2012-10-28, 13:15 | Link #1881 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Author
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 66
|
Quote:
That's one of the few actual differences between the two candidates.
__________________
|
|
2012-10-28, 14:48 | Link #1883 | |
It's bacon!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Up and to the Left
Age: 43
|
Quote:
"...And then last night, we learned the news of this attack in Benghazi.Or maybe because he doesn't say the word, "terrorist", some probably thought that "Acts of terror" probably meant that democratic policies have now begun to decend upon Benghazi, or something. |
|
2012-10-28, 15:05 | Link #1884 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: classified
|
Like Candy said, it's like arguing over what the meaning of "is" is.
Did the Obama administration screw up in Benghazi? Yes. Does it matter as much as the Republicans are making it out to be? Not when compared to the Iraq war and those ever elusive WMDs, no.
__________________
|
2012-10-28, 22:02 | Link #1885 | ||
books-eater youkai
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Betweem wisdom and insanity
|
Close race makes up for waning zeal in expat vote
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...89R04A20121028 A question, could the ''Frankenstorm'' end up causing problem for the voting? Quote:
Quote:
__________________
Last edited by ganbaru; 2012-10-28 at 22:26. |
||
2012-10-28, 23:30 | Link #1886 | |
Nyaaan~~
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 40
|
Quote:
http://factcheck.org/2012/09/obamas-stump-speech/ http://factcheck.org/2012/09/romneys-stump-speech/ |
|
2012-10-28, 23:54 | Link #1887 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Author
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 66
|
Aye, at this point - if people aren't using Factcheck.org (and a couple of others), then I consider them pretty much less-than-informed when they're swinging their claims around. Oddly enough - this doesn't turn out to be a equal critique. One side is considerably deeper inside a reality distortion bubble than the other.
__________________
|
2012-10-29, 01:42 | Link #1888 | |
(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2006
|
Quote:
__________________
|
|
2012-10-29, 10:52 | Link #1891 |
→ Wandering Bard
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Grancel City, Liberl Kingdom
|
Sometimes I disagree with the fact checkers due to the difference in which the statement is viewed through policy preferences.
For example the statement about "vouchering Medicare" the counter argument was that it's the same premium support system under Obamacare, but it doesn't take into account that seniors live under a fixed income and are past their prime-income producing times and therefore would be burdened by even more cost under such a system.
__________________
|
2012-10-29, 13:54 | Link #1892 | |
books-eater youkai
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Betweem wisdom and insanity
|
Obama Is Even in TV Ad Race Despite PACs
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/29/us...pite-pacs.html Quote:
__________________
|
|
2012-10-29, 15:21 | Link #1893 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Author
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 66
|
Interesting phenomenon of social media - the number of people (relatives, friends,etc) no longer speaking to each other over this election or worse, shriek-raging at relatives and friends at toxic levels. I don't know that anyone is doing the numbers, but I'm certainly seeing a fair share of it - both directly and indirectly
Like I told my aunt and uncle (who are catching hell from people they thought were lifelong friends), you're just finding out that these people were always like this but the thin veneer is gone. They're racists or extreme zealots and mean-spirited, possibly to the core.
__________________
|
2012-10-29, 18:08 | Link #1897 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Author
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 66
|
Romney Land in regard to the medical needs of the peasants ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...n_2008710.html A significant part of the US jobs are uninsured service sector. The ramifications of medical bankruptcy, impact on people who are able to get insurance, the inequity of distribution, etc. bleh.
__________________
|
2012-10-29, 19:14 | Link #1899 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: "Sacrifice one to appease the few."
|
Read the Newspaper today(Might be a day or so old) and found it interesting that a test on racism was done. Turns out that racism against blacks and Hispanics, subconsciously, has gone up since the last election even for those that don't believe they're actually racist. They talked about it maybe costing Obama some votes but there was also an increase in blacks being bias to Obama as well. It isn't as large as the bias against Obama because he's black but it almost evened out the difference.
In the test they offered obvious questions for racism which lead to far more Republicans than Democrats having racist tendencies against blacks. Another test was than done, where they weren't outright asked obvious questions about possible racism(One part involved a white, black, Hispanic, and than a random Chinese guy at the very end than they were asked about the Chinese guy flashing on a screen or something.), it revealed that the % between Republicans and Democrats had evened up mostly with Republicans only edging out by around only 10% more(While the first test had them at a far wider margin and Democrats only sitting at around 20%). Kinda interesting that they're so close in that regard but mostly Republicans are the ones slapped with the racist card even if they aren't being racist.(It was only a little over half of Republicans in the tests were identified as having racist tendencies while Democrats hovered in the 45%-46% area). FYI, I'm Independent but I'm all for Obama against Romney so this is just my observation. |
Thread Tools | |
|
|