"A black sheriff?!": The Official Topic of Obama and New Era American Politics

[Howard Alan Treesong]

http://www.dickmorris.com/in-the-last-few-hours-sudden-danger-signs-in-polling/

Even Dick Morris has given up on Romney and it's all Sandy's fault.  :'(

Perhaps he sees this as a chance to save some face, but then again there's literally nothing that could happen to change an election from a 400 EV landslide to a slim win for the opponent - outside of Obama being caught diddling kids. Morris literally predicted Romney could get 400 EVs just a few days ago, but I'd imagine if republicans (and the Beltway) make this the narrative than it will stick. Remember, even mainstream commentators have argued Romney still had TEH MOMENTUM until the storm ruined it

[Phoenix Dark]

Where's Pat Robertson to explain why God sent a hurricane to re-elect Barack Hussein Obama

[tiesto]

@ppppolls: Our final Washington poll finds the state is likely to approve gay marriage- 52% support it, 42% are opposed

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[T-Short]

 

[Phoenix Dark]

Iran has suspended the enrichment of uranium stockpiles to the 20% purity needed to bring it a short step from building a nuclear device, news services in the region have reported.

Mohammad Hossein Asfari, a member of parliament responsible for foreign policy and national security, was quoted as saying that the move was a "goodwill" gesture, aimed at softening Iran's position before a new round of scheduled talks with the United States after this week's presidential elections.

Asfari said he hoped sanctions would be lifted in return for Iran's actions, otherwise it would resume the programme, according to a website belonging to the Al Arabiya news channel. Talks aimed at halting Iran's enrichment programme have made little progress, leading to the west tightening sanctions and increasing the prospect of military action by Israel.

The Islamic republic's economy has plummeted in the grip of punitive economic measures and Tehran indicated earlier this month that it would be willing to negotiate. However, the offer to suspend enrichment required so many concessions that it was dismissed by the United States.

(rest at link) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/04/iran-suspend-uranium-enrichment

must...try...not...to...get...hopes...up

[Great Rumbler]

That's a pretty major step, if it's true and if it's sincere.

[Timedog]

Why don't we just offer to help Iran with building/planning on Thorium plants? Wouldn't that immediately bring this whole debacle either to a close or to it's logical end?

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Why don't we just offer to help Iran with building/planning on Thorium plants? Wouldn't that immediately bring this whole debacle either to a close or to it's logical end?

Iran won't get access to Thorium until the expansion.

[Timedog]

Why don't we just offer to help Iran with building/planning on Thorium plants? Wouldn't that immediately bring this whole debacle either to a close or to it's logical end?

Iran won't get access to Thorium until the expansion.

"the expansion"? I don't know what that is.

We could give them thorium or they could buy it from India or one of the other countries with huge thorium reserves.

[AdmiralViscen]

why don't we just send our SCVs straight into their base to be hit with neural parasite? geez

[Joe Molotov]

They need to get more peasants chopping lumber so they can build a stables.

[tiesto]

Kinda disgusted to see the shitty local newspaper here endorses Romney: http://www.newsday.com/opinion/editorial-elect-mitt-romney-president-of-the-united-states-1.4182689 . Not that print really matters in this day and age.

Nassau/Suffolk is a VERY slightly democrat area (the republicans here are more along the lines of really rich businessmen/wallstreet types rather than redneck bible thumpers) so this is disappointing to see. What I'm more worried about is their support for Altschuler for 1st congressional district. Bishop (who has been our congressman for the last 8 years or so) came within 560 votes of beating Altschuler, a "pro business" person who owns an outsourcing company.

[Phoenix Dark]

why don't we just send our SCVs straight into their base to be hit with neural parasite? geez

Bronze league problems

[Mandark]

Iran would already have nukes if they had used MAF's old engineer rush build.

[Mr. Gundam]

@ppppolls: Our final Washington poll finds the state is likely to approve gay marriage- 52% support it, 42% are opposed

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Wife and I did our part by voting Yes on 74.


MARRIAGE EQUALITY

[MrAngryFace]

Ditto- marriage equality rules #1

[MrAngryFace]

Iran would already have nukes if they had used MAF's old engineer rush build.

That was a classic Kohan match!

[Great Rumbler]

If you needed any proof that a contentious presidential election was just a few days away, this appeared in the NY Post:

But Christie does need to go one step further and reassure his party -- and not just his party -- that he hasn't turned coat.

[...]

Yes, Christie has forcefully avoided politicking post-Sandy -- as he noted when asked about his praise for Obama.

And he was right to do so.

But true bipartisanship includes the need to make clear his belief that the incumbent's vigorous response to the disaster would have been more than matched by Mitt Romney had he been president.

lulz

[FlameofCallandorReturns]

I cant wait till this thing is over. My accounting professor thinks he is Jon Stewart and will not shut up. Heaven forbid Romney wins, we'll never hear the end of it. He's also the worst teacher I have ever had in my life. Go figure.

[Barry Egan]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/dont-blame-mitt-romney

Others are blunter. A conservative operative deeply involved with the web of outside groups spending heavily on Romney’s behalf expressed frustration recently at the failure of the flood of money being spent to move the dial.

“You keep throwing money at the problem and it just doesn't resolve,” he said a few weeks ago of the ongoing efforts to damage the president of the United States with expensive ad campaigns.

After the storm, the same operative remarked, “Obama is just the luckiest man that ever lived.”

au revoir America

[Oblivion]

[Boogie]

After the storm, the same operative remarked, “Obama is just the luckiest man that ever lived.”

Ya, because a devastating hurricane always results in a boost for the sitting President's popularity. 

[FlameofCallandorReturns]

Wow, NCAA and madden players are the most likely to vote. Who would have thought.

[Great Rumbler]

After the storm, the same operative remarked, “Obama is just the luckiest man that ever lived.”

Ya, because a devastating hurricane always results in a boost for the sitting President's popularity. 

The right is beyond bitter that Obama isn't getting hammered over Sandy like Bush got hammered over Katrina.

[Joe Molotov]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/dont-blame-mitt-romney

Others are blunter. A conservative operative deeply involved with the web of outside groups spending heavily on Romney’s behalf expressed frustration recently at the failure of the flood of money being spent to move the dial.

“You keep throwing money at the problem and it just doesn't resolve,” he said a few weeks ago of the ongoing efforts to damage the president of the United States with expensive ad campaigns.

After the storm, the same operative remarked, “Obama is just the luckiest man that ever lived.”

au revoir America

u mad, rich people?  :geoff

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[Oblivion]

After the storm, the same operative remarked, “Obama is just the luckiest man that ever lived.”

Ya, because a devastating hurricane always results in a boost for the sitting President's popularity. 

The right is beyond bitter that Obama isn't getting hammered over Sandy like Bush got hammered over Katrina.

"People got mad at Bush's FEMA for being so incompetent, but nobody gets mad at Obama's FEMA for doing a good job? WTF? "

[Oblivion]

Even Mittens sees the writing on the wall:

http://news.yahoo.com/romney-possible-obama-could-win-202109103--election.html

[brawndolicious]

Just early voted, fucking california putting 11 props on the ballot. No wonder it took me an hour and a half to get into the voting booth.

[Stoney Mason]

Most elections now have a plethora of bs propositions or state constitutional amendments put on there by fringe groups and cloaked in phony language. 

[brawndolicious]

Yeah the descriptions had absolutely no detail. Luckily I read up on them a week ago and had my choices written down.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Yeah my state has a bunch of stuff on the ballot to try to chip away at the gay marriage thing.  Since it's very difficult constitutionally to get rid of it (especially since there is a public majority favoring it here), they're doing what they can to make it easier to repeal it.  So much work to make sure two dudes can't marry. 

[Stoney Mason]

Yeah the descriptions had absolutely no detail. Luckily I read up on them a week ago and had my choices written down.

Yeah its getting really bad. The average joe can barely understand them or what they are trying to do. Which is often the entire point of them. They are purposely vague so the politicians who support them can leverage more power off of them. In florida the amendments are largely Republican backed schemes.

http://www2.tbo.com/news/politics/2012/nov/04/florida-voters-find-ballot-amendments-confusing-ar-553550/

[Oblivion]

[Mr. Gundam]

Hehe, Mitt is an asshole.

[Phoenix Dark]

I cant wait till this thing is over. My accounting professor thinks he is Jon Stewart and will not shut up. Heaven forbid Romney wins, we'll never hear the end of it. He's also the worst teacher I have ever had in my life. Go figure.

hmmm most professors I encounter in business classes are quite conservative, although I get the impression many aren't republicans. They seem pretty down on Romney

[tiesto]

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where are all the JP games? I don't really play any of that aside from ME

[Mr. Gundam]

It's based on Facebook "likes."

[Phoenix Dark]

A few days ago Morris claimed the storm was indeed helping Obama's numbers, and just might win him the election. Mere days later he releases a complete retcon of his previous statement. It's pretty obvious he got some angry responses from his followers 

seems to prove that he'll always have a prominent role during elections. His job isn't to accurately predict elections, it's to tell the far right what they want to hear.

[Joe Molotov]

A few days ago Morris claimed the storm was indeed helping Obama's numbers, and just might win him the election. Mere days later he releases a complete retcon of his previous statement. It's pretty obvious he got some angry responses from his followers 

seems to prove that he'll always have a prominent role during elections. His job isn't to accurately predict elections, it's to tell the far right what they want to hear.

I read a piece by Krugman other day, where he was saying that it's entirely possible that some of these guys like Karl Rove are more interested in profiting off the culture war than actually winning it. He also linked to this article on right-wing hucksterism that made for a good read.

http://www.thebaffler.com/past/the_long_con

[AdmiralViscen]

Will there be any traction for this story about Romney staffers locking people in a freezing stadium so they wouldn't leave before Romney's speech?

[Oblivion]

The story in question:

http://americablog.com/2012/11/romney-staff-refusing-to-let-frostbitten-children-leave-pa-rally.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Americablog+%28AMERICAblog+News%29

[Phoenix Dark]

From what I understand the Secret Service also wanted people to stay, so I'm not sure it was done for political reasons. More info should come out

[pickle]

There actually isn't anything going on behind those eyes is there? All he does is mechanically smile and slowly moves his head from side to side. How the fuck can anyone find that charismatic? 

[Stoney Mason]

A few days ago Morris claimed the storm was indeed helping Obama's numbers, and just might win him the election. Mere days later he releases a complete retcon of his previous statement. It's pretty obvious he got some angry responses from his followers 

seems to prove that he'll always have a prominent role during elections. His job isn't to accurately predict elections, it's to tell the far right what they want to hear.

I read a piece by Krugman other day, where he was saying that it's entirely possible that some of these guys like Karl Rove are more interested in profiting off the culture war than actually winning it. He also linked to this article on right-wing hucksterism that made for a good read.

http://www.thebaffler.com/past/the_long_con

There's always been this inside baseball debate among liberals about whether some of the idelogues on the right actually believe the things they say or not. And its always been a rather moot debate imo. Idealogues say the things they say because they want the world to function in a particular way. This has only increased in this day and age where people look for news to confirm their own opinions rather than actually be informed. So its all one big ball that's completely intertwined at this point. If there are almost no consequences for lying. You can make money by lying. And a part of you wishes most of the things you were lying about were true. Then its kinda like the best of all worlds. It's like getting paid to troll.

[Diunx]

What's with the USA chants?

[Joe Molotov]

What's with the USA chants?

USA is pretty awesome, breh.

[Human Snorenado]

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D3 gamers

[Great Rumbler]

What's with the USA chants?

It's the standard shout-down line at conservative rallies.

[Oblivion]

[TakingBackSunday]

 

[Barry Egan]

"whelp, on the plus side,the next 15 years couldn't possibly be more pointless than the last".

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

A few days ago Morris claimed the storm was indeed helping Obama's numbers, and just might win him the election. Mere days later he releases a complete retcon of his previous statement. It's pretty obvious he got some angry responses from his followers 

seems to prove that he'll always have a prominent role during elections. His job isn't to accurately predict elections, it's to tell the far right what they want to hear.

I read a piece by Krugman other day, where he was saying that it's entirely possible that some of these guys like Karl Rove are more interested in profiting off the culture war than actually winning it. He also linked to this article on right-wing hucksterism that made for a good read.

http://www.thebaffler.com/past/the_long_con

Good article.  There's a few ultra conservative family members that donate to these useless organizations.  They also read chain e-mails to get the "real news." 

[Human Snorenado]

I feel like there's a certain minimum standard of intelligence, and you fail that test by voting Republican.  Unless you're a filthy rich sociopath, which I guess I can understand if not get behind.

Other than that though, I'm just not going to fuck you if you vote Republican.

[Yeti]

[tiesto]

Seems like most of the cute girls I know are Republican, Libertarian, or don't give a fuck about politics. The politically active dems I know tend to be frumpy

[Boogie]

Seems like most of the cute girls I know are Republican, Libertarian, or don't give a fuck about politics. The politically active dems I know tend to be frumpy

*Insert any footage of SE Cupp here*

[Human Snorenado]

Looks like a whole shit ton of people owe Harry Reid an apology

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-29/romney-avoids-taxes-via-loophole-cutting-mormon-donations.html

[cool breeze]

I'd say this was out of Idiocracy, but President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho's administration was more receptive towards people trying to save the environment.

[Oblivion]

Mitt Romney to America: That's A Nice Country You Got There. Be A Shame If Something Happened To It

Seems like most of the cute girls I know are Republican, Libertarian, or don't give a fuck about politics. The politically active dems I know tend to be frumpy

*Insert any footage of SE Cupp here*

Of all the conservative females who display cognitive dissonance, my little S.E. does so the most adorably.

[tiesto]

I'd say this was out of Idiocracy, but President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho's administration was more receptive towards people trying to save the environment.