The Politics Thread

[Ann_SS]

Obama and the Democrats raised $181 million in September. Wow, that is a lot of dough and almost all of it from small individual donors.

http://www.washingto...ry.html?hpid=z1

Edited October 6, 2012 by Ann_SS

[DRW50]

They can do whatever they want. Obama was awful but it was irrelevant. Remember when Kerry cleaned Bush's clock and the media focused on Mary Cheney? Or when they focused on Al Gore sighing? That's just how they work.

[Soapsuds]

[ReddFoxx]

The next debate is a town hall, which is better for Obama, since it's at least partially interactive with people.

What happened is that Obama tried to just get through the debate without screwing up by playing it low key, but that doesn't always work and clearly it did not work.

[Wales2004]

So it wasn't the Denver altitude like Al Gore said? Not that it matters to me.

[marceline]

LOL! I like Al Gore a lot, notwithstanding the harassment allegations, but when he spun that tale I just wanted to slap him.

[GoldenDogs]

Marceline... ya'll are right. Numbers are great and Americans are back to work! I've just come to realize that everything is totally awesome with the economy and all these low-paying part-time jobs the "adjusted" unemployment rate reflects are just what the doctor ordered. Silly me... you've proven me wrong again.

[GoldenDogs]

Obama and the Democrats are blazing a hot trail... Oh, wait...

Romney takes two point lead in national poll and rakes in $12million online in just two days after debate victory

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2213859/Romney-gets-boost-fundraising-polls-debate-victory-campaign-raises-12million-online-just-days.html#ixzz28ZhSPZW3

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[juppiter]

[juppiter]

The one positive thing I can say about G. W. Bush is that when it was clear what a liability he was to the Republican Party he receded into obscurity. Kerry and Gore just. won't. die.

[juppiter]

Watching the 1988 Vice Presidential debate on C-SPAN. Dan Quayle just said he and Bush wanted to get rid of PACs... WOW. lol.

[juppiter]

I gotta say, history has written Quayle as a buffoon during the 1988 debate, but he is coming across as hopeful and proud of his country. I see none of the hatred that is the key ideal of today's Republican party.

[quartermainefan]

The whole hate thing didn't really start to move to the front til 1992 and Pat Buchanan's holy war speech. After that the 90s were in full swing, and Tom Delay and Newt Gingrich began the "politics of personal destruction" era where they tried to impeach a president because he was a Democrat. By the 2000s they moved on to using the Republican Atty General to go after attorneys who did not target democrat politicians, and then came swift boating and now we have birthers. Hate is all the republican party stands for anymore, which is kind of sad. Bush Sr would be called a RINO today.

Edited October 7, 2012 by quartermainefan

[GoldenDogs]

Oh YES! Agreement in the forum again! Love you, Juppiter!

[DRW50]

Scalia assures everyone that he already has his mind made up on any cases on matters such as "homosexual sodomy." I guess we'll see if anyone asks him to recuse himself from cases that he clearly isn't going to be unbiased on.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gQpgauFJXFBrMENK8e0qOFe7RvzQ?docId=ed2dfa8c955c4a8b98497c59d9839527