omitting the taxes that hit lower-income taxpayers hardest.
Here’s what the tax burden actually looks like when you account for ALL taxes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/files/2012/09/total-tax-bill-income.jpg
“That’s really what the American tax system looks like: Not 47 percent paying nothing, but everybody paying something, and most Americans paying between 25 percent and 30 percent of their income”
RB from Gwinnett
October 16th, 2012
5:17 pm
I sure hope she has a little more “journalistic” integrity than Bookman.
Come to think of it, ANY would be more than Bookman…
tom
October 16th, 2012
5:17 pm
Most politicians when ask a tough question never answer the question. They dance around it make it go away. I think the moderator should interrupt them when this happens and indicate they have strayed from the question. Mr Obama does not have a record to stand on thus he will attack Romney on many fronts. Should be interesting.
getalife
October 16th, 2012
5:19 pm
“Unhinged” starts with the meeting the night the President was elected with the newt hatching the plan to get the President.
Doggone/GA
October 16th, 2012
5:19 pm
“When looking ONLY at federal income taxes, it seems that the wealthy are getting screwed.”
Only if you look at it on the basis of percentage of population to percentage of taxes paid. It evens out a lot when you base it on percentage of the nation’s wealth controlled.
josef
October 16th, 2012
5:21 pm
Joe Biden
The two takes on it…
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/opinion/republicans-have-no-shame.html
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/330408/libya-isnt-about-funding-cuts-katrina-trinko
They BOTH suck
October 16th, 2012
5:22 pm
“Come to think of it, ANY would be more than Bookman…”
Yet you are a regular on this blog. Probably speaks more about you than him
Steve-USA
October 16th, 2012
5:23 pm
Give Crowley a chance before you throw her under the bus.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
5:24 pm
Obama is CLUELESS!
Obama blames the Youtube video for Benghazi attack in his UN speech…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfiUQASpVdc
What a Buffoon!
Paul
October 16th, 2012
5:25 pm
As I’ve listened to all the general criticisms over ‘denial of additional security” and “Repubs cut $300 million” I’ve wondered
- what was that $300 mil designated for? Worldwide? Regional? One or two specific sites?
- what additional security did the security teams in Benghazi request?
- most importantly, IF the requests had been implemented, would it have prevented or repulsed the attack?
Here’s the crux of the issue.
“But Nordstrom partially shot holes in the GOP argument on Wednesday by acknowledging to the panel’s chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), that even with the additional security forces, the attack wouldn’t have been prevented.
“The ferocity and intensity of the attack was nothing that we had seen in Libya, or that I had seen in my time in the Diplomatic Security Service,” Nordstrom said.
“Having an extra foot of wall, or an extra-half dozen guards or agents would not have enabled us to respond to that kind of assault,” Nordstrom said at Wednesday’s hearing.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/terrorism/261255-witness-says-increased-security-wouldnt-have-prevented-libya-deaths
pogo
October 16th, 2012
5:25 pm
If Candy was conservative, Jay would be crowing about the injustice and the potential bias of her intervention as a moderator. But as Candy is far left, he has no problem with her intervening in what he thinks will be Obama’s behalf. One thing is for sure; Bidens immature and sad performance last week turned this country off on him and tonights debate will have no impact at all on this election as there are no undecided voters out there now. Obama’s sorry record has caught up with him and he can’t run and hide behind Bush or Bain or Romney’s wealth or anything else. The first debate nailed the coffin shut for what is left of the Obama campaign but in reality this country was turning on Obama way before the first debate. Even the most politically un-involved people in this country, in some rudimentary way, understand that we cannot continue to spend money as Obama is doing and expect to have a shelter over our heads and to have food on our table. His promises are built upon nothing but spending money we don’t have and even the dullest of the electorate understand that cannot last.
On another note, why does Georgia still have a “blue law” against alcohol sales on Election day when we now have early voting? If strictly applied shouldn’t alcohol sales be restricted from the beginning day of early voting to after election day? Yep, that would go over well.
RB from Gwinnett
October 16th, 2012
5:27 pm
BOTH, somebody has to make sure you get more than one completely lopsided version of the news. You sure aren’t going to get it from Bookman and the AJC.
Speaking of that, it seems they’re having a hard time printing the follow up story to the original story they didn’t run. Hillary takes blame for 4 deaths including a diplomat and the AJC can’t seem to find room for it. Amazing…
josef
October 16th, 2012
5:28 pm
getalife
I would certainly go for that as an opening…this whole last four years has been stymied by a begin all-end all stance by the GOP and its nut fringe toadies of getting him out of office…I didn’t go dancing in the streets when he was elected, either and you and others will recall, and it took me nearly four years to quit spitting nearly every time I heard his name, but the last thing I wanted was for him to fail…and, again just my unlettered and uninformed opinion, but he’s done a pretty good job, all things considered…
They BOTH suck
October 16th, 2012
5:28 pm
pogo
So instead of Jay crying, you decided to take the honors.
Can you show substantiated evidence that the moderator shows her political bias when she is reporting?
Thanks
josef
October 16th, 2012
5:30 pm
RB
The “ultra liberal” NYT led with it, though…remember, we ARE in a provincial backwater here..
.
They BOTH suck
October 16th, 2012
5:31 pm
RB
That wasn’t my point. Your attack on the host was my point.
If he is what you say he is then why come to cry here on a regular basis? No one makes you come here.
Bookman is a left leaning op ed writer. I don’t think he every said any different. If he did, I must say that I missed it. Does Kyle Wingfield fit the same category you put Bookman in because he is a right leaning op ed writer?
Johnny
October 16th, 2012
5:31 pm
I have a question for Govenor Romney. During the last debate you said there was no tax breaks for people shipping jobs overseas. You then went on to say.” If there was I need a new accountant.” Why would you need a new accountant unless you were shipping jobs overseas?
USMC
October 16th, 2012
5:32 pm
“Can you show substantiated evidence that the moderator shows her political bias when she is reporting?”
“Crowley is a vegetarian and practices transcendental meditation.”–wikipedia
That should tell you a little bit about Ms. Crowley…
getalife
October 16th, 2012
5:33 pm
The cons will never understand the CIA never tells the truth.
mitt attacking our President after the attack was a huge mistake.
Look for our President to attack mitt on this mistake in this debate.
mitt’s tax plan will be attacked again. Math is not even close.
They BOTH suck
October 16th, 2012
5:34 pm
USMC
Thanks for proving my point. I don’t watch much CNN, so could tell you what she is or isn’t. As long as she does her job tonight is all that matters imo.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
5:34 pm
“…Bookman is a left leaning…” Tbs
LEANING???
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
5:35 pm
USMC — “That should tell you a little bit about Ms. Crowley…”
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
tireofit
October 16th, 2012
5:38 pm
USMC
October 16th, 2012
5:32 pm
“Can you show substantiated evidence that the moderator shows her political bias when she is reporting?”
“Crowley is a vegetarian and practices transcendental meditation.”–wikipedia
That should tell you a little bit about Ms. Crowley…
++
No, it’s tell us a lot about you.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
5:38 pm
“Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc” Joe
LOL
That was really funny, Joe. I also liked the quick witted retort the other day about “tool” and Home depot…. You are a regular Joker! 
They BOTH suck
October 16th, 2012
5:39 pm
USMC
On certain things, yes I would say leaning. Others probably further left and yet other things probably a centrists. Overall left of center.
When you start your narrative from the far right or far left corner of the universe, it can become difficult to think anything that isn’t remotely close isn’t the other extreme.
Where one is standing, regardless of how they classify themselves, plays a huge part in how they view right, center and left.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
5:39 pm
“No, it’s tell us a lot about you.”–Tired ofit
That was funny!
getalife
October 16th, 2012
5:41 pm
“Ex-Reagan Adviser: Romney’s Tax Plan Will Not Jump-Start The Economy” AOL
I would smack mitt with one.
Paul
October 16th, 2012
5:44 pm
Johnny
” Why would you need a new accountant unless you were shipping jobs overseas?”
Because, by that example, the accountant was not knowledgeable about situations that would generate deductions. But his accountant was knowledgeable and Romney knew there was not a deduction available for shipping jobs overseas, so on that basis there was not advantage.
Orange12
October 16th, 2012
5:46 pm
As long as she doesn’t give Obama extra time because of all the UHs and DUHs that seemed to be the majority of his debate last time.
RB from Gwinnett
October 16th, 2012
5:46 pm
Yea, Bookman leans a little left and Rush leans a little right….
Joetavius
October 16th, 2012
5:46 pm
Candy Crowley is very good at what she does and she is a good choice to moderate the debate. However I hope her decision to embellish the questions doesn’t mean she’ll change the questions, or add another question (hers) to the question.
If she starts that the candidates need to call her on it immediately, like “Candy that actually was not the question from the audience”.
Welcome to the Occupation
October 16th, 2012
5:46 pm
Marx.
Maybe even MORE relevant than during his lifetime.
We will get NOWHERE without a careful examination of the current crisis based on Marx’s work.
Blue
October 16th, 2012
5:49 pm
Maybe she can be like Raddatz, and when the GOP candidate asks the DEM candidate a tough question (like Green jobs), she can say “I think we’ve spent enough time on this; let’s move it along”.
josef
October 16th, 2012
5:49 pm
USMC
“Mater tua se vestit in caligas militaras et vos vestit ridiculus!
Welcome to the Occupation
October 16th, 2012
5:50 pm
RB from Gwinnettt: “Yea, Bookman leans a little left and Rush leans a little right….”
Bookman’s a pretty solid liberal. And pretty solidly straight down the center, neither left nor right really.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
5:51 pm
USMC — “LOL That was really funny, Joe.”
What I think is funny is that you don’t think about what you post before you post it.
If being a vegan and being into TM makes you a liberal, then every christian faith healer drawing breath must be voting Democratic.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
5:52 pm
“Mater tua se vestit in caligas militaras et vos vestit ridiculus!”–josef
Josef, your epidermis is showing!
That doesn’t make me Bi-curious, does it???
Joe Biden said "We are leaving in 2014, period"
October 16th, 2012
5:53 pm
Hmmm, wonder who gets the biggest bounce?
Ross Perot endorses Romney…
——————————————————————————–
Honey Boo Boo endorses Obama…
kayaker 71
October 16th, 2012
5:54 pm
Crowley is kind of a beefy heifer, probably with a temper to match and all of this talk about feminist freedom takes away from the real purpose of the evening…. to look at the prospective candidates. This whole event is not about Ms. Crowley and her journalistic abilities nor her freedom to “express herself” We are electing a president here, not running a popularity contest on the best female “journalist of the debates”. They ought to kick her broad butt out and get someone else….. maybe Meagan Kelly or perhaps Laura Ingram. Now that would upset Bookman’s applecart.
GT
October 16th, 2012
5:57 pm
The candidates don’t stop at the lights anyway. You ask Romney any question and he will start speaking on his talking points. When is your birthday? And he says I am so glad you ask that question and I too am unset at the death of an American diplomat. The GOP would love to have JL back. Romney starts cranking up an Obama sounding position, uses all his time and then some and JL does not allow Obama to respond to this new subject matter or this new candidate that has walked into the ring. Candy will not allow these misrepresentations of Romney’s positions to go unchallenged. (O has not tried to change his position once in this election so there is no credibility problem with O) O could actually still be polite and call Romney a liar; there will be plenty of air time for that. You shouldn’t be able to win a presidential debate lying, no matter how good they think you sound or look. You now figure you have your base so you now become Obama to get his. You somewhere have to lose your monetary support or admit you pray to that god instead of the one you are selling tonight.
pogo
October 16th, 2012
5:57 pm
Honey Boo Boo has endorsed Obama and why shouldn’t she? Her parents are the textbook definition of the typical Obama voter. Uneducated, unmotivated and totally willing to let the government run their lives as long as they are kept in their supply of Little Debbie Snack cakes, beer, potato chips and hotdogs all provided by SNAPS cards. Yep, a fine bunch of nothing.
josef
October 16th, 2012
5:58 pm
For the record, Big Daddy Bookman is downright conservative in some areas…
USMC
Bi-curious? Oooohhh some things you might want to keep to yourself!
josef
October 16th, 2012
6:03 pm
Listening to the jackasses here talking about Crowley’s looks…it’s not hard to imagine their own pot-gutted frames…betcha most of them can stand in the shower and never get their feet wet.. .
Fair and balanced
October 16th, 2012
6:03 pm
I just know that if Obama wins, I shut down my company that employs 85 people. Obamacare will kill me!
I am a Democrat by the way!
Tundra Dude
October 16th, 2012
6:03 pm
I sure hope she has a little more “journalistic” integrity than Bookman.
Come to think of it, ANY would be more than Bookman
Like those (Hooters grade) newsreaders on Faux.
(even Ailes admits they’re not journalists)
GT
October 16th, 2012
6:05 pm
They are starting on Crowley because they know she won’t be the substitute teacher Jim Leah was. I think O kept thinking someone was going to cut Romney off when he was singing like a socialist and say get a grip of yourself cowboy, but it didn’t happen. It would have worked a lot better is the moderator didn’t force Obama down into the mud, the only other route to equally Romney. Hell that man lied so much that night I not even sure his name was Romney. It was like the body snatchers where the guy looked like Romney, but the Benson line would have played well. I knew Mitt Romney and you aren’t a Mitt Romney.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
6:06 pm
USMC — “me Bi-curious”
I knew it.
Joe Biden said "We are leaving in 2014, period"
October 16th, 2012
6:06 pm
josef – only when I’m erect…..
JamVet
October 16th, 2012
6:08 pm
Yea, Bookman is a good and decent family man/American and Rush is a mental midget and depraved, lying, bigoted pig….
Other than that, any comparisons are still idiotic and illustrative of the Limbaugh mindset.
stands for decibels
October 16th, 2012
6:08 pm
They did build it…their tax dollars and their sweat equity..stupid comment by BO.
i’m sorry, SR, I simply don’t know anyone who isn’t a raging wingnut who actually takes offense at the “build that” business.
If you really are some kind of legitimate centrist-independent type as you claim, who just happens to hang around a left-leaning blog and rag on Obama all the live-long day…I guess you could be the first.
/drive-by
Joe Biden said "We are leaving in 2014, period"
October 16th, 2012
6:08 pm
Maybe we should have one extreme moderator from each side.
Ed Schultz and Ann Coulter.
josef
October 16th, 2012
6:10 pm
USMC
Bi-curious? Well, at least you’re man enough to admit it…no GWIDLN with you, eh?
Welcome to the Occupation
October 16th, 2012
6:11 pm
Fun fact: Apparently Donald Trump was so incensed with his questioning by Candy Crowley that he sent her her own portrait with the letters “D-O-G” scrawled on it.
josef
October 16th, 2012
6:11 pm
JOE BIDEN
“Ed Schultz and Ann Coulter”
Now even I might tune in for that….!!!!
kayaker 71
October 16th, 2012
6:12 pm
Crowley, Radditz, Lehrer, Schieffer…… all liberals with a liberal ax to grind. Why not Meagan Kelly, Laura Ingram, Brett Hume and Bill Hemmer? Who picked these clowns anyway?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
6:13 pm
Maybe we should have one extreme moderator from each side.
The crappiest meme that has been presented here lately.
Taking sh*t from two different sides doesn’t result in anything meaningful.
You just end up with twice as much sh*t.
The GOV
October 16th, 2012
6:13 pm
I’ll take “truthiness” for 500 Alex.
josef
October 16th, 2012
6:14 pm
JOE BIDEN
@ 6:06
I just caught that…good ‘un!
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
6:14 pm
K71 — “Why not Meagan Kelly, Laura Ingram, Brett Hume and Bill Hemmer?”
They wanted an actual journalist, not a carnival barker.
josef
October 16th, 2012
6:16 pm
KAYAKER
“Why not Meagan Kelly, Laura Ingram, Brett Hume and Bill Hemmer? ”
Because their average IQ wouldn’t be room temperature?
The GOV
October 16th, 2012
6:16 pm
I’ll take Rush Limbaugh and Oxycontin for 100 Alex.
GT
October 16th, 2012
6:16 pm
Bookman does something Rush doesn’t, he uses facts and challenges you to prove him wrong.
Romney and Rush use lies and challenge you to have enough guts to call them out on it. It is like a bunch of drunks surrounding you in a bar. A sober man does not allow himself in these situations, which lying places you, but modern reality love seeing decent men lowered to the level of our least capable. Then they dare ask the question of how we got here when they drove the car.
Georgia
October 16th, 2012
6:17 pm
The early voting exit polling is very telling. Not one voter has said they voted for Obama. Not one. My neighbor just got back from her early voting trip. I asked her. She said that she voted for Romney and that everyone waiting in line were carrying signs and shouting for Romney. She didn’t see anyone who said they voted for Obama. Not one stinking vote. It’s going to be a total landslide like the Mondale campaign.
A television reporter just reported that Candy is gargling, and using extra hair spray, makeup, and she’s having trouble deciding on which outfit to wear. Nerves, Candy. Nerves.
kayaker 71
October 16th, 2012
6:19 pm
Joe,6:14.
Spoken like the true liberal that you are. These four people have more journalistic talent than most anyone on the planet. Carnival barker? Surely, you jest, my friend.
G Mare
October 16th, 2012
6:20 pm
Scott Fresno, YES to Fellini’s!
Brosephus™
October 16th, 2012
6:20 pm
Because their average IQ wouldn’t be room temperature?
Just wrong…. wrong, wrong, wrong….
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
6:21 pm
My girlfriend’s hairdresser’s husband has an uncle that used to work with a guy that knew someone that just got back from early voting.
And he had to walk 50 miles barefoot in the snow, uphill both ways to early vote.
GT
October 16th, 2012
6:21 pm
The state of Georgia voted for Newt nuff said.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
6:21 pm
Georgia — “she voted for Romney and that everyone waiting in line were carrying signs and shouting for Romney.”
You are lying.
It is a violation of Federal law to carry signs or to ‘electioneer’ within 150 feet of a polling place.
Try again, troll.
tireofit
October 16th, 2012
6:21 pm
A party that has Ann (adams apple) Coulter in it, doesn’t have any room to talk about anyone.
josef
October 16th, 2012
6:22 pm
KAYAKER
There’s such a thing as “journalistic talent?” That’s an oxymoron if I ever heard one…
JamVet
October 16th, 2012
6:22 pm
Yet all of these liberal commentators keep letting the so-called, misnamed conservatives win these debates?!
WTF is up with that?
When are you cons gonna grow a pair and shut the hell up?
Talk about endless boo-hooing!
Biden kicks Eddie Munster around a bit and you go all teary eyed.
You Republicans have become full time malcontents, bellyachers, complainers, faultfinders, gripers, grumblers, moaners, sissies, softies, whiners, wimps and weenies.
Like Mrs. Slocumbe says, “Weak as water”.
kayaker 71
October 16th, 2012
6:24 pm
joseph, 6:16,
That comment is beneath you.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
6:27 pm
“For the record, Big Daddy Bookman is downright conservative in some areas…”–josef
Maybe, but Jay sure as heck isn’t!
No josef, “some of my best friends” are homo-sexual.
GT
October 16th, 2012
6:27 pm
“Why not Meagan Kelly, Laura Ingram, Brett Hume and Bill Hemmer? ” prostitutes, have made journalism a joke, have compromise honesty for power, intelligence for money, they love at patriotism all the way to the bank. They are McCarthy with a megaphone, Jerry Lee Lewis preaching drunk for your pure entertainment. Besides that they are great men if we lived in Cuba.
josef
October 16th, 2012
6:27 pm
KAYAKER
Why? I’m getting tired of being held to a higher standard… I wanna be snide, too!
kayaker 71
October 16th, 2012
6:27 pm
Coulter was right. When the liberal mob has nothing to offer, they insult, demean, vilify and shout louder than the competition. It never ends. Why do we think it ever will?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
6:29 pm
Coulter was right.
There’s your sign.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
6:29 pm
K71 — “Spoken like the true liberal that you are.”
Once again, I spent over 20 years of my adult life voting Republican, and a dozen years volunteering and donating to the GOP — and I’m not the only one y’all ran off. If you’d like us and our votes back, then you’re going to have to adjust your attitude a bit, because this ’screw you, libbies’ outreach you’re going with isn’t doing the trick.
“These four people have more journalistic talent than most anyone on the planet.”
Horsespit. Kelly’s an editorializing airhead. Ingraham can’t get an *actual* news gig because she sucks so hard. Brit Hume’s a *caricature* of a reporter, and as far as Bill Hemmer goes, he’s just another example of how cons think that anyone working for CNN is a communist sympathizer — until they get a job working for FNC.
You make me laugh, K71. Keep it up!
“Carnival barker? Surely, you jest, my friend.
IMO, anyone who’s a news anchor in this day and age isn’t a serious journalist. Gone are the days of giants like Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
6:29 pm
“Yea, Bookman is a good and decent family man/American and Rush is a mental midget and depraved, lying, bigoted pig….”–Jamvet
Jamvet has Penis Envy!
That Black Guy
October 16th, 2012
6:29 pm
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
5:51 pm
USMC — “LOL That was really funny, Joe.”
What I think is funny is that you don’t think about what you post before you post it.
If being a vegan and being into TM makes you a liberal, then every christian faith healer drawing breath must be voting Democratic.
after it.
_____________________________________
Come on Joe. He was making a joke. He even had a smiley
Just a joke.
The GOV
October 16th, 2012
6:30 pm
“Not one stinking vote.”
Are they spraying to try and eliminate the stench? I hope this problem is solved by November.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
6:31 pm
K71 — “Coulter was right. When the liberal mob has nothing to offer, they insult, demean, vilify and shout louder than the competition. It never ends.”
Thereby making Coulter a liberal, per your definition.
I love watching her face when she’s on Bill Maher’s show. It’s so obvious that they’ve slept together and that he knows her act is just an act — and that they both refrain from criticizing each other because they both make a lot of money off their respective acts.
The GOV
October 16th, 2012
6:32 pm
“Coulter was right. When the liberal mob has nothing to offer, they insult, demean, vilify and shout louder than the competition. It never ends. Why do we think it ever will?”
Pot meet Kettle
Welcome to the Occupation
October 16th, 2012
6:33 pm
Say what you want, but this sequence right here remains the gold standard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7ffbFvKlWqE
Bush, Clinton, Perot, 1992.
F. Sinkwich
October 16th, 2012
6:33 pm
“Why not Meagan Kelly, Laura Ingram, Brett Hume and Bill Hemmer? ”
Well, Kelly and Ingraham are sure easier on the eyes than Candy and that witch who did the VP thing.
Welcome to the Occupation
October 16th, 2012
6:33 pm
JHM “Thereby making Coulter a liberal, per your definition.”
Lol
josef
October 16th, 2012
6:34 pm
USMC
Big Daddy’s slavishness to the Yankee Sharia version of the Wah-uh makes DiLorenzo look like a liberal hooligan!
Some of your best friends, eh…do you talk to them in the morning…
And besides, Owen, you don’t have any friends….
Brosephus™
October 16th, 2012
6:34 pm
kayaker: Coulter was right. When the liberal mob has nothing to offer, they insult, demean, vilify and shout louder than the competition. It never ends. Why do we think it ever will?
So, are you calling every single “conservative” poster here who insulted Candy Crowley part of the liberal mob? Or is it different when a “conservative” insults, demeans, vilifies, and shouts?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
6:34 pm
Come on Joe. He was making a joke. He even had a smiley
after it.
Just a joke.
He put’s a smiley after every post.
Doesn’t make it always a joke.
TaxPayer
October 16th, 2012
6:35 pm
Coulter was right. When the liberal mob has nothing to offer, they insult, demean, vilify and shout louder than the competition. It never ends. Why do we think it ever will?
So when the right has something can we expect to see a lack of insults, demeaning, villifying and shouting louder. Then again, the right would first need to have something so never mind.
The GOV
October 16th, 2012
6:37 pm
I’ll take misplaced emoticons for 100 Alex.
That Black Guy
October 16th, 2012
6:37 pm
G Mare
October 16th, 2012
6:20 pm
Scott Fresno, YES to Fellini’s!
___________________________
Fellini’s is good, but can’t hold a pepperoni on Baby Tommy’s on 14th.
REAL NY pizza.
Slices you have to FOLD to eat.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
6:37 pm
Kamchak — “He put’s a smiley after every post.”
The youngling has clearly learned something in his time here. (laughing, pointing)
The GOV
October 16th, 2012
6:38 pm
They should just whip out an old #6 on them.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
6:38 pm
TBG — “REAL NY pizza. Slices you have to FOLD to eat.”
How come foldin’ isn’t considered a plus when it comes to steaks?
That Black Guy
October 16th, 2012
6:38 pm
tireofit
October 16th, 2012
6:21 pm
A party that has Ann (adams apple) Coulter in it, doesn’t have any room to talk about anyone.
_________________________________________
I thought it was wrong to bag on a woman’s looks.
Brosephus™
October 16th, 2012
6:40 pm
How come foldin’ isn’t considered a plus when it comes to steaks?
USMC
October 16th, 2012
6:40 pm
“What I think is funny is that you don’t think about what you post before you post it.
If being a vegan and being into TM makes you a liberal, then every christian faith healer drawing breath must be voting Democratic.”–Joe
Joe, get back on your Meds! You Liberals are so ANGRY and full of HATE. It must be all of that Hate Talk Radio that you drones listen to. ( I am joking with you Joe.)
USMC
October 16th, 2012
6:44 pm
‘Some of your best friends, eh…do you talk to them in the morning…’
Yes, we talk in the morning…. if I am at their Flower shop buying flowers for my girlfriend or at my child’s school to speak with the teacher or if I am ordering room service at the Four Seasons Hotel for my girlfriend and me…. or buying a new sport coat at Brooks Brothers/H. STockton, etc.
see.
josef
October 16th, 2012
6:45 pm
Best pizza I ever had? Gianni’s (I think it was) in Brattleboro, Vermont…
Brosephus™
October 16th, 2012
6:45 pm
I thought it was wrong to bag on a woman’s looks.
Yep, it is. Even with the drive-by trolls.
JamVet
October 16th, 2012
6:47 pm
71, even by your standards that 6:27 is “special”!
The woman’s list of depraved, malicious lies would take pages to list.
And you love every one of them…
F. Sinkwich
October 16th, 2012
6:47 pm
I figure 80% of the questions will be about gay marriage, DADT, DOMA, free BC pills, abortion, and why Romney hates women, with maybe why Romney the Mormon worships Satan thrown in for good measure.
Deck is stacked……
Jay has already written his “Obama, the Comeback Kid” blog, to be posted at 6:12 AM tomorrow to give the impression he actually penned it post-debate.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
October 16th, 2012
6:47 pm
They should just whip out an old #6 on them.
Well, what about all us folks that have to strain to whip out a old #4?
Georgia
October 16th, 2012
6:47 pm
There’s a you tube video of Obama preparing for this debate. His voodoo government prep includes weird objects, and throwing a cat in the well. Isn’t that illegal?
josef
October 16th, 2012
6:48 pm
USMC
Shoo-ee, if you have to go to all THAT trouble for a little nookie…you must be overcompensating for something…
USMC
October 16th, 2012
6:48 pm
“Best pizza I ever had? Gianni’s (I think it was) in Brattleboro, Vermont…”–josef
Two places for great Pizza in Atlanta:
1) Camelis Pizza (Ford Factory Lofts OR Little 5 Points)
2) Elbow Room on Pharr Rd in B’head
That Black Guy
October 16th, 2012
6:50 pm
Kamchak — “He put’s a smiley after every post.”
Since he didn’t at 5:24 I missed the pattern.
I thought it was a joke. but that’s just me.
That Black Guy
October 16th, 2012
6:52 pm
How come foldin’ isn’t considered a plus when it comes to steaks?
It is if it’s a REAL Philly Cheesesteak. They stuff so much meat in there you can hardly fold the roll.
Good stuff.
josef
October 16th, 2012
6:54 pm
USMC
Elbow Room do do a good pizza!
USMC
October 16th, 2012
6:55 pm
“Bookman does something Rush doesn’t, he uses facts and challenges you to prove him wrong.”–GT
Boy, someone sure is under the Ether!
“While your at it, would you like to add the “Paint and Fabric” protection for ONLY an extra $35 per month on your car note?”
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
6:55 pm
The best pizza in Atlanta was when Everybody’s and Jaggers were in their heyday back in the 70s.
Everybody’s is still pretty good but they’ve gone for style over substance and Jaggers is basically just a take-out place in the Sage Hill shopping center.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
6:56 pm
“Shoo-ee, if you have to go to all THAT trouble for a little nookie…you must be overcompensating for something…”
No, just “Romantic”. Sorry I accidentally rubbed your nose in it.
josef
October 16th, 2012
6:59 pm
USMC
Hey, I don’t have to go to all that trouble…I got mine right here at home! Jokes aside, though, after all these years, the romance is still there and that’s nice…
So, Elbow Room? Do you play pool?
They BOTH suck
October 16th, 2012
6:59 pm
USMC
Both of those joints do a good pizza.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
6:59 pm
“The best pizza in Atlanta was when Everybody’s and Jaggers were in their heyday back in the 70s.”
Oh MY GOD! Kamchak and I actually agree on something, and furthermore, Kamchek actually added brilliance to the blog… for once. I loved both of those Pizza joints. Did you go to Emory or Druid Hills?
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
7:03 pm
USMC — “Joe, get back on your Meds! You Liberals are so ANGRY and full of HATE.”
Dude, as much as *I* laugh at people on here and you say I’m full of hate?
It must have been Opposite Day today at your school. (giggling)
USMC
October 16th, 2012
7:04 pm
“Hey, I don’t have to go to all that trouble…I got mine right here at home! Jokes aside, though, after all these years, the romance is still there and that’s nice…
So, Elbow Room? Do you play pool?”–Josef
Great for you josef! I CAN play pool, but not my bag. The guy who owns Elbow Room is from the City…. that’s New York City, and he makes one of THE best Pizzas in Atlanta and they have it by the slice of course.
Elbow Room’s Atmosphere is not the greatest, and I sometimes run in to loud mouthed, drunk and stupid Libruls looking for a fight, but after a little reality check they mind their manners. The Pizza rocks!
kayaker 71
October 16th, 2012
7:04 pm
Best pizza the other side of the Mississippi. Hambones in Kansas City…… double anchovies, double cheese and black olives…..couple of Coors Lights to wash it down…. even liberals would love it.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
7:04 pm
TBG — “It is if it’s a REAL Philly Cheesesteak. They stuff so much meat in there you can hardly fold the roll. Good stuff.”
When I eventually visit Philly, which one should I go to? Geno’s or Pat’s, King of Steaks?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
7:04 pm
Did you go to Emory or Druid Hills?
No, but a good friend from high school graduated from Emory in 78. It was a regular thing to go to either one at least once or twice a week. Both were a mainstay for employment for struggling Emory students. Everybody’s now employs a profession wait staff, and the whole place is now glass, steel and some of the original brick work.
Carl
October 16th, 2012
7:05 pm
Like Obama, Jay is loser.
josef
October 16th, 2012
7:06 pm
Everybody’s…first pizza I had in Atlanta…good stuff…
USMC
October 16th, 2012
7:06 pm
“Everybody’s is still pretty good but they’ve gone for style over substance and Jaggers is basically just a take-out place in the Sage Hill shopping center.”
Kam, Everybody’s in Va Highlands flopped for some reason. It is now Ginki (sushi). Do you know what happened?
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
7:06 pm
K71 — “Best pizza the other side of the Mississippi. Hambones in Kansas City…… ”
I worked a year-long gig in KC a few years back, but I was checking out steak places, not pizza joints. And believe it or not, I never got around to investigating the BBQ scene.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
7:08 pm
“When I eventually visit Philly, which one should I go to? Geno’s or Pat’s, King of Steaks?”
BOTH…. Lunch and Dinner!
JamVet
October 16th, 2012
7:08 pm
The darkest year in the history of Penn State University has served to bring the campus together like never before. And now it’s united for another tragic reason: a life-threatening injury to one of its students.
On Saturday night, sophomore cheerleader Paige Raque fell 39 feet out of a fifth-story window in the apartment building where she lives. She is now in critical condition at a local hospital. There is no short-term or long-term prognosis yet.
“This morning she did show some signs of movement,” Randy Jepson told Yahoo! Sports on Tuesday. Jepson, who is acting as the Raque family spokesman, coaches Paige’s older brother, Parker, on the Penn State gymnastics team. He is also the father of Paige’s freshman year roommate.
“She did open her eyes a bit,” Jepson said. “It is a very slow recovery process.”
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf–penn-state-cheerleader%E2%80%99s-fall-and-brain-injury-brings-campus-together-in-prayer.html
We are Penn State.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
7:10 pm
For you guys down in Little 5 who want to try another Pizza joint besides Savage, the new Cameli’s is right next to Front Page News. It is awesome Pizza! Try the Monster slice!
josef
October 16th, 2012
7:11 pm
I don’t go there much…whenever the boys are here and want their Uncle Unmentionable to show them a few shots, they go up there. He can ignore the crowd, I can’t…they get on my nerves…
USMC
October 16th, 2012
7:11 pm
“And believe it or not, I never got around to investigating the BBQ scene.”–Joe
Say it ain’t so, Joe! I was in KC for three days and knew of three GREAT BBQ joints.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
7:11 pm
USMC — “BOTH…. Lunch and Dinner!”
Sounds like a plan!
Murph
October 16th, 2012
7:12 pm
So the takeaway from all this seems to be:
Conservatives – Crowley is a fat, fat, fat liberal woman who “worked very hard” to create this controversy according to her own leftist agenda. And she’s fat.
Nonconservatives – What’s the big deal? Who cares? In fact, why should campaigns be allowed to control the terms of a debate where we want to hear how they respond and react? What’s wrong with follow-up questions? Again, what’s the big deal?
USMC
October 16th, 2012
7:13 pm
“I don’t go there much…whenever the boys are here and want their Uncle Unmentionable to show them a few shots, they go up there. He can ignore the crowd, I can’t…they get on my nerves…”–josef
That’s the only downside, the crowd that hangs out there. I now usually call in a to go order to avoid the drunk and obnoxious Libruls picking fights with the patrons.
Ray Charles
October 16th, 2012
7:13 pm
America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOvA-Hn4_ZM&feature=related1
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
7:14 pm
Kam, Everybody’s in Va Highlands flopped for some reason. It is now Ginki (sushi). Do you know what happened?
Just a guess, but what made Everybody’s and Jaggers special was that they were essentially college hangouts and Emory, being a draw for aspiring docs and lawyers was a magnet for those from the NE so they had to do pizza right. The Va. Highlands area had The Silver Grill, and who could compete with that?
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
7:14 pm
USMC — “Say it ain’t so, Joe! I was in KC for three days and knew of three GREAT BBQ joints.”
I had just come off a project in Austin and I was kind of burnt out on ‘cue, and since KC is known for steaks, I’d have an early steak supper every Friday before catching my plane back home. I interrogated the waiters a LOT because I wanted to smarten up about steaks; if they didn’t know the answer, they’d ask the kitchen the question and then come back and tell me the answer.
I had never heard of “blue rare” until my steak-sploration in KC.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
7:17 pm
Police arrest Green Party US presidential candidate Jill Stein at debate site
http://rt.com/usa/news/police-jill-stein-debate-589/
The Leftwing Extremists are already showing their ARSES!
getalife
October 16th, 2012
7:18 pm
The 47% insult to Americans will follow mitt to the end of his life.
The rich man talking down and disrespecting almost half of the American people was the real mitt romney..
If he does not care about us why should we care about him.
USMC
October 16th, 2012
7:18 pm
BREAKING NEWS… more bad news for the Obama White House…
Record High Enrollment for Food Stamps: 46,681,833 Million
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/record-high-enrollment-food-stamps-46681833-million_654653.html
kayaker 71
October 16th, 2012
7:19 pm
Joe, 7:06,
This was mid 50s and early 60s. A favorite haunt was the 2500 Club on Truman Road. The Jazzman, a very large black gentleman with a pot belly and suspenders would open and close his fly while singing, “Hot Nuts”. The Black Angus served the very best sirloin strip on the planet Those were good days.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
7:20 pm
USMC — “Police arrest Green Party US presidential candidate Jill Stein at debate site”
Let ‘em talk. What’s to be afraid of? That they might actually have a good idea?
kayaker 71
October 16th, 2012
7:22 pm
Sounds like what that Green candidate of old, Cynthia McKinney would do.
JamVet
October 16th, 2012
7:26 pm
Rock on, Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala!
Take the fight to the Republicrat cowards.
And as Frederick Douglass said, “Agitate, agitate, agitate. Always agitate.”
UGA ECONOMICS MAJOR
October 16th, 2012
7:28 pm
romney is a big liar and foolin a lot of uninformed voters
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
7:28 pm
Conservatives pre-writing two narratives for post-debate analysis. Obama will either be a lazy shiftless negro or an angry negro.
Heh, heh, heh.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
7:29 pm
K71 — “This was mid 50s and early 60s. A favorite haunt was the 2500 Club on Truman Road. The Jazzman, a very large black gentleman with a pot belly and suspenders would open and close his fly while singing, “Hot Nuts”. The Black Angus served the very best sirloin strip on the planet Those were good days.”
When I was working there in 2000-2001, there were still several jazz clubs (both new/smooth jazz and older, straight-ahead jazz) and KCIY was still playing jazz all day and night (but it’s gone now).
USMC
October 16th, 2012
7:30 pm
“Take the fight to the Republicrat cowards.”–JAMVET
-Says the LITTLE 5 foot 2 inch “tough guy” standing on his tip toes from the back of the crowd.
barking frog
October 16th, 2012
7:35 pm
46 million on food stamps
and the farmers and food
processors rejoice..
tireofit
October 16th, 2012
7:39 pm
That Black Guy
October 16th, 2012
6:38 pm
tireofit
October 16th, 2012
6:21 pm
A party that has Ann (adams apple) Coulter in it, doesn’t have any room to talk about anyone.
_________________________________________
I thought it was wrong to bag on a woman’s looks.
++
It is!
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 16th, 2012
7:39 pm
Heard this today:
Judeo/Christian values: “How can I help my neighbor?”
Conservative values: “How can I help my country?”
Liberal values: “How can my country help me?”
F. Sinkwich
October 16th, 2012
7:40 pm
I guess UGA let’s anyone in now.
Bummer.
Martin the Calvinist
October 16th, 2012
7:41 pm
I don’t know if someone has already said this but I thought this would be great to repeat if already said, I think this Crowley should do the moderating….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-2NQnxDDJE
F. Sinkwich
October 16th, 2012
7:42 pm
Auto fill sux.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
7:42 pm
Romney: “How can I add to the Chinese workforce?”
josef
October 16th, 2012
7:43 pm
USMC
Better leave them l’il fellers alone…worst ass whuppins I ever got in my life were from them…
barking frog
October 16th, 2012
7:44 pm
0311
Big chance coming up to
put a conservative
republican in the White
House. We haven’t had one
in what, four years?
F. Sinkwich
October 16th, 2012
7:45 pm
Bush!
getalife
October 16th, 2012
7:47 pm
mitt is going down.
47% told him to stop running his mouth with his rich friends that collapsed the global economy.
We should be attacking them for that huge gambling loss.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
7:47 pm
Carter!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
7:50 pm
Ilk!
Jay
October 16th, 2012
7:50 pm
Live blog sheets posted upstairs ….
JamVet
October 16th, 2012
7:51 pm
jonix, the guy sure squeals like a hit pig, don’t he?
Heard this today: Christianity is a religion.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 16th, 2012
7:51 pm
Amspec!
josef
October 16th, 2012
7:52 pm
Millard Fillmore
Joe Hussein Mama
October 16th, 2012
7:53 pm
Also, UTERUS.
Brosephus™
October 16th, 2012
7:54 pm
I heard Romney has a new theme song to walk out with tonight. He liked the artist’s name as it felt like something he could relate to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7OyKAFu50M&feature=related
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Not to be outdone, Obama said that he was going to pull a track from the South too. He thought this song accurately got his message across without being too overbearing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnR1BrGgRVM
Gomer
October 16th, 2012
7:55 pm
USMC
And people are supposed to believe you are tough because what?
You said so.
G Mare
October 16th, 2012
8:14 pm
That Black Guy, thanks for the tip on Baby Tommy’s. Will put it on my list!
And you are right; it is SO WRONG to rag on anyone re their looks. And I notice very few call out Gov. Christie….
Re pizza in Vermont – probably won’t be getting there any time soon. Please let me know “they” open one in Smyrna.
Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (aka "Knuckle-Dragger")
October 16th, 2012
9:01 pm
Good, so she will stay out of it. We’ll see. Guarantee she has been told to support emperor nero, who needs all the help he can get.
R. C.
October 16th, 2012
10:15 pm
Candy Crowley was the worst pick as a moderator! She doesn’t know when to move the conversation forward and she has not given equal time to both candidates! So tired of someone who cannot ask the tough questions and keep the debate under control!
getalife
October 16th, 2012
10:41 pm
wolf said our President won.
getalife
October 16th, 2012
10:43 pm
fox said our President won.
msnbc said our President.
That means our President won.
ODD OWL
October 16th, 2012
10:44 pm
President Barack Obama won the debate hands down… The president wipe the floor with Romney… Romney ==> Loser
ODD OWL
October 16th, 2012
10:49 pm
Candy Crawley was great… we must give her, her props… She busted Romney when he claimed that the President didn’t call the attack in Benghazi a terror attack the day after in the Rose garden press conference…
me
October 17th, 2012
1:09 am
Nobody gets that fat eating only vegetables.
me
October 17th, 2012
1:11 am
She’s cheating; nobody gets that fat from vegetables.