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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Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 2nd, 2012
4:28 pm
Funny how those who complaint about Obama campaigning don’t ask why Mitt and Ryan have not gone to volunteer their time and services.
AmericaShrugged
November 2nd, 2012
4:28 pm
And if all three of those seats go Dem (in reakluity rahter than bookman fantasy land the Dems will be lucky to get one of the three) the Reps will onkly control the House by 20-25 seats!!! America loves Reps, a fact Bookman always ignores. If you count the real jobs, Pres VP, Senate, House, and Governor we’ll wind up with somewhere around 272 Dems and 317 Reps. A clear mandate by the American people for the Republican/conservative way!!! Four years of a failed presidency has no coattails. Reps rule, Dems drool.
JamVet
November 2nd, 2012
4:28 pm
Ben is all puffed up.
That photo of Mr. “Drummed out of the US Army/Article 15, emboldens all Joseph McCarthy acolytes…
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
4:29 pm
Paul @ 4:27….
Pee Wee’s Playhouse is on another channel, sport.
Mighty Righty
November 2nd, 2012
4:30 pm
Jay, here is your political party in action. No wonder Democrats are confident of winning.
Published: 08:48 AM, Fri Nov 02, 2012
By Gregory Phillips
Staff writer
Jimmy Green’s stepdaughter had never voted before. The 57-year-old is mentally disabled, and Green said she doesn’t understand the concept of casting a ballot.
But this week, she called her parents to say she had voted for President Obama. The care home in Fayetteville where she lives registered its residents to vote and drove them to the polls, Green said.
“My concern is that somebody told her who to vote for,” he said. “She didn’t even know there’s two different parties.”
These people should be put in prison.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
4:30 pm
Ben Shockley:
Obama dispatched “utility vehicles” (LOL !) from his command post in the White House Situation Room the other night. He even has a “photo-op” to prove it.
Too bad he wasn’t in the Situation Room when those in Benghazi needed him.
Fred ™
November 2nd, 2012
4:30 pm
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
4:29 pm
Paul @ 4:27….
Pee Wee’s Playhouse is on another channel, sport.
+++++++++++++++++++++++
Ah, you are up on old Peewee are you? Go to the movies with him much?
DownInAlbany
November 2nd, 2012
4:30 pm
josef
November 2nd, 2012
4:20 pm
ALBANY
I just found it interesting you’d throw that in…and as for Benghazi and real time, that one’s already been hacked to extinction and is no longer even a blip on the public consciousness screen since the “real time” aspect is a totally different bowl of grits from what went into the event and what came out of it…it’s the politicization of a tragic event and is tacky, imeoiau
To refuse to hold the administration accountableis more than tacky…it’s unAmerican!
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
4:32 pm
Ben:
Please don’t use “sport”. That’s for Kammie’s use only and he might get upset.
Jay
November 2nd, 2012
4:32 pm
“No, actually that’s from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Not exactly known for its conservative slant!
Actually, Albany, the RJ is EXACTLY known for its very conservative slant.
getalife
November 2nd, 2012
4:32 pm
La la land ends Tuesday night.
They will call this one after Ohio for our President.
See you in the real world cons.
DownInAlbany
November 2nd, 2012
4:32 pm
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 2nd, 2012
4:28 pm
Funny how those who complaint about Obama campaigning don’t ask why Mitt and Ryan have not gone to volunteer their time and services.
Actually, Romney has collected resources for those in need. What does he get? Criticism from that liberal stalwart, Andrea Mitchell! (plus, Mitt is not in the President…yet)
Paul
November 2nd, 2012
4:33 pm
0311
Well, I should have known that a guy who cites as his credentials the time he spent hunkered down in a foxhole could never have the distinction of being a Recon Marine.
But the questions still stand. Care to reassess your earlier comments?
JamVet
November 2nd, 2012
4:34 pm
“The law specifically says that anyone with a disability is allowed to have assistance from anyone that they choose,” said Terri Robertson, director of the Cumberland County Board of Elections. “As long as they can communicate to us in some way that they need assistance and who they wish to have assistance from, the law allows it.”
In 2010, Gary Bartlett, the state elections director, issued a memo to county boards clarifying the law.
“In the absence of evidence of systematic fraud,” Bartlett wrote, “the presumption should work in favor of the opportunity of the voter to vote.”
But not when Mighty Jim Crow has spoken!
And what if this person had voted for Romney, would our uber-patriot have his panties in such a wad then?
Maybe he needs to go to prison for trying to keep citizens from lawfully voting?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
4:34 pm
Paul:
Not with you. Sorry, I don’t like your demeanor.
Paul
November 2nd, 2012
4:35 pm
Ben
Your question to Regnad – read Acts 2&4, then get back to us.
It’s in the New Testament.
Part of the Bible.
Recon 0311 2533
November 2nd, 2012
4:35 pm
Moderate Democrats like pollsters Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell also the more liberal columnist Kirsten Powers have come out strongly criticizing Obama over the Benghazi tragedy. Only the hard-left types who actually deny or attempt to twist the facts that have been coming out showing beyond doubt the mishandling and attempted cover up by the Obama White House and state department.
DannyX
November 2nd, 2012
4:35 pm
Republicanism is so much better than socialism. You can start a Medicare drug program and not have anyone pay for it! You can start a needless trillion dollar war and just not add it to the budget and the cost just disappears! You can spend, spend, spend, then hand out massive tax cuts and the Republican money fairy will pay for it all.
Socialism is so outdated. Republicanism is where its at, way better.
josef
November 2nd, 2012
4:35 pm
ZamVet
He’s up to a B- in my grade book.
FRED
In my equal opportunity instigator ancestrally uppity opinion!
DownInAlbany
November 2nd, 2012
4:35 pm
OK, Book, I admit I shot my mouth off about the slant part. I was guessing…it being Vegas and all. But, regardless of who said it / wrote it, surely this piece causes just a little bit of “head-scratching”, right? Just a little bit? Come on, admit it.
Paul
November 2nd, 2012
4:36 pm
0311
“Not with you. Sorry, I don’t like your demeanor.”
Isn’t that a lot more words than typing “Retreat!!!”?
Carol
November 2nd, 2012
4:36 pm
I skipped all the comments from the usual crazies to tell you how much I appreciate hearing this. I have not seen this info from any other source. It gives me some hope for the American electorate. Keep up the great columns, Mr. Bookman.
pete
November 2nd, 2012
4:36 pm
getalife,
And maybe you need to pull your head out of your arse and look at what is going on around you.
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
4:36 pm
“Obama dispatched “utility vehicles” (LOL !) from his command post in the White House Situation Room the other night.”
He’s playing to his base, i.e. those stupid enough to believe that actually made a difference. Meanwhile he vetoes pipelines and refineries and domestic drilling while people wait in mile-long lines for fuel.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
4:37 pm
Headline: “Iran marks anniversary of US embassy seizure”
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/11/02/iran-marks-anniversary-us-embassy-seizure/?test=latestnews
I wonder if Carter was there as a guest speaker ?
Chip Shirley 'the Dixie Dove'
November 2nd, 2012
4:37 pm
-We Are Better Off Than Four Years Ago-
At this time four years ago the Dow Jones Average was about where it is now. But by December 31st of 2008, before president Obama took office the Dow was at 8800 and sinking fast and it quickly sank to half today’s level before we began to turn this crisis around. George W Bush had to send out $700 checks to everybody in America to keep us from bottoming out. How Socialist is that?
So to those in business who say ‘am I better off now than I was four years ago?’ I say, if you like being pulled out of the frying pan and put in the window to cool, then yes, you are better off now.
To bailout haters. This American economy might have crashed and burned without those bailouts and they were bi-partisan. Period. Where would we be if we had let our auto industry disappear as Governor Romney suggested?
Unemployment has stabilized and is coming down and our nation is safer without Bin Laden.
We’re not doing great, yet. But we’re coming back from the deepest hole this country has seen since the Great Depression!
We are better off now and President Obama truly deserves four more years.
http://TheDixieDove.com/
DannyX
November 2nd, 2012
4:37 pm
“Moderate Democrats like pollsters Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell also the more liberal columnist Kirsten Powers have come out strongly criticizing Obama over the Benghazi tragedy.”
And then there are Fox News employees like Geraldo Rivera that criticized his own network for the hysterical Bengahzi Fox News coverage.
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
4:38 pm
Paul @ 4:35…
I think you’re under the mistaken impression that I answer to you, sport.
Paul
November 2nd, 2012
4:38 pm
Fred
Who held the tub of popcorn?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 2nd, 2012
4:38 pm
Actually, Romney has collected resources for those in need.
Nope, he took $5k which could have helped and spent it on goods at Walmart to give to people to fake their donation.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 2nd, 2012
4:38 pm
Recon:
“Moderate Democrats like pollsters Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell also the more liberal columnist Kirsten Powers have come out strongly criticizing Obama over the Benghazi tragedy. Only the hard-left types who actually deny or attempt to twist the facts that have been coming out showing beyond doubt the mishandling and attempted cover up by the Obama White House and state department.”
THANK YOU !
JamVet
November 2nd, 2012
4:38 pm
B-, jonix?
Why the “upgrade”?
Truthfully, after he got OBL (watch the neocon heads now explode!), I wanted to give him a solid C, but I’m a hardass!
josef
November 2nd, 2012
4:38 pm
ALBANY
You seemed to have missed what I said…I’m not saying there were not errors aplenty before the attack or errors aplenty afterward…trying to make political hay out of real time is not very intelligent…
What would YOU have done…I’ve asked the question here over and over and still have not gotten an answer that would have been pragmatic and effectual in rescuing those beseiged…
JamVet
November 2nd, 2012
4:39 pm
Did the great humanitarian of our age, Donnie Trump cough up the five mil yet?
Thulsa Doom
November 2nd, 2012
4:39 pm
So the Dow and the other indexes are all down based on the disappointing uptick in unemployment. What was that crazy talk the kooks were saying about good jobs report numbers? Such is life in liberal fantasyland.
kayaker 71
November 2nd, 2012
4:40 pm
Seems like the 2010 midterms just didn’t exist in the liberal mind. They just didn’t happen in liberal nirvana. Nothing has changed much since 2010 except we are further in debt, our unemployment is still about 8% massaged and we have 4 fewer American citizens in service to this country. BTW, those latte drinking New Yorkers are not happy campers and as this cluster goes forward, the weekend comes with colder weather and more gas lines, no power, no food, etc., crowded hotels and lots of out of town marathoners adding to the mix. Bozo flies into NY, makes a few photos with the big wigs and leaves for Vegas again. Hell, give this another week and NY might be “leaning” toward Romney.
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
4:40 pm
I guess Regnad joined Adam and stands on the sidelines when I punted the socialism ball back to him.
Another libbie bites the dust…..
DownInAlbany
November 2nd, 2012
4:41 pm
DannyX
November 2nd, 2012
4:37 pm
“Moderate Democrats like pollsters Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell also the more liberal columnist Kirsten Powers have come out strongly criticizing Obama over the Benghazi tragedy.”
And then there are Fox News employees like Geraldo Rivera that criticized his own network for the hysterical Bengahzi Fox News coverage.
Geraldo calling someone, “hysterical!” Now, THAT’S hysterical!
JamVet
November 2nd, 2012
4:42 pm
71, what is your analysis of the back to back GOP anniahaltions in 2006 and 2008? One, so epic, it will never be repeated?
Thulsa Doom
November 2nd, 2012
4:43 pm
So Romney has donated millions in charity throughout his life but some of the kooks question his charitable giving. Give me the man who donates millions over the guy who has historically donated little- Obama, and the embarrassing millionaire VP who donates something like a grand or two per year to charity. Actions speak louder than words kooks. Except in liberal fantastyland where pretty speeches, rhetoric, and BS takes precedence over actual deeds of giving. The kooks are hilarious today- as usual.
indigo
November 2nd, 2012
4:43 pm
Joe Hussein Mama
“I’m a disabled veteran” – I’m sorry to hear that. Thank you for your service.
“Actually, no you won’t” – Actually, yes I will. I’m not in uniform now. However, those who are have learned to keep mouth shut if they have my views since the powers that be won’t tolerate any other viewpoints. Political correctness rules in the Military and civilian world.
“As far as the cut and run personality goes” – If you don’t have this personality why did you assume I do?
“No, it’s not. Too bad for you” – Yes, it is. Ignorance, either deliberate or unintenional, about basic human physical and mental nature, won’t go away just because you get on a politically correct soapbox.
sam
November 2nd, 2012
4:44 pm
And so it goes..people like these 3 are not leaders or problem-solvers, they will point out all the problems we have and then offer no solutions to any of them. Sooner or later their schtict gets old and on they go to fox news oblivion. Good riddance. Conservatism is fine but these folks ain’t conservative they’re nuts.
DannyX
November 2nd, 2012
4:44 pm
“So the Dow and the other indexes are all down based on the disappointing uptick in unemployment.”
Oh well, at least socialist GM is up again. +10% since Wednesday, +27.23% year to date.
Joe Hussein Mama
November 2nd, 2012
4:44 pm
B. Shockley — “I guess Regnad joined Adam and stands on the sidelines when I punted the socialism ball back to him.”
I think you’re under the mistaken impression that they answer to you, sport.
kayaker 71
November 2nd, 2012
4:44 pm
JamVet, 4:42,
In this crazy political world, you are only as good as your last election. And it was a real barn burner. How soon we forget.
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
4:44 pm
Paul, try Thessalonians 3:6-12 and Timothy 5:8.
Those are Bible verses, by the way, sport…..
josef
November 2nd, 2012
4:44 pm
ZamVet
You know I was giving him a C, too. But he did okay on two tests of mine, and outstanding on a third. His restraint on getting us entangled in the Arab Spring and his Israel-Iran policies were better than average and his coming out in support of equal marriage rights, of course, got high marks from me.
Tundra Dude
November 2nd, 2012
4:46 pm
Recon: (on Noonan, WSJ)
“And that really was the problem: He had the confidence without the full capability. And he gathered around him friends and associates who adored him, who were themselves talented but maybe not quite big enough for the game they were in.
Scout:
Thanks for posting that ……. it’s fits Carter and Obama equally.
Ditto
(sad, very sad)
josef
November 2nd, 2012
4:46 pm
ALBANY
“Geraldo calling someone, “hysterical!” Now, THAT’S hysterical!”
Gotta vote with you on that one!
Paul
November 2nd, 2012
4:47 pm
Ben
Adam had it correct at 3:38
[[Ben claims to want to debate socialism on its merits; produces only insults when challenged on that]]
Or says “I can’t answer the question, so I’ll just say “I don’t answer to you” and avoid it.”
You’re pretty transparent, Ben.
So we are led to conclude that as you’re opposed to all forms of wealth redistribution (your 4:26: “’I’ve already stated my opposition to socialism and re-distribution of wealth and/or income”) you are also opposed to the practice of Christianity.
That’s fine. Many here would expect nothing less of you.
kayaker 71
November 2nd, 2012
4:48 pm
Danny X, 4:44,
Now all GM stock has to do is to double in price and then the taxpayers will get their money back. Makes you feel really warm, fuzzy and confident, no don’t it?
DannyX
November 2nd, 2012
4:48 pm
‘Geraldo calling someone, “hysterical!” Now, THAT’S hysterical!”
Fits right in with the Fox News crowd.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 2nd, 2012
4:49 pm
Actions speak louder than words
Yep and slimey fake donations at a fake non-campaign event speaks LOUDER than any claims of charitable donations for tax purposes or to give to your church so you can be a big shot. Predictable garbage defense.
josef
November 2nd, 2012
4:49 pm
BEN
I don’t think if I were you I’d be taking gratuitous swipes at Paul vis a vis the Bible..he probably is better versed there than you…
Ben Shockley
November 2nd, 2012
4:50 pm
Paul, your conclusions are sadly wrong. Voluntary charitable giving (which I do on a regular basis) is neither socialism nor a transfer of wealth, within that context.
You read those verses I assigned you yet?
Be brave.
josef
November 2nd, 2012
4:50 pm
Okay, it’s FNM time…
Paul
November 2nd, 2012
4:51 pm
Ben 4:44
Be glad to. But why? You’ve already indicated you reject the teachings of Christianity, else you wouldn’t oppose the practices described in Acts. Which makes it all the more strange that you quote verses to support your position. Verses absent context, of course.
Joe Hussein Mama
November 2nd, 2012
4:51 pm
indigo — ““I’m a disabled veteran” – I’m sorry to hear that. Thank you for your service.”
You and the conclusion you jumped to can both take a flying leap.
“Actually, no you won’t” – Actually, yes I will.”
Actually, no you won’t.
“I’m not in uniform now. However, those who are have learned to keep mouth shut if they have my views since the powers that be won’t tolerate any other viewpoints. Political correctness rules in the Military and civilian world.”
It’s not a matter of tolerating viewpoints. It’s a matter of basic fairness. There were people who talked like you in the 40s and who resisted racial integration of the military — and I’m sure they felt that what was happening to the military then was just as wrong as what you apparently feel is happening to the military *now.* But those feelings are irrelevant. Integrating gays into the military is — just as integrating racially was — a matter of fairness and of eliminating discrimination. If your viewpoint is that discrimination should be *institutionalized,* then I’m afraid you’re not going to get anywhere.
“As far as the cut and run personality goes” – If you don’t have this personality why did you assume I do?”
More to the point, why did *you* assume that *I* do?
““No, it’s not. Too bad for you” – Yes, it is. Ignorance, either deliberate or unintenional, about basic human physical and mental nature, won’t go away just because you get on a politically correct soapbox.”
You can call it political correctness all you want, but that doesn’t make it so. Integrating the military is a matter of reducing institutionalized discrimination, and you’re not going to make a very cogent case simply by claiming it’s ‘politically correct.’ It works in too many countries for you to be able to explain it away so easily.
DownInAlbany
November 2nd, 2012
4:52 pm
josef
November 2nd, 2012
4:38 pm
ALBANY
You seemed to have missed what I said…I’m not saying there were not errors aplenty before the attack or errors aplenty afterward…trying to make political hay out of real time is not very intelligent…
What would YOU have done…I’ve asked the question here over and over and still have not gotten an answer that would have been pragmatic and effectual in rescuing those beseiged…
I would have allowed those trained in such exercises (and, were willing AND able) to do what they were trained to do. Apparently, there is a counter-terrorism squad that can be called to duty at a moments notice. They were not even contacted. I don’t think I would have given the order to “stand down.”
Joseph
November 2nd, 2012
4:53 pm
We shall see Jay but I have yet to see any inkling that they may lose. Especially with the great ads like West put out that his opponent was drunk in jail while he was deploying to Iraq….
Paul
November 2nd, 2012
4:53 pm
Ben
“Your conclusions are sadly wrong. Voluntary charitable giving”
You obviously are diverting. You wanted to discuss socialism, not voluntary charitable giving. You’d see the distinction if you’d read Acts. Or, more likely, you see it but ignore it. Which is okay, since you’ve made it clear you don’t buy the Christian concept there outlined anyhow.
pete
November 2nd, 2012
4:54 pm
Wow, I am shocked. A group of union thugs (who support the democratic party) ran off a group of non-union electricians who had drove all night from Alabama to help the people in New Jersey. That is your party you freakin’ libs. You must be so proud.
DannyX
November 2nd, 2012
4:55 pm
“Now all GM stock has to do is to double in price and then the taxpayers will get their money back.”
Obama and Bush both used Bush’s TARP fund to bailout GM.
Also, the taxpayer investment could be satisfied at today’s stock price considering all of the lost tax revenue and unemployment claims the government would have had to pay out. Plus the loss of the many businesses that would have gone under with GM that also pay taxes and employ thousands. All in all, a great investment.
DownInAlbany
November 2nd, 2012
4:55 pm
josef
November 2nd, 2012
4:46 pm
ALBANY
“Geraldo calling someone, “hysterical!” Now, THAT’S hysterical!”
Gotta vote with you on that one!
Well, heck, I guess we can call it a week…we found common ground!
It’s about beer-thirty down in my neck of the woods!
Elliot Garcia
November 2nd, 2012
4:55 pm
Jay said Hard Right…..hehehehehehe
Mighty Righty
November 2nd, 2012
4:55 pm
DannyX
November 2nd, 2012
4:35 pm
Just want to point out to the air heads that might believe the nonsense below that the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and Medicare were approved by a Democrat Controlled House and Senate with such Democrat stalwarts as Hillary Clinton, Chuck Shumer and others approving. Unlike the present administration who has never had a budget approved. Using your definition of “anyone pay for it” means that none of the trillions of dollars Obama has spent since his budgetless reign began no one has to pay for it. An amazing concept. Stupid but amazing.
Republicanism is so much better than socialism. You can start a Medicare drug program and not have anyone pay for it! You can start a needless trillion dollar war and just not add it to the budget and the cost just disappears! You can spend, spend, spend, then hand out massive tax cuts and the Republican money fairy will pay for it all.
getalife
November 2nd, 2012
4:56 pm
pete,
I live in the real world.
Join us pete.
It will not hurt you con.
DownInAlbany
November 2nd, 2012
4:57 pm
DannyX
November 2nd, 2012
4:48 pm
‘Geraldo calling someone, “hysterical!” Now, THAT’S hysterical!”
Fits right in with the Fox News crowd.
You underestimate mylevel of connectivity. Heck, I even read the Huffington Post on a daily basis. It’s good to see how the other half lives!
Elliot Garcia
November 2nd, 2012
4:57 pm
Our ambassador was murdered by AL Qaeda terrorists and that’s perfectly ok for liberals….
Welcome to the Occupation
November 2nd, 2012
4:58 pm
Wow, Romney pummeled by the Washington Post, again.
You know, considering the paper’s editorial board views on a whole host of issues it wouldn’t have been too terribly hard for Romney to have secured their endorsement. But given his staggering cynicism, it just wasn’t to be. Now they’re twisting the knife in him.
—
THROUGH ALL THE flip-flops, there has been one consistency in the campaign of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney: a contempt for the electorate.
How else to explain his refusal to disclose essential information? Defying recent bipartisan tradition, he failed to release the names of his bundlers — the high rollers who collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations. He never provided sufficient tax returns to show voters how he became rich.
How, other than an assumption that voters are too dim to remember what Mr. Romney has said across the years and months, to account for his breathtaking ideological shifts? He was a friend of immigrants, then a scourge of immigrants, then again a friend. He was a Kissingerian foreign policy realist, then a McCain-like hawk, then a purveyor of peace. He pioneered Obamacare, he detested Obamacare, then he found elements in it to cherish. Assault weapons were bad, then good. Abortion was okay, then bad. Climate change was an urgent problem; then, not so much. Hurricane cleanup was a job for the states, until it was once again a job for the feds.
…
—
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitt-romneys-election-campaign-insults-voters/2012/11/02/69fcc1fc-2428-11e2-9313-3c7f59038d93_story.html
DannyX
November 2nd, 2012
4:59 pm
“You read those verses I assigned you yet?”
Ben, you got any where Jesus praises the rich and talks about their chances of getting into heaven?
DownInAlbany
November 2nd, 2012
4:59 pm
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 2nd, 2012
4:49 pm
Actions speak louder than words
Yep and slimey fake donations at a fake non-campaign event speaks LOUDER than any claims of charitable donations for tax purposes or to give to your church so you can be a big shot. Predictable garbage defense
And, being in Vegas campaigning while the entire NE suffers speaks pretty loudly, as well. As does, Bloombergs decision to move forward with the NY Marathon in spite of the devastation all around them! Actually, doesn’t speak LOUDLY, it’s SCREAMS!
eddy
November 2nd, 2012
4:59 pm
Jay, what a brave opinion writer you are. Lowery says all white folks are going to hell if they don’t vote for Zippy, You completely ignore it. But if a conservative or any Republican said this, it would be in bold headlines of your column. Stalwart and courageous you are and also predictable. There isn’t going to be a promotion for you after Tuesday so you’ll still be spouting the hard-left drivel for this hard left rag.
Yes, I know that Lowery tried to recant his racist remarks as a joke. Well the joke is on this old bigot and he can’t get the toothpaste back into the tube.
Joe Hussein Mama
November 2nd, 2012
5:00 pm
E. Garcia — “Our ambassador was murdered by AL Qaeda terrorists and that’s perfectly ok for liberals….”
Have you stopped beating your wife yet?
getalife
November 2nd, 2012
5:00 pm
elliot,
Real Americans want to get the terrorists not the President.
Which side are you on con?
Welcome to the Occupation
November 2nd, 2012
5:02 pm
Elliot Garcia: “Our ambassador was murdered by AL Qaeda terrorists and that’s perfectly ok for liberals….”
Calm down, friend, and step back for a moment.
Ask yourself this: which of these major parties — BOTH of whom are deeply implicated with American militarism abroad — wants it to come out that Al Qaeda affiliates have been close associates of ours in Libya?
The answer: none.
So believe me, once the election passes and the chance to embarrass Obama is no longer an issue, you’re not going to have any more success getting a hearing from your GOP pals than you are right now from the Obama/Clinton people.
Neither wing of the American ruling elite wants its schemes with Al Qaeda affiliates coming out into the open too much lest the whole lid be blown off of the entire War on Terror rationale and our entire efforts in countries like Afghanistan. Trust me.
DownInAlbany
November 2nd, 2012
5:02 pm
DownInAlbany
November 2nd, 2012
4:35 pm
OK, Book, I admit I shot my mouth off about the slant part. I was guessing…it being Vegas and all. But, regardless of who said it / wrote it, surely this piece causes just a little bit of “head-scratching”, right? Just a little bit? Come on, admit it.
Jay! Jay, are you there? Someone, anyone?
Paul
November 2nd, 2012
5:04 pm
Ah, Musica!
Let’s see what we have for election eve week -
Mighty Righty
November 2nd, 2012
5:05 pm
The truth about Obama’s whopper of a lie that he saved the US auto Industry. Read it if you have ther guts.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2012/10/28/ohioans-are-no-fools-obama-did-not-save-your-automotive-jobs/
DownInAlbany
November 2nd, 2012
5:05 pm
Gotta go…the libray closes at 5:30!
pete
November 2nd, 2012
5:06 pm
I find it ironic that the president that the folks on the left thought was so compassionate has tucked his tail between his legs and ran off to campaign in Vegas. Folks in NJ and NY are left holding the bag of sh*t that Obama sold them while he tries to save his own sorry arse. So typical.
Obama will lose Tuesday, and you will be left holding that bag yourselves.
DannyX
November 2nd, 2012
5:07 pm
“You underestimate mylevel of connectivity. Heck, I even read the Huffington Post on a daily basis.”
Albany, funny, I stay away from that place. Speaking of hysterical I call it Huffsterical Post.
Although it is the top ranked political website in the country, gets more traffic than FoxNews.com.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 2nd, 2012
5:07 pm
Down in Albany, not that you care to be honest at all but we have many layers of government that are independent. Bloomberg is not controlled by the President. He has his reasons for going ahead with the marathon. I don’t agree with them myself but that does not mean that he is not hard at work trying to fix his city. And heads up, the President did take time to tour and is available, more than Bush was. But feel free to have your meltdown and try to claim that Mitt’s fakery is not absolutely shameful. Ignore it as you have everything else about one of the weakest candidates in history.
Jay
November 2nd, 2012
5:09 pm
I read it, Albany. It distorts the facts and relies on emotion rather than logic. Totally unconvincing.
Tap Out
November 2nd, 2012
5:10 pm
Hey Tea Party….how does it feel to be used?
Common Sense isn't very Common
November 2nd, 2012
5:12 pm
Josef
Tell that lazy azz UnMentionable to do his no-rain-dance.
He musta got em mixed up (was he drunk again LOL) because it is raining for the 6th straight day
pete
November 2nd, 2012
5:12 pm
I really don’t know what I am worrying about. I am disabled, and I collect a check every month. My doctor gave me some good advice a couple weeks ago. If Obama wins, I collect my disability check every month, which is more than enough to live on. If Romney wins, I go back to my job. Either way, I win.
Romney/Ryan 2012
Mighty Righty
November 2nd, 2012
5:18 pm
Welcome to the Occupation
Your imagination is quite incredible. There is no evidence of any Republican conspiracy to support your contention that Republicans have stooped to the dishonesty of Democrats. If you gave proof, lets see it.
Wilbur
November 2nd, 2012
5:19 pm
“Hard Right” is a favorite pejorative from a man who makes his living with slander and spin. Bookman is an obedient tool.
JamVet
November 2nd, 2012
5:20 pm
If Romney wins, I go back to my job.
Where is it?
Bangalore?
DannyX
November 2nd, 2012
5:20 pm
“If Obama wins, I collect my disability check every month, which is more than enough to live on. If Romney wins, I go back to my job. Either way, I win.”
Why not just go back to your job? Sounds like you are able to work now. You know, Republicans hate people like you. They call you “moocher” and all sorts of other insults.
Joe Hussein Mama
November 2nd, 2012
5:20 pm
M. Righty — “There is no evidence of any Republican conspiracy to support your contention that Republicans have stooped to the dishonesty of Democrats. If you gave proof, lets see it.”
Quite remarkable that those who never offer proof themselves will shrilly demand it from others.
pete
November 2nd, 2012
5:25 pm
I don’t work, I collect a check from the government every month. I get up every day around 9:00AM, and I usually watch the morning news shows on Fox. Some days I go hit some golf balls around, or ride my bike. I hit the gym 4-5 times a week, and take my kid to school and pick him up every day. I talked to my doctor the other day about this, and he said if I am not careful, I may become a democrat. I like my doctor.
Joe Hussein Mama
November 2nd, 2012
5:26 pm
Wilbur — “Hard Right” is a favorite pejorative”
Really? I thought Rush said to never be ashamed of being conservative.
Mighty Righty
November 2nd, 2012
5:27 pm
Bidens not as dumb as I thought:
Joe Biden, at a campaign event today said, “There’s never been a day in the last four years I’ve been proud to be his vice president.”
Joe Hussein Mama
November 2nd, 2012
5:30 pm
pete — “I don’t work, I collect a check from the government every month. I get up every day around 9:00AM, and I usually watch the morning news shows on Fox.”
0311?
0311, is that you?
Mighty Righty
November 2nd, 2012
5:31 pm
Joe Hussein Mama
Grasping for straws, Joe. the charge was Republicans have been co-operating with Al Qaeda I hate to call some one a liar so I nicely ask for proof.
Mighty Righty
November 2nd, 2012
5:34 pm
I am far to the right of Rush Limbaugh and proud of it.
pete
November 2nd, 2012
5:36 pm
DannyX,
If you must know, my doc has not cleared me yet to return. My boss also wants me to wait.
DownInAlbany
November 2nd, 2012
5:37 pm
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 2nd, 2012
5:07 pm
Down in Albany, not that you care to be honest at all but we have many layers of government that are independent. Bloomberg is not controlled by the President.
Well, I’ll be danged! I guess I need to brush up on my guvment knowledge! (Fred, that was sarcasm) Only a self-bloviated fool would think they needed to explain that to anyone.