I hope you RECALL that this is the POLITICS thread

by **jeff2sf** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 08:45:39

The guy living on a Switzerland mountain while vacationing in Prague ironically wrote:That's not a character flaw in itself, but it does make one wonder what he has in common with an average American and how he can know our problems (really know them).

by **td11** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 09:04:54

why don't you attack the argument instead of the person? just makes you look petty

by **jeff2sf** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 09:07:16

Ad hominem gets a bad rap. You can't consider an argument without context. And the context is it's laughable someone's lecturing on being in touch with the common American while living on a Swiss mountaintop.

by **Grotewold** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 09:09:27

He's in a quirky teaching post, not a vault with Scrooge McDuck

by **pacino** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:06:18

he waited tables for years, has had many jobs, and probably interacted with more people of various backgrounds and lots in life than most on this board. he finally gets to put some of his degrees to use and you bash him for it. i thought we should applaud success?

by **jeff2sf** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:17:59

pacino wrote:he waited tables for years, has had many jobs, and probably interacted with more people of various backgrounds and lots in life than most on this board. he finally gets to put some of his degrees to use and you bash him for it. i thought we should applaud success?

Your attempt at "gotcha" mistakes me for a Republican or Romney voter.

by **pacino** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:21:51

your attempt at missing my point is lame. you bashed him for years for 'wasting' his life. now you bash him for doing what you told him to do. you just don't like him. fine. but debate what he wrote, not him.

by **jeff2sf** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:26:07

pacino wrote:your attempt at missing my point is lame. you bashed him for years for 'wasting' his life. now you bash him for doing what you told him to do. you just don't like him. fine. but debate what he wrote, not him.

Hmmm... would this work:

Romney evidently was willing to work hard to graduate from an ivy grad school.

Let's go talk about this on the orange board.

by **Bucky** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:36:59

see you there

by **td11** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:44:55

jeff2sf wrote:
pacino wrote:your attempt at missing my point is lame. you bashed him for years for 'wasting' his life. now you bash him for doing what you told him to do. you just don't like him. fine. but debate what he wrote, not him.

Hmmm... would this work:

Romney evidently was willing to work hard to graduate from an ivy grad school.

Let's go talk about this on the orange board.

yeah i bet it was just as hard for romney to get into and through an ivy league school as it was for the pres

by **laf837** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:20:21

gotta look at that gpa

by **drsmooth** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 12:45:26

hadn't realized Rafalca finished well out of the olympic medal hunt

poor nag's probably already walking back to america, or pink-slipped to a british glue factory

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 13:47:07

thephan wrote:
cshort wrote:I like Wayne Root's idea for both of them. Romney show's his taxes, Obama releases his college files. Shuts everyone up.

I never understood the desire for release of grades. Unless a canadate flunked out and lied about it, it does not matter after one establish where one excels professionally. I never ask a canadate I am interviewing about grades.

Wanna see if he took commie socialist classes from pinko professor mentors.

I don't recall any other candidate being asked to release their college transcripts. Financials (tax returns, etc.) are understandable for potential policy implications (if invested in X, would policy favor X). But I can't think of a logical reason for college transcripts, at least not one that doesn't involve looking for Rev Wright kind of narratives akin to my above facetious remark.

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 13:48:36

drsmooth wrote:hadn't realized Rafalca finished well out of the olympic medal hunt

poor nag's probably already walking back to america, or pink-slipped to a british glue factory

Oh damn! I was looking forward to Mitt sporting an olympic medal at the debates. Or in the "I approve this message" part of ads.

by **Werthless** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 15:11:52

It used to be that a requirement for a president was to have served in the military. Now, it's nice to know that he must have worked in fast food or retail.

Does Obama's perceived ability to connect with retail workers improve his ability to be President? The top five wealthiest Presidents (in today's dollars):

JFK
Washington
Jefferson
Teddy Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson

4 out of 5 are considered good by historians. Maybe wealth actually should be seen as a positive for candidates. Link

by **td11** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 15:50:37

apparently papa john's is raising prices by 11 cent because of the health care law

by **Monkeyboy** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 15:55:47

jeff2sf wrote:
The guy living on a Switzerland mountain while vacationing in Prague ironically wrote:That's not a character flaw in itself, but it does make one wonder what he has in common with an average American and how he can know our problems (really know them).

1) I'm not running for president. Where I live has nothing to do with how voters will see Romney, which is what we were talking about.

2) I am not rich (come from very lower middle class or upper poor for many years).

3) If I win the lottery and charter a jet to bring a planeload full of people to Prague for a week-long bash, you are the only one from the board not invited. 8-)

by **jerseyhoya** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 17:24:39

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by **jerseyhoya** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 17:25:57

Monkeyboy wrote:Where I live has nothing to do with how voters will see Romney, which is what we were talking about.

Are your posts about how you see Romney or how you think voters will see Romney? Because I tend to read them as being your views, not your assessment of how the electorate sees him, and those are two different things.

by **TenuredVulture** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 17:32:19

Werthless wrote:It used to be that a requirement for a president was to have served in the military. Now, it's nice to know that he must have worked in fast food or retail.

Does Obama's perceived ability to connect with retail workers improve his ability to be President? The top five wealthiest Presidents (in today's dollars):

JFK
Washington
Jefferson
Teddy Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson

4 out of 5 are considered good by historians. Maybe wealth actually should be seen as a positive for candidates. Link

Andrew Jackson didn't start out wealthy and probably a mediocre or worse President. JFK was at best a disappointment. Jefferson pulled off a great land deal, but he was a terrible businessman and his Presidency was a mixed bag.

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