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Postby td11 » Wed Oct 31, 2012 23:03:32

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On Benghazi, Fox News is the new Woodward and Bernstein. Pounding away while no one else in the media pays attention... until they do. #tcot
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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby dajafi » Wed Oct 31, 2012 23:03:46

I still think Kerry could have won in 2004--or rather, that Bush wasn't unbeatable that year, the way Reagan was in '84 or Clinton in '96. Given the fundamentals of so-so growth and some major negatives for the incumbent, a better candidate/campaign could have won that race. Kerry was even or led all spring, then blew it over the summer and couldn't catch up even after winning the debates. I'm not even sure he wouldn't have won had bin Laden not released his tape the weekend before the election, though I doubt many will agree with that.

We've been a 50/50 country since 2000, obviously. Bush temporarily disqualified the Republicans in 2008, but that was the fluke. Until one party is clearly successful to the point that it builds in lifelong loyalties the way FDR did, or the demographics change in ways that would render the Republicans uncompetitive--which I don't buy anyway, because they're too smart not to adjust--this is how it probably will be.

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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby Wolfgang622 » Wed Oct 31, 2012 23:06:22

Yeah, Andrew Cuomo will never be President. Too ugly. I mean it. Yikes.
"I'm in a bar with the games sound turned off and that Cespedes home run still sounded like inevitability."

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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby td11 » Wed Oct 31, 2012 23:07:35

Tom Holbrook:

…throughout this campaign period the Democratic Party has been viewed more positively than the Republican Party. In fact, there is not a single poll in this series in which the Republican party registered a net positive rating, and not a single case in which the net Republican rating was higher than the net Democrat rating. The average net rating for the Republican Party in this series is -13, whereas the average for the Democratic Party is +.3. To be sure, the net rating for the Democratic Party is sometimes in the negative, and the gap toward the end of the series is not as great as it was in the wake of the Democratic convention, but it is clear that the Democrats hold an advantage on this front…

… Is this what’s keeping a president with tepid approval numbers and a still-sluggish economy afloat?


http://themonkeycage.org/blog/2012/10/3 ... ma-afloat/
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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby Wolfgang622 » Wed Oct 31, 2012 23:09:59

Ha - Christie's answer on that FOX News show was pretty funny (courtesy of the Daily Show)
"I'm in a bar with the games sound turned off and that Cespedes home run still sounded like inevitability."

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Postby The Dude » Wed Oct 31, 2012 23:19:13

is this a riddle
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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby jerseyhoya » Wed Oct 31, 2012 23:25:26

Yes! Menendez called for the Secret Service agents involved that prostitution scandal to be fired if the charges against them were true.

This should be fun.

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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby The Nightman Cometh » Wed Oct 31, 2012 23:29:05

I don't think Menendez will lose, but if he resigns while Christie is in office I'll be so pissed.
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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby td11 » Wed Oct 31, 2012 23:33:32

S.E. Cupp @secupp
Sorry, Drudge. Not interested in the Menendez scandal. NJ needs our help right now, and there are more important stories before election.

damn, sarah elizabeth
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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby td11 » Wed Oct 31, 2012 23:36:22

Hayes Brown @HayesBrown
Just learned that apparently #ButcherofBenghazi is a hashtag being used to describe Obama these days. I regret learning that.

pretty gross
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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby jamiethekiller » Wed Oct 31, 2012 23:44:55

hate man. i just don't get it

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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby CalvinBall » Wed Oct 31, 2012 23:50:55

td11 wrote:
td11 wrote:

i think this guy also made a dunham response video


can't believe no one commented on this. his brain should be studied for science


the guy sucks. he isnt funny. i commented on a "joke" about contraception that he posted on his fan page on facebook. pretty much immediately got called at retard by some older lady. the comedian guy, whatever his name is, kept saying this is a fan page stop posting if you dont like it. it was pretty great bc some of the other people turned on the lady who called me a retard. they were just a mess bc someone decided to challenge their world view.

(i know dont get into political discussions on facebook)

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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby td11 » Wed Oct 31, 2012 23:52:55

calvin you are way braver than me

but here listen to this and tell me his brain isn't just melting near the end of this

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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby jerseyhoya » Wed Oct 31, 2012 23:59:10

td11 wrote:S.E. Cupp @secupp
Sorry, Drudge. Not interested in the Menendez scandal. NJ needs our help right now, and there are more important stories before election.

damn, sarah elizabeth

NJ needs our help right now so we shouldn't know whether or not our senator has been flying to the DR to have orgies involving underage hookers?

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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby td11 » Thu Nov 01, 2012 00:00:11

yo i don't agree with her either. just surprised at her expressing that opinion
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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby The Nightman Cometh » Thu Nov 01, 2012 00:21:53

JFLNYC wrote:RCP Average now tied for General.

Ya, no Gallup poll.
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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby jerseyhoya » Thu Nov 01, 2012 00:24:01

The Nightman Cometh wrote:
JFLNYC wrote:RCP Average now tied for General.

Ya, no Gallup poll.

Gallup is still included. There's a new poll that has Obama up 5% though, which brought it back to even.

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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby dajafi » Thu Nov 01, 2012 00:24:26

Josh Marshall had a post earlier suggesting that the big advantage Romney has among independents is explained in large part by the fact that a lot of indies are former Republicans who left the party registration-wise, but if anything are further to the right.

Who knows, though it would address the question not just of how Obama can win while losing independents, but also of why the polls keep showing more Dems in samples.

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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby Doll Is Mine » Thu Nov 01, 2012 00:24:35

mozartpc27 wrote:Yeah, Andrew Cuomo will never be President. Too ugly. I mean it. Yikes.


Chris Cuomo however...

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Re: hardcore BATTLESHIP... the POLITICS thread

Postby CalvinBall » Thu Nov 01, 2012 00:24:50

well that and the ones romney leads in are 1 or 2 points now.

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