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Loose Canons
Back-Footing Mitt
Wednesday night is Mitt Romney’s best chance to defeat Barack Obama.
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On Afghanistan, Romney’s policy is essentially the same as Obama’s. On Iran, though Romney is much closer to Israel than Obama will ever be, Romney hasn’t yet come out for a clear “red line” beyond which Iran cannot go in pursuit of nuclear weapons. If Romney comes out clearly on the “red line” issue — paralleling what Netanyahu said to the UN last week — he can put Obama on the defensive and gain ground.
Romney should begin the debate by stating the contrast between conservative beliefs and Obama’s liberalism, and stick to them throughout the debate. Obama’s policies, his speeches and his actions — on domestic issues and foreign policy — are all consistent with radical liberal ideology. The only things Obama has grown are the government and our national debt. Obama has shrunk America from a superpower to an also-ran unable to affect everything from the results of the so-called “Arab spring” to the not-so-trivial revived dispute between England and Argentina over the Falkland Islands (on which Obama has declared American neutrality). Romney needs to hang the liberal label on Obama and come back to it in every statement he makes in the debate. The media will hate it, but the voters will love it.
Romney should make it a “conservative vs. liberal” debate. On the economy, Romney has good conservative points to make on Social Security, the failed stimulus, and on Obama’s new “economic patriotism” theme.
Obama is running an ad promising one million new manufacturing jobs, 100,000 more math and science teachers, to cut college tuition in half, and to expand American energy access. But how will there be one million new jobs unless companies can create them in an environment that encourages them rather than punishing them with Obama’s taxation and regulation? How will we get more American energy when Obama’s administration is forcing coal-fired electric plants to close? How will the economy grow while Obama is leading us off a fiscal cliff in January? Huge tax increases — including the imposition of the Obamacare taxes — are coming and are sure to push the economy down into another deep recession.
Romney has run as a technocrat, someone who has the expertise and experience to reverse the economy’s slide. But the last guy to say that the race wasn’t about ideology but rather about competence was Mike Dukakis. It’s not too late for Romney to make this an ideological race, but that chance won’t appear again after Wednesday night.
About the Author
Jed Babbin served as a Deputy Undersecretary of Defense under George H.W. Bush. He is the author of several bestselling books including Inside the Asylum and In the Words of Our Enemies. You can follow him on Twitter @jedbabbin.
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spike59| 10.1.12 @ 6:50AM
jed, i see you've fallen (dove) into the Democrat trap of "if Romney doesn't stomp ObaMao during the debates, he's toast" narrative, which includes a phony claim that 'well, Obama isn't such a good debater anyway...'
this assumes that ObaMao is running away with the election; and i haven't seen much evidence of that, D-heavy polling notwithsanding. the % of voters who say they are "highly dissatisfied" with Obama is double the % that say they are "highly satisfied"...in an election with an incumbent, the 'highly dissatisfied' tend to vote at a higher rate...Ronmey leads BY FAR with those describing themselves as 'middle class', leads with independents, veterans and military voters, married women...on the other side, the 18-25 yr old turnout (which heavily favors ObaMao) is expected to be as much as 25% lower than in 2008, black turnout won't be nearly as high as in 2008 for several reasons (for one, black pastors all over the country exhorting their flocks to 'sit this one out' due to the gay marriage issue') and, in fact, ObaMao has lost ground with EVERY demographic vs 2008
all Romney need do is something the MSM won't do: tell the truth about ObaMao's repeated failures and lies, and not let him off the hook when he starts whining and blames Bush, ATM's, Tsunamis, earthquakes, stupid video trailers...if Romney gets under ObaMao's notorious thin skin, all the better; let the American people see ObaMao melt down in spohomoric glory...
Von Mises Jr| 10.1.12 @ 8:05AM
It's settled spike. If the MSM reports that Obama won the debate Thursday morning, Jethro Babbin should kill himself. It is better than getting tortured and sodomized like the Ambassador by totalitarians.
The problem is the left stays on message while our boy Jethro helps out by staying on their message.
If Obama wins and does not extend the Bush tax cuts at all (why should he when he has more flexibility, Jethro), than the family earning $70K AGI pays $4,200 more in taxes 4/15/2014. The employer pays 3.8% ObamaCare tax so if the gross of a husband and wife is $100K, the companies pay $3,800 more to employ them.
So before you take into account for increased cost in medical equipment and double to triple tax on dividends and capital gains; this typical family contributes $8,000.00 more to DC starting 2013.
And Jethro want to talk about if Romney will be stiff in the debates and what the MSM will say Thursday. And this is one of our "Best and Brightest?"
Alan Obama Fan Brooks | 10.1.12 @ 4:41PM
I'll vote for Romney if-- and I say if-- he is a real October surprise on Wednesday, and in the other two (or is it three?) debates. But what could Romney say?,
"I, Mitt Romney, guarantee the creation of 12,000,000 jobs"?
Jacob McCandles| 10.1.12 @ 8:23AM
Obama has never been attacked standing there all by his lonesome. EVERY SINGLE question a skilled debater can directly turn into a question for Mr. Obama. Romney must do that. Turn to the president and challenge him directly to refute the TRUTH.
Alan Obama Fan Brooks | 10.1.12 @ 2:07PM
Perhaps Romney will win the election and do 'okay'-- is that what you want?: 'okay'?
I thought Reagan was supposed to be better than 'okay'; that's what we've been told for nearly three decades.
Jack in Wi| 10.1.12 @ 2:15PM
Babbin and his foreign policy are the problem. We don't want a war with Iran, for a non existant nuclear program. Let Israel do it's own fighting without any money or blood from us. Then we know there will never be another Middle East war and peace may break out. The reason Romney is sinking like a rock is because he sounds too much like Dick Cheney rather then Ron Paul. I hope this disasterous campaign is the Neocons last gasp. They have stunk up the party for decades and bring in almost zero votes.
Jack in Wi| 10.1.12 @ 2:15PM
Babbin and his foreign policy are the problem. We don't want a war with Iran, for a non existant nuclear program. Let Israel do it's own fighting without any money or blood from us. Then we know there will never be another Middle East war and peace may break out. The reason Romney is sinking like a rock is because he sounds too much like Dick Cheney rather then Ron Paul. I hope this disasterous campaign is the Neocons last gasp. They have stunk up the party for decades and bring in almost zero votes.
Nick| 10.1.12 @ 2:30PM
Hey, Jackboot the Nazi, would the Klan let you join the Muslim Brotherhood?
Or, is that considered being a traitor to your race?
Jack in Wi| 10.1.12 @ 3:47PM
Nick a real Christian is for peace. You are nothing but a shill for endless war. The Christians of Iraq were decimated by the Iraq war, which you pushed and still defend. Iraq was a lie. Iran is a lie. Most everything you Neocons prattle is nothing but lies. Your soul is headed straight to hell unless you repent. You know better and have sold out for a puny paycheck.
KennesawJack| 10.1.12 @ 3:55PM
Jack, why do I think you'll be calling Iran's nuclear program "non-existent" right up until the time the mushroom cloud rises over Tel Aviv?
Jack in Wi| 10.1.12 @ 5:14PM
It is non existant because Iran is under constant inspection. Even the Mossad and other Israeli intelligences sources say so. All our combined intelligence sources and the Joint Chiefs of Staff say the same thing. What would Iran do with a bomb anyhow? If they used it first they would be destroyed. Israel has to get used to the fact that is going to have to learn how to live in peace in the neighborhood it stole or it should go out of business. If they didn't like the neighbors why did they move there and why do they stay?
KennesawJack| 10.1.12 @ 5:32PM
You still believe in the Tooth Fairy, don't you?
Nick| 10.1.12 @ 6:01PM
"Blah, blah, blah..."
Having Hitler as your hero is more likely to send your soul to Gehenna, Jackboot the Nazi.
Also, the Iranians are keeping the IAEA from inspecting RIGHT NOW, moron:
"The IAEA doesn't want to see a war in Iran. But the message of the report is clear: Iran continues to enrich uranium in violation of Security Council resolutions, and it continues to obstruct the IAEA investigation expressly mandated by those resolutions."
http://carnegieeurope.eu/2012/.....-card/dr7e
You neo-nazis were spewing the same garbage in '02 & '03, right up until President Bush gave the go-ahead to make Saddam comply with the cease-fire resolutions he had agreed to in 1991.
Are you Bagdad Bob, Jackboot?
spike59| 10.1.12 @ 6:52AM
oops, " sophomoric"
Nancy in NC| 10.1.12 @ 9:03AM
sophmoronic?
John786| 10.1.12 @ 7:11AM
A Romney victory is possible but highly improbable. Regarding prime minister Netanyahu Red lines- he drew them at 90%- very sensible. I think we can all buy into that. Problem solved.
Appleby| 10.1.12 @ 7:14AM
This article boils down to "Trust Your Betters: We Were Right To Annoint Romney."
So the Party Elite who have rammed Romney into the finals despite the people who will cast their votes next month, are now trying to find the right shade of lipstick and locking the Fat Lady in her dressing room in hopes their bet will still pay off. I keep hearing the guy from Hollywood Squares greeting a bad choice by a contestant with the words, "This may work out...."
How many election cycles is it going to be before the Republican Elite Guard allow the Republican voters to choose our own candidate?
Gary B| 10.1.12 @ 7:20AM
How many more election cycles will Republican primary voters allow the Republican Elite Guard to get away with this crap? Drastic steps must be taken. They must be taught a lesson.
TLP| 10.1.12 @ 7:58AM
Hollywood Squares? Don't you mean the Sascatuan Squares?
Look, Sweetheart (And if you can't find one of your Bloomers this morning? You might wanna get a hold of NICK. And, if you can't do that? Try the Flagpole at the William Jefferson Presidential Library/Massage Parlor/ Dirty Book Store/Gonorrhea Clinic and Dry Cleaners. (I've heard things.)
As for CONTINUING to whine about our Candidate? Explain how that's helping anybody.
It's not Karl Rove's fault, that Nobody Wanted The Job.
It's not Bill Kristol's fault that Paul Ryan, and Fat Bob's Big Boy in New Jersey didn't run.
It's Spilt Milk, and it's Water under the Bridge.
GET OVER IT!
If we need a guy to be Mandrake the Magician, Superman, and Brad Pitt all rolled into One, to beat this Marxist Muslim, America Hating MFer, as Bad as EVERYTHING IS, not just Here, but ALL OVER THE WORLD?
Then, maybe it doesn't matter, anymore.
Maybe The United States is already Dead.
Killed from within, by the very people who were charged with Preserving it.
Just like every Republic that ever went before it.
Until then, Shutup about it, already, and go out there and Vote!
Not you. You live in Canada. You're CANADIAN. I'm talking to the Non-Delusional Real Americans.
The one's who actually have some Skin in the Game.
Trish| 10.1.12 @ 6:02PM
Does anybody know what they want for Christmas?
Trish| 10.1.12 @ 6:04PM
I've asked for a puppy.
Trish| 10.1.12 @ 6:06PM
Ben Stein and his wife, who live just down the street from me, are getting a French bulldog puppy for Christmas. And they already have two dogs, who sleep on the bed with them every night!
No wonder they're both sick about all the time.
Trish| 10.1.12 @ 6:07PM
But the kind of puppy I want is a little dachshund. They are the cutest, sweetest little things.
Gary B| 10.1.12 @ 7:18AM
"Wednesday night is Mitt Romney's last chance to defeat Barack Obama."
No, it's not. He's already defeated The Muslim. Wednesday night is one more opportunity in hundreds that Obama's press corps will attempt to defeat Romney. The cost to the Obama campaign? Zero...
chuck| 10.1.12 @ 8:13AM
Remember the trouncing that the Democrats gave the GOP in the 2010 mid-terms?
Me neither. And the economy is just as bad now, and the state of world-wide affairs is much worse.
Obama is toast, and the media knows this, and they are working overtime to try to prevent it.
Gary B| 10.1.12 @ 8:49PM
And, if he loses, they'll use the phony, pre-election poll numbers to claim the election was stolen.
benny havens| 10.1.12 @ 7:24AM
“Romney needs to go on the attack and not worry about how likeable he may seem to the liberal media.”
I agree, however we must remember that the “MEDIA” is running the debate. What types of questions are going to be asked? Will it be pizza flavors? Will it be what are your favorite TV shows? Or, did you really cut the hair off of your classmate in high school?
My sense is that it will be the usual framework as in the past. Gotcha questions all aimed at Romney and softball, touchy-feelie questions to Obama.
It’s going to be very difficult to attack Obama’s record in that framework.
Hardcard| 10.1.12 @ 7:48AM
mr. babble which is it Romney's " last chance " or "best chance"? If think Gov. Romney knows what has to be done, he must talk to the people of this country with honesty, not kow-tow to the leftists.
Jack London| 10.1.12 @ 7:52AM
"he must talk to the people of this country with honesty'
You mean like telling 47% they are a waste of space?
chuck| 10.1.12 @ 8:15AM
Well..........at least he was honest. And he didn't say they were a waste of space. He said that 47% pay no Federal income taxes, and that the Empty Chair will be getting 47% of the vote.
PolishKnight| 10.1.12 @ 3:39PM
In the modern era, a lot of debate has to do with what politicians say off the record including Obama's remark of middle America "clinging to their bibles and guns" and now this.
His remark, which is inaccurate, is that 47% of those who don't pay taxes support Obama. This is false in that there are people who are living off of (private) retirement funds in a tax bracket who are against Obama. Or people living off of social security who may have disagreed with the program but since they HAD to pay into it, why not enjoy it (you may disagree with Amtrak subsidies but that doesn't mean you aren't allowed to use a train you "paid" for).
That said, he has a point in that Obama is the King of the welfare state and he should press THAT home and then observe what Obama fears the most: Obama is granting waivers for welfare to work and increased the number of people on food stamps. They are TERRIFIED of that class warfare since the "middle class" they are hoping to dupe might realize that Obama's fascist agenda no longer even resembles the spirit of 19th century marxism that the Dems fell in love with.
vtwin| 10.1.12 @ 5:13PM
That’s ridiculous, Romney was speaking to a room full of millionaires that use tax loop holes to avoid paying taxes and like Romney most of them haven’t paid income taxes in years.
Alej| 10.1.12 @ 5:22PM
"...like Romney most of them haven’t paid income taxes in years."
You KNOW that ? No, you don't, but regurgitating MSM crap comes easy to you. A lot easier than supplying sources for your arithmetically based assertion.
vtwin| 10.1.12 @ 7:41PM
Yes I “KNOW that” and Romney KNOWS that and if Romney released his tax returns you’d “KNOW that.”
John786| 10.1.12 @ 8:49AM
Its not smart to call half of the good folks of America leeches. You can't make this SH** up. Satire is dead.
Nick| 10.1.12 @ 12:21PM
Romney only meant leaches like you, Jack'o, and John786 from the Gaza Strip.
Vic| 10.1.12 @ 4:42PM
Jack from London, Mittster was telling the truth. If he had done this earlier and told the people of this great land about the debt we are drowning in and how it's only being forced on the shoulders of 53% of the country's adult population, he might have a 10 point lead on Obozo by now. Actually he probably does have a lead but the LSM is hiding that by playing games with Polls. They care less about how that impacts their reputation and more for how it could help Obozo.
Purp| 10.1.12 @ 7:51AM
Mumble, rumble stumble foot in his mouth Romney has all his hopes pinned on one debate... LOSER.
President Obama only has to show up and let Romney be Romney ... he's gonna choke and die on stage.
Nick| 10.1.12 @ 12:16PM
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.
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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."
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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."
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You KEEP blaming Ambassador Stevens for his own death.
You are a disgusting scumbag, Burp.
Anthony| 10.1.12 @ 4:24PM
Nick, In some sadly perverted way, Purp almost has a point. As much as I am saddened by the ambassador's death, and more so the other innocent Americans, I suspect the ambassador was an Obozo kool-aide drinker. You don't get those positions unless you are seriously connected, both in money and ideology.
I suspect as such, the ambassador bought entirely into the Obozo policy of putting our embassies at risk, without proper military protection, because the ambassador shared Obozo's distain for any military footprint in this type of situation.
While Purp is completely wrong that the ambassador could have ignored State Department policy and insisted on a military presence, none would have been forthcoming.
So yes, Purp is a disgusting scumbag.
However, the Ambassador died for his folly, for his unbiding faith in Obozo's, and the entire State Department's misguided politically correct policy of apology and appeasement.
It's the other Americans, who had no say in their own protection, or lack thereof, who are the true victims of Obozo's and the Ambassador's poliltical hubris and folly.
Alan Obama Fan Brooks | 10.1.12 @ 4:47PM
Things are different now; in 1981, Reagan merely on the eve of taking office could frighten the mullahs into releasing the Iranian hostages-- the Arab Spring has changed the correlation.
You would have to bomb too many nations.
It isn't like WWII when we could destroy everyone in our way.
Alan Obama Fan Brooks | 10.1.12 @ 7:17PM
"It isn't like WWII when we could destroy everyone in our way."
We could never get away with anything even amounting to a fraction of this today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU3wkOGXlcY
Nick| 10.1.12 @ 5:46PM
Burp NEVER has a point, Anthony.
Here is what he said the day after the terrorist attack, when he stupidly claimed that there wouldn't have been an attack if only Amb. Stevens had issued an apology, like the moronic, low-level diplomat in the Egyptian embassy did:
Purp| 9.12.12 @ 4:16PM
"Correct - the Embassy in Cairo released that message BEFORE there was any violence. Obama knew nothing about it - but they were worried for their lives and tried to calm things down.
"Smart, since they didn't get burned down like what happened in Libya."
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Purp| 9.18.12 @ 7:57PM
"While the whole right-wing wants to jump on the President or Secretary Clinton for the Libyan security situation - why are they not giving the Ambassador on the ground - Stevens - his due as the responsible U.S. Official in Libya in charge of the legation and for his own security and security of others?"
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You should know better than to give a stinking lefty any credit, Anthony.
Besides, we don't know if Amb. Stevens was asking for increased security, or not. We know he was worried about being on an al-Qaeda hit list.
The regime is too busy covering up their lies, rather than investigating or disclosing the truth.
Anthony| 10.1.12 @ 7:09PM
Nick, I certainly agree with everything you have written. My only point was that IF this ambassador was an Obozo troll, he paid the ultimate price for his stupidity. If only other leftists paid the same price for their folly. Perhaps soon enough.
My heart goes out to those underlings who had no say in the matter, and watched as they were surrounded by Muslim fanatics, wishing they had never allowed themselves to become involved in this farce.
Jane Chingo| 10.1.12 @ 7:52AM
I don't care if Romney shows up drunk and clubs baby seals. He's still a better choice than 0bama.
artinocala| 10.1.12 @ 8:09AM
One thing I'm sick of is experts telling Romney what "he has to do and not do." I can't wade through all this one but I find the same theme. Romney is going to win Nov. 6 because: the nation is sick of Obama and his clique; his various bases won't support him as strongly; Romney isn't McCain; our side can't wait to vote The Romney campaign is fine. Any advice from Babbin, et al is unnecesary, destructive and a symptom of the chattering, establishment class. so, hush up, already.
chuck| 10.1.12 @ 8:19AM
Et tu, Jed?
Do you really think that the Empty Chair is going to win? With 8+, really 16% unemployment, record debt, the world aflame, $4/gallon gasoline?
Damn.......and I thought you were intelligent.
Mike G| 10.1.12 @ 8:23AM
Mr. Babbin, I think you have nailed it. What the country needs to see is Mitt the Mauler rather than the Mitt the Mouse we've been seeing. He need to go on the attack, ignore the drivel coming from the LSM, and attack, attack, attack. He should use every tool at his disposal to get under Obama's thin-skin, and expose the clown for what he really is--a con man.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 10.1.12 @ 9:03AM
I saw yesterday a headline that says 43% of the electorate is locked in to Romney, and 42% is dead set on Obama, with 15% capable of changing their minds. If that is accurate, the performance at the debates needs to attract at least 7% + one vote from that undecided cohort (if enough of that cohort actually watches debates and can be persuaded by a good performance by Romney on a stage, when the horrendous performance by Obama during the last 45 months wasn't enough to help them choose).
Dave Williams| 10.1.12 @ 9:34AM
Oh, it will be just SO GOOD to see the man-child King Zero de-pantsed on national television....after the way Romney took on Gingrich and Santorum in the primaries, I am confident he'll overcome his natural decency (a distinct disadvantage in a fight against a junkyard dog) and get Ohblahblah to lose his cool at least once...and that will cost him. GO MITT!!!
Nick| 10.1.12 @ 12:14PM
Hey, did you see how SIX members of the Supreme Court attended the annual Red Mass of the Catholic Church, yesterday, Mr. Williams? This Mass has been celebrated the Sunday before SCOTUS begins its new term since 1953.
Does this send your atheistic heart into defib?
Who Knows?| 10.1.12 @ 10:01AM
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KennesawJack| 10.1.12 @ 11:57AM
It isn’t just seeing the man-child depantsed , the REAL fun is going to be watching the American people finally come to see just how F**CKING STUPID this Marxist, Muslim, America-hating bastard really is. Back in 2008, I heard Douglas Brinkley in a TV interview say that Obamarx’s IQ was “off the charts”. The problem is, no one asked this self-important IMPOSTER, POSING AS AN INTELLECTUAL, where he got his information. And they reason they didn’t? ‘CAUSE THERE AIN’T NO F**CKING INFORMATION!! No one knows a damn thing about the Muslim-in-Chiefs academic bona fides, because THERE AIN’T ANY! Come Wednesday, Romney is gonna take down the façade from this Potemkin Pretender, and the people will get to see that what the left put in the White House is nothing more than Mr. Bojangles, Step-‘n-Fetch-It, The Magic Negroe and J. Fred Muggs, all rolled into one and, come November, he and his Wookie-look-alike wife, Moochelle, who has an ass bigger than my grandson’s saucer sled, will be gone to that great plantation reserved for all obedient Negroes, living the rest of their lives on our tax dollars. I understand that Purp handles the welcome desk at the plantation, so he'll be a happy camper. He'll get to go to his knees every day before the Marxist Messiah and do whatever it is he does when he's down there.
Occam's Tool| 10.1.12 @ 3:45PM
Against Romney, Obama will be an inarticulate moron, because he was against McCain, a much lower class candidate.
I look forward to Romney winning.
KennesawJack| 10.1.12 @ 4:08PM
Occam, on the off chance that someone in the Romney camp checks this site, I have been salivating over this hoped-for exchange:
Obamarx: "My stimulus package created (fill in the blank) number of jobs."
Romney: "Speaking of your stimulus package, part of your stimulus was $1,200,000 sent to Africa to teach men how to wash their penis after having unprotected sex. This in an effort to cut down on the AIDs epidemic. Now, Mr. President, I'm SURE that stimulated SOMETHING, but it damn sure wasn't the American jobs market. What were you thinking? People are losing their homes, losing their jobs, can't pay their bills, and your using what little money they have to wash penises in Africa."
PLEASE GOD! LET IT HAPPEN.
Butch| 10.1.12 @ 7:58PM
Kjack, I think you and I were the only two on the whole planet to pick up on this one. One point two mil to teach African negroes to was their penises [before] sex. A real stimulus to the ole Murican economy, that one.
Butch| 10.1.12 @ 8:03PM
wash, not was
KennesawJack| 10.1.12 @ 8:20PM
Like I said, I bet that stimulated something.
Kingofthenet| 10.1.12 @ 12:43PM
The real problem is there is NO truth on the Conservative side, make believe Tax Plans that his #2 can't explain because the math takes too much time is not truth. Tax cuts for the rich, to create jobs when we are ALREADY at record low rates for these people is not truth.Telling people without insurance to go to the Emergency Room when they get sick is not a plan. Saying that HALF of America are Bums, when that group consists of large amounts of Seniors, military personnel and young people is not true.
JD| 10.1.12 @ 6:56PM
Only by lying about their opponents can Leftists defend themselves.
Kingofthenet| 10.1.12 @ 12:48PM
The real problem is there is NO truth on the Conservative side, make believe Tax Plans that his #2 can't explain because the math takes too much time is not truth. Tax cuts for the rich, to create jobs when we are ALREADY at record low rates for these people is not truth.Telling people without insurance to go to the Emergency Room when they get sick is not a plan. Saying that HALF of America are Bums, when that group consists of large amounts of Seniors, military personnel and young people is not true. Conservative TRUTH has no basis in reality.
Nick| 10.1.12 @ 2:22PM
The attack Romney needs to press is the fact that the O'Bama regime's fecklessness & incompetence has led to the MURDER OF FOUR AMERICANS: U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, consular official Sean Smith, and former Navy SEALs Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods.
Americans are in mortal danger because of the Appeaser-in-Chief. All he knows how to do is apologize for America's greatness and her freedom.
Nick| 10.1.12 @ 2:25PM
Here are the facts Romney needs to work into each debate:
On September 10th, 2012, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri releases a video confirming the killing of Libyan terrorist Abu Yahya al-Libi. In the video, he calls for Libyans to avenge al-Libi's martyrdom by attacking Americans.
That same day, the Apologist-in-Chief was on the radio with "Pimp with the Limp."
He also skipped that day's intelligence briefing, as usual.
Despite this call for Libyans to attack Americans, the State Department had Amb. Stevens travel to Benghazi, a hotbed of Islamic extremists and known security risk.
The day after the murders, O'Bama skipped his intelligence briefing, again, and went to a fundraiser in Las Vegas. Where he compared his supporters to Americans fighting in Afghanistan, those under attack in U.S. embassies around the world, and the FOUR MURDERED AMERICANS:
"The sacrifices that our troops and our diplomats make are obviously very different from the challenges that we face here domestically but, like them, you guys are Americans who sense that we can do better than we’re doing….I’m just really proud of you."
Man, killing bin Laden sure has stopped al-Qaeda and has made Americans safer, huh?
I think NOT!
KennesawJack| 10.1.12 @ 3:06PM
In reply to King of the Net; You want to debate TRUTH? Well, lets take a look at some of the leftists’ truths.
1. Money grows on printing presses and as long as there’s paper, by God, we’ve got money.
2. It’s perfectly OK to murder little babies born alive after a botched abortion.
3. It is right and just to tell the fourth generation of black boys (since the advent of your Great Society) that they aren’t capable of competing with boys of other races so there main job is to sire as many little democrats as they can. (The requisite word here is “sire”, not “father”)
4. It is equally right and just to tell the fourth generation of black girls (since the advent of your Great Society) that the more children they have, the better breadwinners they’ll be.
5. It is our duty to make sure inner city black kids finish (oxymoron, here) school illiterate. (See points three and four above)
6. responsibility is a myth foisted upon minorities by an exploitive class of capitalist’s who are too greedy to share their EARNED income with you.
More to follow...................
KennesawJack| 10.1.12 @ 3:06PM
7. America sucks. Always has. Always will.
8. Capitalism sucks. Always has. Always will.
9. Just because you prefer to f**k another guy in the ass, doesn’t mean that’s not the norm.
10. If America would simply unilaterally disarm, everyone would love us and leave us alone.
11. We know better than you how to take care of you. Trust us.
12. “Deficit spending doesn’t affect us in the short term.” Barack Hussein Obamarx, Sept 25th, 2012.
13. Rich people are evil and don’t pay their fair share. Poor people are good and deserve help from the rich people even if they ARE to f**king lazy to study or get their asses out of bed in the morning and go to work. Whoops! Almost forgot, under Obamarx THERE IS NO WORK.
14. We don’t care what your religious beliefs are; you’ll do what the government tells you to.
And by the way, Ryan is right. It would take too long to explain his plan to people stupid enough to vote for Obamarx. There simply aren’t enough years left until the election. Romney has NEVER advocated tax cuts for the rich. He advocates lowering the rates and ELIMINATING deductions. You liberals wouldn’t know the truth if it bit you in the ass.
TLP| 10.1.12 @ 3:45PM
You should really come to Friday's Contest.
I'm just sayin.
KennesawJack| 10.1.12 @ 3:59PM
Well, I did last Friday but I don't do movies so was at a disadvantage. Maybe this week.
Pecos Pete| 10.1.12 @ 7:41PM
Ditto.
WhiteBikerTrash| 10.1.12 @ 3:40PM
Mitt is not a Conservative. The Republican party panders to Conservatives. The Republican party is owned by Statists. Mitt plays a Conservative on TV. Obama is not a centrist the Democratic party is owned by the Progressive Socialists and panders to the centrists Obama can't even play a centrist on TV. The only choices we have are to skip or run to their Utopia.
KennesawJack| 10.1.12 @ 4:01PM
Their is a DYSTOPIA, Biker.
WhiteBikerTrash| 10.1.12 @ 8:33PM
Their utopia will be our dystopia because they will have the control!
KennesawJack| 10.1.12 @ 8:38PM
True, that.
Anthony| 10.1.12 @ 4:48PM
Watch the Pat Caddell's segment on Real Clear Politics. His dire predictions and indictments will scare the hell out you.
Pat says exactly what we conservatives have been saying about the entire Washington establishment and the media for years.
The media have totally abdicated their Constitutional responsibility to the American people in their outright leftist bias. Leftist Pravda is what they have morphed into.
If Romney loses this election, all hell will break lose. The entire leftist structure, the media and the political whores of both parties will be scattering for the tall grass, I don't care how many billions of bullets Homeland Security purchased.
KennesawJack| 10.1.12 @ 5:16PM
I saw it Anthony, and I think you have it about right. I don't get it, though. Why does the press do this nonsense? Like the King of Siam says in the King and I, "Is a puzzlement."
Jane Chingo| 10.1.12 @ 4:49PM
"Back footing"?? What happened to wrong-footing? Did I miss a memo?
Albert Constantine Jr.| 10.1.12 @ 5:00PM
Hey, I'm still chuckling over your 7:52 a.m. drunk baby seal remark.
Minuteman78| 10.2.12 @ 11:06AM
Mitt just needs to pull out the Paul Ryan quote, the one ending "...a country where everything is free but us."