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Campaign Crawlers
Are We Doomed Yet?
Polls present a challenge for Mitt Romney — and for the America he believes in.
TOLEDO, Ohio — The line to get into Mitt Romney’s “victory rally” here Wednesday stretched up Jefferson Avenue to Huron Street and around the corner nearly to Monroe Avenue. People stood in a drizzling rain to get into the event and, by the time Romney took the stage at the SeaGate Convention Center, more than four thousand were packed into the arena.
Romney’s voice was slightly hoarse as he hammered President Obama’s policies, especially the deficit spending that has brought the national debt to $16 trillion. “If President Obama were to get re-elected,” the Republican challenger said, “we’d have a $20 trillion debt by the time he left office. But he’s not going to get re-elected…” The crowd went wild.
The size and the enthusiasm of the audiences that have attended the GOP ticket’s rallies during this three-day tour of Ohio have gotten less press coverage than the polls which show Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan trailing the Democrats by a wide margin. It is hard to reconcile the strong turnout for Romney and Ryan with the impression conveyed in most of the media that the Republicans are doomed to defeat on November 6.
Yesterday, Jay Cost of the Weekly Standard asked, “Are the Polls Tilted Toward Obama?” Also, while we’re asking questions: Is water wet?
In all seriousness, however, conservatives need to ponder this disturbing hypothetical: What if the polls are right?
Suppose, for the sake of argument, that Obama really is sailing on his way to a landslide victory of such historic proportions that he defeats Romney by 10 points in Ohio. What if, despite all the bizarre poll skews that have become an almost constant subject of complaint on the Right in recent days, there actually has been a decisive shift in the electorate? When we think of what this would mean — an emphatic endorsement of all that Obama has done in the first four years of his presidency and a powerful mandate to continue doing it for another four years — we are confronted with an event of genuinely profound consequences.
It is easy for cynical pundits and dyspeptic critics to minimize what this election means. Whatever the results on November 6, the TV talking heads will still have their network sinecures on November 7. David Brooks won’t forfeit any book contracts and Peggy Noonan won’t lose any lecture fees, just because Obama wins the election. Such members of the GOP’s professional intelligentsia have never cast their lot with the Tea Party, nor have they shown any empathy for the grassroots activists who are manning phone banks and distributing yard signs, the volunteers motivated by a sincere belief that defeating Obama is essential to the preservation of the American Republic.
Remarkable irony: Many of those conservative now working hardest to elect Mitt Romney are conservatives who spent the primary campaign supporting other candidates in an effort to prevent Romney’s nomination as the “It’s His Turn” choice of the party establishment. Meanwhile, the elite pundits who spent the primary season nitpicking every fault of Romney’s rivals are now the first to raise the white flag of surrender, abandoning hope in the candidate that they insisted was the only one in the GOP field with any realistic chance to win in November.
At this apparent low ebb of the Romney-Ryan ticket’s fortunes, with less than six weeks to go until Election Day, the crisis moment of the campaign poses existential questions for the Republican Party. What if, ignoring every warning from conservatives, Americans are indifferent to Obama’s failures and heedless of the threat to liberty posed by four more years of his policies? What if a majority of Americans have lost faith in the world-changing beliefs proclaimed by the Founders at Philadelphia in 1776? What if our nation’s people have contemptuously abandoned the principles of limited constitutional government established by the Framers in 1787?
Perish the thought. This cannot happen. The Republican Party cannot allow it to happen. There is too much at stake, and there is still enough room for hope and it is too early to quit now. Romney’s proven ability to mount turnarounds cannot be discounted by fainthearts and naysayers. The candidate himself was full of confidence Wednesday, and the crowd of Ohio Republicans cheered as he reached the peroration of his speech to the rally at the SeaGate Center, invoking his favorite theme, American exceptionalism.
“This is who were are,” Romney said. “The world needs the example of America. It needs a strong America.… The world needs America to lead. Our future needs America to lead.”
Romney began a sentence, “If I am the next president,” then stopped and corrected himself: “When I am the next president of the United States.” A cheer rose from the crowd, and he continued as the cheers grew louder: “I will do everything in my power to keep America strong — strong in our homes, strong in our economy, strong in our military. We will lead! We will lead again!… I love this country!”
Can the polls be right? Is there no hope left for American leadership? Are we doomed? Perish the thought.
About the Author
Robert Stacy McCain is co-author (with Lynn Vincent) of Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party (Nelson Current). He blogs at The Other McCain.
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Purp| 9.27.12 @ 6:58AM
There are always outlier polls, but when the preponderance of polls shows a commanding lead, THAT is something you can count on.
The problem for Romney is not the polling. It's his mouth or brain or the fact they don't engage with each other.
Any Presidential candidate who dismisses 47% of the American people as lazy, freeloaders that don't pay Federal income tax, when it's clear that Seniors, Active Duty Military and Students don't pay income tax, not to mention white working class poor, disqualifies himself to lead the nation.
On top of that a man who wants to be Commander-in-Chief that wonders why windows on airplanes don't open - should NEVER be in charge of the military!
Just this week Romney has embraced RomneyCare and it's child, Obamacare - oh, but then he says the uninsured can go to the Emergency room for high priced care.
Romney also says he agrees with the President that they both care about poor people - thank you for proving the President is caring.
Romney also this week says that the President hasn't raised any taxes (which he hasn't) in 4 years, while Romney has been saying for 2 years the President did raise taxes.
The man is unqualified to lead, doesn't know what he believes, is constantly contradicting himself and is the WORST presidential candidate since I don't know when.
One flub at the first debate will seal his coffin. I almost feel sorry for the guy. He's probably a good businessman - but he will never be President.
CJW| 9.27.12 @ 7:28AM
ObamaboyPurpie/PurpieWassermanSchulz.
Still a coward, cannot answer:
1. Michelle got a raise from$100,000 per year to $350,000 per year as "Community Relations Attorney" from the Chicago hospital that got an earmark from Obama. Could this be a variation of the kickback? I would have more respect for her if she just took the cash like Spiro.
2. Obamas getting the house/land paid indirectly by the Chicago crook Rezko?
3. How about your hero Bubba selling a pardon for one million to Denise Rich for her fugitive husband, Mark Rich? Eric Holder was involved.
4. Obama missing 60% of the presidential daily briefings. You are not stupid enough to say he did not miss those meetings because those meetings did not occur because he failed to attend?
5. Obama not providing security to our embassies and consulate, and Ambassador Stevens gets killed.
Stop blaming Stevens to coverup for Obama.
6. Most of the muslim countries are rioting against us despite (or maybe because) the apologies and appeasement of Obama.
7. Even Baghdad Bob Carney and the Obama regime admitted these were planned terrorrist attacks, and not caused by some video.
8. Obama thinks the attacks on our embassies, killing our ambassador and three other Americans is just a" bump in the road,"
9. Fast and Furious scandal. Brian Terry dead,and hundreds of Mexicans dead by guns sent to Mexico by Obama/Holder.
Stephie| 9.27.12 @ 8:22AM
obama is so full of himself that he believes his mere presence will calm those freaks in the middle east. Moochelle practiced "patient dumping" at her $350,000. a year job where she shuffled the poor off to the wonderful county hospitals. SHE worked for a FOR PROFIT hospital. These vile grifters need to be shown the door on Nov 6th. I understand they are begging for donations to pay for their new $35 million digs in Hawaii. So Barry,take your old lady, your brats and your mamma in-law, and get the hell out of our White House.
Incidentally, do we taxpayers pay to keep moochelle mother up too?
Purp| 9.27.12 @ 9:37AM
Sorry Steph, but that ship has sailed... the President will remain the President. Romney Boo Boo has squandered his chance. It's just a matter of time now.
Perhaps he'll figure out how to open the window in the airplane and fly out the window?
Yesterday he told the Middle Class "I won't be giving you any tax cuts " ... what a complete idiot.
CJW| 9.27.12 @ 10:20AM
ObamaboyPurpie
BREAKING NEWS
According to the latest Chris Matthews/Dan Rather Scientific Poll, Barack Hussein Carter is leading in Ohio by 57%, in Florida by 57%, in Illinois by 102%,and in Virginia by 57%.
This means you and your fellow "purps" like Comrade Jack and vtwin can stay home on Nov8, election day.
Anthony| 9.27.12 @ 2:17PM
Purp and vtwin are the twin towers of Obozo's moron vote.
Obozo has lied for a week about this phony video, when it was he and his incompetent administration who caused the riots and the death of 4 Americans.
These two morons aren't talking about connecting the dots now, nor are the whores in the MSM!!
Purp| 9.27.12 @ 7:37PM
Waa, Waa ... you're losing and I'm laughing ... what a fool - who nominated Rombo? Oh, that's right - YOU did ! hahahahaha tra la la ... Zippy de do dah...
Von Mises Jr| 9.27.12 @ 8:29AM
CJW, Michelle's job was to bus the indigent care to other hospitals to reduce losses to the University Medical Center. Perhaps they died, but who cares. They were minorities and the Medical Center avoided the costs.
Jarret is part owner of Habitat and Kingsbury Plaza. The latter is worth $27.2M but is taxed at an assessment of $6.8M. I think someone isn't paying their fair share.
Her game is to buy dilapidated buildings and use redevelopment money to raise the property value. Of course the first thing that is necessary is to kick out the poor people.
Rezko bought apartment buildings and collected the rent while not paying the mortgage and taxes, and letting the property deteriorate and become overrun with vermin.
It is amazing how people who care so much about the poor keep screwing them over for a corrupt insider deal to get rich.
CJW| 9.27.12 @ 8:34AM
Von
Jarret is a slumlord, feeding off government programs and the "poor." Rev Wright lives in a gated community, Obama bought a 2 million dollar house with help from the earmark job and Rezko. None of them live in the hood. They care about the poor only because they need the poor to stay in power and make money. And they have lapdogs like the various "purps" here and in the MSM who worship them.
GobBluthe| 9.27.12 @ 10:44AM
You appear to have missed the point of the article completely
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:12PM
You left off the Biggest One of them all.
The Rapist - Bill Clinton- giving a Waiver to Loral Space, to sell Top Secret Navigation Systems to the Red Chinese, despite the opposition from his own CIA, NSA, DOD, JOINT CHIEFS, SECRETARY of DEFENCE, and even his own ATTORNEY GENERAL, because Loral's CEO - Bernard Scwatz - was the Democrat Party's #1 DONOUR.
The Red Chinese, right now, are pointing their Nuclear ICBMs - fitted with Loral's Guidance Systems - at American Cities, as we speak, thanks to The Rapist - Bill Clinton.
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.29.12 @ 3:19AM
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Sweet Jesus~
I can't stop laughing.
lol
Alan Obama Fan Brooks | 9.27.12 @ 5:34PM
Difference between Reagan and Romney:
Reagan believed in America;
Romney believes in Romney.
Cobalt| 9.27.12 @ 7:45AM
UnskewedPolls.com
http://unskewedpolls.com/
Jack in Wi| 9.27.12 @ 8:20AM
Sadly Purp the paid Democrat hack here is right. We have a turkey for a candidate who is sinking fast. I see minimal enthusiasm for either candidate among people I know. Romney refuses to adjust his campaign. Sure the economy is terrible and Obama is a disaster, Romney doesn't not give people much hope. He is running to be Bush term number 3. Nobody wants what he is selling, endless war for Israel, bailouts for his plutocrat pals amd cuts in food stamps, medicare and Social Security in the Middle of a terrible depression. He has less then 6
weeks to get his act together. In order to win he has to get rid of the neocons and reverse course on foreign policy. Obama will win easily the foreign policy debate if Romney continues with his incompetent warmongering. He could promise to end the war in Afganistan now, only go to war with a declation of war by Congress and to pursue peace first, not last. He would get the votes of the young and independents that he needs. He should also emphasize the extreme positions of Obama on abortion, homosexuality, government unions etc. How can he run as the competent guy who would fix things when is running an incompetent campaign and won't fix it?
canuckistani| 9.27.12 @ 9:38AM
Not a chance.
BHO won the last one in a celestial alignment that may never occur again. This time, it is the people that are rejecting empty rhetoric and staying with the devil they believe they know. Cynical, but true.
The GOP took far too long in attempting to write the narrative about BHO, had a dismal summer, and are now reaping those rewards in Willard's narrative being the central crux of the national campaign. BHO is not the subject, nor is the economy, it's Willard. More damning is the fact this narrative has had an even deeper impact in swing states.
If BHO wins, and it appears he will, the (R)ats will have another two years to search for the next savior of the party. By then Christie, Rubio and others will have to withstand a re-election campaign. It will tell us something if they can win handily and jumpstart a national strategy from there.
With healthcare approved by the SCOTUS, DADT not having a detrimental effect on the troops, DOMA is next, with possible Roe v Wade cases hitting by 2015. It may put to rest the social conservative cause within the party and permit the (R)ats to become a national party once again.
That is needed, as having only one one viable party in this country is unwanted.
GobBluthe| 9.27.12 @ 11:02AM
The problem with your anti-Semetic thesis is that Romney isnt promising endless war nor is Obama promising peace in out time with Islam. Obama has continued "Bush's Wars" and expanded them to Libya and aggressive use to drone assassinations. Romney isnt exactly running against a George McGoven foreign policy. So you need a new thesis that isnt derranged with Jew hatred.
Occam's Tool| 9.28.12 @ 4:45PM
Well, Jack, when Romney wins, please stop pontificating on this site, eh? I'll stop if he loses, if you'll stop if he wins. Bargain? Or are you too much of a coward to pick it up.
Romneys gonna kick O's ass, fool.
artinocala| 9.27.12 @ 8:35AM
Gee, I wonder who you'll vote for? Perhaps you can retire to Hawaii with the Obamas in 2013.
PCC| 9.27.12 @ 9:12AM
Mr. Romney must:
1. Attack President Obama for his myriad failures.
2. Challenge Americans, a la JFK, to COMPETE in a global economy, which includes a 15% corporate tax rate to encourage foreign and domestic investment in what is still the No. 1 best place to invest, thereby creating millions of good manufacturing, creative jobs at home.
3. Change the emphasis from the guy who owns the hardware store (the "risk takers and job creators") to the 10 or 20 guys in the same store who stack the shelves. That's where the votes are!
canuckistani| 9.27.12 @ 9:50AM
Too late.
BHO does not have "myriad failures" as those on here dimly aver.
You underestimate the intellect of people and how they perceive and score the federal government. They are not stupid and know the presidency is not a dictatorship. Far from it.
To stridently suggest the state of the economy is somehow tied to BHO's failures is laughable, and the polling is showing that people have awoken to the empty rhetoric of Willard and his cabal. It is probabaly the messenger, but all of it? It just might be the policy.
When Cheney - the proxy holder for Reagan minions - states that "deficits don't matter", it sinks in. When Americans realize that they went to war on a lie and only a tiny sliver of the country had to sacrifice, it sinks in. When stat after stat shows the top earners of the country have not only recouped their losses of the last four years, but have gobbled up an even larger share, the suggestion they need even more breaks does not make sense. It sinks in.
BHO has made it clear that one way or another he is with the country and staying put. Willard has made it clear over the decades that his money - his central ethical driver - is mobile and carries the flag of any country that will give him useful cover. It sinks in.
The (R)ats need to have a full cleansing of the extremists in both the economic and social wings if a winning coalition is possible in future.
Robert| 9.27.12 @ 10:08PM
If you had any sense you would pipe down the talking points and infantile prejaculations. Such is only going to inflame the Republican base, as if it needs any more gasoline, what with Hussein screwing up everything and lying even more. But we know Purp...you are required by your bundler to earn your peanuts and continue spouting drivel.
Take a lesson from 1980. The polls had the peanut farmer up by double digits right around this juncture. Jimmy II the community organizer is going down in what could be the biggest landslide since '84. Remember...Mondale won one state?
Romney is a seasoned debater. Or have you forgotten the primaries? He knows his facts and won't be bullied by the Muslim. BHO won't have his prompter, hasn't a fig leaf to run on, and will be reduced to a mumbling gasbag with elephant ears.
Occam's Tool| 9.28.12 @ 4:43PM
The polls are assuming a ratio of voters, Republican and Democrat, similar to 2008. Odds are that it will much more resemble 2010.
We'll find out in November, Purp---but I live in a Blue State, in a college town, and there is NO ENTHUSIASM for Zero.
Shall I discuss the problems with a man who can't remember the names of the soldiers he gives MOHs to, who can't pronounce Corpsmen properly, and who thinks there are 57 states, being President?
Romney's concern over the love of his life almost dying and being flabbergasted at that point is much more acceptable.
btims86| 9.27.12 @ 6:59AM
The population has changed greatly mostly due to two things:
a) Constant government conditioning through the public school system, the MSM and the university system.
b) Mass immigration. The brutal truth is, most "non-White" people (who are most immigrants, legal & illegal) vote for Democrats overwhelmingly. As the percentage of White Americans declines, so do any hope of limited government. But liberals and Neoconservatives still pound the high immigration drum. They are internationalists, not patriotic nationalists which true conservatives are.
PCC| 9.27.12 @ 9:19AM
On immigration:
The Republican position should be "big gate, high walls".
Immigration made the US the economic and social juggernaut that it is. Welcome legal immigration, especially Phd's from India, China and Timbuktu, but also hard-working Mexicans trying to improve their lot in life, and vigorously oppose illegal immigration in all its forms.
canuckistani| 9.27.12 @ 9:54AM
Then you better get your subordinate women pushing them out at 4 times their current rates.
btims86| 9.27.12 @ 5:07PM
PCC - Incorrect. Your knowledge of US history is wanting. Immigrants were never more than 10% of the population. Immigrants didn't start the country and they didn't "build it" either.
In case your slow mentally, we have the most open and generous immigration system in the world. We admit more legal imigrants than all other nations in the world, combined, each and every year. What you say, you're still not satisfied? lol
We could stop all immigration tomorrow and for the next ten years and it wouldn't do a thing to us in a negative way. Mass immigration is just another form of liberalism; its a way for liberals and neocons (liberal republicans) to feel good about themselves. We have a real unemployment rate of over 11% and you want to import more people? Please specify and justify that. You can't. It's merely your ideology that blinds you.
Mike Rogers | 9.27.12 @ 6:59AM
I didn't come to America in 1985 because the government payouts were better, I came because the opportunities were better.
I have taken root in America because its founding principles, if applied by "we the people" are the best guarantee of limited government and continued opportunities for all Americans, and the best beacon of freedom for the world.
I will stand and fight, my fellow Americans, and that means working for Romney's success. Will you join me?
Aristocat| 9.27.12 @ 7:00AM
Don't pay any attention to the media...Romney will win big. This is still a free country, or will be when the Muslim Marxist is removed.
Stephie| 9.27.12 @ 8:25AM
THANK YOU ARISTOCRAT!
I'm with you on this sentiment. What the hell has barry done in the last 2-3 weeks to go up so far in the polls!!! A mid east bungle and more lies.
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:15PM
RASMUSSEN ONLY!
Everyone else is bought and paid for.
Period.
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.29.12 @ 3:19AM
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Sweet Jesus~
I can't stop laughing.
lol
Von Mises Jr| 9.27.12 @ 7:04AM
It is really pretty simple. If Obama wins re-election, then we will have a depression. The Bush rates and brackets ending January increase a family earning $70K AGI by $4,200. Then you add in the ObamaCare taxes, and the cost to you and/or your employer in new taxes is double that amount. So if you earn $70K ranges and your taxes go up by $8K, you are SOL. And so is your employer and friends as their remaining disposable income is confiscated.
The good news is that the dumb bastards that vote for him will take it the hardest. If you get government handouts and the government defaults, I hope you like eating bugs and your front lawn. This is what they do in North Korea, and if you want fairness, go for it.
Pecos Pete| 9.27.12 @ 7:16AM
VMJ: Agreed in all respects.
BTW, do not respond to the first post by Violet. I know it will be hard not to respond, but save some energy. His guy thinks there are 57 states and doesn't know the amount of the national debt ... among other bloopers ... and Violet is profoundly happy with him. There is no reasoning with willful stupidity.
CJW| 9.27.12 @ 8:35AM
You mean there are not 57 states? Are you sure? Obama is never wrong.
Purpie is here only so we can mock and ridicule the lefty talking points he/she gets from DebbieWS.
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:16PM
Contest, Tomorrow.
Appleby's Underpants.
Be there.
Minuteman78| 9.27.12 @ 8:29AM
As the definition of a depression is an economic condition whereby you are selling off assets to pay for basic expenses, I believe we are ALREADY in a depression. A second term of O-Commie will be like the second term of FDR - simply exacerbate the depression.
But why would you say the 'dumb bastards' i.e. Government workers and Welfare queens, will take it the hardest? It's anyone that's decent and moral enough to work that will get it in the a$$.
JimP| 9.27.12 @ 9:15AM
Headline: "Over the cliff: Durable goods orders drop 13.2% in August; Q2 GDP downgraded from 1.7% to 1.3%"
Minuteman has a point.
If Barry wins we'll get QE (x) to the nth. The takers' bennies will never keep pace with the price increases. That's when the rioting will begin. And then......
spike59| 9.27.12 @ 10:58AM
from 1948 to 'Obamatime' there were 39 months when the unemplyment rate topped 8%...since OBaMao took office, there have been 44 or 45 straight...
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:17PM
Contest, Tomorrow.
JimP| 9.27.12 @ 8:33AM
Thank you, VMJr. for putting it so clearly and succinctly. If Barry wins, I say bring on the apocalypse. I will enjoy watching the takers get what's coming to them. I know that is not the Christian attitude but the thought of Obama winning gives Lucifer the upper hand on my psyche.
Of course the scenario fits Michelle O's new eating guidelines for school lunches and trimming down. Bugs for lunch equals North Korean sveltness. You can never be too thin after all.
CJW| 9.27.12 @ 8:38AM
Von
If O wins, which will not happen, then Israel has no choice but to attack Iran. Iran is not afraid of Obama and laughs at us. The only hope to avoid a war is for a President Romney administration that Iran will fear and respect. Iran laughed at Jimmy Carter for one year, then released the hostages once Reagan won. Iran now laughs at Barack Hussein Carter.
canuckistani| 9.27.12 @ 10:06AM
Iran gave up the hostages as a symbolic piling on after they defeated Carter. When Reagan sold arms to the mullahs - SAMs and stingers - was that a show of strength or something else?
RR cut and ran from Iranian hegemony in Lebanon and the Gaza strip, and did absolutely zero about the Twelvers in Damascus. He actively supported Iraq, but had zero strategy if Iraq failed.
RR had exactly zero military victories of consequence.
It was the economic collapse of the Warsaw pact that precipitated the end of the cold war, not RR strategic vision.
CJW| 9.27.12 @ 10:34AM
That must be the reasons why Reagan won 49 of the 57 states, right?
Desperate, you have no reasons to vote for O.
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:21PM
Reagan's Military Buildup was what broke the Warsaw Pacts Economies.
I guess you were peeking at your Mom in the Shower, that day.
Or, was it your Sister?
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.29.12 @ 3:20AM
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Sweet Jesus~
I can't stop laughing.
lol
Von Mises Jr| 9.27.12 @ 10:24AM
Hey CJW, it looks like Perp logged out and back in a caucksackie. Watch now and you will see the same serial diatribes. Perhaps he can be nathan later today.
You see he fantasizes about nathan hot dogs and tea bags. I apologize to the ladies, except Perp, but this is not an accident. All the troll names are intended to be insults to decent people. Remember FCKE and D'Red Communist. They think that they are clever.
So they can KMA.
CJW| 9.27.12 @ 10:57AM
Von
It will simplify if we just refer to all of the as "purp" since the message is the same. Maybe, use purp 1, purp 2,...
Pecos Pete| 9.27.12 @ 11:35AM
Or:
1. Village Idiot 1, 2, etc.
2. Violet 1, 2, etc.
Von Mises Jr| 9.27.12 @ 11:45AM
CJW and Pete, some do not know that Perp answered John Navatril as "Jefferson" so we know he is a scammer.
I have not seen Margie lately, but I conditionally apologized when it said it was not a troll, and Tim accepted. Wonder about that plumbing and self awareness.
I do this to make sure visitors know that there are not that many stupid or obnoxious people as their little trick tries to portray.
I would just as soon not talk to them at all and I suggest we do not argue with them. That is what they get $10 an hour from Soros to do.
Just use Rule #5: Ridicule is man's most potent weapon.
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:23PM
How did I get in here?
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:23PM
Contest, tomorrow.
Sean| 9.27.12 @ 7:15AM
Yes we are doomed because it is either Obama or Romney and they both suck.
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:28PM
If we're Doomed, it's because of Idiots, like you.
Last I looked, Mitt Romney isn't responsible for ANYTHING that's going to Hell in this Country.
Zero.
Now, get your panties unwadded, and stand up on your hind legs, LIKE A MAN, and Vote this Muslim MFer OUT OF OFFICE.
And, Grow Up, while you're at it.
You sound like a Punk@ss.
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.27.12 @ 5:32PM
On NOV 7, 2012, I will be happy to see you cry, because Romney lost the election.
Sean| 9.27.12 @ 11:37PM
Oh yeah Romney isn't responsible for Romney care and Ryan isn't responsible for supporting TARP and auto bailouts.
Virtue| 9.27.12 @ 7:39AM
Of course we conservatives are on board. What alternative do we have? But that's not exactly the rallying cry for a large turnout of the less committed....
Stephie| 9.27.12 @ 8:27AM
Getting rid of the Kenyan is NOT exactly a rallying cry? Really?
JimP| 9.27.12 @ 9:02AM
I'm with you Stephie. However lacking Romney may be, getting rid of Obama is imperative and anyone who is not motivated to vote for Romney in November is not serious at all about preserving the U.S.
Alice Moore| 9.27.12 @ 9:49AM
Gov. Romney would be 1000 times better than the present occupant in every way.
I saw some articles on the rioting in Greece and Spain. It will be coming here with an O 2nd term. The American Left is so arrogant to think that they would be able to ride the tiger of that crises. They would be no more able to do this than Louis XVI was during the French Revolution.
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:24PM
Contest, tomorrow, Stephie.
Don't let me down.
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.29.12 @ 3:21AM
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Sweet Jesus~
I can't stop laughing.
lol
Intelligent Design| 9.27.12 @ 8:16AM
In Oct. 1980 the polls said Carter was way ahead of Reagan. Reading the polls is about the same as reading the daily liberal newspaper or listening to TV news - a waste of time. Obama is the problem, and a majority of the public knows that.
Jack in Wi| 9.27.12 @ 8:28AM
I met Ronald Reagan and Mitt Romney is no Ronald Reagan. Reagan had competent mangers and consultants and a firm belief system thst he had developed over a long life involved in public debate. Romney is a rich man who thinks he deserves the job just because we have someone who is awful in the job. You have to give people something to be positive for. Romney comes off as the phoney he is. How can he be an effective President when he can't even pick competent managers and think for himself?. He is a pawn in the hands of his consultants. So is Obama, but he seems to have smarter people.
Minuteman78| 9.27.12 @ 8:31AM
"So is Obama, but he seems to have smarter people." Smarter? What f---ing planet are YOU living on? I'm smart is driving U6 Unemployment to 17% and Gas to $4 a gallon, I'd hate to see stupid!
Indy| 9.27.12 @ 9:28AM
The Fed is propping up the economy and driving up Food / Gas prices while destroying savings, why Romney, "Conservative" writers, pundits are not hammering that point is beyond me.
canuckistani| 9.27.12 @ 9:59AM
Because WIllard et al know that the Fed manoevers are necessary. The stock market is strong and capital is starting to move. Those are the only indicators Willard et al look at.
When consumer spending improves - 2/3 of GDP - the austerity argument is lost.
Indy| 9.27.12 @ 10:12AM
Second Qtr GDP was just revised to 1.25%, durable goods are down, riots are happening in Spain / Greece, the stock market is overvalued and will come crashing down, it is just a matter of time. Soros is calling for a new reserve currency, like him or hate him, the man knows how to destroy currency.
Bill8472| 9.27.12 @ 1:37PM
We've been hearing that the stock market is strong and capital is starting to move here in the U.S. for a couple of years now. Somehow despite all that strength and movement, things seem to be pretty much the same.
Bill8472| 9.27.12 @ 1:38PM
The latest I'm hearing is that house prices are starting to go up. I'm waiting for the Fed to announce a rise in interest rates.
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:31PM
That will never happen, as long as this Ccksckr is in office.
Never!
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.29.12 @ 3:34AM
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Sweet Jesus~
I can't stop laughing.
lol
Nick| 9.27.12 @ 9:55AM
That wasn't Ronald Reagan, Jackboot the Nazi.
That was a meth-induced hallucination of your Hitler poster on the wall, while you were ironing your sheet & hood for the next Klan rally. Putz.
Alice Moore| 9.27.12 @ 10:01AM
Jack, so you like more of the same? You're like the frat boy in Animal House that said, "thank you, can I have another!" when he he was being whomped by a 2x4.
At best you must be one of those voters that if our side is not King Arthur, Charlemagne, Barbarossa rolled into one with a dash of the Sun King thrown in, why you'll stay home and pout.
Gov. Romney would be a vast improvement over Obama.
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:34PM
You have to come to the Contest, tomorrow.
It's all about Movie Anologies, to the News of the Day.
You sound like a Natural.
Look for my Byline.
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.29.12 @ 3:35AM
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Sweet Jesus~
I can't stop laughing.
lol
spike59| 9.27.12 @ 11:00AM
"I met Ronald Reagan"...sure, jackie, right after you cured cance, won the Nobel Prize and the Boston Marathon and dated...uhhhhh...Morgan Fairchild....yeah, THAT'S the ticket...
artinocala| 9.27.12 @ 8:32AM
Good article Mr. McCain. One thing we should check is Rasmussen's republican/democrat division in the country. In Nov. 2008 Dems were up over Repubs by 7 points. In August 2012 Repubs are up by about 4, an 11% shift in this demographic. If the August 2012 percentages were used, it's estimated Romney would be up nationally by 6-9 points. The media and pollsters will never use the latest figures. They're trying to discourage the Repub vote. And why would Obama spend a full day in Ohio if he really has a huge lead and all the women love him? Huh? 9 of 10 respondents to Bret Baier's survey last night feel Romney will win Ohio. Again, huh?
Alice Moore| 9.27.12 @ 10:04AM
I agree, today he is campaigning in Virginia instead of meeting with Netanyahu. So he really is up by 10%?
canuckistani| 9.27.12 @ 10:09AM
Why would he meet with Bibi? To tell him to STFU again? He can do that with a text message.
I wish he had the balls to do it publicly. The Third Templars on here would crap their pants.
CJW| 9.27.12 @ 10:36AM
And the anti Israel, anti semites, anti American, like you would be happy, right Purpie II?
spike59| 9.28.12 @ 5:57AM
I wish he had the balls to do it publicly.
===========================
not going to happen...'barry mommy jeans' doesn't have a set; they're in Valerie Jarrett's purse...or in Larry Sinclair's mouth...but it WOULD be funny to watch former commando Bibi bitch-slap the turd into next week
Hardcard| 9.27.12 @ 8:44AM
jack-off STFU
Fiscal| 9.27.12 @ 8:47AM
The problem is exactly what we see here in the comments -- people here don't want Obama rather than really wanting Romney. You can't win if people don't want you. Besides, Romney's statements from a few years ago are the opposite of what he says today. Just a few months ago he said it would be un-American not to take all of the tax deductions due and now he doesn't take all of his deductions.
The polls are probably right because Romney is a flawed candidate. Obama is not winning, Romney is losing. I'm one of those who doesn't hate Obama like most of you Fox News junkies, I just think Obama has not shown any leadership qualities and Romney will be SLIGHTLY better. Unfortunately, his budget will create even larger deficits than Obama, but I'm hoping once he gets into office, the "manager" in him will kick in and he won't follow his budget.
Nick| 9.27.12 @ 9:58AM
I'm still waiting for your "scientific" arguments against the Pro-Life position on when human biological life begins, Fiscal.
Did you give up already?
CJW| 9.27.12 @ 11:05AM
Nick
He will give you the MSNBC poll of when human life begins.
Anybody with an honest functioning brain, which excludes the totalitarians here, knows when human life begins. They deliberately confuse when human life begins with when that human life gets legal protection from being aborted by the mother and her doctor.
Pa and almost every other state has a law on homicide of an unborn child. You can be prosecuted for homicide unless you are parents and "doctors/medical providers" involved in the abortion.
Nick| 9.27.12 @ 11:14AM
Could be, W.
He certainly didn't have any better answers yesterday.
GobBluthe| 9.27.12 @ 11:04AM
""The polls are probably right because Romney is a flawed candidate.""
Again you didnt bother to read the article. The question the author asks is Obama winning not because of Romney's problems but due to America being a lefting nation now. Obama got a net 10 point bounce from his DNC, the most leftwing DNC since 1972? Was that bounce due to a Romney gaffe???
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:42PM
How can the Deficits be Larger?
You open up EVERYWHERE for Drilling. Approve the XL Pipeline. Reopen all of the Coal Mines, and Coal Fired Electric Power Plants, and get rid of the Thousands of New Business Killing Regulations put in by President No Jobs?
This Economy will take off like Purp, when he sees a Penis.
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.27.12 @ 5:33PM
On NOV 7, 2012, I will be happy to see you cry, because Romney lost the election.
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.29.12 @ 3:35AM
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Sweet Jesus~
I can't stop laughing.
lol
Louis Jenkins| 9.27.12 @ 8:47AM
The above post is correct. Why would Obama spend the time campaigning in Ohio? He's already written off NC, home of the 2012 Democratic convention, although the pollsters are still hoping that state will go democrat. (It's violet's favorite color-Purple.) Don't listen to Obama, watch what he does.
spike59| 9.28.12 @ 6:01AM
ObaMao is BACK in VA...and the 'pundits' were saying earlier this year that if ObaMao was still making campaign stops in VA after Labor Day, it's a sign that the campaign is in trouble
Indy| 9.27.12 @ 8:52AM
"What if the polls are right?" They are not, knock off the DOOooommmm. Either get in the foxhole and fight like Da Tech Guy who does the work to expose the polls or go crawl up in the corner with your blanket.
http://datechguyblog.com/2012/.....-unlikely/
or fight like Kevin DuJan who is recruiting election judges and daily exposing the Left and providing his readers with action steps to win.
http://hillbuzz.org/daily-doom.....12-9262012
Alice Moore| 9.27.12 @ 10:08AM
I agree with you Indy. Check your inner Eeyore at the door folks.
Obama's actions alone belie the polls.
Indy| 9.27.12 @ 10:16AM
Hop over the hillbuzz.org or legalinsurrection if you want to work with those of us in the foxhole. I rarely read or comment on this site anymore, either you are part of the problem or part of the solution.
scotchieguy| 9.27.12 @ 10:50AM
Like him or hate him, Dick Morris did a nice job on O'Reilly explaining how these poll numbers "show" Obama way ahead in Ohio and FL. They are simply extrapolating 2008 numbers to today assuming that all of these lefties are going to be knocking down the poll doors again like they did in 2008, when in reality that will not happen.
Plus, they are simply trying to discourage repubs from voting. It is working! I nearly thought about mailing it in until I started to listen to Rush and Morris, etc. If anything, it is possible these "poll results" may result in dems staying home due to complacency and repubs knocking down the door in record numbers at the voting booth in Nov.
Nick| 9.27.12 @ 11:08AM
Good point, Scotchieguy.
Morris explained this further, last week, on his website:
http://www.dickmorris.com/why-.....mney-vote/
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:45PM
Absolutely.
Scotchieguy and Nick.
Contest, Tomorrow.
Be there, or be Purp.
Kwan| 9.27.12 @ 9:27AM
On November 6th the American electorate will be given a major IQ test. Do they reelect the failed loser Obama, and continue to watch daily as Obama and the Commiecrats continue to dismantle the nation, in some mindless utopian quest to bring "fairness" and "justice" to the people, by converting the country into a Dystopian People's Republic. Or does the electorate come to its senses and toss the Kenyan Communist out of office, before he can do anymore damage.
Alice Moore| 9.27.12 @ 9:31AM
Robert Stacy McCain, the polls are skewed. I'm beginning to think that they're only polling Detroit and Berkley. In PA they oversampled Ds by 18%!
They want us to be in our natural Eeyore state and to stay home on Nov. 6.
canuckistani| 9.27.12 @ 9:56AM
Rasmussen has responded. Strawman vanquished.
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:47PM
Rasmussen has them tied.
So, what's your point?
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.27.12 @ 5:33PM
On NOV 7, 2012, I will be happy to see you cry, because Romney lost the election.
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 6:17PM
What a surprise.
Another One Trick Pony Liberal.
Congratulations.
You're an Idiot.
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.29.12 @ 3:35AM
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Sweet Jesus~
I can't stop laughing.
lol
GobBluthe| 9.27.12 @ 10:59AM
They probably are. But what if they are not? What does it mean about present day America?
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:46PM
Contest, tomorrow, Alice.
Look for my Byline.
Nick| 9.27.12 @ 10:24AM
O'Bama still can't get above 50% in the national polls. Not good, going into October.
It is to be expected, though.
Since, the Appeaser-in-Chief, along with Shrillary the Hut, has been too busy covering up the terrorist attack on our consulate in Benghazi, which KILLED FOUR AMERICANS, including Amb. Stevens.
Then, the Apologist-in-Chief said that the killings and attack were "BUMPS IN THE ROAD"!!!!!
And now we know that they knew it wasn't a mob protesting that stupid video within the first 24 hours. Which means they were lying from the beginning.
Plus, he is letting our brave troops in Afghanistan get butchered by "blue on green" attacks, because he cares more about being on The View than he does about our heroic forces fighting the global jihad.
O'Bama is a douchebag.
Please, listen to a father's account of how his son, LCpl. Greg Buckley, Jr., was killed, on Laura Ingraham's radio show, yesterday:
http://www.lauraingraham.com/p.....0xMzYwMQ==
Purp| 9.27.12 @ 7:38PM
But he's winning? Guess you're not so smart, huh, SnarkNick?
Nick| 9.27.12 @ 8:20PM
During the past couple of weeks, Burp has REPEATEDLY blamed the late Ambassador Stevens for his own death, the death of 3 other Americans, and the attack on the Libyan consulate. He STUPIDLY believes that an ambassador has more power than the president.
Burp will say ANYTHING to help the Appeaser-in-Chief cover-up his incompetence and lying.
__________________
Purp| 9.19.12 @ 8:06PM
"Who is in charge of the Embassy in a country? Who decides what is or isn't done in the Embassy?
"It is the Ambassador. He loved Libya, he miscalculated and tragically is dead.
"But, why would a President bother appointing an Ambassador if you're not going to listen to his advice. [...]
"Sadly, we can't ask the Ambassador himself - but that was his job."
__________________
Purp| 9.19.12 @ 10:49PM
"Say it all you want ... Ambassador is the boss. If he wanted more security, he'd have had it. It sure isn't the President's fault. [...] Twist all you want. He was the boss, and he is now dead."
__________________
You KEEP blaming Ambassador Stevens for his own death.
You are a disgusting scumbag, Burp.
GobBluthe| 9.27.12 @ 10:49AM
Did anyone actually read the article? Most posters here continue to blame Romney's poor showing on Romney. The point of the article is this question? Have the American people turned their backs on what has America work for the past 230 years? Are Americans now sufficiently leftist that no GOP candidate can get elected. That is the question. If so, then focusing on gaffes and an allegedly poorly run campaign misses the point entirely. Yet that is what the majority choose to do, especially Purp.
Maybe the author's question is too scary for conservatives to contemplate. It means the problem isnt Romney, but the country is now at best center left and possibly far left. Want to talk gaffes?? The entire DNC was a giant gaffe, yet Obamugabe got a big bounce out of it.
I ask conservatives to stop for a moment blaming minor problems with Romney's campaign and ask, has 45 years of unlimited third world immigration and 50 years of NEA indoctrination resulted in a sufficiently leftwing electorate that would not elect any GOP candidate no matter how flawless?
Drunken Sailor| 9.27.12 @ 3:23PM
Simple, we become Europe part II. Ironic considering they are beginning to discover the errors of their ways and are trying to turn the ship.
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:50PM
Contest, tomorrow.
And, it's Venezuela II.
Not Europe II.
spike59| 9.27.12 @ 10:51AM
The size and the enthusiasm of the audiences that have attended the GOP ticket's rallies during this three-day tour of Ohio have gotten less press coverage than the polls which show Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan trailing the Democrats by a wide margin. It is hard to reconcile the strong turnout for Romney and Ryan with the impression conveyed in most of the media that the Republicans are doomed to defeat on November 6.
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the parallels to 1948 are stiking: then, as now, the press was heavily favoring, and giving fawning coverage to, one candidate (Dewey), and failed to pay attention to the fact that Truman's crowds kept growing larger and more enthusiatic, while Dewey's were less impressive...Truman was written off by the MSM of the day almost immediately after the nominating conventions...we all know how THAT turned out-Truman won, and Dewey is now best remembered as 'the little man on the wedding cake'
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:51PM
Exactly.
See you at The Contest, tomorrow?
Who Knows?| 9.27.12 @ 11:30AM
Plastics isn’t the word----nowadays, and actually, every day, it’s two words that count:
ALWAYS ALREADY.
There is always, already a Real reality.
Simultaneously, in human being land, with billions of people scurrying on their patch of earth’s surface, or flying, or diving in water, each one has their opinion or/and view ABOUT the Real reality. How much congruence is there, of a view and what the view is of, for each person, these, or any, days?
Ergo---polls exist. People want to know, what always already is so. While change = time happens, it’s what’s always already NEW that matters. Putatively.
Just so, what about a most basic always already core condition of humans?
Pace this, did you notice the Drudge link, “Children’s brains imprinted with fast-food logos”--
http://www.medicaldaily.com/ar.....brains.htm
What is always already so is that we have each lived so many awake hours, and there’s been a whole lot of “imprinting” going on. Extend “fast food” to political beliefs, religious ones, indeed to every defined realm of your life.
We live in a hall of distorting mirrors---what a fun house life always already IS!
TLP| 9.27.12 @ 3:49PM
Come to my Contest, tomorrow.
It's a Movie Analogy Contest.
You're 4th Dimensional Mind will fit right in.
Look for my Byline.
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.29.12 @ 3:36AM
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Sweet Jesus~
I can't stop laughing.
lol
7-08| 9.27.12 @ 11:35AM
The polling anomalies showing double digit Obama leads reflect nothing other than cheerleading by academic based think (dream/wish) tanks and the MSM. Anyone familiar with polling now understands the concept of “lying with statistics.” The “powers that be (were)” are slow to grasp the significance of this new defensive armament wielded by the voter. The manifestations of “sampling” are no longer a mystery.
However, other than the obvious scheme to demoralize the conservative base there appears to be a secondary and underlying contingency plan that is far more nuanced. Skewed polls serve a purpose but those capable of this subterfuge are by definition “whistling past the graveyard.” They know what is really happening, most conservatives know what is really happening, and the delusion of previous turnout levels and enthusiasm is a two edged sword, the leading part of that blade wielded by the MSM is now so dull and nicked it is laughed at. What we must guard against this time is the backhand.
What I suspect will occur is Romney will win by a significant margin, so significant that a “Gore like” debacle of voter disenfranchisement claims, court intervention, and 24/7 indignation by the same manipulators using their “scientific” irrefutable skewing as evidence. This purported outrage will then prompt the call to overthrow the election.
Mike G| 9.27.12 @ 4:09PM
"This purported outrage will then prompt the call to overthrow the election."
And then rioting will ensue, followed by Emperor O declaring martial law, and refusing to allow Romney to assume his duly elected office. Civil war will not be too far behind.
Cool Hand Luke| 9.27.12 @ 11:57AM
Ann Coulter wrote an article a few months ago in
which she stated this is not the same country that
elected Ronald Reagan. DEMOGRAPHICS.
When the Republicans no longer even bother to
compete for a huge state like California,
the writing is on the wall.
Texas, within 10 years, could easily flip into
the Blue state column.
This could very well be the last hoorah
for two white males on the Republican
ticket.
I ain't wild about Mitt but hope he wins. But the
odds don't look good and he'd better hit a home
run in the first debate.
Intelligent Design| 9.27.12 @ 12:50PM
Obama has never held a real job, not even a newspaper route. To my knowledge, he's never been a clerk, waiter, laborer, accountant, manager, or business executive. He's never been accountable to shareholders or a board of directors. He is ignorant about how the economy functions. He may not even know the difference between fiscal and monetary policy. This helps explain why unemployment is higher now than it was when he took office nearly 4 years ago. His policies are all wrong, and he refuses to change them. A majority of the public knows that, and will throw him into the garbage truck of history.
Four years is enough time for Obama on training wheels.
Kingofthenet| 9.27.12 @ 1:04PM
So a College Professor isn't a 'Real' Job?
Drunken Sailor| 9.27.12 @ 2:28PM
College Lecturer, not professor. Basically he was paid to talk. And the answer is no, it's not a real job.
"Obama wasn't a professor; he was a lecturer, a position that the Chicago Law School said in 2008 "signifies adjunct status." He was elevated to a "senior lecturer" in 1996, the year he was first elected to the Illinois Senate in Springfield."
Not only was he not a professor but for the life of me I can't figure out what part of the Constitution he supposedly talked about.
From 1992 until 2004, Obama taught three courses: "Current Issues in Racism and the Law," "Voting Rights and the Democratic Process," and "Equal Protection and Substantive Due Process."
Drunken Sailor| 9.27.12 @ 2:29PM
Forgot the link
http://washingtonexaminer.com/obama#.UFsQT41lQ18
Bill8472| 9.27.12 @ 3:21PM
There's a course at the Chicago Law School on substantive due process? That makes me feel a bit queasy. In my Con Law class we discussed substantive due process in passing as we studied cases in which substantive due process was employed.
I always thought that substantive due process was considered by lawyers and legal scholars as disreputable as a process of constitutional analysis. After all, it began with the Dred Scott case.
Bill8472| 9.27.12 @ 3:30PM
That's University of Chicago, right? The U. of Chicago is an Ivy League school; how strange of them to have a course entitled "Equal Protection and Substantive Due Process." How many weeks long is that course? Equal Protection issues could consume a few weeks, 3 or 4 class sessions, but substantive due process? How do they manage to use up 13 weeks in a semester for such a course?
Drunken Sailor| 9.27.12 @ 5:50PM
Come on Bill. Obama has been stretching out the "Blame Bush" theme for almost 4 years now. Stretching 4 classes out to 13 weeks is a piece of cake.
spike59| 9.28.12 @ 6:07AM
College Professor????? hardly...he was a lecturer, wih ONE class his first year, and only 3 his second...it wasn't a full-time gig, was never offered a professorship, nor put on the 'tenure track' and basically lectured on...racial issues in the law. it was a resume padder for an unaccomplished and incompetent Chicago Machine hack
jdondet| 9.27.12 @ 12:52PM
I just do not buy this about the polls in Ohio nor in the country. How can a man, who did not win the state by a large percentage in 2008, increase his margins to 10 points in 2012? With all that is going on domestically and internationally show me a reason for this increase.
Obama is not Reagan running a " Morning in America," 1984 campaign. Reagan had the economy on the mend and had stood up to the Soviets. Where has Obama mended the economy? Embassies on fire is a sign of success against terrorism that warrants a 10 point lead? Please!
Plus stop and think, Democrats are going to turn out in greater numbers in 2012 than 2008 with this guy, really? Republicans are going to turn out in less numbers than 2008. Did 2010 not happen?
Romney may very well lose this election but not in some damn blowout! Which is what all these polls are trying to say!
Kingofthenet| 9.27.12 @ 1:02PM
Since when did Americans EVER support a 'Limited Government'? Sure, most are selfish and don't want the other guy to get HIS benefits, but they sure like theirs. Imagine you went with a super 'Libertarian' style reduction in American Govt. Do you think that would be popular? Let's look at just one group, Parents with kids. No head Start, no S-chip, no free lunches for poor kids, would THAT be popular? No public schools means families would have to cough up $10,000 a year or more to teach EACH of their kids, EVERY Year, would THAT be popular? No Govt. backed College loans would mean College would be totally unavailable to most in the Middle Class and Poor. Forget 'Group homes' and 'Special Education', if your kid is Autistic or Slow, expect that $10,000 a year cost to TRIPLE, for that special education.Forget, Big Bird, Mr. Rodgers, Thomas the Tank Engine etc. your kids can watch Spongebob and Southpark instead, if they aren't working at the coal mine at 14, because of course there is no Food Stamps or Section 8.
GobBluthe| 9.27.12 @ 1:30PM
Most parents with kids arent on govt assistance.
Bill8472| 9.27.12 @ 3:32PM
Since when did Americans ever support a limited government?
Until the enactment of the Fourteenth Amendment. That would be 1866 or 1867.
spike59| 9.28.12 @ 6:16AM
"Since when did Americans EVER support a 'Limited Government'?"
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since 1790 at the LATEST, when Rhode Island became the last state to ratify the Constitution
Eduardo| 9.27.12 @ 2:37PM
Mitt was dead on correct when he acknowledged that a huge chunk of voters (the parasites, the aggrieved, the permanently dependent who like it that way, the public employee union members, the illegal aliens......you know, the usual elements of the Democrat constituency) would never vote for him. Why should they and slow down the gravy train? Add to that the feminist sl*t vote, the play-actor Hollywood glitter-idiots, academics and the disaffected clueless youth (who value "cool" and "hip" above all else) and you've got a My T Fine block of votes there. Oh, I forgot the "greens", the seniors, and the gays who also will get a bone tossed their way for their support.
Let's see, did I forget anyone? If you don't fall into one of those categories, you may be a Romney voter, but I'm not sure there are enough of those folks to win an election. But I could be wrong. Personally, I doubt the USA needs any more of the self-styled cool and edgy leftist hipster for president; instead we need a Perfect Square, and Mitt is It. Hey, that's not a bad slogan!
PolishKnight| 9.27.12 @ 4:22PM
I thought about this a great deal as well too. We're in the middle of a culture war and the left, from the beginning, has declared that failure is not an option. The leftist philosophy is to make the world into Sweden and the only way to achieve that is winning. If they drop a nuke, so to speak, to win then they'll worry about how to make that into their paradise later. It's a religious drive with them but also one of being a member of an entitled special interest group in the mob.
Which brings us to this interesting thought: Perish the thought if Obama wins (and with the 47%, that's possible, that percentage will live on in infamy!) where do they go from here? Elections will be moot and if they open bash the minority of Christian whites and/or males, think about the effect that has on Europe which they idolize. The typical marxist elite in the left will be irrelevant compared to the other special interest groups, such as radical Islam, that have set up camp.
I'm reminded of a documentary about a mice infestation in Australia. The mice took over the fields and swarmed by the millions and then hundreds of millions until they consumed all the resources and then... died. That's what happened with the USSR. That's the end result of socialism. Not modern Sweden. Ponder that.
Theolonious| 9.27.12 @ 3:07PM
Lets see AMERICA, we got 5 weeks to go. MIGHTY MITT just reached PUBERTY......... NEW HAMPSHIRE & MAINE revealed it. AMPLY SO,the RNC in those states showed us the TRUTH. Not a dadburn bit of difference between the PARTIES. Its already DECIDED PEOPLES. Any you folks thinking the ebbs & flows SPIKES/gains in your 401 will ever really be YOURS?????? The BANKS that hold a WEALTHY AS GOD RHINO'S PAPER ASSETS make it clear to them; want to ever realize your WEALTH,,,PLAY BALL. FASCISTS win & us diggin /dying,,,,REAL AMERICANS LOOOSE, (JOHN EDWARDS SICK USE OF THE PSUEDONYM). RHINOES in league with the LEAGUE OF NATIONS on JEKL ISLAND sold our BIRTH RIGHT LONG AGO. Their CURRENT LIVING FAMILIES ARE EVEN MORE, "ITS BUSINESS", AMORAL. FACE IT ,our entire lives, working like the good little worker ants, "REAL AMERICAN" are; obiediently & involuntarily paying into the system,,,,, THE FED IS NOT GONNA HONOR OUR CONTRIBUTIONS. THE SAFETY NET GOT LOST ON THE CRAP TABLE. SAFETY NET, WHAT A LAUGH IF YOU EVER SUCCEEDED AT ANYTHING ON OUR OWN YOU DO NOT QUALIFY. Prepare for the WORST and PRAY for GOD'S MERCY. THE FATHER, INDEED IS THE ONLY MORAL AUTHORITY LEFT ON OUR BLUE GEOID. RHINOS that would be the EARTH. YELLING, SHEEEEEEEEET, I got the Grateful Dead WALL OF SOUND volumn going here.
Bill8472| 9.27.12 @ 3:24PM
Who's GOD RHINO, and what are his/her paper assets?
Bill8472| 9.27.12 @ 3:25PM
The Wall of Sound was the creation of Phil Spector; the Grateful Dead did not employ anything like that in their music.
Theolonious| 9.29.12 @ 5:00PM
And you sir are a BLOOMIN ONION, I WAS THERE JUNIOR LMAO http://thewildwood.wordpress.c.....-of-sound/
Theolonious| 9.29.12 @ 4:57PM
GOD DAMN RHINO ,,,care to address anything else EINSTEIN
Theolonious| 9.29.12 @ 5:09PM
OWN your HOME SIR, The PAPER asset is not your except if you MANAGE to pay off the MORTGAGE, at which point it is a LIQUID ASET , "YOU" OWN SIR. Your 401K is a PAPER/DIGITAL ASSET. BANKSTER BOUGHT DEMS placed controls on our investments, SIR. IT TAIN'T , "FREELY" YOURS. Unless you relenquish any gains /PROFIT reealized by forfiture /COFISCATORY taxation you agree to pay , for permisssion to draw it out before the GOV has told you YOU CAN. WAKE UP SPARKY!!!
Thom| 9.27.12 @ 3:27PM
Are We Doomed Yet?
When was the last time a "democracy" voted itself into prosperity by shifting the bulk of the tax burden onto a minority and relieving a majority of the bulk of any fiscal responsibility for that which they receive from government? Democracies die because of human nature thus Constitutional Republics have to be formed and enforced else self-rule eventually becomes just majority rule and the concept of the rule of law becomes the rule of the jungle.
What some people call "liberalism" and others say is "dead" is as old as mankind itself and has marched under many banners. It isn't the inmates that are in charge today but children in adult bodies. Sane people don't give children responsibilities and power they can't handle. Democracies do.
To paraphrase something Einstein said, I don't know what will follow this Constitutional Republic but what follows that will make the animal kingdom look benign by comparison.
PolishKnight| 9.27.12 @ 4:27PM
Leftists I deal with often smugly and arrogantly giggle about how they can bend the rules and engage in hypocrisy when it suits them because they're above all that. Look at Al Franken and his magical ballots. Or the Supreme Court rewriting the law. They bother with Democracy, now, because they haven't yet fully taken over (but they're close, we have to admit that)
But just as with the USSR, when they've won and they have the votes... ironically... will they need them anymore? Once they have all the courts and media and government bureaucrats and control how the votes are counted... why bother with the pretense anymore? Just as they tossed working class white males overboard when they found a new source of political power, will they need these masses of semi-literate welfare recipients anymore? Especially when they have been driven by an end goal of Northern European Marxism?
The Stalinist purges, in a way, were quite "democratic". He killed Ukrainian middle class and peasants ALONG WITH his own middle class and elite out of paranoia.
Thom| 9.27.12 @ 5:03PM
PK, I’ve long been a two kinds of people mind. I understand this quote from a minor figure out of history, “Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt.” History is written by people on the poles not in the center. This will come down to two stark choices, neither of them good. It requires a societal discipline to pass down wisdom from one generation to the next. Our society has no wisdom any more. The young are pitted against the old, the rich against the poor, men against women, whites against non whites, Christians against everyone else… The Founding concepts are dead with a majority of citizens. Rome lasted a thousand years and it took it about 200 years to fall. We won’t be that fortunate. I suspect I won’t be around for the third and final ACT….
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.27.12 @ 5:25PM
Now, Mitt backer group is against Romney.
U.S. Chamber Opposes Romney Vow to Punish China on Currency
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/.....rency.html
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.27.12 @ 5:26PM
Romney has said he won't reduce taxes on high-income taxpayers.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ti.....ction.html
He deserves to lose to Obama.
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.27.12 @ 5:27PM
Romney Budget Proposals Would Necessitate Very Large Cuts in Medicaid, Education, Health Research and Other Programs
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3658
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.27.12 @ 5:27PM
Patients Would Pay More if Romney Restores Medicare Savings, Analysts Say
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08.....emityn.www
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.27.12 @ 5:28PM
All polls are skewed.
FOX is the best.
Obama bad.
Obama black.
Romney good.
Romney white.
47% moochers.
Big Oil good.
Wind Energy sucks.
Tax Cut for the rich rocks.
More Tax for the Middle Class.
Legitimate Rape good.
Wars are great.
Let's get rid of Minimum Wage.
ER for everyone.
Hahaha
spike59| 9.28.12 @ 6:09AM
"We're so sorry, sir, but your Race Card has been declined due to a negative balance of intellectual capital...perhaps you'd be more comfortable perusing the Dollar Menu at McKos..?"
Toinfinityandbeyond| 9.29.12 @ 3:37AM
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Ryan / Romney
Sweet Jesus~
I can't stop laughing.
lol