I’m not going to bother this Saturday.
There is no topic that could derail the topic about Tuesday…It’s the last weekend before the election.
SO, have an open thread.
Saturday Lecture Pre-Election Open
by coldwarrior ( 104 Comments › )Filed under Open thread, saturday lecture series at November 3rd, 2012 - 8:30 am
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Reposted from previous thread…..
Ya know, the people out there who lament “politicians” should consider that Romney has spent a pretty small portion of his life in politics; he did four years as Governer but aside from that he’s a public sector guy. Obama, as well as Clinton and Carter before him are the careerist politicians who have no identity outside the political realm.
@ MacDuff:
While O. has spent how much time in politics ?
Before he was elected as president he only campaigned.
Imho his is the laziest, most unexperienced president ever.
Guggi wrote:
he
@ MacDuff:
Reposted from previous thread…..
Um…don’t you mean a private sector guy?
Guggi wrote:
Indeed. He only knows how to whine and complain about the leadership of others and nothing about what leadership actually is.
Macker wrote:
Yep, I do.
@ Guggi:
Laziest?
That’s a raaaaacist dog whistle statement because he’s black!
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Yes, Obama seems to be in just a touch over his head in this job. Like 20,000′ over his head.
The lack of respect the man has for history disgusts me. Hardly the only example was when he put his up on the Resolute Desk.
@ mfhorn:
Woof!
On what sick planet is this sort of thing considered “funny”?
Bill Maher Warns Romney Supporters: ‘Black People Know Who You Are and They Will Come After You
Hey Obama pukes Come On Down! I am easy to find!
I am the crazy old retired fart at the corner house with the big dogs and all the guns.
Come On Down!
@ MacDuff:
Threats and raaaaacist incitement! Bill Maher still has a job why? He should be fired. I don’t do HBO anyway, so I can’t drop them over it, but really? Black people are going to come and get me? Boo!
@ MacDuff:
To which I reply “do you REALLY believe we won’t shoot your asses.
@ Storagemanager:
Let’s hope he does take a vacation. For the rest of his life. To another country.
In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny ‘What a maroon’.
I want Romney to win so very much. The media here in Finland has been trumpeting for Obama’s victory for long time and demonizing Republicans, that I want to see them cry and froth. I am sick of all the claims about purity and good heart of Obama and Democrats and how bad Republicans try to keep minorities from voting and so on and so forth. Around here it is badge of honor among media if they have Obama’s pubic hair between their teeth.
Rasmussen column on the election. I’ve got to admit, if the latest Rasmussen poll (from Friday) has the race now tied, I’m a bit concerned. It’s sure not over, either way.
mfhorn wrote:
they juice the polls…they want voters to stay home….they want people to say what’s the use…Obama is gona win anyway.
Purre wrote:
The same here
@ mfhorn:
The 48-48 is all within the statistical margin of error. It is a close election, but there is no substantive difference between the Romney 50 Obama 46 and the 48-48 split. I’ve been saying for months now that I thought that this was going to be a turnout election, and it looks like lI was right. Whomever has a better success at getting their voters to the polls and converting likely voters into actual voters will win.
@ mfhorn:
The fact that Obama is not at 50% and drawing lukewarm crowds is interesting. Also he has no real bounce from Sandy. I decides will break for Romney I think. There is no real enthusiasm for Obama.
I look back at 2010….America wanted change then….and they want change now!
FNC just ran a montage of various politicians praising Obama for what a great job he’s done with Sandy.
Meanwhile, they’re still finding bodies on Staten Island.
@ Storagemanager:
Precisely. Nothing has improved since 2010 that would have changed anything.
Romney drew 30,000 in Ohio last night. Earlier that day Obama only drew 2900 and the venue was only half full.
@ Carolina Girl:
Obama is refining his appeal…
@ lobo91:
Someone needs to tell me what he did other than stage photos in the sit room. If this were February we wouldn’t be seeing anything like this. This is all for optics.
Europe is so f*cked -- more than most people are aware -- what we need is strong U.S.A. as an economic engine and not a whining-tax the rich-uninspired-no nothing president whose main agenda are the race of the people and the regenerative organs of women.
Indeed he’s a SCOAMF
@ Guggi:
I’d say that EU is toast before decade is over. Sure, there’ll be some sort of rump EU left, but EU as it is will be toast. Probably sooner than I think.
@ Carolina Girl:
Twitchy on Obama and Sandy. It isn’t so complementary.
Purre wrote:
Only if Germany goes bankcrupt. The ESM is nothing else than to buy time. They have no clue what to do. About one third of all German savings are already in greece. One third of all savings not only what is in savings books but private pension funds, life insurances etc.
my mailman will be happy come Tuesday
Official Halloween is tonight in the ‘hood. While taking the kids around I will be wearing a Korean War era officer’s trench coat, jodhpurs and riding boots, a Soviet Submarine Forces Officer’s Dress Cap, my lips will painted a particular shade of maroon, and I will glue a small bit of a raisin into the cleft between my lower nose and cheek. No blackface though, to blatantly obvious and not rightwing dogwistlish enough. Can’t wait for the responses from all of the oh so enlightened paxil addled yoga mom’s around here. I hope to met their madras short and european bowling shoe wearing husbands after I respond to any opinions they may express.
@ lobo91:
Did you see the piece twitchy ran on his fly over of New Jersey?
@ lobo91:
Classic.
http://twitchy.com/2012/11/01/awesome-romney-written-in-sand-on-point-pleasant-beach-during-obamas-jersey-flyover/
The Obama FEMA people are telling the ravaged population
in New Jersey & New York to log on with FEMA.
There is no electricity!
RIX wrote:
That’s the best. For those that do have power, then what? Shoot us an email and we’ll get back to you … after the election … or not.
@ Iron Fist:
Ignored EVERY other crisis in the last four years but Sandy get sit room photos and a walk with Krispy Kreme on the beach. BTW -- why is he smiling in that photo? Why does every photo of him looked staged, like it’s. a magazine photo shoot?
@ MacDuff:
Shouldn’t that be “private-sector guy”? And you’re right, he’s not a career politico, but the gene runs in his family. Papa George was Michigan Governor, IIRC.
RIX wrote:
They apparently keep moving around from day to day, also. There was a woman from Staten Island who said she’s been “chasing” them for several days, with no luck.
@ lobo91:
If this was Bush mishandling things like this the Media would
be hysterical.
We should be pouring assets into the area not having photo-
ops for Obama, Napalitano & Sebilius.
Oh man my side hurts! If you want a good laugh this morning check this out. This may be my favorite new comedy relief site.
http://twitchy.com/2012/11/02/campaign-asks-whats-your-reason-for-voting-obama-conservatives-hijack/
Carolina Girl wrote:
Because he’s a sociopath. He only feels for himself.
@ RIX:
Chaka Fattah is on with Neil Cavuto right now talking about what a great job FEMA is doing, and wants to give them another $12 billion.
Chaka Fatah was just on FNC. He apparently is a Congressman
from Pennsylvania, not Chaka Khan the former lead singer
with Ruffus.
He thinks that FEMA is doing swell under Obama.
People just don’t see it because “we are in the middle of
a crisis. ” Got that?
@ lobo91:
You beat me. I saw that, he thinks that they are doing a swell job.
@ RIX:
I’m pretty sure that most of the people at FNC are closer to being in the middle of things than he is, since they live in the area.
I think Brian Kilmeade lives on Staten Island.
They’re apparently having a “Million Puppet March” in DC to protest Romney’s plans to cut subsidies to PBS.
@ lobo91:
Yeah, his neighborhood got creamed.
But Chaka Fatah sees clearly from Philly./
@ RIX:
I remember the other morning when Megyn Kelly was talking about having to share a hotel room with Janice Dean, because neither of them could get home to their families.
Nah…they have no idea what’s happening.
lobo91 wrote:
They switched from “Million Muppet”, so that other
puppets would not be discriminated against.
People freezing & dumpster diving in New York & these
idiots are worried about PBS funding!
krispy kreme is saying no electrical crews were turned away
liar
@ RIX:
Big Bird could feed a lot of people…
@ lobo91:
Sesame Street Thanksgiving
lobo91 wrote:
Looks mighty tasty!
@ RIX:
Leia says it tastes like chicken.
@ RIX:
Chuckah Fattah? I thought he was an obscure blogger in Culver City.
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
Indeed it should be “private sector guy”, and his father was, indeed Governor of Michigan. That said, his father was already quite successful in the private sector (CEO of American Motors) prior to running for Governor.
Romney’s coming here today for a rally.
Unfortunately, I have a class. Assuming my student shows up.
ROO-RAH!
Times/Bay News 9/Herald Florida Poll: Mitt Romney 51, Barack Obama 45.
The Osprey wrote:
RIX wrote:
So, aside from the complete absence of any accomplishments and a list of abject failures, he’s still a black man with an exotic name and that’s the only reason he voted for Obama in the first place. Sure, I get it, there’s a lot of that going around.
rain of lead wrote:
My sister lives most of the time in Panama City FL but her husband’s med practice is in Dothan Alabama where she used to live full time. At least some of the Alabama crews that were turned away were from Dothan and somehow my sister got the idea that they were turned away by thugs in STATEN ISLAND!! So I had to correct that. Asfor it ‘not happening’ didnt I hear audio of union thugs yelling ‘scabs’?? I think I did.
Don’t know if it’s been mentioned on here but one of the other reasons for the massive fuel shortage in the Northeast is because if you ship gasoline through Maryland you have to have a special permit that costs a lot of money. After the disaster the call went out for major shipments from all over the country & anyone who went through Maryland were pulled over & had their trucks & tankers impounded until they paid a several thousand dollar fine.
You didn’t hear this mentioned in the media or by Dem politicians because they’re all covering for the thugs in the statehouses & unions who have compounded the effects of this calamity 100 fold with their overbearing draconian rules & regulations.
MacDuff wrote:
Wasn’t Bill Maher the idiot who said Obama wasn’t acting black enough, and he needed to be more “gangsta”?
@ John Difool:
Sounds like what happened when that special oil skimmer ship was sent to Louisiana after the BP spill and they made them train an American union crew to run it.
huckfunn wrote:
This thing’s giving me ulcers, but it seems that you can almost sense the shift toward Romney in the air drink these last few days. I’m thinking Barone’s right, this thing’s looking ore and more like a landslide. I’ve felt this for a while but I hate to raise my own expectations…..Barone knows his stuff though, and he gives me a lot of confidence.
Guggi wrote:
ROTFLMAO… Nothing personal Guggi, since I know English isn’t your native language, but the word is inexperienced, unexperienced is however down right funny…
The Osprey wrote:
I believe so..it sounds like his style (or lack thereof). They’re just eaten up with race -- it’s like a flesh-eating bacteria with them.
@ MacDuff:
I hope it’s a landslide, but I think it’s going to be a tight race. And the Obots will claim vote theft/suppression, then box after box of ‘uncounted’ ballots will be found in trunks & basements. Mysteriously, 90% of those will have ‘Obama’ marked, and we’ll be pressured to accept those as legit, even though they’ll result in turnout as high as 115% in some parts of the country.
MacDuff wrote:
I’ve believed it will be a landslide since early this year. All we needed was a candidate. Think back to the mid-term elections of 2010. The dems were kicked out of office in record numbers. Has anything changed for the better since then? Has Chicago Jesus given us our promised salvation? Nope. Everything has gotten worse. The regime lies to the American people everyday. People are not less pissed than they were 2 years ago. Also, Michael Barone really knows his chili. I think he’s more reliable than Dick Morris and Barone shows a bigger victory than Morris.
huckfunn wrote:
I have been saying for months that California is not the lock for Obama that everyone thinks it is, and my suspicion isn’t abating at all, in fact, I rather suspect that the results that come in early from the East Coast and the Midwest will dramatically alter the results here. Call it, bandwagon jumping if you will.
@ MacDuff: what Bill doesn’t realize, is we the people have been buying ammunition for four years, just in case Obama tried to ban it, so if they want me they can come find me………°_°
I work for a major construction company that does utility work for lots of big companies all over the U.S. & Canada & I cut my teeth in pipeline work (primarily natural gas) & am a pipe-fitter & heavy equipment operator by trade but I used to do line work for a contractor of Dominion Power up until about 3 years ago. DP were always happy for our help & were very gracious especially when it came to working storm damage.
We were working outages in the Northern Neck of Va. back in ’06 when severe super-cells roared through & took out a lot of poles with falling trees. A supervisor with Dominion (non-union guy) was coordinating the efforts with a few of our crews & overseeing the work & then directing us to the next location. The guy cut his teeth with a contractor & worked for one for most of his career & he made the mistake of climbing a pole & helping out. Just so happened a Dominion crew (union) went driving by & saw him & you would have thought he committed a heinous crime.
Guy was heavily reprimanded after that & transferred far out the area & that division afterwards just to calm down the union. Damn good guy who like us always put the customer & company first, anything else be damned
Now I’m not saying all these union guys were like that, most of ‘em like I said were very happy for our help & support but you always had that one or two guys in every area who lived, breathed & bled the union who they thought were the ones writing their paychecks. They didn’t give a rats ass about the company or the customer, it was always union first.
I can imagine it’s a major headache…..no, I know it’s a major fucking headache working in the northeast around closed-shop guys since I’ve done plenty of work for Connectiv & Con Ed also.
huckfunn wrote:
Indeed. But I have to say, I’m having trouble reconciling some things. Rasmussen, who is the only pollster I trust, has this as a dead heat. Yet there’s Barone AND the enormous crowds for Romney.
I’m having trouble connecting those dots.
doriangrey wrote:
I still think CA will end up going for O-Hole. But you’re right. The momentum and trend are with Romney. He’s cut Bam’s lead in half.
John Difool wrote:
I’m in Northern Virginia and DP is our provider. Sandy hit our area hard based on number of outages but I have to say DP didn’t mess around. We were down only 14 hrs -- yeah, it was colder than a witch’s tit for awhile but the people in Montgomery County, MD (PEPCO is their provider) are ALWAYS screwed when the power goes out. Pepco always blames it on trees, and to some extent, that’s true -- but a LOT of it is their union guys.
eaglesoars wrote:
I also wonder about the Rasmussen poll. However, I’m going with my gut on this one. The momentum and enthusiasm are with Romney/Ryan and there is simply no case for re-electing Comrade Obama.
eaglesoars wrote:
DP is a damn good provider & like I said above in open shop states the union isn’t as much of a headache, especially below the Potemkintomac. A lot of damn good guys were for that company & some of them just so happen to be union by default but vote heavily Republican. These are the guys that understand there is a war on by the Oba’Mao administration upon their industry that wants to shutter coal & nuclear plants & hurt their customers & put them out of work.
Unfortunately that same mindset hasn’t taken root with their brethren in the Norkeast.
huckfunn wrote:
Like I said, expect to see a lot of Bandwagon Jumping from California on Tuesday. Obama didn’t win California in 2008 because people here believed his BS or because he was a Democrat, he won California because of white guilt and the supposed historic aspect of the election.
John Difool wrote:
I am soooo stealing that!
doriangrey wrote:
yep I saw it but was to lazy to correct it -- “un” is more German
@ Guggi:
inexperienced = unerfahren
Guggi wrote:
ROTFLMAO… It’s all good, it has a very humorous internet slag sound to it, ala unpossible…
Half the country was dropped on their head at birth…
…and it ain’t us.
unclassifiable wrote:
Half of the country was dropped on it’s head at birth… And then given plastic bags to play with as small children…
@ MacDuff:
I posted this on the other thread but it took a while.
…and ttttthhhhhhttttt!!!! y’all wuz gawn!!!!!
@ doriangrey:
No wonder they want to outlaw plastic bags now.
Onward, Pennsylvania!!!!
The heavy artillery!
They’re pooping bricks!
@ eaglesoars:
Nice to have a fellow Virginian on here. Richmond here, out by RIC airport.
doriangrey wrote:
hmm = unmöglich
doriangrey wrote:
We had a guest speaker at the Ahwatukee (Phoenix neighborhood) Tea Party back towards the end of the summer, this gentleman was an Economics professor from Arizona State Univ, a supply-side conservative guy, and he said all his business contacts in California (C level people) were telling him that they thought Romney would pull off a surprise victory in California.
The Osprey wrote:
Oh, I believe it, I know quiet a few business people myself, and they are 100 percent behind Mitt, in fact they can’t stand the Fraud-in-Chief.
New Thread.
John Difool wrote:
I’m a transplant -- but I love it here. Actually, I’m a yinzer (SW PA/Pittsburgh)! I love the history, Skyline, etc. It can be such a gentle/gracious place if you just let it.
@ eaglesoars:
We have friends in Lynchburg, VA that both work at Liberty U.
One of the nicest, prettiest places I’ve ever spent time.
I have a real affinity for the ‘Burgh, though.
I can see the Cathedral of Learning from my back deck across the hills, and it comforts me in a weird way.
Guiliani wants Obama to resign (like that’ll ever happen)
Actually, Rudy, it’s Valeri Jarrett you should be going after. She’s apparently the only person in the WH with actual balls.
eaglesoars wrote:
At one time for a couple of years I was a yu’en.
Bumr50 wrote:
We used to refer to it as The Tower of Ignorance
heh
@ John Difool:
Just so you’re not a “Yu’en Election Observer!!!”
//
Bumr50 wrote:
With my southern accent, when I was living in Lackawanna County, Pa they called me J.R. Yu’en….
I keed, I keed.
Plenty of Virginians here…
@ Mike C.:
And yinzers…
Mike C. wrote:
Yea, what I meant was, another Virginian. Sorry.
Testing latest avatar!
Getting very close here in WI. I sense that many voters will be turning R, and the local D’s will be in for another Statewide surprise. Walker has been deploying his organization (created during the recall) to get the Vote out.