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Romney dyes face darker to talk to Mexicans? - BuckGalaxy - 9/20/2012 9:18:14 PM
- Mexican Mitt: I am the Juan Percent! - BuckGalaxy - 9/20/2012 10:19:30 PM
- Re: Romney dyes face darker to talk to Mexicans? - Jody - 9/20/2012 9:47:04 PM

Romney campaign "incompetent" according to conservative WSJ columnist Noonan. - BuckGalaxy - 9/19/2012 4:46:34 PM
- She's got one thing right. - TB - 9/19/2012 5:10:57 PM
  - Here's another article from a guy who is still voting for Romney - BuckGalaxy - 9/19/2012 11:23:17 PM
  - Glad to see you acknowledge Romney is not managing his campaign well. - BuckGalaxy - 9/19/2012 11:12:39 PM
    - This is how Obama "leveled off spending." Notice the problem? - TB - 9/20/2012 1:50:51 AM
      - For the last time - BuckGalaxy - 9/20/2012 4:22:15 AM
        
        How many more years are we going to stay up there, Buck? - TB - 9/20/2012 4:51:33 AM
        
        It will depend on what kind of Congress we get - BuckGalaxy - 9/20/2012 9:32:08 PM
        
        I'm still waiting for the grand prosperity you promised if we gave just a few more years for the Bush tax cuts to have their effect. - alcaray - 9/20/2012 6:09:27 AM
        
        Measured by what? - TB - 9/20/2012 9:18:30 PM
        
        You promised a revolution. We ended up with blah that did not last. - alcaray - 9/20/2012 9:39:20 PM

Romney campaign getting tight on money? - BuckGalaxy - 9/20/2012 8:26:08 PM
- Careful. - TB - 9/20/2012 8:31:43 PM
  - What's appearing to happen is more parity, where the assumption before was a big GOP advantage. - BuckGalaxy - 9/20/2012 8:32:50 PM

Swing State polls out today - Whoa! - BuckGalaxy - 9/20/2012 2:47:11 AM
- Re: Swing State polls out today - Whoa! - TB - 9/20/2012 4:00:14 AM
  - This deserves a second comment. How desperate can you get? - BuckGalaxy - 9/20/2012 4:27:46 AM
    - Re: This deserves a second comment. How desperate can you get? - TB - 9/20/2012 4:53:27 AM
      - Scott Rasmussen is tight with Karl Rove - BuckGalaxy - 9/20/2012 7:38:32 PM
  - Yeah I'm sure that's the way the Fox News poll did it. - BuckGalaxy - 9/20/2012 4:04:21 AM
    - Or maybe oversampling Democrats? - TB - 9/20/2012 4:24:52 AM
      - Again, Fox News is not one to slant it in DEm favor. - BuckGalaxy - 9/20/2012 4:30:27 AM

GOP "stalwarts". Who are they? - bowser - 9/19/2012 5:36:16 PM
- And a little more: - TB - 9/19/2012 7:08:28 PM
  - Did you notice the outside spending section? - alcaray - 9/20/2012 2:02:03 AM
  - I'm just asking who these people behind the scenes are. The unnamed "stalwarts". - bowser - 9/19/2012 7:51:02 PM
    - Re: I'm just asking who these people behind the scenes are. The unnamed "stalwarts". - TB - 9/20/2012 2:28:36 AM
      - TB, I just asked about GOP "stalwarts". Simple. - bowser - 9/20/2012 6:32:34 AM
        
        I thought you were talking about the people running the campaign. - TB - 9/20/2012 6:02:48 PM
        
        He has been running off a script for days now. I don't think he's reading our post. - alcaray - 9/20/2012 7:05:26 AM
        
        He's always sort of reminded me of a guest on "Face the Nation", or one of those. - bowser - 9/20/2012 9:25:33 AM
- Maybe you need to broaden your sources a bit. - TB - 9/19/2012 6:49:54 PM
  - OK. You with the broad sources. Who are they? - bowser - 9/19/2012 10:12:57 PM
    - If you're talking people running the campaign, I don't know. - TB - 9/20/2012 6:05:21 PM
- I didn't know Romney's father had been on welfare. - bowser - 9/19/2012 6:05:04 PM
  - You might want to broaden your sources a bit, too. - TB - 9/19/2012 6:52:00 PM
    - I did not check out George Romney's biography. There are a lot of 'em I haven't read. - bowser - 9/19/2012 7:52:22 PM
      - I was curious. Weren't you? - TB - 9/19/2012 8:17:29 PM
        
        Not in the slightest. - bowser - 9/19/2012 10:10:11 PM

Hah! Taste American karma! - TB - 9/20/2012 6:04:13 AM
- I'm bad. I laughed. - BuckGalaxy - 9/20/2012 5:14:05 PM
  - Re: I'm bad. I laughed. - Jody - 9/20/2012 5:21:06 PM

Latest economic freedom ratings - TB - 9/20/2012 3:53:15 AM

"1 percent" update - TB - 9/19/2012 8:24:26 PM
- Some of the wealthy have a conscience. - alcaray - 9/19/2012 11:16:15 PM
- And yes, there are many wealthy patriotic people who put the good of the nation ahead of their own personal gain. - BuckGalaxy - 9/19/2012 10:43:28 PM
- I heard an interesting report on NPR about many Obama big donors feeling slighted - BuckGalaxy - 9/19/2012 10:41:37 PM
  - Interesting how the rich get a moral "indulgence" simply for supporting the Democratic Party. - TB - 9/20/2012 2:44:05 AM

How did the GOP's long time anti tax platform morph into complaints that poor people don't pay enough taxes? - BuckGalaxy - 9/19/2012 11:39:39 PM
- The "poor?" - TB - 9/20/2012 2:26:18 AM

Here's the full leaked video just up on Youtube. - BuckGalaxy - 9/18/2012 3:48:37 AM
- Edited? omg. The full video here- - RobVG - 9/19/2012 5:24:58 AM
  - Sort of complete. - TB - 9/19/2012 4:49:31 PM
    - Yeah I'm sure in that missing part Romney expressed his love for the needy. - BuckGalaxy - 9/19/2012 5:07:38 PM
      - As mentioned in the article... - TB - 9/19/2012 5:15:08 PM
        
        We've got what we've got. Romney is doubling down on it. I doubt ANYTHING will move the polls significantly now. - BuckGalaxy - 9/19/2012 6:08:46 PM
  - I posted that one before the FULL video was released. I mis-titled the OP. Thanks for updating. - BuckGalaxy - 9/19/2012 4:39:17 PM
- He speaks and acts very differently - ER - 9/18/2012 1:12:58 PM
  - Projection - TB - 9/18/2012 5:03:12 PM
    - I don't think you watched the video. - alcaray - 9/18/2012 10:42:56 PM
    - Mitt just told us he doesn't really care about what half the country thinks. - ER - 9/18/2012 5:38:16 PM
      - A little more from Carney, - TB - 9/18/2012 6:29:02 PM
        
        If this is class warfare from Obama, - ER - 9/18/2012 6:49:38 PM
        
        "Why is it I feel I'm under attack from the Right?" - TB - 9/18/2012 7:03:49 PM
        
        Gee Tom, maybe you're right. I'm sorry I doubted you. - ER - 9/18/2012 7:13:29 PM
- You know, he is what he is. Finally. - bowser - 9/18/2012 6:11:17 AM
- Full video coming soon - BuckGalaxy - 9/18/2012 5:02:54 AM
- Romney's emergency press conference - BuckGalaxy - 9/18/2012 3:50:28 AM
  - Did he call them "bitter clingers?" - TB - 9/18/2012 5:20:25 AM

Study: Tax Cuts for the Rich Don't Spur Growth - ER - 9/18/2012 1:00:54 AM
- It doesn't matter how much you invest in a business... - alcaray - 9/18/2012 1:50:22 AM
  - Economics 101 - TB - 9/18/2012 4:48:15 AM
    - "Each dollar is now worth that much less." - alcaray - 9/18/2012 7:10:49 PM
      - The dollar just dropped against other currencies. - TB - 9/18/2012 7:53:42 PM
        
        Think we should crank up insurance rates like Reagan did? - alcaray - 9/18/2012 7:58:05 PM
        
        Oops: meant 'interest', not 'insurance'. - alcaray - 9/18/2012 7:58:50 PM
    - TB, didn't you advo - bowser - 9/18/2012 6:12:05 AM
  - Maybe if you gave them a job, or a raise, they could buy more stuff? What a concept. - ER - 9/18/2012 2:05:06 AM
    - Or a payroll tax cut. - alcaray - 9/18/2012 3:20:46 AM
- Ahem. - bowser - 9/18/2012 1:16:23 AM
  - I forgot that part. - ER - 9/18/2012 1:45:05 AM

The end of global warming in two easy steps - BuckGalaxy - 9/17/2012 9:26:02 PM
- I agree with Alcaray. - ER - 9/17/2012 11:42:48 PM
- Don't get me wrong; this is a good thing. But... - alcaray - 9/17/2012 10:37:41 PM
  - You're not taking into account... - BuckGalaxy - 9/17/2012 11:55:15 PM
    - A beam of sunlight only has so much energy. You can measure it by holding out your hand. - alcaray - 9/18/2012 12:38:17 AM
    - You have a point on solar, but there's a bigger picture. - TB - 9/18/2012 12:16:13 AM
    - That's what they said about fusion power. - ER - 9/18/2012 12:06:08 AM

Cameron 'claimed Britain is united against Mitt Romney' - BuckGalaxy - 9/17/2012 12:24:15 AM
- This seems fishy to me. - alcaray - 9/17/2012 12:50:27 AM
  - That's actually Weinstein talking. - TB - 9/17/2012 1:04:41 AM
    - Yes but... - alcaray - 9/17/2012 2:27:35 AM
      - The BBC is telling us what Weinstein told them Cameron said. - TB - 9/17/2012 2:49:52 AM
        
        And you think it's not true? - BuckGalaxy - 9/17/2012 4:52:32 PM
        
        I was the one with the quibble. Not TB. He defended the quote. - alcaray - 9/17/2012 6:59:24 PM
        
        I got the sense TB was casting doubt on it. - BuckGalaxy - 9/17/2012 8:18:26 PM

We now know why Romney's RNC acceptance speech failed to salute the troops or mention Afghanistan and Al Qaeda. - BuckGalaxy - 9/17/2012 1:17:52 AM

George Will says what everyone in the world already knows - BuckGalaxy - 9/16/2012 11:57:39 PM

UN ambassador, mouthpiece for Obama presidential campaign. - RobVG - 9/16/2012 5:55:33 PM
- I wonder if anyone recalls Bolton's big mouth? - alcaray - 9/16/2012 9:55:01 PM
- Trying to make this Carter connection is pathetic. - BuckGalaxy - 9/16/2012 8:43:03 PM
  - Other than your title, I can't make head nor tails of your post. What were you trying to say. - RobVG - 9/16/2012 9:48:50 PM
    - The right has been pulling out all stops to say Obama is now Carter - BuckGalaxy - 9/16/2012 10:35:07 PM
      - I didn't know that. n/t - RobVG - 9/16/2012 10:46:48 PM
- "Harry, 3 + 1 = 4. So does 2 + 2." "Absolutely right, Margo. Both of them. And so does 1 + 3." - bowser - 9/16/2012 8:36:23 PM
  - Glad you finally see the truth. n/t - RobVG - 9/16/2012 9:49:41 PM
- Re: UN ambassador, mouthpiece for Obama presidential campaign. - Jody - 9/16/2012 7:55:14 PM
  - lol - BuckGalaxy - 9/16/2012 8:44:13 PM
  - Absolutely. - ER - 9/16/2012 8:21:52 PM
- Is this a "furor" in the making? - alcaray - 9/16/2012 6:50:19 PM
  - Who knows. Maybe no one noticed. - RobVG - 9/16/2012 9:52:11 PM
- More... - TB - 9/16/2012 6:25:38 PM
- Maybe she was just diplomatically trying to avoid mentioning Iran. - ER - 9/16/2012 6:13:03 PM

Obama's handling of the "crisis" - BuckGalaxy - 9/16/2012 4:57:26 AM
- Meanwhile... - TB - 9/16/2012 4:30:26 PM
  - Obama's foreign policy should be scrutinized closely, and that is what I was trying to do in th OP - BuckGalaxy - 9/16/2012 8:31:09 PM
    - Re: Obama's foreign policy should be scrutinized closely, and that is what I was trying to do in th OP - TB - 9/16/2012 8:32:37 PM
      - I did. Did you read the one I linked to? - BuckGalaxy - 9/16/2012 9:15:55 PM
        
        You have to drop whatever you're doing and read TB's links. - ER - 9/16/2012 9:28:58 PM
  - You don't let gaffes go by in election season. - alcaray - 9/16/2012 6:18:39 PM
    - You're right. In fact they pay people to find them. - RobVG - 9/16/2012 6:47:16 PM
    - So where are the Democratic ones? - TB - 9/16/2012 6:34:55 PM
      - Obama's campaign has been largely gaffe free. - BuckGalaxy - 9/16/2012 8:19:20 PM
      - Russian ships? - ER - 9/16/2012 7:25:32 PM
      - Oh, so now killing Osama is a BAD thing? - ER - 9/16/2012 7:01:56 PM
        
        See, you're trying to make this about me. - TB - 9/16/2012 8:29:05 PM
        
        It IS about you, TB. - ER - 9/16/2012 9:35:49 PM
    - For TB, all motives are diabolical. - ER - 9/16/2012 6:20:54 PM
      - The reporters at the conference are on tape rehearsing their anti-Romney questions with each other ahead of time. - TB - 9/16/2012 6:38:58 PM
        
        You're desperately trying to salvage something out of this, aren't you? - ER - 9/16/2012 6:55:24 PM
        
        Re: You're desperately trying to salvage something out of this, aren't you? - TB - 9/16/2012 6:58:18 PM
        
        Hadn't heard about what? - ER - 9/16/2012 7:08:48 PM
        
        Never mind. - TB - 9/16/2012 8:03:30 PM
        
        I was wondering how long it would take you to figure me out. - ER - 9/16/2012 8:06:54 PM
  - Don't you think maybe Romney shares just a bit of responsibility for - ER - 9/16/2012 5:58:22 PM
    - Romney did not need to wait 48 hours to know that the embassy in Egypt put out their "apology" before the attacks. - alcaray - 9/16/2012 6:21:48 PM
      - That's true, but what I meant was... - ER - 9/16/2012 6:26:52 PM
        
        I'm skeptical. You have more faith in his advisors than I. - alcaray - 9/16/2012 6:51:46 PM
- The Right will be simultaneously smug and shrill, pointing fingers if there's any more trouble. - ER - 9/16/2012 1:14:23 PM

Breast Feeding Activists? - ER - 9/15/2012 4:11:43 PM
- Visiting my sister in Utah... - alcaray - 9/15/2012 11:41:30 PM
  - Did I win? - alcaray - 9/15/2012 11:42:52 PM
- Re: Breast Feeding Activists? - Jody - 9/15/2012 8:10:57 PM
- "It was OK, that everyone understood it had to be done, and there would be no problem." - bowser - 9/15/2012 7:18:52 PM
  - I find talking loudly on a cell phone in public more offensive than breast feeding. - RobVG - 9/15/2012 8:48:10 PM
    - Re: I find talking loudly on a cell phone in public more offensive than breast feeding. - Jody - 9/15/2012 10:44:25 PM
      - Interesting people you hang out with. - bowser - 9/16/2012 5:16:53 AM
      - Now wait a minute, let's not be hasty, here. - ER - 9/15/2012 11:14:02 PM
    - Bingo! - bowser - 9/15/2012 8:53:59 PM
- Re: Breast Feeding Activists? - Jody - 9/15/2012 4:22:09 PM
  - It was my understanding that traditionally, in American culture, public breastfeeding was acceptable. - ER - 9/15/2012 7:59:36 PM
  - Discretion - TB - 9/15/2012 4:54:27 PM
    - Re: Discretion - Jody - 9/15/2012 10:53:11 PM
  - Re: Breast Feeding Activists? - Jody - 9/15/2012 4:23:36 PM

The Ministry of Hate - ER - 9/14/2012 2:33:37 AM
- Re: The Ministry of Hate - Jody - 9/15/2012 1:59:57 AM
  - Sorry, they did not change the world. "Christians" live by the Old Testament. - bowser - 9/15/2012 6:35:31 PM
  - John 11:35 - ER - 9/15/2012 12:01:58 PM
    - Re: John 11:35 - Jody - 9/15/2012 3:42:30 PM
      - Re: John 11:35 - Jody - 9/15/2012 3:43:53 PM
        
        If god has anything to do with the events of the last few days... - ER - 9/15/2012 4:01:56 PM
        
        Re: If god has anything to do with the events of the last few days... - Jody - 9/15/2012 5:54:49 PM

You have to see this Fox Nation headline to believe it. - BuckGalaxy - 9/15/2012 5:05:34 AM
- Those Who Want to Believe do not need to be informed at all. They already know. - ER - 9/15/2012 11:50:20 AM
  - You want to look around this board and tell me about "continuous reassurance?" - TB - 9/15/2012 2:34:25 PM
    - There does seem to be a lot less "continuous reassurance" here lately. - ER - 9/15/2012 3:20:38 PM
      - Heh. If you say so. - TB - 9/15/2012 3:34:07 PM

Romney secretly recorded talking about using slave labor in China... - BuckGalaxy - 8/26/2012 2:52:00 AM
- There's fear in the air. n/t - RobVG - 8/26/2012 3:43:14 PM
  - Very much so. Fear of a man who has no consistency, transparency or integrity winning the presidency. - BuckGalaxy - 8/28/2012 1:07:49 AM
    - Re: Very much so. Fear of a man who has no consistency, transparency or integrity winning the presidency. - TB - 8/28/2012 1:16:29 AM
      - Consistency, Transparency, Integrity... - BuckGalaxy - 8/28/2012 11:31:13 PM
      - TB, I'd be quite interested in your definition of "win". - bowser - 8/28/2012 5:06:31 AM
        
        Sorry, my comment wasn't clear. I edited it. - TB - 8/28/2012 4:28:39 PM
- Re: Romney secretly recorded talking about using slave labor in China... - Jody - 8/26/2012 3:00:35 AM
  - I guess this answers that question... - BuckGalaxy - 9/15/2012 6:52:30 AM

Hopefully this will end the Romney welfare lie... - BuckGalaxy - 9/15/2012 2:02:52 AM

Looking on the bright side. - ER - 9/14/2012 2:24:57 PM
- I like those thoughts, wish they were accurate. - bowser - 9/14/2012 4:07:57 PM
  - The Egyptian embassy was a fortress. It was built that way a long time ago. - ER - 9/14/2012 4:29:35 PM

"This does not represent us" - TB - 9/13/2012 11:01:43 PM
- More photos - BuckGalaxy - 9/14/2012 5:33:25 AM
- If that is indeed American territory, and an American governmental agency, - bowser - 9/14/2012 4:05:41 AM
- That's just lovely - RobVG - 9/14/2012 3:45:08 AM
  - "Other Arab countries like Iran"? - BuckGalaxy - 9/14/2012 3:58:43 AM
    - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_world - RobVG - 9/14/2012 4:04:20 AM
      - Oh, maybe Muslim would be more accurate. Excuse me. n/t - RobVG - 9/14/2012 4:09:55 AM
        
        Or possibly "Islamic". - RobVG - 9/14/2012 4:13:06 AM
- That's why he was targeted. - ER - 9/13/2012 11:35:20 PM
  - Reports of arrests in Libya already - BuckGalaxy - 9/14/2012 12:57:09 AM
    - I hope they are the guilty parties. They are in for a rough ride. - alcaray - 9/14/2012 1:45:04 AM
- Thanks. I saw this yesterday and was going to post it here but couldn't remember the link. - BuckGalaxy - 9/13/2012 11:11:02 PM

WSJ columnist and conservative Peggy Noonan's withering attack on Romney foreign policy - BuckGalaxy - 9/13/2012 8:10:56 PM

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