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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Supposedly proves that Obama is soft on foreign affairs and doesn't know how to deal with terrorists and so on.
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen FryYes.
Have you not noticed their love of the Death Panels myth or the Broccoli myth about the Affordable Care act? If it's a damaging myth, it's going to get told over and over again.
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen FryDoesn't even have to be a lie. It could be a distortion or innuendo which creates the lie in the viewer's mind. Such as focusing on Barack HUSSEIN Obama's middle name whenever it's talked about, or treating Ryan like he's a credible politician, unlike the freshman teapartiers who espouse the same views and ideas.
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen FryRay of Sunshine as Mitt widens Florida gap
Someone's analysis of why some Republicans seem to crazily hate Obama: http://www.nationalmemo.com/why-do-so-many-republicans-really-hate-obama/
Note: I do not necessarily agree with anything in this article; just putting it out here for people to read.
edited 20th Oct '12 8:16:38 AM by GlennMagusHarvey
This is despicable as fuck:
Arthur Allen, CEO Of ASG, Sent Email Pressuring Employees To Donate To Mitt Romney:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/17/mitt-romney-employees-voting_n_1975636.html
Leaked Emails Reveal CEO Pressured Employees To Donate To Romney:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/20/arthur-allen_n_1992370.html
I'm nervous about the whole Tagg owning voting machines in Ohio:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/10/19/wtf-tagg-romney-is-now-proud-owner-of-ohios-voting-machines/
Also depending on the results of the last debate (which based on the number of R-money fails he's gonna lose). My gut is just screaming that Romney's dickhead son is gonna hackthe shit.
Is there anyway I can contact congress and ask for them to investigate the shit?
"I don't give a rat's ass about going to hell. I guess it's because I feel like I'm already there." -MugenFound a petition online but I'm not sure if there is anything legally wrong with R-Money junior owning these things.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
How about conflict of interest? That seems pretty obvious.
US has always had an odd electoral/political system, even if the country is better off than some others.
Now I wish the article Harvey posted would go in more details to why people don't like Obama, because what I think is important is the mindset of anti-Obama camp. Only by properly understanding it we can have a proper useful response.
I do like that it affirmed the classical definition of conservative.

Just because we have nothing to talk about does not mean that we need to talk about something unrelated to the topic. If the topic has nothing to discus at the time, then leave it that way, do not try to derail it to things which are not relevant.
And yes, the GOP is going to be repeating the concept that Obama did not talk about Libya being a terrorist act immediately for a while to come still.
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen Fry