Houshphandzadeh wrote:my soon to be uncle has been saying for like two years that his biotech company will have to move to Europe if Obama wins. curious to see if he sticks with that

Rev_Beezer wrote:I was ten and thought Steve Lake was a good player just because he was on the Phillies.

Rev_Beezer wrote:I'm going to say my part and let you guys rip me a new one-

Mitt was going to lose from day one. He, like John Kerry, had the character of a doorknob, and nobody could actually get excited about him. The campaign wasn't so much about what Mitt would do rather than why Obama was a threat to the "vision of the founders", or "true America", or whatever else you want to call it.

If the Republicans can get their stuff together and realize that they can't win with a guy who is propped up to spout off either A.) what the base thinks or B.) anything to get elected, they could become a formidable entity. A guy like Christie could probably go if only the Republican base was willing to make some concessions. In other words, I think the far left understands that they do not represent the views of their "side" more than the far right does.

slugsrbad wrote:

Rev_Beezer wrote:I'm going to say my part and let you guys rip me a new one-

Mitt was going to lose from day one. He, like John Kerry, had the character of a doorknob, and nobody could actually get excited about him. The campaign wasn't so much about what Mitt would do rather than why Obama was a threat to the "vision of the founders", or "true America", or whatever else you want to call it.

If the Republicans can get their stuff together and realize that they can't win with a guy who is propped up to spout off either A.) what the base thinks or B.) anything to get elected, they could become a formidable entity. A guy like Christie could probably go if only the Republican base was willing to make some concessions. In other words, I think the far left understands that they do not represent the views of their "side" more than the far right does.

The only "new one" you're going to get "ripped" is from all the high fives! I, and I believe most here, agree with you.

Doll Is Mine wrote:Did anyone catch Chris Matthews' meltdown last night after Obama's speech? It was embarrassing.

stevemc wrote:

Doll Is Mine wrote:Did anyone catch Chris Matthews' meltdown last night after Obama's speech? It was embarrassing.

Thanks for bringing this up as I just watched it. "I'm so glad we had that storm last week." I know what he was trying to say but for the love of pete, that's awful. What an asshole.

"Obviously we are very disappointed in losing four tough election battles by narrow margins. We knew long ago that we faced a difficult political landscape with the four marriage battles occurring in four of the deepest-blue states in America. As our opponents built a huge financial advantage, the odds became even steeper. We ran strong campaigns and nearly prevailed in a very difficult environment, significantly out-performing the GOP ticket in every state.

Despite the fact that NOM was able to contribute a record amount to the campaigns (over $5.5 million), we were still heavily outspent, by a margin of at least four-to-one. We were fighting the entirety of the political establishment in most of the states, including sitting governors in three of the states who campaigned heavily for gay marriage. Our opponents and some in the media will attempt to portray the election results as a changing point in how Americans view gay marriage, but that is not the case. Americans remain strongly in favor of marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The election results reflect the political and funding advantages our opponents enjoyed in these very liberal states.

Though we are disappointed over these losses, we remain faithful to our mission and committed to the cause of preserving marriage as God designed it. Marriage is a true and just cause, and we will never abandon the field of battle just because we experienced a setback. There is much work to do, and we begin that process now."

mozartpc27 wrote:See, Dick Morris seems to be giving some hard truths to Republicans on their cheerleading channel here:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/195284414300 ... 3226511001

Doll Is Mine wrote:

stevemc wrote:

Doll Is Mine wrote:Did anyone catch Chris Matthews' meltdown last night after Obama's speech? It was embarrassing.

Thanks for bringing this up as I just watched it. "I'm so glad we had that storm last week." I know what he was trying to say but for the love of pete, that's awful. What an asshole.

By that point, he was out of it. He was obviously just rambling on but it was really awkward.

Rachel Maddow, who sat next to him, literally cut him off after he made the storm comment and quickly closed out the show.

TenuredVulture wrote:I believe that secretly, the folks at Fox News and Rush and the others are ecstatic with yesterday's results. Really, things could not have turned out better for them--the enraged delusional right is going to be clinging to Fox News in order to avoid the reality of yesterday's results. Honestly, I would not be surprised if pulling the Republicans to the right and subsequently losing elections isn't part of the business model for those guys.

td11 wrote:

Doll Is Mine wrote:

stevemc wrote:

Doll Is Mine wrote:Did anyone catch Chris Matthews' meltdown last night after Obama's speech? It was embarrassing.

Thanks for bringing this up as I just watched it. "I'm so glad we had that storm last week." I know what he was trying to say but for the love of pete, that's awful. What an asshole.

By that point, he was out of it. He was obviously just rambling on but it was really awkward.

Rachel Maddow, who sat next to him, literally cut him off after he made the storm comment and quickly closed out the show.

type 2 diabetes was acting up

i generally don't mind matthews, but yeah he was really dumb last night after the president's speech