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Au Revoir, Mr. President

By R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. on 11.1.12 @ 6:11AM

We shall be getting a new government next week.

WASHINGTON — Reviewing the last few months of this tumultuous presidential campaign, I see the debates as having a wondrous salience. The first was the most momentous since Nixon vs. Kennedy, though that 1960 confrontation was mostly a matter of cosmetics. Listening to it on radio, many in the audience came away thinking that the participant with the five-o’clock shadow had won. That would have been Richard Nixon.

In debate this time around, Mitt Romney hammered Barack Obama mercilessly. Under the ongoing assault Obama’s knees buckled and he repeatedly looked glassy-eyed. If the contest were a prizefight, the referee should have stepped in. Actually, I felt sorry for Obama. My tax-bracket notwithstanding, I did not want to see Mitt hit him again, but he did: the economy! the national debt! joblessness! However, the debate was not a prizefight. It was the first of three presidential debates, and though restrained in the next two contests Romney accomplished just what he wanted. The debates left him looking reasonable, informed, competent, and presidential.

During these final two debates all Romney had to do was continue to look presidential. He glided suavely through them, as his opponent snarled, looking spiteful, petty, mean-spirited, and second-rate. In sum, Obama looked like the challenger and not a very gifted challenger at that. In the end, most Americans went away feeling that Romney has the right stuff to be president, and some wondered why a majority ever elected Obama president in 2008. Obama’s presidency proves that not just anyone can serve in the country’s highest office. In 2012, the charisma of a showman has about exhausted itself as a qualification to lead America. Only the Washington press corps still hankers for a “thrill going up the leg” or “a perfectly creased pant leg” or whatever other literary device was meant to convey a pundit’s enthrallment to the community organizer from Chicago. How about a fast-beating heart or tummy flutters?

Obama has come across as an amazingly close approximation of Jimmy Carter, complete with a slow-growth economy and a foreign policy disaster, though one of Obama’s empty boasts was he understood the Arab world especially well. His backup team of David Axelrod and David Plouffé serve as second-rate Jody Powells and Ham Jordans. Frankly, I preferred Jody and Ham.

I must in all humility admit that it took me all of two weeks into his presidency to recognize that Obama was over his head. On February 5, 2009, I said in this space that Obama’s presidency was doomed. I pronounced him a dud, unlikely to be reelected president. Said I, “…with the economy in crisis and American national security in the hands of a starry-eyed novice, one can argue that we are in for a reprise of the Carter years complete with the self-righteous pout.” Well, I argued this for almost four years and today I rest my case. Next week President Obama goes into retirement. I hope he will consider Hawaii.

Given my perspective, it was an easy case to call. A few months back I published my findings in The Death of Liberalism. In that book I noted that in the conservative deluge of 2010 independents combined with conservatives to turn the Liberals out. The independents do not always share the conservatives’ social values, but they are very ardent for prudent economic policies. The growing debt and unbalanced budgets (both state and federal) had roused the independent vote. I said they would vote with the conservatives for years to come, because Obama and his cohorts in Congress were going to pile up trillion dollar deficits for years to come. Along with the conservatives and independents, next week will come the “uncommitted” voter. The uncommitted always goes with the challenger.

There are two numbers that have been relatively underemphasized in this election, 18 percent and 24 percent. Eighteen percent is the standard cut the federal government takes of GDP. Twenty-four percent is the cut that Obama’s government is taking. He says that to pay for this engorgement of the federal government all we need to do is raise taxes on the rich. The conservatives and independents recognize that there is not enough money earned by the top percentage of taxpayers to pay for it and probably not enough down below. Pithily put, we cannot afford Liberalism. That is why we shall be getting a new government next week.

About the Author

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. is the founder and editor in chief of The American Spectator. He is the author of The Death of Liberalism, published by Thomas Nelson Inc. His previous books include the New York Times bestseller Boy Clinton: the Political Biography; The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton; The Liberal Crack-Up; The Conservative Crack-Up; Public Nuisances; The Future that Doesn’t Work: Social Democracy’s Failure in Britain; Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House; The Clinton Crack-Up; and After the Hangover: The Conservatives’ Road to Recovery.

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Appleby| 11.1.12 @ 6:35AM

I pray you are right. I would prefer never to see those big ears and hear that hooty voice ever again, but the Opera's not over til the Fat Lady Sings.

Jack in Wi| 11.1.12 @ 6:40AM

With all due respct Bob, I don't see anything but the closest of elections. Obama should be down in the toilet by now but seems to be making a comeback. Boy do I want him to be out of office on Jan. 20th. I can't take another 4 years like the last.

Jack London| 11.1.12 @ 7:46AM

Well Jack - were you happier with an administration that gave us 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan and the biggest crash since the Great Depression?

drudge ette obama| 11.1.12 @ 7:51AM

Planning for 9/11 was during the Clinton Administration, and our response in Iraq and Afghanistan was apprpropriate, in my view. The so-called crash - which it isn't - the stock market is working - is actually a housing bust caused by Democrat/progressive policies such as the Community Reinvestment Act that has destroyed growth. Obama gave us Libya and Egypt in a so-called Arab Spring that will be view in retrospect as the beginning of the loss of freedom in the Arab world and the beginning of repression amongst those people. God knows how many women and children will be killed through the Sharia policies.

So there.

chuck| 11.1.12 @ 8:18AM

Come now, drudge ette!

Don't confuse liberal trolls with facts. It just gets their panties in a wad.

Rhoetus| 11.1.12 @ 8:47AM

Credit default swaps without capital requirements and without an insurable interest.

TLP| 11.1.12 @ 9:43AM

"I must in all humility admit that it took me all of two weeks in to his presidency to realize that Obama was IN over his head." (I added the word 'IN' in there as, apparently, E.T. is without an Edit app, just like we are.)

Nothing could be further from the Truth.

We are THISCLOSE to the end of everything that we once knew. Thisclose. Or, haven't you noticed the whole world, around you?

The Middle East belongs to the Islamists, now. Mubarek is gone. Khaddafi is gone. And Obama has his Fingerprints all over both of them. He has handed Egypt and Libya to The Muslim Brotherhood, who have been held in check, for 60 Years or more.

He has promised Putin to give him God knows what, if he's Re-elected.

The only "MISSION" that NASA has these days, is as a Muslim Outreach Center.

He has DESTROYED all of our Alliances, even as our Enemies smell our Weakness, under this man's stewardship. Russia and China are BUILDING their Arsenals, while he Decimates ours, in the name of Social Justice. Russia and China Threaten their Neighbors, with Impunity, because Obama has SUCCEEDED in his Endeavors. Not, because he's "In over his head".

TLP| 11.1.12 @ 9:44AM

To our North - Canada looks to Replace Us as their #1 Trading Partner.

To the South - Marxism and Communism have filled the Void where American Leadership and Resolve once resided. Go to Wikileaks, and read the Cables concerning his treatment of Honduras after they threw their Hugo Chavez wannabe - Zeleya - out on his ass.

He has Given GM and Chrysler to the UAW. He used $800 Billion in Stimulus Money, to keep HIS UNION ALLIES in the Public Sector Unions, on the job, and Donating Money to Democrats. And, he has rammed through the Leftist Holy Grail of Socialized Medicine.

He has a Stranglehold on the Financial Industry, the Media in his back pocket, and if he's Re-elected he will open the Immigration Floodgates, and this Country will be GONE, forever.

And he has done ALL OF THESE THINGS in less than 4 years.

But, "He's in over his head."

Stkman| 11.1.12 @ 10:06AM

EXACTLY! The other thing we know is that the Democrats have finally exposed themselves for what they truly are, anarchist and communist and should make sure everyone knows it all the time from here to eternity.

SUBVET| 11.1.12 @ 11:30AM

Big picture........TIM

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 11:51AM

Well, Rassmussen is interesting---Romney leads in Florida and Ohio. He also leads in Virginia and North Carolina. That's it, folks. Romney wins---those states, plus his assured ones, put him over 270 electoral votes.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 1:49PM

Occam, Chances are Rasmussen hasn't polled the 35,000 dead folks who are going to vote in Philly so I'm still a bit less than sanquine with PA.

Rhoetus| 11.1.12 @ 11:04PM

Romney: 400-500 Electoral Votes.

Occam's Tool| 11.2.12 @ 12:13AM

Note the RCV endorsed incredibly professional Obama Campaign staff in Colorado:

"An Obama re-election organizer is facing charges that he “grabbed” a Loveland woman’s breasts while giving her a campaign sticker on Tuesday, police said.

Luke M. Buchanan, 24, of Washington, D.C. is charged with unlawful sexual contact, a misdemeanor. The victim’s name was not released. She is 21 years old, police said.

He has since been fired from his job with the Colorado Democratic Party.

“The female reported an adult male knocked on her door, identified himself as a member of the Obama political campaign and asked to speak with her about her voting status,” Loveland police said in a statement Thursday afternoon. “The victim reportedly spoke with the male for a short time and he then asked if he could give her a campaign sticker. The victim accepted and the male allegedly grabbed her breasts while applying the sticker to her shirt.”

Typical OWS tactics...

RCV| 11.3.12 @ 12:15PM

Oh, please, Occam. The tea-party backed GOP rep who impregnated his patient and then tried to get her to abort?

The campaign is done. Christie can see the writing on the wall. Too bad you can't. It's going to be a tough Wednesday for you next week. But you're a resilient guy. You'll get over it.

JONVIL| 11.1.12 @ 2:26PM

I agree!
Far from 'being over his head' he has almost accomplished what he intended: transform America into a weak third world Socialist State.
If Obama is reelected, kiss all your freedoms goodbye.
We must not allow this to happen!
We must cease this weak sister second guessing of Romney resulting in 'I'm not going to vote' or 'I'm going to vote third party' drivel.
If we truly want America to remain American, we must show 100% support for

THE ONLY OPTION PATRIOTIC AMERICANS HAVE: ROMNEY/RYAN 2012

TLP| 11.1.12 @ 4:30PM

Contest, tomorrow.

Look for the Clue.

Dodd2| 11.1.12 @ 7:55AM

Out of control Democratic spending and the absurd racial quotas for home mortgages gave us your so-called 'Great Depression', something that the incompetent, America-hating Obama made significantly worse.

So if the question is Bush or Obama, any sane person would picks Bush.

Simon Templar| 11.1.12 @ 7:57AM

You forgot to mention global warming, dead seals, black holes, high sea levels, hurricanes, grandmothers pushed over cliffs, every disease known to man, unsweetened chocolate, poor toiletry habits, death of the dinosaurs (Bush traveled back in time and caused the meteorite to hit the earth), and overly sugared soft drinks.

drudge ette obama| 11.1.12 @ 7:59AM

What's that about unsweetened chocolate?

Simon Templar| 11.1.12 @ 8:02AM

It taste bad, so Republicans must be responsible!

Rhoetus| 11.1.12 @ 11:05PM

OMG! We are all gonna die!!! It's almost 12.21.2012

Stormzeye| 11.1.12 @ 8:06AM

Jack London:
Bubba Clinton, truly the worst President ever, gave us both 9/11 and thanks to him forcing banks through the Community Re-investment Act to give loans to those who could never afford them, also gave us the liquidity and credit collapse of 2008. Read some recent history and get your head out of your arse.

SCPOret| 11.1.12 @ 9:42AM

Bubba Clinton was a bad Prez, but Jimmy Cahter was worse. Obama is Jimmy Cahter redux.
Every morning Jimmy Cahter wakes up and says thank you Obama, I'm not the worst president ever anymore.

aquanomics| 11.1.12 @ 10:32AM

Years ago George Will wrote that while Jimmy Carter was the worst president, Bill Clinton was the worst man ever to be president.

Obama takes both titles in my view, by virtue of his incompetence, arrogance and knee jerk race-baiting.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 11:52AM

No, and no. John Tyler was the worst man to be President, and James Buchanan was the worst President.

Now, in the 20th Century I would take Will's assessment straight on.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 11:56AM

Obama is up there with Tyler, who at least openly admitted Treason.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 2:52PM

What nonsense.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 1:56PM

Occam, as a native Pennsylvanian now residing in Paradise (aka Georgia), I beg to differ and deign to stretch the boundaries of our comity. Buchanan is the only President ever to come from Pennsylvania and the State has long suffered the humiliation of having delivered the worst President in history. James Earl Carter, Jr. (aka Jimmuh Kahta) and, now, Barack Hussein Obama (aka Obamarx) have wrenched that mantel from the Keystone State. You, sir, are admonished to speak no more of Mr. Buchanan as the worst. You may, however, pontificate long and loudly (in fact, I would encourage you to do so) as to whom, among the aforementioned Kahta and Obamarx is the worst.

SUBVET| 11.1.12 @ 6:36PM

Jack..........any bridges to far in Ga.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 8:53PM

Not many.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 7:09PM

He's beating Obama well in Colorado, and the Mayor of Denver is stumping in Wisconsin this week.

Con't:

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 7:10PM

In keeping with the Sesame Street meme of the Obama Campaign, let's COUNT!

Colorado is a "tossup" in Rassmussen: 9 votes. Florida is a tossup: 29 votes. Virginia is a tossup: 13 votes. Ohio is a tossup: 18 votes. That's 69 votes, plus the 206 he has in the bag. Note that PA is NOT included in this count at all, although Philly got slammed by the storm while G-d's Gun/Bible clingers Country did not. New Hampshire (4 votes) has Mitt ahead, as does Iowa (6 votes). All of the states I have named have Romney ahead by Rasmussen polls. Nevada voters have been hit with too much neurosyphilis and mutation---they go Obama. Wisconsin is a tossup as well. Note that Minnesota is in play for Romney.

If Wisconsin goes Romney, and Iowa and New Hampshire go Romney, then Ohio will be irrelevant.

Quite frankly, Obama has a brutal uphill battle, and then comes Bengazi. NO ONE other than a Dhimmicrat can argue that he has made the Middle East safer for Americans, except maybe Pennsylvanians. I expect Penn State, which has a penchant for anal rape, will vote for Obama.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 7:13PM

KJ: Buchanan had a Civil War follow his administration, a Civil War which he did nothing to prevent. Obama hasn't suffered 600K dead yet.

But Obama is dreadful beyond belief for the last 100 years of Presidents. He IS worse than Carter, who at least occasionally showed some stones. I know RCV loves him, but I do not live in La-La land. Fantasy is not in my newspaper's business section, as it is in the LA Times, where Fantasy IS the business to report.

Toinfinityandbeyond| 11.1.12 @ 2:40PM

9/11 happened under Dubya.

Dumba$$.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 3:14PM

Yes, it did. And the Islamic terrorists started all that planning on the day he was inaugurated, right? Go look in the mirror if you want to see a dumb-ass. 9/11 was born the day Clinton rolled over on the USS Cole.

Anthony| 11.1.12 @ 3:52PM

Don't forget the first WTC bombing in the Clinton '90s years, which failed to bring the buildings down, as the car bombs in the garage weren't well placed.
Clinton was the man who made it clear to Osama that America was a paper tiger. Black Hawk Down marines dragged in the streets of Somolia.
Clinton wanted the first WTC bombers prosecuted as criminals, not terrorists. Clinton refused to acknowledge it was radical Islam that was responsible.Clinton refused to connect the dots.
Clinton was directly responsible for 9/11. PERIOD

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 4:20PM

Thank you, Anthony. Much better than my argument.

TLP| 11.1.12 @ 4:31PM

Maybe if you had put it in Poem Form, you might not be saying that?

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 4:46PM

True, that. By the way, I'm bringing my friend Bobby to the contest tomorrow. (Unless it's too cold. They're calling for frost in Kennesaw tomorrow.)

TLP| 11.1.12 @ 6:32PM

The Media, and the Fake Numbers.

That was for Bobby, not you.

CJW| 11.1.12 @ 8:09PM

K Jack and Anthony

In addition to WTC, Bubba did not respond to the two embassy attacks, the Khobar Towers attack, and the USS Cole attack. He also failed to take Osama several times when offered. And he set up the wall between the CIA and FBI so they could not share info on terrorists.

Bubba was too busy harassing women and dodging subpoenas and shredding document.
The economy was good under Clinton starting in 94 because of the Republican House that forced welfare reform and a balanced budget.

Bubba is the worst president for leaving our country weak and vulnurable to attack, and for disgracing the White House and Presidency.

Obama's and Carter's policies are and were wrong but they did not disgrace the presidency as Bubba did.

SUBVET| 11.1.12 @ 6:42PM

Anthony.......you forget osama was one of ours......what do they call someone like that double agent ! Old Ben was owned by the CIA to do their dirty work.

Just like Stevens and the other 3, old Ben was just the end to justify the means.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 7:14PM

There's money to be made after the Presidency from the Saudis for their friends. And Clinton is all about power and money.

RCV| 11.2.12 @ 4:00PM

Since nobody was closer friends to the Saud family than the Bushes, they must be rolling in Islamic dough. Maybe that's why they spirited the Bin Laden family out of Florida right after the WTC destruction.

Stormzeye| 11.1.12 @ 10:25PM

"9/11 happened under Dubya" yeah and the Civil War happened under Abraham Lincoln......so Lincoln was responsible for the Civil War?
You "Toinfinityandbeyond"are a total moron!

Bob Grant| 11.1.12 @ 8:47AM

London:

Don't lie about the financial/housing crisis.

Sure, Bush was guilty by not properly addressing the issue (i.e. did not act in a conservative manner) and by campaigning on record home ownership but he was by no means a DRIVER of this crisis.

You can lay that blame directly on Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, and key democratic players (congressmen/women and advisers): Maxine Watters, Henry Cisneros, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Franklin Raines, Angelo Mozilo, James Johnson, etc.)

It all begins with the Community Reinvestment Act and ends with Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, Countrywide, etc....all knee deep in the democratic party.

This is what the election is all about:

Crony Capitalism!

vtwin| 11.1.12 @ 8:59AM

No, deregulation, “acting in a conservative manner,” was at the root of the financial meltdown.

Pecos Pete| 11.1.12 @ 9:14AM

Prove it.

Your Benghazi comments the other day will not be forgotten. You proved then that you are a slime ball.

Bob Grant| 11.1.12 @ 9:27AM

The problem with you blaming "deregulation" of the financial industry (which was, by the way, democrat-driven, bi-partisan at best.) as the culprit to the financial meltdown is the undeniable fact that the Community Reinvestment Act and GSE's like Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac PROVIDED THE OXYGEN to this fire.

The financial industry, whether you like it or not, exist to MAKE MONEY. And the fact that a democratic president (Bill Clinton) and a republican controlled congress legislated a bill (Graham, Leach, Biley Act a.k.a The Financial Services Modernization Act Of 1999) that "deregulated" the banking industry does not take away from the fact that "deregulated" banks were FORCED to give questionable loans to people who more than likely would default. Also, don't blame those "deregulated" banks for acting irresponsibly because of the IMPLICIT GUARANTEE by the Fed that those loans would be backed by the government should they fail.

After all, private banks, acting in their own self-interest, will play the hand that's dealt them.

It all begins with government interference of the Free Market System.

Anyone with a BASIC understanding of economics knows this to be true.

Take your lies somewhere else!

vtwin| 11.1.12 @ 12:23PM

Bob, the Community Reinvestment Act as the source of the financial meltdown like the narratives on Benghazi and Solyndra, making the rounds in wing-nut media and only in the wing-nut media, are the ideologically satisfying creations of the professional propagandists designed to get conservative people like yourself to vote against your own self interests. Angelo Mozilo of Countrywide wasn’t forced by the government to loan to unqualified applicants to the contrary the government was because of deregulation powerless to stop him.

JmsA| 11.1.12 @ 4:30PM

vtwin,

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -- Arthur Schopenhauer

snake999| 11.1.12 @ 3:12PM

No, that is debatable. What is a 'free market'? What people currently mean by it, sounds like a whole heck of a lot of malarky to me. Feudalism was kind of nice and 'free' too, for the landowners.
*Search - "The Market as God" for a good article questioning the 'Free Market' mantra.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 4:24PM

"Malarky", huh? Jeeze, you suck Biden's a**, do you?

Anthony| 11.1.12 @ 10:20AM

Hey vtwin, you should be defending deregulation, after all, it did lead to allowing San Fran massage parlors to offer face slapping, your favorite pastime.
I'm going to apply for a job in Obozo's Department of Business. Of course, since he won't be around to institute this new helpful bureaucracy and see my application, I guess I'll never be a government worker.
Gee, I was going to check off my new minority status to advance my application, but I guess I'll have to save that one.
When did Alfred E. Newman become Obozo's chief of staff? Department of Business!! How about something real useful, say a Department of Troll Removal.
That goes into effect on November 7th.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 11:55AM

Yes, the Secretary of Business, or SOB. Given how Obama treats business, just "Bitch" will do.

Anthony| 11.1.12 @ 12:32PM

True OT. In an Obozo 2nd term, the Orwellian Secretary of Business would insure that all business in America comes to a complet halt.
Oh well, Obozo can pedal his SOB at the U.N. his next place of employment.
And then Moochelle can say for the first time she's proud of the world for making Obozo Sec. General.
Tuesday can't come soon enough!!!

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 1:58PM

We may, then, refer to each new regulation this Marxist forces on business as a "bitch slap", may we not?

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 7:15PM

Yes, Lord Jack. (I love Georgia, by the way. I lived in Cullman, AL for 7 years.)

JmsA| 11.1.12 @ 11:50AM

Speaking of deregulation, look up the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act repeal by Clinton in 1999, after you figure out that statistical analysis is part and parcel of Social Security and Medicare actuarial projections.

irish19| 11.1.12 @ 5:25PM

I mentioned this over at another blog, and thought I'd mention it here as well.
There's a whole lot of metaphorical ball spiking going on in the right half of the blogosphere. We're not at that point yet!! While I'm somewhat optimistic right now (the old ghey whore has said the election is too close to call which sounds like R&R are way ahead, we cannot afford to enumerate our poultry just yet.

TNcracker | 11.1.12 @ 7:12PM

It used to be Purp, now it's you. Why is your favorite pastime commenting at a website you don't agree with? It's boring! Could you just take a break occasionally? I come here to read TLP & others, not your ignorant ramblings.

merlin| 11.1.12 @ 9:43PM

vtwin,

There are numerous youtube videos of regulators, Republicans in congress etc. during the Bush administration pointing out the potential
problems with FannyMae and FreddieMac. Democrates stood in the way. Do you doubt me?

bluerabbit10| 11.1.12 @ 11:22AM

Right On Bob. I agree 100%..thanks for posting a simple complete explanation.

Bob Grant| 11.1.12 @ 12:53PM

Thanks but I'm afraid but it will be lost on certain people.

Alej| 11.1.12 @ 9:31AM

I try not to respond to trolls, but Clinton's pusillamimous response to bin Laden's overt activities in th '90s gave us 9/11 AND the tolerated rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and his proscription on redlining allowed Frank Raines and your butt-buddy Barney Frank to destroy the FNMA &c. mortgage situation, which ripples redounded to the detriment of the entuire world's financial situation.

So fck off, punk.

C. Vernon Crisler | 11.1.12 @ 11:00AM

JL, the Democrats were in charge a year before the recession. Can you say cause-and-effect? I remember that Democrats thought paradise was restored when the Democrats took charge of Congress. The economy collapsed the next year.

Jack in Wi| 11.1.12 @ 11:20AM

I was a little depressed yesterday by a poll here in Wi. that showed Obama with a a lead. Well 2 polls today from national pollsters have the race as a dead heat in Wi. I will be terribly disappointed if Romney does not win this state. Obama must be in trouble in this state or he wouldn't be making 2 more trips to this state in the next 4 days.

Rhoetus| 11.1.12 @ 11:08PM

Jack: Fly like a snowbird to Tucson AZ. ;-)

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 11:38AM

Well, Mr. London, yes I was happier under the Bush administration until 2006, when the Dems took over Congress and wrecked things. But talking to you is painful.

To change subject and addressee, about the topic that assured Mr. Obama's doom, a note for Mr. Obama regarding Bengazi follows.

Here's how it goes: Mr. Obama, you are in charge of the Executive Branch. An ambassador was killed on your watch, in a setting in which he stated that he feared for his life. State and Defense, which you run and are responsible for, were aware of the attack in real time, and resources were available to keep the Ambassador alive. He died.

A Great Democratic President (Truman) said "The Buck Stops Here." Until YOU prove otherwise, Mr. President, YOU'RE to blame. It's your show, and you wanted the job.

So dry your eyes, put your big girl pants on, and deal with it.

Loser.

I have never seen a President in my lifetime, and I include Carter, who did take manful responsibility for the screwup in Iran, who spends so much time in office avoiding responsibility and being "present." Obama is a worthless idiot.

Buck Ofama| 11.1.12 @ 11:59AM

Jackass, don't forget two things:
1. The previous (Bush) administration is not pending reinstatement;
2. Many demorats voted and financed those complaints which you are whining about.

So now, go back to jacking off to your collection of faded Ovomit posters.

Stan Redmond| 11.1.12 @ 2:04PM

DO YOU REALIZE BUSH IS NOT PRESIDENT!!!

Toinfinityandbeyond| 11.1.12 @ 2:37PM

Electoral map says President Obama will be re-elected.

Many polls say President Obama will be re-elected.

Ohio says President Obama will be re-elected.

President Obama will be re-elected.

Longhorns62| 11.1.12 @ 3:43PM

Sorry to burst your bubble, no way Barry gets re-elected. Ohio or no Ohio.

spike59| 11.2.12 @ 6:00AM

Let's travel back in time, shall we?

"Electoral map says President Truman will not be re-elected.

Many polls say President Truman will not be re-elected.

Ohio says President Truman will not be re-elected.

President Truman will not be re-elected."

"DEWEY WINS!!!!!!"

ooooooopsie

lesson? the electoral map doesn't vote, and neither do the polls

drudge ette obama| 11.1.12 @ 7:46AM

Right now, I fell like going to sleep only to wake up when this back and forth is over....but I can't do it - there's something more to do before Tuesday night.

I have to admit you have some of Joe Biden's cue ___s to take this position - you'll either be a saavy soothsayer or not. Here's hoping wou are a saavy soothsayer.

KyMouse| 11.1.12 @ 10:46AM

I wonder if Obama wants to retire from public life at such a young age. Speaking engagements, for astonishing fees, are sure to come his way -- but I've always wondered if he might try to become secretary general of the U.N.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 11:40AM

Mouse: an ineffectual office with a big podium to speak from, nothing to do, numerous perks, excellent salary, and glowing adulation. Plus plenty of opportunity for graft.

Yup, SecGen suits Obama just fine. Idiots do well there.

irish19| 11.1.12 @ 5:29PM

If he winds up there, you can rest assured he will do everything he can to make sure it is no longer an ineffectual podium. the Won has his sights set on ultimately being king of the world.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 7:17PM

He may, Irish, but this will give extra ammo to those, like me, who believe that the UN should relocate to Brussels.

irish19| 11.2.12 @ 12:18AM

I think somewhere in Zimbabwe would be more appropriate.

Al Adab| 11.1.12 @ 5:31PM

Future King of the independant Republic of Hawaii.

CrackerHound| 11.1.12 @ 1:44PM

UN Secretary sounds about right. The rehabilitation of Obama's reputation and restoration of heavenly status begins immediately after his drubbing next Tuesday. The corrupt media propaganda machine has the lies all queued up and ready to go.

The re-writing of history will be full bore in a manner that would make the Soviets blush. For Obama, the presidency may have just been a resume enhancer for a more lofty goal. You think he hated America before? Just wait until you see him in the coming decades.

I always cringe when people compare today's leaders with Book of Revelations prophecy or characters, but not so much when it involves Obama.

DRA2012| 11.1.12 @ 8:47PM

Actually, Appleby, it's not over until the skinny white guy gets sworn into office.

I am concerned when I see things like "we shall be getting a new government next week". No, we are attempting to ELECT a new government next week.

No matter how things go w/the Presidential and Senate votes, we will have Obama and Reid running the show for another two months - a lot of pardons can be granted, national monuments created, military forces defunded, and UN treaties agreed upon in two months time.

spike59| 11.1.12 @ 6:43AM

it's over...the ObaMao family is about to be evicted from gubmint housing

TLP| 11.1.12 @ 8:25AM

Nothing could be further from the Truth.

We are THISCLOSE to the end of everything that we once knew. Thisclose. Or, haven't you noticed the whole world, around you?

He has promised Putin to give him God knows what, if he's Re-elected.

The only "MISSION" that NASA has these days, is as a Muslim Outreach Center.

TLP| 11.1.12 @ 8:43AM

To our North - Canada looks to Replace Us as their #1 Trading Partner.

He has a Stranglehold on the Financial Industry, the Media in his back pocket, and if he's Re-elected he will open the Immigration Floodgates, and this Country will be GONE, forever.

And he has done ALL OF THESE THINGS in less than 4 years.

But, "He's in over his head."

gene| 11.1.12 @ 10:14AM

Well said. One wonders what TLP stands for.

"Tremendously Luminous on Politics"

perhaps?

Maybe we should have a short contest on what TLP stands for. I believe my contribution is accurate.

Bob Grant| 11.1.12 @ 12:37PM

Torches Liberal Positions?

If I win no used bicycle seats, homemade whiskey, or under aged hookers from the Dominican Republic.

Give me something good!!!

CrackerHound| 11.1.12 @ 1:47PM

I know what it stands for but he may not like me disclosing it here. I figure that is why he changed his previous handle.

I've been here a while.

TLP| 11.1.12 @ 6:21PM

Maybe it stands for The Lord's Prayer?

Ya never know.

TLP| 11.1.12 @ 6:22PM

Ixnay on the amenay.

I don't want an Audit!

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 7:19PM

Tim: very wise. Before the Lord all must bow.

Funny how the only one that Obama does NOT bow to is the Lord? (I spell it in full as I mean it literally in this setting)

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 2:50PM

Bob, I hear that Moochelle's week-old panties are the grand prize this week along with everything needed into making them into a very large kite.

gene| 11.1.12 @ 3:07PM

Torpedoes Liberal Pompenjays?

gene| 11.1.12 @ 3:15PM

Terrifies Liberal Poopheads?

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 3:43PM

tortor liberalium praecepta?

TLP| 11.1.12 @ 4:33PM

I don't get it?

Was that a Haiku?

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 4:49PM

Latin. Loosely translates to "one who tortures liberal ideas".

John II| 11.1.12 @ 5:09PM

Except your got the Latin a little wrong, Kennie. Should be "tortor liberalium praeceptorum"--which, under the circumstances, I'd translate as "tormentor of liberal bromides."

That reminds me. I still haven't graded a Latin quiz I gave yesterday.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 5:32PM

It's only been about forty years since college so ya gotta cut me a little slack. Still, not bad, huh?

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 5:33PM

Case endings always did give me fits.

John II| 11.1.12 @ 6:07PM

Not bad at all. You got the third declension genitive plural right on the adjective ("liberalium"), which means that, after 40 years, you aced the part that occurs in the segment of beginning Latin where the students become suicidal.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 9:19PM

That's not Dative? Damn.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 10:15PM

Sorry, I meant accusative.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 7:23PM

I knew there was a reason I decided to avoid going into academe!

John II| 11.1.12 @ 7:43PM

Too late for me to make that decision. But I DID tell each of my kids as they grew up that, notwithstanding their egghead bents, they would have to find a different way to make a living. If they so much as THOUGHT about pursuing an academic career, I would disown them--and they'd lose the whole $5.95.

Got your response posted on yesterday's thread, Occie. Thanks. I wasn't sure how I was going to
find that Huston comment. I presume there's some magic way of doing so quickly, a way that I still haven't learned about. My kids could have done it in a few seconds, I'm sure, but they're all off raising their own families now, earning their livings in much more dignified ways than I managed to achieve.

Ah well, as Hector says in Book VI of the Iliad, there can be no greater joy for a father than the knowledge that his offspring have sprung higher than what they sprang off up. (Homer has Hector saying so a tad more elegantly.)

John II| 11.1.12 @ 7:45PM

. . . off OF.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 8:15PM

A little Boolean logic: "John II and John Huston." Go into search in TAS webpage and find.

Part of my job is to torture pharmacists with data dumps, a la High School debate. ("Why would you use Remeron to treat Zoloft induced sexual dysfunction, Doc Ock?" "Would you like an article or ten on that, Todd?" "Uh, no.")

I have a deadly Library rat reputation among my fellow MDs in MN Psychiatry. They say I may be crazy, but no one does a literature search better. And few are better psychopharmacologists.

You sir, I say again, would have been a great prof to have had. Although I probably would have avoided Latin. Russian gave me a pronounced antipathy to memorization classes.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 8:26PM

Occam, vie govoretye po russki?

Occam's Tool| 11.2.12 @ 12:18AM

ochen malenkeyee. It's been over 30 years since Ya styoodent Russki Yazeek. Helped me out once in a post office line in Hollywood. Not much else. I thought, originally, that it might be useful in Medicine. I should have been a good boy and studied Hebrew instead. Great work being done in Israel, and my high school had a teacher for it.

But KJ, you never cease to amaze me with the facets of your brilliance. You're also a very nice guy.

John II| 11.1.12 @ 9:33PM

Oh. Thanks. It works. That's exactly the way I look up articles on the internet. I didn't think to make the simple transition. Every bit of knowledge I pick up on the use of this technology is discrete. I have to keep re-learning it, and I can't pull any of it together. Sort of like my students with Greek and Latin.

John II| 11.1.12 @ 9:35PM

The preceding response is directed to Occie.

Occam's Tool| 11.2.12 @ 12:22AM

Hey, well at least I know where to go now with the Latin translations. Let me know if I can demystify any psychology crap your students fling at you. For example, 99% of cases of multiple personality disorder are bull fecal matter.

I do love the stuff you write, John II. For you, it probably serves the same purpose it serves for me---stuck in a world of political correctness, the ability to fume is precious.

Oh, and KJ, feel free to use Tie insead of vie. I do not stand on formality with friends.

Bob Grant| 11.1.12 @ 7:05PM

Can we substitute Pompenjays with PompousAsses?

Bob Grant| 11.1.12 @ 5:49PM

I hate to get graphic here Jack but panties worn by moochelle for a week would be so gunked up they'd lose all aerodynamic properties.

I'd say make a tea out of them but, geez, I said give me a good prize, not one devised from the bowels of hel*.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 9:24PM

Tea? Tea? You mean weed-killer, don't you? Or, at the very least, Roach repellant. TEA? Starting to worry a bit about you, Robert.

Bob Grant| 11.1.12 @ 10:56PM

Sorry, I'd love to take that one back. I meant to type witches brew, not tea.

Darin| 11.1.12 @ 7:05AM

Don't discount Republicans ability to pull defeat from the mouth of victory. I truly hope America wakes up to reality, but there are no guarantees.

C. Vernon Crisler | 11.1.12 @ 11:03AM

And don't forget, even if Romney is elected, it's going to be a disappointment. Romney is no Ronald Reagan; maybe a George Bush Sr.

Al Adab| 11.1.12 @ 5:35PM

The best a Romney administration can deliver is to act as a dam against the flood of statist Leftist tyranny. It could stop or delay the mad rush but only given a dedicated House and Senate. It will at best represent a hiatus in statism unless the futre elections move in the direction of limited government and more liberty.

KyMouse| 11.1.12 @ 7:16AM

Sorry about this OT,

but is anybody seeing on TV anything about post-Sandy looting? I see hits online, but nothing on TV.

A family friend owns a Manhattan restaurant that was flooded, and she tells us that looters took almost everything of any value. She got together a bunch of friends to help her remove what was left.

Why isn't that kind of thing a top news story? Bad PR for the Big Apple?

Cobalt| 11.1.12 @ 7:58AM

The looters are part of Obama's base.

chuck| 11.1.12 @ 8:20AM

They are merely "redistributing the wealth".

Actual Worker| 11.1.12 @ 11:03AM

During Katrina, my favorite wine shop was looted. Only the screw-top bottles were taken.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 1:59PM

Hah!

Stephie| 11.1.12 @ 8:50AM

I read earlier that Coney Island was being ransacked.
But we wouldn't want the world to see obama's people acting badly.

Maxwell| 11.1.12 @ 8:59AM

Yes, that was on the New York Daily News on-line.

Bob Grant| 11.1.12 @ 12:40PM

I say call in Joey Chestnut. Nobody f***s with Nathan's and lives to tell!!

Jack London| 11.1.12 @ 7:47AM

Hey guys - did you know that Jeep is closing down here and building only in China? Must be true because Romney says so.

Simon Templar| 11.1.12 @ 8:00AM

Must be true if Jack off liberal London says so...

vtwin| 11.1.12 @ 8:48AM

Jack, If Jeep is selling out to the Chinese Romney and his company, number one in job exports, Pain Capital would be the first to know.

spike59| 11.1.12 @ 9:01AM

ahhhh, it's so amusing to see you Libtrolls squirming to find anything remotely interesting to say in defeat

Anthony| 11.1.12 @ 4:00PM

vtwin, is Pain Capital the name of your new favorite San Fran massage parlor?
I like it, it's catchy. Maybe you should invest in a franchise? We know you like it, so you might as well be paid to be beaten.
Don't you love free enterprise!!!

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 7:26PM

Anthony:

You are a cruel man, but fair. You didn't want to nail vtwin's head to the floor, but he begged you too, so you did it.

Cruel, but fair.

(I do hope you caught the Monty Python reference---the Spiny Norman skit)

Anthony| 11.1.12 @ 8:57PM

OT, I have never thought of myself as a cruel person. I don't really enjoy making folks unhappy, which is why, I'm told, under my gruff exterior, I am a softy.
I don't suffer fools easily, as you, and America is on th edge of the abyss. Since vtwin is anonymous, and as you say, begs for me to bitchslap him, well what's a guy to do, I ask you? OT, I missed the Monty Python reference completely, please enlighten me. Many thanks, your admirer, Anthony.

Occam's Tool| 11.2.12 @ 12:31AM

It's the Spiny Norman skit. In it this gang leader ("He was cruel, but fair. He didn't want to nail my head to the floor, but I asked him to do it, so he did," a nervous Eric Idle says about the gang leader. Spiny Norman was an imaginary giant porcupine the gang leader was afraid of.) is given a very over the top descripton regarding his potential for violence, based, apparently, on the Krays. I'm going to connect a link below to the script. Hey, if my joke fell flat, well, Comedy Isn't Pretty, Dying is easy, Comedy is hard, and I won't Lose my Day Job.

Seriously, I love the stuff you write. And vtwin deserves a fish slapping, at the very least (another Python sketch) Here's the link:

http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/piranha.htm

Occam's Tool| 11.2.12 @ 12:37AM

Actually, you are a very nice guy. The quote is a paraphrase from the skit. read it through the connection below, and see if you don't visualize poor benighted vtwin in one of the sucker roles.

Skippy| 11.1.12 @ 2:19PM

In the ad, the speaker states that Prince Bambo sold CJD to Italians: he did.
It states that Jeep is building cars in China: they are.
Nothing in the ad is factually incorrect.
If you heard things that weren't said, check with your hallucinogen provider.

Simon Templar| 11.1.12 @ 7:47AM

Do not underestimate the Demoncrats. They have known all along that it is about perception not reality. Given their successful coverup of Benghazi via the state controlled media, the photo ops provided by the opportunist in New Jersey, the voter suppression and disinformation of stacked polling for over a year to shape public opinion, the massive ground game and cheating in critical swing states like Ohio and NC, and the good and effective ole class warfare and racism charges, they may just have pulled off another one.

Stephie| 11.1.12 @ 8:53AM

Read again this morning that more voting machines are flipping to obama when the voter presses their vote for Romney.
Pay attention folks when voting if you use the electronic machines. Or ask for a paper ballot.

SUBVET| 11.1.12 @ 11:05AM

Check out the HBO special on NETFLIX " Hacking Democracy"

Diebold is guilty..............

Al Adab| 11.1.12 @ 9:38AM

We spent a lot of time yesterday counting electoral votes. While there is reason for optimism, most counts leave Romney short of the necessary 270. He would almost have to run the table of "toss-up" states to win. Even should he carry FL, NC, VA and Ohio, the count would be short. There may possibly be a change of administration as we all hope (and pray I trust) but it is a near run thing. Perhaps we will see in retrospect that only the hand of God delivered this nation once again into freedom.

SCPOret| 11.1.12 @ 9:53AM

On election night you might find that all of those "blue" states suddenly fall into the "red" column. My take is that there is more animosity to Obama than is recognized in the polls. When you dig down into the polls and find that they oversample democrats by 8 points and Obama can only be 1 point ahead or within the margin of error, that is not a resounding poll for obama.

Simon Templar| 11.1.12 @ 10:18AM

First, like many, you are basing your counting on polls that are not only flawed but corrupted with ridiculous absurd factors. Second, nearly every state has been said to be needed to win from Maine to New Hampshire to Ohio and on and on. Every day it is a new one. I have read about six dozen of these electoral counting scenarios and claims with amazing contradictions, predictions, and contrary absolutes that it has become an exercise in meaninglessness. For the last 4 decades, I have heard every single expert, particularly democrats, say that no one wins without carrying the independent vote. Romney has them but he still loses? These polls furthermore are now being used to SHAPE public perception, opinion, and suppress and discourage. I should accept them and just roll over?
What I do know. Two out of three Americans are self identified as conservative, many of them do not vote. What counts is election day and actual votes, not stacked f*&%cking polls with D+* or D+13 advantages.
Want to win, then VOTE, and drag everyone with you that you can if necessary, it is that simple. God votes with those that vote. God help those that help themselves.

Al Adab| 11.1.12 @ 5:37PM

Not following the polls my sainted friend, only looking at the states which voted one way in '08 and other ways in '04 and '00. Which are likely to reverse their '08 results? Not enough I fear.

SUBVET| 11.1.12 @ 10:15AM

Simon......THEY want you to think it's all about the dems & republicans....we are being played like a fiddle.

The CIA used the black Jesus to push their agenda under the flag of race and illuminism. Now THEY want Mitt to further it under a different flag......and still push their Fabian Society.

The CIA is the only partner that can complete the task without drawing to much attention to globalism. Look at the CFR, Federal Reserve, World Bank, the IMF all are players all you have to do is follow the money. Have you noticed more damaging weather lately ? THEY can manipulate the global weather and damage our eco-system.

Judge Robert Bork warns us in his book, "Slouching towards Gomorrah" agenst the evils of liberalism. You still have Clinton the MVP of the One World Government, still a major player in politics.

All the tentacles are there THEY attack the family, dumb down the younger generation, children vs. parrents and now an attack of feminism. Also the United Nations are part of equasion...notice how the UN wants to monitor the election.

"We are on the verge of a gobal transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order"-- David Rockefeller.

SUBVET| 11.1.12 @ 10:35AM

People assume that we have a democracy with chosen people in charge, because this is what the controlled national media tell us. Certain agencies like the CIA use public relations firms, authors, and journalists to deceive the public while undertaking roles and missions that are illegal.

Just follow the natural order...democracy to dictatorship....dictatorship to Martial Law.

A stroke of the pen "Law of the Land".....FEMA will be the super enforcment arm of the NWO on US soil.

Game Time...FEMA will respond by trading food for compliance, including the surrender of firearms.

Now What ? Where do we go from here ?

SUBVET| 11.1.12 @ 10:51AM

God's love is so great He will often use what appear to be harsh measures to bring people back to what is most important........salvation. Justice is indeed mercy when viewed in this light. God is love and truth and mercy. Is there hope ? Absolutely, but this will depend on your periscope and what you are doing with your life. He protects His own. This has been a promise of Heaven from the very beginning and it has not changed, for God is the same yeaterday, today, and forever......Ted Flynn

SUBVET| 11.1.12 @ 11:00AM

KennesawJack............the bridge is closer than you think.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 12:07PM

Vet, you're right on most things but I really hope you're wrong on this.

Mike G| 11.1.12 @ 7:58AM

Since he knows Austrian, Obama might be more comfortable with "auf wiedersehen". Oh, wait...is that the Austrian language?

chuck| 11.1.12 @ 8:22AM

Here is the South, we prefer "geaux fookuself"

spike59| 11.1.12 @ 9:02AM

or, "don't let the door hit ya where the dawg shoulda bit ya"

Stephie| 11.1.12 @ 12:23PM

Buh bye! Now GTFO!!!!

Alice Moore| 11.1.12 @ 8:44AM

Instead of the tasteless Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye we could have the Sound of Music's So Long Farewell complete with a photo shopped Von Trapp kiddie giving a kick in the bum to the one. For extra there is a section with Liesl asking for champagne and Capt Von Trapp saying "No." We could photo shop President Elect (hopefully) Romney in the place of Christopher Plummer.

Jimbobogie| 11.1.12 @ 1:30PM

Actually it's German.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 5:37PM

Jimbo, You obviously missed one of the "One's" speeches when he called it "Austrian". Mike G was simply engaging in a bit of sarcasm. That happens at TAS occasionally.

Russel| 11.1.12 @ 8:10AM

American fools who have voted for this coniving , socialist boob are whom we must worry about . Because of the straits wrought by the east coast storm , any minute chance they will see a correlation with what exactly their lives could be if their chosen one continues ? . Food shortages . Gas shortages . Electricity shortages . Or perhaps none at all . Nope , because they take for granted someone , something out there across this great nation will always be there to provide . Yet they still wish to destroy it . THAT is what is frightening . Sheer , absolute stupidity .

davelnaf| 11.1.12 @ 8:18AM

In giving Obama a two week trial period Mr. Tyrrell was being too kind to O and too unkind to himself. What O said during the campaign was enough for me—overseas at the time—to realize that he was going to be a titanic-driven-straight-into-an-iceberg sized disaster. For days after his inauguration I would wake up thinking—some mornings would actually say out loud—OMG Barack Hussein Obama is President of the United States of America! Trust me; it was not a pleasant way to wake up.

Alice Moore| 11.1.12 @ 8:37AM

I hope you are right Mr. Tyrell. I will vote.

Anthony| 11.1.12 @ 8:47AM

Well Emmett, given that you live in close proximity to the D.C. bubble, two weeks into Obozo's term to discover his utter incompetence isn't so bad.
Of course, your devoted readers knew much sooner. You should read TAS more often, it's quite enlightening.
Anyway, you can make mends; I did invite our little gang of conservatives to your house for a post election celebration party, quite forward on my part, I agree, but you can handle it.
Country causal and camouflage dress please.

Rhoetus| 11.1.12 @ 8:48AM

It's the Day of the Dead, and Obama is a walking Zombie.

Harry the Horrible| 11.1.12 @ 8:51AM

Actually, we won't have a new government until January, at least.

Between November and January, look for Obama to do as much damage as possible - pardons, amnesties, exemptions, executive orders, etc.

It remains to be seen what sort of government we'll get in January. We can be certain it won't be as bad as the Obama Regime, but it remains to be seen if it will be much better...

Stephie| 11.1.12 @ 8:56AM

My worries exactly Harry.

Wanna bet the Blind Sheik walks?

Anthony| 11.1.12 @ 12:35PM

Don't think Holder doesn't have his Get Out of Jail Free pardon in his office safe. Same with Hillary.

Ken (Old Texican)| 11.1.12 @ 8:59AM

Simon, everyone's summation ends with the election.....what if.....WHAT IF the "gimmie my sruff" voters prevail next week?

Honestly, man...where do we go from there? For lack of a better term...call me. a refusenik".

I will refuse to obey "Presidential Order laws,past and present" ..... period!

A Texas citizen.....my Reps ana Senators LISTEN to me. They understand NOT to do so will simply get them shot. (that is called deterence)......

See, as Texans themselves in these days each of them have a half a million bullets pinned to an Obama vote.....right on their chest...and they know it.
Would that every Congressman had to deal with reality.

Simon Templar| 11.1.12 @ 9:55AM

Where do we go from here?
I do not have a pat answer but I can tell you this....
The Left wants civil unrest and would welcome chaos and violent revolt. At some point, we may be driven to it but I am not sure this is the time, as it would benefit them more than patriots. I am not a Texan but see civil disobedience on a State level (Texas as a state revolting) as a reasonable alternative to mass disorganized revolt or unrest on a national level. Hope it does not come down to that..
I have been sharing with all of you how I think you need to fight the Progressive Socialist Left of America for some time.
Until we regain the media, universities, polling outfits, our election process, our borders, and our local governments and school systems, we will face losing this war. We either shut them down by creating alternatives or stop supporting these institutions via lack of financial support or participation or we lose.
The other thing we need to do is stop buying and accepting their narratives and the double standards they have set forward, start fighting them, like Breitbart, with 'out of the box thinking', and continue building a social movement that contains millions of conservative activist. We can no longer fight them with the same old strategies, election cycles, and political rhetoric.

Stkman| 11.1.12 @ 10:24AM

We are not going to regain the media or the universities unless we are ready for some drastic measures. One would be to call for a boycott of all products advertised on liberal outlets and second to boycott any cable or satellite provider who carries them.
As for the Universities it is past time that State legislatures stepped in(regarding public universities) and put a complete stop to the liberal indoctination agenda. Professors other than philosphy are there to teach facts, not opinion. States legislatures can do away with tenure rights.
As for Texas, if Obama wins I want to see my state of Texas leave the U.S.. Too many Texans died gallantly for our independance from Mexico and the United States has basically forced us to become a state of Mexico by not fulfilling her constitutional duties of protecting our borders. We could do it better ourselves. Obama has been vividly hostile to Texas. If it weren't for Texas there would be an overall net loss of jobs in the country. Despite him we are moving forward, but its time Texas said goodby to Obama and his attempt at communism. We just won't have it here.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 2:41PM

Among the choices you have, secession isn't one of them. Just try it, and I guarantee the results will be the same as last time...only faster.

Ken (Old Texican)| 11.1.12 @ 7:12PM

Well RCV I know I will never see you over open sites.......coward. cluck cluck cluck.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 9:34PM

I'm crushed, Ken. I haven't heard a snappy put-down like that since junior high.

Alej| 11.1.12 @ 9:27AM

"I hope he will consider Hawaii."

Me, too... he'll fit right in - they don't like Americans, either.

SUBVET| 11.1.12 @ 11:17AM

I thought he was hawaiian..........

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 11:34AM

They are Americans ... unlike some unreconstructed Southern traitors.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 11:42AM

Yes, RCV, but your side is going to lose very, very big.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 2:44PM

Oh, I think not, Occam. I could, of course, be wrong. But I've been working almost every weekend as part of the superb Obama ground organization, in Ohio and Nevada. It is just as effective as last time - maybe better. With early voting more widespread, we will be getting every Obama vote out this time around. And, by the way, it looks like we have a good chance of sending Bachmann and Crazy Col. West back to their villages, which have been without idiots for some time.

snake999| 11.1.12 @ 2:51PM

Oh, I sure hope so!...The Repubs. are out of their freakin' minds, on most stuff.
I have no idea how so many people think President Obama is 'left'...
If you 'righties' got out more, you'd know what a socialist, and marxist would do if you called President Obama that to their face.
Hahhahhahahahhahahahha!

Al Adab| 11.1.12 @ 6:42PM

Snake:
As you note there is no Socialism in America. If there were, why the government would own the auto companies and the Banks and the insurance companies as well as the lending institutions, the railroads and... Wow, lightbulb moment.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 7:28PM

Uh, no, and Bachmann will win. I know the Minn area well. As for the Great Colonel, sorry, don't think so.

Remember, you will have to take a friend out to Ruth's Chris if you lose!

Nevada is going to go Obama, as I noted. But Ohio? You have a lot of pissed off coal people in Ohio.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 8:17PM

MSNBC 10/31/12, Hardball: Bachmann up by 6 points.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 9:45PM

You probably do know that district better, Occam. It must be populated by a lot of your former patients! Michelle will likely end up on top, but it's sure nice to see her cut down to size -- she is running about a dozen points behind Romney in her own district. Colonel West is in more trouble, I'm happy to see.

Believe me, I haven't forgotten our bet. I may make you come out to L.A. To buy my steak. I live not far from UCLA and you might enjoy the visit back.

Occam's Tool| 11.2.12 @ 12:36AM

All will become clear, on Tuesday, RCV. The problem is, all of the best next lines come from a short story few have read from Brother Theodore's Chamber of Horrors: The Philosophy of Sebastian Trump. Find the story and put in a cool line.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 2:03PM

RCV, don't know where you live but, trust me, you would be well-advised not to come down here (the South) and use that term to describe us.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 2:36PM

Of course not, Jack, because hair-tigger violence is another characteristic of secessionists. By the way, I know most Southerners are good patriotic Americans. Alej isn't one of them. He's of the sort who has wet dreams over his fantasies of the days when white men could treat black men any way they chose, without fear of the rule of law.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 2:52PM

Hair-trigger violence. As in OWS?

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 4:20PM

I put them in the same category, Jack.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 4:28PM

May be hope for you, yet. All you have to do is take the next step and see your Potemkin President for what he really is, a vacuous, vindictive, vain, and verbose buffoon. (Not to mention he's void of substance, nasty, pompous and talks WAY too much.)

TLP| 11.1.12 @ 4:37PM

There's no hope for him.

None.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 4:51PM

Tim, we gotta try.

TLP| 11.1.12 @ 5:22PM

Waste of time.

You can't fix Stupid.

Contest, tomorrow.

The Media, and the Bogus Numbers.

John II| 11.1.12 @ 5:25PM

That's true. Roberto and me are pals. As I've taken pains to articulate in the past, he's basically conservative in rather a sentimental vein. He still thinks the Democratic Party is the party of Truman, Stevenson, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the earlier Ronald Reagan, and the later James Webb.

He can't accept that the Dems have been highjacked by the dark powers (I'm thinking Star Wars, not race, Roberto, in case you're reading this).

The denial is understandable--Roberto is a man of restrained disposition and stubborn loyalties. What does one do when one comes home and finds one's dad in bed with another guy? (This time I WAS thinking of a favorite Demo obsession.)

John II| 11.1.12 @ 5:28PM

The preceding remark was directed to KennesawJack's comment. You're always interrupting, Timmy.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 6:53PM

John, you are as always a gentlemen, though better suited to Classics than to Psychology. I salute you, my friend.

Bob Grant| 11.1.12 @ 7:46PM

RCV,

The idea of secession is absurd and will be moot when California and other states declare they have no money pay for services of any kind because revenue generators (high earners and successful business) will be long gone.

Their remains will be picked apart by the vulture-class that is left behind. No money for services, no money from the Feds.

Don't believe me, just look at Detroit and see what the future holds for people like you.

Secession might not be necessary at all!

John II| 11.1.12 @ 8:04PM

Well, the latest stats have the Great Exodus from California down to 235,000 per annum (from last year's high of 1.1 million). My guess is that the Golden State is now running low on the productive talent that's made up the great bulk of the Exodus.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 9:51PM

Au contrair, John II. The productive entrepreneurs continue to flock to Silicon Valley, and the growing Silicon Beach area in LA, where more and more tech startups open each month. Those who leave are the refugees from the old economy, looking to go to work for someone else somewhere else. This is still the engine of the new economy and will remain so for a long, long time to come.

Bob Grant| 11.1.12 @ 10:50PM

Now that's the funniest thing I've heard tonight. Heh.

Mmmkay,

Yea.

Like those small tech startups will put a dent in the trillion dollar plus debt California faces.

Mmm, kay...Rrrriiiiiigggghtttt.

Let me tell you how it will play out with those "flocking" tech startups. If they do become successful and grow (i.e. become profitable), many if not all of them will...wait....tick....tick....FLEEEEE the state just like the companies from the "old economy".

And why, prey tell, might that be????

It is because these so-called companies from the "new" economy must follow the same economic rules of the "old" economy?

Is it because if they are lucky to become profitable government leaders will try to squeeze more and more from them as the revenue pool becomes ever smaller?

Is is because the cost of living is more more than other areas of the country?

All of the above!

You are simply wishfully thinking.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 11:20PM

Bob, go take a look at the easily available statistics on which states pay INTO the federal coffers, and which states suck off the Federal teat. With the exception of Texas, the red states are the moochers. The economic powerhouses that all you "free market producers" live off of are California and New York and Illinois and Massachusetts. You guys just crack me up with your alternative made up view of reality.

California will be fine. Why? Creative, intelligent, dynamic young people with dreams come here. They want to be around other bright, talented, tolerant people and live in a beautiful place with culture and art and dynamic energy and enterprise. And that ain't Mississippi or Minnesota or Indiana or North Dakota. Many nice, easy-going people live; good churchgoing salt of the earth types. Wonderful places to raise a kid. Not places to chase your dreams or invent the next big thing or research the cure for cancer. Generalizations? Of course. But if you think California is not the dynamic center of America any more, you're just flat out wrong.

Bob Grant| 11.1.12 @ 11:46PM

I have one simple question for you.

If California is so "dynamic", why do they continue to elect officials that will lead to their demise?

Pete Stark, Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Watters, Jerry Brown, Henry Waxman >>>> Dynamic? :-/?

Oakland dynamic?

I bet Stockton was described as "dynamic" and "vibrant" ten years ago. :-/

Much of California's Central Valley looks like a third world country

Silicone Valley notwithstanding, California is a friggin basket case that will more than likely need a Federal bailout which just might trigger an economic calamity throughout our country.

If California were in the EU, GREECE would look down on them as spend thrifts!!!

I say screw California. They made their bed. Now lie in it and take your medicine!!!!

RCV| 11.2.12 @ 4:03PM

We shall do just fine without your help, sir, or that of the "dynamic" Red States.

RCV| 11.2.12 @ 4:04PM

... and Stockton was never vibrant or dynamic. It belongs in North Dakota.

Skippy| 11.1.12 @ 2:34PM

Hawaiians are Americans?
In name only, haole.
Take a leisurely stroll downtown Honolulu some evening after 11 to get a firsthand lesson.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 2:55PM

Too many faces don't look white to you, Skippy?

snake999| 11.1.12 @ 3:00PM

Yes, currently they are American. There is the movement to 'restore' the Hawaiian kingdom...Differing ideas on the subject.
Don't blame them, there has been a lot of destruction of unique species - as in other places.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 7:36PM

Hawaiians are among the most racist folks in the country, incidentally.

At any rate, RCV, we will find out Tuesday.

Bloomberg is thought of as a crazed looney in the great overflight, by the way. His endorsement will change crap, except to destroy any chance he will ever have to do anything significant as a Republican ever again.

Well, only about 130 hours or so left of this crap. If I win, RCV, I reserve the right to give you a long dissertation on the psychology of mass movements.

John II| 11.1.12 @ 7:56PM

Seems to me that a Bloomberg endorsement would be the kiss of death--like being endorsed by Hugo Chavez. He endorsed the Professor in the publicly stated expectation that the Obamamaniacs would correct "man-made climate change." I thought the Obamanation had put to bed the trope about stopping oceans from being wet, or whatever the hell they were saying in 2008.

My God, they're all lunatics! Certifiable!

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 8:19PM

John II: pretty damn close.

Bloomberg is getting crazier, though. One wonders if he wants a political future, unless he plans on becoming the next George Soros, albeit a pro-Israel one.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 9:56PM

Do my ears deceive me? An admirer of Bachmann and West calling Bloomberg "crazy"? If either of those two were in your ward, Occam, you couldn't dare release them (or Mr. Bachmann, for that matter) without risking cancellation of your professional liability insurance!

Infantryman| 11.1.12 @ 9:36AM

Mr. Tyrrell quit predicting victory and beat the tom toms to get out our vote. You're not only tempting fate, some of our luke warm types may think, "what the hell, it's in the bag," and stay home. The Democrats will lie cheat and steal to win. They always do and if it's a close race they will win unless we have a max turnout and watch and guard every questionable polling place. If the Republicans don't have a mobile reserve of several thousand lawyers and some tough guys to counter the Democrats hijinks, if the election is 2000 all over again, we're behind the power curve. Get set for riots if Romney wins. I suspect that some cities will require martial law to restore whatever order they had before. Dangerous times ahead no matter who wins, we need to get ready.

Eduardo| 11.1.12 @ 10:06AM

I once again kneel before the Master, TLP, for exercising his God-given gifts of clarity and insight by calling a spade a spade. No, that's not "racist", it's just what my mom and dad used to say when someone cut through the horsesh*t and told the unfiltered truth. I wish it were possible for this entry by Tim to be run as an ad in these last few days of the campaign.

Alej| 11.1.12 @ 10:28AM

Cuidado, amigo... the White House gardener, who had been employed there for thirty years, lost his job January 28, 2009, when he asked a helper to look for the spade and the ho.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 2:57PM

Ah, another intelligent thought from the resident racist.

TLP| 11.1.12 @ 4:40PM

You must be talking about vtwin's Nigga's new Pastor, that POS Racist Lowery.

Right?

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 4:52PM

Aww, come on. He was just joking when he said those nasty things about us white folks.

TLP| 11.1.12 @ 5:20PM

RIGHT?!

Bob Grant| 11.1.12 @ 7:49PM

TLP,

The real question is have YOU embraced what is right as the good reverend demanded of all white people?

RCV| 11.2.12 @ 4:05PM

I've always tried to.

gene| 11.1.12 @ 10:11AM

Someone call Ben Stein with the good news.

He seems worried that Obama will be re-elected. Like we are all completely dumb etc.

OregonBuzz| 11.1.12 @ 10:11AM

Frankly Mr. Tyrrell, I hope you are right. Unfortunately I have little faith in the electorate and even less faith in the integrity of the ballot box.

PolishKnight| 11.1.12 @ 10:26AM

Let's conduct a thought experiment. Imagine... if Ted Kennedy hadn't passed a 1964 immigration bill to increase non-white immigration and if the border between Mexico and the USA was secure and the federal government was enforcing immigration employment laws. Got it? Probably about 20% of the population that are loyal Democrat voters today wouldn't be here.

Would that mean that the Democrats would never win any elections? Would the Republicans sweep the polls? I don't think so and here's why: The Democrats would adapt. This is one thing they're amazing at. They would focus on agendas to try to lure away voters from the Republicans and probably succeed.

On the other hand, back in reality, the Republicans are slowly getting nailed to the wall but aren't adapting. The 1980's and the cold war are over. The left is slowly winning on the gay marriage issue but they won "Stalingrad" a long time ago: heterosexual marriage has been devastated by feminism and the family courts. The right has a lot of ways they could rally, but are still stuck with old agendas and in many ways, over "conservative".

Romney MAY win this one, but sooner or later, the Republican party has to be "progressive". That doesn't mean doing a McCain and going left but finding issues that work for them, and their demographic, and running with them.

Alej| 11.1.12 @ 10:31AM

An issue that would work wonders for America would be the reinauguration of voter qualifications.

Parasites have no right to determine the direction the country takes.

PolishKnight| 11.1.12 @ 10:44AM

Disingenuous leftists are already preparing for an election loss of Obama and wanting to claim the election was "stolen" due to voter ID requirements. Nevermind that even the most poor people in this country have a drivers' license to drive or buy alcohol. They KNOW this. But they want to get their "undocumented" immigrants "documented" one way or another.

Bottom line: Give every legal citizen a federal ID card with encrypted biometric information embedded into a chip. It would end identity theft overnight and eliminate opposition to voter ID. It would also kill off the undocumented worker issue. In a matter of seconds, any illegals in hospital rooms would be identified via biometrics and scheduled for deportation or at least recognized that the state has no interest in deporting them.

That's the kind of stuff the Republicans should be doing.

SUBVET| 11.1.12 @ 11:24AM

FED........ID card.......just what we need more intrusion into our "personal" life.

Just inforce the current laws on the books.

PolishKnight| 11.1.12 @ 2:21PM

Your life has already been intruded upon. It's just a matter now of making sure it's intruded upon PROPERLY. We have credit reports with all kinds of personal information. We should ensure that it's secured along with other government and personal information. Whom do we trust for that? The three credit agencies didn't want to allow us to lock the reports until legislation tied to their hands and even then, that's inadequate. Are private companies offering us secure, biometric systems to protect our personal data? Hmmm? Do you have one?

This is the task of government: to protect legal documents. This is a legitimate task for them.

SUBVET| 11.1.12 @ 3:04PM

PK.......Technology has rendered all federal privacy laes ineffective. The 1970 Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Privacy Act of 1974, or the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, are virtually useless due to the internet and other media. The Right to Financinal Privacy Act of 1978 forbids the federal government from snooping into your bank account records.

Get a person's SS number and you are off to the races....so how can the gov. protect you from theft.

Someone would need to live in the woods of Montana with no running water, no electricty, and no post office box to become transparent to an enity in search of someone.

Frank Drackman| 11.1.12 @ 10:30AM

OK, don't wanta sound like a racist, and this is from my short career as a Venture Landlord...
Do you know how hard it is to get certain demographic groups out of houses they're no longer entitled to live in?? Even in Jaw-Jaw, ya gotta get a mouthpiece, go down to the Courthouse, get a Deputy Sherriff, who just might be related to Mr. Won't-pay-his-rent-for-6-months...

Frank

Citizen Jerry| 11.1.12 @ 10:54AM

I'm certainly praying it will happen! I think a recent billboard should be nominated for slogan of the year: "America or Obama. You can't have both."

spike59| 11.2.12 @ 6:06AM

here's my motto:

"If you voted FOR Obama in 2008 to prove you're not a racist, vote AGAINST him in 2012 to prove you're not a moron"

howard lohmuller| 11.1.12 @ 10:55AM

The Benghazi terrorist attack on the American Embassy and the failure of the Obama Administration to try to rescue those four whom were killed is an indictment of President Obama, Secretary Of State Clinton, and Secretary Of Defense Panetta that will be alive for years.

Rightly or wrongly FDR was accused of allowing Pearl Harbor to be attacked in order to force America into WWII. Roosevelt was able to quash the charge, saving his Presidency, but the suspicion never went away. President George W. Bush was accused of sending soldiers to war in Iraq under false pretenses, the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq that Bush knew did not exist. Bush was able to rebut the charge, that it was an honest intelligence mistake. He also was able to save his Presidency, but the charge still has currency.

Obama's indictment, however, reeks of dishonor, intentional misrepresentation, and cowardice by all three principles whom were trying to implement a narrative that the War On Terror was over and won. The upcoming election required the narrative to save the President's re-election. The story is known by too many with too much evidence that this story will not go away and cannot be rebutted.

LindaKaye| 11.1.12 @ 10:58AM

If Obama is re-elected, Benghazi will dog his steps for four years.

SUBVET| 11.1.12 @ 3:13PM

The CIA controls every narrative......grow-up.

All the false flags, 911, drug/gun running, assassinations and any other unexplainable incident.......bengazi come's to mind.

SUBVET| 11.1.12 @ 3:18PM

OH ! .....I forgot one more thing how could someone get elected to the highest office in the US with no vetting..........and keep all records burried for 4 years please explain that one.

Any takers..............

Malka| 11.1.12 @ 5:29PM

NO VETTING! You hit the nail on the nose. How the hell did Obama get a chance at Presidency. Sue him and his wife and leave them penniless so they can go back to Chicago and struggle like the rest of America. The bitch has never been proud of America, put your money where your mouth is now bitch!

Malka| 11.1.12 @ 5:36PM

The Benghazi attack should be the impetus to strip Obama of everything he has. Misrepresentation, yes cowardice, he is a Muslim and admitted it, how can we allow a Muslim to be President.

LindaKaye| 11.1.12 @ 10:56AM

Rush Limbaugh predicted the demise of liberalism back in the 1990s, but he turned out to be wrong. The reason it is not going away is because it has infected all of our institutions. We are going to have to clean it out. The only way to do that is to get into those institutions ourselves and to make a very big and constant noise just like the liberals do. Going quietly back to our lives once we win this election (we hope) will just cause the liberals to come back with gusto. This is going to be a constant struggle... every two years!... be prepared.

Appleby| 11.1.12 @ 11:15AM

One thing we have on our side is demographics. Liberals are aborting their children in massive numbers. The Hippie Scum are aging and there are no replacements coming up behind them. Meanwhile, the conservatives are having children and sooner or later will overtake and swamp society's institutions. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to have kids and bring them up conservative, and let them know the future is theirs if they will seize it.

SUBVET| 11.1.12 @ 11:29AM

Dear Linda.........how do you vote out the CIA, CFR, FED RESERVE, WORLD BK, IMF.

Let's get serious...............this is all about damage control......while you are here.

Kwan| 11.1.12 @ 11:04AM

First we had the Weather Underground. A group of deluded leftist psychotics that thought that through armed revolution they could bring about something called "social justice", by fundamentally transforming the country into a Totalitarian Socialist State. Eventually this doomed-to-fail movement collapsed, and another leftist revolutionary uprising bit the dust. In 2008 another Leftist Revolutionary Movement arose from the ashes of the failed Weather Underground Movement, only this time they would not try to overthrow the United States through armed revolution, but by perpetrating the greatest hoax on the American people ever tried, by running the leftist radical Barack Obama as a candidate for President of the United States. Using Marxist ideology from day one of his Presidency, Obama like the Weather Underground would be doomed-to-failure and the voters would eventually come to the logical conclusion that it was time for another leftist revolutionary uprising to bite the dust.

TLP| 11.1.12 @ 6:12PM

Contest, tomorrow, Mr. Kwan.

The Media, and the False Numbers.

supermario316| 11.1.12 @ 11:27AM

Sorry to break the news to you my fellow Americans but the election of Romney is greatly over hyped as he is about to lose and Obama will win the Electoral vote. The second term of Obama will come.

Frank Drackman| 11.1.12 @ 11:43AM

(with apologies to that cow Lena Dunham(proof that men will fuck anything thats got a hole & warm(with apologies to the Jerky Boys)
shouldn't that be "The Second Cumming of OBama will Cum"??

Frank "The Bard" Drackman

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 8:39PM

Frank: you are making an assumption that Ms. Dunham in real life is heterosexual.

I do not think, in that case, that that term means what you think it means.

n_bourbaki| 11.1.12 @ 11:28AM

If only this were so, but the numbers just don't bear it out. Romney get a big bounce from debate 1 only. He has been flat since. At this precise instant, the race is tied, but events are moving for Obama. Deny it all you want, but he gets a small bounce from Sandy. The favorable jobs report that's on its way tomorrow seals the deal. Four more years of socialist tyranny. The nation lost.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 11:38AM

Don't get your deluded hopes up yet, TASers. The momentum has clearly shifted, as the daily polls at RealClearPolitics demonstrate. Ironically, hurricane Sandy may actually have done the trick, and reminded people of our collective responsibilities as citizens and the necessity of good government. The image of Governor Christie and the President working together to assist Americans hit by a disaster was a reminder to many folks that slash-and-burn GOP politics may not be what they want. Even the chameleon head of the GOP ticket has found a new love for FEMA.

Frank Drackman| 11.1.12 @ 11:44AM

Jeezus, Christ Christy must be 500lbs, seriously, I thought he was gonna pick EICOTUS(Evolver in Chief of the United States) up and eat him like a Coney Island dog..

frank

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 2:05PM

Frank, I've heard that the new definition of "full moon" is when Christie drops his drawers. BTW, some of us in the local area are considering a celebratory toddy (or two) at the Taco Mac on Chastain Road on the 7th. You're invited. First round's on me.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 2:23PM

Frank, belay that. If we get together, it will be on Friday or Saturday. One of the locals works out of town and is only here on weekends.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 7:40PM

KJ, should you want to go Northern style, a few of my friends and I will be gathering near the headwaters of the Mississippi to celebrate the Liberation from Liberal bondage of the Father of Waters on Tuesday night.

RCV, I'm sure that the re-election guys for Obama are professional. Too bad his Defense and State Secs couldn't keep his Libyan Ambassador from being Cornponed and Killed with that degree of professionalism.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 8:21PM

The man who has my personal data on this site is Ken, KJ. I truly admire the man (Ken--I like you, too, but Ken is ADMIRABLE). He, like Romney, has kept the vast bulk of his good works private, but they are substantial far beyond the ability of a California lawyer to contemplate.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 9:59PM

Just as it's too bad that Mr. Bush and his security team couldn't keep Al Qaeda from taking down the WTC and killing more than 3,000 Americans.

CJW| 11.1.12 @ 10:33PM

9/11 would not have occurred if we had a real president instead of Bubba for whom you voted. Bubba turned down several offers to take Osama. He failed to respond to the terrorist attacks of WTC 93, Khobar towers, the two embassy attacks, and the USS Cole. We were perceived as weak because of the Bubba administration's weakness, and we got attacked on 9/11. That is the legacy of Clinton.

Cobalt| 11.1.12 @ 10:26PM

Occam's Tool,

You should run for the U.S. Senate against Al Franken in Minnesota.

Ralph Novy| 11.2.12 @ 1:37PM

Well put, RCV.

Who Knows?| 11.1.12 @ 11:38AM

If high profile people like Limbaugh---“I sense a Romney blowout win”---and Mr. Tyrrell are so dead certain The One is going to lose, why is Intrade trending up?

It’s at 68%, today. Ohio is at 70%.

My guess is the smart money takes into account the limitless upside for voter fraud. That is, they assume the Democrats have the ability to create enough fraudulent votes to reelect the creep, Obama.

I’m too old to ignore this!

What a country. One of the self-righteous poses is a stuck up nose about how Saddam Hussein got 99% of the vote, or Chavez and Putin 95% or so.

When, all along, the USA, ITSELF, has an almost impregnable “fortress” defended by its nomenklatura with their own dachas, the Democratic Party.

Yes, in a truly fair vote, Obama is outta there. Reality is troublesome, though, because when it comes to power, it’s time to expand the song phrase, “What’s love got to do with it?” to---

“What’s fairness got to do with it?”

Leftists threaten to riot if Obama loses.

If he wins, Republicans SHOULD seriously riot!

But, being “nice”, and law abiding, I expect more of the same---sheep-like people, in the early stages of a “cancer” condition like what ails Russia, say.

Hope is for dopes.

spike59| 11.1.12 @ 12:52PM

intrade...the outfit that predicted that the SCOTUS would overturn ObamaoScare? THAT Intrade???? they had ObaMaoScare being overturned at 77%-EPIC FAIL

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/.....ntrade_now

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 2:07PM

Intrade is in the tank for Obamarx, that's why.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 10:01PM

Of course. Any poll, pundit or prognosticator that doesn't fulfill your wishes is "in the tank" for Obama.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 10:20PM

What was that you were saying earlier about Junior High School retorts?

southernshade | 11.1.12 @ 11:40AM

Hate to say it, but the odds in Vegas are 2.8 to 1 in favor of obamao. I put more stock in their assessment than most polls because they are putting their money where their mouth is, so to speak. I shudder to think what will happen if that commie wins. It's scary...

Frank Drackman| 11.1.12 @ 11:47AM

if EICOTUS(Evolver in Chief of the United States) is still smoking(He Is, that first debate wasn't so much a sleep walk as a nicotine fit) his chance of surviving a second term without getting the big C is ummm
hommina hommina, annual incidence of lung cancer/5 yr survival rate/4yrs/
about 95%,
still, even a 5% chance of a Biden Presidency should get the Powers-that-Be moving..

Frank

TLP| 11.1.12 @ 6:15PM

What were the odds on the last two Giant Super Bowl Victories?

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 10:02PM

They must be "in the tank" for Obama.

southernshade | 11.1.12 @ 11:43AM

Unlike the faux man himself, who lies with almost every breath, my obamao song has nothing but F-A-C-T-S! I have posted it as often as I could. I'd have put it on youtube when I did it 10 weeks ago if I had known how. Listen for free. Share it, please. Time is almost here!

http://soundclick.com/share.cf...

He got himself elected
The Congress had neglected
To do one bit of vetting of the man
His promises were hollow
Yet far too many swallowed
A forkéd tongue well-trained in sleight-of-hand

He was forever sleeping
When rev'rend wright was preaching
An unknown strain of Christianity
Ayers did his bio-writing
While soros was devising
A plan for barry's quick ascendancy

Barack hussein obama is a man of many colors
He's black, he's white, there's strobe lights in his head
Barack hussein obama is a man of many colors
He'd like to paint America a socialistic red

It soon became apparent
That he defines transparent
As thicker than a mausoleum wall
The Democrats in congress
Behave like Kenyan mambas
Pelosi-reid the biggest sneaks of all

(CHORUS)

Ain't it sweet, say it loud
Come November that whole crowd
Will be clearing out their things
As their brand of hope takes wing
That long-awaited change will come
Emasculation of The One
Drink some tea in revelry
Free from leftist tyranny
When all those messy colors start to run
When all those messy colors start to run

(CHORUS)

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 12:28PM

Don't quit your day job.

southernshade | 11.1.12 @ 2:26PM

So... you don't like the lyric, RCV, or, are you pro obummer?

Curtis Rasmussen| 11.1.12 @ 2:57PM

But you should quit yours, RCV. Your volunteer leftist shill troll license is about to be revoked due to your keen inability to form a spontaneous coherent thought.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 6:06PM

Can't. Much too lucrative.

Bob Grant| 11.1.12 @ 11:19PM

Seminar blogging pay much?

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 11:24PM

No, but the Law has always provided well.

opendiscussion| 11.1.12 @ 12:00PM

This election still looks pretty close to most people. And from the center, Obama's presidency doesn't look like a failure, but a success. If his supporters in 2008 turn out, he will likely win; if not, he won't. The Right keeps going on about Leftist tyranny when Obama didn't nationalize a single industry, not even the banks when they were on their backs. Looks like epistemic closure to me.

spike59| 11.1.12 @ 12:42PM

"from the center, Obama's presidency doesn't look like a failure, but a success."
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there's the rub; the Left ALWAYS imagines itself to be in 'the center'...and it shows, in its mindless insistence that nearly 4 yrs of 8%+ unemployment, 4 yrs of $1 trillion deficits, the lowest job participation rates since the Great Depression, a record number of food stamp recipients...the loss of tens of billions on GM....somehow adds up to 'success'

opendiscussion| 11.1.12 @ 4:56PM

Well, the center -- and I'd put Bill Clinton at the center of the Democratic Party -- sees success in the repeal of DADT, passage of the ACA, the unprecedented growth of jobs in the private sector, and steady growth in the economy and jobs since Obama took office. You may not, but they do. If they vote on those things in sufficient numbers then perhaps it will be yet another sign that the GOP has lost touch with popular opinion. And the fears of the Right have proved mainly unfounded. Gun owners still own their guns, free of federal interference, education reform is essentially what it was under Bush, as is foreign policy toward the GWOT, China, etc. I think the center will hold, and the real leftists will mark their ballots for Obama, too, lacking any real alternative.

Curtis Rasmussen| 11.1.12 @ 7:12PM

ACA AKA Obamacare: The law that no one wants that was shoved down our throats due to reconciliation. Look what happened to the Representatives at the 2010 midterms, thrown out for supporting this socialist crap.

Unprecedented job growth? An unprecedented low number of jobs created for a recovery is more apt, not enough to remain level with population growth. Job growth thru the Obama administration has been very anemic, nothing to brag about, fool.

Change your moniker to closeddiscussion. It suits your talking points.

spike59| 11.2.12 @ 6:08AM

"I'd put Bill Clinton at the center of the Democratic Party"
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thank you for illustrating my point about the delusions of the Left

opendiscussion| 11.1.12 @ 12:02PM

Also, very little here about Romney's positive qualities (except as a debater) and much about the negative view of Obama from the Right. Nothing new. Same old.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 12:42PM

And the other delicious political news is that both Alan West and Michelle Bachmann are fighting for their political lives in their own Congressional districts. This morning, West's Republican primary opponent endorsed the Democratic nominee, a move that could make a big difference in a race that's statistically tied.

Wouldn't it be refreshing to wake up to a Congress without the discordant voices of Bachmann and West? Not as humorous perhaps, but surely more constructive.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 8:29PM

You know, RCV, I'm supporting the Black guy in the Florida race. But George Wallace and Sen. Bilbo were both Democrats, so it is no surprise that the Dems are trying to take down the Black guy and replace him with a White Guy. No racism there.

Purp| 11.1.12 @ 9:03PM

You don't know West very well, do you?

Brian Richard Allen | 11.1.12 @ 12:52PM

.... There are two numbers that have been relatively underemployed in this election, 18 percent and 24 percent ....

Maybe that's because our focus has been on that Great Big Straw Man and on the letter "O" and the number "Sixteen Trillion?"

At whose utterance I was struck with the realization I am going to LOVE the next eight and more than likely more than sixteen years!

Nomadc| 11.1.12 @ 1:05PM

"The debates left him (Romney) looking reasonable, informed, competent, and presidential." With all due respect, the debates also left Romney looking indecisive, ill-informed and devoid of any core values for which he would fight, leading one to wonder just which Mitt might show up to work if he's elected. Will we get severely conservative Mitt? Moderate Mitt? Or just the Mitt who will say anything to get elected?

Given his mastery of the flip-flop and his latest strategy of simply refusing to answer any tough questions, one also can't help but wonder if Romney's end game is the election and not the governance. The uneasy feeling is that POTUS is just the final bullet point he's missing from his resume and once that's in place, his primary agenda will be to secure his own re-election, rather than secure peace and prosperity for the American people.

As I watch the polls, I take solace in the fact that they reflect only the opinions of those who still have landline phones ... you know, those over the age of 40. We'll see what the younger generation has to say on November 6.

Jimbobogie| 11.1.12 @ 1:41PM

I've mentioned it in other posts, but don't underestimate the effect of Sandy and Romney's continuing to campaign instead of at least making a public offer to Obama (which could have been publically rejected) to assist with something more than the offer to have a photo-op with Christie. When many people go into the voting booth, it's the most recent memory that "turns the crank" rather than the whole picture.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 6:06PM

You're right. Mayor Bloomberg just endorsed Obama based on the events surrounding Sandy. This is a sleeper issue that will tip many undecided voters in the swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Virginia into the Obama camp. It makes them think more than twice about having the slash-and-burn, we're-all-on-our-own Republicans running the country.

spike59| 11.2.12 @ 6:12AM

Mayor Bloomberg just endorsed Obama based on the events surrounding Sandy.
----------------------------------------------------
if you truly believe that the endorsement of a nanny stater by another nanny stater will have an iota of effect outside already-blue NYC, you're dumber than i imagined-and that's 'going some'

Purp| 11.1.12 @ 9:04PM

Gov Christie's SMACKDOWN of Romney turned the election blue ... you'll see. tee hee

spike59| 11.2.12 @ 6:14AM

maybe if it actually happened, Purpie...but, unfortunately for you, it DIDN'T...but here's what DID happen:

you blamed Ambassador Stevens for his own death, and ENJOYED it-you're a turd

Ian Cognito | 11.1.12 @ 1:48PM

I commend your good call Emmett. I too saw the writing on the wall from a different perspective. The shear numbers of voters who are directly impacted by Obama's policy making will bring a landslide. REAL unemployment is 15%. The REAL MFG numbers are stagnant and unable to do better. The number of regulations "in waiting" until after the election are many and these will drive the proverbial stake thru the economy's heart. The RICH will be punished and their incomes stolen. That's been BHO's objective since he entered politics. Obama is a Communist. Parcing words - Socialist, Marxist, the softer references, are inaccurate. Grandfather - Commie. Mother - Commie. Declared Father - Commie. Mentor - FM Davis - Rabid Commie. Obama's instruction and role models were all Commies. He is surrounded with others who share that view. Destroying America and its wealth was always the goal. Americans, in their hearts, may not know the history or the underlying reasons that motivate Obama. They sense something very wrong with Obama - that is enuff. We can Thank God for interceding to save America from the threat that is Obama.

Malka| 11.1.12 @ 5:22PM

I could not have said it better. Take Obama off the [rest of his life payroll].

Purp| 11.1.12 @ 9:06PM

Lalalala ... right wing world circus in full swing - LOSING, but in full swing.
Why is Romney is Florida? If he loses there, he's history, no other State can make that one up, can it?

Toinfinityandbeyond| 11.1.12 @ 2:36PM

Electoral map says President Obama will be re-elected.

Many polls say President Obama will be re-elected.

Ohio says President Obama will be re-elected.

President Obama will be re-elected.

Purp| 11.1.12 @ 9:06PM

You Betcha!!! :)

Bob Grant| 11.1.12 @ 11:22PM

That sounds more like a chant than any cogent thought.

Now see if you can combine it with the other one:

Barack Hussein Obama....Hmmm Hmmmm Hmmm!!

Constantine Ivanov | 11.1.12 @ 2:40PM

I dare remind that "au revoir" means literally "until see you again."
Is this what you want, Mr. Tyrrell?
I definitely not. I don't want to see him ever again.
Sorry for my rancor.

Bob Grant| 11.1.12 @ 11:28PM

I just wish he'd give him the country send off:

"Don't let the doors his ya where the Lord split ya"

Or maybe

"Hey Jug Ears, you might want to fold 'em back when you walk through the back doors of the Capitol Building on your way to Helicopter One after President Romney's inauguration"

spike59| 11.2.12 @ 6:15AM

I don't want to see him ever again.
-------------------------------------------
i do; i want to see him, holder, and shrillary, in the dock, answering for their crimes re: F&F, Benghazi

Tafuna| 11.1.12 @ 2:46PM

"Next week President Obama goes into retirement. I hope he will consider Hawaii." Please, Mr. Tyrrell, don't wish Obama on us here in Hawaii. Let him go back to where he was born-- Kenya.

spike59| 11.2.12 @ 6:17AM

sorry, that won't happen-Kenyan authorities are denying he was ever born there:

"Keep his dumb ass over there, one Marxist Barack Obama is all this country should have to endure"

barassie| 11.1.12 @ 3:00PM

Not "Au revoir" - Adieu!!!!!!!!!!!

Gerry| 11.1.12 @ 3:41PM

Why would you curse Hawaii by consigning Obama here? Send him in retirement to Chicago where he stole his home and learned his craft.

Ralph Novy| 11.1.12 @ 4:19PM

Tyrrell, you're delusional.
You've been drinking too much of your own Kool-Aid.

And I'll repeat this post in a week, whilst you're wondering what happened and thrashing around looking for nefarious forces to blame for it.

wombat1| 11.1.12 @ 4:22PM

"I hope he will consider Hawaii."

Well I don't. People I like live there.

Marc Jeric| 11.1.12 @ 4:27PM

I hope that the above is not just a wishful thinking. The analysis lacks the consequence of the gigantic vote fraud being meticulously prepared by AG Holder, ACORN and similar community organizations (in Russian these were called soviets) brownshirts, and multiple union thugs, especially government employees union thugs.

RCV| 11.1.12 @ 11:28PM

Ah, yes. The refrain we always hear when Republicans lose, and which we will hear all late next week and into 2013: it was the result of "voter fraud" and "the biased Media". Yada yada yada.

opendiscussion| 11.1.12 @ 4:51PM

If the comments on this thread are any indication, then this election really isn't about the economy, jobs, prosperity, civil rights or fair taxation; it's about Obama's race, crazy disproved conspiracy theories and unfounded fears of creeping socialism. Has the Right returned to Barry Goldwater and the John Birch Society while the rest of the country tries to come to grips with reality?

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 4:57PM

How can you even begin to posit that fears of creeping Socialism are unfounded? Obamacare (which will lead to single-payer), "pay their fair share", redistribution, etc. etc. etc.

Constantine Ivanov | 11.1.12 @ 6:27PM

Hello, Mr. (Mrs.?) Troll,
How do you feel outside of your bog of Commie reptiles?

Constantine Ivanov | 11.1.12 @ 6:31PM

By the way, don't make me die from laughter over your nickname "open discussion": nothing can be falser than that notion if and when applied to liberasts-obama's anuslickers

Curtis Rasmussen| 11.1.12 @ 7:27PM

Liberals are the most racist of all, bringing up Obama's skin color when all other fallbacks fail, just like closeddiscussion.

Fool, Obama can be judged by the company he keeps;

Frank Marshall Davis, Obama' teen mentor and card carrying commie asshole,

The reverend Wright, black liberation theologist (marxist) scumbag whose church Obama attended for 20 years,

Anita Dunn, praiser of Mao served in the White House until 2009,

Former green czar Van Jones, card carrying commie asshole,

Former director in the Obama administration Carol Browner, socialist international,

And many more piles of shit. Drop the talking points and comes to your senses. Oh that's right. When it comes to monikers: One troll to rule them all, One troll to find them, One troll to bring them all and in the darkness use them.

Malka| 11.1.12 @ 5:15PM

From your mouth to G-d's ears. After the elections I would like to see Obama sued by the State and Federal Gov't for the mess he made of the economy. I would also like to see Michelle sued, my father and grandfather paid for her education as did yours. Our tax money NOW should be used to bankrupt Michelle.

Constantine Ivanov | 11.1.12 @ 6:21PM

She also should be sued for 17 or so vacations in 3.5 years that cost over $10,000,000 to us taxpayers

Rivenburg| 11.1.12 @ 7:27PM

Obama HAS to win OR he cant protect himself from the mass of illegal dealings he has initiated.
The thousand or so millionaires he stole GM stock from can STILL afford expensive Jewish lawyers, AND THEY WILL. Mexican citizens are already getting lawyers to sue obama and holder over gunwalking. Obama will either wind up in jail for not being eligible to be president, or he will end his days in and out of court as people strip him of his half billion he is busy stealing right now
(his champaign fund). He may wind up as a neighbor of Julian Assange
in Ecuador. Im betting his life WONT be that of a normal American president.

Occam's Tool| 11.1.12 @ 8:36PM

@Rivenburg:

Yes, yes, Jewish lawyers and MDs are the best. Yes, Jews have won more Nobel Prizes per Capita than any other group of people EVER. Yes, Jewish girls have difficulty maintaining their virginity because Jewish boys eat lox.

I happen to agree that Obama may leave the Continental USA in January, for good. I also think that far fewer Jews will vote for him in 2012 than 2008.

Thank you for your kind comments about the Chosen. I happen to like positive stereotypes, since I am one myself.

KennesawJack| 11.1.12 @ 9:06PM

I mentioned once earlier on this site, to Ross Kaminsky, that I remember a pundit saying, after Obamarx was elected but before he was inaugurated, that he would be the first American President to live in exile. Who knows?

Anthony| 11.1.12 @ 9:11PM

Whoa, OT what is this?? Are you are and Frankie D. in competition? I love the lox joke, Frankie would be pissed you beat him to it.
We Italians eat fish, and I/we did love our Jewish paramores. What energy and desire they brought to the bedroom, err table.
Oh well, there are some good Italian lawyers and docs, but I'd go to you and Frankie in a heart beat when the rubber has to meet the road.

Purp| 11.1.12 @ 9:02PM

Hilarious Mr. Tyrrell - you're in the delusional Right Wing Echo Chamber.

With Gov Christie and May. Michael Bloomberg both showing the Bipartisanship of the President, his extremely powerful leadership qualities and care and concern for Americans affected by Sandy, you are dreaming if you think Mitt the Twit can win.

Add the Endorsement of Gen Colin Powell and the Economist (the Billionaires business mag), you have a perfect storm against Willard.

We'll see, Emmett, we'll see.... but I'm smiling - BIG.

John II| 11.1.12 @ 9:46PM

Hey Purp. I'll provide the mustard if you promise to eat those words on November 7. On the other hand, I guess you'll be busy looking for a job no matter who wins. If the Professor wins, it's under the bus for Purp & Co.

CJW| 11.1.12 @ 10:41PM

Purp the Village Idiot/ any other "purp"

What is the party line on :

Why Obama failed to provide the requested security to our people in Libya?

Why didn't Obama convene the counterterrorism group during the attack to respond?

Why didn't Obama respond to the attack to help the Americans?

If Obama has a good explanation for his conduct, or lack of it, then why has he not told us?

Shiner| 11.1.12 @ 10:44PM

Wow, you GOPers are really ignorant. This site is a hoot.

Paul McGrath| 11.1.12 @ 10:54PM

I have been predicting a big Romney win since about July. At that time I predicted 53-46 Romney. But I am nervous. 800,ooo illegal immigrants were essentially given the right to vote when Obama declared he wouldn't deport them, and the left decided--through the courts mostly--that no credentials were needed in order to vote.

I don't like this. I have a sick feeling that we are going to wake up on Wednesday of next week and find that we have been taken over. And the goddamned MSM have been setting it up with their bullshit polls.

I do not like this.

Purp| 11.1.12 @ 11:03PM

You can always move to another country, if you really believe what you say. Why stay if you hate the country and most of its people?

Bob Grant| 11.1.12 @ 11:32PM

I don't believe illegal aliens and media types consist of a majority?

When is your head not firmly up your a**?

FrankTrades| 11.2.12 @ 6:06AM

Au revoir? No. Adieu por toujours: Goodbye forever to you and your policies.

Bob From District 9| 11.2.12 @ 8:09AM

Prediction: There are two ways Romney can govern. Either he governs just as he has said he would, or he governs more like a second Obama.

If he follows the Ryan/Romney plan he will put this country back into recession, likely within his first year. If he sticks with that plan through the recession it will turn into a full scale depression.

If he turns away from his promises, he just may move this country out of the path of disaster.

The only way he can save this country is by turning against everything you stand for.

So, why would you vote for a man you know will betray you?

Grzmlyk| 11.2.12 @ 10:01AM

Well, Mr. Tyrrell, you are probably right - but let's not count our chickens before they're hatched, ok? We know that Dead Democrats vote in perpetuity, that the guardians of the voting machiens in most precincts are Democrats and that the mainstream media - and half the population - wouldn't mind a little cheating if it's in service of the abstraction of a greater "fairness" (yes, that's liberalism: lies in service of a greater truth, cheating in service of a greater fairness, violence in service of a greater peace, destruction in service of a greater creation).

I believe Romney will win, and have for a while.

As for your comment in 2009 that, "we are in for a reprise of the Carter years complete with the self-righteous pout," I'd say you left out the Mussolini chin, which is the one thing I will remember most about this ego-bloated twirp, this paragon of hope over experience.

But, as much as I hate to harp on my disagreement with you over the larger issue - that you seem to think liberalism is dead - I will remind you of a couple of things:

Both Romney and Ryan are statists; Romney said plenty in these debates that worried me - continuing the college tuition grift, ensuring that entitlements continue to flow, embracing boondoggles like ethanol and "green" energy, his softness on illegal immigration. Indeed, a lot of Romeny's standard stump speech today could be a typical democrat's thirty years ago.

Grzmlyk| 11.2.12 @ 10:10AM

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What we need to do is cut government spending SIGNIFICANTLY, and reduce DRASTICALLLY the number of people who work for government - not lower rates so that more revenue is shoveled into the maw of Leviathan allowing it to continue to metastasize.

Romney won't have the will or the mandate to do that - it won't even be close. And, even if he were to have the cajones to do that, the people would squeal like stuck pigs; there will be lawsuits, hyper-agressive pushback from the mainstream media and even riots a la Greece - from people who used to consider themselves fairly conservative, too.

Either way, I believe Romney's administration will usher in a new era of liberalism and Democrat rule as early as 2014. After all, people love to be told that Santa Claus's sack will never be empty, and will continue to pour forth goodies to all the girls and boys until the end of time.

Romney will kick the fiscal can down the road, reluctant - or unable - to halt the Keynesian policies that have destroyed the dollar.

Sadly, liberalism isn't dead. It's just in temporary abeyance - and, should a miracle occur, and this economic ship be righted and America once again become the engine of prosperity, guess what? Liberalism will be the first in line to scoop off the profits from the top.

Will Romney be better than Obama? Of course. But the savior of the Republic? I'm not holding my breath.

ONTIME| 11.2.12 @ 4:09PM

There is no need to feel loss, what the left needs is to express remorse and apologize to the US for perpetrating a Fraud, by putting a uncredentialed, unvetted person they marketed to make them feel good, they have compromised the nation with ineptness, lies, the the results of inexperienced stupidity. It appears we lost our moral compass, our intelligence and failed to heed the founding fathers warnings of how we could slip into despotism should we not maintain and repair this representative Republic.

We inherited a jewel in the anals of history and have trashed it's workable beauty by allowing ignorance to become a ally....We the People have a lot to atone for...

Paul Murphy | 11.2.12 @ 7:34PM

Dear Mr. Tyrrell:

I agree that Mr. Romney appears poised to lead a GOP landslide - however, that doesn't mean a new government next week.

The inauguration is planned for January 21st, 2013 - very nearly three months during which the Obamacons will hang on to, and continue to abuse, power.

Here's a suggestion: have the house move to impeach immediately -and we can hope for a quick resignation because the incoming senate will be GOP dominated..

RCV| 11.3.12 @ 12:17AM

Looks increasingly less likely that The GOP will even come close to control. With the two rape-clowns now behind in the polls, the Dems even stand to gain a seat according to the latest RealClearPolitics figures.

Americanpatriot| 11.3.12 @ 2:15PM

I came away wondering how in the world Obama won in the first place. While I didn't vote for him I wondered how people could vote for a man who hid his past, who voted present in the senate more than he voted on anything.Who actually won the senate by disqualifying his primary challenger and hisopponent who ran against him. So that he didn't have anyone to run against.This president and his minions did everything they could too try to disqualify Romney in every way but the debate showed Romney to be the better man, both in morals and character and in intelligence. Obama needs to go, it will take years to get out of the hole he hasw dug for us.

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