"...answered it perfectly..."
No she didn't. She tacitly indicted Romney's wealth, which is about 100x Obama's, by criticizing Obama. In what alternate Universe is that a good answer.
US Presidential Election: Tuesday November 6th, 2012
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No she didn't. She tacitly indicted Romney's wealth, which is about 100x Obama's, by criticizing Obama. In what alternate Universe is that a good answer.
I can't get over how stupid she looks. I mean, never mind the drivel that actually comes out of her mouth, just look at that vapid, hollow stare.
She was an almost serious Republican Presidential candidate.
mjs is famous for taking the "everyone is equally bad" approach. Joe the Plumber lied. Hitler lied. Joe the Plumber is Hitler!
Rising sea levels are not a concern to the USA as much as other countries.
The Iraq war was and still is somewhat popular in the USA. It was just conducted badly.
The issue of Iran is purely posturing for pro-Isreal voters.
No conference is complete without a rant about russia, china or india.
The fact is: both parties are equally as useless. And there really won't be a huge difference if Romney was president and Obama wasn't.
Oh dear, Clint is properly demented.
They are not equally useless. The current republican party is far far worse than the dems IMO.
Pretty looney.
They've found their new Heston it seems. You could edit that brilliantly.
"There are 23 million unemployed in this country *round of applause*
"There are 23 million unemployed in this country *round of applause*
That is so sad.
Where is he getting his figures from....23 million unemployed...that sounds like complete bullshit.
The Man with No Clue.
felt very sorry for Clint.
Gotta watch a couple of his DVDs to make me forget this....
Gotta watch a couple of his DVDs to make me forget this....
It's hard to work out what's more baffling about that clip. Clint dodderingly talking to an invisible person, or the crowd cheering in the most bizarre places. "Oprah was crying" *cheer* "I found out there were 23 million unemployed" *cheer*
Bonkers the lot of it.
Bonkers the lot of it.
I think he's taking the 300 million people in the States and taking the 8% unemployment rate and coming out with 23 million. Except that it's 8% of the labor force that's unemployed, not of the entire population.
Kinda funny.
A good post I saw elswhere...
Nothing embodies the Republicans of today quite like an 81-year-old white guy arguing with an empty chair. The cartoon Obama that lives in their head has raised theirr taxes (no, he cut them as part of the stimulus package they all say they hate), wants to take away everyone's guns (though he has made absolutely no attempts or statements to do so) and is a socialist who hates America and wants to turn it into a smoking ruin (and not the guy who was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple) All week there wasn't a single person who could explain how you can cut taxes even further for rich people, spend even more on defense (against who, not sure, but...), and not blow a hole in the debt level that everybody started caring about again in January of 2009. There's one difference between arguing with an empty chair and the President; the chair can't argue back.
Nothing embodies the Republicans of today quite like an 81-year-old white guy arguing with an empty chair. The cartoon Obama that lives in their head has raised theirr taxes (no, he cut them as part of the stimulus package they all say they hate), wants to take away everyone's guns (though he has made absolutely no attempts or statements to do so) and is a socialist who hates America and wants to turn it into a smoking ruin (and not the guy who was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple) All week there wasn't a single person who could explain how you can cut taxes even further for rich people, spend even more on defense (against who, not sure, but...), and not blow a hole in the debt level that everybody started caring about again in January of 2009. There's one difference between arguing with an empty chair and the President; the chair can't argue back.
Wow, I thought Clint was better than that
I'd like to believe that Clint is just a sneaky bastard, and he really wants Obama to win.
Defense is relatively easy to cut.
The problem with any tax rises is the US's economy is 75% spending driven. You raise taxes on everyone by 2% (10% on the rich), which is probably needed, and that 2% all comes out of the average Joe's disposable income. The negative impact on the economy will be significant.
Neither parties approach is going to reap longterm benefits at this stage. They are both stuck at their own ends of the political and economic spectrum with polices that are a few decades out of date.
It was a silly question she didn't want to answer. The response was perfect because it killed his line of questioning dead and put it back on him. If an adviser was given that question in advance her response would probably be exactly what they would have given her. She isn't there to tell a reporter how the Romney camp needs to market him.
Incidentally, if the Romney camp continue along the lines of recent adverts and his speech last night they will be fairly successful connecting with large numbers of Americans. I actually think Obama has one hell of a fight on his hands now. The Romney campaign seems to have a real purpose and they are gaining ground fast.
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/
Nate has Obama at 302. It has been ticking up for the last week. Whatever the numbers are after both conventions, will be the best indicator of where the race is headed.
Nate has Obama at 302. It has been ticking up for the last week. Whatever the numbers are after both conventions, will be the best indicator of where the race is headed.
that makes sense after the excellent advert he did for Chrysler.
Watching a little farewell speech in Florida now and it's absolutely nauseating. According to Ryan Romney 'saved the olympics from being a disaster'
Hackneyed nonsense.
A question about whether a Presidential candidate is out of touch with common Americans because of his wealth isn't a silly question. In fact, a similar line of questioning derailed George Bush I's 1992 Presidential campaign, and effectively allowed Bill Clinton to march to victory.
How much of that is because you're marinating in the right wing Euphoria of being in Tampa ? None of the polls suggest much of a bump due to either the Ryan nomination or the the RNC. If anything, the Hurricane and the likes of Clint Eastwood have managed to severely blunt any progress for Romney.
On the Bachmann thing, if she thinks that Obama can't relate to the common people because of his wealth then surely she must also think the same about Romney. The stupid cow actually answered the question when she throught she was being clever with her answer.
how often have we heard this from those on the right. They cannot defend their party, so just say both are just as bad and hope no one notices.
The Democrats are not perfect, but at least their policies don't hurt the most vulnerable.
Once again I have seen this in the media where the rightist appologists excuse Romney by saying..'Well they are both wealthy'...therefore both are out of touch. Obama worked with the poor. Not sure what such experience Romney can tout.
The fact is Romney is many more times more wealth than the 250 million or whatever they keep mentioning. I mean we wont really know until we see his tax returns now will we?
...unless you reckon the most vulnerable are those within drone-strike radius of an Al Qaeda personage in Pakistan...
None what so ever. The polls have been tightening for months. The latest national polls have them 0.5% apart and the electoral collage map is pretty close; if Romney can win Florida they will be neck and neck. If you factor in voter enthusiasm Romney is in a decent position right now.
Tampa is in a fairly unique position because its the nmber one market for political adverts. The adverts in thelast few weeks have been slowly humanizing Romney and focusing more on Obama's failings and broken promises. I am no lover of Romeny but I can see the mood and attitude toward him changing.
He, or whoever wrote his speech, took the unemployment rate and applied to to the total population. Someone needs to tell them kids and old people aren't looking for work.
The real number is under 13 million.
Again, being in Tampa may have something to do with it. Its already a fairly conservative voting crowd that's getting a dose of anti Obama advertising to complement the convention (as well as before).
In the CE section memes and such are not welcome but just picture a "Too Pointless.......Did Not Watch" picture here......same will go for the Dem Convention
Surely the swing vote is more than 8-10%?
Plus, we we always hear that half the voting age population don't vote, so really only some 20% of the voting age population support the GOP, and that's if 45% of eligible voters really are part of the GOP base.
I wouldn't want anyone to think that 45% of voting age Americans support the GOP.
Since when? That's not on the posted meme/gif rules last time I checked.
Maybe I am wrong, I always thought in the CE section we tried to stay away from that sort of thing, but I guess not
What are you talking about? Tampa has a very diverse demographic and leans more toward the Democrats (56.9%) than GOP (43.1).
alt.coxnewsweb.com/statesman/metro/081205libs.pdf
There is definitely a sense the tide is turning in Romney's favor ever so slightly here. Now in most cities and states a small swing is not significant BUT down here a 1% swing is enough to win the State and possibly swing the election.
Reminds me of Nader when asked a while after Bush was elected. He put on his same old "corporatist" broken record and actually said "who cares". Well those thousands of dead Iraqi's certainly don't.
There's a big difference. Gore wouldn't have gotten us into a war with Iraq, and Obama didn't with Libya.
Just saw that Clint Eastwood speech, Christ that was a painful watch.
There needs to be a run off election for anyone getting less than 50%. That is the only way to eliminate the 'spoilers'.
I agree about Gore. He would not have made up 'facts' to invade Iraq.
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