The weekend before Nov. 6, what else would we talk about?
I may as well bow to the reality that y’all will spend the entire weekend talking about the election regardless of what topic I write about, so here it is: Your weekend-before-the-election open thread.
The rules still apply — it’s an open thread, not a no-holds-barred thread — but otherwise, have at it.
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SisterSarah
November 2nd, 2012
8:18 pm
4 more days, then 4 MORE YEARS! Keep talking your asses off. I’m out!
Rafe Hollister, suffering through Oblamer's ineptocracy
November 2nd, 2012
8:23 pm
Not so quick with the “no they didn’t”. Yes, they did and as usual the Dems want to parse words rather than deal with the truth.
UPDATE: A New Jersey power company denied Friday that it is turning away nonunion volunteer crews who want to travel great distances to help reconnect power supplies severed by Hurricane Sandy. But an Alabama utility is clarifying that it was the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers [IBEW] — not the company — that turned them away.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/02/new-jersey-town-to-ala-volunteer-utility-crew-dont-help-with-sandy-unless-youre-unionized/#ixzz2B79qSM2O
Rafe Hollister, suffering through Oblamer's ineptocracy
November 2nd, 2012
8:25 pm
Another nonunion Decatur Utilities crew is idling in Roanoke, Va., waiting for instructions from Seaside Heights. The town asked them days ago for help, but later told the workers to stand down.
Electric repair work for public utilities in New Jersey is dominated by the International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers, a unit of the politically powerful AFL-CIO.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/02/new-jersey-town-to-ala-volunteer-utility-crew-dont-help-with-sandy-unless-youre-unionized/#ixzz2B7AmTvCg
Rafe Hollister, suffering through Oblamer's ineptocracy
November 2nd, 2012
8:31 pm
gullible, you were wrong and that makes you the liar. Just like your Messiah, shoot first and aim later.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
November 2nd, 2012
8:34 pm
Rafe, I guess some red tape isn’t so bad after all, as long as the union thugs approve.
Lynnie Gal
November 2nd, 2012
8:45 pm
The topic for discussion must be the aftermath of Sandy and relief efforts for the people of NY and NJ. Sorry, this weekend, the election takes the back seat. I know it’s only a few days away, but this is serious…
Del
November 2nd, 2012
8:52 pm
I’m now calling it for Romney in a landslide victory. You’ve heard it here first.
Peadawg
November 2nd, 2012
8:57 pm
“The weekend before Nov. 6, what else would we talk about?” – football?
LSU vs. Alabama and USC vs. Oregon of course!
Oh yeah…UGA vs. Ole Miss also. Go Dawgs!
Del
November 2nd, 2012
9:01 pm
There will be much crying and gnashing of teeth on the neighboring blog this Wednesday. It will splash over here, so be prepared to give them tough love as it will ultimately be better for them and the country if you do so.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
November 2nd, 2012
9:04 pm
Del – They are already babbling, as though that will help.
Del
November 2nd, 2012
9:09 pm
I Report, the babbling is their fear that the leftist agenda could and more than likely will crash and burn.
PROUD NAVY VET
November 2nd, 2012
9:13 pm
I dom’t know if it true or not. The talk is Gov. Romney’s oldest son is in russia trying to see Putin. Why? This is true, the Sec of State in Ohio is insatlling “experimental” software in voting machines in the larger cities in Ohio. Why would you do this in the biggest, most important election in the past 00 years? This is goona cause the election to be questioned. I can’t believe they have the balls. This election is gonna make 2000 look like a bad high school play.
JamVet
November 2nd, 2012
9:13 pm
Landslide, Recon? Wowzers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3cGxlZjMWU
cc
November 2nd, 2012
9:25 pm
gm:
“High school dropout Rush scum Limbaugh insults Christie for working with the President to help people who have lost everything”
I never realized until now that you are a regular Limbaugh listener! Congratulations, there is hope for you yeet!
td
November 2nd, 2012
9:37 pm
Micheal Baron and Karl Rove are now in the Dick Morris camp and are saying the election will be a landslide for Romney. I am wondering what they are seeing but I love it.
cc
November 2nd, 2012
9:38 pm
“There will be much crying and gnashing of teeth on the neighboring blog”
Bookie-man and his desciples will wail at their loss, strike out at anything non-Obama and finally slither away in the abject agony of defeat.
It ain’t gonna be a pretty sight . .
cc
November 2nd, 2012
9:53 pm
The hour grows late for me but I would be remiss if I failed to say this yet again before departing for the evening.
Four Americans were killed in Benghazi and no matter how you slice it or dice it, Obama owns this shameful tragedy. Don’t for even a moment think that nearly every American serving our country hasn’t evaluated this situation and how it might affect them at some future time. The damage to America is immeasurable.
May God be with the families of those killed in Benghazi . . .
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
November 2nd, 2012
10:06 pm
“The talk is Gov. Romney’s oldest son is in russia trying to see Putin.”
The talk is that Elvis was sighted at a 7-11 on Hollywood Blvd earlier this evening, Proud Navy Vet.
Let’s just admit that neither story is true, shall we?
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
November 2nd, 2012
10:13 pm
td, I listened to both Rove and Barone tonight, and neither are in the landslide column, although both see a better path to a Romney victory than some of the polls predict.
Rove has the best take on Ohio, imho. And let’s face it, anybody that could get Bush elected twice, I’m going to listen to. His early voting / absentee ballot trend he’s been following there has wiped out the entire margin of victory that Obama had in 2008. There is a combination of more GOP voters and less Democrat voters to the tune of 263,000 votes likely going to Romney, and Obama’s margin of victory was 262,000. If Republicans continue to to the poll on election day as they usually do (and McCain won the election day votes but lost the early votes), Romney takes Ohio. There are also tens of thousands less residents in Cuyahoga County (Democrat stronghold of Cleveland) than there were in 2008. They might have moved and stayed in Ohio, but they might not have, either. Either way, the people who look at JUST raw polls aren’t picking up on this kind of analysis.
Del
November 2nd, 2012
10:15 pm
Stand easy Hard Corps help is on the way…Semper Fi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99G4Vv-YMJo
Hillbilly D
November 2nd, 2012
10:17 pm
I saw Elvis down at the feed store, a while ago.
JamVet
November 2nd, 2012
10:21 pm
Too bad that McCain/Palin aren’t in office, cc.
And maybe the boys at Dover AFB could once again, be back in the big time coffin recovery business.
Then you could REALLY pretend to have such grave remorse…
td
November 2nd, 2012
10:23 pm
Tiberius – pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
November 2nd, 2012
10:13 pm
What show were they on? I missed most of them earlier?
ODD OWL
November 2nd, 2012
10:24 pm
What about the John Barrow, Lee Anderson congressional race in district 12 ??? Lee Anderson is corrupt and a tool of special interest and the corporate bosses… Worse yet, Anderson is out of shape and not in very good health… He’s overweight with a large beer guzzling belly… If he’s not careful he could have a massive heart attack… The voters in district 12 would be very wise to re-elect Rep. John Barrow as their Congressman…
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
November 2nd, 2012
10:30 pm
Rove was on Hannity this evening. Pulled out the white boards as usual. Again, his Ohio take was every illuminating.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
November 2nd, 2012
10:32 pm
“And maybe the boys at Dover AFB could once again, be back in the big time coffin recovery business.”
Remind me which Presidential candidate has called for going to war, AmVet?
Don’t bother, sonny, the answer is NONE OF THEM.
Freedom lover
November 2nd, 2012
10:33 pm
We should be talking about freedom, liberty, sound money, sound foreign policy, personal freedom, small government, constitutional government – in other words, we should be talking about everything that we will NOT be getting regardless of whether Obama or Romney gets elected. Sadly, even Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party candidate falls far short of the libertarian ideals he claims to support.
So when that discussion ends, we should be talking about the imminent demise of the american empire, the imminent collapse of the dollar, preparing by stocking up on food, fuel, guns, ammo, or getting out of this country completely before it all goes to hell, just how bad and repressive the government reaction to the collapse will be, how many people will be taken from their homes by force and imprisoned in the series of FEMA camps that have been built all around the nation, why the government has purchased over 750 MILLION rounds of ammunition of various calibers despite only using 25 million rounds a year at the height of the Afghanistan/Iraq wars, and other uplifting topics that will be at the forefront of our discussions again, regardless of which totalitarian statist gets elected.
Wonder what people who live in free countries are talking about this weekend? Maybe they are talking about how they wish Ron Paul hadn’t been robbed of the nomination by Romney and his goons and how they really hoped there was a chance for america to regain its freedom.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
November 2nd, 2012
10:35 pm
“Maybe they are talking about how they wish Ron Paul hadn’t been robbed of the nomination by Romney and his goons and how they really hoped there was a chance for america to regain its freedom.”
Oh, Holy Crap . . .
ODD OWL
November 2nd, 2012
10:38 pm
Karl Rove was Bush’s brain and bush’s brain produced the great recession… Now Karl Rove has jumped into Romney’s brain… Results; Catastrophe…
JamVet
November 2nd, 2012
10:38 pm
tibby, sit. Now, roll over.
Your alligator tears come Tuesday night should be stand up worthy.
Bruno, from that awesome show this past spring…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWqD7GyJBVM
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
November 2nd, 2012
10:41 pm
“Karl Rove was Bush’s brain and bush’s brain produced the great recession”
Fortunately, neither statement is true. But you keep thinking that, ODD OWL.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
November 2nd, 2012
10:42 pm
Gee, a comeback from AmVet with no facts nor intelligent rebuttal.
Color me shocked.
hsn
November 2nd, 2012
11:18 pm
Tiberius – pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
November 2nd, 2012
6:43 pm
hsn, I would first note that I use the President’s actual name (as in Obama) while you denigrate the opposing candidate’s name (as in RobMe). That is the first indicator that you are not serious in your choices or knowledge of this year’s current Presidential candidates.
Second, comparing the Massachusetts of today with the one which elected Romney, and putting a personable, minority candidate (and incumbent President) against him to try to compare experience levels, is disingenuous at best, and foolish at worst. One doesn’t compare “experience” with “popularity”. They are contrasting points.
I will not defend GWB. Never have, except for his handling of the post-9/11 issues (except for that foolish Patriot Act, he was everything America could hope for in a leader). However, just because Mitt Romney is of the same political party, that doesn’t mean he has the same talent as the previous occupant. Nor does it mean he has the same policies as GWB, despite the Obama and DNC campaign structures attempts to paint him so.
In short, no matter what position Mitt Romney has undertaken in life, he has succeeding at it, and wildly so. You can use any measurement you want to, but that is an undeniable FACT. Most of those positions created actual jobs without going into debt.
I’ll take THAT guy over the guy who has failed at that every day.
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I will begin to take you seriously when you begin making cogent arguments. You claim one can’t compare the running of a state with the running of the entire republic. Yet, you are perfectly ready to claim that running Bain and a Winter Olympics held in the middle of nowhere is a predictor of how successful one can run the entire republic.
But you do prove my point because if all Robme could muster for a mere state was to rank 47TH in job creation, then why should he be trusted with 49 more states?
You also say, “In short, no matter what position Mitt Romney has undertaken in life, he has succeeding at it, and wildly so…” Yeah, exploiting gullible people with tools of “vulture capitalism” and making millions off them is not exactly what I would call “success.”
I don’t expect you to defend GW Bush. Afterall, around this time in the campaign for his second term, I suspect you and your con friends were actively busy TOUTING Bush’s “EXPERIENCE” and “SUCCESS.” You went ahead and rewarded him with YOUR VOTE for 4 MORE YEARS so you get to live with it.
YES, Robme is NOT GW Bush, but LISTEN to the trickle-down economic policies he is proposing, look at the FOREIGN POLICY advisors he is parading with, etc… NOBODY needs to remind you of GW Bush. Robme will say anything, anything to get elected. He was against pulling the troops out of Afghanistan, he comes to the debate and he agrees with Obama almost 100%. He was against the auto bailout, now he is for it.
Every politician changes positions but the rate Mitt Robme does his is at an unprecedented level.But hey, he is a Republican so you will vote for him anyway. Party come first. It is a question of character. These people know Robme quite well and so does the American electorate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hRJa2OaiwWw#at=34
..And none of the voter tricks the GOP secretaries of state are pulling in the swing states will be able to save him, come election day.
Gee
November 2nd, 2012
11:33 pm
Let’s talk about the dismal state government in Georgia and how the Republicans have failed miserably at their attempts to govern.
Foxbusiness.com- not exactly an enemy of the GOP- issued it’s annual list of most corrupt states. Georgia topped the list- worst in the nation. Don’t believe me? Read this:. Georgia
> Overall grade: F (49%)
> Public access to information: F
> Legislative accountability: F
> Political financing: F
> Ethics enforcement agencies: F
Georgia has the worst levels of corruption risk and lack of accountability of any state in the country. The state scored a D or worse in 12 of the 14 categories. The state’s biggest problem is the absence of a strong ethics enforcement agency. Republican governor Sonny Perdue managed to get an ethics bill through the legislature, but by the time it passed, his proposals to ban gifts to state workers and clearly define appropriate campaign spending had been stripped out. According to State Integrity reporter Jim Walls, while Georgia has provisions to prevent certain kinds of corruption in campaign finance and lobbying, the state is full of unaddressed loopholes and lax enforcement. “About 2,000 Georgia officials, including one in five sitting legislators, have failed to pay penalties for filing their disclosures late, or not at all.”
Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/investing/2012/03/22/americas-most-corrupt-states/?intcmp=sem_outloud#ixzz2B7u08vLN
getalife
November 2nd, 2012
11:49 pm
Looks like President Obama by 5.
Now what are you going to do?
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
November 2nd, 2012
11:56 pm
“You claim one can’t compare the running of a state with the running of the entire republic. ”
Strange, but I never wrote such garbage. Only in your fertile imagination did I do so. But we’ll continue . . .
“Yet, you are perfectly ready to claim that running Bain and a Winter Olympics held in the middle of nowhere is a predictor of how successful one can run the entire republic.”
Yes, especially since the current President ran NOTHING before being elected, and HIS record of failure is readily apparent each and every day. But we’ll continue . . .
“But you do prove my point because if all Robme could muster for a mere state was to rank 47TH in job creation, then why should he be trusted with 49 more states? ”
Once again, you fail to show your seriousness and maturity in debating this subject with your name-calling of Romney, when I have shown nothing but respect by using the President’s real name. In addition, you use the “there are lies, damned lies, and statistics” debate, which proves you do not pay attention to the actual facts, but cherry-pick that which supports your side. However, the FACT is that Mass. unemployment rate dropped from the mid-6% range to the mid 4% range during Mitt Romney’s term of office. Most every economist considers 4% virtual full employment. When you consider there was little room to improve the raw numbers any further, it is difficult to show percentile improvement as others did who were worse off than Massachusetts. But we’ll continue . . .
“Afterall, around this time in the campaign for his second term, I suspect you and your con friends were actively busy TOUTING Bush’s “EXPERIENCE” and “SUCCESS.” You went ahead and rewarded him with YOUR VOTE for 4 MORE YEARS so you get to live with it. ”
Never voted for Bush. Not once. But we’ll continue . . .
“Yeah, exploiting gullible people with tools of “vulture capitalism” and making millions off them is not exactly what I would call “success.””
No “vulture capitalism” was used in the Salt Lake City games turnaround. Nor was it used at Bain. In FACT, 70% of firms invested in by Bain under Romney’s leadership created or saved jobs – many of those jobs that would have been lost if Bain hadn’t invested in them for years. But we’ll continue . . .
“He was against pulling the troops out of Afghanistan, he comes to the debate and he agrees with Obama almost 100%.”
He was against the TIMING of the pullout, but not the pullout itself.
“He was against the auto bailout, now he is for it. ”
An absolute lie on your part. He was always for MANAGED bankruptcy, where the government would guarantee loans to keep GM afloat while management was restructured – just the way every major corporation goes through bankruptcy without a direct government takeover. GM would still be alive, but more importantly, their business model would have been better restructured and more top executives would have been given their walking papers. And yes, union contracts which are killing every auto maker would have been restructured as well in the case of GM. But we’ll continue . . .
“But hey, he is a Republican so you will vote for him anyway. Party come first.”
Actually, I usually vote either Libertarian or None of the Above. This time, I’m voting for experience and success; neither of which Obama had before being elected, or has after 4 years.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
November 2nd, 2012
11:57 pm
“Looks like President Obama by 5.”
Where? In the bottom of your bottle of booze?
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
November 3rd, 2012
12:19 am
I mean seriously, getalife.
Where do you come by this number? What data supports it?
Leave America Now Liberals
November 3rd, 2012
12:42 am
I saw the comment by the ass that said that conservatives or anyone who disagrees with his 3rd-Reich Obama movement are un-American.
Liberals (not necessarily Democrats) are the most un-American people this country has had to endure especially for the past 40 years. Liberal interpretation of the Constitution by Federal Courts has moved this country in the wrong direction on many issues, but worst of all it has made the Judicial branch of government a defacto-Legislative branch.
No other group of people have done more to expand the power of Federal government than liberals in our government. I won’t go into all the various actions but things today that we think are normal such as Social Security were unheard of when they were first proposed. When I was growing up people talked ablout how great it was, but I used to ask a simple question – why can’t people just chose to save money themselves; why does the government force them to save money? Now we are dealing with a huge failure looming of a big liberal “big brother” program that will ultimately fail just like most nanny-state initiatives will.
Speaking of government thinking they know better than the average citizen, the Affordable Healthcare Act is another program that will fail this country given enough time. Since government agencies are not held accountable to profitability like private insurance companies are I’m sure that the ultimate plan is to unfairly compete with existing healthcare companies who will throw up there hands because they can’t compete with the deep pockets of the FED (our money). Then the only game in town will be Obama scare.
Yes liberals need to get their heads out of their a** and realize that not all business is corrupt, not all success is evil, and not all of government is altruistic and honest. Stop destroying the architecture of the founding fathers of this country. They did not have everything perfect, but not one current-day liberal can hold a candle to the wisdom of even the least of the founding fathers.
Now pack your bags for Ireland. I’m sure Alec will put you up for a night or two.
ODD OWL
November 3rd, 2012
1:47 am
The Founding Fathers were radical Liberals…
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
November 3rd, 2012
6:03 am
Gee: Let’s talk about the dismal state government in Georgia and how the Republicans have failed miserably at their attempts to govern.
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I wonder how the Democrats must feel, with folks considering them so incompetent that they can’t do better than Republicans?
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
November 3rd, 2012
6:07 am
“The Founding Fathers were radical Liberals”
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Yes, they were…back when being a liberal meant believing in things like liberty.
Now, “liberal” is shorthand for the rabble that seeks to empower and enrich themselves by enslaving the productive to fund their vote-buying handout programs, which in turn enslaves their moocher clientele into a life of dependency. The more virulent strain of liberalism has earned a modifier: Liberal Fascist.
marko
November 3rd, 2012
6:18 am
Bill Nye Science Guy,
“ Just last year the Republicans introduced The Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011 in the House and the Senate to stop the Environmental Protection Agency, the EPA, from making ANY regulations regarding greenhouse gases and climate change.
A hundred percent of Republicans voted for the bill to stop the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases, and 90 percent of Democrats against the bill to stop the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases.”
Just how do manage to get 100% votes on anything? Are all these guys really on the same page on matters as complex as global climate change? Or are they so gutless they lack the courage to stand up for what they believe in? Are house Republicans cowards, or just Stupid? enquiring minds want to know?
Three more days.
Finn mcCool
November 3rd, 2012
7:08 am
4 more years!!!
marko
November 3rd, 2012
7:19 am
Just a guess, But I would think that we spend billions of dollars funding comrade Nixon’s EPA. If I were to apply republican logic to the local police department, I’d suggest that we continue to pay our hard working policemen. We should just take away their guns and see to it that they don’t arrest anyone.
There really was a time , back in the good old days, when our water really was too filthy to drink, and we consoled ourselves by eating the air. For what it’s worth, the The Cuyahoga River hasn’t caught fire since 1969. The event that largely created the EPA in 1970.
Skip
November 3rd, 2012
7:23 am
Is Romney the guy that lost to McSame then Palin? Lost in the primaries to Perry, Newt,Bachman and Cane ? That the guy you pin your hopes on?
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
November 3rd, 2012
7:35 am
Unemployment higher today than when Obozo took office.
Trillion dollar deficits every year.
Six trillion in new debt the last four years.
Record numbers on welfare.
Record numbers in poverty.
Lower credit rating than four years ago.
Failed to prepare American embassies in Muslim countries on 9/11
Real Americans have had enough. Democrats just keep bending over…Forward.
Progressive Humanist
November 3rd, 2012
7:50 am
Unemployment is lower now than when Obama took office. It was 8.2 then and it’s 7.9 now. Lil’ needs to learn how to do math. And no rational person would argue that a president’s financial policies could have a noticable effect on a national economy in less than 6 months to a year, and when Obama had been in office for 6 months the unemployment rate was at 9.5 and at 10 months it was 10%. There has been a HUGE reduction in unemployment since his policies took effect.
The stock market has doubled since his first year in office (from 6,500 in 2009 to 13,000 now). The housing market has stabilized. New unemployment claims are down as the number of jobs created is rising. Anyone who think the economy hasn’t improved is either ignorant or indoctrinated into hating this country.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
November 3rd, 2012
7:52 am
A teachable moment:
The feds are having to waive all sorts of their own regulations to get things moving in NY and NJ.
Less government, more progress.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
November 3rd, 2012
7:57 am
Sorry, gressive Humanist, but Obozo’s own BLS says unemployment was 7.8% when Obozo took office.
$800 billion in a failed stimulus program–and zero progress on unemployment.
Gas prices double what they were when Obozo took office.
American families paying $2000 more per year for gasoline as a result.
Democrat Obozo receptacles: Bending over…Forward.