FROM 2012 INTO 2013 POLITICS THREAD

cranberry · Nov 2, 2012

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LongTimeListener said:

Washington Post with an endorsement that is fairly predictable in its result but also quite scathing in its content: "Mitt Romney's campaign insults voters"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitt-romneys-election-campaign-insults-voters/2012/11/02/69fcc1fc-2428-11e2-9313-3c7f59038d93_story.html

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.

The same presumption of gullibility has infused his misleading commercials (see: Jeep jobs to China) and his refusal to lay out an agenda. Mr. Romney promised to replace the Affordable Care Act but never said with what. He promised an alternative to President Obama’s lifeline to young undocumented immigrants but never deigned to describe it.

And then there has been his chronic, baldly dishonest defense of mathematically impossible budget proposals. He promised to cut income tax rates without exploding the deficit or tilting the tax code toward the rich — but he refused to say how he could bring that off. When challenged, he cited “studies” that he maintained proved him right. But the studies were a mix of rhetoric, unrealistic growth projections and more serious economics that actually proved him wrong.
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Yep, that's our tax-dodging, Etch-A-Sketch GOP candidate, owned by Shelly Adelson, the Koch brothers and various hedge fund crooks.

Double Down · Nov 2, 2012

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Tony, I see Mother Jones was kind enough to archive all your SportsJournalists.com posts and make them into a handy little chart.

You should be flattered, really.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/10/chart-obama-conspiracy-theories

Inky_Wretch · Nov 2, 2012

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Starman said:

old_tony said:

Union thuggery: It's the Democrats' way.

http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2012/11/union-officers-members-charged-with.html
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Snore.

http://everythinglubbock.com/fulltext?nxd_id=127412
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Full disclosure: After Tuesday, I will help myself to some campaign signs, spray paint them black, then tape some targets on them and use them for target practice. Not being in a swing state, they'll mostly be signs from local races.

ifilus · Nov 2, 2012

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'Fox and Friends' accuses NBC of using hurricane benefit concert to boost Obama.

Both Bolling and Doocy also pointed out that three of the benefit’s headliners — Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, and Billy Joel — are vocal Obama supporters. “Where are the conservative performers?” wondered Doocy.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/02/fox-news-hurricane-sandy-obama/#disqus_thread

NoOneLikesUs · Nov 2, 2012

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ifilus said:

'Fox and Friends' accuses NBC of using hurricane benefit concert to boost Obama.

Both Bolling and Doocy also pointed out that three of the benefit’s headliners — Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, and Billy Joel — are vocal Obama supporters. “Where are the conservative performers?” wondered Doocy.
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On a side note, how in the hell does Kid Rock show his face in Michigan again after licking Romney's taint?

JayFarrar · Nov 2, 2012

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Double Down said:

Tony, I see Mother Jones was kind enough to archive all your SportsJournalists.com posts and make them into a handy little chart.

You should be flattered, really.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/10/chart-obama-conspiracy-theories
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Wait a minute. Obama went to Mars as a teenaged CIA agent through a secret teleportation room?

That is awesomely hilarious.

How did I forget that one?

Beaker · Nov 3, 2012

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ifilus said:

'Fox and Friends' accuses NBC of using hurricane benefit concert to boost Obama.

Both Bolling and Doocy also pointed out that three of the benefit’s headliners — Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, and Billy Joel — are vocal Obama supporters. “Where are the conservative performers?” wondered Doocy.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/02/fox-news-hurricane-sandy-obama/#disqus_thread
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Typical whining.

Double Down · Nov 3, 2012

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Jay: And how is that not a reason to vote FOR the president? Dude has been to Mars! He probably has super powers. I think the Baggers are going to alienate the Justice League and Mutant Academy vote.

RickStain · Dec 15, 2014

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Now that we're into the vandalism and whining portion of the election, I can't help but recall this from last time around. It still has to be my favorite election story of all time:

Starman · Nov 3, 2012

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ifilus said:

'Fox and Friends' accuses NBC of using hurricane benefit concert to boost Obama.

Both Bolling and Doocy also pointed out that three of the benefit’s headliners — Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, and Billy Joel — are vocal Obama supporters. “Where are the conservative performers?” wondered Doocy.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/02/fox-news-hurricane-sandy-obama/#disqus_thread
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The butthurt, it burns.

old_tony · Nov 3, 2012

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Four-and-a-half years ago Hillary asked if Obama could answer the 3 a.m. phone call. Today she's helping cover up the fact that he couldn't. How's that for irony?

Inky_Wretch · Nov 3, 2012

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ifilus said:

'Fox and Friends' accuses NBC of using hurricane benefit concert to boost Obama.

Both Bolling and Doocy also pointed out that three of the benefit’s headliners — Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, and Billy Joel — are vocal Obama supporters. “Where are the conservative performers?” wondered Doocy.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/02/fox-news-hurricane-sandy-obama/#disqus_thread
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How many conservative singers are there from the tri-state area?

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