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Three Fox News hosts get it wrong on the Libyan timeline - BuckGalaxy - 9/13/2012 8:42:55 AM
- They didn't get it wrong. - ER - 9/13/2012 3:24:36 PM

Conservative Joe Scarborough drills Romney a new one (today, not last weekend) - BuckGalaxy - 9/13/2012 1:14:55 AM
- "Today the United States spends more on its military than all other countries combined. This does not make America safer." - alcaray - 9/13/2012 2:30:12 AM
  - Republicans do say things like - ER - 9/13/2012 3:04:59 PM
  - Ahem. - bowser - 9/13/2012 7:06:32 AM
- Morning Joe. - ER - 9/13/2012 2:27:54 AM

Today's dishonest Fox News graphic - BuckGalaxy - 9/11/2012 4:54:18 PM
- Yep. Hope more people call 'em on that. n/t - RobVG - 9/11/2012 11:23:23 PM
- What does "Unemployment rate for govt workers 5.1%" mean? - alcaray - 9/11/2012 8:33:34 PM
  - I would think government worker unemployment is zero? Government workers by definition are working right? But then again... - BuckGalaxy - 9/12/2012 1:33:19 AM
    - I think everyone knows what is meant by an unemployment rate for a particular class of workers. - TB - 9/12/2012 2:27:18 AM
      - Additional graph - TB - 9/12/2012 2:45:01 AM
        
        So according to TB's graphs here... - BuckGalaxy - 9/12/2012 5:08:47 AM
        
        Re: So according to TB's graphs here... - TB - 9/12/2012 6:21:04 PM
  - That's what I am. - ER - 9/11/2012 8:48:09 PM
    - So the criteria is "once having held a government position"? - alcaray - 9/11/2012 10:08:43 PM
      - I'm not sure. - ER - 9/11/2012 10:27:14 PM
- How are retirees counted? - ER - 9/11/2012 7:59:49 PM
- A valid point: the two percentages are apples and oranges. - TB - 9/11/2012 6:14:23 PM

The tail wags harder and harder, hoping to drive the dog. - bowser - 9/11/2012 11:42:25 PM

The Kerry-ization of Mitt Romney - BuckGalaxy - 9/11/2012 4:47:36 PM
- Re: The Kerry-ization of Mitt Romney - ER - 9/11/2012 7:26:21 PM

What do Honey Boo Boo and Bill Clinton have in common? - Jody - 9/9/2012 3:23:51 PM
- I don't know. - TB - 9/9/2012 3:54:22 PM
  - Well, then, through in Ronald Reagan. - bowser - 9/9/2012 6:52:57 PM
    - Really. - TB - 9/9/2012 7:57:17 PM
      - Man you guys were making admiring comments about W's bulge after he landed on the aircraft carrier. - alcaray - 9/9/2012 10:33:10 PM
        
        Re: Man you guys were making admiring comments about W's bulge after he landed on the aircraft carrier. - Jody - 9/10/2012 3:07:53 PM
        
        Hey babe, ya wanna boogie? - ER - 9/11/2012 12:14:44 AM
        
        They keep fish in there, right? - alcaray - 9/11/2012 2:36:21 AM
        
        Re: They keep fish in there, right? - Jody - 9/11/2012 3:29:36 PM
        
        Re: Hey babe, ya wanna boogie? - Jody - 9/11/2012 2:02:16 AM

Ryan nailed for a bold faced lie on Face The Nation - BuckGalaxy - 9/10/2012 3:51:33 AM
- It works like this, Buck. - ER - 9/10/2012 2:26:15 PM
  - Re: It works like this, Buck. - Jody - 9/10/2012 3:09:09 PM
    - The GOP is far more dishonest in this campaign than they have been in the past. And that's saying quite a bit. - BuckGalaxy - 9/10/2012 4:32:23 PM
    - Maybe so. - ER - 9/10/2012 3:32:54 PM
      - Re: Maybe so. - Jody - 9/10/2012 5:22:16 PM
        
        My brother's a righty, too - ER - 9/10/2012 5:36:11 PM
        
        Re: My brother's a righty, too - Jody - 9/10/2012 5:51:04 PM
      - Maybe some more - ER - 9/10/2012 4:39:54 PM
      - Great. Now I've got to clean coffee out of the keyboard again. - TB - 9/10/2012 3:53:40 PM
        
        Seriously now. Doesn't that bother you? - bowser - 9/10/2012 10:48:00 PM
        
        Next time... - ER - 9/10/2012 4:45:34 PM

Clint Eastwood - TB - 9/7/2012 4:38:54 PM
- National convention, national audience. - bowser - 9/9/2012 6:33:58 AM
- Let them crow. n/t - RobVG - 9/8/2012 4:48:54 AM
  - A murder of crows - ER - 9/8/2012 11:29:21 AM
    - The people who enjoyed it did so without prejudgment. n/t - RobVG - 9/8/2012 4:29:50 PM
      - It's not about Clint at all. - ER - 9/8/2012 4:51:31 PM
        
        You just stepped away from your original remarks about him. - RobVG - 9/8/2012 5:16:08 PM
        
        Maybe you have a point. - ER - 9/8/2012 5:48:00 PM
      - In other words, you pigeonholed him. - RobVG - 9/8/2012 4:45:30 PM
    - Doesn't take much of a poke to set you off lately, does it? - TB - 9/8/2012 3:25:12 PM
      - "It takes some brass to attack a guy for doing what you did." - ER - 9/8/2012 4:10:48 PM
        
        Yeah. Think about that for a few minutes. - TB - 9/8/2012 4:14:04 PM
        
        Time's up. - ER - 9/8/2012 4:29:49 PM
- "When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea." - alcaray - 9/7/2012 7:58:29 PM
  - I wasn't crowing per se. I just can't resist a comedic setup like that. - alcaray - 9/8/2012 5:43:41 AM
    - And now that I think about it... - alcaray - 9/8/2012 5:45:47 AM
      - I'm not excited alcaray - RobVG - 9/8/2012 6:14:51 AM
        
        Re: I'm not excited alcaray - TB - 9/8/2012 4:03:36 PM
        
        I can't imagine why. - ER - 9/8/2012 4:23:20 PM
        
        I was more talking about TB, myself. - alcaray - 9/8/2012 8:18:56 AM
- "Mission Accomplished"? - ER - 9/7/2012 7:51:29 PM

Rascist former Congressman get on presidential ballot in VA, could cost Romney the state. - BuckGalaxy - 9/9/2012 2:45:33 AM

Larry Flynt offers $1m for Romney's tax returns - BuckGalaxy - 9/8/2012 7:26:37 AM
- He maybe should worry about aiding and abetting. - alcaray - 9/8/2012 8:22:23 AM

Whoa! Romney campaign and super pacs pull out of Michigan and Pennsylvania! - BuckGalaxy - 9/7/2012 7:43:10 PM
- Maybe the big money boys are starting to realize they're going to lose a lot of $ for nothing. - ER - 9/7/2012 8:00:16 PM
- It just means they will have even more absurd amounts of cash to spend elsewhere. - alcaray - 9/7/2012 7:49:14 PM
  - They already had near unlimited money. - BuckGalaxy - 9/8/2012 5:38:14 AM

Romney says he won't watch Obama's speech. - bowser - 9/7/2012 7:15:53 AM
- Have to agree. n/t - RobVG - 9/7/2012 2:29:07 PM
- After Clinton did such a good job last night of exposing Romney's whoppers... - alcaray - 9/7/2012 9:56:11 AM
  - You guys aren't even going to know what hit you. - TB - 9/7/2012 4:26:53 PM
    - Why would somebody say something like that? - alcaray - 9/7/2012 6:11:22 PM
      - TB believes we're going to be as upset about losing as he will if his man loses. - ER - 9/8/2012 12:55:13 AM
        
        Re: TB believes we're going to be as upset about losing as he will if his man loses. - TB - 9/8/2012 2:00:55 AM
        
        The election is held in November. - alcaray - 9/8/2012 2:56:55 AM

Obama gets 7 point convention bounce - BuckGalaxy - 9/7/2012 7:41:12 PM

The race cards - alcaray - 9/7/2012 6:25:42 PM

Gallup poll on how effective was the Republican convention - alcaray - 9/3/2012 7:45:35 PM
- 95% of voters have already made up their minds - BuckGalaxy - 9/3/2012 9:32:53 PM

Romney tells homeless flood victim to "go home and call 211" - BuckGalaxy - 9/1/2012 8:11:11 PM
- I think these two are going to make Palin look good. - bowser - 9/2/2012 5:54:44 AM
  - Yea, but you know it's going to be the media's fault for covering it. - alcaray - 9/2/2012 6:04:17 AM
- Re: Romney tells homeless flood victim to "go home and call 211" - Jody - 9/2/2012 2:38:27 AM
- A bit more... - TB - 9/1/2012 8:44:00 PM
  - Did you bother to read the piece? - alcaray - 9/1/2012 9:00:11 PM

Best comment of the night on Clint's speech... - BuckGalaxy - 8/31/2012 4:06:16 PM
- The difference between Liberals and Conservatives... - ER - 9/1/2012 3:53:53 PM
- I tried to watch it... - podrock - 9/1/2012 3:42:37 AM
- Eastwooding - ER - 8/31/2012 8:10:00 PM
  - Re: Eastwooding - Jody - 9/1/2012 12:52:59 AM
    - Re: Eastwooding - Jody - 9/1/2012 12:53:27 AM
  - I'm sorry but... - RobVG - 9/1/2012 12:42:31 AM
    - Performance art and thirty pieces of silver. - ER - 9/1/2012 3:08:12 PM
      - In my never-humble opinion the "clean, healthy wholesome shit" is getting pretty damn deep on this site. - TB - 9/1/2012 4:48:03 PM
    - You are not being fair to ER - BuckGalaxy - 9/1/2012 1:10:41 AM
      - "...more people are talking about Clint’s meltdown than Romney’s big speech." - TB - 9/1/2012 2:40:00 AM
        
        Raw screaming panic? - BuckGalaxy - 9/1/2012 10:48:28 AM
        
        I thought Clint did ok. - alcaray - 9/1/2012 6:20:13 AM
        
        He twice pretended invisible Obama saying - BuckGalaxy - 9/1/2012 7:37:01 PM
        
        You haven't heard any poli convention red meat speeches? - alcaray - 9/1/2012 9:02:53 PM
        
        The man is modulating his external sensory input - ER - 9/1/2012 3:43:53 PM
      - Come on - RobVG - 9/1/2012 1:45:05 AM
        
        "Anybody with an once of patience understood everything he was saying." (sic) - BuckGalaxy - 9/1/2012 2:10:25 AM
        
        Fair Game - RobVG - 9/1/2012 2:45:25 PM
        
        What's going on... - BuckGalaxy - 9/1/2012 7:21:21 PM
        
        Very reasonable. - RobVG - 9/2/2012 1:48:06 AM
- Re: Best comment of the night on Clint's speech... - Jody - 8/31/2012 5:39:47 PM
  - Let's list the invisible: George W, Dick, Collen, Sarah... - podrock - 9/1/2012 3:45:37 AM
    - Orwell, the great English Socialist writer, had a word for it. - ER - 9/1/2012 3:47:35 PM
    - Thanks for the idea! - BuckGalaxy - 9/1/2012 5:05:40 AM
  - Nice one. - TB - 8/31/2012 5:48:44 PM

Romney proves inept in his managing of the RNC - BuckGalaxy - 9/1/2012 8:58:35 PM

The Invisible President at the GOP Convention - BuckGalaxy - 9/1/2012 5:08:25 AM
- Bush had the dignity and class to stay away, - ER - 9/1/2012 2:38:47 PM
- G. W. Bush did a short taped presentation on Wednesday night. - TB - 9/1/2012 5:17:05 AM
  - canard - ER - 9/1/2012 1:52:22 PM
  - Carter's presidency ended 32 years ago. GWB's ended 4 years ago. - bowser - 9/1/2012 5:59:31 AM
    - I still don't fully accept your analysis of US foreign policy. - ER - 9/1/2012 2:14:30 PM
  - He's not there. - BuckGalaxy - 9/1/2012 5:49:57 AM
    - My apologies to the Zombies for the gender update - ER - 9/1/2012 2:11:08 PM

Slow day. - bowser - 9/1/2012 2:46:01 AM

Romney throws party on yacht thanking donors - BuckGalaxy - 8/29/2012 11:37:59 PM
- Where do you suppose Seamus has to ride? - alcaray - 8/30/2012 6:27:59 AM
- The boat's probably not a recreational craft. - ER - 8/30/2012 1:36:54 AM

Good page for tracking Isaac storm data - TB - 8/28/2012 7:49:49 PM

Legitimate Rape goes global - BuckGalaxy - 8/23/2012 7:12:07 PM
- Like alcaray said, "vile" n/t - RobVG - 8/24/2012 3:47:49 AM
  - You see what they're doing, right? - TB - 8/24/2012 6:09:49 AM
    - Maybe you should explain it - RobVG - 8/24/2012 2:22:38 PM
      - Huh? - BuckGalaxy - 8/24/2012 8:20:34 PM
        
        Everyone knows exactly what he meant. The context changes nothing. n/t - RobVG - 8/24/2012 11:37:17 PM
        
        I beg to differ - BuckGalaxy - 8/24/2012 11:49:35 PM
        
        Obama's statement was predicated on Elizabeth Warren's. - RobVG - 8/25/2012 1:34:38 AM
        
        This proves the point exactly. - BuckGalaxy - 8/25/2012 6:32:33 AM
        
        Hmmm... - podrock - 8/25/2012 3:39:14 AM
        
        I heard NPR review this, and interview the author. - ER - 8/25/2012 4:01:13 AM
        
        If what you believe was true... - TB - 8/25/2012 4:32:46 AM
        
        Crédit Mobilier, or Same As It Ever Was... - podrock - 8/25/2012 4:48:14 AM
        
        Right. That's no way to run a railroad. - TB - 8/25/2012 4:58:18 AM
        
        In the beginning - podrock - 8/25/2012 5:29:36 AM
        
        You've obviously have a leg up on me. - RobVG - 8/25/2012 3:44:42 PM
        
        A lot of both. - TB - 8/25/2012 4:24:34 PM
        
        The Minneapolis and St. Cloud Railway was also defunct, wasn't it? - TB - 8/25/2012 5:46:24 AM
        
        It doesn't matter if it was defunct. - podrock - 8/25/2012 6:05:43 AM
        
        See? That's the difference, Rob. - TB - 8/25/2012 12:15:14 AM
        
        The difference - BuckGalaxy - 8/25/2012 6:59:49 AM
        
        It's pretty clear isn't it. n/t - RobVG - 8/25/2012 1:36:05 AM
        
        It's pretty clear, all right. - ER - 8/25/2012 3:02:40 AM
        
        We need roads to drive to work n/t - RobVG - 8/25/2012 4:32:36 AM
        
        Re: We need roads to drive to work n/t - TB - 8/25/2012 4:33:59 AM
- Re: Legitimate Rape goes global - ER - 8/23/2012 8:18:45 PM
  - We need a conservative party... - BuckGalaxy - 8/24/2012 12:04:17 AM
    - The tea party started out as a reaction to spending and debt. That wasn't "radical" Social issues came later. n/t - RobVG - 8/24/2012 2:26:31 PM
      - Rob, look who the Tea Party candidate was in that Missouri primary. - TB - 8/25/2012 12:52:00 AM
      - This IS the Republican party now. - ER - 8/24/2012 6:37:30 PM
      - Ask yourself, why didn't the tea party form during the reckless spending of the Bush years? - BuckGalaxy - 8/24/2012 5:06:04 PM
        
        Do you think the stimulus might have something to do with it. - RobVG - 8/24/2012 11:58:35 PM
        
        Answer: Because they were too busy making excuses for him. - ER - 8/24/2012 7:01:39 PM

Home sales rise - RobVG - 8/22/2012 3:08:06 PM
- I'm doing a refinance. It'll be my third one since the summer of 2009. - TB - 8/22/2012 4:26:05 PM
  - How does that work? - ER - 8/23/2012 3:36:48 PM
    - I've never had a mortgage but if it is like a car loan... - alcaray - 8/23/2012 6:38:12 PM
      - Yes, I did that. - ER - 8/23/2012 9:25:32 PM
        
        I've never run into a loan that had a pre-payment penalty, and wouldn't accept one. - TB - 8/23/2012 9:57:52 PM
    - Oh, sure. - TB - 8/23/2012 3:57:56 PM
      - I understand. - ER - 8/23/2012 4:01:39 PM
        
        Oh, no problem. - TB - 8/23/2012 4:12:20 PM
- My brother in Fort Myers, Fl is a mortgage broker. - ER - 8/22/2012 3:26:32 PM

Record-breaking ice melt - ER - 8/22/2012 5:57:22 PM

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