Hard-right heros West, Bachmann and King face a test
Three of the most virulently conservative voices in the House are facing tough re-election campaigns. All three are leading, but not by much, and in two of the races the GOP candidates are attempting to separate themselves from the harsh personas that they themselves had manufactured.
U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla.
In Florida, there’s Allen West, who was up by anywhere from one to nine points in October, depending on which poll you believe. As Politico reports:
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“Rep. Allen West’s GOP primary opponent endorsed the controversial Floridian’s Democratic challenger Wednesday and is slamming West.
“As a Republican for over 30 years, I’m embarrassed by the radical fringe that has taken over the party,” Martin County Sheriff Bob Crowder said in a statement released through Democrat Patrick Murphy’s campaign.
“Sadly, Allen West is their poster child, and the hateful, divisive comments he’s made throughout this campaign make it clear to me he’s the wrong choice for our district. I’m endorsing Patrick because he has the right temperament and respect for others – including people he doesn’t agree with. Unlike his opponent, Patrick will be able to work with both parties to make a difference for our community.”
West defeated Crowder in August with almost 75 percent of the vote.”
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In Minnesota, there’s Michele Bachmann, who’s running in a district redrawn to be safe for a Republican. Even with that advantage and a huge campaign treasury, she’s only up by somewhere between two and six points, depending on which October poll you believe. And as the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports, the previously strident Bachmann has adopted a different strategy for keeping her job, trying to portray herself as moderate, responsible and bipartisan.
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“I’ve worked with Democrats across the aisle to get a lot of things done and it’s important we do that,” Bachmann said (in a Thursday debate). “I’m a very independent person.” She used the debate to tout the times she had bucked her own party, saying “I didn’t believe George Bush … that we were looking at financial Armageddon,” and stressing her work with Democrats on the St. Croix River bridge.”
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And in Iowa, U.S. Rep. Steve King is taking much the same survival tack to hold onto his lead of two to seven percentage points in his newly drawn district:
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“Iowa State University political science professor Steffen Schmidt said the race has proven tighter than expected.
“They’ve both been pretty smart in how they’ve run their campaigns,” Schmidt said.
Schmidt said King has “adjusted his campaign rhetoric somewhat,” and tacked away from far right positions that were popular among voters in the former 5th congressional district.
“He hasn’t really run on that pure, true tea party conservative agenda,” Schmidt said. “That is probably smart, because the district is more complicated now. You’re not going to appeal as much with your hard-core positions on things like illegal immigration to a new bunch of voters in parts of the district who are moderate.”
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In the end, all three GOP candidates may win their races, but the narrowness of their apparent margins and — in the case of Bachmann and King — the necessity to tack back toward the center to stay viable says a lot about the mood of the American voter.
– Jay Bookman
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Joe Hussein Mama
November 2nd, 2012
3:03 pm
Here we go:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/the-simpsons-mr-burns-endorses-mitt-romney-with-help-from-seamus-the-dog/
Hmmmmmmm
November 2nd, 2012
3:04 pm
@they both suck
I don’t know if my God wants Obama in for 4 more years… I do know that my God is in control and allows things to happen, based on our free will or choice. It is up to us as a people to make wise decisions, and due diligence when it comes to electing the President of this country. This President has had 4 years and has been a complete failure in almost every thing he has done… As I have blogged in the past. I am held accountable in my job, why shouldn’t this President be held accountable for all the failures.. I would be fired at my job for this kind of production. The people in this country have, unfortunately one option. Mitt Romney. Let’s give him 4 years and then we will decide again…
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
November 2nd, 2012
3:07 pm
JAY
So I hear you saying that three of the worst GOP congressfolks up for re-election will probably win?
Doesn’t say much for the competition…not following your logic…you are also suggesting they are moving to the middle…is that why they are winning?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
3:07 pm
Hmmmmmmmm:
Thank you.
saywhat?
November 2nd, 2012
3:08 pm
“We need to pray for a REAL leader. ”
Or you could pray for the ability to recognize the real leadership thats been staring you in the face for the last four years.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
November 2nd, 2012
3:08 pm
Well, I wish my buddy Jim Earl was here. He’d know what “virulently conservative” means. Me, I expect it means the guy is a conservative thru and thru. Or maybe it means he strips libruls, bends them over a table, and . . .
Anyhow, I’m rushing to make my rounds and get back to the warehouse. I’ll be in touch with y’all when I get to Billy Bob’s.
Man behind the Curtain
November 2nd, 2012
3:09 pm
“This President has had 4 years and has been a complete failure in almost every thing he has done…”
Only in Wingnutistan. Racism has certainly blinded you from seeing the good in others.
Sandra
November 2nd, 2012
3:10 pm
One thing for sure, all you right wingers drink all the kool-aide that the Fox Political channel offers (they call it news but I refuse to when you only report what you want your listeners to hear and slant it however you chose).
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
November 2nd, 2012
3:10 pm
Oh, and what Michelle Bachmann can do to a corn dog convinces me she needs to be in Congress.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
3:11 pm
“American civilians, representatives of our government, were under lethal attack for seven hours, but our Secretary of Defense says we must first seek guarantees of the safety of our armed forces before we act? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
You don’t need combat experience to know instinctively that combat intel is rarely good, usually murky and often faulty. Combat is chaos, very risky, often with boldness trumping caution, especially where civilian lives are threatened. Special ops units stand by for the really ugly missions – perhaps like Benghazi.”
http://www.thecitizennews.com/blogs/terry-garlock/10-30-2012/american-heroes-american-cowards
Man behind the Curtain
November 2nd, 2012
3:12 pm
Dayum, wish I could click “like” to Redneck’s posts.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
3:13 pm
“Or you could pray for the ability to recognize the real leadership thats been staring you in the face for the last four years.”
And it’s o.k. to always pray for a “better” leader each time.
Man behind the Curtain
November 2nd, 2012
3:14 pm
0311 responds to the Fox Bengahzi dog whistle like the good puppy he is.
Paul
November 2nd, 2012
3:14 pm
Proof positive that the country has seen the Tea Party in action and they reject it. Else why would the former Tea Party-hugging candidates moderate their positions?
Kinda like a teenager’s dallying with this and that, whatever catches their eye at the moment. All in all though, the move left is definitely progress.
ad
November 2nd, 2012
3:14 pm
I think I just heard on Fox that Romney is promising to adopt Obama’s positions on every issue and abandon the GOP platform entirely if you’ll just vote for him.
Man behind the Curtain
November 2nd, 2012
3:15 pm
Fetch me an outrage 0311….good boy!
indigo
November 2nd, 2012
3:16 pm
Regnad Kcin – 1:59
This particular person has been in America ten years and is a DOCUMENTED illegal. There’s nothing in my post that says we should not thoroughly check out illegals.
Are you saying that Canada, England, Wales, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgum, the Netherlands and Germany also allow illegals to sue in their courts?
Joe Hussein Mama
November 2nd, 2012
3:17 pm
M. B. T. Curtain — “Fetch me an outrage 0311….good boy!”
I LOLed.
USMC
November 2nd, 2012
3:17 pm
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HIGHER THAN WHEN OBAMA TOOK OFFICE…
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
November 2nd, 2012
3:18 pm
Unions suck, put their welfare before even the success of the companies they work for and in this instance, the folks in NE without power…food, shelter and the like..
Where is dipstick and photo monger BO now? Guess he supports the unions and once again puts his political interests above the interests of all of us..
Sure glad he got his picture in the paper with emotionally torn victims of the storm…I wonder how many of those photo-ops were with people being shut out of power due to these union idiots?
willie lynch
November 2nd, 2012
3:18 pm
Don’t Tread
November 2nd, 2012
2:19 pm
I don’t see the NRA going after President Obama and his actions on gun rights since coming into office. He has largely left that to the states.
I see your point though, the strict legislation controlling guns in this country that keep adolescents Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold (Columbine), James Holmes (Batman movie shooter), Wade Page (SikhTemple), Seung-Hui Cho (VT)….from acquiring guns has really been effective.
Being able to purchase a gun legally doesn’t mean you won’t do something criminal with the weapon. No guns= no gun violence. Sounds pretty simple.
Williebkind
November 2nd, 2012
3:20 pm
I have a question? What is a moderate to a progressive liberal? This answer has to be good!!!
Paul
November 2nd, 2012
3:21 pm
I haven’t followed all the posts today, so hope this isn’t a repeat. Even if it is, have our usual suspects who’ve been trumpeting conjecture as fact had anything to say about this?
“U.S. says CIA sent security team to Benghazi consulate 25 minutes after attack, refuting claims of delay”
“McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — A CIA security team rushed to the U.S. consulate in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi less than 25 minutes after receiving the first call that the mission was under attack, while a second squad was dispatched by air from the capital, Tripoli, according to a timeline released on Thursday by U.S. intelligence officials.
The timeline is the most detailed accounting to date of the U.S. response to the attack on the consulate and was released to rebut news reports that U.S. officials had delayed a rescue.
“The officials on the ground in Benghazi responded to the situation . . . as quickly and as effectively as possible,” said a senior intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity.”
http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/11/01/4381901/us-says-cia-sent-security-team.html#storylink=misearch
Lemme guess: if our usual suspects said anything, it was that our intelligence services and the two senior military involved (General Ham and General Dempsey) are lying.
Hmmmmmmm
November 2nd, 2012
3:21 pm
@saywhat
That’s the prayer I use… I think he has answered that prayer. I have a good handle on who I am voting for, and why. Thanks
@Manbehindthecurtain
I guess it’s just easy to discount what I have been saying and call me a racist… Wow. Color has NO bearing on why I choose to vote for Romney. I truly hope its not your reason.
indigo
November 2nd, 2012
3:22 pm
Scout – 2:33 “a culture of mediocrity”
The feminization and open acceptance of gays by our Military is a cause of this mediocrity. For those of you who don’t want to hear this, sorry, but getting on your politically correct high horse won’t make it go away.
ad
November 2nd, 2012
3:22 pm
USMC – yes, the unemployment rate is higher. Imagine you were in an airplane plunging towards the ground and an almost certain crash. The old pilot had no idea what to do, so a new pilot took over. This new pilot had to struggle to get control of the plane and, after plummeting several thousand more feet, managed to pull out of the dive and save everyone on board. Would you criticize the new pilot for not being able to stop the plunge from the moment he took the first pilot’s seat? Well, of course you would, but most people wouldn’t.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
3:23 pm
Man Behind the Curtain and Joe Hussein Mama:
“Fetch me an outrage 0311….good boy!”
‘I LOLed.
‘
Please forward your comments to the families of the four murdered Americans.
Williebkind
November 2nd, 2012
3:23 pm
It was the video that caused those murders, just ask the poor slob still in jail.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
3:24 pm
indigo:
That and many other issues as well.
Man behind the Curtain
November 2nd, 2012
3:24 pm
Hmmmm I didn’t call you a racist for who you vote for. I called you a racist for stating this President has failed at everything. I stand by my statement.
Williebkind
November 2nd, 2012
3:25 pm
“yes, the unemployment rate is higher. Imagine you were in an airplane plunging towards the ground and an almost certain crash. The old pilot had no idea what to do, so a new pilot took over. This new pilot had to struggle to get control of the plane and, after plummeting several thousand more feet, managed to pull out of the dive and save everyone on board and then CRASHED INTO ON OF THE TWIN TOWERS.”
YEP, that is just like Obama.
Joe Hussein Mama
November 2nd, 2012
3:25 pm
indigo — “The feminization and open acceptance of gays by our Military is a cause of this mediocrity. For those of you who don’t want to hear this, sorry, but getting on your politically correct high horse won’t make it go away.”
I’m sure that people thought the same way as you when the military was racially integrated after WWII. Those that couldn’t adjust were either discharged or else kept their mouths shut in order to reach retirement.
And so it will be now. If you don’t like it, too bad. Maybe you can go find and move to a nation with a less sissy and all-guy military so your tender feefees don’t have to be all hurted.
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
3:25 pm
Meanwhile, back on the ranch…….
Illegal immigrant seeks to scrap Georgia driver license law
By Jeremy Redmon
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
An illegal immigrant from Mexico is challenging the constitutionality of the state’s driver license law in a case the Georgia Supreme Court is set to hear Monday.
Fernando Castillo-Solis says the law — which requires motorists who have lived in Georgia for 30 days or more to get a state-issued license before driving — discriminates against illegal immigrants.
At issue is a part of the law that says motorists can’t be convicted of driving without a license if they can later present their licenses in court. Since illegal immigrants are ineligible for Georgia licenses, they don’t have the same protection.
“Undocumented aliens are affected by the denial of an absolute defense,” Castillo-Solis’ attorney wrote in a court brief.
Castillo-Solis’ case stems from a 2010 traffic stop in Gwinnett County, where he was charged with driving without a license and failing to register his vehicle. Castillo-Solis, a Mexican citizen who has resided illegally in Georgia for more than 10 years, sought in a lower court to get the state driver license law thrown out. The court rejected his request. With his trial still pending, Castillo-Solis is now appealing to the Supreme Court.
Joe Hussein Mama
November 2nd, 2012
3:26 pm
0311 — “Please forward your comments to the families of the four murdered Americans.”
Why? Did they hire you to speak for them, Champ?
USMC
November 2nd, 2012
3:26 pm
“I have a question? What is a moderate to a progressive liberal? This answer has to be good!!!”
-definition of moderate to progressive liberal:
A naive fool who lacks real world experience and believes in Socialism but does quite realize it yet.
-Likes the idea of taking money from hard working people and giving it to non-productive sick, lame and lazies.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
3:26 pm
Williebkind:
“It was the video that caused those murders, just ask the poor slob still in jail.”
And don’t forget it WASN’T terrorism. Bookman said so.
“The premise of the entire debate is false, because the attack on our consulate in Benghazi was not an act of terror.”
http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2012/10/17/on-benghazi-the-debate-and-acts-of-terror/
Misty Fyed
November 2nd, 2012
3:26 pm
So calling the president a failure is racist now? Hmmmm then the whole democrat party is a racist for their review of Bush.
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
3:26 pm
Our drivers licensing laws discriminate agaist illegal aliens.
Wow.
I guess our DUI laws discriminate against drunks.
Adam
November 2nd, 2012
3:27 pm
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HIGHER THAN WHEN OBAMA TOOK OFFICE…
AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!
*deep breath*
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!
SMELLLLLL the desperation
joe
November 2nd, 2012
3:27 pm
Unions+Dems=BIGGER MESS
Only an idiot would kick out non-union electrical workers who drove thousands of miles to help the victims of the hurricane simply because they are non-union. So because of that, residents of NJ will have to live without power longer had they been allowed to work. Yet another example of the bassackwards thinking that is liberals, democrats and unions.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
3:27 pm
Mama:
Pretty sad ………….. even for you.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
3:28 pm
Ben Shockley :
Good one. LOL !!!
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
3:28 pm
“definition of moderate to progressive liberal: ”
“A naive fool who lacks real world experience and believes in Socialism but does quite realize it yet.
-Likes the idea of taking money from hard working people and giving it to non-productive sick, lame and lazies. ”
You left out the following;
“Mocks anyone who lables them a socialist as a fear-mongerer; lacks the intellectual honesty to openly debate socialism on it’s merits’ (see KAMCHAK)
Joe Hussein Mama
November 2nd, 2012
3:29 pm
M. Fyed — “Hmmmm then the whole democrat party”
Please substantiate the existence of this alleged “democrat party.”
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
3:29 pm
Ben Shockley:
And don’t forget …………. can openers make people fat !
Hmmmmmmm
November 2nd, 2012
3:30 pm
@manbehindthecurtain
OK, LOL, as if that makes any difference… I guess I would be the same racist that said George Bush failed in some respects… Maybe I am missing something here… somebody help!
Man behind the Curtain
November 2nd, 2012
3:30 pm
10311 …..good boy, feigned selective outrage over the deaths of good Americans! Here’s a treat.
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
3:30 pm
I hope Adam takes a Xanax before ge goes to bed next Tuesday. He might wake up Wednesday and flip out.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
3:31 pm
Man behind the Curtain :
………. and yes, as one who has carred dead Marines from the field of battle, some things to outrage me.
Dunwoody Granny
November 2nd, 2012
3:31 pm
kayaker 71 reported Alabama power crews being turned away from Sandy repairs because of unions.
I can’t link to it, but I’ll tell you Southern Company’s internal website reports more than 2,300 employees on storm duty throughout the northeast as of this morning. Southern Company has sent line crews, tree crews, damage assessors and support staff. So if they’re being turned away in some areas, they’re apparently being welcomed with no trouble in other areas.
Hmmmmmmm
November 2nd, 2012
3:31 pm
In any case manbehindthecurtain. My point is quite simple. Obama has failed this country, and he needs to be replaced. Simple as that… No skin color involved …. Have a nice day..
Child, please
November 2nd, 2012
3:31 pm
I know I made this comment a day or two ago, but has anyone ever heard of a “virulently liberal” politician?”
Yes, I understand you are liberal, left wing, “Progressive”-great word there, hides the fact the two fascist regimes this country have had were Wilson and FDR, so use of adjectives to describe anyone right of you in pejorative terms is somewhat normal. It’s normally everyone to the “right” of liberals that are lunatics, right?
Keep up the good work, always fun to read.
Regnad Kcin
November 2nd, 2012
3:31 pm
” Imagine you were in an airplane plunging towards the ground and an almost certain crash.”
ad – get out of my head! That exact same analogy came to me as I was driving this morning…weird…
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
3:31 pm
Excuse me: “do outrage”
Adam
November 2nd, 2012
3:31 pm
“Mocks anyone who lables them a socialist as a fear-mongerer; lacks the intellectual honesty to openly debate socialism on it’s merits’ (see KAMCHAK)
Uh, no. See Ben. You still haven’t shown you have any idea what the concept is about, nor have you shown any evidence that socialism is actually bad, on it’s actual factual merits.
Joe Hussein Mama
November 2nd, 2012
3:32 pm
0311 — “Mama: Pretty sad ………….. even for you.”
I realize that you’re absolutely outraged about it, but please bear in mind that you don’t speak for anyone but yourself.
Also bear in mind that your aim was off. I didn’t say anything about the deaths. I commented about your constant handwaving, overwrought, breathless pronouncements of outrage, ya drama queen.
If you weren’t so much of a Marine Who Cried Wolf all the time, perhaps the topics of your outrage would gain more traction with others. As it is, though, you’re just making yourself into a caricature.
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
3:32 pm
“Only an idiot would kick out non-union electrical workers who drove thousands of miles to help the victims of the hurricane simply because they are non-union”
An idiot or a liberal.
From the Department of Redundancy Department
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 2nd, 2012
3:33 pm
Senior Digits, the limbo low champion, to Mama: Pretty sad ………….. even for you.
Yellow flag. Non-logical attempt to play the “shame card” by a player who has no shame in going as low as possible.
Adam
November 2nd, 2012
3:33 pm
Any an idiot would accept help from people who showed up unannounced and started expecting payment for helping.
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
3:34 pm
Adam, the grown-ups are talking right now. Pre-K opens back up Monday morning at 7:30.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
3:34 pm
Mama:
As I said before ………… sad even for you.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 2nd, 2012
3:35 pm
Poutraging right wingnut posters don’t need no stinkin facts.
gm
November 2nd, 2012
3:35 pm
171K jobs added last month, Obama first 6 months lossing 800K month because of the last idiot in office.
Do the math right wing nut jobs, Oh I forgot southern conservatives white males are to busy to do math they rather hate.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
3:35 pm
Good Fight:
Red flag to you.
Paul
November 2nd, 2012
3:35 pm
Hey Recon and USMC
No reassessment based upon the updated intel from that latest report? (3:21)
“According to the timeline, the first call for help from the consulate was received at the CIA’s nearby Benghazi headquarters – referred to as a diplomatic annex by U.S. officials – at around 9:40 p.m., which is when the attack began.
“Fewer than 25 minutes later, a security team left the annex for the mission,” said the timeline, which added that the group spent about 25 minutes trying to take out militants firing heavy weapons as it fought its way to the walled compound and then entered it under heavy fire.
At 11:11 p.m., according to the timeline, an unmanned surveillance drone arrived over the complex while the CIA security team, which comprised about six officers, rounded up the approximately 30 staff members on the consulate premises and prepared to move them to the annex.”
Even though it directly refutes Fox’s claim that the CIA personnel on the ground were told to stand down?
Is that what Marines do? Hold onto their initial assessments, even when they’ve been shown to be based on erroneous reporting?
And the answer to that question appears to be “divert, divert, divert…. YES!”
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
3:35 pm
“Only an idiot would kick out non-union electrical workers who drove thousands of miles to help the victims of the hurricane simply because they are non-union”
Their poutrage stops short of accepting government handouts funded by the tax dollars of non-union workers though.
Regnad Kcin
November 2nd, 2012
3:36 pm
Wow, did school just let out?
Adam
November 2nd, 2012
3:36 pm
Adam, the grown-ups are talking right now.
AHAHAHAHAHHAHA!
Sure, right. You go on believing that. They have you sitting at the kid’s table and you don’t even realize it
Tall
November 2nd, 2012
3:36 pm
Dunwoody Granny:
I lived in mid town Manhattan before I moved to Atlanta. In the five boroughs of NYC you must belong to a union in certain construction/service/maintenance jobs if you wish to work there. Non-union shops are not permitted.
indigo
November 2nd, 2012
3:37 pm
Joe Hussein Mama – 3:25
The racial integration of our Military was a good and necessary thing that should have happened years sooner.
The feminization and open acceptance of gays is another matter entirely.
No, I don’t like it but, I will stay here and work for change within the system. Unlike you, I do not have a “cut and run” personality.
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
3:37 pm
Joe Hussein only has about three tricks in his magic bag, and one of them is “you don’t speak for (fill in the blank)
That card was tired and bland the first 500 times you played it….
Child, please
November 2nd, 2012
3:37 pm
“In the end, all three GOP candidates may win their races, but the narrowness of their apparent margins and — in the case of Bachmann and King — the necessity to tack back toward the center to stay viable says a lot about the mood of the American voter.”
Yes, and hopefully the ‘toward the center’ also sucks left wing radicals (two can play that game) such as Senator Reid, Representative (thank God no longer Madame Speaker) Pelosi, and, oh yes, President Obama.
Vote Libertarian, it’s just your and future generations who’s financial future are at stake. With Repubs you get a choice of ‘big’ government or with Dems you get ‘bigger’ government. Both are very wrong and have led us to the brink of financial disaster. No one shrinks it like they should
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
November 2nd, 2012
3:37 pm
PAUL
Did the report provide any information as to whether the responders actually engaged in the fire fight or were these the ones held back due to Libyans actions or nonactions…
Adam
November 2nd, 2012
3:38 pm
Ben claims to want to debate socialism on its merits; produces only insults when challenged on that.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
3:38 pm
“House panel wants answers on costly White House dinners”
http://washingtonexaminer.com/house-panel-wants-answers-on-costly-white-house-dinners/article/2512427#.UJQUJkbCz8A
Adam
November 2nd, 2012
3:39 pm
Scout: White House dinners? Why are you distracting from Benghazi?
Joe Hussein Mama
November 2nd, 2012
3:41 pm
0311 — “Mama: As I said before ………… sad even for you.”
Man up, Buttercup.
Someone who goes into paryoxysms of outrage at the first hint of something going wrong isn’t the best person to have around — OR to have calling the shots — in an emergency.
If you can’t keep your head on long enough for the facts to come out in the Benghazi incident, then I don’t really care how outraged you are about it. In fact, you make me want to poke at you about it, just to get you riled up.
I’m perfectly happy to discuss the topic with you calmly, Marine, but you need to get your head on straight and quit letting FNC lead you around by the nose.
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
3:41 pm
Adam, are you in favor of socialism?
stands for decibels
November 2nd, 2012
3:42 pm
Are you perhaps just a weee bit jealous of old Slick Willie?
Only on those occasions when the word “Clinton” comes up, one presumes.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
3:42 pm
“Over the last several days, with polls showing Mr. Obama’s edge in the state (Pennsylvania)narrowing, Republicans have sprung into action and forced the Democrats to spend resources here that could have gone toward more competitive battleground states.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/us/politics/in-shift-romney-campaign-makes-push-in-pennsylvania.html?ref=politics
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
3:43 pm
Helping yourself to other people’s money…the key to a liberal’s heart….
Dunwoody Granny
November 2nd, 2012
3:43 pm
Tall –
There’s a utility company agreement in place nearly across the country that unaffected companies will send line crews to help in times of disaster. I don’t know how that fits in with union rules, but I’ll tell you 1) some Southern Company employees belong to union rules, and 2) ConEd was one of the utilities Southern Company crews have been sent to help.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
3:43 pm
Mama:
Red flag to you too.
Joe Hussein Mama
November 2nd, 2012
3:44 pm
indigo — “The racial integration of our Military was a good and necessary thing that should have happened years sooner.”
Uh huh.
“The feminization and open acceptance of gays is another matter entirely.”
No, it’s not. Too bad for you.
“No, I don’t like it but, I will stay here and work for change within the system.”
Actually, no you won’t. If you’re still in uniform, you’ll follow orders.
“Unlike you, I do not have a “cut and run” personality.”
I’m a disabled veteran and eff you very much.
And as far as cut-and-run personality goes, you can talk to the family of a friend of mine. He died in Beirut, whereupon President Reagan decided we needed to cut and run.
JamVet
November 2nd, 2012
3:45 pm
Throw in that depraved dead beat dad and veteran hating pig of a rep from Illinois – Joe Walsh – and talk a pile of trash!
Here is to hoping that all are soon seeking gainful employment in the beloved private sector…
Republicans are no the answer to the problem. Republicans are the problem. ~Saint Ronald Reagan the Republican
Paul
November 2nd, 2012
3:45 pm
Stevie Ray
It’s all there in the link I posted.
Yes.
Two teams, yes and no.
BTW, I watched Fox the night the reporter stated to Bret Baier that the on-scene CIA personnel were, several times, ordered to stand down. She stated high confidence in her source. This has become the basis for the position many here, and in the country, hold as to what ‘really’ happened. Now that more information is being released, that initial report is shown to be inaccurate. So now we’ll see if the reporter is held to account, if the network provides the update and whether or not bloggers hold to the discredited position.
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
3:45 pm
Liberals are so compassionate…always willing to lend a helping hand to the poor and the downtrodden, as long as they can do it with money confiscated from the top 10%……
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
November 2nd, 2012
3:46 pm
ADAM,
You gotta admit this is ridiculous..people are out of work and our tax dollars are going to this sh*t?
What’s that BO always says,,,we all need to be on level playing field while they are wasting tax dollars sucking up to Mexico…to what end?
Mexican President Felipe Calderón cost nearly $1 million, or $4,700 per attendee. Three other Obama state dinners since 2009 cost half a million or more, according to official documents cited by the newspaper.
Benghazi will continue to be an issued despite LIBS hurry to make it go away..may as well get used to it..
Hmmmmmmm
November 2nd, 2012
3:46 pm
@GM
As usual, last Thursday’s weekly jobless claims data were revised worse than originally reported. Every week, without fail, the BLS reports data that it knows is not true; the numbers are too low so as to make the employment situation look better than reality. The following week, like Thursday morning, the data is quietly revised worse and a new data point is erroneously released…soon to be “corrected” at the proper time.
This happens every week, but nobody seems to care.
Thursday’s ADP report was supposed to be 155,000 but turned out to be 158,000 – beating expectations. With a “revised” methodology, traders are now expecting a good number for Friday’s monthly employment situation data.
Bloomberg said the following – “Market Consensus before announcement
Special note: ADP has switched to a new economic consultant to revamp the data–Moody’s. Essentially, there is no track record for how well the revised history really predicts. Going back however, ADP private payroll employment for September posted at 162,000 based on its old methodology. The BLS number for private payrolls in the employment situation report came in at 104,000.”
Let’s hope this “revised” model is better than the last model and by a lot. Why? Because the previous version overstated private job creation by 419,000 over the last 12-months.
Maybe the new model will overstate private job creation by 1-million?
GM, this is the research that is available for that Job number you bring up as positive…
JamVet
November 2nd, 2012
3:46 pm
Helping yourself to other people’s money…
As Ben Dover votes yes for the charter amendment next Tuesday.
Hypocritical pigs at the trough…
Joe Hussein Mama
November 2nd, 2012
3:46 pm
0311 — “Mama: Red flag to you too.”
Same to you.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
3:46 pm
Headline Baltimore Sun: “MSNBC really is more partisan than Fox, according to Pew study”
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bal-pew-study-suggests-msnbc-really-is-more-partisan-than-fox-20121102,0,7266571.story
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 2nd, 2012
3:46 pm
So now we’ll see if the reporter is held to account, if the network provides the update and whether or not bloggers hold to the discredited position
You’re really expecting a lot from Faux….. and an impossibility from the conned that post here.
DownInAlbany
November 2nd, 2012
3:47 pm
clem
November 2nd, 2012
2:46 pm
some of the bloggers here are as nutty as west & company…..the army was right to drum this guy out and as for mr king this from wiki:
During his time at Northwest Missouri State he received three draft deferments from the Selective Service Administration. In December of 1969 he received a draft number of 308, a high number, in the first draft lottery conducted under the auspices of the amended 1967 Military Service Act. Subsequently, he left Northwest Missouri State in early 1970 without earning a college degree, but confident he would not be drafted because of his high draft number
great guy
What’s Obama’s number? He does have a number, right?
Thomas
November 2nd, 2012
3:47 pm
Clean out the extremes from both sides with intellectual and prudent voting. There are an equal number of cartoon characters from both sides. Jay you have a choice every day to write intellectually stimulating and informative op eds but you chose crayons and kool aid instead.
Syndication?
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
3:47 pm
Liberals, however, would prefer that the poor and the downtrodden remain in their cold dark storm-ravaged houses and suffer before non-union workers be allowed to assist.
Paul
November 2nd, 2012
3:47 pm
Hey Recon, I was correct!
Your answer would be ‘divert, divert, divert” and then we saw 3;38 and 3:42!
People who spent their time looking at the dirt walls of a foxhole don’t do well at seeing the big picture, it would seem.
Joe Hussein Mama
November 2nd, 2012
3:48 pm
B. Shockley — “Joe Hussein only has about three tricks in his magic bag, and one of them is “you don’t speak for (fill in the blank)”
Hey, the last time we talked, you got banned. How about we dance again, Benny?
GT
November 2nd, 2012
3:48 pm
Who holds the people accountable for talking moderate yet getting into office and going back to being crazy? I am sober now you can let me out of my room and when you are free back to the crazy that is costing the credit rating of this country. Half of them have signed pledges to be crazy for life, not to the constituents in their district but the national nuts that own these people. The only pledge anyone should sign in Congress is one to represent the people who elected them. To be dictated by a bunch of special interest groups, and then to ask for a mulligan is for lack of any better words, is nuts!
Paul
November 2nd, 2012
3:48 pm
oops, there’s the 3:46. Three diverts, Recon!
USMC had the good sense to just remain quiet if he couldn’t bring himself to admit he’d been taken in by erroneous reporting.