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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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I believe studies show a similar thing when it comes to certain gun control measures. It proves that people aren't necessarily more conservative, they just have a pathological hatred of Obama and anything he stands for even if it aligns with their own interests.
That's because he viewed courting the extreme elements of his base as being more important than going for the moderates. Then again that strategy changed over time as he flip flopped like mad.
edited 9th Mar '13 7:47:17 PM by Kostya
He tried to distance himself from himself. He ignored his entire record as governor cause that would have turned off the conservatives who vote in the primaries. He was a rather moderate governor, guess you can't be too conservative and get elected in Massachusetts.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.![]()
Of course not, it's Mass.
Also he had to do that. Do you think he would have won the Republican Primary if he got branded as the guy that passed proto-Obamacare?
Yes which makes opposition even stupider. The mandate they despise so much was supported by The Heritage Foundation for fuck's sake!
edited 9th Mar '13 7:55:32 PM by Kostya
That reminds me of a joke.
A Liberal, a Conservative, and a Centrist enter a bar. What does the bartender say?
Hello Mitt.
Speaking of jokes:
President Obama at elite Gridiron Club jokes about sequester, Biden, Rubio
edited 9th Mar '13 9:54:33 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
You should look at his 1994 U.S. senatorial campaign.
edited 9th Mar '13 10:11:47 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016I can't help but think that Romney might have done better if he'd played to the STATES' RIGHTS! CONFEDERACY 4EVA! fetish when he was challenged on Romneycare. It would have been the perfect way to simultaneously embody the Governor of Massachusetts and the Tea Party President, without either losing any votes he wasn't already going to lose or getting sent an Etch-a-Sketch in the mail.
edited 10th Mar '13 1:32:41 AM by Ramidel
Hamid Karzai alleges that the US and Taliban are colluding to create instability in Afghanistan.
edited 10th Mar '13 8:02:27 AM by Ramidel
Karzai is being Karzai. He likes doing this sort of thing when he feels he's not being listened to. He's like the Kim dynasty, only less batshit insane.
To be honest, what we need is enough presence to A: prevent the return of the Taliban, and B: intimidate Karzai into having fair elections. Neither of those goals is unworkable.
Schild und Schwert der Partei
pretty sure the vast majority of welfare recipients is the same angry white rednecks that hate lazy people, in fact.
In fact, the last censu put the numbers I believe around 68% of welfare recipients are white, 33% are black. Now of course, the right argues theres more white people than black people, and overall theres more black people percentagewise of the whole of black people on welfare than there are of white people, but that just kind of only works as a lame attempt to paint all black people as lazy (obvious but not going to be said derogatory term here),
edited 10th Mar '13 10:00:10 AM by Midgetsnowman
White people claim the most by a country mile.
Hispanics, of the three major groups, claim the least, with their claim being roughly in proportion to their share of the population (circa 15-17%). African-Americans claim less than whites overall, but claim the greatest amount in proportion to their share of the population, likely due to poverty and institutional racism. Interestingly, they don't stay on it very long - the "10 kids black welfare queen" myth is just that. Very few black welfare claimants stay on the program for more than two years.
edited 10th Mar '13 10:01:02 AM by Achaemenid
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I know but I want actual stats. I find references to them on several blogs but nobody links to where they got the info from.
Where does it say whites get more in there? I can't seem to locate it but I'm not reading too in depth. Is there a specific section?
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edited 10th Mar '13 10:14:50 AM by Kostya
The US could have just put a puppet ruler in charge of Afghanistan, but nooooo we had to pick the paranoid conspiracy theorist to lead the country.
Senator Coburn (R-OK): 'Scabs and sores' still healing between GOP, Obama
Pelosi: No government shutdown
Senator Portman (R-OH): Obama needs to give Dems ‘political cover’ for entitlement reform
Representative Paul Ryan: House budget will assume the repeal of ‘ObamaCare’
Jeb Bush calls media ‘crack addicts’
edited 10th Mar '13 12:00:09 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Jesus fucking Christ dude move on! Obamacare is the law of the land. I think by this point people are tired of you whining about it. You might as well start calling it a good thing to score political points before the benefits start kicking in. Then you'll be seen as an enemy of that alongside social security and medicare.

I remember Romney trying to distance himself from his Romneycare. It was quite ludicrous.
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