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Flumpy wrote:Lot's of things are perplexing to Sarah Palin.
This whole thing is really heartening so far. You Americans get a really bad press mostly because of the extremely loud voices on the right wing of your political spectrum.
It seems that they may be far more vocal than they are popular.
JRM wrote:McCaskill defeats Akin; Donnelly defeats Mourdock. Apparently, rape isn't taken quite as lightly as some thought.
I disagree with both Akin and Mourdock, but IMO Mourdock didn't come across as a knuckle-dragging neanderthal like Akin did. If you are one of those folks who believes that unborn fetuses are equal to newborn enfants, and therefore should be afforded the same rights, it's logically incoherent to say that it's wrong to murder fetuses if they're the product of consensual sex between unrelated adults, but okay to murder these fetuses if they were concieved under other circumstances.
That may be what he meant but what is sounded like was that rape was gods intention and when you're a US right-winger you have to be very careful how you phrase things, because your track recored (and your colleagues) proceed you
You can no longer see the original electoral map at the close of pre-election polls yesterday, but if you move to the tipping-point page (http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2012/P ... erage.html) you can see their composite poll on voting percentages within each state.
Right now the most surprising swing would be if Virginia were to go for Romney, which doesn't seem likely.
They are a complete joke--nothing but a propaganda organization. They've been flogging the non-issue of voter fraud for months while ignoring the very real Republican efforts to suppress the vote. I smell some poetic justice in the air.
They are a complete joke--nothing but a propaganda organization. They've been flogging the non-issue of voter fraud for months while ignoring the very real Republican efforts to suppress the vote. I smell some poetic justice in the air.
That's why I'm watching he desperation is hilarious. They have Karl Rove trying to stay positive
Flumpy wrote:Lot's of things are perplexing to Sarah Palin.
This whole thing is really heartening so far. You Americans get a really bad press mostly because of the extremely loud voices on the right wing of your political spectrum.
It seems that they may be far more vocal than they are popular.
Have you seen the movie Game Change?
I have indeed. Read the book as well.
Twas amazing and actually quite sympathetic to Palin.
They are a complete joke--nothing but a propaganda organization. They've been flogging the non-issue of voter fraud for months while ignoring the very real Republican efforts to suppress the vote. I smell some poetic justice in the air.
That's why I'm watching he desperation is hilarious. They have Karl Rove trying to stay positive
And I say good for him. It might build some character. At present he has none.
They are a complete joke--nothing but a propaganda organization. They've been flogging the non-issue of voter fraud for months while ignoring the very real Republican efforts to suppress the vote. I smell some poetic justice in the air.
That's why I'm watching he desperation is hilarious. They have Karl Rove trying to stay positive
They've just suggested that Obama is slightly leading in Florida but the Panhandle is still to come in and that tends to lean right. It also only has about 3 people living there as opposed to the millions down south that are definite Dems.
Flumpy wrote:I have indeed. Read the book as well.
Twas amazing and actually quite sympathetic to Palin.
Julianne Moore was fantabulous.
What was scary was hearing Steve Schmidt and Nicolle Wallace declare that the movie's producers took no artistic license at all after that had a chance to review it. Schmidt said that at certain parts of the movie he cringed because they were using the verbatim transcript of actual conversation that took place during the campaign.
IMO the only significant difference between the two is who each would nominate for court positions, especially Supreme Court. Other than that, no real difference to the average American.
BillVol wrote:IMO the only significant difference between the two is who each would nominate for court positions, especially Supreme Court. Other than that, no real difference to the average American.
BillVol wrote:IMO the only significant difference between the two is who each would nominate for court positions, especially Supreme Court. Other than that, no real difference to the average American.
SOME things will be the same no matter what, but there are VERY major differences between the two candidates.
BillVol wrote:IMO the only significant difference between the two is who each would nominate for court positions, especially Supreme Court. Other than that, no real difference to the average American.
Based on the foreign policy advisors Romney has surrounded himself with, I think there's a much greater chance of us going to war with Iran if he gets elected.
BillVol wrote:IMO the only significant difference between the two is who each would nominate for court positions, especially Supreme Court. Other than that, no real difference to the average American.
But surely you know Obama is going to drive the counry to ruin as he's a Muslim communist?
This is a gigantic repudiation of the Republican brand. The party is utterly off the rails; it needs to be broken down and reborn as a sane and constructive political entity. It is neither now--and the majority of the US population knows it. After all the lies, propaganda, dark money, and dirty tricks, the Repubs have been told to take a hike. Will they be objective enough to actually learn from this? We'll see--but I hope so.
guru wrote:Looks like Obama will win, while losing popular vote - 1st president re-elected as such. Prepare for more Washington gridlock the next four years.
I doubt this. The places with large vote counts still to come are strongly Democratic (much of Calif.) and eastern cities.
It's basically over even if he loses Florida and Ohio
