2012-10-26, 18:52 | Link #1803 |
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In other words, Clare Lopez and Ed Klein can be officially labelled as "Grade A zero-credibility specimens".
edit: I only wish people who have history of bad credibility could just shut up for a while, on both sides for all purposes. Last edited by KiraYamatoFan; 2012-10-26 at 18:55. Reason: for more appropriatenedness |
2012-10-26, 18:57 | Link #1805 |
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EVERY day the Main lame Stream media ignores the Bengazi attacks emails & that 0bama lied about what he knew & when he knew (for Political purposes)
AND now there's Proof CBS news helped him 'cover-up' for Obama - helping him sell the "YouTube Video" Muslim protest theory...with selective editing. http://youtu.be/8mHMnx1-aAs |
2012-10-26, 19:27 | Link #1807 | |
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Romney delivers 'real change' speech in Iowa
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2012-10-26, 19:36 | Link #1809 | ||
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Basically, I don't think repeating 2000-2008 is a "good idea". Basically, I'm choosing to be either hit with a Vespa or a train -- and Romney's team is a trainwreck. The GOP people whom I actually think *are* intelligent and do have a grasp - party icons. They are scampering away as fast as they can while the hyper-right excoriates these people as "RINOs".
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2012-10-26, 19:55 | Link #1810 | |
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2012-10-26, 20:12 | Link #1813 |
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The trouble with some of the swing states is that in terms of population, there are relatively small, yet become end game factors in these elections. Most of the larger states are taken already, sometimes by deep seated notions within those states. They are generally considered unimportant in the election cycle. This includes New York, Texas, and California. Florida and Pennsylvania along with Virginia have managed to make themselves swig states, particularly Florida. But these seem to come down to Iowa and this year maybe Colorado and its 9 electoral votes.
California, with the largest state population in the country and basically 10% of the electoral votes is unimportant. It doesn't swing both ways (despite what they say down around the Castro). The question would be why is it so heavily Democratic that it is generally considered not worth one's time to vote Republican (or anything else for that matter) in a Presidental race. Even though we can have Republican Governers and several countries are Republican lead in the Assembly. Both Senators are Democrats. 19 of the 53 Caliornia seats in the House are Republican. However every seat in Congress from California (except for Boxer who was reelected in 2010) is up for election. So 54 seats are in the air. This will also be the first election using our redrawn "nonpartisan" voting districts from Prop 14 and using a Nonpartisan blanket primary
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2012-10-26, 20:14 | Link #1814 |
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Its really scary (in terms of potential fraud from either party) when entire states can be flipped with the right miscounts in two or three key counties.
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2012-10-26, 20:38 | Link #1815 | |
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The whole defense of keeping the current Electoral College system as a winner take all by state because "focusing nationwide would increase costs rather than focus on 13 'swing states'" is a very short sighted view for our Representative democracy. Seriously, people put the issue of costs higher than proper representation of voter will?
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2012-10-26, 20:45 | Link #1816 |
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The system (as I recall) was so that the larger populated states couldn't dictate to the smaller states. In the 13 colonies days, you have a few states with most of the country's population that could eaisly out vote the smaller states. Thus the Senate seats were equal. However the Electoral College seems to have made it so that if the smaller states are indecisive, they can become the focus of not only the election night, but also the primary stop of the Presidential campaigns over the year. I don't know how much money that generates in those states, but it must be something.
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2012-10-26, 21:02 | Link #1818 | |
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2012-10-26, 21:02 | Link #1819 |
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Yes, the employees there are pointing out the actual behavior of Bain - jobs being moved to China with some prospect of minor gains (at least for the executives making the decisions) with the resulting impact to the community.
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2012-10-26, 21:11 | Link #1820 |
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Obama: Mr. Romney, what do you think of penguins?
Romney: I think they're rather cute, Mr. President. Obama: Do you think I'm cute, Mr. Romney? Romney: ... I sure do, Mr. President. Obama: And that's how penguins turned two bitter enemies into the best of friends. |
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