Could internal GOP politics open door for Kasim Reed?
By rights, in 2010 the GOP should have taken control of the U.S. Senate and run Harry Reid not just out of the majority leader’s office but out of office altogether. But by nominating far-right, incompetent extremists such as Sharron Angle to run against Reid in Nevada, and Christine “I am not a witch” O’Donnell to run in Delaware, they blew that golden chance.
The 2012 cycle, with Republicans defending only 10 seats and the Democrats having to defend 23, offered an even better opportunity to retake the Senate. Once again, though, the GOP seems to be blowing it. As recently as Aug. 19, Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight.com was giving the Republicans a 61.5 percent chance of winning a Senate majority; today, he gives them a 9.1 percent chance of achieving that goal.
Why that collapse in their Senate chances, especially since in roughly that same time frame, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney has resurrected his campaign and given himself a real shot at victory? The answer tells us a lot.
Romney, you may recall, pretended to be “severely conservative” in the primaries and is now pretending to be perfectly moderate and reasonable. (If it sounds odd to describe him as pretending in both cases, it’s nonetheless accurate. Trying to establish Romney’s true political belief system is like trying to determine the true color of a chameleon. It always depends. His natural state is pretense.)
However, that is not a gift given to every politician. Republican Senate candidates such as Richard Mourdock of Indiana and Todd Akin of Missouri really are severely conservative; their half-hearted efforts to pretend to be moderates simply are not convincing, and as a result the Republicans could end up losing two Senate seats that were once considered all but guaranteed.
Elsewhere, GOP Senate nominees in once-winnable states such as Florida and Ohio are also failing to perform and are falling short of Romney’s polling numbers in their states. Unlike their party’s standard bearer, they haven’t been able to sell themselves effectively to more moderate general-election voters.
Some of that’s due to the difference between state and national races. At the state level, voters have watched the candidates over their entire careers, so sudden shifts in ideology are more difficult. But it is also true that Republican primaries have become nothing more than tests of ideological purity, won by the candidate most willing to embrace every whim of the party base. That process attracts a certain type of candidate and discourages other types of candidates from even making the effort.
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, left, with his Democratic colleague Mark Warner of Virginia.
It is possible that we will see that scenario play out here in Georgia two years from now, when the six-year term of Sen. Saxby Chambliss expires. Chambliss has been spotted on occasion keeping company with senators not of his own party. He has publicly suggested that as part of a larger deal to attack the federal deficit, conservatives may be forced to accept revenue increases. And as the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, he has been relatively moderate in his comments on the death of our ambassador in Libya, the current cause celebre among conservatives.
Those occasional waverings aside, Chambliss does have strong conservative credentials: The American Conservative Union gives him a 96 percent conservative rating; the Eagle Forum gives him a 100 percent rating. But these days, scores like that don’t even make Chambliss one of the Senate’s 15 most conservative members, according to the definitive National Journal rankings.
U.S. Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga.
On the other hand, nobody but nobody gets to the right of Tom Price, the ambitious Republican congressman from Marietta said to be eying a run at Chambliss. According to National Journal, Price is tied with nine others as the most conservative member in the House, and when you consider how conservative the House Republican caucus is, that’s saying something.
It also tells you something about Georgia’s Republican Party that two of the nine congressmen who are tied with Price as most conservative — Lynn Westmoreland and Phil Gingrey — are also from the Peach State. In many states, there wouldn’t be room to run to the right of Chambliss. In Georgia, there is.
It’s impossible to speculate accurately about the political climate two years from now, in part because so much depends on what happens Nov. 6. But it is conceivable that if a bitter primary battle develops between Price and Chambliss, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed would be drawn into the race to take on the survivor.
Again, this is pure speculation. Here at home, Reed has cast himself as a strongly pro-business, moderate Democrat eager to work with Republicans to get things done not just for metro Atlanta but for the state. But with his national TV appearances as a sharp-tongued surrogate for Barack Obama, Reed has tied himself closely to a man deemed little short of the devil in much of Georgia.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed introduces President Obama at a 2010 fundraiser in Atlanta.
In other words, Reed would still be at a significant disadvantage in a 2014 Senate race. But if he has electoral ambitions beyond a House seat, he’s going to have to embrace that underdog role at some point, and he also understands that waiting and sticking around as mayor has its risks. Full second terms in that office are often not kind to a politician’s reputation.
And as the record shows nationally, Republican primary battles have a way of creating opportunity for Democrats that otherwise would not be available.
– Jay Bookman
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Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
10:13 am
We can hope that the fallout creates some opportunity for progressives.
Georgia on my mind...
October 30th, 2012
10:14 am
Good article Jay and I do believe that he could beat Nathan Deal!!
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
10:14 am
The GOP is filled withh whack jobs. Only another whack job would vote them into office. don’t believe me? wait for our local blog whack jobs to start blogging.
then you’ll see i’m only telling the god’s honest truth.
will the "REAL" Mitt Romney please stand up...
October 30th, 2012
10:14 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxch-yi14BE
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
10:15 am
Gingrey and Price are just worthless.
Mick
October 30th, 2012
10:15 am
Pretty good analysis, I’m hoping for the same type of scenerio here in florida where we can knock out the republican golden child, marco rubio…
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
10:16 am
OMG Keep is first AGAIN!!!! FOUL!! I call FOUL! On Keep!!
He didn’t even READ the comments………..He only read the headlines……………he LIKED Clinton…………….he believes in Big Brother………….he reads TIME Magazine!!
AND…………drumroll please………………..he only watches GOOD STUFF on telelvision!!!
He doesn’t even turn to any of the garbage and watches it!
FOUL!!!
No artificial Flavors
October 30th, 2012
10:18 am
As one that has never voted for a Democrat in my relatively young existence, I may well vote for Kasim Reed based solely on his record as a working mayor and a pragmatic politician willing to compromise to move things along. However, he should back away from the Obama praise no matter how he really feels about supporting the president’s policies, to save some face in the hypothetical election.
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
10:20 am
Rubio is not going anywhere — you can depend on the Cuban American population to continually send him back to office, probably forever.
Lord Help Us
October 30th, 2012
10:20 am
Dang it Jay…the cons were off raod and pressing the accelerator downstairs. When cons go supernova, it is too entertaining to change subjects!
That said, the fact that Akin and Mourdock are ‘rephrasing’ or using the ‘out of context’ excuse, along with, Mitt’s abandonment of his ’severely conservative’ bona fides tells everyone that the cons know that the policy that sells to their Fox-washed base won’t hunt with the general population.
tick, tick, tick…
Freedom Riders 2012
October 30th, 2012
10:20 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kH_EZF0XqM&ob=av2e
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
10:21 am
Ummm.. debbie, I read Newsweek.
I am thinking about a subscription to Faux Poutrage Daily and Retired Military Knowitall. But the fact is you’re deflecting from the worse Canadian Mountie evah!!!!!!
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
October 30th, 2012
10:21 am
Yes, Mayor Reed will have a political future on the larger stage.
Yes, it’s a good thing.
No artificial Flavors
October 30th, 2012
10:21 am
And Paul Broun wasn’t even in the top 9? Sheesh!
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
October 30th, 2012
10:22 am
Why that collapse in their Senate chances
Foot in mouth disease
Erwin's cat
October 30th, 2012
10:23 am
yawn…I’m out
Pats by 3
Brosephus™
October 30th, 2012
10:24 am
Don’t underestimate Chambliss. I bet that he’ll be so far to the right by 2014 that he will be standing on Obama’s left shoulder.
Jm
October 30th, 2012
10:25 am
This scenario is as likely as a Romney-Biden administration.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
10:25 am
“When cons go supernova, it is too entertaining to change subjects!”
which just means that they’re going to collapse into black holes.
Aquagirl
October 30th, 2012
10:25 am
And Paul Broun wasn’t even in the top 9?
That was my first thought too. If you’re to the right of the guy speechifying about eeevil science in front of the creepy dead deer wall—that says something. And it’s not good.
F. Sinkwich
October 30th, 2012
10:25 am
“But with his national TV appearances as a sharp-tongued surrogate for Barack Obama…”
I would never vote for an O’bozo toady.
Never.
Mick
October 30th, 2012
10:27 am
debbie
Not so…the cuban population versus the whole state of florida is no match. True, they have been the deciding factor in close elections and gave us the previous president in 2000 and gov. rick “the disaster” scott. However, neutralize the miami vote and rubio is definitely beatable…
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
October 30th, 2012
10:27 am
But by nominating far-right, incompetent extremists such as Sharron Angle to run against Reid in Nevada, and Christine “I am not a witch” O’Donnell to run in Delaware, they blew that golden chance.
Well, they say you got to have a few nuts to make a good fruit cake.
It’s just a dang shame this Senate thing is going to ruin our chances of turning this into a Christian nation. That Senate is going to act like a big clog in the drain. Every good thing coming out of the House will run into that clog and just set there and rot. Heck, I got my hopes up big-time when some people on this blog was talking about putting old Mitch in charge of the Senate and ramming things we want thru to the White House, where old Mitt would just set there with a lightning fast pen ready to sign stuff into law.
It just goes to show, you got to keep your mouth shut about what you plan on doing until you get elected, like old Mitt is doing. If this Akin and Mourdock had of kept their mouth shut, we might be getting ready to make Heaven on Earth in a few months, a place where women would have to have all the babies they make and maybe quit their job when they see they ain’t getting paid enough. But no, they had to go and blab what they really think. I’m just glad people like Tom Price can say what they really think ’cause
there’s so many nuts in GA they’ll keep re-electing them and besides his wife is crazier than he isGA’s a Christian state.Have a good Tuesday everybody.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
10:28 am
“I would never vote for an O’bozo toady.”
I loves me some party purity.
Partisanship Forever!
Cooperation NEVER!
Jm
October 30th, 2012
10:28 am
Sidebar- Christie is desperate to run for prez in 2016
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
10:30 am
“Sidebar- Christie is desperate to run for prez in 2016″
he’d better drop some weight or he’ll drop of a coronary as they’re administering the oath of office.
Mighty Righty
October 30th, 2012
10:30 am
I don’t think a Democrat will be elected to state wide office in my life time. We have had enough of people who pretended to be conservative here only to be typical left leaning democrats upon arriving in Washington. Speaking of pretending, Mr. Obama ran for office “pretending” to be a moderate democrat anxious to reach across the aisle only to be the most radical far left marxist to ever hold national office but is now “pretending” to be moderate once again.. The voters will issue him a “stand down” order in one week.
Latest Gallup poll show among voters who have already voted, Romney leads Obama by 52% to 45%. A seven point lead which pretty much mirrors natioanl polls.
Jm
October 30th, 2012
10:30 am
“Partisanship Forever!
Cooperation NEVER!”
Says the left wingnut
Jefferson
October 30th, 2012
10:32 am
Ga legislators are pips.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
10:32 am
“Says the left wingnut”
my dear, you have no idea WHAT I believe (beyond freedom of choice), so I suggest you keep your ignorant yap shut on the matter.
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
10:32 am
This scenario is as likely as a Romney-Biden administration.
That’d mean an EV tie, which Nate has at 0.4% probability. You really think what Jay’s published is that farfetched, for 2014? in a state that had Obama within five points in 2008?
Mind you, it would require some kind of voter-discouragement factor that would depress GOP turnout for the Senate race, methinks, for Reed to actually win here. But I think it’s better than a 0.4% probability of happening.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
October 30th, 2012
10:33 am
Christie is desperate to run for prez in 2016
Christie is starting his 2016 campaign right now.
Will Hillary run against him?
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
10:33 am
that “left wingnut” supports a flat income tax, jm.
Thomas Heyward Jr
October 30th, 2012
10:33 am
In a Bannana Republic, the vast majority of People care NOT what gang extorts them.
.
They only do their best to ignore them.
.
bienvenido to Libertad.
Aquagirl
October 30th, 2012
10:34 am
Christie is desperate to run for prez
Christie’s not desperate to run anywhere unless there’s a meatball sandwich in range.
I like the guy, but voters don’t want to see an oxygen canister at the inauguration.
Jm
October 30th, 2012
10:36 am
Sfd 10:32
Yes, very low probability that Reed becomes a US Senator
Far more likely he will take a DC job if Obama wins a second term
Erwin's cat
October 30th, 2012
10:38 am
MR - Latest Gallup poll show among voters who have already voted, Romney leads Obama by 52% to 45%. A seven point lead which pretty much mirrors natioanl polls.
Turn out will decide the election…I linked a report the other day that basically states that if turn is like 2004, Romney wins big, if like 2008 Obama wins not so big, and if it’s an average of the 2, Romney squeaks by…
Jm
October 30th, 2012
10:38 am
“Christie’s not desperate to run anywhere unless there’s a meatball sandwich in range.”
The white house chef can make meatball subs. I’m sure Christie is already contemplating which chefs make the best meatball subs…..
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
10:38 am
“Far more likely he will take a DC job if Obama wins a second term”
depends – if they have to fill the seat by a special election, that’s a possibility.
if the position is filled by Gubernatorial appointment, prolly not.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
October 30th, 2012
10:39 am
If the president wins re-election and if the GOP side of Congress keep their foot dragging up, by 2014 a majority of the American people will be sick and tired of the lack of progress. There will be another 2010 in reverse…a blue tide. Then we will see. I see Reed in the Senate.
Woodstock Mike
October 30th, 2012
10:39 am
All these liberals talking about riots and burning down buildings are really pushing Romney over the top, this is great!!
Greg
October 30th, 2012
10:40 am
I would prefer Reed run for governor. I have voted against Deal twice for governor (in the primary and general election going libertarian then) and would love to have a great alternative to get my vote. Any chance he could be convinced to move to the Athens/Evans area so I would have an alternative to Broun? Nobody runs against him in the primary or general elections.
Mighty Righty
October 30th, 2012
10:40 am
The certifiable insane left example below is evidence of not allowing them to vote:
http://www.ocregister.com/news/sign-376051-fish-letter.html
Woodstock Mike
October 30th, 2012
10:41 am
“I like the guy, but voters don’t want to see an oxygen canister at the inauguration.”
Now that’s the funniest thing I’ve seen Aquagirl say in a while… Too funny!
Aquagirl
October 30th, 2012
10:42 am
I’m sure Christie is already contemplating which chefs make the best meatball subs…..
I’d sell my family for an invite to a Christie WH dinner.
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
10:42 am
But the fact is you’re deflecting from the worse Canadian Mountie evah!!!!!!
HA! His words (I ALWAYS get my man); were taken out of context. He misspoke. If Mitt can get away with it, then so can Dudley!
USinUK — Partisanship Forever!
Cooperation NEVER!
Its sad but true. They fight against the inevitable with everything in the poor shriveled up hearts. Even that angry little man who stood in that Alabama schoolroom doorway saw the light; but the GOP would rather stop getting kickbacks and bucks from the Koch brothers before they change their ways.
RC: It just goes to show, you got to keep your mouth shut about what you plan on doing until you get elected, like old Mitt is doing. If this Akin and Mourdock had of kept their mouth shut, we might be getting ready to make Heaven on Earth in a few months
RC may be entertaining, but he is SO deadly accurate on a lot of topics.
When money+ambition+a preconceived agenda come together they = the downfall of America.
At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow?
Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.
At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide. — Abraham Lincoln
Ray Charles
October 30th, 2012
10:42 am
Georgia’s past and its GOP of today would never vote for Kasim Reed…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8IqkRbxcTA
Douglas
October 30th, 2012
10:42 am
“conservatives may be forced to accept revenue increases” —– Come on Jay, can you not bring yourself to call it what it is —– “tax increases”?
Also, Kasim Reed ???? You must be joking. Have you not seen him on “Meet the Press”? He is a 100% Obama clone, surrogate, etc. And Obama is a week away from getting blown out in GA.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
10:42 am
Mighty – only white men with property, right?
nelson
October 30th, 2012
10:43 am
It appears that what I have read is an abundance of wishful thinking. A bit too subjective. Romney is being thought of as Presidential, a man for the important decisions. A man steadfastly for God,family, country. A man for our time. The latest I heard, President Obama has been loading up on pizzas for his workers in the campaign. Air Force 1, takes a bit too much fuel, just to deliver pizzas. Dominoes does it alot cheaper.
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
10:45 am
he’d better drop some weight
In my experience, people of CC’s build can hope to do that only if they’ve got a very powerful positive reinforcement to burn more calories than they consume, slowly-but-steadily, over time.
I can think of few reinforcements more positive than the prospect winning of your dream gig in 2016; and the primary campaign itself would be a reasonable stretch in which bored journalists could cover his weight loss with some aplomb.
In short, he can definitely get himself into reasonable fighting trim for this. Now, whether GOPers will nominate another liberal-for-the-GOP governor is another issue entirely.
Ronald Reagan Parkway
October 30th, 2012
10:45 am
…when it rains in Gwinnett County…it pours…
By Andria Simmons and David Wickert
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Gwinnett County Clerk of Court’s race is usually a snooze, if not a foregone conclusion, but not so this election season.
Mud has been flying in the matchup between Republican incumbent Richard Alexander and his Democratic challenger Brian Whiteside.
Whiteside, a lawyer and former deputy who lost a bid for Gwinnett County sheriff in 2004, has widely distributed a flier and email alleging that his opponent is having an affair with his administrative assistant, Lori Taylor.
Both reference a YouTube video that purports to show the pair leaving a Holiday Inn Express in Norcross on the morning of May 19. Alexander’s wife, who filed for divorce in May, has admitted posting the YouTube video, which she said she obtained from a private investigator.
Whiteside also accuses Alexander in the flier of giving Taylor a “taxpayer sponsored raise of $25,000” by promoting her to a higher-paying position.
“The last thing we need in Gwinnett County is another corrupt official,” Whiteside said.
Alexander and Taylor both declined to respond to the allegation of an affair. Alexander said in an email, “I will not discuss my personal life as a campaign issue.” Gwinnett County does not have a policy that prohibits supervisors from having romantic relationships with employees.
Reached separately, they refuted the claim that Alexander influenced Taylor’s promotion from clerk to administrative assistant.
County personnel records show Taylor was promoted in January 2011 under former Clerk of Court Tom Lawler. She interviewed for the job before Alexander was hired as chief deputy clerk in November 2010.
Taylor said Lawler offered her the position in July 2010 when he learned of an upcoming retirement.
“My position, my promotion, my raise, all of that was prior to Mr. Alexander being employed by the clerk’s office,” she said, adding she hasn’t had a raise since she took the position.
Lawler died after a long battle with cancer on Nov. 23, 2011. Alexander was appointed to replace him.
Alexander has accused Whiteside of an ethical lapse for failing to file campaign contribution and personal financial disclosure reports in June. Whiteside owes a total of $250 in fines for the two infractions, according to the state ethics commission website.
Whiteside said he tried to email the disclosures and apparently they didn’t go through, because he received notice that he was late in filing. He said he mailed the disclosures to the state on Friday.
Williebkind
October 30th, 2012
10:46 am
USinUK – not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
10:32 am
Are you being a duck today? We all know what you believe.
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
10:46 am
By the way, there must be some kind of a website glitch over at gallup.com; today they show the national polling tied between Romney and Obama, and Obama’s approvals are at 51%.
I could swear the conservatives have been telling me every few days that Gallup has him way down in the head-to-head matchup and that his approvals suck…
F. Sinkwich
October 30th, 2012
10:48 am
Chambliss has some RINO tendencies which will render him an underdog to a Price challenge.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
10:50 am
willieb – “Are you being a duck today? We all know what you believe.”
you saying that you “know” ANYthing … well, it amuses
Williebkind
October 30th, 2012
10:50 am
stands for decibels
That must be a CNN/AJC poll!
Brosephus™
October 30th, 2012
10:50 am
Also, Kasim Reed ???? You must be joking. Have you not seen him on “Meet the Press”? He is a 100% Obama clone, surrogate, etc.
Some of y’all consider anybody who doesn’t parrot the talking points of the right as an Obama surrogate. Almost to the point where that claim sounds like the white noise when a tv channel goes out.
SBinf
October 30th, 2012
10:50 am
My heart bleeds as much as the next liberal, but I’d have a tough time supporting Reed in a senatorial race. Not terribly happy with the way the city has been run under him. Someone close to me worked with Reed in the city and was never fond of the guy. That’s enough of a (non) endorsement for me.
joe
October 30th, 2012
10:51 am
Reed has been OK as mayor, but stands a snowballs chance of getting anything higher than that. Obama is toast!
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
10:51 am
294 as of today.
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/
Obama’s not going anywhere.
Jm
October 30th, 2012
10:52 am
“I’d sell my family for an invite to a Christie WH dinner.”
Given the volume of food required for a Christie dinner, your family could very well be on the menu….
Williebkind
October 30th, 2012
10:53 am
not very ladylike
I guess it does.
Aquagirl
October 30th, 2012
10:53 am
Christie/Soylent Green 2016!
Greg
October 30th, 2012
10:54 am
Stands for Decibels, Go down one poll past the registered voters poll that shows a tie on the gallup.com website to see the likely voter poll. This is the one that is quoted most often and shows Obama down 5 pts.
East Cobb RINO, Inc (LLC)
October 30th, 2012
10:54 am
I don’t think a Democrat will be elected to state wide office in my life time.
You must be getting up in years then because it will happen. So to paraphrase Bobby Knight “if it is inevitable, just sit back and enjoy it”.
St Simons
October 30th, 2012
10:55 am
PPP has the best model. 280-250 victory for Obama,
we keep the Senate, gain in the House, retake it in ‘14.
Let them have Gallup & Razzmussen. A con can dream.
While this is a victory, I consider it a defeat compared to
what could have been.
But demographics will soon do the job for the timid democrats
who should have put the cons away this cycle.
I’m gettin old, and I’m tired of waitin though.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
10:56 am
“Given the volume of food required for a Christie dinner, your family could very well be on the menu….”
I picture guests to look like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZrgxHvNNUc
Don't Tread
October 30th, 2012
10:57 am
Thankfully, Kasim doesn’t have a ghost of a chance as Senator from Georgia. He’d be a good replacement for Hank “The island’s gonna tip over” Johnson, though…at least the IQ of that seat would go up. (I wonder what scientific theory supports an island tipping over, Hank?)
Or he could move to The People’s Republik of Kalifornia, Chicago, anywhere in the Northeast and win by default.
barking frog
October 30th, 2012
10:57 am
Georgia will get worse before it
gets better.
Common Sense
October 30th, 2012
10:57 am
So what state will Reed be moving to? We will be sure to send those pro business commercials he ran asking them all to hire one…..
MiltonMan
October 30th, 2012
10:58 am
Here we go again, the same old song and dance routine from the GA democrats who think they can unseat the GA republican senators, the republican governor, etc., etc. They tried this with retread Roy Barnes, Jim Martin, Vernon Jones, etc., etc.
Mayor Reed is the best the libs in this state have to offer??? The clown has been nothing more than an Obama minion, had to go into a runoff to win mayor of uber-liberal Atlanta, the airport vendor issue, his support for TSPLOST, his idiotic defense of Biden & the “chains” comment, etc., etc.
He might be the ideal candidate in the liberal world but he will be soundly rejected by the voters of GA.
SBinf
October 30th, 2012
10:58 am
People’s Republic of Kalifornia
—————————–
Wow that’s so original. You’re brilliant, Don’t Tread. You should right for Leno. Seriously, your material is really good.
curious
October 30th, 2012
10:59 am
No artificial Flavors
“And Paul Broun wasn’t even in the top 9? Sheesh!”
But he is #1 in the looney tunes category.
St Simons
October 30th, 2012
11:02 am
“I don’t think a Democrat will be elected to state office in my lifetime”
if you can live a couple more years, its all gonna flip, and hard.
con scams never last.
DannyX
October 30th, 2012
11:02 am
” This is the one that is quoted most often and shows Obama down 5 pts.”
The Gallup LV poll is has been a mess in the past and looks like it will be again this year. Most all of the national polls show the race even or +1 Romney/+1 Obama. Rasmussen is the exception and they are still close to the other polls, + 2 Romney.
Gallup or Nate Silver, one of the two, will be losing a lot of creditability after the election.
gm
October 30th, 2012
11:03 am
Reed has no choice of winning anything state wide in Georgia, out side of Atlanta the bigots in other areas are not going to vote for a African American.
Mit Romney back in June “We need to get rid of Femma and privatation waste of money” this is the kind of idiot the right wing nut jobs are supporting, hey Anti govment right wingers are you liking government now?
Jm
October 30th, 2012
11:03 am
David Walker, former comptroller, endorsed Romney.
Romney is the right choice for any fiscal conservative.
Mary Elizabeth
October 30th, 2012
11:04 am
I do not think that Georgia will turn less conservative enough to elect the well-spoken Kasim Reed as a U. S. senator from Georgia in my lifetime. Georgians, as I have posted recently, have not changed their deeply conservative beliefs in 60 years. It would be as much a surprise to me if Reed had a fighting chance for senator in two years as it was when South Africa ended apartheid, which I likewise never expected to happen in my lifetime. So there is a small sliver of hope for Reed because apartheid was ended, to my surprise.
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“His (Romney’s) natural state is pretense.” A true and astute remark. However, I believe underneath that layer of Romney being is a fervent and intense animus toward anything “government.” This is dangerous to our nation in ways that most people have little awareness of. When so many of their rights and benefits are moved under a President Romney’s direction, maybe then, the American people will begin to understand how off-balance the thinking of Mitt Romney has been and how much President Obama has done positively for America. But, then, it will be too late.
Moral of story: Sometimes those who are most like you, do not share your background or your appearance. Look deeper, to understand what anyone is really about.
Fergit Heck
October 30th, 2012
11:05 am
I don’t think we will see an african-american win statewide office in Georgia until the Yankees bring back reconstruction.
MiltonMan
October 30th, 2012
11:06 am
“Reed has no choice of winning anything state wide in Georgia, out side of Atlanta the bigots in other areas are not going to vote for a African American.”
Warning: Race card played for the 1,000,000th time.
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
11:06 am
This is the one that is quoted most often and shows Obama down 5 pts.
Ok, I stand corrected.
weetamoe
October 30th, 2012
11:08 am
Someone’s God’s honest truth is not the same as someone else’s God’s honest truth—but the secular honest truth verifiable by recalling his memorable? appearances on Sunday TV, is that Kasim is one very very angry man.
gm
October 30th, 2012
11:10 am
Hey big boy, Gov Christie, how is Goverment working for you now? President Obama has to sign the hypocrites checks on the right who for last 8 months bashed goverment along with the idiot Romney.
The nut jobs in Georgia will love Obama if this state suffered what Ny, Nj, going thru asked those rep in those state how they feel about Obama and Femma now, thank you God for humbling satan and his party””””””
Obama/Biden 2012
October 30th, 2012
11:10 am
appearances on Sunday TV, is that Kasim is one very very angry man.
_____
and so is Mitt Romney….he knows that he is fighting a losing battle but you Repubs continue to live in your Southern Fantasy!!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
11:11 am
Stands, you FOOL! Do you not understand anything about blogs. When you are shown to have erred, you deny…deny…. move the goalposts….claim you were just kidding….. or say something like “well anyone but a kook would know…..”. Why I have lost all respect for you.
TaxPayer
October 30th, 2012
11:11 am
Republicans are good at one thing–their own extermination. The antiqued white party will implode. It’s not a matter of if only when. That much I do have faith in.
DannyX
October 30th, 2012
11:11 am
Herman Cain could not win a senate race in Georgia. Now way Reed could.
Erwin's cat
October 30th, 2012
11:13 am
gm – Reed has no choice of winning anything state wide in Georgia, out side(sic) of Atlanta the bigots in other areas are not going to vote for a African American.
But the bigots inside Atlanta will?…interesting point
gm
October 30th, 2012
11:13 am
MiltonMan
How did Andy Young, Hermain Cain work for you?, there is no race card in the truth, name one black person who ever won a state wide election in Georgia? still waiting
Mighty Righty
October 30th, 2012
11:14 am
Dishonest or stupid. Take your pick. In either case it is illegal but then our laws have no meaning for Obama.
http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/obama-accepts-osama-bin-laden-donations/
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
11:15 am
Mighty wants some attention…. he is posting the same World Nut Daily garbage he posted last night.
Ray Charles
October 30th, 2012
11:15 am
gm
October 30th, 2012
11:13 am
Good question!! I would love to hear that response.
sheepdawg
October 30th, 2012
11:17 am
Until georgia gets more intelligent voters, it will dwell at the bottom in all regards. Roy Barnes tried to expose that this state is a laughing stock of elected idiots. Idiots will always elect idiots, thus the state of georgia politics and leadership
They BOTH suck
October 30th, 2012
11:18 am
“Dishonest or stupid”
Are you speaking of the website that you pulled the article from?
may as well be “we-r-birthers.com”
RF
October 30th, 2012
11:18 am
The problem is the far-right guys like Price and Westmoreland eventually will run out steam. There’s only so many boogeymen you can point at and the number of people believing the sky is falling because Obama’s a muslim/socialist/Kenyan/apologist will eventually dwindle. I don’t know that Dems could retake majority in Georgia, but I do think the Republican party is either going to have to go back to a more moderate stance or split in two. You can only scare people for so long and they get tired of it.
They BOTH suck
October 30th, 2012
11:18 am
Keep
WND is one of the main websites for the birthers……….
hahahahahaha
getalife
October 30th, 2012
11:19 am
Once again mitt showed no leadership as sandy destroyed the east coast.
USMC
October 30th, 2012
11:20 am
“Could internal GOP politics open door for Kasim Reed?”–JAY BOOKMAN
As I read this article, I realized just how DISTORTED Jay Bookman’s world is. Unbelievable!
(and no, I didn’t need RUSH LIMBAUGH to tell me… )
Jm
October 30th, 2012
11:20 am
“There’s only so many boogeymen you can point at”
Plenty o’ them during Halloween…..
Rightwing Troll
October 30th, 2012
11:21 am
“He might be the ideal candidate in the liberal world but he will be soundly rejected by the voters of GA.”
Yep… the overweight, under-educated, last-in-everything-you-don’t-wanne-be-last-in-and-first-in-everything-you-don’t-want-to-be-first-in, trailer dwelling rubes of Georgia will never, ever vote for their best interest again…
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
11:22 am
TBS, yep…. making big bucks off the nut job birthers who swallow anything because of massive ODS.
USMC
October 30th, 2012
11:22 am
More Bad News for The Obama REGIME…
GALLUP: OBAMA’S EARLY VOTE ADVANTAGE COLLAPSES 22-POINTS OVER 2008
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/30/Gallup-Shows-22-point-drop-in-obama-early-voting-advantage
RF
October 30th, 2012
11:22 am
Keep: I think it should be a rule that you can’t post anything from wnd.com or breitbart.com. I’ll allow a little from heritage.org …maybe, but not much. It’s hard to take someone seriously when they rely on the wingnut sites for their “facts”.
USMC
October 30th, 2012
11:23 am
OBAMA ACCEPTS ‘OSAMA BIN LADEN’ DONATIONS
http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/obama-accepts-osama-bin-laden-donations/
gm
October 30th, 2012
11:23 am
Now after the storm we are all Americans this is comming from the hate filled Obama haters on the right, just last week he was a muslim, and need to show his birth certificate, and not American.
Where is Trump with his 5 million dollars to help the people in Ny, Jersey? or I forgot goverment and Femma will have to help, and the right wing wonder why they are hated around the world and are the biggest hypocrites.
Jm
October 30th, 2012
11:24 am
“(and no, I didn’t need RUSH LIMBAUGH to tell me… )”
Yes you did. Please take your drudgey-rush-boortz-hannity-beck spam elsewhere sir! When will you cons think for yourselves?!
(just kidding USMC)
JDW
October 30th, 2012
11:24 am
Reed vs Price would be a interesting race. In most states it would be a slam dunk for Reed but in Wingnut Central I am not so sure.
As for Saxby, after the DEBACLE of his LYING spree vs Max Cleland I long for the day he is sent home, however I would not trade him for Price so our best outcome may be keep him hanging on.
Mighty Righty
October 30th, 2012
11:25 am
I am not opposed to Obama returning to D.C. to look presdidential during the hurricane crisis.. Lord knows he needed to improve his image. I am curious as to what benefit there is to the victims of the disaster for him to be in D.C.? I mean really, what does a president do before during and after a weather related event he couldn’t do remotely? Can he drive a utility truck? Operate a chain saw? What can he do? He can declare an “emergency from anywhere”? This raises another question. What does FEMA do? The best I can tell is they tell some some one up to their keister in water that they are being flooded! FEMA doesn’t provide food, shelter, electricity, nothing. It ooks to me like they are just a bunch of Government Fat Cats sitting around a table for a photo op.
They BOTH suck
October 30th, 2012
11:25 am
MR
WND has about as much credibility as left wing sites like truthout, dailykos and moveon………….
RF
October 30th, 2012
11:26 am
And multiple posts from idiot websites doesn’t make you look any smarter. I just hope and pray that one day the hive mind will learn that endless repetition of the same stupidity is…well, stupid. I gotta give the cons props for consistency, but they’re not adapting and learning very well.
Erwin's cat
October 30th, 2012
11:27 am
get – Once again mitt showed no leadership as sandy destroyed the east coast
you do know Mitt is still a civilian and not part of any govt entity don’t you…short of making a donation and supporting the LDS’ers that are there to help, what do you propose he could do???…direct FEMA?? or the National Guard???…Are you already out of legitimate talking points?
Matti
October 30th, 2012
11:27 am
Price has doubled his net worth since becoming a US Congressman. Sucking up to the funding sources for America’s most radically-right (billionaire-beneficial) lobbying groups in the nation is really working out for him.
Too bad he doesn’t believe a word of the Christian rhetoric he espouses at his fundraisers and frequent Veteran photo ops. He might be a decent human being if he did.
gm
October 30th, 2012
11:27 am
USMC
Hey Gomer, Obama is leading in Ohio, Ws, Mich, tied in Va, and Fla, who cares about National Polls and Georgia you are not factor in this election.
Rightwing Troll
October 30th, 2012
11:28 am
So the man who W let ride away on the back of a donkey and Obama killed has come back to life and contributed to Obama’s campaign???
Really??? I knew you gullible wingnuts were rubes, but really???!??
Simple Truths
October 30th, 2012
11:28 am
But it’s only the Republicans that are extreme. No one is extreme on the left. I know because Jay (hasn’t) told me so.
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
11:29 am
GALLUP: OBAMA’S EARLY VOTE ADVANTAGE COLLAPSES
of course that’s not what Gallup says at all. Gallup’s account is more of a shrug.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/158420/registered-voters-already-cast-ballots.aspx
…under a heading oh-so-provocatively entitled “Romney Leads Among Early Voters, Similar to His Likely Voter Lead”.
Jm
October 30th, 2012
11:29 am
“Once again mitt showed no leadership as sandy destroyed the east coast.”
So right. The bully pulpit of an as yet elected official should never be given up in the fact of the wind of a hurricane! Never!
What a pansy. Mitt did nothing to stop the hurricane!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 30th, 2012
11:30 am
GALLUP: OBAMA’S EARLY-VOTE LEAD DROPS 22 PTS FROM 2008…
REPORT: Obama campaign takes money from ‘Osama bin Laden’…
drudgey spam
Rightwing Troll
October 30th, 2012
11:30 am
So what if the IP address was from Pakistan… it could be a donation from an undercover CIA operative or a US diplomat… sheesh!!! why does Mittens and the wingnut rubes want to suppress the free speech rights of those brave folks serving overseas and in the ME???
gm
October 30th, 2012
11:31 am
This just in Mitt the flip flopper, supports Femma now, after bashing Femma for 1 year, this shows what a mental washer this guy is along with his voters.
Jm
October 30th, 2012
11:31 am
Erwin
Getalife never had a legitimate talking point
Union
October 30th, 2012
11:32 am
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/30/opinion/kayyem-obama-sandy/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
good read.. humorous at points.
Erwin's cat
October 30th, 2012
11:32 am
gm – Where is Trump with his 5 million dollars to help the people in Ny, Jersey?
If Obama really wants NJ to get Trumps $5M he can easily direct it there…why hasn’t Obama sent Trumps millions there????…does he hate Ny Jersey
getalife
October 30th, 2012
11:32 am
mitt campaigned like a failed gop hack.
word of the day
October 30th, 2012
11:33 am
Attention all Georgia Republicans…everyone understands that you all WILL NOT be voting for Barack Obama for President…guest what, he DOES NOT need your vote to win..Even though you live ing Georgia, read my lips, “he will be the President of the United States of America”. Do you realize that Georgia is one of those states??? Get over it and concentrate on what Nathan Deal is doing.
Rightwing Troll
October 30th, 2012
11:33 am
You mean Donald BK Trump??? (both financially and morally)… he probably doesn’t have 5 million to donate…
Jm
October 30th, 2012
11:33 am
“drudgey spam”
Kamspam
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
11:35 am
As I read this article, I realized just how DISTORTED Jay Bookman’s world is. Unbelievable!
USMC, hmm. that reminds me of something else you posted, 13 months ago.
You are the “High Priest of Socialism”, Jay, who preaches the Left-wing Fringe political blather to the real CRAZIES on a daily basis.
Most if not all of your views are so far out of the mainstream with what America is about. Unbelievable
I think I’ve asked you ten times already, so what’s the harm in asking again: Which of Jay’s views are “far out of the mainstream?”
As before, I’ll accept as “far out” Jay’s approval of some policy that polls at less than, say, 25% of the American public.
I expect I’ll get the same silence in response as those other nine times, of course, since you know full well that Jay is not out-there at all in his sociopolitical views.
Lee
October 30th, 2012
11:36 am
word of the day – PERFECT, so if you are not a repub in Georgia do not go vote, your vote will not matter anyways. Also, have you seen the latest polls. Obama is behind in every national poll.
bulls_3y3
October 30th, 2012
11:36 am
Again Jay? First you put your nose so far up Odontblameme, now that idiot Reed. Go get a real job and do something productive.
getalife
October 30th, 2012
11:36 am
Our President showed leadership and there is nothing humorous about sandy cons .
rc
October 30th, 2012
11:37 am
GOP filled with whack jobs???How about John Lewis Hank Johnson and don’t forget Bookman
Socialist all hate capitalism.
Union
October 30th, 2012
11:38 am
ohhhh.. interactive chart….
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444024204578044921991680826.html
East Cobb RINO, Inc (LLC)
October 30th, 2012
11:38 am
Mitt Romney’s dad was born in Mexico to Mexican parents and secretly adopted by an American family. He is not ‘Merican and is thus not eligible to hold the office of President of the United States. He was raised Mexican and has Mexican values and a Mexican view of the world. He has connections to Mexican cartels who are secretly financing his Super PACs. When Romney is President, he will cut the budget to the border patrol to allow more drugs from the Mexican cartels into the US of which Romney will get a cut of the profits.
There that was not very hard. Take one statement that is true (Mitt Romney’s dad was born in Mexico) and let your imagination run wild from there. Get enough people to repeat it and voila!
Kamchak - "Socialism" is just a code word for "fear," the monster under you bed ~ Kamchak
October 30th, 2012
11:39 am
Socialist all hate capitalism.
Socialism — BOO!
Mighty Righty
October 30th, 2012
11:39 am
News Flash
Rumor mill has it that Obama is meeting with his followers to plan on blaming Hurricane Sandy on a video that was produced in California. The film maker is to be arrested and Romney is to be cited as the producer. The details have not yet been worked out but Joe Biden, Susan Rice, Hillary Clinton and David Axelrod will spear head the effort. The only thing holding them back at this time is trying to work a George Bush policy in as a cause and getting time on The View, and Chris Mathews shows.
getalife
October 30th, 2012
11:40 am
The gop are full of racist tin foil hat whack jobs. That fact is obvious.
word of the day
October 30th, 2012
11:41 am
Lee
October 30th, 2012
11:36 am
it does not mean do not vote, you sound kind of silly…Georgia is as Red as it gets and he will win without receiving “ONE” electoral vote from this great state!!
They BOTH suck
October 30th, 2012
11:41 am
“Rumor mill has it that ”
WND, breitbart or newsmax?
hahahahahah
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 30th, 2012
11:42 am
News Flash
Rumor mill has it that I will be the starting quarterback in The Super Bowl.
Lee
October 30th, 2012
11:42 am
AND GETALIFE WINS THE AWARD FOR SAYING THE WORD “RACIST” TODAY! HAHA!!! Such a tired pointless word.
getalife
October 30th, 2012
11:45 am
Ask Col. Wilkerson lee.
He said it not me.
Mighty Righty
October 30th, 2012
11:46 am
They BOTH suck
October 30th, 2012
11:25 am
MR
WND has about as much credibility as left wing sites like truthout, dailykos and moveon
They published what “they did” and provided a link for you to use to verify what they did. That is pretty damn credible!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 30th, 2012
11:48 am
That is pretty damn credible!
Whirled Nut Daily is birther central.
Not credible at all.
Mighty Righty
October 30th, 2012
11:48 am
A racist is always the first to bring up race thinking that in so doing it will some how hide their own racist views.
getalife
October 30th, 2012
11:48 am
Did any nuke plants flood?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 30th, 2012
11:50 am
A racist is always the first to bring up race thinking that in so doing it will some how hide their own racist views.
The guilty dog barks first/loudest.
Just sayin’.
They BOTH suck
October 30th, 2012
11:51 am
MR
If you like WND (home of the birthers) that is your choice, but like many sites from both sides of the political extremes, it is a site with more bs and unfounded conspiracies than anything else.
Your choice to follow it all you like, but that doesn’t change the fact that is one of the “homes of the bithers” as well as other stupid stories they have been trumped up for their gullible followers.
St Simons
October 30th, 2012
11:51 am
don’t you know, getalife? in con-world now you’re racist for noticing it.
the fat pig on the a.m. radio said so
man at the new sockpuppets we’re gonna have next Tues
Greg
October 30th, 2012
11:53 am
We sensible conservatives/libertarians have got to convince people to stop linking to WND.com. It makes the reasonable among us look like fools. Well, that website along with the Akins, Becks, et al… that we get tossed in with.
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
11:54 am
by all means, read that hard-hitting bit of investigative reporting by the WorldNet Daily folks.
WASHINGTON – Using a Pakistani Internet Protocol and proxy server, a disposable credit card and a fake address, “Osama bin Laden” has successfully donated twice to Barack Obama’s presidential re-election campaign.
The “Bin Laden” donations, actually made by WND staff, included a listed occupation of “deceased terror chief” and a stated employer of “al-Qaida.”
[...]
Upon clicking the “donate” button, WND staff selected the $15 amount and were taken to a page on the campaign website asking for a first and last name, city, state, zip code, email address and phone number.
So to recap–WND’s “reporter” actively sought to create a story by sending in a fifteen-dollar contribution under a fake name.
oh, but it gets better:
The Obama campaign refuses to release the identification of donors who give less than $200
you hear that? They REFUSE!
say… anyone bother to check what Team Romney does with $15 contributors?
Peter
October 30th, 2012
11:55 am
Yup no global warming we can now tell…… super storms the norm, and Woman’s rights are going back 30 plus years…GO REPUBLICAN’S !
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
11:55 am
No word yet on whether they’re going to report on that fifteen dollar donation I sent to Romney under the name “Biggus Terrorus Dikkus.”
Peter
October 30th, 2012
11:56 am
It is a blessing to get raped.. Go republican’s !
too little time
October 30th, 2012
11:57 am
As one that has never voted for a Democrat in my relatively young existence, I may well vote for Kasim Reed based solely on his record as a working mayor and a pragmatic politician willing to compromise to move things along.
As a conservative, I’d say that Kasim Reed has done an excellent job as mayor. In fact, I’d give both Reed and (previous mayor) Franklin solid A- in dealing with the slog that is the City Of Atlanta. After the crooks ( Maynard Jackson and Bill Campbell) ran the city like their own little fiefdom, Kasim and Franklin have faced the pain and made progress in many areas what were stifled for decades.
Kasim Reed has done a lot of this without making a lot of enemies… that leaves him open to a successful state-wide campaign. It might even do the state good to have a Democrat Governor to stand in opposition to a Republican controlled state house and senate.
Doggone/GA
October 30th, 2012
11:57 am
“It is a blessing to get raped”
when you have to lie to make a point, you have no point
Jefferson
October 30th, 2012
11:59 am
Gomer is a full pip.
Sean
October 30th, 2012
11:59 am
I hate to say it.. but I just dont ever see Georgia electing a mayor of Atlanta or anyone ITP ( atleast in the next 20 years or so ). The hinter lands would never permit it. The GOP candidate would have to be convicted of something and even then it would be a tight race.
( Hello look at the election of Alaska Senator Mark Begich )
Jm
October 30th, 2012
12:00 pm
Sfd
The life of Brian is a devoutly moving film
Please don’t make fun of my religion you anti Monty python bigot
curious
October 30th, 2012
12:00 pm
For all you posters.
This blog is a sham designed to attract and identify whackos.
Soon after election day, the police will arrive at your door to remove you from society.
The Thin Guy
October 30th, 2012
12:02 pm
Very few principles guide my life. One of them is to never vote for anyone named Kasim, Hussein, or Jay.
USMC
October 30th, 2012
12:03 pm
Could internal Obama Regime politics open door for the Truth about Benghazi?
Partisay
October 30th, 2012
12:04 pm
Did USMC ever give an answer of which of Jay’s views are “far out of the mainstream?”
Just checking….
USMC
October 30th, 2012
12:05 pm
The dnc are full of racist tin foil hat whack jobs. That fact is obvious.
Regnad Kcin
October 30th, 2012
12:05 pm
“Socialism — BOO!”
kamchak – they still can’t see the fnords…
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
12:06 pm
Did USMC ever give an answer of which of Jay’s views are “far out of the mainstream?”
why no. He did not, ever. And I pointedly asked him many, many times, because I was genuinely interested in learning which of those views our USMC considered to be out of the mainstream.
I’ve had an honest self-examination of my own views, and really, the only one that might qualify as “out there” would be my support for abolishing the death penalty. But I don’t think Jay is with me, there.
Regnad Kcin
October 30th, 2012
12:06 pm
“Rumor mill has it that Obama is meeting with his followers to plan on blaming Hurricane Sandy on a video that was produced in California. The film maker is to be arrested and Romney is to be cited as the producer. The details have not yet been worked out but Joe Biden, Susan Rice, Hillary Clinton and David Axelrod will spear head the effort. The only thing holding them back at this time is trying to work a George Bush policy in as a cause and getting time on The View, and Chris Mathews shows.”
The saddest part is, this will show up on breitbart tomorrow…
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
12:07 pm
Heard this today:
“President Obama regarding Travon Martin: “If I had a son ……………… ”
“Citizen Woods re: Benghazi: “I had a son …………… “
USMC
October 30th, 2012
12:07 pm
“Did USMC ever give an answer of which of Jay’s views are “far out of the mainstream?””–Teachers Pet
Yeah, you missed class that day.
The answer was Most if not ALL.
Carry on!
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
12:08 pm
Heard this:
“Obama POLITICIZED” Benghazi by turning over his response to campaign staff and touting the video.”
Regnad Kcin
October 30th, 2012
12:08 pm
“AND GETALIFE WINS THE AWARD FOR SAYING THE WORD “RACIST” TODAY! HAHA!!! Such a tired pointless word.”
Hurray!! Racism is dead – Lee said so!
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
12:08 pm
Please don’t make fun of my religion
I’ll admit, it took me awhile to suss wot you were on about there!
Lee
October 30th, 2012
12:09 pm
Someone illegally soliciting for Obama was just removed from our business park. HAHAHAHAHA Despiration 101.
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
12:09 pm
A bit too subjective. Romney is being thought of as Presidential, a man for the important decisions
Yes — he parrots everything Obama says and does. Obama, decides to take time off to deal with Hurricane Sandy, Romney does the same……. It’s like that commercial – Like Mike. But instead we can name it Like Barrack:
Sometimes I dream That he is me
You’ve got to see that’s how I dream to be I dream I move,
I dream I groove
Like Barrack…….. If I could Be Like Barrack
Like Barrack Oh, if I could Be Like Barrack
Again I try; Just need to fly; For just one day if I could Be that way
I dream I move, I dream I groove……….. Like Barrack
If I could Be Like Barrack
I wanna be, I wanna be ………..Like Barrack Oh, if I could Be Like Barrack!
Georgia
October 30th, 2012
12:09 pm
I remember Christine O’donnell’s “I am not a witch” campaign. I couldn’t believe me ears or eyes. She was kinda hot, and it made sorta wish that she really was a witch, (don’t ask), but the fact that her writers had come up with that line was so eye opening. There really is no supervision, is there? We really ARE on our own out here in early voter poll land.
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
12:09 pm
Jm, did you know that George Harrison mortgaged his house to get the Pythons the money they needed ($4 million) to make that film?
Peter
October 30th, 2012
12:11 pm
“I have to say, the administration, the president, himself and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate have been outstanding with us so far,” Christie said on Good Morning America. “We have a great partnership with them.”
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
12:11 pm
The answer was Most if not ALL.
actually you never answered the question. And simply saying “most if not all” does not answer the question.
Fact is, Jay’s views are generally well within what any reasonable person would consider “mainstream.” as are Kyle Wingfield’s. That’s why they have mainstream-news opinion writing gigs.
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
12:12 pm
“President Obama regarding Travon Martin: “If I had a son …
thanks for reminding everyone how upset you conservatives were over THAT comment.
Peter
October 30th, 2012
12:12 pm
Doggone/GA ……..When a Republican candidate says having a baby after getting rapped is a blessing from God…then there is a point.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
12:13 pm
Heard this:
“Obama has been “photo-oped” in the White House Situation Room assisting in sending out utiliity trucks re: “Sandy”. Too bad he couldn’t have been there for Benghazi.”
MiltonMan
October 30th, 2012
12:13 pm
“Roy Barnes tried to expose that this state is a laughing stock of elected idiots. Idiots will always elect idiots, thus the state of georgia politics and leadership”
Oh yes, the liberals yearning for the “good ‘ole days” of Rat Roy Barnes. The same clown who tried the Northern Arc, whose redistricting maps were thrown out by the GA Supreme Court, who stole money from GA 400 & funneled to AS, turned on the teachers, etc., etc.
Roy Barnes = big reason most GA residents said no to the democratic party in this state.
USMC
October 30th, 2012
12:15 pm
More Bad News for the Obama REGIME…
NPR: 8-point swing puts ROMNEY in front…
http://washingtonexaminer.com/npr-8-point-swing-puts-romney-in-front/article/2512088#.UI_8qsXA_VW
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
12:16 pm
Peter:
There have been times when God has brought blessing from tragedy. Here is just one:
“Ethel Waters was born in Chester, Pennsylvania on October 31, 1896, as a result of her mother’s rape at age 13″.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Jmu0zG9rE&feature=related
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Waters
JamVet
October 30th, 2012
12:16 pm
“It’s been very good working with the president,” Christie said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “He and his administration have been coordinating with us. It’s been wonderful.”
The GOP governor also sent out a thankful tweet: “I want to thank the President personally for all his assistance as [we] recover from the storm.”
Christie said he spoke with Obama three times on Monday, including at midnight, when Obama agreed to speed along an major disaster declaration for New Jersey without all the “normal FEMA mumbo jumbo.” The declaration was issued this morning, according to Christie.
Isn’t it fantastic that those people in harm’s way don’t have to deal with that bungling, deadly, consummate screwup Bush administration?
No more incompetent neocons in power.
Thank you.
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
12:17 pm
The saddest part is, this will show up on breitbart tomorrow…
JamVet
October 30th, 2012
12:18 pm
As a conservative, I’d say that Kasim Reed has done an excellent job as mayor.
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
Just ask Miltonman. He will gladly provide for you, in great detail, the exact specifics as to why that is not the case.
LOL!!!!!!
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
12:20 pm
I thought Christie was a republican? Aren’t they AGAINST “Big Government”? Why didn’t he TURN DOWN the money – - it’s up to him to apply and accept, all Obama did was make the process simpler.
Christie, in light of his political ideologies should’ve said, “Hell No You Big Gubmint Commie!! NJ doesn’t NEED you!! We’re gonna do it with our own boot straps!!”
USMC
October 30th, 2012
12:20 pm
Michael Moore, Moveon.org video features dirty-mouthed old people lambasting Republicans, Romney
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/30/michael-moore-moveon-org-video-features-dirty-mouthed-old-people-lambasting-republicans-romney/#ixzz2AneXD2Wj
RACIST Black woman threatens violence on Mitt Romney….
indigo
October 30th, 2012
12:21 pm
The Republican base is composed of far right-wing religious conservatives. While this is currently enough to keep them very electible, it won’t last for much longer. American demographics are changing and, if the Party doesn’t change with them, before long no Republican will be able to be elected. Oh happy day!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ol' Timer
October 30th, 2012
12:22 pm
Romney/Ryan 2012: “The Ultimate Blind Date!”
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
October 30th, 2012
12:22 pm
Someone illegally soliciting for Obama was just removed from our business park. HAHAHAHAHA Despiration 101.
Well, we just kicked a Obama bum out of Simpsons Trailer Park. The guy collecting for Mitt Romney complained the Obama guy was taking away business.
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
12:23 pm
Scout – from your Wiki link:
Ethel Waters was raised in poverty and never lived in the same place for more than 15 months. She said of her difficult childhood, “I never was a child. I never was cuddled, or liked, or understood by my family.”[2]
Yep — EVERYONE should be brought into the world under those circumstances — its a blessing……..
JamVet
October 30th, 2012
12:23 pm
On the other hand, nobody but nobody gets to the right of Tom Price, the ambitious Republican congressman from Marietta said to be eying a run at Chambliss. According to National Journal, Price is tied with nine others as the most conservative member in the House, and when you consider how conservative the House Republican caucus is, that’s saying something.
Alas, that awful little coward is my “representative”. The man has the moral courage that one would find in a scared eighth grader. Which makes him the perfect modern day Republican.
A spineless Romney supporter…
Speed Racer
October 30th, 2012
12:25 pm
If raising taxes is called “revenue increases” what is it called when revenues to the govt actually increase?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
12:26 pm
JamVet:
“Isn’t it fantastic that those people in harm’s way don’t have to deal with that bungling, deadly, consummate screwup Bush administration?
No more incompetent neocons in power.
Thank you.”
As I said once before this morning, the citizens of New Orleans (and surrounding areas) refused to evacuate as they should have. They not only put their lives in danger but the lives of their rescuers as well.
I went down there to help with the evacuation “after the fact”. Too little to late for many of them.
People make decisions.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
October 30th, 2012
12:27 pm
I see that USMC is trolling the right wing rags again…
DannyX
October 30th, 2012
12:28 pm
“Hurray!! Racism is dead – Lee said so!”
Regnad Kcin, Republican blog rules state very clearly.
1. Racism is not allowed to be brought up.
2. George W Bush is off limits.
TaxPayer
October 30th, 2012
12:29 pm
Bailing out Wall Street has taken on a whole new meaning.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
12:31 pm
DDR:
“Ethel Waters was raised in poverty and never lived in the same place for more than 15 months. She said of her difficult childhood, “I never was a child. I never was cuddled, or liked, or understood by my family.”[2]”
Yes ………. no doubt true and inspite of that God gave her the grace to lead a wonderful life wherein she was able to reach millions with her beautiful voice. And if you take the time to research further you will find she thanked God for that privilege.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
October 30th, 2012
12:31 pm
And the GOP won;t allow funding for that either. Buckets cost too much…
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
October 30th, 2012
12:32 pm
My last was for Taxpayer…
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
12:33 pm
Roy Barnes = big reason most GA residents said no to the democratic party in this state.
And here I thought it was the Perdue saying to Republicans that he was going to bring back the old offensive GA state flag…. by the way, how did that work out for ya?
Partisay
October 30th, 2012
12:37 pm
So, since Ethel Waters grew up to be a great singer, we should make all raped, inpregnated women bear their children? I see….
Union
October 30th, 2012
12:38 pm
@jamvet.. blanco was slow to act.. christie has been on it from day one… not exactly a comparison..
STEVIE RAY
October 30th, 2012
12:38 pm
JAY
Can someone explain to me why this Nate Silver guy is all the rage for LIBS? He has track record that’s shorter than my briefs, he works for the NYT’s…no way they would print anything not favorable to BO…in short, he hasn’t remotely earned his stripes yet..Only recorded projectings were 2008 elections where he correctly picked almost all states..of course this is not McCain..
Odds are nice but finding solace in any poll or aggregator to make you sleep better is a bit desperate..wouldn’t you agree?
I think very higly of Kasim Reed and think he’d do a much better job that the GOP reps we currently endure with great suffering..
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
12:42 pm
Partisay:
“I see ………….”
Yes you do …………. with your head but not your heart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Jmu0zG9rE&feature=related
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
12:42 pm
why this Nate Silver guy is all the rage
He’s honest and he shows his work.
by the way, SR, you were asking about how Nate figures turnout? He mentioned it in today’s post:
The FiveThirtyEight forecast of the popular vote is based on adding up the projected results in each state, and then weighing them based on their projected turnout. (Turnout estimates are based on the state’s turnout in 2008 and 2010 and its population growth over the past four years.)
Child, please
October 30th, 2012
12:43 pm
“Severely conservative”, I like that. Funny, no one uses phrase “severely liberal” when discussing someone (anyone, be it Republican or Democrat) who spends trillions that we don’t have. Never hear of somene being “arch liberal” either. If only the use of these attempted pejoratives were balanced, we’d hardly know how to read a column.
It’s the little things like English that make reading so interesting. As in interviews, normally takes about 5 seconds to figure out the person’s angle by how they phrase questions, right words, etc.
Any politician who is out there not advocating large spending cuts is an “arch liberal” and should be removed from office for fiscal mismanagement. That plays in English, Greek, Spanish, all the languages of countries that have spent themselves into 3rd world status.
I do like Mayor Reed a lot, as he is pro-business. Needless to say, the City of Atlanta needs a lot more of that, and a lot less of the ‘establishment’ of people lining their pockets, contracts awarded to friends, etc.
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
12:44 pm
Scout: Yes ………. no doubt true and inspite of that God gave her the grace to lead a wonderful life wherein she was able to reach millions with her beautiful voice. And if you take the time to research further you will find she thanked God for that privilege.
I think you’re romanticizing her story — didn’t you read the part where she was abused by her first husband, worked like a mule for years before she was “discovered” and even afterwards she was deceived and stolen from by managers and “friends”?
A person who grows up devoid of love and affection, ESPECIALLY a child of rape who is unloved and unwanted, grows up with a poor self esteem, hungry for love and attention and generally an unhappy person. Sometimes they turn to drugs sometimes to other self destructive habits.
Ethel ALSO said she “sang ‘Stormy Weather’ from the depths of the private hell in which I was being crushed and suffocated.” (from our Wiki link).
Since you’re pro-life I think you have a skewered view of some things. That’s not a dig at you, that’s just how you see things.
However how you see things aren’t necessarily as rosy as those rose colored glasses portrays.
Ethel Walters died ALONE. Without family by her side, her family mostly despised everything about her but her money. Who in the name of God would want a life like that?
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
12:47 pm
So, since Ethel Waters grew up to be a great singer, we should make all raped, inpregnated women bear their children? I see….
He doesn’t mean that as harshly as it seemed. He’s pro-life and sees everything as “rosy” whether it is or not.
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
12:47 pm
oh, and about that New York Times obsession, specifically:
he works for the NYT’s…no way they would print anything not favorable to BO
You think this is especially favorable?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/world/middleeast/no-specific-warnings-in-benghazi-attack.html?pagewanted=all
Peter
October 30th, 2012
12:49 pm
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801 What I think you are saying is woman don’t deserve the choice ?
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
October 30th, 2012
12:49 pm
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
12:44 pm
And after reading that, I ask what God would want to inflict that kind of life on anyone?
Erwin's cat
October 30th, 2012
12:50 pm
DDR-Ethel Waters was raised in poverty and never lived in the same place for more than 15 months. She said of her difficult childhood, “I never was a child. I never was cuddled, or liked, or understood by my family.”[2]
Yep — EVERYONE should be brought into the world under those circumstances — its a blessing……..
Are you suggesting that she would have preferred not to have exist at all…seriously
Jefferson
October 30th, 2012
12:50 pm
Some act as if everyone has the funds, the family, the place to go, the car, the gas to evacuate. Many have not. To sit on the throne and tell others they are dumb and stupid without knowing the situations is dumber and more stupid.
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
12:51 pm
And after reading that, I ask what God would want to inflict that kind of life on anyone?
THANK YOU!!
I remember something I heard TD Jakes say once, “Not everything that happens is because of God — the Devil is busy too”.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
October 30th, 2012
12:51 pm
Want desperation?
And while Romney also said he would suspend his campaign on Monday and Tuesday, that turns out not to be true. Romney is holding a big rally in Ohio today, which the campaign is pitching as a “storm relief event” in the hope of insulating themselves from criticism.
Using the storm for political means? Check.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
12:51 pm
DDR:
“Who in the name of God would want a life like that?”
I ask you again to view this entire video and then research how she really felt about her life.
I think you miss the larger point that God was able to use her tragedy to positively (and eternally) effect the lives of millions of people who heard her sing and her testimony of His grace in her life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Jmu0zG9rE&feature=related
They BOTH suck
October 30th, 2012
12:52 pm
SR
Do you read the NY Times to come up with your conclusion that they never write anything unflattering about Obama or is that your assumption?
Aquagirl
October 30th, 2012
12:52 pm
I think you’re romanticizing her story —
If Ethel Waters was born today the cons would be snarling about her mother at the grocery store with a SNAP card in one hand and a parasite baby in the other.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
12:54 pm
“What I think you are saying is woman don’t deserve the choice ?”
and, let’s not forget – should those women choose to carry pregnancies resulting from rape to term, then WAY HEY!! 30-some-odd states give the rapist parental rights!!
YA-FRICKIN-HOO!!!
JamVet
October 30th, 2012
12:54 pm
People make decisions.
They sure do, and the Bush administration made the decision to f it all up.
And you made the decision to pretend that they didn’t…
Par for the GOP course…
They BOTH suck
October 30th, 2012
12:54 pm
SR
As for Nate Silver, I have only read a few of his columns and can’t say I have did much research in regards to his rhyme and reason for his projections.
I did compare it to the RCP average a few times and it was within a point or so.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
12:54 pm
Peter:
1) “What I think you are saying is woman don’t deserve the choice ?”
Not when it involves another innocent human life.
2) 25% of the 58,000+ men whose names are on the Vietnam Wall (not to mention WWII, etc.) had no “choice” either. They were made to serve against their will and died as a result.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
12:56 pm
Stevie: He has track record that’s shorter than my briefs
Now there is a mental picture that I hope never to form….. but I am sure that Doom will challenge you to a speedo contest if you try to take over the speedo leadership.
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
12:57 pm
Are you suggesting that she would have preferred not to have exist at all…seriously
She probably wished a million times that she’d never been born.
Shifted from family member to family member and NOT ONE OF THEM hugging her and showing her any love? Married at 13 to a man who beat her? Slaving as a maid for $4.75 a week? Catching her big break then having people steal and lie to her?
Oh yeah, you betcha — She probably wished a million times she was never born. But she was — and as a black woman she had to make chitlins out of those hog guts that she got from life.
She made the best of what she had — but to imagine that she was Ms. Happy go lucky and just ecstatic at what life gave her, is the craziest thing I’ve ever heard.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
12:57 pm
“and, let’s not forget – should those women choose to carry pregnancies resulting from rape to term, then WAY HEY!! 30-some-odd states give the rapist parental rights!!”
And numerous other states make men pay for child support even after tests show they are not the father.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
12:58 pm
“but to imagine that she was Ms. Happy go lucky and just ecstatic at what life gave her, is the craziest thing I’ve ever heard.”
You can’t watch this and believe that ……….. but you will.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Jmu0zG9rE&feature=related
JamVet
October 30th, 2012
12:58 pm
Union, do you contend that Bush didn’t utterly screw up the fed’s Katrina response?
“You’re doing a heckuva job, Brownie”.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
1:00 pm
P.S. to Peter:
And the Supreme Court has ruled since than only men have to register for selective service.
If a major conflict broke out now and the draft returned, men would be forced to serve against their will while women are free to decline.
STEVIE RAY
October 30th, 2012
1:00 pm
STANDS
I am a fellow of actuarial science so I completely understand Silvers aggregating methodology (he is a complete rock star in my circles despite the shortcomings of this particular formula..for example:
Silver was successful in 2008, but there were only five states with a spread of less than 2.5% in 2008, so correctly predicting the 45 states where results were pretty clear plus flipping a coin in the true swing states would give someone a 6-in-32 chance of getting at least 49 out of 50 states correct.
…his formula has not meaningful peer analysis, has only been tested once in 2008, and the weights he assigns to each of the data points is suspect without many more years under his belt..the voter turnout data is something no one can really project….
It is very difficult to remove all bias…for example, how much weight does he assign democratic leaning polls and republican leaning polls
Regardless, he is one of the most gifted math wizard of our generation…I just have a hard time putting too much credence in this less than mature approach..
I suspect all the polls are relatively honest..not sure if you know something I don’t…
Erwin's cat
October 30th, 2012
1:01 pm
Aquagirl – If Ethel Waters was born today the cons would be snarling about her mother at the grocery store with a SNAP card in one hand and a parasite baby in the other.
not to worry, she probably wouldn’t be “born” today
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
1:01 pm
Scout – 12:57 – apples and oranges – one has to do with someone who has previously accepted parental responsibility
This one enables the rapists to assert their rights over the will of the woman.
Beverly Fraud
October 30th, 2012
1:01 pm
Yes because Kasim Reed proved just how ethical he was when he tried to strong arm APS to keep Lachandra Butler-Burks, a person who, according to this very paper (correct me if I’m wrong Jay) actively conspired with Beverly Hall to cover up widespread, systemic cheating.
Yes, just what Georgia needs; an elected official who, according to this very paper (correct me if I’m wrong Jay) tries to keep people who cover up cheating scandals in positions of authority that would have allowed them to continue to make efforts to cover up cheating.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
1:02 pm
“men would be forced to serve against their will while women are free to decline”
if the draft were brought back today, i’d have no problem with women being eligible for the draft, as well.
Peter
October 30th, 2012
1:02 pm
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801 that is what i thought……. Republican men beleive they should tell women how to live their own life.
Fedup
October 30th, 2012
1:02 pm
Did anyone notice Chris Christie of NJ is kissing upto to the Prez. That tells you what the general public is saying probably in GA too.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
1:03 pm
Scout – 12:57 – apples and oranges – one has to do with someone who has previously accepted parental responsibility
This one enables the rapists to assert their rights over the will of the woman.
sorry, I should have added … “This one enables the rapists to assert their rights over the will of the woman … AGAIN”
Erwin's cat
October 30th, 2012
1:04 pm
DDR – She probably wished a million times that she’d never been born
and yet she could have exited this life and chose not to…go figure, in spite of it all she chose life
Georgia
October 30th, 2012
1:04 pm
The Tea Party’s well reasoned break from the conservative line over the school charter amendment shows promising growth of their ideology. They were so entrenched in the Nobama mentality, that it took this long for them to actually realize what their true founding mission is: smaller, less involved government. The Charter School amendment makes for bigger government. Period. this is bigger news than the Berlin Wall coming down. It means that a large, totally written-off percentage of voters are not just kooks, that they really are for smaller government. The are not Teatards, or full figured hags, or red state dittos, but rather they are purposeful and patriotic.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
1:05 pm
Senior Digits: If a major conflict broke out now and the draft returned, men would be forced to serve against their will while women are free to decline.
Your faux pout is noted. Frankly you were against women serving so whine away….but good news, homosexual men who served next to you (or may include you) can now be drafted so pout on that.
Erwin's cat
October 30th, 2012
1:06 pm
DDR – This one enables the rapists to assert their rights over the will of the woman.
More like the child, once the parasite is cast out from the womb
Aquagirl
October 30th, 2012
1:07 pm
Is Senior Digits still angry about the draft? I personally am outraged over the Teapot Dome scandal myself, I guess we all have our sore points in history.
I wasn’t old enough to vote for the idiots who thought that draft was a good idea, I’m not gonna defend them. However drafts in general are justified by the idea our survival as a nation may be at stake. That’s why we gave men in past wars no choice in the matter. If you’re taking away somebody’s rights and forcing them to suffer you should have a good reason beyond your fee-fees.
As much as we might enjoy Ms. Waters’ artistic achievement there is no compelling national interest in good jazz vocals and testifyin’ for Jesus.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
1:09 pm
“This one enables the rapists to assert their rights over the will of the woman.
More like the child, once the parasite is cast out from the womb”
nice.
so, if the woman wants to put the child up for adoption, the rapist can block it.
if the woman wants to move out of the state, the rapist can block it.
sounds like he’s asserting his rights over the woman.
but, yeah, I can see how you’d see it the other way, since women don’t REALLY matter to the GOP
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
1:09 pm
for example, how much weight does he assign democratic leaning polls and republican leaning polls
Again, SR, he has gone into that.
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/calculating-house-effects-of-polling-firms/
I suspect all the polls are relatively honest..not sure if you know something I don’t…
I have never claimed that they are not. I recognize Gallup, for example, for what it is–a respected firm with a very long history, useful for trend analysis.
whatever house effect these firms have in head-to-head matchups probably aren’t the result of willful mischief, but of methodology decisions that skew results a bit one way or another.
(now, if we’re going to discuss ISSUE polling, that’s a whole ‘nother story, one where both sides, obviously, have a vested interest in wording questions a certain way to subtly, or not-so-subtly, affect the outcome.)
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
1:09 pm
Scout: I ask you again to view this entire video and then research how she really felt about her life.
Scout — I played Walters and Big Mama Thornton in a musical play at Spelman. Mostly because I’m tall (over 6 feet) and I love blues and can interpret the songs correctly, (thanks grand!); and because I have a great booming soulful voice.
Anyway, part of the requirement for the performance was to look up the person’s life and “become that person”. I read her autobiography, as well as transcripts of interviews done by her. We’re talking stuff from Sepia, (defunct) and BLACK magazines — not the ones from LOOK , those were sanitized. I read interviews about how she REALLY felt about things. Trust me, the woman was depressed and overworked; by the time she died she was almost broke and she’d had cancer for months without her even being aware of it so she was in pain and didn’t know why.
Her life WAS not a Crystal Stair, (shout out to Langston Hughes). That’s why she could sing the blues darn near better than anyone at that time — because she’d LIVED those blues.
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AqGirl: If Ethel Waters was born today the cons would be snarling about her mother at the grocery store with a SNAP card in one hand and a parasite baby in the other.
Girl thats what so SCARY about some of these pro-lifers!! its’ like they have no conception of what happens AFTER the rape baby arrives. Not all women will experience an overwhelming feeling of mother hood. Some will actually HATE the child and try to hurt it. And then, when that happens, they’ll end up in jail for hurting a child they never wanted in the first place.
How incredibly ridiculous IS that?
STEVIE RAY
October 30th, 2012
1:10 pm
KEEP,
I’d have to agree with the less than flattering visual my suggestion would create…especially in my thong:-)
THEYBOTHSUCK
IMO the NYT is the most liberally biased newspaper in the history of news papers..IMO the papers opinons are so obviously skewed against GOP’s that it’s not worth a read..(I still read it often)…During Bush adminstration, it seemed that every day they had at least 1-2 editors opinions vs Bush..now they can’t get enough of favorable press to BO…just my opinion….I have a hard time imagining that they would have bought rights to Silvers blog if his results leaned right…they probably would have lost bidding war to WSJ
Beverly Fraud
October 30th, 2012
1:11 pm
From Jay
Here at home, Reed has cast himself as a strongly pro-business, moderate Democrat eager to work with Republicans to get things done not just for metro Atlanta but for the state.
Well, according to THIS VERY PAPER (correct me if I’m wrong Jay) he was more than willing to work with Democrats and Republican in the Metro Area Chamber of Commerce in an attempt to coverup widespread, systemic cheating, was he not?
stands for decibels
October 30th, 2012
1:11 pm
if the draft were brought back today, i’d have no problem with women being eligible for the draft, as well.
yeah, that old saw of Scout’s really has no resonance today. Were there some national security emergency where we had to resort to conscription, there’s no doubt in my mind that there would be a massive call to incorporate women into the service as well as men.
Mr Right
October 30th, 2012
1:12 pm
I wonder how much the Dems are paying Jay since he is their super spinner!
Erwin's cat
October 30th, 2012
1:12 pm
USinUK so, if the woman wants to put the child up for adoption, the rapist can block it.
if the woman wants to move out of the state, the rapist can block it
cite please,… especially as it concerns a child of rape
ATL Tiger
October 30th, 2012
1:13 pm
“Could internal GOP politics open door for Kasim Reed?”
Answer: No
Next
Peter
October 30th, 2012
1:14 pm
” P.S. to Peter:
And the Supreme Court has ruled since than only men have to register for selective service.
If a major conflict broke out now and the draft returned, men would be forced to serve against their will while women are free to decline. ”
So that means you have the right to tell woman what to do with their bodies…… WOW..what an argument.
No wonder the GOP is not going to get the woman’s vote !
They BOTH suck
October 30th, 2012
1:15 pm
Stevie
Thanks for the reply, however you did not answer my question. Do you read the NY Times to have been able to conclude they have never run articles that show Obama in a good light or are you making that assumption based on your comments from the last post, which have nothing to do with Obama?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
1:15 pm
Hmmm, Gov. Cuomo requested and received the assistant of a federal emergency team to help pump water out of the subway system. Bringing to mind the question, would this type of team exist if there were no FEMA or if the federal government did not efficiently and effectively provide these services that would be too costly for the states to each maintain on their own. Additional proof of the role of the Federal govt and the failure of desired Republican policies.
GT
October 30th, 2012
1:16 pm
Kasim Reed will be in the cabinet next term.
Peter
October 30th, 2012
1:17 pm
The morality of a GOP man is hysterical…. if you ever paid attention to Kyle’s Blog….. the under age sex crimes are mostly done by white Rich guys….. a Republican profile !
Morality?
October 30th, 2012
1:18 pm
Efforts in N.Y. have fallen below expectation, Could this be Obama’s Katrina?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
1:18 pm
USinUK:
Clarification:
I do not believe rapists should be allowed “parental rights”. However, as we both know the law is not always just ………… but it is the law.
Playing “God” is always dangerous.
Enjoyed the exchanges ………….. off to “babysit”.
Thank you Lord.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
1:19 pm
Erwin – that little fun factoid has been in the news since the “legitimate rape” story … again, thanks for demonstrating that women’s issues aren’t important to the GOP
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/22/opinion/prewitt-rapist-visitation-rights/index.html
Erwin's cat
October 30th, 2012
1:19 pm
would this type of team exist if there were no FEMA
maybe, but how could we ever know?
Morality?
October 30th, 2012
1:19 pm
Kasim Reed is a member of the Atlanta political mafia……… indictment to follow?
STEVIE RAY
October 30th, 2012
1:20 pm
STANDS
Good stuff thanks for the reference…the limitations of regression analysis is that the data and assumptions (estimates as he refers to)early in the methodologes lifespan (for lack of better word)can materially change from say 2008 to 2020…he is still refining his techique and will continue to do so…I can’t put any more credence in his aggregation that the other polls…
I hope we find that he is more accurate than the opposite….and I will be the first to acknowledge this…
saywhat?
October 30th, 2012
1:20 pm
“Could internal GOP politics open door for Kasim Reed?”
Not likely. A race to the far far right wouldn’t hurt the eventual Republican candidate’s standing in the general election. Too much of Georgia’s population has gone so far down the path of right wing nuttery that extreme is now acceptably mainstream.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
1:21 pm
“I do not believe rapists should be allowed “parental rights”. However, as we both know the law is not always just ………… but it is the law. ”
shorter: sorry about the rape baby – sucks that your rapist has more rights than you do.
Funeral Announcement
October 30th, 2012
1:22 pm
The announcement of funeral services for
Big Bird
to be held at
Sesame Street Church
Officiated by Rev. Grover
Special remarks by Deacon Bert and Bishop Ernie
The repast will be catered by Cookie Monster, Catering LLC
Burial will be at Romney Cemetery
In lieu of flowers
the family asks you to
VOTE
for
President Obama.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
1:23 pm
EC, I think you know the answer to that is that it is highly unlikely, but seriously, you think its worth dismantling FEMA teams on the off chance that the states will each create their own and you think that is a more efficient model to provide this emergency service?
STEVIE RAY
October 30th, 2012
1:23 pm
BOTH
My observation is that I find very few editorial examples that are critical of BO compared to pro-BO..same goes for progessive versus conservative..
I prefer the Washington Post which has left leaning, right leaning and bi-partisan columns almost daily..
They BOTH suck
October 30th, 2012
1:23 pm
Again, I can’t tell you much about Silver, except to say that his projections do not seem to be far off from the RCP average.
Been a few weeks, so I couldn’t tell you what Nate is saying today or even last week for that matter.
For someone who claims to like facts and analysis, you seem to have already thrown the guy on the trash heap……… Is it because you do not like his conclusions?
You could be 100% correct, however you seem to want someone to do your homework for you. This isn’t the first time you have commented on Silver and his column running in the NY Times. Neither time that I have read your rant, have you stated where his bias is or isn’t in terms of his analysis. You have went off on the NY Times as anecdotal evidence or your “silver bullet” (no pun intended), but not once have you provided anything that shows Nate being a shill for Obama. Why is that?
If he is what you assert, why don’t you show those facts?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 30th, 2012
1:24 pm
Peter:
“So that means you have the right to tell woman what to do with their bodies……”
One more quick response and I have to go ……. I’m late.
The answer is no ……. but I believe the state should have the right to protect the child’s body within her.
The Supreme Court’s reasoning regarding the draft was the “State has the right to exist and protect itself”. I believe an unborn child has “the right to exist” and should thus be protected.
And like the slavery debate (”they were not human and deserved no protection under the law”) this will continue. It took 200 years to correct that horrible wrong.
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
1:24 pm
and yet she could have exited this life and chose not to…go figure, in spite of it all she chose life
Black people, as a whole don’t commit suicide; we’re not prone to it. If so, there would’ve been LOTS of suicides during the time of enslavement.
Women as a whole are less likely to commit suicide than their male counterpart. And black women have the lowest number of suicides in the U.S. — even in war torn places that have seen African women who’ve been raped, abused, and terrorize — they are less likely to commit suicide than their European counterpart.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
1:24 pm
“on the off chance that the states will each create their own”
nooooo!!!
let BUSINESS do it … they do EVERYthing better.
Lissa M.
October 30th, 2012
1:24 pm
Kasim could have gone places save for that he decided to be an Obamabot. Chambliss is so far in the pocket of the South GA farmers he can’t see the light of day. He calls the illegals in Colquitt Co. “his amigos”!!! As far as Rubio, have you ever been to Miami or Tampa in your life? Not gonna happen! Some of you folks should really get out more often!
Aquagirl
October 30th, 2012
1:25 pm
cite please,… especially as it concerns a child of rape
Here. If the big words are too much there’s a map of the states where women have no protection against rapists who claim custody.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/08/rapist-seeks-child-custody-shauna-prewitt
Your question from gobsmacked no-way that’s insane! ignorance should be a lesson to menz blabbering that there’s no Republican war on women. If it’s not a problem for THEM, it’s not a problem and they can’t be bothered to listen to the whiny wimmen. They’re too busy talking because they know it all.
Peter
October 30th, 2012
1:25 pm
There you have it folks.. White Republican males “playing God ” with woman’s rights…..
Beverly Fraud
October 30th, 2012
1:26 pm
Is Jay suggesting, based on documentation from THIS VERY PAPER (correct me if I’m wrong Jay) that Kasim Reed is capable of having the same LACK of ethical standards as some of the GOP members from Georgia currently serving in Congress?
The evidence, according to this very paper (correct me if I’m wrong Jay) show Kasim Reed is certainly more than willing to compromise ethics in order to reach POLITICAL ends, even if it means compromising the educational futures of minority students.
We should be so proud.
They BOTH suck
October 30th, 2012
1:26 pm
Stevie @ 1:23
And that is evidence that Nate Silver is purposely tilting his projections to Obama?
Again, you could be right, but if you think that is so, you are more than welcome to go through his data and debunk it.
No one is stopping you.
Rightwing Troll
October 30th, 2012
1:26 pm
“Were there some national security emergency where we had to resort to conscription, there’s no doubt in my mind that there would be a massive call to incorporate women into the service as well as men.”
What about Iran’s super humongous bomb?
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
1:30 pm
“Your question from gobsmacked no-way that’s insane! ignorance should be a lesson to menz blabbering that there’s no Republican war on women. If it’s not a problem for THEM, it’s not a problem and they can’t be bothered to listen to the whiny wimmen. They’re too busy talking because they know it all.”
standing O for that …
Peter
October 30th, 2012
1:32 pm
Black people, as a whole don’t commit suicide; we’re not prone to it
Black folks as a whole do…….only very very slowly……look at their diet. Look at the obesity rate.
Oscar
October 30th, 2012
1:32 pm
Nice to sit down with a coup of coffee on a cold day.
What’s this. Someone besides me thinks the dems could win a statewide race in Georgia in a few years.
Erwin's cat
October 30th, 2012
1:33 pm
USinUK
I was hoping your cite would support your specific claims…
C. Tampa Ironworse
October 30th, 2012
1:33 pm
There is no way we’ll have a Dem Senator again. Not unless they nominate a Sam Nunn type again. The Dems have ATL and get to mess up the city. But I just don’t see it state wide. If we’re willing to elect Johnny Isakson…we’ll elect anyone who’s NOT a Dem.
Erwin's cat
October 30th, 2012
1:40 pm
gotta run for now…go ahead and spike the ball girls
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
1:40 pm
” I was hoping your cite would support your specific claims…”
what part of CUSTODY rights did you not understand???
Oscar
October 30th, 2012
1:40 pm
C. Tampa Ironworse
_____
The dems carry Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah, Macon and Columbus. And those cities are growing in comparision to the rest of the state.
Obama lost Ga by 200,000 votes. Gore by 300,000. Clinton carried Georgia.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
1:40 pm
” Not unless they nominate a Sam Nunn type again.”
you mean like Max Cleland???
oh, that’s right – the GOP painted him as a terra-ist symp
Oscar
October 30th, 2012
1:43 pm
USinUK – not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
_____________
Is Zell to old to run again?
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
1:43 pm
50 Facts About Rape
Low estimate of the number of women , according to the Department of Justice, raped every year: 300,000
High estimate of the number of women raped , according to the CDC: 1.3 million
Percentage of rapes not reported : 54 percent
A woman’s chance of being raped in the U.S.: 1 in 5
Chances that a raped woman conceives compared to one engaging in consensual sex : at least two times as likely
Number of women in the US impregnated against their will each year in the U.S. as a result of rape: 32,000
Number of states in which rapists can sue for custody and visitation : 31
Chances that a woman’s body ” shuts that whole thing down “: 0 in 3.2 billion
Rank of U.S. in the world for rape: 13th
A woman’s chance of being raped in college : 1 in 4 or 5
Chances that a Native American woman in the U.S. will be raped : 1 in 3
Percentage of women in Alaska who have suffered sexual assault: 37 percent
Number of rape kits untested by the Houston police force: 6,000-7,000 (Texas ranked second in nation for “forcible rape”)
Number of adult men accused of repeatedly gang raping 11-year-old girl in Texas: 14
Quote in the New York Times regarding the rape: “They said she dressed older than her age.”
Age of woman raped in Central Park in September, 2012: 73
Number of rape kits left untested in Detroit , listed by Forbes as one of two the most dangerous places for woman to live in the US: 11,303
U.S. state in which, in September 2012, mentally disabled rape victim was required to provide evidence of her “kicking, biting, scratching” in objection to her rape: Connecticut
State seeking to reduce childcare welfare benefits to women cannot provide proof of their pregnancy-causing rapes: Pennsylvannia
Percentage of sexual assault and rape victims under the age of 12 : 15 percent
Percentage of men who have been raped : 3 percent
Percentage of rapists who are never incarcerated : 97 perent
Percentage of rapes that college students think are false claims : 50 percent
Percentage of rapes that studies find are false claims : 2-8 percent
Number of rapes reported in the military last year: 16,500
Pentagon’s estimated percentage of military assuaults not reported: 80-90 percent
Percentage of military rape victims who were gang raped/raped more than once : 14%/20%
Percentage of military rape victims that are men : 8-37 percent
Percentage of military victims who get an “involuntarily” discharge compared to percentage of charged and accused who are discharged with honor : 90 percent involuntary to 80 percent with honor
Chances an incarcerated person is raped in the U.S.: 1 in 10
Increase in chance that LGTB prisoner is raped: 15x greater chance
Number of men raped that could be counted as legally raped before the FBI changed its definition in December of 2011: 0
Number of rapes noted in commonly used World War II statistics: 0
Number of rapes of WWII c oncentration camp inmates : Untallied millions
Number of rapes of German women by Russian soldiers at the end of WWII: between 1m and 2m
Number of women raped in 1990s Bosnian conflict : 60,000+
Number of women raped per hour in Congo during war: 48
Country where 12 year old was forced to participate in the rape of his mother: U.S.
Country where women are imprisoned for being raped: Afghanistan
Age of Moroccan rape victim who committed suicide after being forced to marry her rapist: 16
Worldwide number of “child brides” under the age of 18 forced to marry every day : 25,000
Ages of girls forced to marry a 59-year-old at the Tony Alamo Christian Ministry in Arkansas : 8, 14, 15
Estimated number of people, primarily children, sexually abused by priests in the U.S. versus the number of senior Catholic officials found guilty of sexual abuse related crimes in the U.S.: 10,667 to 1
Chances that a woman in the U.S. is raped versus gets breast cancer : 2 to 1
Chances that a victim is ” Emergency Raped ” by a stranger versus percentage of victims who consider their rapes emergencies: 7 percent versus 100 percent
Percentage of victims of rape who report the use of a weapon : 11 percent
Prison sentences for four men found guilty of participating in gang rapes of two teenage girls in France over two years: one year, six months, suspended sentence
State where in 2012 a doctor is facing the loss of her medical license for providing an abortion to a pregnant 10-year old incest rape victim : Kansas
Country where doctors (but not the rapist) were excommunicated for performing a life-saving abortion to nine-year-old incest rape victim: Brazil
Country where major party’s vice-presidential candidate wants to criminalize all abortions including rape-related ones, because rape is just ” another method of conception “: U.S.
http://www.alternet.org/gender/number-states-which-rapists-can-sue-custody-and-visitation-rights-31-and-other-shocking-rape
gtt
October 30th, 2012
1:44 pm
No.
Aquagirl
October 30th, 2012
1:46 pm
gotta run for now…go ahead and spike the ball girls
At the risk of being banned, you’re acting like a championship jerk. You got smacked down, mumbled some dumb $#!^ and then ran away.Oh yeah you’re all about the sacred fetus. The fact you’re a jerk to US in UK is just a coincidence, right?
If you want to know why women are suspicious of the anti-abortion movement we’ll all chip in to buy you a mirror. That should clear things up.
DannyX
October 30th, 2012
1:46 pm
“The Dems have ATL and get to mess up the city. But I just don’t see it state wide.
Yes, because Republicans have such an excellent record governing the state.
Sonny Perdue, Linda Schrenko, John Oxendine, Nathan Deal, Tom Graves, Chip Rogers, Glenn Richardson, Don Balfour, John Ralston! Republicans ROCK!
paulo977
October 30th, 2012
1:49 pm
Debbie D R…”He’s pro-life and sees everything as “rosy”
___________________________________________
Of course we cheerfully went into Iraq and ROSILY took away the lives of thousands of babies!!!!
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 30th, 2012
1:51 pm
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn, Aqua … remind me to stay on your good side
paulo977
October 30th, 2012
1:53 pm
US in UK ….”Country where major party’s vice-presidential candidate wants to criminalize all abortions including rape-related ones, because rape is just ” another method of conception “: U.S.
____________________________________________________
Decreed by the Almighty!!!!
Aquagirl
October 30th, 2012
1:54 pm
remind me to stay on your good side
And here I was thinking I would take the high road and not gloat if Obama won.
If that happens Sir Erwin the Brave will be getting a full measure from me, and it’ll be unlubed.
ragnar danneskjold
October 30th, 2012
1:59 pm
I think it would be a good idea for all of the leftist moneybags to accumulate large pools of money to push the candidacy of Mayor Reed, Wish to see them spend it all. I am highly likely to vote for anyone who runs against Sen. Chambliss in the primary, but I am also highly likely to vote for the most conservative candidate in any election.
Erwin's cat
October 30th, 2012
2:00 pm
Sorry ladies I’m not gone for good…I’ll let ya have this one, but there are exceptions to your claims and it was hardly a smackdown….I am so very humiliated and humbled…LOL (now I’m being a championship jerk)
too busy to multi-task at the moment… how does one mumble with a keyboard
Oscar
October 30th, 2012
2:02 pm
You must have voted for Jesse Stoner in 1970 then, right?
Oscar
October 30th, 2012
2:04 pm
Maybe David Duke will move to Georgia and run. He’s a conservative that would be the most conservative in any race most likely.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 30th, 2012
2:08 pm
USinUK… just a friendly warning, she’s vicious I tell you. One “prove you’re a Canadian mountie” post and a few firsts and next she’ll call you a fraud. Why it’s almost as if she doesn’t believe everything a poster says about themself, especially when the mounties are involved and all that thar internet chest thumpin with “what is your horse’s number” and “oh yeah, that Warhorse could not change a diaper in a trench”. Why she even gets upset when some testosterone mounties tell other mounties that they are “kept” in some sort of tupperware or that they are nancies because they were in a different branch, like the flying mounties and their winged horses.
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
2:20 pm
If it’s not a problem for THEM, it’s not a problem and they can’t be bothered to listen to the whiny wimmen. They’re too busy talking because they know it all.
Word.
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big shout out to UsinUK and AqGirl — Holding up the female end in the chromosome gene pool!!! XX Rules!!!
DebbieDoRight -Will Be Good Forever and Ever. AMEN
October 30th, 2012
2:21 pm
Keep – LoL!!
Liberal Nightmare
October 30th, 2012
2:34 pm
Again…what do you lib-turds do for a living….write on Jay’s blog all day? Your pathetic excuse for a parasitic life form is sitting behind a computer screen (likely robbing your employer) and spouting off your liberal filth that a grand majority of Americans vehemently disagree with (and only a handful of your Jay Blog brethren care to read). Most of you are so far removed from the reality of how the world really works I suppose hiding behind the screen is a warm relief from having to face the reality of being insignificant and likely outcasts among those you live an work(ha) with. The lib-turdesses are especially amusing and vile– likely epitomes of falling off the ugly tree and hitting every branch on the way down.
Jack
October 30th, 2012
2:38 pm
Mohammed Kasim Reed has no political future unless Obama is re-elected.
Partisay
October 30th, 2012
2:41 pm
..hiding behind a screen…
And I guess your real name is Liberal Nightmare?
Regnad Kcin
October 30th, 2012
2:43 pm
“Again…what do you lib-turds do for a living….write on Jay’s blog all day? Your pathetic excuse for a parasitic life form is sitting behind a computer screen (likely robbing your employer) and spouting off your liberal filth that a grand majority of Americans vehemently disagree with (and only a handful of your Jay Blog brethren care to read). Most of you are so far removed from the reality of how the world really works I suppose hiding behind the screen is a warm relief from having to face the reality of being insignificant and likely outcasts among those you live an work(ha) with. The lib-turdesses are especially amusing and vile– likely epitomes of falling off the ugly tree and hitting every branch on the way down.”
Well, Mr. Grumpy – someone get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?
Partisay
October 30th, 2012
2:45 pm
…a grand majority of Americans vehemently disagree…
The Democrat candidate for president has won the popular vote (meaning more Americans that voted actually wanted them to be president over the republican candidate) in 4 of the last 5 elections.
Have any more brilliant things to say?
RF
October 30th, 2012
2:52 pm
“Most of you are so far removed from the reality of how the world really works I suppose hiding behind the screen is a warm relief from having to face the reality of being insignificant and likely outcasts among those you live an work(ha) with”
Well, if what you got over there is reality, then leave me right here on the verandah…I rather like it over here. Everyone’s happier and we take care of folks instead of telling them to get a bath and a job while we load our guns and look for turbans and boogeymen around every corner. Hey- sounds like you guys just might be a little paranoid.
BigHittas
October 30th, 2012
3:28 pm
is this the same guy that ran for mayor of the ATL the last time? The same one who used last minute race baiting ads for votes?
Truth Squad
October 30th, 2012
3:45 pm
In a week’s time, some folks that like to come on these blogs and demonstrate the worse in humanity will come face to face with the truth.
I know some have this fantasy that Georgia will continue to masquerade as neocon state,but I encourage them to read the census facts about the state and understand that their dream isn’t going to last:http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13000.html
Georgia is a swing state in hiding. I like the idea of presidential candidates once again competing for our state. It keeps both parties on their toes.
Jay is right. Mayor Reed can win statewide. The only question is which office and which cycle. The state Democratic Party is rebuilding. Part of the reason for this Republican run is that they didn’t have to run against good candidates with good campaigns. Thanks to the efforts of the Obama team on the ground in this state,that will shortly no longer be the case.
It is not complicated. A Democratic candidate needs x-amount of the white vote and x-amount of the non white vote in order to win. A Republican candidate needs a much larger amount of the white vote as he/she will be forced to write-off the non white vote by the Republican base. If President Obama can come within 5 points of winning the state without campaigning for it, it will not be hard for another Democrat to make those few points up by contesting the state especially when that candidate has a record in the state.
Vashtai
October 30th, 2012
7:11 pm
Saxby would be a distant memory had black folks gone back and voted in the run off. They were satisfied that they got Obama in, and cared nothing for Jim Martin beating Saxby. Obviously they couldn’t see the Big Picture.
Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (aka "Knuckle-Dragger")
October 30th, 2012
7:38 pm
What exactly has Mr. Reed done around here? The international terminal was started well before he was elected. Of course, the supreme leader was elected president with way fewer accomplishments than Mr. Reed, so maybe he has a chance. He would receive nothing but favorable treatment from your august publication, Jay, that is for sure. Tell him to take a shot at it. Chambliss and Isakson are both too liberal as it is. Might wake them up a little.
Joel Edge
October 31st, 2012
4:44 am
“in 2010 the GOP should have taken control of the U.S. Senate”
I seem to remember 2010 as the year you libs were picking your jaws off the floor. Anybody remember “Forty More Years”? Back then the GOP “should have” quit wasting their time because there wasn’t a snowballs chance in %$#@ the wise voters were going to let them back in office. After 2010, we became those dumb@#$ voters again.
Joel Edge
October 31st, 2012
4:46 am
BTW, you can still get a copy.
http://amzn.to/VCXrPv
The Noble Bushman...
November 5th, 2012
1:05 pm
Jay, great forward thinking… somethings need to be addressed … Your piece will raise emotional responses by knee jerk folks who seriously need to think things through thoroughly… However if President Obama is re-elected Georgians will either experience a revolution of change or a slow motion train wreck.