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FROM 2012 INTO 2013 POLITICS THREAD

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Sep 21, 2012.

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  1. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

    McCain appeared with a plumber who went by a nom de plumb. Remember that.
     
    Alma, Sep 21, 2012
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  2. BadgerBeer

    BadgerBeer Well-Known Member

    Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

    It seems like some seniors are not real happy with Paul Ryan.


    http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/paul-ryan-booed-at-aarp-for-attacking-obamacare?ref=fpb
     
    BadgerBeer, Sep 21, 2012
    #62
  3. GeorgeFHayek

    GeorgeFHayek Member

    Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

    Yes. ;D
     
    GeorgeFHayek, Sep 21, 2012
    #63
  4. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

    The really big thing was when his VP candidate was found to have been treated in a mental institution and undergone shock therapy years earlier.

    Which, even more so back then, was one of those hush-hush things that was to be ashamed of.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Sep 21, 2012
    #64
  5. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

    The Eagleton fiasco was a huge disaster for McGovern. He was torched all over the place for selecting a VP who had undergone shock treatment for depression. Not a smooth dependable respectable professional like Spiro Agnew.

    Plus the 1970s version of the RWSM went to town on McGovern claiming he was a wild-eyed hippie running on a platform of "amnesty, abortion and acid."

    And of course don't forget CREEP.
     
    Starman, Sep 21, 2012
    #65
  6. GeorgeFHayek

    GeorgeFHayek Member

    Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

    Agnew was never late to those meetings at which he was to pick up his cash!
     
    GeorgeFHayek, Sep 21, 2012
    #66
  7. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

    If punctuality is next to godliness, does that mean Spiro Agnew was a god?
     
    Starman, Sep 21, 2012
    #67
  8. GeorgeFHayek

    GeorgeFHayek Member

    Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

    There was no RWSM in the early 1970s. You're referring to attacks on McGovern made by his Democratic primary opposition.
     
    GeorgeFHayek, Sep 21, 2012
    #68
  9. GeorgeFHayek

    GeorgeFHayek Member

    Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

    No, but he was close enough to God that communion wafers were like leftovers! [/rimshot]
     
    GeorgeFHayek, Sep 21, 2012
    #69
  10. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD


    Robert Novak.


    There's been a RWSM since the 1700s.
     
    Starman, Sep 21, 2012
    #70
  11. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

    But did McGovern actually have a chance of winning?

    Re McCain: I think Mitt has been less competent. And his running mate offers absolutely nothing in the way of tits.
     
    LongTimeListener, Sep 21, 2012
    #71
  12. GeorgeFHayek

    GeorgeFHayek Member

    Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

    I think that was his first real strategic blunder.
     
    GeorgeFHayek, Sep 21, 2012
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