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Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
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#33776: Oct 19th 2012 at 11:53:08 PM

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
Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#33777: Oct 20th 2012 at 12:02:57 AM

Which is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of.

How does it even matter in the slightest?

Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
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#33778: Oct 20th 2012 at 12:04:29 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 Fry
Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#33779: Oct 20th 2012 at 12:12:09 AM

Even though Bin Laden is fish food and we're out of Iraq?

Just because it took them a little while to call it a fucking terrorist attack?

Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
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#33780: Oct 20th 2012 at 12:20:24 AM

Yes.

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 Fry
Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#33781: Oct 20th 2012 at 12:21:01 AM

Repeat a lie enough and people will believe it.

deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
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#33783: Oct 20th 2012 at 1:19:43 AM

Doesn'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.

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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#33784: Oct 20th 2012 at 2:30:18 AM

Ray of Sunshine as Mitt widens Florida gap

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#33786: Oct 20th 2012 at 8:16:24 AM

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

Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#33787: Oct 20th 2012 at 9:01:41 AM

So if you're charismatic and disagree with the republicans you're the anti-christ?

Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
Will kill you
#33788: Oct 20th 2012 at 9:09:49 AM

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 don't give a rat's ass about going to hell. I guess it's because I feel like I'm already there." -Mugen
Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#33789: Oct 20th 2012 at 9:14:26 AM

Christ, they act like Obama is going to just come in with an army and go Russia on their asses.

Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
Will kill you
#33790: Oct 20th 2012 at 9:18:59 AM

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." -Mugen
Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#33791: Oct 20th 2012 at 9:22:00 AM

They wont do anything about it.

Face it, Republicans are willing to do anything to win. Voter intimidation, voter suppression, and vote box rigging.

Couchpotato20 Will kill you from Hell Since: Apr, 2011
Will kill you
#33792: Oct 20th 2012 at 9:25:42 AM

@Thorton14

Gay as fuck I swear -_-

Seriously what the hell... If the votes are overwhelming as fuck tho and people claim that they voted more for Obama than Romney can there be a recount done?

"I don't give a rat's ass about going to hell. I guess it's because I feel like I'm already there." -Mugen
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#33793: Oct 20th 2012 at 9:36:12 AM

Gay as fuck I swear -_-

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You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#33794: Oct 20th 2012 at 10:00:13 AM

...A candidates son can own voting machines. American you are rapidly losing any credibility as a real democracy. This is the kind of garbage I'd expect out of a NATO backed third world "democracy".

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#33796: Oct 20th 2012 at 10:21:41 AM

[up][up]

But the private market!

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#33797: Oct 20th 2012 at 10:23:34 AM

http://www.change.org/petitions/attorney-general-eric-holder-investigate-tagg-romney-owning-voting-machines-in-ohio#

Found 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.
TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#33798: Oct 20th 2012 at 10:26:33 AM

[up] How about conflict of interest? That seems pretty obvious.

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#33799: Oct 20th 2012 at 10:28:29 AM

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.

PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#33800: Oct 20th 2012 at 10:29:10 AM

Knowing the current Supreme Court, I wouldn't be surprise if they ruled Conflict of Interest is A-Okay, if this came to them.


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