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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Rafe Hollister, suffering through Oblamer's ineptocracy
November 3rd, 2012
2:21 pm
“For most of my life, I’ve been an active Democrat. I am proud to have worked for President Bill Clinton and then-Senator Hillary Clinton, and, during that time, I saw firsthand what can be accomplished by strong, bipartisan leadership. I know what it means to work across the aisle on issues that are important to the American people. And that’s why I am supporting Mitt Romney. Governor Romney has a plan to restore the prosperity this country deserves and expects. He will work with people of good will no matter what their party, and he will pursue the policies that are in the best interest of our country, no matter who proposes them. That’s what President Obama promised to do four years ago. But like so many of his promises, bipartisan cooperation is just another one he has broken. We can’t have four more years of failed policies and two parties that can’t work together. We need the change Mitt Romney is offering.” Gigi Georges
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
November 3rd, 2012
2:25 pm
Obama’s Cleveland Rally Attendance 20x Lower than 2008
And, no one believed a word he said.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
November 3rd, 2012
2:30 pm
The largest changes in the composition of the electorate compared with the last presidential election concern the partisan affiliation of voters. Currently, 46% of likely voters identify as Democrats or lean Democratic, compared with 54% in 2008. But in 2008, Democrats enjoyed a wide 12-point advantage in party affiliation among national adults, the largest Gallup had seen in at least two decades. More recently, Americans have been about as likely to identify as or lean Republican as to identify as or lean Democratic.
obozo beat McBushie by 4 points, for those of you unable to do the math.
cc
November 3rd, 2012
2:32 pm
This is Saturday before THE Tuesday, and I’m feeling very confident in a win for Romney and America! It’s time to get our country back on track after this very HUGE mistake. Although it may take decades to repair the damage done to America, at least we will be on the road to recovery. I earnestly hope that all my fellow conservatives share the optimism I feel today!
Dusty
November 3rd, 2012
2:32 pm
Lil Barry and Rafe,
Thank you very much. You always make me feel good! It’s a pleasure blogging with you.
MarkV
November 3rd, 2012
2:41 pm
Dusty @ 1:21 pm
Dusty,
Either you do not understand the word obnoxious, or you have a very different concept of ethics than I have. Whenever Tiberius is shown to be wrong, or does not have answers to an argument, he resorts to insults and bullying. This goes well beyond any disagreements about politics. Those are methods of someone intellectually inferior and a moral coward. The notion that you would defend such a character is incomprehensible to me.
As for LBB, the above applies even more strongly. Here are some of his “clever ‘ comments (according to Dusty)
“How many times does Obozo have to lie to you chumps”
“Nothing is the Idiot Messiah’s fault.”
“Bend over, Dr. Pangloss, Obozo has more government intrusion coming your way.”
“Stupid receptacles.”
“Obviously, Obozo is no American.”
“Obozo and his receptacles: Idiots.”
Dusty, you certainly deserve Barry’s thanks.
cc
November 3rd, 2012
2:51 pm
MarkV is far too impressed with himself.
MarkV
November 3rd, 2012
2:54 pm
cc @ 2:51 pm
Certainly not impressed with you, cc.
St Simons
November 3rd, 2012
2:59 pm
Oh, yeah, we’re gonna rub your nose in it, cons
you’ve sure pooped enough on the carpet.
cc
November 3rd, 2012
3:51 pm
The weather on St. Simon’s will be very wet beginning on Tuesday night. Not from a flood, mind you, but from the tears being shed there . . .
I do so look FORWARD to Wednesday after Romney’s victory!
DannyX
November 3rd, 2012
4:17 pm
“obozo beat McBushie by 4 points, for those of you unable to do the math.”
I Report is a typical Republican who is “unable to do the math”.
obozo beat McBushie by 7.2%, not 4.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right
November 3rd, 2012
4:35 pm
Gee MarkV, I didn’t realize the word “obnoxiousness” meant “right all the time”.
But thanks for the compliment, buddy!
Come back when you have something of value to contribute here (which should keep you away for a long time).
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right
November 3rd, 2012
4:39 pm
And thanks for the defense, Dusty!
Nothin’ but love back at ya!
cc
November 3rd, 2012
4:56 pm
I still want to know how any nation can borrow its way out of debt? I also want to know how any nation can spend itself wealthy?
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
November 3rd, 2012
5:07 pm
Seems there’s a new member of my fan club, MarkV. He and Kamchak seem to have made a hobby of collecting some of my more memorable posts in their little electronic dossiers!
carlosgvv
November 3rd, 2012
5:12 pm
cc – “it may take decades to repair the damage done to America”
Actually, Bush and Cheney, with their lies and two credit card wars, are the ones that have damaged America. And, it will take Obama at least another term to make some reasonable dent in this damage.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
November 3rd, 2012
5:15 pm
carlosgvv, did you know that Obozo’s failed “stimulus” cost almost as much as Our President Bush spent on the Iraq war? It was on the “credit card” too. Unemployment is higher today than the day Obozo took office.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
November 3rd, 2012
5:17 pm
I guess Obozo lied too, since unemployment didn’t drop like he promised when his failed “stimulus” was passed.
cc
November 3rd, 2012
5:25 pm
carlosgvv:
Hussein added more to the national debt in three and a half years than President Bush did in eight years. Thank God he won’t have four more years to continue his destruction of the American economy.
MarkV
November 3rd, 2012
5:30 pm
Dusty,
Do you need more examples of obnoxiousness than in Tiberius@4:35 pm? If you do, just wait a little while, I am sure he will provide more.
carlosgvv
November 3rd, 2012
6:01 pm
Barry
The stimulus is still working. It’s full effect won’t be felt for at least four more years.
Bush and Cheney did so much damage to America that Jesus Christ himself would have a hard time cleaning up the mess.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
November 3rd, 2012
6:18 pm
DannyX – You are correct, but 7.2% is still less than 12% for those of you who have absolutely no point to make.
cc
November 3rd, 2012
6:19 pm
“The stimulus is still working. It’s full effect won’t be felt for at least four more years”
Thanks for the humor, that’s really laughable!
Old Timer
November 3rd, 2012
8:12 pm
It is getting outlandish as to what some of obama’s supporters are saying and making threats. Really uncivilized talk.
cc
November 3rd, 2012
8:15 pm
Old Timer :
What kind of threats?
Rightwing Troll
November 3rd, 2012
8:34 pm
Well… don’t we have a little wingnut luv fest going on in here…
Rightwing Troll
November 3rd, 2012
8:35 pm
Heh…, Andy bleating on about “no point to make” is the irony of ironies…
Rightwing Troll
November 3rd, 2012
8:38 pm
Maybe we should find a way to reelect W I’d like me some of that 1.84/gal gas… hopefully this time around it would take him less than 8 years to decimate the economy to the point where gas prices went that low…
independent thinker
November 3rd, 2012
8:42 pm
Don’t despair Cons; the Romney folks control many of the voting machines across the country-particularly Ohio. Strange investment for a candidate’s family and top supporters isn’t it? We’ll have another of those unxeplainable variances from exit polls of a couple hundred thousand votes in Ohio just like in 2004 with the GOP in control there and same in Florida.Then we will see Karl Rove boasting that he predicted Romney would take those states. If that doesn’t work Scalia is ready to select Romney by finding any vote challenge violates Romney’s civil rights provided Scalia’s son is on Romney’s legal team and is guaranteed a job in the administration- just like ocurred in 2000 with George W..
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
November 3rd, 2012
8:42 pm
Rightwing Hole bleating on about anything is the richest of ironies.
fair and balanced
November 3rd, 2012
8:50 pm
Keeping an eye on the 1% and our boy W:
“”"”"”"”"”While the last Democratic president, Bill Clinton, is on the campaign trail speaking at rallies on behalf of Barack Obama, the last Republican president, George W. Bush, has been missing in action totally this election. He surfaced Friday , however, in the Cayman Islands where he is delivering the keynote address at a private “investment” conference.
The press is locked out. A spokesman for the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit says the speech is totally closed to all journalists. Spokesman Dan Kneipp says he is not even permitted to discuss the subject of Bush’s speech scheduled for Thursday evening at the Ritz-Carlton. Attendees are paying $4,000 each to get advice at this “investment” seminar. Sponsors include KPMG, a company that provides tax advisory services, and Deutsche Bank.
What is the conference about? It is about the benefits of using the Cayman Islands to shelter income in order to avoid paying U.S. taxes. How did George Bush become an expert on the subject? Perhaps Mitt Romney gave him some tips.”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”
http://www.examiner.com/article/george-bush-is-cayman-islands-talking-about-tax-haven-investments
ATLien
November 3rd, 2012
9:15 pm
Right wingers love to vote against their self interest. The republicans have played you for fools. Heaven forbid you have daughters or elderly parents or living in areas affected by natural disasters. The lot of you are simple and stupid.
Just Saying..
November 3rd, 2012
9:17 pm
“Hussein added more to the national debt in three and a half years than President Bush did in eight years.”
Tax revenues down, unemployment compensation, SSI, and food stamps up.
Very difficult math.
For some…
cc
November 3rd, 2012
9:33 pm
“Don’t despair Cons; the Romney folks control many of the voting machines across the country-particularly Ohio.”
I’m sure that is very reliable information and a credible source can be cited?
Let’s forget all the DOCUMENTED evidence from the ‘08 election with all the bogus voter registrations handled by ACORN. Don’t even try to assert that ACORN doesn’t exist anymore because it has resurfaced under different names and is still functioning as it always has. I can’t help but wonder how many of the thug Black Panthers will be gracing poll sites this year?
In Ohio, one voter voted for Romney three different times before the machine would register her vote correctly. For some strange reason, every time she selected Romney, the vote appeared for Hussein.
This election may have attempts to steal it, but it will be the dimocraps and Obama’s handiwork and not Romney’s and the Republicans.
independent thinker
November 3rd, 2012
9:40 pm
Here’s why the romneys will not disclose their 2009 tax return:
“”"”"”"”"”"”A trust in Ann Romney’s name listed “more than $1 million” invested with Elliott Management, run by hedge fund guru and GOP mega-donor Paul Singer. (That’s the minimum amount of disclosure required by law, so it could have been much more than $1 million.) Singer subsequently snapped up large amounts of stock in Delphi at pennies on the dollar, and then, along with other hedge funds, demanded that the government assume pension responsibilities and bail the company out—or they would shut it down, thus crushing General Motors as well.
The government acceded, Delphi became lucrative again and then went public, and Elliott Management and its investors—including Romney—reaped enormous rewards.
Under any rational interpretation of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, these are holdings that a presidential candidate would need to disclose, because they can be affected by government action. The Romney campaign doesn’t argue that they are not, but rather that, since Ann Romney’s trust is “blind,” there is no disclosure requirement.
Ann Romney’s trust is blind in name only. Romney himself has said that “the blind trust is an age-old ruse, if you will. Which is to say you can always tell a blind trust what it can and cannot do.” Moreover, this is not a federally recognized blind trust of the sort Romney would be forced to create if he won the White House. If it was, he would have never been able to reap his windfall from Delphi”"”"”"”"”"”"
, .http://www.thenation.com/blog/170967/did-mitt-romney-break-law-failing-disclose-delphi-investments#
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
November 3rd, 2012
9:46 pm
Can we get some bayonets and horses up in this mutha?
mwuahahahahahahaa
Can you smell the Obama landslide? Smells…smells like victiry!
bluecoat
November 3rd, 2012
10:00 pm
TD- Al gor rithm is not a dance.Surely the Ohio Dems will not let Romney steal their vote.No hanging chads here.
roswell mom
November 3rd, 2012
11:23 pm
Let’s talk about the Nathan Deal full-employment for friends and family plan. You voted for Deal, so I’m pretty sure voting for Romney isn’t going to bother you.
Old Timer
November 3rd, 2012
11:38 pm
CC–guess you could call this a threat–
Bill Maher on HBO’s Real Time Friday might have said one of the most disgraceful things uttered during the 2012 campaign season.
“If you’re thinking about voting for Mitt Romney, I would like to make this one plea: black people know who you are and they will come after you”
Utterly disgusting…
roswell mom
November 4th, 2012
12:13 am
Old Timer – don’t worry. Bill Maher is a comedian, so it was a joke. Black people are not coming after you if you vote for Romney. Or, are they?
bluecoat
November 4th, 2012
12:26 am
Bush had all the Clinton surplus to spend before going in debt.Then he just left the debt to the next administration.Romney will just be a repeat of Bush.
Old Timer
November 4th, 2012
12:38 am
Don’t think they are, but air head “comedians” should stay out of politics. I’ve observed all the presidents since Roosevelt and this campaign is the most dirty, ugly, nasty and hair brained one I have witnessed orchasterated by the Chicago Ward Bosses. We have too much instant media now–sometimes ignorance is bliss. Four more years like the last four and you will question the logic of the voters, Remember obama campaigned on Change four years ago–Yes we do need a real Change NOW..
DawgDad
November 4th, 2012
1:34 am
“Actually, Bush and Cheney, with their lies and two credit card wars, are the ones that have damaged America. And, it will take Obama at least another term to make some reasonable dent in this damage.”
You may well be right, in whole or part, about Bush and Cheney. As a conservative I certainly had my problems with them; it was BUSH (not Obama) who effectively spawned the Tea Party. But the Democrats and their media mouthpieces are taking us over the cliff economically, socially, politically, and in foreign relations. This election is about ideological direction, core values, and liberty.
The AP article in the Saturday AJC on Benghazi and the CIA timeline was as blantly biased a “news story” as anything I’ve read in years. Utterly disgusting piece of propaganda.
roswell mom
November 4th, 2012
1:57 am
I hate to keep beating a dead horse, but, since the Benghazi dead horse continues to be pounded, let’s note that nother was done wrong there other than trying to get the information out as soon as possible. The GOP wouldn’t pass a budget bill until the security for our embassies was cut, so we didn’t have enough people on the ground. It was the anniversary of 9/11 and some nut had released an anti Islamic video. The CIA still doesn’t know whether the attackers decided to attack then in order to take advantage of the chaos. Oh, and there was chaos at American embassies all over the ME, so, where do you send your GOP limited resources? It is most unfortunate that four people were killed, but, at least they were working for the government and knew that was a risk. The Bush Administration had intel presented to them months before 9/11/2001 that Al Queda was going to fly planes into our buildings. Bush was even friends with some of the Bin Laden clan from his oil days, so he could have asked them what brother Osama was up to. The people at risk weren’t government employees who signed on knowing they were taking risks, they were civilians working office jobs. Over 3000 Americans were killed (and thousands more in the ensuing wars) because Bush couldn’t figure out how to address this intel. I don’t blame Bush – you can’t protect thousands of airports and millions of buildings with limited resources, but, nevertheless, he was the head man on duty. Anybody who tries to say what Obama did or didn’t do is somehow worse than what Bush did or didn’t do is either a) just dumb or b) just playing politics, pure and simple. That’s why it’s not a story – because, just like Reagan got over 200 Marines killed in Lebanon and Bush got over 3000 killed on 9/11/2001 and more soldiers died in Viet Nam under Nixon than under Johnson and Kennedy combined, people understand that when America exerts its power overseas, it’s risky and there are people who don’t want us in their countries. Those people will try to kill us and sometimes they succeed. People who want to believe ancient aliens built the pyramids, the world will end in 2012 and there was a shooter on the grassy knoll in Dallas will never believe the truth about things, but normal people ought to process facts.
roswell mom
November 4th, 2012
2:03 am
Do you think it is an utterly disgusting piece of propaganda that Christ visited America after the resurrection?
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right
November 4th, 2012
4:54 am
Roswell mom, that malarkey about so-called GOP budget cuts for embassy security was dismissed by the State dept in testimony before Congress. Just days following the murders.
The crap about the video spawning this attack was debunked by the CIA’s Chief of Station within 24 hours of the attack.
You may not like it, but Fox news has proven without a shadow of a doubt with the administrations own emails and state department cables that the administration lied to the American people from the first weekend following the murders and continues to cover up their mistakes even now. This is no longer speculation.
They lied and they’re covering up their mistakes and lies that got their ambassador and three other brave heroes killed.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
November 4th, 2012
6:19 am
roswell mom: The Bush Administration had intel presented to them months before 9/11/2001 that Al Queda was going to fly planes into our buildings
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Link please.
Didn’t think so.
Liar.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
November 4th, 2012
6:22 am
roswell mom: Over 3000 Americans were killed (and thousands more in the ensuing wars) because Bush couldn’t figure out how to address this intel.
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Hmmm…was the 9/11/01 operation concieved, planned, and trained for on Bush’s watch? Were the attackers in the US before Our President Bush became President? You might want to familiarize yourself with the facts. Our President Bush inherited the problem.
If you’re going to be consistent about things happening on the president’s watch, then surely the deficits, unemployment, and poverty of the last four years should properly be blamed on Obozo, right?
Hypocrite.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
November 4th, 2012
6:30 am
bluecoat: Bush had all the Clinton surplus to spend before going in debt
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The national debt went up every year of the Clinton regime. There was no surplus. The appearance of a surplus was due to the government spending the social security surplus instead of saving it for future retirees.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
November 4th, 2012
6:37 am
roswell mom repeats Democrat lie after lie. We used to expect better from our roswell moms, but I suppose even roswell has now been infiltrated by ignorance and trash.
Time to look elsewhere for grace and reason. Are Milton moms the new roswell moms?