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whiskeypriest
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 2:33 pm Reply with quote
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Befade wrote:
Election results STINK.
I note we have apparently decided the South won the Civil War and ressurected John C. Calhoun.

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Befade
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 6:59 pm Reply with quote
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And here in Arizona the fat sure rose to the top.........rancid of course.

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whiskeypriest
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:37 pm Reply with quote
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Yeah, we now have Governor Douchey. I think that's how it is pronounced. Well, at least the Dems held on to two of the three swing Congressional districts. Thanks to the Navajo, I guess.

Dems ran a pretty lackluster slate of candidates, statewide. Didn't even bother putting up a candidate against the horrid Trent Franks. They HAVE TO be able to do better.

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SDak. voted to raise its min wage, but replaced its Dem. senator with a Rep. who hates the raise. My precinct is strongly Dem., due to many Natives and college people and sage-sniffers from back East.

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Syd
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 1:29 am Reply with quote
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whiskeypriest wrote:
Befade wrote:
Election results STINK.
I note we have apparently decided the South won the Civil War and ressurected John C. Calhoun.


Mr. Calhoun would be livid to see who were elected Governor and Senator from South Carolina.

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gromit
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 6:47 am Reply with quote
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Obama didn’t help matters... While he has brought his substantial political skills to bear on his presidential campaigns, he has remained detached from the midterm elections in 2010 and 2014, insisting last month that his policies would speak for themselves. But by withdrawing from the struggle—and not attempting to frame the 2010 or 2014 elections—Obama allowed voters to blame him and the Democrats for whatever continues to ail America. And the Republicans did a good job in this election of turning the voters’ attention on Obama and away from their own lack of a program for the country.

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bartist
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 12:23 pm Reply with quote
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Word.

Several scholars have compared BHO to Wilson, and the more I learn about Wilson, the truer that seems.....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keith-runyon/woodrow-wilson-and-barack_b_4292365.html

Neither were truly political animals, which makes them admirable men, but not always up for the game. For all his charisma, Barack has sometimes seemed a little too ethereal and scholarly....too high-minded to go after the Repubs like a pitbull on a postman, not slutty enough to sleep with them, not nasty enough for horsetrading. He is an uncommonly decent man - how on earth did he get so far in politics?

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Befade
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 12:57 pm Reply with quote
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Anyone with a brain could rise above the Hate Obama strategy

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carrobin
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 1:06 pm Reply with quote
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Befade wrote:
Anyone with a brain could rise above the Hate Obama strategy


Let's face it, that's the only strategy the Republicans have. It seems to work, though.
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yambu
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 6:54 pm Reply with quote
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yambu
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 7:38 pm Reply with quote
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yambu wrote:
Real Clear Politics has his poll approval average at 42%. The Wall St. Journal says 70% of us think the economy is as bad as ever.

The real negative issue for O is the forever lingering recession and underemployment. Real wages have been frozen for six years.

Forbes says un/underemployment is at 12.6%. And it's hidden. You'll be the last to know about your accountant friend flipping burgers.

For these people who have been scared for so long, who fear for their children's education and other opportunities, on Tuesday they voted for Anyone But.

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carrobin
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 11:12 pm Reply with quote
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It seems rather ironic that the Wall Street Journal and the top 1% are so hostile to Obama, when they're the ones who have profited the most (in fact, they're practically the only ones who've profited) throughout his presidency. And their Republican buddies in Congress are the ones who have stonewalled his every effort to do something worthwhile, because of Socialism, which is the code word for "he wants to raise my taxes."
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Syd
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 10:15 pm Reply with quote
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I'm really pleased that Clayton Kershaw won the National League MVP. He went 21-3, had the lowest ERA for a starting pitcher in 19 years, struck out 239 while walking only 31, and, while starting only 27 games, faced 100 more batters than either his top two competitors had plate appearances.

Now if we could just give Greg Maddux and Pedro Martinez the MVPs they deserved.

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daffy
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:44 am Reply with quote
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R.I.P., Mike Nichols. Damn.

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bartist
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 9:52 am Reply with quote
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Man made good film - even some that crits called duds, like Wolf, I found quite watchable. Loved Silkwood. Obit is fascinating...was not aware Albert Einstein was his cousin, or the anarchist, Landauer.

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